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Russian forces reportedly took over another abandoned US base in Syria
Russian military police have taken control of a base near the Syrian city of Raqqa that was controlled by U.S. forces until a few days ago, the TASS news agency reported on Thursday
The War Against ISIS Is Far From Over
One year into the Trump administration, what are the most complex challenges facing the U.S. military? This is the first...
Artillery Marines Headed Home After ‘Raining’ Fire On ISIS In Syria
A contingent of roughly 400 Marines are headed home from Syria after three months of providing fire support to U.S.-backed...
The US Secretly Let Thousands Of Armed ISIS Fighters Escape Raqqa In Broad Daylight
A deal between U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab forces in Syria and ISIS sent thousands of fighters and families belonging to...
How Much Territory Has ISIS Lost In Iraq And Syria? Check These Maps
Since ISIS made international headlines by invading Iraq from Syria in June of 2014, its territory has shrunken considerably. The terrorist group's steady...
The Siege of Raqqa Is Almost Over — And ISIS Lost
Last June 6th, the 73rd anniversary of the D-Day invasion that turned the tide of World War II in favor...
US-Led Coalition Takes Raqqa’s Great Mosque Away From ISIS
In a long fight punctuated by moral victories, this may be the biggest yet: The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and...
Inside The Tunnels ISIS Uses To Launch Sneak Attacks In Raqqa
The Kurdish YPG, a contingent of the U.S.-backed forces fighting to liberate Raqqa in Syria, released a video on Aug. 29 showing what appear...
Boy In ISIS Propaganda Video Claims To Be An American Soldier’s Son
ISIS, the global terrorist organization that once held huge swaths of Iraq and Syria and is now fighting to defend...
US Army Veteran Killed Fighting ISIS With Kurdish Militants In Syria
Nicholas Alan Warden's passion for fighting for American freedom took root the day terrorists knocked down New York City's Twin...
There’s A Very Good Chance Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Is Finally Dead
The London-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it has confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the notorious leader...
The Siege Of Mosul Is Over — And ISIS Lost
Almost 8 months after it began, the U.S. military and Iraqi Security Forces have officially declared victory over ISIS in...
The US Coalition Has ISIS Surrounded In Raqqa
The noose is closing around ISIS’s neck in Syria — and the Pentagon is tightening the knot. The U.S.-backed Syrian...
This Is The Devastating Piece of Artillery Leading The Ground Fight Against ISIS
With deployments of Marines and soldiers to the battlefields of Iraq and Syria on the rise, there’s one weapon system...
Mattis On Syria: ‘The Closer We Get The More Complex It Gets’
The Pentagon said Tuesday that the United States has detected “active handling of chemical weapons” at Syria’s Shayrat air base,...
7 Badass Photos Of Marines Shelling The Crap Out Of ISIS In Syria
As U.S.-backed Syrian Defense Forces clear ground around Raqqa, recently liberating roughly 386 square miles from Islamic State control, a...
The US Has No Long-Term Plan In Syria, And That’s Dangerous
On June 13, coalition warplanes from the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS rained 28 airstrikes down across eastern Syria. Along the...
Russia Says It Killed ISIS Leader 2 Weeks Ago, Maybe, Possibly
After doing virtually nothing to aid the multinational campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the Russian government claims it...
The Complexity Of Syria’s War Is Catching Up To The US
Three years after the start of Operation Inherent Resolve, the United States is beginning to experience the difficulties of fighting...
US-Led Coalition Forces Are Turning Up The Heat On ISIS In Raqqa
ISIS’ de facto capital in Raqqa, Syria, came under increased military pressure from U.S.-backed forces last weekend, with airstrikes destroying...
US Special Operations Forces Are On The Ground Fighting ISIS In Raqqa
When the U.S.-backed coalition marked the anniversary of D-Day by launching its much-anticipated siege against ISIS militants in Raqqa, the...
The US Plan To Liberate Raqqa From ISIS Could Depend On Qatar — And Twitter
The much-anticipated siege of Raqqa is officially underway, with Syrian and Kurdish militias backed by American military advisers and U.S.-led...
On D-Day Anniversary, Coalition Launches Final Assault On ISIS Capital
On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded Normandy in the largest seaborne invasion in history. Now, another U.S.-led coalition is...
Why Capturing Raqqa Won’t Destroy ISIS
The group’s de facto capital since early 2014, Raqqa is a jihadist springboard — the place where ISIS militants plan...
DoD Official On The Campaign Against ISIS: ‘The Sh*t Is About To Go Down In Raqqa’
With the Iraqi city of Mosul almost entirely rid of ISIS forces, the U.S. military is gearing up to take...
