US Shoots Down Armed Turkish Drone After It Came Too Close to US Troops in Syria The U.S. has shot down an armed Turkish drone that had come in too close to U.S. troops on the ground in northeastern Syria...
Iraq Steps Up Repatriations from Islamic State Camp in Syria, Hoping to Reduce Militant Threats It’s a move that Baghdad hopes will reduce cross-border militant threats and eventually lead to shutting down the facility.
Fighting Between Rival US-Backed Groups in Syria Could Undermine War Against the Islamic State Group The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has...
Syria's US-Backed Kurdish Forces Hope to End Weeklong Clashes with Militia in the 'Next 24 Hours' Syria's U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces pushed deeper into the last stronghold of Arab tribesmen who have taken up arms...
US Military Calls for End of Fighting in East Syria and Warns It Could Lead to IS Resurgence The fighting that broke out Monday — and left at least 40 people dead and dozens wounded in the eastern oil-rich province of...
Fighting in Eastern Syria Between US-Backed Fighters and Arab Tribesmen Kills 10 The clashes are among the worst in recent years in the region along the border with Iraq where hundreds of U.S. troops have...
US Vows to Keep Syria's Chemical Weapons Program in UN Spotlight over Russian and Chinese Opposition The U.S. and its allies are vowing to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at...
Russian Fighter Jet Strikes Another American Drone over Syria in the Sixth Incident this Month The U.S. says a Russian fighter jet fired flares and struck another American drone over Syrian airspace, continuing a string...
A Russian Fighter Jet Fired Flares at a US Drone over Syria and Damaged It, the US Military Says The U.S. military says a Russian fighter jet has flown close to a U.S. drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the...
VA Studying Whether 3 Types of Cancer Are Linked to Overseas Military Service The review will help the VA decide whether the three -- multiple myeloma, acute leukemia and chronic leukemia -- should...
Biggest Military Pay Raise in 2 Decades Finalized in Newly Released Defense Bill Service members will get a 5.2% pay raise come January under the compromise annual defense bill unveiled Wednesday night.
Israel’s Assassinations Road to Perdition The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel's intelligence services to launch an assassination...
Congress Tells Army to Set Higher Fitness Standards for Combat Arms Soldiers Congress is set to direct the Army to boost fitness standards for most combat-arms jobs through a compromise defense policy...
A Gigantic New ICBM Will Take US Nuclear Missiles Out of the Cold War-Era But Add 21st-Century Risks The $96 billion Sentinel overhaul involves 450 silos across five states, their control centers, three nuclear missile bases...
Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time In early 2022, Jay Tenison was diagnosed with Stage IV stomach cancer after reporting pain to his doctors. After months of...
