The ABC can reveal Australian families with links to Islamic State fighters have left a camp in north-eastern Syria, and will try to begin their journey home to Australia.

A month after violent clashes in a Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo, tens of thousands of residents have returned.

Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in northeastern Syria leaves thorny ⁠questions ⁠unresolved, as Kurds seek to retain some authority despite a much ⁠weakened hand following the rapid advance of central government forces.

The U.S. military completed the transfer of thousands of low-level ISIS prisoners from detention in Syria to Iraq, completing the effort that began last month at the request of Baghdad. The transfer operation,

Syria is stepping up efforts to engage Syrian engineers living abroad, particularly in Germany, as part of broader plans to support

IDF soldiers discovered the activists and escorted them back to Israeli territory early Monday morning; the activists did not resist. They were handed over to the police and arrested.

The U.N. refugee agency said Sunday that a large number of residents of a camp housing family members of suspected Islamic State group militants have left and the Syrian government plans to relocate

Marco Rubio said on Sunday that Washington is pleased with the "trajectory" in Syria, which has launched talks with Kurdish minority groups.