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Iraqi security officers flash victory signs while riding in vehicles decorated with national flags during a convoy celebrating the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
September 30, 2026, 4:49 pm
Iraqis celebrate final US troop withdrawal as government takes charge of security
Military parades mark departure while PM says fight against terrorism continues; Washington pledges targeted training and intelligence support will continue as concerns rise over militias and Islamic State
By Ahmed Rasheed and Muayad Hameed
A man looks at a banner depicting US President Donald Trump displayed in front of the Zolfaghar and Zolghadr ballistic missiles exhibited at Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran's capital, on August 2, 2026. (Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu via Reuters)
September 12, 2026, 7:59 pm
Report: Chinese entities gave Iran satellite images before deadly strike on US base
US officials say imagery of Jordan air base was provided ahead of and after attack that killed 3 troops; Beijing rejects allegation and demands Washington provide evidence
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives to board Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House on July 22, 2026 in Washington, DC, before traveling to Dover Air Force Base to attend the dignified transfers of US service members killed by Iranian military strikes in Jordan. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images/AFP)
July 28, 2026, 3:14 am
Pentagon removes 4 troops killed in renewed Iran fighting from official war death toll
Decision raises questions about properly counting impact of war on US service members, but Pentagon denies trying to hide growing toll, blames it on ‘temporary data disruptions’
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
US Vice President JD Vance visits with service members during a refueling stop at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 24, 2025. (Kenny Holston/Pool Photo via AP)
May 2, 2026, 3:28 am
US pulling 5,000 troops from Germany amid spat with Trump over Iran war
Senior Pentagon official says German rhetoric against Washington’s policy ‘inappropriate and unhelpful’; withdrawal to be completed within 6-12 months
By Reuters
US soldiers patrol in Syria's northeastern city Qamishli, in the Hasakeh province, then mostly controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on January 9, 2025. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
February 19, 2026, 8:43 am
US said planning to withdraw all American troops from Syria over next two months
Washington reportedly to pull last 1,000 soldiers from country after new government takes over areas from Kurdish-led SDF, which had been US’s ally in fight against ISIS
By AFP
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrives at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on April 9, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP)
January 14, 2026, 4:52 pm
Some US personnel told to leave Qatar base as Iran touts ‘peak readiness’ for conflict
Official says move is ‘posture change’; Tehran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as official death toll in crackdown passes 2,500, though actual number may be much higher
By Agencies, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a fighter with the Kataib Hezbollah, who was killed in a US airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
January 30, 2024, 11:57 pm
Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah faction suspends attacks on US forces
Iran-aligned group suspected in attack that killed 3 US troops says its decision stems from a wish to prevent embarrassment for the Baghdad government
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on October 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor, File)
January 28, 2024, 11:46 pm
What is Tower 22, the site of a deadly drone attack on US troops in Jordan?
Little is publicly known about the base near the country’s borders with both Syria and Iraq
By Reuters
Fighters from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels stage a rally against the US and the UK strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on January 14, 2024. (AP Photo)
January 15, 2024, 9:32 am
In 1st attack since US-led strikes, Houthis fire missile at American warship in Red Sea
Fighter jet shoots down cruise missile launched from area of Yemeni port city of Hodeida, as Iran-backed rebels continue high-stakes standoff affecting global trade
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town of Chuguev, in the Kharkiv region, on February 10, 2022 (Sergey Bobok/AFP)
February 12, 2022, 9:59 am
Biden and Putin to speak as US warns Russia could attack Ukraine ‘any day’
Washington says it is bracing for the worst, urges all Americans to leave Ukraine within 48 hours
By Sebastian Smith and Hui Min NEO
US Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division unloading vehicles from a transport plane after arriving from Fort Bragg, at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland, on February 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
February 11, 2022, 11:31 pm
US to send 3,000 more troops to Poland amid fears Russia planning Ukraine invasion
Soldiers will join 1,700 American servicemen already in Poland; Biden’s national security adviser warns Putin could give order to attack at any moment
By Robert Burns
A picture taken on January 13, 2020 during a press tour shows a view of the damage at Ain al-Asad military airbase housing US and other foreign troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, following an Iranian missile attack (Ayman HENNA / AFP)
January 15, 2020, 6:42 am
‘We thought we were basically done’: US troops recall Iranian missile attack
Though US forces had advance warning and most sheltered in bunkers during barrage, drone pilots remained to control army’s eyes in the sky — and then their connection was lost
By Maya Gebeily
Patricia Kitts discussing the 2010 death of her son, Sgt. Michael Ingram Jr., in Kandahar, Afghanistan, during an interview in Monroe, Michigan, January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Claire Galofaro)
January 12, 2020, 12:30 pm
Trump’s Iran entanglement a source of fear, pride for these 2020 swing voters
This blue-collar corner of southeast Michigan has buried more soldiers than most other places in the US. Here, matters of war and peace are deeply personal, and political
By CLAIRE GALOFARO
Illustrative: In this photo from the US Navy provided on November 19, 2019, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via AP)
December 5, 2019, 2:14 am
Pentagon denies US mulling sending 14,000 troops to Mideast as Iran threat grows
Statement made after Wall Street Journal reports Trump could make decision on increased forces, which includes ‘dozens’ more naval vessels, as early as this month
By AFP and ToI Staff
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democrat-Massachusetts, speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and The New York Times at Otterbein University, October 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (John Minchillo/AP)
October 16, 2019, 10:14 am
Warren urges US to ‘get out’ of Mideast, clarifies she only meant combat troops
Spokesperson for presidential contender elaborates that her ‘get out’ of the region remark during Democratic debate did not refer to support forces
By AP and ToI Staff
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