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February 3, 2022

ISIS leader killed in US Special Operations raid in Syria, Biden says

ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in a "successful" U.S. Special Operations counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria Thursday, President Biden and the Pentagon have confirmed.

February 3, 2022

Inside US raid that killed ISIS leader: 'Incredibly complex,' on same scale as bin Laden operation

The U.S. Special Operations counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria Thursday that killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was "long planned," and on the level and scale of the U.S. operation to take out Usama bin Laden in 2011, senior administration officials told Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ.

February 3, 2022

Who is Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS killed in US raid?

The Islamic State leader killed Thursday during a U.S. Special Operations forces raid in Syria was working undercover trying to rebuild the terrorist group, carried a gun wherever he went and once was detained by American forces in Iraq nearly 15 years ago, reports say.

January 31, 2022

American woman who allegedly joined ISIS, wanted to bomb mall and college in US, due in court

Allison Fluke-Ekren, a 42-year-old former Kansas resident, allegedly joined ISIS and spent years leading an all-female unit and training them to use AK-47 rifles and suicide belts.

January 29, 2022

American woman, a former Kansas resident, accused of leading all-female ISIS battalion

An American woman has been charged with providing material support to terrorist organizations.

January 24, 2022

Syrian Kurdish forces move in on Islamic State-controlled prison

U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces are deploying within the prison facility where dozens of IS militants have been holed up

January 9, 2022

Army paratrooper Robert Nicoson acquitted after Syria gunfight allegations

An 82nd Airborne Division soldier was totally acquitted Friday evening during a court-martial for a series of charges stemming from a deadly gunfight in Syria in 2020.

January 5, 2022

US troops come under attack in Iraq and Syria in days after Soleimani death anniversary

A base hosting U.S. troops at Baghdad’s international airport came under rocket fire on Wednesday while indirect fire hit another base hosting U.S. troops in Syria, part of a string of attacks in the days after the anniversary of the death of top Iranian general Qassim Soleimani.

December 27, 2021

US airstrikes fall 54 percent under Biden compared to Trump in 2020

President Biden's administration has been much less aggressive with U.S. military air power in 2021 than former President Donald Trump was last year, with strikes falling 54% as of mid-December.

December 15, 2021

US downs drone over Syria believed launched by Iranian-backed militias

The U.S. military downed a drone deemed to have hostile intent Tuesday that was headed toward a base in southeast Syria that houses 200 American troops, a senior defense official told Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ’ Jennifer Griffin.