Latest Middle East Stories
82nd Airborne paratroopers who rapidly deployed to the Middle East in January are finally coming home
Special tactics airmen receive valor awards for daring Middle East raids, one of which took out top Al Qaeda leader
AC-130W conducts first-of-its-kind life fire in the Arabian Sea
US airstrikes against five Kata’ib Hezbollah targets were meant to deter further rocket attacks. They didn’t
Taji Response, Defensive Strikes on Kata’ib Hizbollah
ISIS offers tips on how to avoid getting coronavirus
Drones are dropping bombs on US troops in Syria, and it’s not clear who’s doing it
Nat’l Security Challenges & U.S. Military Activities in the Greater Middle East & Africa
US service member killed in non-combat incident in U.A.E.
Army specialist charged with accidental killing of fellow soldier in Syria
Russia and Turkey agree to ceasefire deal for Syria’s Idlib
Turkey retaliates against Syrian forces after 33 of its soldiers killed in air strikes
US Troops to Pull Out of Syria
CENTCOM suspends leave and liberty for US troops to avoid spreading coronavirus
At least 22 Turkish soldiers killed in air strikes in Syria’s Idlib
Video shows US military vehicle running a Russian military truck off the road in Syria
The Pentagon lost track of $715 million in weapons and gear funneled to anti-ISIS allies in Syria
Does Tulsi Gabbard believe Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is a war criminal? It’s complicated
US soldier suffers ‘minor superficial scratch’ after patrol comes under fire in Syria
The US took out the head of Al Qaeda’s ‘most lethal branch’ in Yemen
US halts secretive drone program with Turkey over Syria incursion
Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility for NAS Pensacola shooting
US soldier killed in Syria during vehicle rollover
75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, three survivors tell their stories
ISIS leader known as ‘Jabba the Hutt’ captured in Mosul
DoD boots 21 Saudi military students, citing jihadi content and child porn
Informants in Iraq and Syria helped the US kill Iranian general Soleimani
A hacked Twitter account sparked a false rumor that the US military is pulling out of Kuwait
Here are all of the US troops deploying to the Middle East amid soaring tensions with Iran
No, the 2nd Marine Division is not calling up Individual Ready Reserve Marines amid rising tensions in the Middle East
US to deploy 3,500 paratroopers to the Middle East in response to threats of retaliation from Iran
US deploys about 750 paratroopers to the Middle East following attack on embassy in Baghdad
Russian forces reportedly took over another abandoned US base in Syria
Two Marine Raiders and a Navy corpsman charged in death of American contractor
Russian forces enters former ISIS capital of Raqqa, Syria
Pentagon fumbles non-denial that it’s considering deploying 14,000 troops to the Middle East
US reportedly could surge another 14,000 troops to the Middle East to prevent Iranian attacks
The US reportedly took out an alleged terrorist with a Hellfire missile full of swords
‘Time to take out our swords’ — Inside Iran’s plot to attack Saudi Arabia
Trump’s abrupt Syria withdrawal was a gift to ISIS, DoD IG says
Russia established an air base in the Syrian city where withdrawing US troops were pelted with potatoes
Pentagon claims with a straight face that the US mission in Syria isn’t all about the oil (It is)
The ISIS defector who gave up Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will reportedly get a piece of the $25 million bounty
CENTCOM commander sheds new light on how US troops successfully launched the al-Baghdadi raid
Watch declassified video of the Delta Force raid on the al-Baghdadi compound
Drone footage shows devastated compound where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died
One of Baghdadi’s security guards reportedly stole his underwear to prove where he was to US intel
We salute the heroic military working dog injured in the Baghdadi raid
Chief Shannon Kent’s widower: Trump is right to pull out of Syria
What withdrawal? US moving ‘some mechanized forces’ into eastern Syria to protect oil fields, Esper says
Defense Secretary casually brushes off fact that over 100 ISIS fighters are now on the loose
There’s a problem with this Trump tweet on the Kurds in Syria, and it ain’t ‘Mark Esperanto’
Shells are still falling in Syria despite a five-day ceasefire agreement with Turkey
US and Turkey agree on temporary cease fire to allow Kurdish fighters to withdraw from northeast Syria
US bombs its own ammo dump in Syria as most troops beat a hasty retreat from the country
US troops left behind dick drawings at an abandoned Syrian camp they knew Russian soldiers would take over
As Syria plunges deeper into chaos, all sides are spinning like crazy to win the propaganda war
Russia-backed Syrian forces enter Kurdish-held region amid US retreat
Most US troops leaving Syria as Turkish invasion pushes further into Kurdish territory
Mattis warns of ISIS comeback in wake of Trump pullout in Syria
Pentagon says Turkey fired artillery within ‘few hundred meters’ of US troops in Syria
Dozens reported killed and tens of thousands flee as Turkey pushes into Syria
Trump defends abandoning the Kurds by saying they didn’t help the US in WWII
Turkey launches ‘Operation Peace Spring’ ground invasion to not-so-peacefully wipe out Kurdish fighters in Syria