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Jordan police find suicide belts after deadly attack

Jordanian police said Monday they found suicide belts and other explosives in the hideout of suspected ISIS extremists behind an attack that killed 10 people, including a Canadian tourist. Another 34 people were wounded in Sunday's shooting spree, including a second Canadian. Four gunmen...

Hundreds evacuated from Aleppo as UN eyes observers

More than 1,000 people left the rebel enclave of Aleppo on Monday, raising hope for many others still stranded, as Russia eased its objections to sending UN observers to oversee the evacuations. A convoy of around 20 buses crossed the front line in the early morning headed for...

Syrian Observatory says 10 evacuation buses leave villages

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Monday 10 buses had left the besieged Shiite Muslim villages of al-Foua and Kefraya near Idlib carrying evacuees through rebel-held territory towards Aleppo. The evacuation of wounded and other civilians from the...

Al Qaeda and ISIL are still potent forces in Syria

As counterintuitive as it may sound, ISIL will still be stronger than Al Qaeda in Syria even after the former is dislodged from Mosul and Raqqa. Many counterterrorism experts have argued in recent months that it is time to turn attention towards Syria’s Jabhat Fateh Al Sham, formerly known...