Turkey begins returning Western ISIS members to US and Europe

Turkey has deported an American member of the Islamic State back to the US and will soon start sending back Europeans, the Turkish government said Monday, as it began carrying out its pledge to send foreign jihadists home.

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Urgent Call to Pray for Syria: Thousands of Christians Face Exile or Extinction

Turkish-led jihadist troops advancing on a Syrian Christian town could begin an ethnic cleansing campaign in the next few hours, attorney and religious freedom advocate Lauren Homer tells CBN News.

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Despite setback, Kurds appear ready for Washington-Moscow spotlight

Syrian Kurdish leader General Mazlum Kobani was on the phone with the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and got support from Washington on Wednesday, two weeks after it seemed his Syrian Democratic Forces were on the ropes against Turkey.

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US House overwhelmingly condemns Trump’s Syria withdrawal, Turkey offensive

The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted its bipartisan condemnation of US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria.

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Hamas said waging ‘secret war’ to purge jihadist groups from Gaza

Gaza’s Hamas rulers have been waging a ‘secret war’ against followers of the Islamic State and other Salafist groups in the Strip, according to a recent report in the Lebanese daily Al Akhbar.

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New allegations that Assad is behind attacks on Christians undercuts ‘protector’ narrative

Despite public domestic Christian support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, some members of minority Christian groups argue he manipulates and threatens them.

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