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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

foreign fighters in Syria

Members of the new armed forces, former rebels who overthrew Bashar al-Assad's government and now serve in the new Syrian government, stand in formation as they prepare for a military parade in downtown Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
December 30, 2024, 6:56 pm
New regime in Syria said to appoint some foreign Islamist fighters to military
Prominent Uighur, Jordanian, and Turkish foreign fighters given military ranks, as Islamist rebel group at core of de facto new government in Syria arranges formal armed forces
By Reuters
In this image from video released by the US Air Force, a Russian fighter jet flies close to a US drone over Syria, July 23, 2023. (US Air Force via AP)
July 25, 2023, 10:07 pm
Russian fighter jet fires at US drone flying over Syria
Altercation follows incident last week in which a Russian fighter jet flew close to US surveillance plane with crew inside
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
A woman receives a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine in the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on June 23, 2021. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
June 24, 2021, 9:44 pm
Over 200 vaccinated at Syrian displacement camp for jihadists’ families
Small group of Al-Hol residents receive AstraZeneca shots provided through the Covax program for low-income countries
By AFP
Fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units), backing the Iraqi forces, pose for a photograph with a flag of the Islamic State (IS) group in Tal Afar's Qalea central district during an operation to retake the city from the jihadists on August 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
September 29, 2020, 5:42 pm
Italy repatriates female Islamic fighter and her 4 children
Authorities say Alice Brignoli will face trial on terror-related charges, contributed to radicalizing her children to ’embrace global cause of jihadism’
By Colleen Barry
An undated photo of Amedy Coulibaly, jihadist killer of four Jews in a Paris kosher supermarket and of a French policewoman, and his wife Hayat Boumedienne who is sought by police. (Photo credit: Screenshot/Itele)
May 20, 2020, 8:34 pm
Wife of Hyper Cacher terrorist escapes from jihadist prison in Syria — monitor
Center for the Analysis of Terrorism says Hayat Boumedienne, whose partner killed 4 people at Paris kosher market, was one of 13 female suspects to break out of Kurdish-run jail
By AFP
Leader of Norway's populist Progress party Siv Jensen addresses the media in Oslo, Norway on January 20, 2020. (Fredrik Varfjell / NTB Scanpix / AFP)
January 20, 2020, 7:52 pm
Norway populist party quits government over return of jihadist’s spouse
Progress Party rejects repatriation on humanitarian grounds of woman who was married to Islamic State fighter; PM loses majority but remains in power
By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES
An man who is identified by Turkish news reports as a US citizen who has been deported by Turkey and is now stuck in the heavily militarized no-man's land between Greece and Turkey, after Greece refused to take him in, near Pazarkule border gate, Edirne, Turkey, November 11, 2019. (DHA via AP)
November 14, 2019, 7:29 pm
Turkey deports American IS suspect stuck at Greek border
Ankara says US agreed to take in alleged jihadist, give him travel documents; repatriation comes after Erdogan’s visit to the White House
By AP
Sayyaf Sharif Daoud, an Arab Israeli who traveled to Syria to join IS, speaks with Al Arabiya. (video screenshot)
August 1, 2019, 1:08 pm
Israeli Islamic State fighter captured in Syria asks Netanyahu to bring him home
Speaking Hebrew, Sayyaf Sharif Daoud requests PM’s intervention, noting that Jerusalem works to secure release of IDF soldiers held in captivity
By ToI Staff
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 22, 2018. (AFP/Stringer)
March 26, 2019, 10:11 pm
US targets ‘vast’ IRGC-linked network on Iran sanctions evasion
Treasury identifies four front companies for Iran’s Ansar Bank that sent some $800m used to pay foreign fighters, especially in Syria
By Matthew Lee
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard next to men waiting to be screened after being evacuated out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants, near Baghouz, eastern Syria, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP/Felipe Dana)
February 23, 2019, 11:11 am
Told to leave, IS ‘caliphate’ holdouts in Syria stay devoted
Hundreds, if not thousands, remain holed up in Baghouz — the last redoubt of the self-proclaimed Islamic State that leaders once said would stretch to Rome
By Sarah El Deeb
Illustrative: A man lies on the sidewalk near the Cafe Bonne Biere in Paris, following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris that left more than 120 dead, on November 13, 2015. (AFP/Anthony Dorfmann)
February 21, 2019, 7:44 pm
Top French jihadist believed killed in Syria
Fabien Clain spoke in IS recording claiming responsibility for 2015 Paris attacks; sources say he was killed in terror group’s last stronghold
By AFP
Satellite image showing the result of a an airstrike on a military facility in Syria, September 4, 2018. (ImageSat International)
September 6, 2018, 5:01 am
Satellite images show damage at Syria site from raid attributed to Israel
Explosions destroy two large hangars and reveal tunnel entrances leading underground, says imaging service
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a tank flying the Hezbollah terror group's flag seen in the Qara area in Syria's Qalamoun region on August 28, 2017 (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)
June 9, 2018, 12:55 am
To avoid Israeli strikes, Iran-backed fighters said disguising selves as Syrians
Rebel commanders tell Wall Street Journal that Hezbollah and other militias have left areas near Israeli border, only to return under Syrian regime flag, with rockets and missiles
By ToI Staff
Iranian pro-government supporters burn the Israeli and US flags during a rally Mashhad in support of the regime after authorities declared the end of the recent protests, on January 4, 2018. (AFP Photo/Tasnim News/Nima Najafzadeh)
April 11, 2018, 7:10 pm
After airstrike in Syria, an Israeli proxy war with Iran looms
Jerusalem continues to thwart Tehran’s efforts to entrench itself in Syria, and analysts are predicting the ‘worst war the region has seen in decades’
By Raphael Ahren
In this file picture taken on Friday, July 21, 2017, Kurdish soldiers from the Anti-Terrorism Units, carry a blindfolded an Indonesian man suspected of Islamic State membership, at a security center, in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
February 12, 2018, 9:05 am
US pushes for home countries to take back Islamic State detainees in Syria
Western nations weighing options for foreign fighters who joined terrorist group and are now being held by Syrian Democratic Forces
By Lolita C. Baldor
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