Virginia man convicted of funding Islamic State in terrorism trial
Mohammed Chhipa led a double life, by his own attorney’s telling, spreading online propaganda for the Islamic State with ...
Blinken makes unannounced Iraq visit as part of Syria diplomacy push
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday to meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia ...
Here's how the US is countering the Islamic State group during Syria's upheaval
Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria are meant partly as a message to the group and a move to ensure ...
Blinken warns Islamic State will try to re-establish capabilities in Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Monday that Islamic State will try to use this period to re-establish ...
Abu Mohammed al-Golani may become the face of post-Assad Syria – but who is he and why does he have $10M US bounty on his head?
Sham, with origins in the terrorist group Nusra Front, spearheaded the rebel advance that ousted longtime Syrian President ...
Syria and Assad’s fall — it’s really all about colonialism
The Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided the Middle East between the British and French, has led to an uneasy rumbling in the ...
Israel Says It Destroyed Syria’s Navy, Part of Wave of Post-Assad Attacks
Israel says it is striking Syrian military sites to keep them out of “the hands of extremists.” The rebels who toppled the ...
Trump and Biden react to fall of Syrian government
The current and next president responded to the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime after he fled the country ...
The Fall of Aleppo Was Oddly Familiar
Syria, like Iraq, allowed itself to become a tool of Iran, and therefore never developed a competent state.
Iraq’s missing Yazidis: Inside the long search for Islamic State captives
Nearly 2,600 Yazidis remain missing a decade after IS rampaged through their Iraqi heartland. Most are feared dead, but hundreds could still be alive.
The Syrian civil war is back, and it could destabilize the entire region
When the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, thousands of Syrian refugees began to flood into neighboring Jordan. By the end ...
Who Are the Rebels Leading the Offensive in Syria?
Mr. al-Assad’s international backers, including Russia, Iran and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, are weakened and distracted ...