Middle East and North Africa

Al-Hol Camp, Humanitarian Suffering and a Ticking Secur...

Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria is one of the most complex humanitarian crises...

Britain ‘at risk of attack from returning Islamic State...

As Syrian government troops push back Kurdish-led forces in a rapid advance, the...

The United States begins transferring Islamic State det...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a new mission today, Wednesday 21 January,...

US transfers 150 ISIS militants from Syria to Iraq, pla...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Wednesda...

Syrian government, SDF agree on a four-day ceasefire

Kurdish-led SDF accepts truce but reports continued attacks by government-allied...

Photos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in I...

Hundreds of photos revealing the faces of those killed during Iran's violent cra...

Statement from the President of the Kurdistan Region

Press Release 20 January 2026

Kurdish forces withdraw from IS detention camp in north...

US says it no longer supports SDF, which left camp as it loses swathes of territ...

Central African Republic president wins third term

Faustin-Archange Touadera secured 77.90% of the vote in the December 28 election...

Syrian Interior Ministry ready to secure prisons holdin...

The Syrian Interior Ministry said it is fully ready to take over the management ...

The Syrian army completes its takeover of Raqqa and Dei...

Relative calm has prevailed in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor governorates in northeastern...

Damascus seeks to separate Kurds from the SDF

Syrian transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa has escalated his political rhetor...