What's it like to live under the rule of the extremist group known as the Islamic State, or ISIS? WSJ looks at the situation ...

(AP Photo/Leo Correa) HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria's new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite ...

The New Orleans attack was just one in a string of recent Islamist inspired acts of terror. Foreign Editor David Pratt examines the factors that ...

The image of the ISIS flag sent me back a decade to my hometown of Mosul. In those days, ISIS wasn’t just a shadowy presence; ...

Syria - December 30, 2024 IDF forces are advancing into the city of Quneitra in southern Syria. Syrian sources report they have entered deep into the city, evacuating officials from public ...

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard at Al Naeem Square in Raqqa, Syria, in February 2022. Baderkhan Ahmad / AP In the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster ...

During his first term as president, Donald Trump was skeptical of US military involvement overseas but oversaw the successful campaign to destroy the Islamic State’s caliphate, dismantling its ...

Syrian Kurds fleeing areas north of Aleppo, Syria, arrive in Tabaqah, on the western outskirts of Raqqa, on Dec. 3. Last Sunday, during a press conference in Damascus with the Turkish foreign ...

Syrian Kurds fleeing areas north of Aleppo, Syria, arrive in Tabaqah, on the western outskirts of Raqqa, on Dec. 3. Last Sunday, during a press conference in Damascus with the Turkish foreign minister ...