March 3rd, 20210BAGHDAD — At least 10 rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base that hosts U.S., coalition and Iraqi forces, the Iraqi military said, two days before Pope Francis is due to visit the country.
Wednesday's attack is the second rocket attack in Iraq this month. The attack caused no significant losses, Iraqi’s...
December 21st, 20180WASHINGTON — President Trump has begun what will be a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, declaring on Wednesday they have succeeded in their mission to defeat ISIS and were no longer needed in the country.
A decision to pull out completely, confirmed by U.S. officials, coincides with the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops finishing...
October 26th, 20180WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may send up to 1,000 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop a caravan of migrants, administration officials said on Thursday, as President Trump hammered away at the issue of illegal immigration ahead of the mid-term elections.
Trump’s threat was sparked by the advance of a...
August 20th, 20170AIN ISSA, SYRIA — Washington's main Syrian ally in the fight against ISIS says the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria long after the jihadists are defeated, predicting enduring ties with the Kurdish-dominated region.
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of militias dominated by the Kurdish YPG,...
