Hidden chemical weapons sites emerge in Syria amid fragile security transition
Over a decade after Syria agreed to dismantle its arsenal, international inspectors have uncovered scores of previously hidden chemical weapons materials.
By Eve Sampson
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Experts warn terrorism threat is rising in Africa as US pulls back
A jihadist front is gaining ground across Africa, the Center for Strategic and International Studies warned in its annual risk analysis.
By Tanya Noury
Senior US envoy in Syria highly critical of American troop withdrawal
A senior American diplomat has written a highly critical assessment of the Trump administration’s abrupt withdrawal of troops from northeast Syria last month, a decision that paved the way for an attack on U.S.-allied forces in the area, officials said Thursday.
In last days, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain
Associates paint a picture of a man obsessed with his security and well-being and trying to find safety in towns and deserts in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border as the extremists' domains crumbled.
AFRICOM commander heads to Somalia as airstrikes against violent extremists rise
Townsend is slated to visit Somali President Mohamed Abdullah Farmaajo and Chief of Defense Brig. Gen. Odawa Yusuf Raage on Nov. 5, according to AFRICOM. He visited Djibouti on Monday.
By Diana Stancy
Artillery fire lands near American troops in Syria
Multiple artillery strikes landed about one kilometer from a road where U.S. forces in northeast Syria were paroling on Sunday
By Shawn Snow
Conan might want to cancel his White House plans, ISIS just named new leader
In an eight-minute audio released by ISIS media outlet al-Furqan, ISIS confirmed the deaths of al-Baghdadi and ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir. The ISIS spokesman was considered by some analysts as the next successor to al-Baghdadi.
By Shawn Snow
Bradleys and Army infantry roll into Syria to help secure oil wells
Army Col. Myles B. Caggins III, a spokesman for the U.S.-led mission to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria, said the mechanized forces moving in to Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, hailed from the 30th Armored Brigade Combat team, a National Guard unit from South Carolina.
By Shawn Snow
CENTCOM commander releases video of raid on Baghdadi compound, which now looks like a ‘parking lot with large potholes'
The compound — located about four miles from the Turkish border near Syria’s Idlib province — now “looks pretty much like a parking lot with large potholes."
By Shawn Snow
US official predicts Islamic State will replace slain leader
A U.S. counterterrorism official said Wednesday he expects a new Islamic State leader to emerge after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and warned that the extremist group’s planning of major attacks probably will go on as before.
Al-Baghdadi’s ‘number one replacement’ is dead, Trump says
U.S. troops have taken down the top replacement for ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to President Donald Trump.
By Diana Stancy