Syria's Kurdish forces said they expected revenge attacks by Daesh (ISIS) following the U.S. announcement Sunday that the extremist organisation's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed. "Sleeper cells will seek revenge for Baghdadi's death," Mazloum Abdi, the top commander of the...

The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Donald Trump said Sunday. "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead," Trump announced at the...

Turkey exchanged information and coordinated with the U.S. before an American operation to reportedly kill a terrorist chief in northwestern Syria, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said Sunday.  “Prior to the U.S. Operation in Idlib Province of Syria last night, information...

Russian women who were held in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as Daesh (ISIS) supporters have recorded emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin to help them return home. The audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda...