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A life in limbo for the wives and children of ISIS fighters
2 years, 9 months ago

A life in limbo for the wives and children of ISIS fighters

NPR  

A life in limbo for the wives and children of ISIS fighters The camp for displaced persons sits in a dusty limbo in northern Iraq, in between security checkpoints that separate Iraq's Kurdistan region from the rest of the country. Most of the residents of the Hassan Sham camp are the wives and children of ISIS fighters. Sponsor Message A …

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No Country Will Take Them: Alleged ISIS Widow With Kids The Latest Of Many In Limbo
3 years, 9 months ago

No Country Will Take Them: Alleged ISIS Widow With Kids The Latest Of Many In Limbo

NPR  

No Country Will Take Them: Alleged ISIS Widow With Kids The Latest Of Many In Limbo Enlarge this image toggle caption Maya Alleruzzo/AP Maya Alleruzzo/AP With her two young children in tow, 26-year-old Suhayra Aden, a former wife to ISIS fighters, took off across the Syrian desert last month toward Turkey, according to news reports. Turkish border guards detained Aden, …

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Pentagon identifies Marines killed in ‘intense’ clash with ISIS fighters in Iraq
4 years, 10 months ago

Pentagon identifies Marines killed in ‘intense’ clash with ISIS fighters in Iraq

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Pentagon has identified two US Marines who were killed in Iraq on Sunday in what is being called one of the “most intense” battles US forces have been involved in recent months, according to the US-led coalition. “This was one of the most intense clashes with ISIS that coalition troops have participated in in several months,” …

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'Let's be serious': Macron slaps down Trump on live TV after he threatens to send ISIS fighters to France
5 years, 1 month ago

'Let's be serious': Macron slaps down Trump on live TV after he threatens to send ISIS fighters to France

Raw Story  

On Tuesday, in a joint press conference with French President Emanuel Macron, President Donald Trump attempted to suggest France should take custody of some of the captured ISIS fighters in Syria — to which Macron summarily slapped him down. "We have a tremendous amount of captured fighters, ISIS fighters over in Syria, and they're all under lock and key, but …

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Turkey: Erdogan threatens to flood Europe with refugees as Syria offensive ramps up
5 years, 3 months ago

Turkey: Erdogan threatens to flood Europe with refugees as Syria offensive ramps up

CNN  

CNN — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to allow millions of refugees into Europe if it described Turkey’s military offensive in northeast Syria as an “occupation.” Erdogan told the European Union to “come to your senses” during a speech in the capital Ankara on Thursday. The International Rescue Committee said in a statement Thursday: “As Turkish offensive in …

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Trump says he will 'obliterate' Turkey's economy if it acts 'off limits'
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump says he will 'obliterate' Turkey's economy if it acts 'off limits'

India TV News  

US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened NATO ally Turkey with totally obliterating its economy if it went "off limits" on Syria, hours after the White House announced the withdrawal of the US troops from Syria's northern border. "They must, with Europe and others, watch over the captured ISIS fighters and families," he said after the White House announced that …

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Fact check: Trump tweets barrage of false claims on the weekend and Monday morning
5 years, 3 months ago

Fact check: Trump tweets barrage of false claims on the weekend and Monday morning

CNN  

Washington CNN — In a barrage of tweets over the weekend and Monday morning, President Donald Trump made numerous false claims – about presidential candidate Joe Biden, Biden’s son Hunter Biden, whistleblowers, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, Syria, and his own approval rating. A photo of Joe Biden Trump tweeted Sunday of Biden: “Sleepy Joe said he never spoke to the …

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Turkey’s military offensive in Syria: Everything you need to know
5 years, 3 months ago

Turkey’s military offensive in Syria: Everything you need to know

CNN  

CNN — Turkey has launched a military operation in Syria. Turkey launched a military offensive into northeastern Syria on Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump’s administration announced that US troops would leave the border area. As a barrage of airstrikes and artillery fire volleyed into northern Syria, hundreds of civilians fled areas on the border with Turkey, two Kurdish …

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Netherlands wants Dutch jihadists to be tried in Iraq: report
5 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands wants Dutch jihadists to be tried in Iraq: report

NL Times  

The Netherlands and Iraq are looking into whether jihadists who fought for terrorist organizations like ISIS can be tried in the Middle Eastern country. Minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs is advocating for a separate international tribunal to try foreign rebel fighters in the Syrian civil war, NRC reports. According to Dutch intelligence service AIVD, around 310 Dutch traveled to …

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A compassionate lens: Pulitzer Prize winner Carol Guzy's photographs have a rare quality — empathy
5 years, 3 months ago

A compassionate lens: Pulitzer Prize winner Carol Guzy's photographs have a rare quality — empathy

Firstpost  

Carol Guzy has worked in volatile and historic situations — among them, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Kosovo refugees escaping into Albania as they fled Serb ethnic cleansing in 1999, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the devastating effects of ISIS in Iraq in 2017, and migrants journeying to America in 2018. “Photojournalists are merely a link; it’s …

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One of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ says he’s sorry. Will confessions save these fighters from death row?
5 years, 7 months ago

One of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ says he’s sorry. Will confessions save these fighters from death row?

