McCain: No Need for US Ground Troops to Retake Raqqa The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said he sees no need to send U.S. ground troops into Syria to recapture...
Mattis Sends Don't-Mess-With-Us Message to Syria Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Syria on Monday against ever again using chemical weapons.
US, Russia Pledge to Avoid Clashes Over Syria U.S. and Russian military leaders confirmed their "commitment to de-conflicting" military operations in Syria.
Russia to Target US, Coalition Aircraft Over Syria The Russian Ministry of Defense said it will track joint coalition aircraft west of the Euphrates River and treat them as...
McMaster: Threat of NK Nuclear Strike 'Impossible to Overstate' The president's national security adviser said the U.S. wants to resolve the situation "short of what would be a very costly...
US Intel Lost Track of Syrian Chemical Weapons Syria has moved some of its chemical weapons from secure sites and the U.S. is unsure where those weapons ended up.
US Arms Absent as Syrian Deaths Climb Despite promises of U.S. aid, Syrian opposition leaders say that "not a single bullet" from the Americans has yet arrived.
US-Israeli Missile Test in Med Rattles Moscow A joint U.S.-Israeli missile test in the eastern Mediterranean Sea triggered Russian radars in what leaders described as a...
Kerry Warns Syria Against 'Delaying Tactic' Russia's plan to avert a U.S.-led military strike on Syria by placing the country's chemical weapons under international...
Syrian Forces, Islamic Militants Encircling Aleppo Syrian rebels could suffer their biggest setback of the war as government troops and Islamic militants are encircling the key...
Veteran Committee Chairman Requests Federal Investigation of Former VA Secretary, Other Biden Officials Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., seeks a legal review of the VA's request for supplemental funding last year after determining it...
Jail Staff Laughed at Dying Veteran Left Strapped to Chair in Texas, Suit Says The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran who needed immediate medical attention but was...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
JROTC Expansion at US High Schools Eyed as Part of Bill to Boost Recruiting High school students whose campuses do not have a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program would be able to join units...
After Recent Years of Reform, Vets Fear Trump Cuts to VA Will Undo Lifeline Health Care, Research Amid a downsizing campaign that’s poised to overhaul, streamline and — in some cases — eradicate bedrock federal agencies...