Nearly two decades after the attacks of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda is a much different organization than the group formerly led by Osama bin Laden| The Soufan Center
On October 26, 2019, the leader of the so-called Islamic State since 2010, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi met his end when U.S. Special Forces carried out a daring operation () in the outskirts of Barisha in Idlib, Syria| The Soufan Center
Exactly one year ago to the day, United States Special Operations Forces (SOF) hunted down the leader of the so-called Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died after detonating a suicide vest in a town in northern Syria near Turkey| The Soufan Center
The Syrian civil war continues to rage, with most of the intense fighting taking place in northwestern Syria in Idlib Province| The Soufan Center
Yesterday morning, U.S. President Joseph Biden announced that U.S. forces conducted a raid targeting Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in Syria’s Idlib province that resulted in his death| The Soufan Center
