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About 5,700 adult male ISIS fighters have been moved from Syria to Iraq. Reuters

Dozens of minors among ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria to Iraq

Minors will be placed in rehabilitation centres and referred to Iraq's Juvenile Investigation Court

Special reportHow thousands escaped from Syria's biggest ISIS camp

EditorialSyria's government should be honest about the violence its people are seeing

Convoy of Australian prisoners turned back to Syrian ISIS camp

Trump 'engaged' with Al Shara to halt fighting with SDF

US withdraws from major base in north-east Syria amid regional volatility

Syria's Al Shibani claims 'no violence' against minorities despite killings

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People pass through Al Hol camp in Al Hasakah, Syria. Getty Images

US military says strikes hit 30 ISIS targets in Syria as detainees are transferred to Iraq

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US troops withdraw from Al Tanf base in Syria

A US military escort for buses transporting ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq. Reuters

Dozens of Europeans among ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria to Iraq

Nationalities of the more than 5,000 detainees transferred so far obtained by The National

Five assassination plots against Syria’s Al Shara last year, UN report says

Rival Syrian forces pull back from Hasakah frontline

Siemens Energy looks to Iraq and Syria for grid expansions

US not satisfied with Syria's Al Shara, senior Republican says

Iraq foils 'Captagon smuggling gang' in Syria operation

CommentA secure Syria depends on the EU's repatriation of ISIS suspects

Vehicles wait to enter Syria from Jordan through the Jaber-Nassib border crossing in December 2024, after rebels toppled Bashar Al Assad. AFP

Syrian-Jordanian trade hit as Damascus imposes restrictions on transport

Lorries from Jordan and other neighbouring countries now forced to unload cargo at border

Slow progress in US-brokered deal to solve Syria's Kurdish question amid high tension

Syrian security officer arrested over shooting in Druze area

Iraq receives more than 2,200 ISIS fighters from Syria

Special report‘Israel will not abandon us’: Separatist Sweida poses new threat for fragile Syria

Saudi Arabia signs Syria investment deals in sectors from aviation to property

As Syria rebuilds, artisans of Damascus fear their crafts could be left behind

A member of the National Guard in Sweida, whose uniform displays the Israeli flag and a portrait of Druze leader Sheikh Hikmat Al Hijri. Hasan Belal for The National

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As Syria rebuilds, artisans of Damascus fear their crafts could be left behind

Lebanon and Syria sign deal to repatriate more than 300 prisoners to Damascus

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