Islamic State members held for years in a Syria prison say they know nothing of the world
A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.
IS prisoners facing unknown fate in Syrian prisons
Men of various ages and nationalities sit silently in their cells in a Syrian prison. All are alleged members of the Islamic ...
Syria could allow Russia to keep its bases, new defense minister says
In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...
Cyprus jails Syrian man over the death of a 3-year-old girl on overloaded migrant boat
A Cyprus court sentenced a Syrian national to three years in prison after finding him guilty of causing the death by ...
Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan aim to jointly tackle Islamic State, Ankara says
Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to hold a ...
In Syria, the fighting is over, but a resource-rich region is left in limbo
Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.
DOD drafting plans to withdraw all US troops from Syria after recent Trump comments
Trump and officials close to him expressed interest in pulling all U.S. troops out of Syria, prompting the Pentagon to draw ...
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Silent Horrors: Inside Saydnaya Prison, Syria's Most Brutal Detention Center
A prison where justice is a myth, and suffering is endless. Saydnaya Prison is where thousands have perished in silence, ...
Bashar al-Assad's strategy of chaos
The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...
The birth of Syria's 'state of barbarism'
The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...
Five Islamic State prisoners killed trying to escape from Tajik jail, source says
At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after attacking guards with knives and trying to break out of a jail in Tajikistan, a law enforcement source said.