Why the demise of Daesh leader Abu Mohammed al-Adnani is good but not great Yesterday Daesh (also known as ISIS) announced the death of its second-in-command. Daesh’s news agency declared that ...

Ten years ago, if someone had suggested that Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, could be a ...

However, in the case of IS spokesman Abu-Muhammad al-Adnani, the group rushed to announce his death on 30 August 2016, the same day he was targeted in a US air strike in Syria, pre-empting any ...

Amid a rebel offensive that stunned the Syrian regime and led to major losses of territory, the 42-year-old man leading it made a surprising strategic decision: He used his real name. In an ...