On the eve of the Iraq War in 2003, while commanding the 101st Airborne Division, then-Maj. Gen. David Petraeus repeatedly asked Rick Atkinson the rhetorical question: “Tell me how this ends.” What ...
• The Islamic State poses a grave danger to the United States and its allies in the Middle East and around the world due to its location, resources, the skill and determination of its leaders and ...
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a successful raid in al Bab, Syria in late July, reportedly killing ISIS leader Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and his sons. Reports have indicated that the ...
Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division fire rounds at Fire Base Saham, in Syria, Jan. 16, 2019. Photo Credit: Army Spc. Gyasi Thomasson In 2014, the terror ...
In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump vowed to defeat ISIS, the Islamic militant group that seized control of territory in Syria and Iraq starting in 2014. During a campaign rally, Trump said, if ...
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan wrongly claimed that the Islamic State terrorist threat has been significantly reduced by the Trump administration’s ...
French soldiers assigned to Task Force Wagram fire a French Ceasar in support of Operation Roundup in Al Quim, Iraq, on May 16, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zakia Gray) While the Islamic State ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A security officer in Somalia says that Puntland forces shall eventually defeat ISIS militants, following the activation of Operation Hilaac which means Lightning in the mountains ...
Imagine Iraq after the Islamic State. That might be difficult to picture, but steady advances against the jihadist group suggest that happy occasion may be closer than it seems. After all, ISIS was ...