U.S.-backed forces proclaim ‘destruction’ of Islamic State after seizing Syrian village
U.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State’s last territory in Syria on Saturday. Continue reading
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ISIS has lost all its territory in Syria, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S.-backed forces had dislodged the Islamic State militant group from its last holdout in Syria. Continue reading
Sweden calls for international tribunal to prosecute ISIS fighters for war crimes
Sweden is calling for an international tribunal to try ISIS fighters for war crimes, such as rape, mass executions and beheadings. Continue reading
‘My whole family died because of them’: Orphaned children emerge from ISIS enclave
Some of the children are foreigners whose parents brought them to be raised under Islamic State rule, or child fighters conscripted into what the group dubbed “cubs of the caliphate.” Continue reading
Trucks carrying women, children leave last ISIS pocket in Syria
Trucks loaded with civilians left the last Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria on Friday, as U.S.-backed forces waited to inflict final defeat on the surrounded jihadists. Continue reading
Alabama woman who joined Islamic State in Syria can’t return to U.S.: Pompeo
“Ms. Hoda Muthana is not a U.S. citizen and will not be admitted into the United States,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Continue reading
British teenager who joined Islamic State in Syria to lose U.K. citizenship
Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria, has had her British citizenship revoked, according to a letter sent to her family published by ITV News. Continue reading
Islamic State on verge of defeat in Syria as 300 militants cornered in village
An estimated 300 militants are mixed in with hundreds of civilians, refusing to surrender and trying to negotiate an exit with the U.S.-backed forces surrounding them. Continue reading
Trapped ISIS fighters refuse to surrender in Syria, ask to negotiate exit deal
More than 300 Islamic State militants who are holed up in a tiny area in eastern Syria are refusing to surrender to U.S.-backed Syrian forces and are trying to negotiate an exit. Continue reading
Cornered ISIS militants holding 1,000 civilians in Syrian village: U.S.-backed militia
Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, according to the U.S.-backed Syrian militia . Continue reading