US Trainers for ISIS Fight Deploying Ahead of Congressional Approval Some of the 1,500 additional troops President Obama wants for Iraq will begin going there ahead of congressional approval of...
Obama Presses for New Authority To Attack ISIS in State of the Union President Obama last night called on Congress to provide authorization to continue airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon Says Congress Must Send Strong Signal to ISIS with AUMF Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle argued over the level of detail Congress should include in the AUMF against ISIS put...
Ramadi Fall Shows Iraqis Lack Will to Fight: Carter The Iraqis currently lack the will to fight in the struggle against ISIS, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday.
US Reportedly Blocks Arab Allies' Attempts to Deliver Weapons to Kurds The U.S. has reportedly blocked any attempts by Middle East allies to fly weapons to the Kurds fighting the Islamic State in...
US Commander: Initial Tests Show ISIS Used Mustard Gas Initial field tests have indicated that Islamic militants may have used mustard gas in an Aug. 11 attack on Kurdish peshmerga...
Russia's Embassy in Syria Mortared as Its Military Buildup Continues Syrian rebels mortared the Russian embassy in Damascus as the Russian military buildup accelerated, with 28 attack jets now...
Delta Force Death in Iraq Doesn't Reflect 'Combat Role,' Carter Says Defense Secretary Ashton Carter struggled to define combat in describing the death of Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler in Iraq.
Explosion Reportedly Heard on Black Box in Russian Plane Crash The black box recorder of the Russian passenger plane that crashed on its way back from Egypt's Sinai resort of Sharm el...
Suspected Mastermind of Paris Massacre Killed in Terror Raid The man suspected of ringleading last Friday's Paris attacks that killed 129 people was killed in the police raid north of...
Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay. Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
