The Kurdish administration said the Ain Issa camp was 'now without guards' and 785 relatives of IS jihadists have fled due to the ongoing battles between Kurds and Turkey.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the United States will be withdrawing all troops from northeastern Syria and that he expects Syrian Kurds to seek aid from Russia and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Severe human rights violations committed by the military forces affiliated with Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar have been uncovered by Libyan Crimes Watch.
Turkish warplanes and artillery hit Kurdish military targets in northeast Syria on the third day of an offensive that has killed hundreds of people, forced tens of thousands to flee and turned Washington’s establishment against President Donald Trump.
The exit polls in Tunisia reveal that Qais Said has defeated Nabil Karoui in the presidential elections by a wide margin.
The SDF warns that it is holding thousands of ISIS militants and supporters across northern Syria. There is now fear that the on-going Turkish operations, which forced the SDF to divert troops to the north, may give the militants an opportunity to escape.
The protests against unemployment, corruption and lack of services that rocked Iraq last week have calmed down following numerous reform promises by the Prime Minister. However, many observers believe this is not the end of the protests, given the country's history of broken reform promises.
In a surprise move, Tunisian authorities released Nabil Karoui - one of the two candidates for the upcoming presidential elections - from jail. His release has intensified the campaigns for the election which is due to take place on Sunday.