British Islamic State teen bride Shamima Begum's newborn son dies in Syria: SDF The baby son of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group, has died in Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Friday.

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The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) hopes the evacuation of people wishing to leave Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria will be completed on Thursday, an SDF commander said.

US-backed force in Syria hopes to complete evacuation of Islamic State enclave today

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Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attack in Afghanistan: Report

US-backed forces in Syria are holding more than 2,000 suspected Islamic State fighters, US defence officials said, at least double previous estimates and an obstacle to Trump administration plans to withdraw American forces from Syria, Dow Jones Newswires reported in an article provided to EFE on Wednesday.

US-backed forces are holding 2,000 suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners have agreed a plan to strip some Germans who fight for the Islamic State militant group of their citizenship, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said on Monday.

Germany to strip Islamic State fighters of citizenship

US-backed fighters have slowed an offensive to take Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria because a small number of civilians remain there, though fierce fighting continues, they said on Monday.

Syria fighters say Islamic State still holds civilians, slowing attack

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Hareth Najem fled Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan's family had died two years earlier in air strikes across the border in al-Qaim region.

Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave

Kurdish-led forces launched a final assault Friday on the last pocket held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, their spokesman said. The "operation to clear the last remaining pocket of ISIS has just started", Mustefa Bali, the spokesman of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, said in a statement using an acronym for the jihadist group.

Assault on last IS pocket in Syria has started: Syrian Democratic Forces

At least 84 people, two-thirds of them young children, have died since December on their way to al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria after fleeing Islamic State in the Deir al-Zor region, the United Nations said on Friday.

At least 84 people, two-thirds young children, died on way to al-Hol camp in Syria: UN

In pre-war Syria, Safaa Al-Kurdi sold wedding dresses. Fed up with the conflict, the mother-of-three fled Damascus four years ago and sought asylum in Moscow. Now, Russia is saying she must go home.

Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home

A mass grave containing the bodies of dozens of people who may be Yazidis enslaved by Islamic State has been found in territory recently seized by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an SDF official said on Thursday.

Mass grave found in last Islamic State bastion: Syrian Democratic Forces

The father of London teenager Shamima Begum, who married an Islamic State group militant in Syria, insisted in an interview with AFP on Monday that Britain must take her back before deciding any punishment.

Bangladesh: Father of Islamic State teen Shamima Begum says Britain must take her back

US-backed Syrian forces warned Sunday they were struggling to cope with an outpouring of foreigners from the Islamic State group's imploding "caliphate", urging governments to take responsibility for their citizens.

Exodus from last Islamic State enclave overwhelms Syria force

The father of an Alabama woman who fled to Syria to marry an Islamic State fighter filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump's administration over her right to return with her 18-month-old baby after the US president said she will not be allowed back on American soil.

ISIS bride's family files lawsuit against Trump over her right to return to America

"My son will grow up to become a jihadist," a woman cried proudly as she stepped off a bus ferrying people out of the Islamic State group's last sliver of territory in eastern Syria.

As 'caliphate' crumbles, Islamic State women remain defiant

The operation to destroy Islamic State's final vestige of rule in Iraq and Syria hit a temporary snag on Thursday, as an expected evacuation of the remaining civilians from its last enclave in eastern Syria did not go ahead.

Operation to end last IS Syria pocket hits evacuation snag

A teenager who was stripped of her British citizenship after leaving London to join the Islamic State group has asked the government to re-evaluate her case and show "a bit more mercy" as she seeks to return to Britain.

Islamic State teen Begum asks UK to show 'more mercy'

The US military will keep around 200 troops in Syria after President Donald Trump's pullout from the war-torn country, the White House said Thursday. "A small peace-keeping group of about 200 will remain in Syria for a period of time," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.

Around 200 US troops to remain in Syria after pullout: White House

The family of a London teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria said Friday it would challenge the British government's decision to revoke her citizenship.

Family of IS teen Shamima Begum to fight UK decision to strip citizenship

A British teen who joined the Islamic State group has no claim to Bangladeshi nationality, Dhaka's foreign ministry said Wednesday, after the UK government decided to revoke her citizenship.

Bangladesh says IS teen Shamima Begum not eligible for citizenship

US-backed Syrian forces tried Thursday to negotiate the release of civilians still trapped in the Islamic State group's last redoubt, as the international coalition warned the jihadists faced "inevitable defeat".

Syria forces try to free last civilians from Islamic State holdout

Massive fire kills 56 in Bangladesh capital Dhaka: Official At least 56 people have died in a huge fire that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital, a fire official said Thursday.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is barring a US-born former Islamic State propagandist from returning home, making the highly unusual case that she is not a US citizen.

Trump says US woman who joined Islamic State cannot return

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US-backed force in Syria hopes to complete evacuation of Islamic State enclave today

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attack in Afghanistan: Report

US-backed forces are holding 2,000 suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria

Germany to strip Islamic State fighters of citizenship

Syria fighters say Islamic State still holds civilians, slowing attack

The world this week, in pictures

Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave

Assault on last IS pocket in Syria has started: Syrian Democratic Forces

At least 84 people, two-thirds young children, died on way to al-Hol camp in Syria: UN

Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home

Mass grave found in last Islamic State bastion: Syrian Democratic Forces

Bangladesh: Father of Islamic State teen Shamima Begum says Britain must take her back

Exodus from last Islamic State enclave overwhelms Syria force

ISIS bride's family files lawsuit against Trump over her right to return to America

As 'caliphate' crumbles, Islamic State women remain defiant

Operation to end last IS Syria pocket hits evacuation snag

Islamic State teen Begum asks UK to show 'more mercy'

Around 200 US troops to remain in Syria after pullout: White House

Family of IS teen Shamima Begum to fight UK decision to strip citizenship

Bangladesh says IS teen Shamima Begum not eligible for citizenship

Syria forces try to free last civilians from Islamic State holdout

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Trump says US woman who joined Islamic State cannot return