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US considering complete withdrawal of troops from Syria - WSJ

Around 1,000 US troops are stationed in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported, and are mainly co-stationed with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops.

JANUARY 24, 2026|ByGOLDIE KATZ

Members of the Syrian security forces gather at a back of a vehicle outside al-Aqtan prison, where some Islamic State detainees are held, in Raqqa, Syria January 23, 2026.

Children and women, relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, walk inside Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on January 21, 2026; illustrative.

US to complete transfer of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq in coming days, official says

The US military is transferring up to 7,000 ISIS detainees from Syrian prisons to Iraq, focusing on high-risk fighters amid growing security concerns following recent prison escapes.

JANUARY 23, 2026|ByREUTERS

A Syrian national flag flutters next to the Islamic State's slogan at a roundabout where executions were carried out by ISIS militants in the city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria April 1, 2016.

Iraq says it will begin legal proceedings against ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria

More than 10,000 members of the ultra-hardline terror group have been held for years in about a dozen prisons and detention camps guarded by the SDF in Syria's northeast.

JANUARY 22, 2026|ByREUTERS

Around 50 protesters gathered outside the US embassy to protest against what they described as Washington's inaction in the face of the latest massacre in Syria carried out by the Sharaa regime, on January 21, 2026.

Protesters outside US embassy demand US, Israeli action after Kurdish massacre

Several signs pointed to Israel’s close relationship with the Kurdish community. One read “Israel loves Kurdistan,” while others went further, openly calling for military action against the regime.

JANUARY 22, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Syrian forces kill two, arrest several terrorists in anti-ISIS operation

Syrian forces foiled the cell's plot to carry out multiple terror attacks on the Syrian coast and seized a cache of various weapons and ammunition during the operation.

NOVEMBER 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014

Afghan Abdullah Haji Zada sentenced to 15 years after planning terror attack in US Election Day

“Today’s sentence, and Zada’s [...] removal from the United States, reflect [...] his betrayal and our commitment to use every tool at our disposal to detect and disrupt such plots," said Eisenberg.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.

The conflicts in the Middle East were always inevitable - opinion

History teaches us that whenever a vacuum of power is left unfilled, extremist groups rush to occupy it.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025BySALEM ALKETBI

NAMES OF VICTIMS are projected in Paris earlier this month, a decade since the attacks of November 13, 2015 in which 130 civilians were killed.

Islamic State-linked rebels kill 89 civilians in east Congo attacks, UN force says

Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked several localities of Congo's North Kivu province and killed at least 20 women and an undetermined number of children.

NOVEMBER 21, 2025ByREUTERS

Relatives mourn their kin who was killed in his farm following an attack by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, in Mbimbi location of Oicha in Beni territory, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo September 10, 2025.

Downed ISIS drones spur SDF claim of Damascus collaboration in Raqqa attacks

Drone wreckage analysis points to ISIS operatives operating near Syrian government-affiliated sites, the Syrian Democratic Forces alleges, while calling for coalition intervention.

NOVEMBER 20, 2025ByJAMES GENN

Armed members of the Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) military police take part in a demonstration under the banner “With our will, we will protect our revolution”, in Qamishli, Syria, September 17, 2025.

ISIS harnesses artificial intelligence to lure British teens, sparking MI5 and MI6 vigilance

British security officials told the Telegraph, that jihadist propagandists now used AI systems to translate Arabic material, including editorials from the weekly ISIS newspaper Al-Naba.

NOVEMBER 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Kurdistan’s security architecture recast as Peshmerga unification continues

The Kurdistan region has its own armed forces, the Peshmerga. Among the largest units are the KDP and PUK, which each have tens of thousands of fighters.

NOVEMBER 18, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A KURDISH peshmerga soldier stands at a lookout near Bashiqa in northern Iraq

October 7 attacks spark surge in ISIS recruitment, interest in radical jihadist terror - CNN

NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism Rebecca Weiner spoke to CNN about the arrest of six individuals who were allegedly inspired by ISIS to plan an attack in Michigan.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF