Syria

Salvation Government Helps Argentinian Woman Leave Syria After Two Years

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday December 2, 2018

A 54-year-old Argentinian woman who was lured into war-wracked Syria two years ago on a marriage promise was finally on her way home on Saturday, a Syrian rebel official said. History teacher Nancy Roxana Papa had accepted the invitation of a Syrian man she had met online three years earlier and travelled to Turkey in 2016, before entering Syria.

Man Fleeing From ISIS Surrenders In Syria. He Recruited 9/11 Hijackers

World News | Liz Sly, The Washington Post | Saturday December 1, 2018

There was nothing about the hungry, bedraggled man who surrendered at a remote desert checkpoint belonging to the United States' Kurdish allies this year to suggest he had once played a part in one of the biggest events in American history. He was limping from injuries to both knees, his beard was matted and teeming with lice, and he was fleeing fr...

Pakistani-American Medical Technician Used Bitcoin To Finance ISIS

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday November 27, 2018

A Pakistani-American woman has admitted in a federal court to using Bitcoin to finance the ISIS through fronts in China, Pakistan and Turkey.

Man Known As "Toy Smuggler", Arrested For Donation Fraud

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday November 22, 2018

A Helsinki court on Wednesday found a Finnish-Syrian man who won global media fame for distributing toys to orphans in Syria guilty of money laundering and fraud.

US Targets Iran-Russia Network Over Oil Sent To Syria

World News | Reuters | Wednesday November 21, 2018

Syria indirectly transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in cash to Hezbollah, which functions as a political party that is part of the Lebanese government and as a terrorist group, as well as to Hamas, the Palestinian group that rules the Gaza Strip.

US-Led Coalition Strikes Kill 14 Civilians In East Syria: Monitor

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday November 4, 2018

At least 14 civilians were killed Saturday in US-led coalition air strikes on the ISIS' last holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said.

ISIS Kills 41 US-Backed Fighters In Eastern Syria, Says War Monitor

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 27, 2018

The ISIS has killed 41 US-backed fighters in Syria battling to oust the jihadists from their eastern holdout of Hajin on the Iraqi border, a war monitor said Saturday.

Russia Cannot Replace US In Middle East, Jim Mattis Tells Arab Forum

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 27, 2018

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told Arab leaders on Saturday that Russia is no replacement for the United States in the Middle East following Moscow's military intervention in Syria.

Pakistan Poses 3 Times The Terror Risk To Humanity Than Syria: Report

World News | ANI | Saturday October 27, 2018

According to Global Terror Threat Indicant report, Pakistan is placed on top of the list of countries with the highest number of terrorist bases and safe havens.

"No Breathing Through Nose, Moving In Sleep": Hostage's Syria Horror

World News | Reuters | Friday October 26, 2018

During 40 months of captivity at the hands of Syrian terrorists, Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was forbidden from moving or making any noise, even while sleeping. Guards told him daily he'd be released, or gave him canned food but no opener.

Russia "Alarmed" By Report Of US-Led Drone Attack On Its Base In Syria

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 25, 2018

The Kremlin said on Thursday that it was very alarmed by a report from the Russian Defence Ministry alleging that a US spy plane coordinated a drone attack on Russia's Hmeymim air base in Syria in January.

Japanese Journalist Returns Home From Syrian "Hell" After 3 Years

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 25, 2018

A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist arrives home on Thursday to an uncertain welcome more than three years after militants in Syria captured and held him in what he described as a physical and mental "hell".

Japanese Journalist, Held Hostage In Syria, Heads Home After 40 Months

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 25, 2018

A Japanese journalist held hostage by Islamist terrorists for 40 months left for Japan from Turkey on Wednesday after being freed and said he was happy to be going home.

"I Am Not Jihadi John": German ISIS 'Shoemaker' Pleads To Come Home

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 23, 2018

From northern Syria, Muslim convert Sufyan is imploring his native Germany to take him back, having been captured years after joining the Islamic State group's so-called "caliphate".

No Terrorists Seen Exiting Syria Buffer On Eve Of Deadline: Monitor

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 14, 2018

Hardline fighters have yet to begin withdrawing from a planned buffer zone in northwestern Syria, a monitor and a news agency AFP correspondent said Sunday on the eve of the pullout's deadline.