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Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 18:32
Six U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft and about 300 personnel arrived yesterday at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, to support Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 18:30
The current situation in Iraq and Syria clearly indicates that the coalition, and not ISIL, now dictates the pace of operations, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 18:26
Senior leaders from the Afghan National Army and from Resolute Support recently visited Train Advise Assist Command-East and 201st Corps here.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:28
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Ansar Allah group has deployed AH-64D Apache attack helicopters to Aden, presumably to provide close air support for the Emirati and allied Yemeni forces operating in the south of the country.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:26
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Yemen on Wednesday killed five suspected al-Qaida militants traveling in a vehicle near an extremist-held coastal city, military and security officials said.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:25
U.S. and Turkish officials last month announced a landmark deal to fight the Islamic State. It envisions an area along the border that is free of extremists and protected by U.S. air power. Turkey hopes the safe zone will serve as a haven for the millions of Syrians who have fled across the border.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:22
Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government following a rift with PM Domingos Pereira. The two men are said to have disagreed on the use of aid money and the return to Guinea-Bissau of a former army chief of staff.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:18
Turkey has launched several waves of airstrikes against elements of a Kurdish separatist group known as the P.K.K., which is widely listed as a terrorist group. But that group and its allies in Syria, who have been closely working with American forces, are pushing Islamic State militants out of areas they once controlled.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:17
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic has resigned over the force's handling of a series of sexual and other misconduct allegations.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:16
South Sudan's rival forces have made little if any progress at talks on ending the country's civil war, the government has warned.