Syria's government forces have taken control of a prison housing Islamic State group members in the country's north.

The Syrian army announced its control over the city of Al-Shaddadi and its prison on Monday, January 19, after about 120 Islamic State fighters escaped from the facility, the Syrian Ministry of ...

Soldiers assume control of al-Aqtan prison, as SDF fighters withdraw from the northeastern city under a ceasefire deal.

Hundreds of IS members escaped a prison amid clashes between Syrian government forces and the SDF, the country's main Kurdish ...

New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government.

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi man has been sentenced to life in prison for human trafficking after he recruited Iraqis to fight for Russia against Ukraine, court officials said Monday. The Najaf Criminal ...