The group in Palmyra on Thursday was honoring the Syrian army soldiers who defeated ISIS in battle. But no one's going to be moving back in anytime soon. For ISIS, Palmyra was a strategic prize and an opportunity to taunt the world -- with videos that showed fighters destroying priceless...
“We will remain vigilant against ISIS by aligning global counterterrorism efforts to fight ISIS until it is finally defeated wherever it operates. The United States will defend American interests whenever and wherever necessary. We will continue to work with our partners and allies to...
“Five years ago, ISIS was a very powerful and dangerous force in the Middle East, and now the United States has defeated the territorial caliphate," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said. "These victories over ISIS in Syria do not signal the end of the Gl...
ISIS clinging to the last of its territory in Syria The operation to complete the liberation of Baghouz from ISIS is ongoing, according to a statement from the U.S.-led coalition; Lucas Tomlinson has the details. In another letter to Baghdadi in December, an ISIS commander named Abu Taher ...
Konashenkov argued in his statement that Syrian government backed by Russian air power had defeated ISIS, saying that al-Baghdadi’s death “has absolutely no operational significance on the situation in Syria or on the actions of the remaining terrorists in Idlib.” Russia, which backs the re...
As Iraqi and coalition forces invade Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq, the grim details of the extremist group’s rule come to light.
Things came to a head in 625 when the Meccans, who were increasingly losing prestige and support as Muhammad’s following continued to grow, launched an attack on Medina and defeated the Muslims. But five years later, Muhammad and a 10,000 man army marched into Mecca and conquered it for...
ISIS has been besieging the base since 2013 when they defeated rival militant groups who had already been surrounding the base for a year. "We are inside the air base," a Syrian soldier that took part in the offensive told state TV Tuesday evening. "We have met our friends and the situa...
December 19, 2018 - US President Donald Trump sets the stage for a rapid withdrawal of American troops from Syria with a tweet falsely claiming that ISIS has been defeated. Although coalition forces have been successful taking back territory that was once part of the ISIS caliphate, militants co...