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A former CIA chief warned that Iran would seek revenge for the death of one of its top military leaders, Qassem Soleimani, by killing Americans.

U.S. Air Force aircraft with combat troops on board took off from bases on the East Coast Thursday night after President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, military officials told Newsweek.

The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, marks a major escalation in the standoff between Washington and Iran.

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a veteran Iraqi militant who was closely allied with Iran, was killed overnight Friday in a U.S. strike that also felled Iran's top general

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted to the Tuesday attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad by suspected Iranian-backed militants, telling Fox News' Mike Emanuel that Tehran will always be held accountable for any

Iraq's government warned Monday that its relations with the United States were at risk after deadly American air strikes against a pro-Iran group sparked anger on the streets, with protesters torching US flags."American forces acted on their polit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. says it has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for an attack that killed an American contractor.U.S. forces conducted...

In the reported draft, Jerusalem would remain unified under shared control between a new Palestinian state and Israel.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has called for the U.S. to "re-examine" its relationship with Saudi Arabia after a Saudi national who was in the U.S. for aviation training allegedly carried out a fatal shooting at a Florida military base.

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The old adage "no good deed goes unpunished" was proved again last week when dozens of unnamed sources in the U.S. foreign aid community attacked Vice President Pence for his role in helping to provide relief to religious minorities in Iraq.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. may leave some forces in Syria to secure oil fields and make sure they don't fall into the hands of a resurgent Islamic State, Defense Secretary Mark Esper ...

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the United States is preparing to evacuate approximately 1,000 U.S. troops form northern Syria as quickly as possible.

Clashes between Turkey and Kurdish fighters allowed some 950 terrorist sympathizers to flee a guarded camp in Syria. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for an immediate halt to the fighting.

Trump announced that he had directed $50 million in emergency aid for Syria to support Christians and other religious minorities there.

Turkish forces stepped up their bombardment around a town in northeast Syria on Saturday, the fourth day of an offensive against a Kurdish militia, after U.S. troops in the region came under artillery fire from Turkish positions.

The Turkish military shelled U.S. Special Forces during an operation that was an apparent mistake.

Caught up in a conflict between long-standing NATO ally Turkey and a recently engaged Kurdish tactical partner in Syria, the Trump administration has accommodated the... Read More The post No, We're Not Selling Out the Syrian Kurds. But We Should Medi

Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are steaming mad at President Trump's decision to relocate a few dozen U.S. forces away from the Syrian-Turkish border. Lawmakers are demanding briefings from administration officials about what factors went i

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has criticized President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syrian because of its impact on the Kurds, reportedly privately undercut his own support for the ethnic group during what he believed