Australian authorities must speed up the repatriation of their nationals held in detention centres in Syria following the recent confirmation of the death of a Sydney teenager at a facility in the northeast, UN human rights experts said on Monday.   Yusuf Zahab, 17, had been taken...

Dublin’s Special Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former soldier Lisa Smith to 15 months in jail for joining Daesh in Syria. Judge Tony Hunt said the 40-year-old mother of one, from Dundalk on Ireland’s east coast, was a low risk for reoffending. But he said Smith, a Muslim...

The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria presented 9 recommendations that would improve the general situation of Palestinian refugees from Syria, improve their conditions, and secure a safe and dignified life for them. The AGPS addressed the international community and UNRWA in a report...

US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria recruited at least 483 child soldiers into their ranks last year, a report by the United Nations has revealed. According to the annual Children and Armed Conflict report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, published on Monday, the Kurdish-led...