U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria last December, claiming that the extremist group Islamic State had been defeated. Beijing sees the situation in Syria as an opportunity to benefit economically, expand its influence in the Middle East and even...

From the Australian children begging to return, to the broken bodies of Kurdish soldiers and the broken politics of Syria, IS's vengeful ideology is still blighting the lives of thousands. The small Australian enclave in al-Hawl camp in northern Syria lies on the edge of a giant sea...

The U.S.-led coalition says its Syrian allies have successfully dealt with an “incident” at a detention center in northeastern Syria which activists described as an attempted prison break by Islamic State militants. Col. Scott Rawlinson, coalition spokesman, said Saturday all detainees...

They climbed along a jagged pathway on the edge of Mount Baghouz, a monolithic cliff overlooking the last patch of land held by the Islamic State, carrying with them whatever they could hold. Men, women and children arrived by the thousands in recent weeks, surrendering to the Syrian...