foreign fighters

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 Syria

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US citizen ISIS member wants to know why he can’t go home

Kosovar-American Lirim Sulejmani traveled with his family to Syria to live under ISIS. Now in an SDF prison, he recalled the allure of the group’s propaganda

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SDF secures ‘ticking time-bomb’ ISIS prisoners in Syria against alarming odds

The Syrian Democratic Forces struggles to contain ISIS prisoners in northeast Syria as the US warns their conditions are a ticking time-bomb

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Czech Republic to buy 12 Bell military helicopters for $630 million

NATO member the Czech Republic said it would buy 12 Bell aircraft – 8 UH-1Y Venom multi-purpose and 4 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters

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Turkey begins deporting ‘foreign terrorist fighters’ to Europe and the US

Turkey's government intends to deport at least 25 citizens of Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland and the US

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Albanian boy reunited with father in Italy after return from Syria’s Al-Hol camp

An Albanian boy taken by his mother to join ISIS in Syria returned to his home in Italy, in the first such operation coordinated with Damascus

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Belgium court orders repatriation of ISIS-linked family from Roj camp in Syria

Belgian authorities were ordered to repatriate a woman who joined ISIS and her two children from Roj camp in Syria where she is being held

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Details emerge of ISIS families taken by Turkey-backed Syrian rebels from Ain Issa camp

New details about the escape of women connected to ISIS from a camp in northeast Syria suggest they were taken by Turkey-backed rebels who may now be holding them for ransom

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France and Iraq to discuss framework for ISIS trials, Le Drian says

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said he would discuss a judicial framework for putting ISIS fighters on trial during an upcoming visit to Iraq

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ISIS families escape Ain Issa camp in northeast Syria after Turkish bombardment

Hundreds of family members of ISIS adherents held inside a camp in Ain Issa, northern Syria, have escaped following Turkish bombardment nearby

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