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A fragile truce reached this week between the Syrian government and Kurdish-led fighters was seen as a blow by many Kurds in their hard-won fight for autonomy.
U.S. military boosts regional presence with F-15 fighter jets and USS Abraham Lincoln deployment as ISIS prison break highlights security risks amid Syria's political realignment.
Some 150 fighters were moved Wednesday, but thousands more could follow as tensions flare between the Syrian government and a Kurdish-led militia.
Chaos around prisons holding ISIS detainees in Syria is highlighting security risks for U.S. forces in the region.
Kurdish-led fighters have long guarded facilities holding Islamic State detainees or their families, after the caliphate the group tried to establish was defeated in 2019.
As many as 60 people, including 35 children, with connections to the UK are in Syrian prisons and camps now engulfed by fighting
ISIS-K claims responsibility for deadly suicide blast at Chinese restaurant in Kabul, killing seven people, including one Chinese national.
Myles Caggins, former spokesperson for the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State (ISIS), said Monday that the situation in northeast Syria (Rojava) is “extreme,” warning of a potential resurgence by the extremist group amid what he described as limited US engagement.