After battling insurgency for 13 years, the Bashar al Assad regime has collapsed in Syria. An Al Qaida affiliate that today goes by the name of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has taken control of the Syrian capital Damascus. The immediate future of Syria now depends on the leader of the HTS, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, a man who was handpicked by Islamic …
BAGHDAD — Iraq said on Monday it has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a longtime al-Qaida operative in a cross-border operation. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi tweeted the news, identifying the man as Sami Jasim, who oversees the Islamic State group’s financial operations and served as the deputy leader of IS under the late Abu …
Rockets Rain On Gaza And Israel After Airstrike Kills Militant Leader Enlarge this image toggle caption Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 1:37 p.m. Enlarge this image toggle caption Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images Syria's state-run media agency says that around the same time as the Israeli raid on …
President Donald Trump announced on October 27 that fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria, in a major blow to the jihadist group. Baghdadi killed himself during the raid by detonating a suicide vest, Mr. Trump said in a televised address from the White House. Mr. Trump said “many” …
