Experts say the detention centres were a breeding ground for extremism and a new generation of IS membersHumanitarians warned for years that the camps in north-east Syria holding tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State (IS) fight…

Annex holding 6,000 women and children is now mostly empty, raising security and humanitarian concernsMost of the foreign families of suspected Islamic State fighters have left al-Hawl camp since the Syrian government took control of the facility, prom…

Report on Islamic State says Ahmed al-Sharaa was targeted twice by IS front group that bombed Damascus churchFive separate plots to assassinate Syria’s president or his senior ministers were foiled last year, the UN has said in a report on Islamic Stat…

Syrian government forces have seized swathes of territory from Kurdish groups – including camps holding IS prisoners. Will Christou reports on why this is a dangerous momentWill Christou reports on Syria for the Guardian and has been watching the new g…