Chris Carroll
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 05:53
Around the end of the year, most of the almost 3,000 American troops deployed in Liberia to fight an Ebola epidemic will finish their work and be ready to either start returning home, or to go assist another country the top U.S. general for Africa operations said Wednesday.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 06:40
The United States will train fighters from the Syrian moderate opposition in Turkey, the Department of Defense said Monday. According to a report this weekend in the Istanbul-based Hurriyet Daily News, military officials from both countries agreed that the U.S. would begin training and equipping 2,000 Free Syrian Army fighters at a training center in central Turkey in late December.
Monday, October 6, 2014 - 05:26
The number of U.S. troops deploying to West Africa to confront the Ebola crisis has been doubled, as safety procedures are being put in place to protect American troops from the disease, the Pentagon said Friday.