Standing before a cheering crowd in Damascus’ historic Umayyad Mosque ... When Syria’s vicious civil war erupted in 2011, Abu ...

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that US Special Forces killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of the Islamic State, during a raid in the Idlib province of Syria on Saturday.

The rally in Damascus's Umayyad Square was the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the ousted president's supporters.