Tag: Military history by country

Authorities have arrested 35 soldiers who served on an army base in northern Afghanistan where the Taliban staged a deadly ...

The green mosque in the Afghan military compound attacked by Taliban militants is scarred -- disfigured by bullet holes, blast ...

Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul Tuesday, closing in on the Old City where jihadists executed civilians in a desperate ...

The death toll from last week's Taliban attack on an Afghan military base stands at 144, a senior US defense ...

The horrific wounds and gruesome accounts of the victims filling a frontline clinic in west Mosul in Iraq offer a ...

Iraqi forces retook full control of one the largest neighbourhoods of west Mosul Tuesday from the Islamic State group after ...

Leaning on his crutch, Nizar picks through the rubble where the main building of Mosul University used to be, looking ...

Fighters have killed at least 10 off-duty Iraqi soldiers and injured another 20 in an ambush in a part of ...

Afghanistan's defence minister and army chief of staff have resigned in the wake of a Taliban attack that left scores ...

The Afghan defence minister and his army chief resigned Monday, days after a Taliban attack at a military base in ...

Drought and famine seem to be fuelling a resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, the United States' top ...

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday urged France to continue its African anti-terror operations under its new presidency, as ...

Islamic State group fighters disguised as soldiers ambushed a government convoy in a remote desert region of western Iraq Sunday, ...

Afghanistan on Sunday observed a national day of mourning after at least 100 soldiers were killed or wounded in a ...

More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, ...

Taliban gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms launched an attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan Friday killing "more than ...

Iraqi forces retook two more neighbourhoods in west Mosul Thursday, tightening the noose around jihadists holed up in the Old ...

A state of emergency that has been in force almost non-stop for 17 months in Mali was extended by 10 ...

Several Iraqi troops required medical treatment following a chemical weapons attack by the Islamic State group over the weekend, a ...

A Saudi military helicopter that crashed in Yemen killing 12 Saudi soldiers was likely hit by "friendly fire", military sources ...