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 ...
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U.S. airstrikes in Syria meant to prevent Islamic State from taking power in leadership void
Officials say that while the group is vastly weaker than in 2014, it still has thousands of militants in Syria.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thousands attend the funeral of a Taliban minister killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber
Thousands of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a Taliban minister killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s ...
Kurdish forces commander says Islamic State group resurging in Syria’s east amid security vacuum
The commander of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces warned on Wednesday that Islamic State group militants ...
Former al Qaeda chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani led overthrow of Syria's Assad
BEIRUT (Reuters) -As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy ...
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.