A Palestinian-American teenager who spent nine months in Israeli detention without charge has been freed. Mohammed Ibrahim was 15 when he was arrested in February in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where he was visiting on holiday from Florida, for allegedly throwing stones at Jewish settlers, which he previously denied. The US state department said it […]
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Inside Syria’s jail for IS suspects as officials say attacks by group are rising
Goktay Koraltan/BBC Wives and children of suspected Islamic State group fighters are detained in tented camps In the complex mosaic of the new Syria, the old battle against the group calling itself Islamic State (IS) continues in the Kurdish-controlled north-east. It’s a conflict that has slipped from the headlines – with bigger wars elsewhere. But […]