Tag: Syria
Stoltenberg denies support for invasion
It wasn't easy to get "yes" or "no" answers out of him, but NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg did tell Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on...
Norway won’t bring IS women and children home
The Norwegian government still has no plans to repatriate Norwegian IS women and their young children who currently are living in the Al-Hol refugee...
New lives loom for evacuated orphans
Prime Minister Erna Solberg has finally been able to counter months of criticism that her government wasn't doing enough to rescue Norwegian children from...
Solberg struggles with IS dilemma
Prime Minister Erna Solberg faces yet another thorny political dilemma involving Norwegian women who joined the brutal Islamic State (IS) terror group, had children...
‘Super diplomat’ heads for Syria
Geir O Pedersen is known as a "super diplomat" from Norway with high standing at the United Nations. It's therefore no great surprise that...
Norwegian released from arrest for terror financing
UPDATED: A Norwegian man who worked for a French company in Syria was arrested while changing planes at the Charles de Gaulle airport in...
Careful response to attack in Syria
While allies like Canada, Denmark and Germany expressed "support" for Saturday's attack by the US, UK and France on alleged chemical weapons plants in...
Brende: US attack on Syria ‘understandable’
Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende said on Friday that the Norwegian government can "understand" why the US attacked a Syrian airbase believed responsible for bombing...
Hussain indicted for ISIL recruitment
The Norwegian Islamic extremist Ubaydullah Hussain has been indicted for allegedly having recruited foreign warriors for ISIL forces in Syria. It's the first time...
High court sends ISIL men to jail
Norway's Supreme Court (Høyesterett) has sentenced three men, all Norwegian citizens, to jail terms of up to four-and-a-half years, after finding them guilty of having ties...
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