Syria dispatches

Children stand outside tents at Roj detention camp in northern Syria.

‘Guantanamo on an epic scale’: Life inside ISIS detention camps in Syria

April 25, 2024Shadow of ISIS

ISIS still conducts large-scale attacks like the one in Russia last month that killed about 130 people. In Syria, where the group originated, it continues to be active. One strategy to contain ISIS has been to hold thousands of people in detention camps in northeastern Syria.

‘I have to work to help my family’: Child laborers in Raqqa face dangerous conditions

April 10, 2024Shadow of ISIS

Oil refineries in northeastern Syria are sickening people and polluting the environment

March 26, 2024Shadow of ISIS

Residents in northeastern Syria react to recent attacks on US bases

March 13, 2024Shadow of ISIS