US Begins Training of 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS The U.S. has begun the effort to train and equip Syrian opposition rebels to fight ISIS, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter...
Pentagon IG Investigating Possibly Skewed Intelligence on ISIS Strikes The DoD's Inspector General is looking into charges that upbeat analysis has skewed progress reports on the campaign against...
After Denial, DoD Acknowledges US-Trained Rebels Gave up Gear, Ammo U.S. Central Command said the latest group of U.S.-trained rebels handed over their equipment and ammo to an al-Qaeda-linked...
Graham Blasts Pentagon Officials for Haphazard Strategy in Syria Sen. Lindsey Graham was frustrated with the Pentagon's recent failure to train and equip moderate forces to fight in Syria.
US Choice to Drop Leaflets in Syria Contrasts with Russian Way of War The goal of avoiding civilian casualties poses a hurdle to greater U.S. and Russian cooperation on airstrikes against ISIS.
More Civilian Deaths from US Airstrikes against ISIS U.S. Central Command estimated that 20 civilians were killed in airstrikes against ISIS between September and February.
Pentagon May -- Or May Not -- Disclose Info on Wounded The Pentagon has been going back and forth on whether to release information on troops wounded in Iraq and Syria.
US Scrambles Fighters After Syrian Aircraft Bombed Near SpecOps Forces The U.S.scrambled warplanes against Syrian aircraft that bombed in the vicinity of American special operations forces.
Airstrike Kills Senior ISIS leader Known as 'Dr. Wa'il' A coalition airstrike last week killed an ISIS leader in Syria believed responsible for some of the group's "execution videos...
Turkey Rejects US Plan for Raqqa Offensive Involving Kurds Turkey said a U.S. plan for a Raqqa offensive was a non-starter if it involved Kurdish fighters branded as terrorists by...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...