B-52 Bomber Ready to Begin Airstrikes against ISIS, Air Force Says Air Force Secretary Deborah James said the B-52 has been made ready to use against Islamic State.
Syrian Government Forces Recapture Palmyra from ISIS Syrian government forces had been on the offensive for nearly three weeks to try to recapture the town, which fell to ISIS in...
US Reviewing Troop Presence in Sinai amid Increasing ISIS Threats Ashton Carter has formally notified Israel and Egypt that the U.S. was reviewing its commitment to the Sinai peacekeeping...
US Commanders Talk Iraqis out of Pulling Troops Back to Baghdad U.S. commanders talked the Iraqis out of pulling troops back to Baghdad to defend against ISIS attacks coming from Fallujah.
In Iraq, Apache Gunships Deploy to Mosul, But Not Fallujah: Pentagon Apache attack helicopters have gone into action in the advance on Mosul but were being kept out of the ongoing siege of...
Failed Coup in Turkey Won't Affect ISIS Campaign: Carter Defense Secretary Carter said that Turkey remained a solid ally and supporter of the anti-ISIS campaign despite the failed...
New US Commander in Iraq Vows to Retake Key Cities 'On My Watch' The new U.S. commander in Iraq and Syria pledged that Raqqa and Mosul will be taken back from ISIS "on my watch."
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...
Iraqi Forces Within 10 Miles of Mosul Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have advanced to within 10 miles of Mosul against increasing ISIS counterattacks.
US Warplanes Disable Four of Five Bridges in Mosul Four of the five bridges over the Tigris in Mosul have been taken out to isolate ISIS fighters in the eastern sector of the...
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...
