U.S. confirms strikes in Syria against ISIS targets
This is tied to an ongoing retaliatory campaign they call "Operation Hawkeye Strike."
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This is tied to an ongoing retaliatory campaign they call "Operation Hawkeye Strike."
Two members of the Iowa National Guard and a U.S. civilian interpreter were killed in Palmyra, Syria on Saturday after an ISIS gunman ambushed them, according to the Pentagon.
Sources say the suspect worked as part of a local security force.
No group has claimed responsibility for the killings, but President Donald Trump said on Saturday he believes ISIS was behind the attack.
U.S. Central Command said Dhiya Zawba Muslih Al-Hardani and two of his ISIS-affiliated sons were targeted and killed.
The ceasefire announcement came after Israel launched strikes in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Ahmad Al-Sharaa is a former Al Qaeda member who has since disavowed the terrorist group. He is suspending the Assad-era constitution while a replacement for it is written.
A further 150,000 who were displaced within the country by the 13-year civil war are estimated to have returned to their village or city of origin.
The country has been left in politically uncertain territory since the fall of the Assad regime nearly two weeks ago.
The rebel group that overthrew Assad's government has vowed to destroy the criminal enterprise.
His parents say their son traveled to Hungary to write a book on old churches, but they have no idea how he ended up in Syria. They lost contact with him in May.
Timmerman, 29, was found Thursday outside Damascus after he and others were freed from prison.
Timmerman, who once lived in Chicago, says he was imprisoned for seven months after entering the country illegally on a Christian pilgrimage.
The locals claimed he was an American prisoner released from one of the regime's most notorious jails.
A man identifying himself as an American from Missouri, Travis Timmerman, was found Thursday in Syria after he said he was freed from a prison earlier in the week
Family members searched one of Assad’s infamous prisons for loved ones who have been locked up for years.
President Joe Biden believes Tice is alive and says he's committed to bringing him home.
President Joe Biden is pledging support for the Syrian people and protection against threats in the region, including ISIS.
in just over a week, rebels in syria seized control of key cites while forcing Syria's president, Bashar Al-Assad, from power. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
Russian state media news agencies reported that Assad and his family were in Moscow and given asylum.
Syrians in Chicago on Sunday celebrated the end of the Assad family rule on Michigan Avenue near the entrance to Grant Park.
In Syria, crowds have been celebrating after the resignation of President Bashar Al-Assad. Wendy Gillette reports.
Assad's whereabouts are unknown, though several sources say he flew out of Damascus Sunday morning as the rebels were taking control.
After taking over each city, they quickly set up and staffed their own government agencies and began to issue ID cards in the rebel regime's name.
Opposition fighters have already captured the central city of Hama and Aleppo earlier this week.
Chicago leaders are sharing their strategy to keep the city a top destination for tourists.
An attempted break-in by two masked thieves at a Bensenville gas station was caught on camera before being foiled by police.
Every day, more than 40 million people ask ChatGPT health-related questions, according to its creator OpenAI. But it's not just patients using this new technology; there are programs designed for doctors too.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with slashing a woman in a fight in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood this past weekend.
Cook County prosecutors this week dropped charges against nearly two dozen protesters who were at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, in November.
DuPage County opened up its polls for early voting in the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag.
Chicago aldermen this week will consider $29.2 million in settlements in wrongful convictions linked to disgraced former CPD Det. Reynaldo Guevara.
Two Illinois state legislators want to make sure school districts get the funding they need.
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
President Trump criticized Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess after he and other American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared their thoughts on U.S. politics.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny took the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else performed at Super Bowl 60.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
If you like it, then you better put a pin on it. The Olympic tradition of swapping and buying pins is currently underway in Milan.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the extended forecast.
The trend is tied to tensions over President Trump’s push to take over Greenland.
The $4 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge has been entirely paid for and will be jointly owned by the Canadian federal government and the State of Michigan. But President Trump said he won’t allow the bridge to open until the U.S. is “fully compensated for everything we have given Canada.”
Time is quickly winding down before Congress needs to reach a compromise on immigration enforcement reforms ahead of a possible shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
A hazmat team responded to a rideshare vehicle after the driver and passenger picked up a package before getting sick in Logan Square.
They said both of the washed checks were made out to the same name
DuPage County opened up its polls for early voting in the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag.
Chicago leaders are sharing their strategy to keep the city a top destination for tourists.
An attempted break-in by two masked thieves at a Bensenville gas station was caught on camera before being foiled by police.
This is due in part to the new "Big Beautiful Bill" and job cuts at the Internal Revenue Service.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Keith Brookshire details his friendship with Seattle Seahawks wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson and the generosity he continues to provide to Chicago student athletes.
Anfernee Simons scored 23 points for Chicago, which lost its fifth straight.
Here is a look at where the medal count stands for Team USA and other nations as the competition heats up at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Some 2026 Winter Olympics athletes say their winning medals are falling apart, coming detached from their ribbons.
Google and Pepsi were among the best ads of the Big Game, while Coinbase and ai.com got failing grades, according to one ranking.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with slashing a woman in a fight in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood this past weekend.
A man has been charged and extradited from Iowa in a 2024 shooting that left another man dead in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.
A Wisconsin woman has been charged in the shooting death of a man last week in Chicago's western suburbs.
Police in the northwest Chicago suburb of Palatine were investigating after someone grabbed a child and took the youngster's cellphone Monday morning.
A man was shot and killed Monday morning in the Austin neighborhood.
