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Taliban Free 2 Westerners Working for U.N., Days After Quiet Detention
ISTANBUL — The Taliban on Friday released two Western citizens and two Afghan colleagues who had been working for the…
Biden Administration Rejects Use of Testimony Obtained From Torture in Guantánamo Trial
Mr. Nashiri’s lawyers were exploring a potential defense theory that the United States had already killed plotters of the Cole…
U.S. Allies Retake Control of Prison in Syria, Subduing ISIS Fighters
HASAKA, Syria — Kurdish-led forces regained full control of a prison in northeastern Syria on Sunday after a battle which…
Kurdish-Led Forces End Syria Prison Siege, Defeating ISIS Fighters
BEIRUT, Lebanon — After six days of deadly battles, the Kurdish-led militia that had been battling Islamic State fighters for…
Boys Held as Hostages by ISIS Worry Rights Activists
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The boys in the prison sleep in groups of about 15 in cells with no windows, according…
As ISIS Resurges, US is Drawn Back Into the Fray
BAGHDAD, Iraq — An audacious attack on a prison housing thousands of former ISIS fighters in Syria. A series of…