Military officials said clashes in Syria against the Islamic State hadn’t stopped, hours after the White House press secretary claimed the caliphate was “100 percent eliminated.”
Tag: Syria
The Golan Heights Was Once an Arab Rallying Cry. Not Anymore.
The muted Arab response to President Trump’s call to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory shows Syria’s weakness amid a reordered Arab world.
A Brief History of the Golan Heights, Claimed by Israel and Syria
On Thursday, President Trump tweeted about a hilly plateau beside the Sea of Galilee that has been one of Israel’s quieter frontiers for 52 years.
In Golan Heights, Trump Bolsters Israel’s Netanyahu but Risks Roiling Middle East
Mr. Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy by declaring that Israel should have sovereignty over the Golan Heights — a move that has never been recognized internationally.
How One Map Explains the Islamic State’s New Tactics
The Islamic State barely has any territory left in Syria. So how is it able to keep staging attacks across the country?
The Evolution of ISIS: From a Rogue State to a Tiny Sliver
Thousands of fighters remain in the region, but they have gone underground, carrying out quick strikes in the region and continuing to promote their ideology worldwide.
The Evolution of ISIS: From a State to a Sliver
Thousands of fighters remain in the region, but they have gone underground, carrying out quick strikes in the region and continuing to promote their ideology worldwide.
The Evolution of ISIS: From a State to a Sliver
Thousands of fighters remain in the region, but they have gone underground, carrying out quick strikes in the region and continuing to promote their ideology worldwide.
U.S.-Backed Forces in Syria Arrest Suspects in Attack That Killed 4 Americans
The captives are suspected of involvement in a restaurant bombing in January, in which at least 11 Syrians also died.
France Repatriates Several Orphan Children Who Were Stranded in Syria
The return of five children of deceased ISIS militants came as a surprise to their families, as France has stalled at repatriating its citizens kept in Syria and Iraq.