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Iraq Forces Battle IS To Close In On Mosul’s West Bank
Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on...
US-Led Coalition Expects To Stay In Iraq After Mosul
The commander of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Monday he expected its forces would be...
2,000 IS Fighters Defending West Mosul
An estimated 2,000 IS fighters are left in west Mosul to defend their bastion against a massive offensive by the Iraqi...
Trump’s Defense Chief, In Iraq, Says
The U. S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from...
Pentagon Chief Readies Afghanistan Proposals For Trump
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday said he is compiling an assessment for President Donald Trump to weigh on...
Pentagon Chief Says Military Running Smoothly Amid Turbulent…
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday said America's vast military continues to run smoothly, even though President...
Jim Mattis In Middle East For First Time As Pentagon Chief
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, his first trip to the Middle East...
Iran In New Military Drills Despite US Warnings
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct military drills next week, a senior commander announced Saturday,...
IS Leaders Leaving Syria’s Raqa, Pentagon Says
Leaders of the Islamic State group are leaving their Syrian stronghold of Raqa, fleeing in the face of the Arab-Kurd...
US Used Depleted Uranium Rounds In Anti-IS Air Strikes
The United States used depleted uranium anti-tank rounds on two occasions in 2015 during devastating air strikes...
US Businesses Shut To Back Immigrants For A Day
US businesses and schools face possible disruption as workers and students vow to stay home to draw attention to the...
DC Restaurants Close In Immigrant Solidarity Show
From burger joints to fine eateries, dozens of Washington restaurants shut down Thursday to protest President Donald...
Trump Presses Showdown With Intelligence Agencies
President Donald Trump pressed his attacks on US intelligence agencies Thursday, vowing to catch "low-life leakers"...
US Sets Out Cautious Approach To Russia
Senior US officials have been setting out their position on Russia, in some of the new administration’s first...
Erdogan Calls For Safe Zone In Northern Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Ankara wanted to establish a "safe zone" in northern Syria free of...
Chinese, US Aircraft In ‘unsafe’ Encounter Over South China Sea
A Chinese military aircraft had an "unsafe" encounter with a US Navy surveillance aircraft near a contested reef in the...
Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Six In Afghanistan’s Helmand
At least six people were killed Saturday when a Taliban bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into Afghan soldiers who...
US Says It Killed 11 Al-Qaeda Operatives In Syria Air Strikes
GETTY IMAGES/The Pentagon said it conducted two air strikes over two days earlier this month US forces killed 11...
US Says It Killed 11 Al-Qaeda Operatives In Syria Air Strikes
US forces killed 11 members of al-Qaeda in two air strikes near Idlib in Syria, this month, including a former ally of...