Syria has announced the launch of a nationwide security campaign against the terrorist Islamic State militia, just days before a landmark visit by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa to the White House. Al-Sharaa is due to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, marking the first such visit since Syria's independence in 1946. Syria's crackdown on Islamic State has resulted in the "neutralizing" of a member of the extremist militia and the injuring of a member of the government security forces, a Syrian official said late Saturday. "The operation was pre-emptive, targeti...