CNN  

CNN — Two of the remaining members of the British ISIS cell known as “the Beatles” have confessed their part in the ransoming of Western hostages in a rare interview that showed them broken and pleading for news of their fate. Some European hostages were released after negotiations, but several Western aid workers and journalists went on to be executed …

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In Syria, An Orphanage Cares For Children Born To Yazidi Mothers Enslaved By ISIS
5 years, 7 months ago

In Syria, An Orphanage Cares For Children Born To Yazidi Mothers Enslaved By ISIS

NPR  

In Syria, An Orphanage Cares For Children Born To Yazidi Mothers Enslaved By ISIS Enlarge this image toggle caption Jane Arraf/NPR Jane Arraf/NPR A little girl with enormous blue eyes watches, mesmerized, as Fajriya Khaled gives a tiny 3-month-old baby a bottle. Sponsor Message Forced by Iraq's Yazidi community to give up the children, and told that the children have …

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US officials say more than 2,000 suspected foreign ISIS fighters being held in Syria
5 years, 8 months ago

US officials say more than 2,000 suspected foreign ISIS fighters being held in Syria

CNN  

CNN — The number of suspected foreign ISIS fighters being detained by US-backed forces in Syria has now surpassed 2,000, with a small number claiming to be US citizens, three US officials told CNN. “These are women and children, and the vast majority of these are assessed not to be sort of innocent civilians these are people who have chosen …

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ISIS has lost its final stronghold in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces says
5 years, 9 months ago

ISIS has lost its final stronghold in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces says

CNN  

Eastern Syria CNN — ISIS has lost its final stronghold in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces announced Saturday, bringing an end to the so-called caliphate declared by the terrorist group in 2014. In a paper statement issued at a formal ceremony to mark ISIS’ defeat, the SDF said it had lost 11,000 “forces, leaders and fighters” battling the militant group. …

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Trump tells Europe to take back ISIS fighters
5 years, 10 months ago

Trump tells Europe to take back ISIS fighters

CNN  

CNN — In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump has said European countries should take back and put on trial hundreds of ISIS fighters who have been captured in Syria. “The US does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go.” The United States is asking Britain, France, Germany …

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ISIS fighters have been fleeing into Iraq, perhaps with millions of dollars in tow
5 years, 10 months ago

ISIS fighters have been fleeing into Iraq, perhaps with millions of dollars in tow

CNN  

CNN — More than 1,000 ISIS fighters have likely fled from Syria into the mountains and deserts of western Iraq in the past six months, and they may have up to $200 million in cash with them, according to a US military official familiar with situation. Video Ad Feedback Top general: 'Tens of thousands' of ISIS terrorists remain in Syria, …

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ISIS now controls just half a square kilometer in Syria, says SDF
5 years, 10 months ago

ISIS now controls just half a square kilometer in Syria, says SDF

CNN  

Eastern Syria CNN — ISIS now controls an area of Syria measuring just half a square kilometer, a commander with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Saturday. Shortly afterward, US Vice President Mike Pence told the conference – an annual gathering of heads of state, defense ministers and security experts – that the decision to withdraw US troops from Syria …

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Syria: A close call makes clear that ISIS won’t give up easily
5 years, 10 months ago

Syria: A close call makes clear that ISIS won’t give up easily

CNN  

Eastern Syria CNN — The unmistakable sound of automatic machine gunfire pierced the early morning, sometime before 7 am. For days, I’d been traveling with fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, who launched a last offensive to oust ISIS from its only remaining enclave in Syria over the weekend. Since sundown on Saturday, coalition airstrikes had been pounding the …

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US-backed forces face fierce resistance from ISIS in ‘final battle’
5 years, 11 months ago

US-backed forces face fierce resistance from ISIS in ‘final battle’

CNN  

Eastern Syria CNN — Fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have launched an assault to oust ISIS from its last remaining enclave in Syria, the final remnant of the jihadist group’s so-called “caliphate.” At its peak, ISIS held large swaths of Iraq and Syria – an expanse about the size of Portugal. Chris McGrath/Getty Images US President Donald Trump …

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