November 17, 2019 Russian troops take over abandoned US airbase in northern Syria: report Russian troops took over the Kobani airfield in northern Syria last week, one day after U.S. troops moved out, according to a report.
November 16, 2019 Car bomb rocks Syrian town held by Turkey, more than a dozen killed A car bomb exploded Saturday in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, killing at least 18 people and wounding several others, Syrian opposition activists and Turkey’s Defense Ministry said.
November 15, 2019 Syria’s Assad claims Jeffrey Epstein didn’t commit suicide: 'He was killed because he knew a lot of vital secrets' The “Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself” meme appears to have now gone international.
November 15, 2019 Missouri man from Bosnia who aided ISIS gets 8-year prison term, faces deportation A Missouri man who came to the U.S. from Bosnia was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for supporting terrorists, including an ISIS leader in Syria.
November 14, 2019 US-born Alabama woman who joined ISIS is not an American citizen, judge rules A federal judge ruled Thursday that an American-born woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group and now wants to return to her family in Alabama is not a U.S. citizen.
November 13, 2019 Baghdadi's compound in Syria had Internet until day of deadly US raid, report says The compound in northern Syria where the former leader of the Islamic State terror group was holed up until U.S. special operations forces stormed it last month was reportedly connected to the Internet until the day of the fateful raid.
November 13, 2019 Turkey’s Erdogan arrives in DC for high-stakes meeting with Trump In addition to any fallout from public hearings on the impeachment inquiry that begin Wednesday, President Trump also faces a potentially difficult face-to-face meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
November 12, 2019 More than 200 rockets fired into Israel from Gaza after Islamic Jihad leader killed Islamic militants in the Gaza Strip sent a barrage of more than 200 rockets into Israel Tuesday and vowed further revenge after the Israeli military carried out a pair of targeted airstrikes on senior Islamic Jihad commanders, killing one in Gaza and missing the second in Syria.
November 12, 2019 Turkey’s Erdogan warns that it can release ISIS prisoners back to Europe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday issued a chilling threat to Europe over looming sanctions over Ankara's unauthorized drilling in the Mediterranean: penalize us and we'll release ISIS prisoners back to European countries.
November 11, 2019 White Helmets rescue group founder found dead in Istanbul, reports say A former British army officer who founded the White Helmets humanitarian volunteer group that performed emergency response in Syria was found dead early Monday in Turkey, officials said.