Syrian Special Forces

Syria, Iraq

Syria’s Kurdish-led force hands over 2 IS militants suspected in 2014 mass killing of Iraqi troops

Syria's U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force has handed over to Baghdad two Islamic State militants suspected of involvement in the 2014 massacre of Iraqi soldiers.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · 2d

Syrian Kurds hand over 2 Iraqi massacre suspects

The report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights came a day after the Iraqi National Intelligence Service said it had brought back to the country three IS members from outside Iraq. The intelligence service did not provide more details.

The Straits Times · 3d

Turkey says it killed 17 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Syria

ANKARA - Turkish forces have killed 17 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) across various regions of northern Iraq and northern Syria, the defence ministry said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.

PBS9d

Prisons holding ISIS members in Syria a breeding ground for radicalization, officials say

It’s been five years since the Islamic State was defeated by a U.S.-led military campaign in Syria. But today some 10,000 ...

Daily Mail6d

Syria captured SAS men

Sources close to the Hereford-based regiment last night said the men had been setting up a classic Special Forces ambush to catch senior Iraqi figures seeking sanctuary in Syria. An insider said ...

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NYC woman charged with getting ISIS training in Syria says her father forced her to join

A Brooklyn woman who was repatriated from Syria with her family faces criminal charges for getting AK-47 training from ISIS — ...

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Russia’s Arsenal Against ISIS in Syria: A Strategic Shift Amidst the Shadow of Conflict

Russia’s intervention in Syria, primarily under the guise of fighting the Islamic State (ISIS), has always been a topic of international scrutiny and debate. Moscow’s military ...

Newsweek1mon

Iran And Israel Are Already at War in Syria, But It Could Get Much Worse

A warning from Syria as Middle East braces for ... Sergeant Emma Scearce/Combined Special Operations Joint Task Force - Levant/U.S. Army Reserve Meanwhile, as Hezbollah and Yemen's Ansar Allah ...

Newsday10d

A suspected Islamic State group attack on pro-government force in east Syria kills at least 13

BEIRUT — Suspected members of the Islamic State group attacked three posts for Syrian government forces and pro-government gunmen early Friday killing at least 13, an opposition war monitor and ...

Associated Press17d

Syrian Kurdish officials hand over 50 women and children linked to Islamic State group to Tajikistan

Tajikistan has said that at the height of IS, more than 1,000 fighters from the country joined extremists groups in Syria ...

The Guardian21d

Iraq militant group says it is resuming attacks on US forces as base in Syria is targeted

A statement from the Iraqi security forces accused “outlaw elements of having targeted a base of the international coalition with rockets in the heart of Syrian territory”, at about 9.50pm ...

Fox News17d

Syrian Kurdish officials hand over 50 women and children linked to Islamic State group to Tajikistan

One of the most prominent was Gulmurod Khalimov, an officer with Tajikistan’s special forces who defected and joined IS in Syria in 2015. Khalimov rose through IS ranks to become one of its top ...

US urges other countries to repatriate citizens held in Syria

U.S. officials say nearly 50 U.S. citizens have repatriated from Syria in recent years, but it's not clear how many Americans ...

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