DAMASCUS: The Syria government on Tuesday announced a ceasefire with Kurds forces in the northeast and gave them four days to agree on integration into the central state. The move comes after Damascus seized swathes of territory previously controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a key US ally in the fight against Islamic State. […]
Al-Hol camp
Australian grandmother in emotional reunion with IS fighter’s orphans
An Australian grandmother to children of a notorious Islamic State group fighter has tracked down the orphans in a Syrian refugee camp in an emotional reunion she hopes will lead to their return home. The three surviving children of jihadist Khaled Sharrouf and his wife Tara Nettleton are in the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria […]
A ‘tragic life’ for the displaced in Al-Hol camp
Malnourished children struck down by chronic diarrhea, mothers too weak to breastfeed — in northeastern Syria’s Al-Hol camp, a humanitarian emergency is unfolding. Arabic, French, German and English voices fill the air in the muddy alleyways, as foreign women who married into Daesh and civilians displaced by the fighting against terrorists seek out assistance. But […]