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Pressuring France to Bring Them Home, Women Who Joined ISIS Stage Hunger Strike
Frenchwomen who joined the Islamic State and are now held in squalid detention camps in Syria have gone on a hunger strike to protest France’s refusal to bring them back.
Israel Secretly Agrees to Fund Vaccines for Syria as Part of Prisoner Swap
To secure the release of an Israeli civilian held in Syria, Israel agreed to finance a supply of Russian-made Covid-19 vaccines for Damascus, an official said.
Israel and Syria Complete a Prisoner Swap, Mediated by Russia
An Israeli woman in her 20s was allowed to leave Syria for Russia, after Israel returned two captured shepherds to Syria.
Israel Is in Talks to Free Woman Detained in Syria
Israel and Syria are working on a prisoner exchange, with Russian mediation, after an Israeli woman slipped over the boundary and was detained in Syria.
A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast
The popular uprisings of 2011 mostly failed, but they gave the region a taste for democracy that continues to whet an appetite for change.
Barred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden’s Open Door
Few foreigners welcomed President Biden’s election victory as enthusiastically as the tens of thousands of Muslims who have been locked out of the United States for the past four years.
Isaac Shoshan, Israeli Spy Who Posed as an Arab, Is Dead at 96
A Syrian-born Jew, he took part in early undercover operations, including bombings, and later taught “generations” of Israeli agents.
Murders of Journalists Doubled in 2020
At least 30 journalists were killed this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, with 21 slain as a direct result of their work.
A Canadian’s Gripping Tale Withers Under Scrutiny
A Burlington, Ontario, man told elaborate and gruesome stories of life in the Islamic State for a New York Times podcast. An examination revealed a pattern of misrepresentation.