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(CENTCOM) A March 13 airstrike in Iraq’s Anbar province by US Central Command (CENTCOM) eliminated Abdallah Makki Muslih al Rifai, a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) who may have served as the ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military led strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the past week that resulted in the capture of an ISIS leader but caused the death of a non-U.S ...
Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, said last week that the true number of US troops in Syria is close to 2,000. Monday, Ryder confirmed that more than 2,500 U.S. troops are deployed to Iraq ...
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. service members were injured in Iraq in a joint U.S.-Iraqi raid ... with roughly 40,000 US troops in the region as of August. The U.S. has also continued operations to ...
The Biden administration insists their plan is not to fully pull out of the nation but declined to say how many of the 2,500 troops currently stationed in Iraq will ... and want us out, then ...
and German Armed Forces during an aerial gunnery training exercise with AH-64 Apache helicopters in Northern Iraq, July 2, 2024. Staff Sgt. Bruce Daddis/US Army "It's a transition from a coalition ...
That coalition is ending in 2026, officials said. (U.S. Army) After 10 years, the military coalition of countries working to defeat ISIS in Iraq is coming to an end. The American and Iraqi ...
Iraq’s prime minister said US troops are no longer needed in his country because they have largely succeeded in vanquishing ISIS, and he plans to announce a timetable for their withdrawal soon ...
US forces based in Iraq and Syria went months without being attacked by Iran-backed militias. However, they have been attacked multiple times in recent weeks by these groups. These incidents have ...
Languages: English. In a developing situation, U.S. forces stationed at Iraq's Al-Asad airbase came under attack on Monday, resulting in injuries to several American personnel, Reuters reported.
Several U.S. troops were injured in a rocket attack at Al-Asad air base, Iraq, officials said. (Sgt. 1st Class Shane Hamann/Army National Guard) Editor’s note: This is a developing story and ...
The U.S. launched a Tuesday strike on Iranian-backed forces in Iraq in the first attack in the country since massive strikes in February. U.S. fighter jets struck several Iranian-aligned militia ...