More than half of the 5,700 Islamic State (ISIS) detainees recently transferred to Iraq are Syrian nationals, Rudaw has learned.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi signaled on Friday he was expediting Tehran’s proposal for a nuclear agreement with Washington amid a massive US military buildup that he warned could spark a regional war.

US President Donald Trump said Friday Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whom he said he “essentially put there,” has been “very good to the Kurds,” as Damascus and Kurdish leadership in northeast Syria (Rojava) continue working on an internationally brokered agreement reached in late January that ended weeks of clashes.