Kristina Wong
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 07:31
The U.S. military is flying Apache helicopter gunships in support of Iraqi forces in the offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS, exposing U.S. forces to greater risk.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 07:24
It's not clear how close U.S. forces will get to the fight in Mosul, but they are allowed to embed at the lowest levels with Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga commandos, who are expected to be carrying out the bulk of the fight.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 07:47
A House Democrat is urging the Obama administration to stop assisting Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen following reports that its forces bombed a school.
Friday, August 12, 2016 - 06:36
The Pentagon has declined to say how many U.S. troops are actually on the ground in Iraq and Syria more than two years after the first deployments to fight the Islamic State. The military only shares the number of full-time troops deployed, known as the "force management level" or FML
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 06:27
The number of militant Islamist attacks in Africa has more than quadrupled in just the past six years, according to new research published Monday.
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 06:30
A U.S. Treasury official on Thursday said donors located in the Gulf remain an important source of revenue for Al Qaeda, but that the U.S. and regional allies were "making strides" in cutting off that financing.
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 06:40
The top U.S. military commander in Latin America said he and his regional counterparts are growing more concerned about radical Islamic extremists using the region as a pathway into the U.S.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:19
U.S. Special Forces in Syria may be working with female Kurdish fighters in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Recently published photos of U.S. special operations forces in Syria, taken by an Agence France Press photographer, showed one of the U.S. soldiers wearing a "YPJ" patch — which stands for Yekîneyên Parastina Jin, or the Kurdish Women’s Defense Units.
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 06:16
The total U.S. cost of the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is $7.2 billion as of April 15, according to a new Pentagon estimate.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 06:08
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is currently reviewing different options to speed up the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including "everything again from additional trainers to more engineering equipment, perhaps to adjustments in the air campaign."