Judge halts Belgian Syria fighter trial over security concerns
A Belgian judge has adjourned indefinitely a high profile appeal hearing with links to the November 13 Paris attacks because police had not met his demands for more security, Expatica.com reports.
The judge, Pierre Saint-Remy, had suspended the hearing yesterday, calling for increased security measures.
Message to the Syrian people by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura
The BBC's Lina Sinjab has shared this image from Geneva, showing journalists waiting for the arrival of delegations to the Syria peace talks.
The spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against IS in Syria and Iraq, Army Col. Steve Warren, has shared a video showing Iraqi Security Forces being trained using lessons learned from the battle to recapture the town of Ramadi from IS.
Syrian Turkomans cross to Turkey, fleeing advances of pro-Assad forces: Reuters
Hundreds of mostly Turkoman refugees fearing intensifying clashes between Syrian pro-government forces and the opposition in Latakia province have fled to Turkey, footage from Reuters TV showed and Turkmen officials have said.
According to Reuters, some 400 Turkomans -- ethnic Turks living in Syria -- have left the Syrian village of Yamadi and crossed into Turkey. The flow of refugees has increased since government forces captured the Latakia town of Rabia last week.
British woman who took son to Syria found guilty of joining IS
A British woman who took her toddler son to Syria has been found guilty of membership of the IS group.
Tareena Shakil, 26, is the first woman to return from IS-controlled territory to be convicted of such offenses, the BBC reports.
Shakil admitted traveling to Syria but denied joining IS, saying that she had just wanted to live under Sharia law and had sought to escape an "unhappy family life."