Special Forces Soldiers help Afghan forces defeat ISIS in eastern Afghanistan
Afghan Special Security Forces, advised by U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers assigned to NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, captured a major Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K)...
US Base in Southern Syria Sends ‘Signal’ to Iran
PENTAGON: The United States maintains a base in southern Syria that limits Iranian forces’ ability to move through Syria’s al-Tanf border crossing, U.S. officials...
Israel says shoots down Syrian warplane
Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet with surface-to-air missiles Tuesday after the plane infiltrated airspace it controls, the military said, in a rare...
No military cooperation with Russia in Syria for now: Mattis
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday there would be no cooperation with the Russian military in Syria -- at least for now. After US...
DoD releases report on enhancing security, stability in Afghanistan
The Defense Department provided to the Congress its semiannual report titled "Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan" on Tuesday. Covering events from Dec. 1 to...
US, China firms brace for escalating trade war
Companies and trade groups in the US and China have expressed concern over how the escalating trade spat between the world's two biggest economies...
11 FARC dissidents killed in Colombian military operation
Colombian troops killed 11 dissidents of the disbanded FARC guerrilla group, officials said Monday, as a fight looms over the future of a 2016...
No plans to cut back US-South Korea drills: Pentagon
The Pentagon is not considering cutting back the joint US-South Korean military exercises that have drawn angry condemnation from Pyongyang ahead of a planned...
Heavy fighting as Taliban attack western Afghan city
HERAT, Afghanistan: Afghan aircraft Tuesday bombed Taliban positions in the western city of Farah after the insurgents launched a major attempt to capture the...
North Korea casts doubt on Trump summit
North Korea on Wednesday (May 16) called into question a much-anticipated and unprecedented summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald...
