Trumpâs Tweets on Troop Withdrawals Unnerve Pentagon
WASHINGTON â President Trumpâs surprise tweet last week that he would pull all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Christmas is not the only important military...
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Trumpâs Campaign Talk of Troop Withdrawals Doesnât 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 âBeatlesâ Fighters Being Brought to U.S. to Face Charges
WASHINGTON â 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 â 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...
US military increasingly using drone missile with flying blades in Syria
The US military is making increasing use in Syria of a gruesome and secretive non-explosive drone missile that deploys flying blades to kill its targets....
Turkey issues arrest warrants for 82 over pro-Kurdish protests
Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 82 people, including a mayor, over pro-Kurdish protests six years ago, officials and local media said. The warrants...
U.S. Commandos Use Secretive Missiles to Kill Qaeda Leaders in Syria
WASHINGTON â U.S. Special Operations forces, with no fanfare, killed a top Qaeda leader in northwest Syria in an unusual drone strike nearly two weeks...
US deploys additional troops and armoured vehicles to eastern Syria
The US military has stepped up its deployment of troops and equipment in north-eastern Syria after a rise in tensions with Russia in the region....