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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
Illustrative: The US Army test fires a Patriot missile, March 27, 2019. (US Army/Jason Cutshaw)
October 11, 2019, 8:24 pm
US deploying 3,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia to boost air defenses
Buildup includes Patriot batteries, THAAD ballistic missile interception system and two fighter squadrons following attack on oil plant blamed on Iran
By Agencies
In this photo released by the US Navy, a Sea Hawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Adriatic Sea, May 2, 2019. (US Navy/Michael Singley)
May 14, 2019, 8:12 am
Wary of Iran, White House said weighing plan to send 120,000 troops to MidEast
Proposal by Pentagon officials suggests deployment nearing Gulf War levels if Iran were to expedite nuclear program or target US forces
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this May 9, 2019 photo released by the US Navy, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Suez Canal in Egypt. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dan Snow, US Navy via AP)
May 11, 2019, 7:58 pm
Amid Iran tensions, a look at US deployment across Mideast
America maintains a vast network of bases, troops and assets throughout the region, to the chagrin of Tehran
By Jon Gambrell
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