The Lebanese militant group has resisted calls to lay down all its arms, risking a return to war with Israel.
ISIS is too weakened to seize territory, experts said, but its ability to churn out propaganda aimed at provoking violence against the West persists.
The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security forces over his extremist views, U.S. and Syrian officials said.
The Southern Transitional Council has seized control of parts of Yemen over the past week, with ambitions to create a “south Arabian state.”
The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS fighters and tens of thousands of their family members.
A year ago, rebels overthrew President Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of dictatorship and civil war. But challenges remain for the new leadership.
The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.
The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.
Fourteen people are on trial, charged with crimes related to an outbreak of sectarian violence under the new government. The abuses of the old Assad regime still await a reckoning.
As Israel’s head of military intelligence, he disregarded signs Egypt and Syria were about to attack in 1973. A commission blamed him for the lack of preparation.