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United States

Since Dec. 10, the US has conducted 16 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, and the US and partners have carried out 29 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. President Obama told US troops: “The time of deploying large ground forces with big military footprints to engage in nation building overseas, that’s coming to […]



Syria

Syrian patriarch: To help Christians, stop flow of weapons


Afghanistan

From Florida to al Qaeda: terror group’s external operations chief spent last years at Iran-Pakistan-Afghan border


Iraq

A Force to Fight ISIS Has Manpower, but Little Firepower


United States

CENTCOM reported that since Dec. 8, the US has conducted seven airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State and the US and partners carried out 13 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. The US also released video of recent airstrikes in Syria. ISAF formally ended its Afghan mission on Dec. 8, and began preparing for […]




Al Qaeda

Senate Panel Faults CIA Over Brutality and Deceit in Interrogations




Iraq

US General: Islamic State fighters on their heels in Iraq





United States

The US released six Guantanamo detainees to Uruguay, including Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab, who had been assessed a “high-risk” detainee with extensive connections to al Qaeda’s global network. The US handed over Latif Mehsud and two others detained by US forces in Afghanistan in 2013 to Pakistani authorities. US officials said the unsuccessful raid to […]





United States

CENTCOM reported that since Dec. 3, the US has conducted six airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and that the US and partners have carried out 14 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. US officials discussed plans for the temporary addition of extra US troops to NATO’s Afghan training mission Resolute Support.



Iran

Iran confirms it carried out air strikes against Islamic State extremists in Iraq


Iraq

Syria’s Assad downplays US strikes on Islamic State



Afghanistan

US moves ahead with plan for extra troops in Afghanistan until allies finalize plans



United States

A Pentagon report on the green-on-blue attack in Afghanistan in August that killed a US general and wounded 16 Coalition troops found no evidence that the attack was instigated by the Taliban, but faulted Afghan officials for lack of cooperation with the investigation. The National Security Council acknowledged that US commandos had tried to rescue […]


Iraq

Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq


Iraq

Islamic State cedes little ground despite air attacks