February 21, 2015
10:12 am

Pro-Iraqi government fighters take part in an operation to secure an area they seized from the Islamic State (IS) militants, December 29, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ MOHAMMED SAWAF)

Iraqis worry they won’t be ready for Mosul operation

US says it wants an operation to retake the key city in April, but Iraqi officials say they are not receiving enough arms

By Lolita C. Baldor and Sameer N. Yacoub

February 20, 2015
4:28 am

Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road in Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014. (photo credit: AP/File)

US: Mission to retake Mosul to begin in April, May

More than 20,000 Iraqi and Kurdish troops to move in on Islamic State forces holding major city

By Lolita C. Baldor

January 23, 2015
4:42 am

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (left), Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (center) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) after a press conference in London, January 22, 2015 (photo credit: AP/Stefan Wermuth, Pool)

Kerry: Airstrikes eliminated 50% of IS leadership

At meeting with British FM and Iraqi PM, US secretary of state says jihadist group ‘definitively’ halted in Iraq

By Ken Dilanian and Lolita C. Baldor

January 9, 2015
7:58 am

Israeli Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (right) listens as US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey answers a question during their joint news conference at the Pentagon, January 8, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Gantz: Palestinian war-crimes charges unnecessary

IDF chief of staff says army works hard to protect civilians, can investigate itself, after meeting with top US general

By Lolita C. Baldor

January 9, 2015
7:32 am

General Martin Dempsey testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Top officer: US eyeing new ways to aid Iraq forces

After meeting with Israel’s military chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey says America will help offensive against IS

By Lolita C. Baldor

November 15, 2014
3:14 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, where he announced that he is ordering top-to-bottom changes in how the nation's nuclear arsenal is managed. From left are, Air Force Global Strike Command Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee Jones, and Hagel. (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

Pentagon chief orders shakeup for US nuclear woes

Washington to allocate $10 billion to fix neglect, mismanagement of US’s deadliest weapons following exposé

By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor

November 13, 2014
9:45 pm

Top US general considers sending more US troops to Iraq

Martin Dempsey says 80,000 local soldiers needed in order to retake areas lost to Islamic State

By Donna Cassata and Lolita C. Baldor

October 13, 2014
4:21 am

In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo released by the US Air Force, a formation of US Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq as part of US led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State group and other targets in Syria. (AP/US Air Force, Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

US says Turkey OKs use of bases against jihadists

Ankara to allow coalition forces to use military installations near border with Syria for operations against Islamic State

By Lolita C. Baldor and Bradley Klapper

October 4, 2014
6:55 pm

A hazardous material cleaner removes a blue barrel from the apartment in Dallas, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas, stayed (photo credit: AP Photo/LM Otero)

Obama administration urges calm over Ebola

Texas officials monitoring 50 people, 10 at high risk, who came into contact with first person to be diagnosed in US with disease that has killed 3,400 in West Africa

By Lolita C. Baldor and lauren neergard

September 23, 2014
9:05 am

A US fighter jet during practice maneuvers over the desert (illustrative photo credit: Courtesy/US Air Force by Master Sgt. Benjamin Bloker)

Arab states join US in striking Islamic State in Syria

Planes from US, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and UAE hit sites in jihadi stronghold of Raqqa

By Lolita C. Baldor

September 16, 2014
4:07 am

Illustrative photo of an F-16. (photo credit: CC BY Ronnie Macdonald, Flickr)

US begins expanded air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq

House GOP pushes authorization of Syrian rebel training, a central piece of Obama’s strategy

By Lolita C. Baldor, Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata

September 5, 2014
9:37 pm

Al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2011. (photo credit: AP/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

US confirms death of Somalia terror group leader

Somali president thanks Obama for the killing of al-Shabab head Ahmed Abdi Godane

By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor

August 25, 2014
9:09 am

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey speak to the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon August 21, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia. (photo credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)

Dempsey: We will act if Islamic State threatens US

Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff says there is no indication the terror group plans attacks on America

By Lolita C. Baldor

August 11, 2014
12:31 pm

US and Kurdish flags flutter in the wind while displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community cross the Syria-Iraq border at Feeshkhabour bridge over the Tigris River at Feeshkhabour border point, in northern Iraq, on Sunday, August 10, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Khalid Mohammed)

US sending arms to Kurds in Iraq

Obama administration officials won’t specify which weapons are being sent to peshmerga forces, but they’re not coming from the Pentagon

By Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee

April 20, 2014
5:53 am

Soldiers during a multi-national training exercise involving American, Dutch and Hungarian troops, in Hungary, April 4, 2014 (photo credit: CC BY US Army Europe/Flickr)

US weighing military exercises in Eastern Europe

With Russia massing troops on Ukraine border, Poland calls for increased American military presence in the continent

By Lolita C. Baldor

Writer: Lolita C. Baldor

Iraqis worry they won’t be ready for Mosul operation

US says it wants an operation to retake the key city in April, but Iraqi officials say they are not receiving enough arms

US: Mission to retake Mosul to begin in April, May

More than 20,000 Iraqi and Kurdish troops to move in on Islamic State forces holding major city

Kerry: Airstrikes eliminated 50% of IS leadership

At meeting with British FM and Iraqi PM, US secretary of state says jihadist group ‘definitively’ halted in Iraq

Gantz: Palestinian war-crimes charges unnecessary

IDF chief of staff says army works hard to protect civilians, can investigate itself, after meeting with top US general

Top officer: US eyeing new ways to aid Iraq forces

After meeting with Israel’s military chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey says America will help offensive against IS

Pentagon chief orders shakeup for US nuclear woes

Washington to allocate $10 billion to fix neglect, mismanagement of US’s deadliest weapons following exposé

Top US general considers sending more US troops to Iraq

Martin Dempsey says 80,000 local soldiers needed in order to retake areas lost to Islamic State

US says Turkey OKs use of bases against jihadists

Ankara to allow coalition forces to use military installations near border with Syria for operations against Islamic State

Obama administration urges calm over Ebola

Texas officials monitoring 50 people, 10 at high risk, who came into contact with first person to be diagnosed in US with disease that has killed 3,400 in West Africa

Arab states join US in striking Islamic State in Syria

Planes from US, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and UAE hit sites in jihadi stronghold of Raqqa

US begins expanded air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq

House GOP pushes authorization of Syrian rebel training, a central piece of Obama’s strategy

US confirms death of Somalia terror group leader

Somali president thanks Obama for the killing of al-Shabab head Ahmed Abdi Godane

Dempsey: We will act if Islamic State threatens US

Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff says there is no indication the terror group plans attacks on America

US sending arms to Kurds in Iraq

Obama administration officials won’t specify which weapons are being sent to peshmerga forces, but they’re not coming from the Pentagon

US weighing military exercises in Eastern Europe

With Russia massing troops on Ukraine border, Poland calls for increased American military presence in the continent

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