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Contempt and violence spiral in al-Hol camp, where ISIS women dread regime’s return

With winter approaching and tensions in Syria's al-Hol camp at a boiling point, some ISIS-affiliated women said they intend to…

Joanne Stocker

Turkey tests Russian S-400 air defense missile system

Turkey began testing its Russian S-400 missile defense system despite repeated calls from the US that it could lead to…

Staff Writer With AFP

DR Congo protesters storm MONUSCO camp, accuse peacekeepers of inaction after Beni attacks

Eight DR Congo civilians died in a fresh militant attack in Beni and angry residents partly burnt the town hall…

Staff Writer With AFP

Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed in new Saudi-led coalition airstrikes near Hodeidah

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed eight Yemeni Houthi rebels near the port of Hodeidah, triggering fierce battles around the flashpoint city

Staff Writer With AFP

French naval base in UAE to host European-led Gulf maritime monitoring mission

A European-led maritime surveillance initiative to monitor Gulf waters will be stationed at a French naval base in Abu Dhabi

Staff Writer With AFP

Trump fires US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL misconduct case

The US Navy secretary criticized Donald Trump after being sacked in a dispute over a SEAL commando whose demotion for…

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines soldiers rescue British man and wife from Abu Sayyaf

Philippine soldiers on Monday rescued a British man and his wife from the Islamic State-linked jihadist group Abu Sayyaf

Staff Writer With AFP

US deployment to Syria’s oilfields won’t halt further Turkish attacks, Kurdish official says

US forces guarding northeast Syria's oilfields will not prevent an expansion of Turkey’s incursion, TEV-DEM official Aldar Xelil said

Jared Szuba

UK to repatriate first British children of ISIS-linked parents from Syria

The UK will for the first time repatriate orphan children of British parents who had traveled to join ISIS in…

Robert Postings

South Korea and Japan to extend military intelligence-sharing agreement

South Korea will extend a critical military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan just hours before the pact was due to expire

Staff Writer With AFP