Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the Islamic State group and the world's most wanted man, met his demise near a small village in northwestern Syria called Barisha. This is what we know about the area: - Geography - Barisha is located less than five kilometres from Turkey...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led International coalition on Sunday has killed the spokesman of Daesh (ISIS) in northern Idlib province hours of the US dawn-raid that eliminated daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Ziad jarad, head of the political office in...

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy who led talks with the Taliban until negotiations collapsed last month, was in Kabul on Sunday meeting with top Afghan officials including President Ashraf Ghani. His visit comes amid speculation the US is attempting to restart the effort to end America's...

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...