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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton Carter made a splash last week by saying he’s “very open-minded” about transgender people serving in the U.S. military. But if Carter is serious about…
WASHINGTON — Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) indicated on Thursday that he may move to prevent President Barack Obama from deploying U.S. ground troops against the Islamic State by introducing a…
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he would send American troops to the Middle East to combat Islamic State fighters who he called “the face of evil.” – RELATED: CPAC…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A Palestinian official says Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian during an overnight raid in the West Bank. – Go to Home Page »
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four days into his tenure as defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday morning and opened up the possibility of slowing the withdrawal of…
But can they actually do it? Answering that question is key to what might happen in Mosul but also as to whether the terrorist group can be taken out entirely…
Here’s the latest on the jihadist group and the global efforts to stop it: THE MOSUL ATTACK PLAN Up to 25,000 Iraqi troops: An Iraqi ground offensive to push ISIS…
BAGHDAD — Iraqi soldiers and militants of the Islamic State group clashed again over the weekend in a western Iraqi town that has changed hands several times in skirmishes near…
WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce Wednesday that he is withdrawing almost all the American troops who were sent to West Africa to help contain the spread of the Ebola…
READ: White House to request permission to fight ISIS The biggest flashpoint in the debate over this authorization will be on the question of ground troops. – Regardless of what…
One Republican criticism of President Barack Obama’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State has been that the president has hampered his efforts by ruling out the use of U.S. ground…
About 30 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, ISIS late Friday blew up a bridge that helps connect an ISIS-held area to the city, said Saman Jabari, a senior Kurdish political leader…
African leaders have agreed to send 7,500 troops to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, an African Union official said Saturday. The move came after the council urged…
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview on Friday the United States might eventually need to send non-combat ground troops to Iraq to…
By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Nigerian troops were fighting on Monday with air support to recapture the northeastern town of Monguno from Boko Haram insurgents as…
The possible recommendation would need to be approved by President Obama who has said that US troops will not being sent on a combat mission. But putting advisers with front…
Hicks said the measures were “prudent” given the threat, but he would not specify the exact steps being taken. The additional measures will cover 90,000 people working for the command…
A day earlier, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Russian troops had crossed the border to support pro-Russian rebels.
The attacks happened in the villages of Mabass and Makxy in the Mayo-Tsanaga Division of the Far North Region of Cameroon on Sunday morning, Saiid Abdulkarim, a journalist for the…
“Somali government troops managed to resist and push back the militants from the area,” Abdirahman said. –