Iran Escalates Threats as Anniversary of Soleimani Strike Nears Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Trump had committed an "unforgivable crime" in ordering the killing of Soleimani.
Biden Says US 'Shall Respond' After Drone Strike by Iran-Backed Group Kills 3 US Troops in Jordan They were the first U.S. fatalities in months of strikes against American forces across the Middle East by Iranian-backed...
Is the US Military at War with the Houthis and Iran-Backed Militias? The Answer Is Complicated. The question of war comes amid growing signs that American forces in the region are certainly in combat and approaching a war...
US Troops in Iraq Getting Evaluated for Traumatic Brain Injuries After Iran-Backed Militia Attack At least one Iraqi service member was reportedly wounded.
American Forces Must Strike Iran to Protect US Troops "The disproportionate scale of Iranian attacks to American responses lays bare that Iran, not the U.S., holds deterrence in...
Retaliatory US Airstrikes Are Starting to Raise Tensions and Draw Ire in Middle East The U.S. presence in the region has grown dramatically since Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, launched a brutal and bloody...
Iran-Linked Fighters Killed by US AC-130 Gunship After Attack on Base with Ballistic Missiles The attack on an installation used by the U.S. military in the Middle East is at least the 66th since Oct. 17, and U.S...
Iran-Linked Attacks on US Troops Continue Despite Second Airstrike in Syria Meant to Send Message Three service members suffered injuries in the newest attacks: Two received traumatic brain injuries and one was a "non...
Iran-Backed Attacks Against Troops Could Escalate as US Aids Israel, Pentagon Warns The Pentagon's top spokesman, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, told reporters at a briefing that there have been a growing number of...
Despite Talk, No Evidence Marines Have Boarded Commercial Vessels in Persian Gulf One of the last times the U.S. military played a large, direct role in protecting tankers was during the late 1980s, when it...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...