Nada Maucourant Atallah

US praises Iraq as it prepares to take in thousands of militants and put them on trial

Residents tell The National they have gone days without food, as Damascus and SDF trade blame over security vacuum at ISIS-linked site

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump discuss developments in country

The National, one of the first media outlets to visit the empty facility, speaks to security personnel and local residents to reconstruct the escape

Damascus and Kurdish-led force trade blame amid clashes around ISIS detention sites and fears of a security vacuum

Army and rival Syrian Democratic Forces trade accusations of attacks as fighting breaks out near ISIS prison

Residents of northern city welcome return to control of government forces

Ceasefire agreed after Deir Ezzor and Raqqa retaken from SDF in rapid government offensive

Damascus declares areas west of the Euphrates a military zone, announcing rapid gains in SDF-held territories

Heavy clashes resume in last SDF stronghold of west Euphrates despite agreement

Battle for control of Kurdish-held areas sheds harsh light on unresolved tensions between Damascus and SDF

Deadly clashes between army and Kurdish-led forces have ended

While Damascus says the military campaign to take over areas controlled by Kurdish fighters in Aleppo is over, fears of renewed violence persist

US envoy 'deeply concerned' by bloody exchanges between Kurdish fighters and army

Residents flee homes once again as truce compromised in Syrian city's Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods