Pentagon Now Expects ISIS to Use Mustard Gas in Mosul Fight ISIS is "dead set" on using chemical weapons in the defense of Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.
Pentagon Casts Doubt on Mustard Gas Use against US Troops Initial information reported the shell contained sulfur-mustard blister agent, but more testing needs to be done for...
Dunford Blames Russia for Syrian Aid Convoy Bombing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford blamed Russia for the Syrian aid convoy bombing and the apparent cease-fire...
Pentagon Wants 500 More US Troops for Iraq Amid New Attacks The Pentagon is seeking to send another 500 U.S. troops to Iraq, in addition to the 400 that arrived over the Labor Day...
Massive US Airstrike Hits Suspected ISIS Chemical Weapons Factory The U.S. used 12 aircraft, including a B-52 bomber, to hit a suspected ISIS chemical factory near Mosul, Iraq.
US Shows Frustration with Turkey Over Latest Clashes in Syria The U.S. called on Turkey and U.S.-backed militias inside Syria to stop fighting each other and focus on defeating ISIS.
US Will Continue to Back Kurdish Group Opposed by Turkey: Votel The U.S. will continue to back a Kurdish group in Syria that Turkey has vowed to wipe out, the head of U.S. Central Command...
Marines Collect Intel, Pinpoint ISIS Targets as Mosul Fight Draws Near Behind the scenes in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq are Marine intelligence analysts who work around the...
About 450 More US Troops Arrive in Iraq to Back Mosul Drive More than 400 additional U.S. troops have arrived in Iraq to back the drive to retake Mosul before the end of the year.
Airstrike Kills Senior ISIS leader Known as 'Dr. Wa'il' A coalition airstrike last week killed an ISIS leader in Syria believed responsible for some of the group's "execution videos...
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...
