Michael Schmidt

U.S. to Send Military Advisers Closer to Front Lines of ISIS Fight in Iraq
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 06:08
President Obama will send American military advisers closer to the front lines of the conflict against the Islamic State in Iraq, part of a series of measures that will escalate the United States military campaign to defeat the extremist group.
U.S. Captures ISIS Operative, Ushering in Tricky Phase
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 06:22
An elite American Special Operations force has captured a significant Islamic State operative in Iraq and is expected to apprehend and interrogate a number of others in coming months, ushering in a new and potentially fraught phase in the fight against the extremist Sunni militant group.