Military Operations
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 06:46
Kenya's opposition leaders demanded on Monday the country withdraw troops from Somalia after a spate of bloody attacks by militants at home, but dropped a demand for talks with the government.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 09:52
The next time a major crisis that needs swift military action breaks out anywhere in Africa, an African force will be on high alert to intervene within days. Doubts remain, however, about the cost of the force and who will take care of the final bill.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 06:52
While the US Defense Department’s Afghanistan war budget is expected to receive little resistance from lawmakers, the Pentagon is under pressure from the White House Office of Management Budget to lower, then eliminate supplemental requests, sources said.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 07:14
Senior congressional Republicans are vowing to closely scrub President Barack Obama’s new war-funding request, with one saying it “cries out for oversight.”
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:18
It’s time for NATO to get involved in Syria and Iraq, perhaps even putting limited Special Forces troops on the ground.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 08:19
U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a precarious political situation as they help Iraqi security forces improve their ability to battle Sunni militants.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 08:14
The Obama administration said on Monday that it has accepted from the Iraqi government the same sort of immunity agreement for newly dispatched Special Operations troops that it refused to accept in 2011, when it opted to withdraw all American troops from Iraq rather than keep a residual force behind.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 07:40
The Obama administration's planned operations in Iraq will not be paid for from the Pentagon's wartime funding account, according to a defense spokesman on Monday.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:08
he Israeli military said Monday that it had struck Syrian Army targets in response to an attack in the Golan Heights the day before that killed an Arab-Israeli teenager and wounded two others.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 06:36
President Obama and his advisors are hoping to replicate the U.S. military operation in Yemen to address the threat of ISIS insurgents in Iraq