Rockets Hit Iraqi Base Where U.S. Troops Are Stationed
DOHUK, Iraq — A barrage of rockets was fired on Wednesday at the Ayn Al Asad air base in Iraq’s western Anbar Province — one...
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Biden Orders Airstrike in Syria Targeting Iran-Backed Militias
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria against buildings belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militias responsible...
Turkish Bank Case Showed Erdogan’s Influence With Trump
WASHINGTON — Geoffrey S. Berman was outraged. The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Mr. Berman had traveled to Washington in June 2019 to discuss a...
Al Qaeda Feels Losses in Syria and Afghanistan but Stays Resilient
WASHINGTON — Last week was a bad week for Al Qaeda around the world. At least seven top Qaeda operatives were killed in the latest...
Trump’s Tweets on Troop Withdrawals Unnerve Pentagon
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s surprise tweet last week that he would pull all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Christmas is not the only important military...
Trump’s Campaign Talk of Troop Withdrawals Doesn’t Match Military Reality
When President Trump said on Twitter last week that all American troops in Afghanistan might be home by Christmas, he was reiterating a goal that...
Islamic State ‘Beatles’ Fighters Being Brought to U.S. to Face Charges
WASHINGTON — Two notorious Islamic State detainees from Britain were being brought to the United States on Wednesday to face federal charges over accusations that they...
U.S. Repatriates Last of Islamic State Suspects Believed Captured in Syria
WASHINGTON — The United States has repatriated and charged the last Americans believed to be detained in Syria and accused of supporting the Islamic State,...
Nagorno-Karabakh: at least three Syrian fighters killed
At least three Syrian opposition fighters have been killed in skirmishes in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Guardian has learned, confirming earlier reports of...
Global coronavirus deaths pass 1m with no sign rate is slowing
The number of people who have died from Covid-19 has exceeded 1 million, according to a tally of cases maintained by Johns Hopkins University, with...