Syria

Australian Women in ISIS Camp Returning From Syria

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett says some individuals will be arrested and charged. Australian families believed to be linked to the ISIL group leave Roj camp near Derik, Syria, on April 24, 2026 [Orhan Qereman/Reuters] By Daniel Khalili-Tari, Reuters and The Associated Press Australian police say that some members of a group of Australian women and children due to arrive in the country from Syria imminently will be arrested over alleged links to the ISI

Al Jazeera

May 6

Main Suspect in Syria's Tadamon Massacre Arrested

By Feras Dalatey Residents gather in a street after Friday prayers to celebrate the arrest of Amjad Yousef, a key suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, in Tadamon, Syria, April 24, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi April 24 - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had arrested the main suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, ‌one of the worst acts of violence attributed to the former government of Bashar al-Assad, in which 288 civilians were killed. The ministry released footag

Reuters

Apr 25

Special Report: U.S. Kurdish Policy in Syria

By Michał Jagielski Senior Middle East and Iran Analyst Genocide Watch Syrian Kurds protesting outside a U.S.-led international coalition base near the Turkish border in Syria. Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images A decade after the establishment of CJTF-OIR, it appears that the alliance between the U.S. and the SDF is at an end. Initially, the Kurdish-led forces were the most reliable ally for Washington’s multilayered Syrian policy aimed at countering ISIS and the gr

Genocide Watch

Apr 21

Christians, Druze, Alawites attacked in Al-Sharaa's Syria

Syria: Christians, Other Minorities Under Genocidal Attack During Leadership of Ahmed Al-Sharaa The Gatestone Institute March 31, 2026 by Uzay Bulut Christians in Syria are once again under attack by Islamic groups affiliated with the country's jihadist regime, headed by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Following al-Sharaa's December 2024 seizure of power in Syria, persecution of religious minorities, including Christia

Uzay Balut | The Gatestone Institute

Mar 31

Israel Strikes Syria After Druze Clashes

Samantha Granville Beirut Israel says it will not tolerate Syrian attacks on the Druze minority (Reuters) Israel says it has carried out air strikes on Syrian government infrastructure in the south of the country, in response to what it described as attacks on Druze civilians in Suweida province. In a statement, the Israeli military said it hit a command centre and weapons stored at army compounds overnight. "The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] will not tolerate harm towards the

BBC News

Mar 21

Genocide Emergency: Rojava and Northern Syria

Kurdish women braid their hair during a demonstration in Erbil in solidarity with Kurdish female fighters in Rojava (northeast Syria), January 23, 2026. © Safin Hamid / AFP Genocide Emergency: Rojava and Northern Syria January 2026 Rojava (the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria) is facing a coordinated campaign of annihilation. Following the collapse of the Assad Regime and Ahmed al-Sharaa's (Abu Mohammed al-Julani) rise to power, Damascus’s

Genocide Watch

Jan 27

Syrian army expels Kurds from Aleppo, fights Kurdish forces

People told to leave three areas as fears grow of wider conflict between government and Kurdish authorities The Syrian army ordered civilians to evacuate neighbourhoods of Aleppo on Thursday after fighting with Kurdish forces entered its third day, deepening the rift between the Syrian government and the US-backed Kurdish authorities in Syria . The Syrian government urged people to leave the three contested neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh and Bani Zeid by early af

The Guardian

Jan 13