Former al Qaeda chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani led overthrow of Syria’s Assad
As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public...
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah aims to rebuild longer term despite Israeli blows
Lebanon's Hezbollah has been significantly degraded militarily by Israel, but the Iran-backed group will likely try to rebuild its stockpiles and forces and pose a...
Suspected ISIS attack kills local party official in east Syria
A local official of the Future Syria Party was killed in an attack by suspected Islamic State (ISIS) gunmen in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province,...
American forces strike, destroy several weapons that fired rockets, mortars near US-led coalition base in Syria
American forces on Tuesday morning attacked and destroyed several weapons including rocket launchers and a tank operating near a U.S.-led coalition base in eastern Syria,...
Kurdish forces arrest suspected ISIS leader in eastern Syria
The Kurdish forces announced on Monday that they had arrested one of the emirs of the Islamic State (ISIS) in eastern Syria earlier in the...
Iraq strikes suspected ISIS hideout in Salahaddin
An unspecified number of suspected Islamic State (ISIS) members were killed on Monday in an Iraqi airstrike on their base in Salahaddin province, the army...
The Patient Efforts Behind Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Success in Aleppo
“God willing,” the militant told his lieutenants, they would “be able to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo and Damascus soon.” That militant was Abu Muhammad...