The Islamic State is seeing less resistance in areas of major security concern following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and potential troop drawdown in ...

American officials are wary as they try to persuade the rebels now in control in Syria to govern with an inclusive and ...

In the past week, the Pentagon has acknowledged that its footprint in Iraq and Syria is bigger than it has claimed for years ...

The radical Islamic State group, which once imposed a reign of terror over millions of people in Syria and Iraq, has been ...

The Pentagon on Thursday said it has 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, more than twice the 900 it has previously said it has, and ...

The militant group has been linked to a series of recent attacks.

With the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and an uncertain future, U.S. troops in the region must navigate a geopolitical minefield.

Post-Assad Syria will likely become a sanctuary for terrorism, and the United States and its allies will need dependable ...

A representative of the United States-backed faction in Syria's resurgent civil war has warned that the Islamic State militant group ( ISIS) was poised to take advantage of the nationwide chaos ...

Since the invasion of Iraq, the US has struggled to find a policy for Syria that could accommodate ... From Ireland to Afghanistan, the history of this sort of evolution is messy.

an important religious site that Shia fighters from Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iran have sought to protect during Syria’s civil war. “What happened is unbelievable. They [the rebels] were ...

There is some kernel of truth behind Trump’s claim. In big wars since 1945, America basically has a record of 1-2-2.