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Lolita C. Baldor
In this file picture taken on Friday, July 21, 2017, Kurdish soldiers from the Anti-Terrorism Units, carry a blindfolded an Indonesian man suspected of Islamic State membership, at a security center, in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
February 12, 2018, 9:05 am
US pushes for home countries to take back Islamic State detainees in Syria
Western nations weighing options for foreign fighters who joined terrorist group and are now being held by Syrian Democratic Forces
By Lolita C. Baldor
Illustrative: Smoke billows from the eastern city of Deir Ezzor during an operation by Syrian government forces against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on November 2, 2017. (AFP/Stringer)
February 8, 2018, 10:15 am
US kills 100 in rare strike on Syrian government-backed troops
Pro-Assad soldiers had been conducting assault on opposition forces, says US official; attack 'coordinated with Russia'
By Lolita C. Baldor
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis makes a statement at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)
January 20, 2018, 10:27 am
Mattis: China, Russia outpace terrorism as top national security priorities
Defense secretary warns that US military's competitive warfighting edge has eroded
By Lolita C. Baldor
In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, speaks during an event in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
December 27, 2017, 6:53 am
Singer files sex assault complaint against former Trump campaign manager
Joy Villa says Corey Lewandowski hit her buttocks twice during a Washington gathering, despite her telling him to stop
By Lolita C. Baldor
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis makes a statement at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)
December 4, 2017, 3:17 am
Mattis seeks more cooperation with Pakistan on terror fight
US defense secretary to meet with Pakistani officials as Washington calls for action against insurgents crossing back and forth across Afghan border
By Lolita C. Baldor
Illustrative: Iraqi tanks deploy in the village of Bashir, south of Kirkuk, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. Kurdish forces have withdrawn from the edges of a disputed region in northern Iraq, a commander said Friday, amid tensions with Iraq's central government over the administration of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
October 14, 2017, 8:42 am
Mattis urges Iraqi, Kurdish forces to avoid conflict
US defense secretary tells sides to focus on the common fight against the Islamic State
By Lolita C. Baldor
Gen. Joseph Votel, the top US commander for the Middle East, right, gets a briefing on the USS Nimitz, from Lt. Cmdr. Vern Jensen, the aircraft handling officer for the ship, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)
August 25, 2017, 12:02 pm
In the Persian Gulf, Iran’s drones pose rising threat to US
American naval officials warn Iranian UAVs could collide with planes flying missions from aircraft carriers
By Lolita C. Baldor
US forces and Afghan security police are seen in Asad Khil near the site of a US bombing in the Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, April 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
June 16, 2017, 8:28 am
About 4,000 more US troops to be sent to Afghanistan
Deployment to be the largest since Trump assumed presidency; Pentagon says 'no decisions have been made'
By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns
A fighter from the US-backed SDF walks next to the group's flag flying in the village of Kabsh Gharbi, on the northern outskirts of Raqqa, on May 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ayham al-Mohammad)
May 9, 2017, 11:23 pm
Trump OKs arms for Syrian Kurds, over Turkish objections
US says decision to equip Kurdish-led SDF 'necessary to ensure a clear victory' over the Islamic State in Raqqa
By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor
In this photograph taken on April 11, 2017, smoke rises after an air strike by US aircraft on positions during an ongoing an operation against Islamic State (IS) in the Achin district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. (AFP PHOTO / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)
April 27, 2017, 8:04 pm
2 US troops killed, 1 injured in eastern Afghanistan
Forces come under attack by Islamic State in same region where 'mother of all bombs' was dropped recently
By Lolita C. Baldor
Turkish officials with chemical clothes carry an injured man on April 4, 2017 in Hatay province, near the Syrian border. (AFP/Dogan News Agency)
April 7, 2017, 8:30 pm
US probes whether Russia took part in Syria chemical attack
Military officials say drone belonging to either Moscow or Damascus was seen hovering over site after assault this week
By Julie Pace, Vivian Salama and Lolita C. Baldor
A US F-15E Strike Eagle during a training run in Utah in 2010. (US Air Force)
March 2, 2017, 9:14 pm
Wave of US airstrikes target al-Qaeda in Yemen
At least seven terrorists killed in operation to degrade group's ability to 'coordinate external terror attacks'
By Ahmed al-Haj and Lolita C. Baldor
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford greets Defense Secretary Jimn Mattis at the Pentagon, January 21, 2107. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
February 27, 2017, 10:22 pm
Pentagon presenting counter-IS plan to White House
Officials say document is 'a framework for a broader discussion' of strategy, includes significant elements of Obama's approach
By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis, center, is greeted by U.S. Ambassador Douglas Silliman as he arrives at Baghdad International Airport on an unannounced trip Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. (Lolita Baldor/AP)
February 20, 2017, 2:58 pm
US defense secretary: No plan to seize Iraqi oil
In an apparent continuation of administraion's clarification efforts, Mattis makes an unannounced visit to Baghdad
By Lolita C. Baldor
Signs read "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) near La Defense in Paris before the nation observed a minute of silence on January 8, 2015 for the 12 victims of an attack by armed gunmen on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris the day before. (photo credit: AFP/ERIC PIERMONT)
December 9, 2016, 10:08 pm
US airstrike kills IS terrorist linked to Charlie Hebdo attack
Officials say Boubaker el Hakim, mentor to brothers who carried out January 2015 massacre, died in Raqqa on November 26
By Lolita C. Baldor
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