Iraq

U.S.-backed forces were in the process of "crushing the life" out of ISIS , Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday.

The fighters remaining in the region continue to fall, according to estimates from Combined Joint Task Force-Operation...

Spc. Avadon A. Chaves, 20, of Turlock, Calif. was assigned to the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Staff Sgt. Christopher Lewis, a Special Tactics combat controller, will be presented with the third-highest valor award.

A new estimate of the costs of the post-9/11 wars puts the total at $5.6 trillion, or $23,386 for each taxpayer. Read more.

ISIS will find it easy to melt back into the population and to return to the insurgency tactics they used prior to June 2014.

The deployment of 450 more troops could serve as the prototype for other bases and not be seen as “mission creep” in Iraq.