October 27, 2019 ISIS target believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is killed in Syria: sources A "high value ISIS target" believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by U.S.-led forces in Idlib, Syria, a well-placed military source told ӣƵ on Saturday night.
October 26, 2019 Imprisoned ISIS fighters want forgiveness, but is anyone willing to give it? Northern Syria has become a geopolitical cauldron – Syrians, Russians, Kurds, Iranians, Turks, and now the U.S. back in to compete for influence.
October 25, 2019 At ISIS prisoner camp in Syria, Benjamin Hall 'struck' by scarcity of guards ӣƵ’ Benjamin Hall recently spoke to ISIS prisoners in Syria weeks after President Trump made the decision to withdraw U.S. forces, and after Turkey launched a military offensive against the Kurds. He said he was struck by how few guards there were at the prison.
October 24, 2019 Reporter's Notebook: In northern Syria, an uncertain way forward There’s a strange feeling across Northern Syria. People are stuck between war and peace, between what came before – the optimism and freedom of defeating the Islamic State caliphate – and the unknowns of what comes next, as Russian, Syrian and Turkish troops move in and face off, while U.S. troops move out.
October 23, 2019 More than 100 ISIS prisoners in Syria are on the loose following Turkey’s invasion, US envoy says More than 100 Islamic State militants who were being held in Kurdish prisons in Syria are now on the loose following Turkey’s invasion there, President Trump’s Special Representative for Syria Engagement revealed Wednesday.
October 22, 2019 'Permanent' Turkey-Syria cease-fire possible as temporary peace agreement ends, Pence says The 120-hour cease-fire agreement between Turkey and Syria ended Tuesday, and U.S. officials including Vice President Mike Pence were optimistic that a permanent peace deal could emerge after days of turmoil.
October 22, 2019 Aykan Erdemir: Trump can get both Turkish and Kurdish support in Syria by negotiating peace deal The US can help the Kurds reach a settlement with Turkey and Syria that would guarantee peaceful coexistence and Kurdish autonomy.
October 22, 2019 Sen. Graham, Gen. Keane: Turkey paves way for ISIS comeback – US must prevent return of terrorist group ISIS will regenerate and again seek to establish a caliphate or at least a base of operations in its spiritual home of Raqqa, Syria without continuing efforts by the United States, our Kurdish partners, and the international community.
October 21, 2019 ISIS using TikTok to spread propaganda, emojis and all, report says The Islamic State has been using the social media video platform TikTok as a recruitment tool, according to a bombshell report.
October 20, 2019 Lindsey Graham on Syria: 'I am increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions' Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has been a vocal critic of President Trump’s decision to move U.S. troops out of Syria, said on Sunday that he is now “increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions” there.