The Home Office has been accused of “alarming inaction” after making no apparent attempt to bring back any British children from Syria for the past eight months despite pledges of help from ministers.
Will US Sanctions Topple The Assad Regime in Syria?
Beefed-up US sanctions are not expected to have a deterrent effect on Syria’s Assad regime in the short or medium term, but rather should be considered part of a long-term attrition strategy, …
Pentagon report: Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya
Turkey sent between 3,500 and 3,800 paid Syrian fighters to Libya over the first three months of the year, the U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general concluded in a new report, its first …
White Helmets co-founder stole aid money destined for Syria – report
As Western governments opened their checkbooks for the White Helmets – a controversial ‘rescue organization’ in Syria – their co-founder used the cash to top up his wage and even finance his wedding, …
Iran Threatens Israel, U.S. for ‘Lying’ About Killing Advisers in Syria
Israel conducts semi-regular strikes on Iranian forces and their allies across the border in Syria, having vowed not to let Tehran establish a foothold in the war-torn nation.
Shamima Begum, Who Joined ISIS in Syria, Can Return to U.K., Court Says
Ms. Begum, now 20, left London in 2015 and was stripped of her British citizenship. Since stranded in a refugee camp, she may be allowed home to appeal the decision.
U.K. Woman Who Joined IS in Syria Can Return, Court Says
A U.K. woman who joined the Islamic State as a teenager can return to the U.K. to appeal the government’s decision to strip her of her British citizenship, a London court ruled Thursday.
Shamima Begum, Who Joined ISIS in Syria, Can Return, U.K. Court Says
Shamima Begum’s eldest sister, Renu, holding her sister’s photo in 2015, after Ms. Begum fled to Syria with two other London teenagers.Credit…Laura Lean/WPA Pool, via Getty Images By Elian Peltier …
Tauqir Sharif: British-born aid worker faces trial by Syria jihadists
The jihadist alliance that dominates opposition-held north-western Syria has said it will put a British-born man who runs an aid organisation on trial. Tauqir Sharif, from east London, was detained …
UK-born IS recruit can return from Syria to challenge citizenship removal: Judge
LONDON: A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State can return to Britain to challenge the government’s removal …