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 Airstrike in Baghdad Kills Militia Leader Amid Growing American Involvement in Regional Violence The strike in the capital city jarred U.S. relations with Iraq and is the latest military action in the region as conflict...
US MQ-9 Predator Drones Waging Most Airstrikes in Syria as Middle East Violence Spikes The drone strikes have continued as the region has been roiled by factional violence in recent months and amid heightened...
US Airstrike Kills Around 30 al-Shabaab Militants in Somalia, Military Says The Jan. 20 strike occurred approximately 260 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu near Galcad, Somalia.
Lawmakers Demand Answers on US Involvement in Deadly 2017 Nigerian Airstrike A group of House Democrats wants answers following reports that the U.S. military may have helped Nigerian forces with a 2017...
Military Gets New Office to Help Limit Civilian Deaths and Injury Civilian deaths were thrust into the spotlight again after U.S. Central Command launched an airstrike on a compound in Kabul...
US Military Strikes Fell 54% in Biden's First Year Compared to Trump's Last The vast majority of military strikes under Biden happened in Afghanistan before U.S. forces left in August.
Biden Orders Airstrikes on Iranian-Backed Militias in Syria After Rocket Attacks A statement described the airstrikes as "defensive."
A Missile Full of Swords Was Likely Behind the Death of Two Al-Qaida Commanders in Syria The R9X variant of the AGM-114 Hellfire is a non-explosive weapon best be described as a 100-pound flying switchblade.
Navy Vessels, B-1s Obliterate 3 Syrian Targets in Strike The strikes employed twice as many weapons used as in the response to a Syrian chemical attack last year.
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...
