Thomas and Porter power the Bucks to a 116-108 win over the Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Cam Thomas scored 34 points in his second game with Milwaukee, Kevin Porter Jr. added 18 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and the Bucks beat the Orlando Magic 116-108 Wednesday night.

Jericho Sims and Ousmane Dieng scored 17 points apiece for Milwaukee. Sims added 11 rebounds, leading the Bucks to a 47-30 advantage on the boards.

Desmond Bane led the Magic with 31 points. Paolo Banchero added 17 and Jalen Suggs had 16 points, 10 assists and four steals.

Thomas, who signed with the Bucks as a free agent on Sunday, made 12 of 20 shots and hit four 3-pointers in 39 minutes. He went 4 for 6 from 3-point distance.

Porter had the fifth triple-double of his career.

Bane hit his first five shots — all 3-pointers — and had 20 points by the middle of the second quarter.

Thomas countered with 15 points in the third quarter, including a 3-pointer that lifted the Bucks to an 88-80 lead.

Bane scored eight straight Magic points, including a 3-pointer to tie it at 104 with 3:02 left. But, Kyle Kuzma scored on a layup to put Milwaukee ahead to stay at 108-106, and Myles Turner and Thomas added 3-pointers in the final minute.

Bucks: At Oklahoma City on Thursday.

Magic: At Sacramento on Thursday, Feb. 19.

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis, left, dribbles on Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)

Milwaukee Bucks guard Cam Thomas lays the ball up on Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)

Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane, left, passes the ball over Milwaukee Bucks defenders during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)

Orlando Magic forward/center Moritz Wagner, left, and Milwaukee Bucks center Jericho Sims fight for position on a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s president, interior minister and foreign minister were the targets of five foiled assassination attempts last year, the U.N. chief said in a report on threats posed by Islamic State militants released Wednesday.

The report said President Ahmad al-Sharaa was targeted in northern Aleppo, the country’s most populous province, and southern Daraa by a group called Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah, which was assessed to be a front for the Islamic State group.

The report, issued by Secretary-General António Guterres and prepared by the U.N. Office of Counter-Terrorism, gave no dates or details of the attempts against al-Sharaa or Syrian Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani.

The assassination attempts are more evidence that the militant group remains intent on undermining the new Syrian government and “actively exploiting security vacuums and uncertainty” in Syria, the report said.

It said al-Sharaa was “assessed to be a primary target” of the Islamic State. And it said the front group provided IS with plausible deniability and "improved operational capacity.”

Al-Sharaa has led Syria since his rebel forces ousted longtime Syrian President Bashar Assad in December 2024, ending a 14-year civil war.

Al-Sharaa was previously the leader of Hayar Tahrir al-Sham, a militant group that was once affiliated with al-Qaida, although it later cut ties.

In November, his government joined the international coalition formed to counter the Islamic State group, which once controlled a large part of Syria.

The U.N. counter-terrorism experts said the militant group still operates across the country, primarily attacking security forces, particularly in the north and northeast.

In one ambush attack on Dec. 13 on U.S. and Syrian forces near Palmyra, two U.S. servicemen and an American civilian were killed and three Americans and three members of Syria's security forces were wounded. President Donald Trump retaliated, launching military operations to eliminate IS fighters.

According to the U.N. counter-terrorism experts, the Islamic State group maintains an estimated 3,000 fighters across Iraq and Syria, the majority of them based in Syria.

The U.S. military in late January began transferring IS detainees who were held in northeastern Syria to Iraq to ensure they remain in secure facilities. Iraq has said it will prosecute the militants.

Syrian government forces had taken control of a sprawling camp housing thousands of IS detainees following the withdrawal of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces as part of a ceasefire with the Kurdish fighters.

The report released Wednesday to the U.N. Security Council said as of December, before the ceasefire deal, more than 25,740 people remained in the al-Hol and Roj camps in the northeast, more than 60% of them children, with thousands more in other detention centers.

Residents walk along the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A vehicle pauses as a convoy of Syria's Interior Ministry forces passes through en route to the town of Qamishli, where the forces deploy under a ceasefire agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), near the village of Mazraat al-Nahar, northeastern Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)