U.S. forces took part in a pre-dawn raid in northwestern Syria early on Wednesday that targeted a member of the Islamic State group, a U.S. official and a Syrian security source said. A second Syrian security source and Syria's state-owned Al-Ikhbariya said the target was killed as he tried to escape.

A Syrian security source and Syria's state-owned Al-Ikhbariya said the target was killed as he tried to escape, as US officials said he was a high-value target. US forces took part in a pre-dawn raid in northwestern Syria early on Wednesday that targeted a member of the Islamic State group,

Syria’s state-run news agency says the country’s foreign minister has held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris

Tensions between the two neighbors have soared after the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad in December in a lightning rebel offensive led by Islamist insurgents.

Topics included: compliance with the 1974 cease-fire agreement, violence in southern Syria, smuggling and refugees In a move described as surprising and unprecedented in recent years, Damascus disclosed a meeting between Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and an Israeli delegation in Paris,