A String of Assassinations in Afghanistan Points to ISIS Resurgence with US Officials Warning of Possible Attacks on American Interests "Since returning to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban have struggled to contain the Islamic State Khorasan province...
4 US Troops Wounded During Raid that Killed ISIS Leader in Syria The raid in northeastern Syria killed Hamza al-Homsi, whom the military said was a senior leader in the Islamic State...
Before a Secret Raid on an ISIS Leader's Mountain Cave Complex, US Forces Ran the Mission at a Special Recreation of the Target Area It's a similar technique to the one used before the 2011 raid that brought down Osama bin Laden.
A Secretive US Special-Operations Base in Syria Is Taking Fire from a Shadowy Middle East War A remote U.S. special-operations base in the Syrian desert is caught in a shadow war between military powers in the Middle...
Couple Pleads Guilty to Supporting ISIS in the US, Discussed Attacking Troops Over the course of the investigation, James Bradley told undercover law enforcement officers that he planned to execute an...
ISIS Fighter Behind Brutal Beheading of Journalist and Murder of Veteran Sentenced to Life in Prison On the eighth anniversary of the brutal beheading of journalist James Foley, a federal judge in Virginia sentenced one of the...
Billions Spent on Overseas Counterterrorism Would Be Better Spent by Involving Ex-Terrorists My research shows that international aid does not stop terrorists from carrying out violent acts.
Military's Bloody Battle for Raqqa Seen as ‘Cautionary Tale’ as Pentagon Promises to Limit Civilian Deaths The U.S. military could have done more to protect civilians trapped in Raqqa, Syria, the Rand Corp. found in a Pentagon...
Another Helicopter Went Down on a US Special-Ops Raid. Here's How Elite Aviators Prepare for that Worst-Case Scenario. Last week, Delta Force conducted a counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria that killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al...
ISIS Leader Detonated Suicide Bomb Killing Family as Troops Closed In, US Military Says U.S. troops had surrounded the building and were calling on the ISIS leader and civilians inside to surrender, according to...
The Army Reserve Is Gutting Aviation Units. Thousands of Soldiers Are Being Left in the Lurch. Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers are being forced to scramble for new assignments after the service abruptly ordered the...
Exodus at VA: 10,000 Employees Are Resigning in September. Here’s the List It’s been six months since a now-infamous email presented millions of federal workers with a pivotal decision: They could...
Air Force Rebrands Facebook Page to Combat Rumors, Leaked Memos and Reddit Threads A long-standing Air Force Facebook page created to represent its top enlisted leader has been renamed and rebranded as a news...
Air Force Veteran Convicted of Killing Wife and 2 Children Is 9th Person Executed in Florida This Year Air Force veteran Edward Zakrzewski was executed on Thursday for the June 9, 1994, killings of his 34-year-old wife Sylvia...
Marine Sergeant Dies After Collapsing During Fitness Test in Florida A Marine sergeant on reserve duty died after he collapsed during a physical fitness test in Florida last month, according to...
![Former leader of Al Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiah Imron Baihaqi prays at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-05/AP%20Indonesia%20Radicals%20Reformed%201800x1200.jpg?itok=BMSiz7mo "In this June 2, 2016 photo, former leader of Al Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiah Imron Baihaqi, center, who is also known by his militant name "Abu Tholut," prays at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia has been struggling in its efforts to de-radicalize militants in prison, partly because the Islamic State group inspires them to hold to extremism. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)")
