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Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to conduct a pre-flight check on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 8, 2017.

Iran launches missile attacks on US base in Qatar

Qatar said it successfully intercepted the missiles and no casualties were reported.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

4 weeks ago

Ex-Syrian official claims Austin Tice was killed in 2013

The U.S. government is investigating the claim that the Marine veteran was executed.

5 weeks ago

Islamic State leader for Iraq and Syria killed, Iraq says

Al-Rifai was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service and U.S.-led coalition forces, Iraqi officials said.

4 months ago

US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says

The surge of 1,100 troops to the country has been going on for months without being disclosed publicly.

By Noah Robertson

7 months ago

US military flies American released from Syrian prison to Jordan

U.S. officials are also continuing their search for Austin Tice, an American journalist and Marine Corps vet who disappeared 12 years ago near Damascus.

7 months ago

Putin slams presence of US, Turkish troops in Syria

Putin said the presence of the foreigners is illegal because they don’t have permission to be there from the United Nations or Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.

4 years ago