US Launches Missile Strike Against Syria
US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike against Syria in retaliation for a chemical attack with a sarin-like ...
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Trump Warns ‘something Should Happen’ After Syria Attack
President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Bashar al-Assad as responsible for an "egregious" crime, suggesting the United States could be ...
White House In Talks With Pentagon Over Military Options On Syria
Syria's civil war has been raging for more than six years The Pentagon is in detailed discussions with the White ...
Russia Trying To Gain Influence In Libya
Russia is trying to expand its influence in Libya through a combination of military means and oil and weapons sales, ...
Final Push On Syria’s Raqa To Begin In Days
The international coalition battling the Islamic State group will begin a final push on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold Raqa in ...
US Sees ‘activity’ At North Korea Nuke Sites
The US military has observed activity in North Korea that suggests Pyongyang may be gearing up for another nuclear test, ...
US Poised To Curb Electronic Devices On Middle East Flights
The United States is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up ...
Syrian Force Fighting For Raqa Is Mainly Arab
The US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance leading the offensive to surround and recapture the Islamic State group's main bastion in Syria now ...
Russian, US Forces Eyeball Each Other In Syrian City
American and Russian troops are now both present in the northern Syrian city of Manbij and can clearly see each ...
Moscow Apparently Has Forces At Base In Egypt
Moscow has apparently deployed military forces to a base in western Egypt, a US official said Tuesday, a sign Russia ...
IS Leader Baghdadi ‘flees Mosul’ As Iraqi Forces Advance
Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to lead the ...
US Marines Deploy Artillery Battery To Syria
The United States has sent a Marine Corps artillery battery into Syria to help defeat the Islamic State group in ...
IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to ...
More Than 20 US Strikes Targeted Al-Qaeda In Yemen
US forces on Tuesday conducted a series of air strikes in Yemen against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Pentagon ...
Egypt Delays UN Motion On Israel As Trump Intervenes
Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald Trump ...
Egypt Delays UN Resolution On Israel As Trump Raises Concerns
Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump ...
Trump Joins Fight Against UN Vote
The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to veto a UN ...
US Returning Land It Took In World War II To Japan
The US military this month will return to Japan's government more than 9,800 acres of land it has held since ...
Officials ID Ohio State Attacker As Student
Grievances about attacks on Muslims were posted on a Facebook page believed to belong to Monday's assailant at the Ohio ...