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Trial of French IS returnee highlights growing focus on women
French courts are increasingly prosecuting women who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State and then returned home. The latest case opens this week.
RFI · 2m
Uyghur Militants in Syria's Civil War
Uyghur fighters trained in Syria after Chinese repression in Xinjiang.
Foreign Policy · 2m
Riyadh Airport Faces Attack
Saudi airport hit by missile strike one day after 13 deaths.
Straight Arrow · 1m
Saudi-Houthi War Update
Houthi strikes on Saudi airports and oil facilities escalate regional tensions.
Foreign Policy · 1m
Trump Reopens Middle East Sectarian Tensions
Trump's policies risk sectarian war in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
Foreign Policy · 2m
U.S. shields Syrian general from war crimes trial
A former Assad aide accused of atrocities is living in Lebanon under American protection, partly to extract information about missing journalist Austin Tice.
NPR · 3m
Syria demands probe into Black Sea ship sinking
Syria calls for independent investigation after cargo vessel Alfa Watan sinks in Black Sea with ten crew members missing.
Al Jazeera · 1m
Broken promise of European migration solution
EU leaders repeat migration strategy despite 100,000 Syrian crossings dropping since Assad fell.
EUobserver · 1m
Brunner celebrates EU migration pact success
EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner credits pact for record low Syrian asylum claims.
EUobserver · 1m
Syrian torturer sentenced to 60 years in US court
A former prison chief from Bashar al-Assad's regime faces the harshest punishment yet handed down by a foreign court for crimes during Syria's civil war.
the Guardian · 2m
Syrian regime planned American journalist's kidnapping for weeks
New evidence reveals Austin Tice's 2012 disappearance in Syria was a calculated operation approved by President Bashar al-Assad, not a chance encounter.
NPR · 2m
Syrian Christian schools reopen after 54 years
Two Franciscan schools in northern Syria welcome students again, becoming symbols of hope and interfaith dialogue after decades of closure.
Vaticannews · 2m
Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks
BBC investigation reveals Austin Tice's 2012 disappearance in Syria was a calculated operation approved by President Bashar al-Assad, not a chance encounter.
BBC News · 3m
Lebanon's amnesty law signals a Sunni power shift
A new law freeing Islamist prisoners shows how regional upheaval is reshaping Lebanon's sectarian balance.
Foreign Policy · 2m
Fake daycares allegedly stole $10M in California subsidies
Twelve people arrested in San Diego for allegedly running bogus childcare facilities to collect government payments.
California Post · 1m
She flew to the caliphate at 20, then turned informant
A Canadian woman's path from grief to ISIS to a Kurdish prison camp, and the deal that got her daughter home.
NPR · 4m