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Marine veteran, once held in Iranian jail, fights espionage claims

Amir Hekmati said in a sworn statement that allegations he sought to sell out to Iran are ridiculous and offensive.

3 years ago

Soldiers conduct security following an advise-and-assistance mission Sept. 17, 2019, in southeastern Afghanistan.

Number of American troops in Afghanistan drops to 8,600 as Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks

On Monday, four-and-a-half months since the signing, chief U.S. negotiator and peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted that “a key milestone in the implementation of the U.S.-Taliban agreement” had been reached as American troop numbers dropped to 8,600 from about 12,000 and five bases were closed in Afghanistan.

4 years ago

Military wife sentenced in toddler’s death wasn’t authorized to provide child care in base housing

Toddler's death is second known death of a military child in unauthorized daycare on base in a little more than a year.

By Karen Jowers

4 years ago

Trump says US locked and loaded in response to drone attack

A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom’s oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as the U.S. released new evidence to back up its allegation that Iran was responsible for the assault amid heightened tensions over Tehran’s collapsing nuclear deal.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Iran offers to swap seized oil tanker for another taken by UK

In the meantime, Britain continues plans to deploy a Europe-led "maritime protection mission" to safeguard shipping in the area after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.

By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Iran labels all US forces in Middle East ‘terrorists’

It remains unclear how the bill’s passage in parliament would affect the Republican Guard’s activities in the Persian Gulf, where the U.S. Navy has in the past accused Iranian patrol boats of harassing American warships.

5 years ago