A US Army attack helicopter had to make an emergency landing In Syria
Summary List PlacementA US Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter performed a precautionary landing during an operational mission over northern Syria in the morning of September 15, 2020, after the crew...
View ArticleThe US military is quietly killing terrorist leaders in Syria with its secret...
Summary List PlacementThe US military has been quietly taking out terrorist leaders in Syria with a modified Hellfire missile packed full of swords, The New York Times reported Friday.Testifying before...
View ArticleA top White House counterterrorism official reportedly met with the Assad...
Summary List PlacementA top White House counterterrorism official recently met with the Assad regime in Syria to negotiate the release of US hostages, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.Kash...
View ArticleThe White House is trying to negotiate hostage releases from Syria, but...
Summary List PlacementThe Trump administration secretly dispatched senior officials to Syria earlier this year in an attempt to discuss the fate of two American hostages, but regional security...
View ArticleSuper Hornet vs. Su-22: How a fighter jet got the first US air-to-air win 20...
Summary List PlacementPrior to June 2017, a US aircraft hasn't been forced to shoot down a manned enemy aircraft since a pair of Air Force F-15's defeated two Serbian MiG 29s in 1999.With that...
View ArticleA Syrian refugee founded a cleaning service in Turkey that's offering jobs to...
Summary List PlacementOn a good week, Mohanad cleans up to five houses in Istanbul where he lives.As a refugee, he's one of the lucky ones.He managed to find a job with the cleaning company A Clean...
View ArticleBiden orders airstrikes against infrastructure used by 'Iranian-backed...
Summary List PlacementUS President Joe Biden ordered the military to carry out airstrikes against the assets of "Iranian-backed militant groups" in Syria on Thursday evening, the Pentagon said in a...
View ArticleBiden faces bipartisan pushback to the airstrikes he ordered in Syria a month...
Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden is facing questions from Congress about his decision to carry out airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Syria, specifically regarding his authority to...
View ArticleBiden promised a return to 'normal.' His Syrian airstrikes show 'normal' can...
Summary List PlacementDonald Trump in April 2017 ordered a military strike on Syria, without congressional authorization. The noted foreign policy pundit Fareed Zakaria quipped at the time that that...
View Article7,000 ISIS fighters in Iraq are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to regroup...
Summary List PlacementThousands of Islamic State jihadists are using lull period caused by the coronavirus pandemic to regroup in key areas and are threatening a new wave of attacks, a Kurdish general...
View ArticleBiden defends airstrike on Syria in letter to leaders in Congress and says US...
Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden justified his decision to strike Syria in a letter to congressional leadership on Saturday. On Thursday night, Biden directed airstrikes against the assets of...
View ArticleRockets hit Iraqi base with US troops less than a week after Biden officials...
Summary List PlacementAn Iraqi base hosting US troops was targeted with at least 10 rockets on Wednesday, a US-led coalition spokesperson said. The attack came less than a week after President Joe...
View ArticleBiden changed his plan for the strike on Iran-backed militias at the last...
Summary List PlacementWith strike aircraft already in the air and on their way to the targets, President Joe Biden made last-minute changes to the plans for his first major military order as commander...
View ArticleBiden supports Congress scrapping post-9/11 laws that led to 'forever wars'
Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden intends to work with congressional lawmakers to repeal laws passed in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks that effectively gave every commander-in-chief...
View ArticleBiden's airstrikes in the Middle East are a far cry from the diplomacy he...
Summary List Placement"Diplomacy is back!" declared President Joe Biden at the Munich Security Conference on February 4. Three weeks later, a pair of American F-15 fighter jets were dropping bombs on...
View ArticleThere are no victories left to win for US troops in Iraq and Syria. It's time...
Summary List PlacementThe United States will engage in a "strategic dialogue" with Iraq this month, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said last week. The key agenda item, she explained, was the US...
View ArticleA Navy P-8A patrol plane drew a large '46' over the Mediterranean on its way...
Summary List PlacementOn April 3, 2021, a P-8A Poseidon aircraft with the Patrol Squadron 46 (VP-46) Grey Knights launched from NAS (Naval Air Station) Sigonella, Italy, carried out a sortie over the...
View ArticleMass killing in Myanmar has 'clear echoes of Syria,' UN human rights...
Summary List PlacementMyanmar is on the verge of a "full-blown conflict," a top United Nations official warned Tuesday, urging the world community not to repeat the passive observation that allowed the...
View ArticleUS troops in Syria seem to be getting hit with directed-energy attacks, and...
Summary List PlacementThe US is investigating what appears to be directed-energy attacks on US troops, and the Pentagon suspects Russia is behind them, Politico reported.Four national-security...
View ArticleRussia says it can now operate nuclear-capable bombers from its air base in...
Summary List PlacementMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had the ability for the first time to operate long-range strategic nuclear-capable bombers from its air base in Syria, expanding its...
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