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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…
As U.S. Strikes Syria Prison Held by ISIS, Young Detainees Are Caught in Crossfire
BAGHDAD — An American-backed militia that has waged four days of deadly battles to dislodge Islamic State fighters from a…
‘Now There Is No One’: The Lament of One of the Last Christians in a Syrian City
On Christmas Day, Michel Butros al-Jisri, one of the last Christians in the Syrian city of Idlib, didn’t attend services,…
Viral Photograph of Munzir El Nezzel Helps Bring Syrian Refugee Family to Italy
SIENA, Italy — The award-winning photograph — of a man who had lost a leg in a bomb attack in…