SDF say they recaptured Ghwayran prison in Hassakeh a week after ISIL fighters attempted a major jailbreak.
Leonora Messing faces a court in Germany for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity committed in Syria.
The armed group continues to gain strength in the war-torn country after its defeat in 2019, analysts say.
ISIL attack in Hasakeh has been one of the deadliest since the armed group lost its territory in 2019.
Assault on the Ghwayran prison city of Hasakeh is one of ISIL’s most significant since its ‘caliphate’ was established.
Hoda Muthana, who left the US to join ISIL in 2014, has been in a protracted legal battle to return to the country.
One of UK-born, former ISIL members known as ‘The Beatles’ faces charges related to torture and beheading of hostages.
US-led coalition says two drones rigged with explosives destroyed by defensive capabilities at Ain al-Asad airbase.
United States will continue to provide assistance, advice and training to Iraqi forces, Iraqi and US officials say.
Syrian Democratic Forces said the fighters were handed over to Iraq intelligence officials for questioning.
At least 10 people, including three civilians, killed in attack on village in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
At least 1,000 predominantly Shia prisoners executed by ISIL at Iraq’s Badush Central Prison in June 2014, UNITAD says.
Frankfurt court rules in case concerning death of a five-year-old girl bought as a slave and left to die in the sun.
US will look into whether procedures were followed after NY Times reported dozens of civilians were killed in bombings.
