More US Troops Headed to Iraq in Push to Retake Mosul: Dunford The Pentagon was pushing President Obama to approve sending more U.S. troops to Iraq to back up the offensive to retake Mosul...
US Airstrikes to Set Conditions for Iraqi Push to Retake Mosul U.S. and coalition aircraft continued airstrikes in Syria and Iraq Monday, focusing on setting conditions for retaking Mosul.
US Improving Accuracy of Airstrikes, Intel Against ISIS: Dunford As the U.S. likely sends more troops to Iraq, the Joint Chiefs chief said existing efforts, including airstrikes, are...
Marines Face More Sporadic Attacks at Newly Renamed Base in Iraq The Marine unit that suffered a fatality at a newly renamed base in northern Iraqi continues to come under sporadic attack.
Airstrike Kills ISIS Rocket Expert Responsible for Death of US Marine Anti-ISIS coalition airstrikes killed a top militant responsible for the death of a U.S. Marine in Iraq last month, DoD said.
CSI: ISIS -- Terror Group Launches Forensics Division Islamic State's information office in Iraq released a slick pictorial report on Saturday showcasing an advanced new tool...
Soldier Who Fought VA, Blamed Cancer on Iraq 'Burn Pits,' Dies A decorated Army veteran who battled the VA over treatment for cancer he claimed to have gotten from working over burn pits...
Cyber Command Gets 'First Wartime Assignment' in Fight against ISIS The DoD's relatively new Cyber Command has received its "first wartime assignment" in the fight against the Islamic State.
Mosul Siege Stalls as Iraqi Army Once Again Flees, Sources Say The much-awaited liberation of Mosul from ISIS stalled late last month almost as soon as bullets flew, when Iraqi government...
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...
