US Pulls Surveillance of ISIS Convoy After Russian Request The ISIS convoy was given safe passage over 10 days ago to travel across the Syrian desert to the Iraqi border.
US, UN Pressure Kurds to Delay Independence Referendum in Iraq The U.S. is pressuring Kurds in Iraq to hold off an independence referendum amid warnings of civil war over a "Yes" vote.
Mattis: Middle East Not Just 'One War' for the US The U.S. strategy in the Middle East cannot be the same, linear approach it has been, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.
Iraq Kurds Begin Voting In Secession Referendum The Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq held a non-binding referendum Monday on independence.
Kurdish Peshmerga Could Back Off ISIS Fight in Iraq: Dunford Kurdish Peshmerga fighters could back away from the fight against ISIS, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said...
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.
Kurd Referendum Taking Focus Off ISIS Fight in Iraq: US Military The Kurds have backed off the fight against ISIS after their independence referendum.
Pentagon Identifies Soldier Killed in Iraq from 10th Mountain Division Spc. Alexander W. Missildine, 20, died Oct. 1 as a result of injuries sustained when an IED detonated near his convoy.
Two Combat Vets Among Those Killed in Vegas Massacre Two of the victims of the Las Vegas shooter were veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Deadliest IED Back on Iraq Battlefield The roadside bomb that killed a U.S. soldier in Iraq last week was an explosively formed penetrator, a top U.S. general said.
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...
![Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a U.S. coalition spokesman, said at a Sept. 7 press conference from Baghdad that the coalition was "able to exploit and take advantage" of an ISIS convoy traveling across Syria. (DoD photo)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/people/2017/09/ryandillon090917.jpg?itok=-nuEI7JI "Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a U.S. coalition spokesman, said at a Sept. 7 press conference from Baghdad that the coalition was "able to exploit and take advantage" of an ISIS convoy traveling across Syria. (DoD photo)")
