Al-Baghdadi's in the village, would come as surprise, to have fled to Idlib after losing their last territories Syria to US-allied Kurdish forces March. The surrounding areas are largely controlled by rival of Islamic State group, although other jihadi groups sympathetic to IS operate..…
Mazloum Abdi, head of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces that was United States main local ally in years of battles against Islamic State group Syria, said the operation was the result of intelligence work... ..…
QAMISHLI, Syria — Syrian Kurdish forces say they expected revenge attacks by the Islamic State extremist group following the US announcement today that the jihadist organisation’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed. . ..…
Trump administration launched Syria targeting Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, Saturday. . Mazloum Abdi, commander of Syrian Kurdish forces that have long partnered with United States in the fight against Islamic State appeared to suggest on Sunday morning..…
He acted after thousands of Iraqi Yazidis, followers of an ancient religion with ties to Zoroastrianism, were targeted by Baghdadi’s fighters and in order to safeguard US interests, including a consulate in the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital of Irbil. . Islamic State militants responded by..…
But experts have long warned that even eliminating the leader of terrorist organizations like the Islamic State does not eliminate the threat. ... American forces working with allies on the ground like the Kurdish troops abandoned by Mr. ..…
Islamic State supporters escape in Syria, as Turkish and Kurdish forces clash and the U.S. pulls back troops . ..…
-allied Kurdish forces March. . Counterterrorism operations, including targeting key leaders, will not defeat Islamic State, al-Qaida, or any of Salafi-jihadi groups that threaten U.S interests today, .. ..…
Hours later, Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Islamic State Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, described had also been killed in joint raid by Kurdish-led and U.S forces Syria.. ..…
Erdogan added Turkey had paid a heavy price fighting terrorism, including in his list of foes the YPG - Kurdish militia in Syria who were instrumental in fighting with the United States against Islamic State but who Ankara deems terrorists. . ..…
BEIRUT Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi sought to establish Islamic caliphate across Syria and Iraq, and he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating leader of Islamic State group. In April, Kurdish-led forces backed by Washington declared the territorial defeat of IS the group's..…
The Kurdish Ayyubids laid foundation of First Islamic Republic which upheld the Institution of Pledge of Allegiance of the Caliphate. ..…
Less one of his potential successors, Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, was killed in strike further east, the head of Kurdish-led Syrian militia. In 2006, United States killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of predecessor group to Islamic State, and in 2010, it worked with Iraq to kill the head of..…
QAMISHLI, Syria — The Islamic State extremist group’s spokesman was killed today in northern Syria, a top Kurdish official says, hours after the jihadists’ leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was announced dead. . ... QAMISHLI, Syria — Syrian Kurdish forces say they expected..…
-allied Kurdish forces March. The surrounding areas are largely controlled by rival of Islamic State group, although other jihadi groups sympathetic to ISIS operate there. Kurdish forces appeared ready to portray al-Baghdadi's death weeks after Trump ordered American forces to..…
Trump has faced withering criticism from both Republicans and Democrats alike for his U.S. troop withdrawal from northeastern Syria, which permitted Turkey to attack America’s Kurdish allies. . Many critics of Trump’s Syria pullout have expressed worries it would lead the Islamic State..…
-allied Kurdish forces March. The surrounding areas are largely controlled by rival of Islamic State group, although other jihadi groups sympathetic to IS operate there. ..…
Erdogan added Turkey had paid a heavy price fighting terrorism, including in his list of foes the YPG - Kurdish militia in Syria who were instrumental in fighting with the United States against Islamic State but who Ankara deems terrorists. . ..…