October 10, 2019 Indonesian security minister, police chief stabbed; ISIS link eyed, cops say Indonesia’s security minister was among three people stabbed Thursday by a man who investigators say may have been radicalized by the Islamic State group.
October 9, 2019 2 ISIS-linked British captives in Syria taken into US custody, officials say A senior U.S. defense official told Fox News Wednesday that they moved two British militants believed to be part of an Islamic State group which beheaded hostages out of a detention center in Syria and took them into American custody.
October 9, 2019 Trump's Syria pullout a 'disaster,' allowing Turkey to 'wipe out' America's Kurdish ally: Marc Thiessen President Trump's order to pull American forces out of northern Syria has already been a disaster, according to former George W. Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen.
October 9, 2019 Displaced 'ISIS-supporting women' revolt in Syria border camp as Turkish incursion gains momentum It was a chillingly familiar sight for Syrian-Kurds in the north-eastern slice of their conflict-ripped country: civilians stuffing themselves into vehicles and running on calloused feet with little more than the clothes on their back, fleeing the border towns.
October 9, 2019 Turkey announces northern Syria invasion of ground forces; multiple civilians reported dead Turkey announced Wednesday that its ground forces invaded northeastern Syria to fight against Kurdish forces just hours after launching an initial assault in the area, as the first reports of deaths emerged.
October 8, 2019 Turkish incursion into Syria would force Kurds to flee, freeing captured ISIS members, Gen. Keane says Retired U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane warned a military incursion into Syria by Turkey could cause the American-ally Kurds to flee, leaving thousands of ISIS prisoners unguarded.
October 8, 2019 French officials criticize US over announced military pullback in Syria French Prime Minister Edouard Phillippe said Tuesday that his country's forces would remain in Syria to battle ISIS and defend Kurdish-led forces fighting the terror group.
October 7, 2019 Syrian Kurds fear 'ethnic cleansing' after US troop pullout announcement In the aftermath of President Trump’s surprise announcement Sunday that the U.S. would be withdrawing from the predominantly Kurdish enclave in Northern Syria, some left languishing claimed "ethnic cleansing" could follow.
October 7, 2019 Judith Miller: Trump's Syria move all wrong – It jeopardizes costly victory over ISIS, betrays the Kurds While Washington has repeatedly abandoned the Kurds -- never has the betrayal felt so naked – or unwise.
October 7, 2019 Turkey's Syria incursion may allow ISIS to attempt mass prison break amid US withdrawal, Kurdish fighters warn ISIS fighters and other terrorists comprising the more than 10,000 Islamic militants jailed in northeast Syria could launch a mass prison break as U.S. troops withdraw from the region in response to Turkey's impending incursion, Syrian Kurdish fighters warned Monday.
