Pentagon: No More US Troops Needed for Mosul Battle The U.S. won't need more troops for the battle of Mosul beyond the additional 600 just approved.
Turkey Rejects US Plan for Raqqa Offensive Involving Kurds Turkey said a U.S. plan for a Raqqa offensive was a non-starter if it involved Kurdish fighters branded as terrorists by...
US Airstrike Hits Mosul Hospital Used by ISIS At the request of Iraqi forces, U.S. warplanes carried out a deliberate bombing of a Mosul hospital used by the Islamic State...
Mattis Not Ready to Recommend Ground Combat Troops for Syria, Iraq Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that putting U.S. ground combat troops into Syria and Iraq is not under immediate...
London Attack Highlights ISIS Threat in Europe: US Commander The London terror attack underscores the growing threat in Europe from so-called "lone wolves" inspired by ISIS, NATO's head...
US Dismisses Russia's Aircraft Ban Over Syria Safe Zones A deal hammered out by Russia, Turkey and Iran to set up "de-escalation zones" in Syria is now in effect.
Tal Afar Next in Pressing ISIS After Mosul Victory: Townsend Tal Afar is next in the roll-up of remaining ISIS redoubts in Iraq, Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend said Tuesday.
Purported Baghdadi Tape Urges ISIS to Fight On An audio tape purportedly from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urged the terror group to continue fighting.
Pentagon Expects Islamic State to Rebound after Syria Airstrikes Officials said the airstrikes in Syria against ISIL were effective but warned of a campaign that would take years.
Army Leader Warns Of ISIS 'Lone Wolf' Threat to Troops in Europe NATO s must share intelligence on the ISIS to prevent "lone wolf" attacks against U.S. troops in Europe, the No. 2 U.S. Army...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
