Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - ISIS

The Trump administration is now pledging the U.S. will remain in Syria until the "enduring defeat" of ISIS.

Insurgents killed 19 security personnel in separate assaults in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.

A U.S. strike over the weekend killed a senior Islamic State commander in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang claimed he would be a suicide bomber and attack Schofield Barracks, an avidavit said.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Taylor J. Galvin, a Spokane, Washington native, was 34.

An Air Force Special Operations helicopter went down in a non-hostile crash in Iraq, killing one service member.

An Iraqi refugee was arrested in California on a warrant alleging that he killed an Iraqi policeman while fighting for ISIS.

The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and Iraq.

The four-day talks follow an offer made by Uzbekistan's president last March to broker peace in Afghanistan.

Al-Qaida shares the same goals as ISIS, but pursues them more carefully, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

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Ronald J. Shurer II will receive the Medal of Honor, an upgrade to the Silver Star he was awarded for his actions in 2008.

The U.S. Air Force is on track to begin distributing its new Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform beginning Oct. 1.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Iran against blaming the U.S. for a terror attack that killed at least 25.

Marines will face several new standards next year that will make it harder to pass their physical and combat fitness tests....

The still-commissioned Navy warship remains on the Potong River as a museum piece in North Korea's capital.