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Footage alleged to be taken from an Iranian drone showing a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. (YouTube/Associated Press)
July 23, 2019, 8:38 pm
US may have downed more than one Iranian drone last week, top general says
CENTCOM commander believes American warship successfully destroyed at least two UAVs over strategic Strait of Hormuz; Tehran denies it
By TOI staff and AP
Illustrative: A Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. (Globe Newswire via AP)
June 20, 2019, 3:13 pm
US: Iran shot down drone in international airspace in ‘unprovoked attack’
US Central Command confirms aircraft shot down by surface-to-air missile; Revolutionary Guard says drone switched off tracking equipment; Iran warns US against violating airspace
By TOI staff and AP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak during a media availability, at the State Department, June 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 18, 2019, 11:13 pm
Pompeo: US forces in Persian Gulf just a deterrent
Secretary of state says Trump isn’t looking for war with Iran, but American military ready to respond to any attack on US interests
By Matthew Lee
Illustrative -- In this photo from May 30, 2019, released by the US Navy, three EA-18G Growlers from the "Patriots" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140 participate in a change-of-command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP)
June 9, 2019, 7:53 am
US general: Aircraft carrier sends message to Iran not ‘to do something goofy’
On visit to USS Abraham Lincoln, Central Command head says ‘it is entirely likely that an attack would have taken place by now’ if not for recent troop buildup
By Robert Burns
A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron takes off from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 12, 2019. (Staff Sgt. Ashley Gardner, US Air Force via AP)
May 15, 2019, 4:51 am
Allies split with US over Iranian threat as war worries mount
British general tells reporters that coalition forces have not detected any issues with Iran-backed forced in Iraq and Syria, drawing rare rebuke from US military and exposing rift
By AP
US Central Command head Gen. Joseph Votel testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on February 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
February 5, 2019, 8:28 pm
Top US general says Trump didn’t consult him on Syria pullout
Central Command head Joseph Votel testifies to Senate that Islamic State still not defeated despite Trump’s claim group was beaten last month
By AFP
Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., Director, Joint Staff, The Pentagon. (US Joint Chiefs of Staff)
August 23, 2018, 4:27 am
America’s next top Mideast general named
If confirmed by Senate, Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie would replace Joseph Votel as overall head of US forces from Afghanistan to Syria
By AP and AFP
US Army General Joseph Votel, head of US Central Command, testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 27, 2018. (AFP /Saul Loeb)
April 23, 2018, 11:41 pm
Commander of US troops in Syria makes unannounced first visit to Israel
Gen. Joseph Votel to meet with IDF chief, senior defense officials amid heightened tensions between Israel, Iran
By Judah Ari Gross
US Army General Joseph Votel, head of US Central Command, testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 27, 2018. (AFP /Saul Loeb)
March 14, 2018, 11:59 am
Pentagon still backs Iran nuclear deal, says top US general in Mideast
As Trump rails against agreement, Central Command chief Joseph Votel warns canceling it would mean finding ‘another way to deal with the nuclear weapons program’
By AFP
Illustrative photo of two US Super Hornets supporting operations against IS, October 4, 2014. (AFP/US Air Force handout/Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
October 17, 2017, 8:16 am
US strikes kill ‘dozens’ at Islamic State training camps in Yemen
Action marks first attack by international allies of government against IS installations in country
By AFP
Illustrative: Smoke billows following reported air strikes on a rebel-held area in the southern city of Daraa, on March 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)
March 17, 2017, 8:28 am
US claims deadly north Syria strike, denies targeting mosque
CENTCOM says target of air raid was al-Qaeda meeting, will look into reports of 40 civilian fatalities
By AFP
US Central Command chief Gen. Joseph Votel speaks to reporters at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
October 20, 2016, 3:34 am
US general suspects Iran role in Houthi attacks on US ships
Gen. Joseph Votel, head of US forces in Mideast, places most explicit blame yet on Tehran for Yemen missile launches
By AFP
Syrian government soldiers walk in the damaged al-Farafira souk in the government-held side of Aleppo's historic city center on September 16, 2016. (Youssef Karwashan/AFP)
September 18, 2016, 3:00 am
US admits coalition airstrike against Syrian military position
Moscow estimates death toll at 62, but monitoring group counts 83; US ‘relayed our regret’ to Damascus through Russia
By AFP
US Marines fire a Multiple Launch Rocket System Family of Munitions (MFOR) rocket from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher at Camp Pendleton, California, on June 1, 2007. (Wikipedia/LCPL Seth Maggard, USMC/Defense Visual Information Center, US DOD/public domain)
September 4, 2016, 4:24 am
US hits IS targets with ‘newly deployed’ mobile rocket
Use of HIMARS system by US troops on Turkish soil billed by officials as ‘latest step in US-Turkey cooperation’ against jihadists
By AFP
American and Spanish trainers use live ammunition in training exercises at the Basmaya base, 40 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, January 24, 2016. (AP/Karim Kadim, File)
August 12, 2016, 5:37 am
GOP says US command manipulated Islamic State intel
Military’s reports and public statements were ‘significantly more positive than actual events’ in 2014-15, lawmakers allege
By Richard Lardner
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