<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Syria Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:31:29 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Panic in Cyprus as tourists abandon island amid war fears]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/285x214/2188468_1.jpg"/><br><br>British tourists rethinking their Easter plans have caused holiday prices in Cyprus to plunge.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:21:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>Travel News</category><media:keywords>RAF, Cyprus, British tourists, Iran-Israel conflict, Foreign Office, Travel advice, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus tourism decline, Iran conflict, RAF Akrotiri drone strike, holiday cancellations, hotel bookings, Marmaris, Cyprus' Hoteliers Association, AirD</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/590x/2188468_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[British tourists rethinking their Easter plans have caused holiday prices in Cyprus to plunge]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/237x141/2188468_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[British tourists rethinking their Easter plans have caused holiday prices in Cyprus to plunge]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Chancellor demands more than 700k Syrians who 'haven't integrated' go home]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2188488_1.jpg"/><br><br>Friedrich Merz has said that about 80% of Syrians in Germany should return home.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:12:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Germany, Syria, Friedrich Merz, Bashar al-Assad, Migrant Crisis, Crime, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Syrian repatriation, Syrian integration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, civil war, December 2024, German citizenship, 900k citizens, return of migrants</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2188488_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz said that about 80% of Syrians in Germany should return home]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2188488_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz said that about 80% of Syrians in Germany should return home]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Channel migrant boat gang snared in huge blow to people smugglers]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/285x214/2186550_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Syrian nationals were arrested in Germany after selling boats, pumps, engines and inner tubes - used as lifejackets - to crime gangs.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Michael Knowles]]></author><category>Politics</category><media:keywords>Syria, English Channel migrant crossings, Channel migrant boat suppliers, people smugglers, Syrian nationals, international cooperation</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/590x/2186550_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German police raided warehouses linked to a smuggling gang]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[NCA]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/237x141/2186550_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German police raided warehouses linked to a smuggling gang]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[NCA]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign Office urges Britons not to travel to 14 countries for any reason — full list]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/285x214/2182037_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Foreign Office has issued warnings against travel due to conflicts, terrorism risks and safety concerns.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:41:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Courtney Eales,Ellen Jenne]]></author><category>Travel News</category><media:keywords>Foreign Office, Travel advice, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Israel, Afghanistan, Middle East, south sudan, mali, niger, haiti, burkino faso, belarus, foreign office travel advice</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/590x/2182037_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Foreign Office has released a full list of the countries it advises against travelling]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/237x141/2182037_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Foreign Office has released a full list of the countries it advises against travelling]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islamic State ‘crowdfunding donations for jihadists’ wives’]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2181717_1.jpg"/><br><br>The whereabouts of around 20,000 released prisoners from a Syrian detention camp remains unknown.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:18:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Eleanor Burleigh]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>ISIS, Syria, crowdfunding, al-Hol detention camp, radicalisation</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2181717_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The fundraisers refer to escaped women and children from the al-Hol detention camp in Syria]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[AFP via Getty Images]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2181717_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The fundraisers refer to escaped women and children from the al-Hol detention camp in Syria]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[AFP via Getty Images]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zelensky sends ‘worthless’ Putin defiant Iran warning - ‘this is how a dictatorship ends']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2177349_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Ukrainian leader has spoken out about events in Iran.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Vladimir Putin, Iran, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, Iran-Israel conflict, Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Nuclear weapons, Zelensky, Putin, Dictatorship Collapse, Russia's worthlessness, how dictatorship ends, unable to help, weakness, worthless, Ayatollah Ali</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2177349_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Ukrainian leader has spoken out about events in Iran]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2177349_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Ukrainian leader has spoken out about events in Iran]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of ISIS prisoners set free in Syria - Shamima Begum camp could be next ]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2173250_1.jpg"/><br><br>EXCLUSIVE: The former director of the world's biggest ISIS detention camp said thousands of former inmates had been released. <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Richard Ashmore]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Syria, ISIS, Donald Trump, Al-Hol camp, Jihan Hanan, US withdrawal, Kurdish safety concerns</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2173250_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ISIS fighters and Begum Express Main pic]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2173250_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ISIS fighters and Begum Express Main pic]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plot to bring Shamima Begum back to UK using people smugglers - bombshell texts revealed]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/2171765_1.jpg"/><br><br>EXCLUSIVE: Astonishing messages claim the famous ex-British former jihadi bride is hoping to flee to Turkey and eventually reach the UK. <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Richard Ashmore,Andrew Drury]]></author><category>UK</category><media:keywords>Shamima Begum, Foreign Office, Syria, ISIS, Priti Patel, People Smugglers, ISIS Brides, Al-Roj Detention Facility</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/2171765_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shamima Begum is plotting to escape Syria, new texts claim ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Supplied ]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/237x141/2171765_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shamima Begum is plotting to escape Syria, new texts claim ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Supplied ]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shamima Begum hopes a 'loophole' will let her back in the UK – but she's no longer welcome]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/285x214/2174456_1.jpg"/><br><br>OPINION: Her supporters claim she was 'just a child', but ISIS bride chose to join a murderous terror regime<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Michael McManus Director of Research at the Henry Jackson Society]]></author><category>Politics</category><media:keywords>ISIS, Syria, Shamima Begum, UK citizenship, Syrian detention camp</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/590x/2174456_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shamima Begum, British-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/237x141/2174456_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shamima Begum, British-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[US captain reveals strikes on ISIS are 'daily' - 'if we see something, we hit it' ]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2172056_1.jpg"/><br><br>EXCLUSIVE: America has been hitting Islamic extremists in Syria on a daily basis since December, and now the US has moved 5,700 jihadis to Iraq. <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:18:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Richard Ashmore]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>ISIS, Syria, Military, US military strikes, Syria conflict, CENTCOM</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2172056_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US attacks on ISIS elements in Syria have been almost daily ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty ]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2172056_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US attacks on ISIS elements in Syria have been almost daily ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty ]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item></channel></rss>