Category: Kurdish

Attack Kills 10 in Syria, Kurdish Forces Arrest 52 Terrorists

December 31, 2022
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BEIRUT—A rocket attack in eastern Syria on Friday targeted a bus with oil industry employees, killing at least 10, the government said. To the north, Syrian Kurdish-led forces announced they arrested 52 terrorists in an operation against ISIS’s sleeper cells. According to Syria’s petroleum ministry, the rocket struck in the Al-Taym gas field in eastern…

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2 Canadian Women Repatriated From Syria Detention Camp for ISIS Detainees

October 25, 2022
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Two Canadian women have been released from a camp in Syria that detains ISIS fighters and their families, according to media outlets. One is Kimberly Polman, who was arrested by Kurdish fighters during the fight against the ISIS terrorist group in 2019. She was detained in Roj camp in northeast Syria for her alleged association…

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Pennsylvania Man Accused of Torture, Exporting Guns to Iraq

February 19, 2022
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The following story contains descriptions of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. The Department of Justice arrested a Pennsylvania man Thursday on torture charges for acts he allegedly committed in 2015 while working in Iraq. These new counts are in addition to a 2018 indictment that charges he illegally exported gun parts and…

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2 Turkish Soldiers Killed in North Syria; 2 Others Wounded

July 25, 2021
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ISTANBUL—Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in an attack in northern Syria, Turkey’s defense ministry said Sunday. The ministry wrote on Twitter that a Turkish armored vehicle was attacked. The assault occurred Saturday in the so-called Euphrates Shield area, which consists of a region between the Turkish border and northern Aleppo,…

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