The Defense Department did not reveal the name of the ISIS official, but said the raid took place on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The official has been identified as a key financier who helped orchestrate attacks in Syria and Iraq.

A US-led coalition has captured a senior member of the ISIL (ISIS) group in northwest Syria, the SANA state news agency and a war monitor have reported, while another Syrian security source and Syria’s state-owned Al-Ekhbariya said the man targeted was killed as he tried to escape.

For the past several decades, the United States and Israel have tried to isolate Syria in the Middle East. Only U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, after the October War in 1973, tried and ...

There are approximately 50,000 veteran Islamic State members and their families currently being held at 27 prisons and detention centers across northeast

WASHINGTON DC - The United States on Thursday cautioned that Syria is “at a crossroads,” reaffirming its intention to give the country “a chance at greatness,” amid reports that President Donald Trump has ordered a review of Syria’s designation as a State Sponsor

The Syrian Democratic Forces alleges that Damascus-linked factions attacked four of its positions early on Monday.

Yet whatever its origins, unless checked swiftly and decisively, it threatens to dismantle what remains of Syria’s social cohesion and expose the transitional leadership as incapable of governing a post-Assad Syria.