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Garowe Online
April 3, 2018
EL BUR, Somalia - The U.S. military said it carried out a fresh airstrike targeting Al-Shabab militants in central Somalia, the latest military action against the Islamic group in the horn of Africa country, Garowe Online reports. The United States Africa Command [AFRICOM] said in a statement released onÃâà...
CBS News
March 29, 2018
President Trump said that U.S. forces would leave Syria "very soon" during a speech in Richfield, Ohio, on Thursday. "We're knocking the hell out of ISIS. We'll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon," Mr. Trump said, referring to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). "Let the other people take care of it nowÃâà...
Military Times
March 22, 2018
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jamie Jarrord, left, thanks Manbij Military Council commander Muhammed Abu Adeel during a visit to a small outpost near the town of Manbij, northern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Lt. Gen. Paul E. Funk, the top U.S. general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State group pledgedÃâà...
Military Times
March 20, 2018
As American service members crossed the line of departure in the early hours of March 20, 2003, they likely had little idea the war would become clouded by controversy and stretch on for another eight years. Fifteen years after the U.S. launched Operation Iraqi Freedom, the remaining U.S. troops deployedÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 18, 2018
Saudi, US forces continue military training exercises. The event will close on Wednesday morning at the training center in North Square 2 in the northern region with maneuvers in which all the training operations will take place, with the participation of all units from both sides. (SPA). Staff writer, Al ArabiyaÃâà...
The Drive
March 16, 2018
The skirmish occurred on Feb. 7, 2018 when forces aligned with Syria's dictator Bashar Al Assad, backed by Russian mercenaries from a shadowy company called Wagner, which are possibly under the direct control of the Kremlin, launched an attack on U.S. forces and members of the U.S.-backed SyrianÃâà...
USNI News
March 13, 2018
A U.S. Marine fires an M777-A2 Howitzer in the early morning in Syria, June 3, 2017. US Marine Corps. Senators pressed the nation's top commander in the Middle East on what's next for the United States by keeping its forces in Syria after the ISIS forces in the region are in decline. The senators'Ãâà...
Independent Online
March 12, 2018
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has cut short his trip to Africa to return to Washington about one day ahead of schedule. Picture: Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP. Nairobi - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has cut short his first trip to Africa to return to Washington about one day ahead of schedule to dealÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 11, 2018
US forces participating in the military drills arrived days earlier with all its military personnel and technical equipment. The military exercises will take place over several days and aims to strengthen mutual military relations between the two sides. The Assistant Training Director Brigadier General MohammedÃâà...
The Columbian
March 9, 2018
HATZOR AIR BASE, Israel — If war breaks out in the Middle East, U.S. and Israeli forces are preparing to fight alongside one another to defend Israel against missile attacks from across the region. Nearly 5,000 Israeli and American troops have been training together in Israel for that very scenario.
Newsweek
March 9, 2018
U.S. naval forces operating off the coast of Yemen say the country's ongoing civil war has created a surge in the use of laser weapons in the area, as various factions test offensive and defensive laser capabilities. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller told the House Appropriation Committee thatÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 4, 2018
A US senator has revealed that Washington is struggling with its mission to break militant group al-Shabab's hold on Somalia. Some 500 US troops are working with the Somali military and other African partners to eradicate al-Shabab from their strongholds in Somalia. "Our doctrine is…to disrupt, clear,Ãâà...
Newsy
March 1, 2018
These Senators Want To Pull US Forces Out Of Yemen. They're pointing to a law that lets Congress move to withdraw armed forces from a war the legislature didn't approve to begin with. ShareTweetEmail Ãâ÷ SMS. These Senators Want To Pull US Forces Out Of Yemen. By Jake Jones February 28, 2018. ShareTweetEmailÃâà...
The Hill
February 20, 2018
Russia conceded Tuesday that “dozens” of its citizens were injured and an unspecified number were killed in a U.S. strike in Syria earlier this month, though it insisted its military was not involved in the clash. “In the course of the recent military clash, in which the servicemen of the Russian Federation didÃâà...
Vox
February 13, 2018
US forces stationed with Syrian Democratic forces troops on the base responded with artillery fire and air strikes. Colonel Ryan Dillon, a spokesperson for United States Central Command, confirmed in an email that that there was a raid conducted by pro-Assad forces, but would not confirm that any RussianÃâà...
Gaston Gazette
December 31, 1999
On March 26, 1945, during World War II, Iwo Jima was fully secured by U.S. forces following a final, desperate attack by Japanese soldiers. In 1827, composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna at age 56. In 1874, poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco. In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans becameÃâà...
The Mainichi
December 31, 1999
The U.S. military's Kadena Air Base is pictured in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, in this file photo taken from a Mainichi aircraft on July 23, 2017. (Mainichi). Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has expressed his displeasure at the U.S. forces' failure to directly notify his ministry of an accident in which anÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
U.S. military officials say pro-Assad regime forces are gathering east of the Euphrates River in Syria near where Assad forces attacked U.S.-backed forces in February, causing a massive loss of life of regime troops and Russian mercenaries, CNN reported Thursday. "While we do not seek confrontation withÃâà...
NPR
December 31, 1999
The commander of the U.S. Africa Military Command, or AFRICOM, Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, testified to the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, saying that the great majority of Africa's problems do not have military solutions. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It's been five months sinceÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
Leaked audio recordings said to be of Russian mercenaries in Syria capture expressions of lament and humiliation over a battle in early February involving US forces and Russian nationals. Published by Polygraph.info — a fact-checking website produced by Voice of America and Radio FreeÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
France 24 published an interview last week with a man it described as a Russian paramilitary chief who provides Russian citizens access to mercenary work in Syria in which he said his countrymen had been galvanized by reports that they were taking an embarrassing loss to US forces. "Each week IÃâà...
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