There are currently about 5,000 French troops in the region

The leader of Iran's Quds force met with Iraqi militia leaders last month and urged calm

Over 1,000 Afghan soldiers fled into neighboring Tajikastan after fighting with the Taliban near the border

Militias fire rockets, launch drones against US sites

Russia is holding legislative elections in September for the State Duma

Kataib Hezbollah is a Shia militia that the US frequently blames for attacks

Iran would have no reason to reduce its nuclear activity to the JCPOA limits without sanctions relief

Defending his decision to pull out troops, Biden said, 'We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build'

The US has been tearing up arms control treaties, which plays into its plan to modernize its nuclear arsenal that will cost over $1 trillion

Sources told <I>Politico</I> that 600 troops will stay to guard the embassy and the Kabul airport

At least 14 rockets hit Ayn al-Asad air base

Since President Biden recently bombed targets militia targets in Iraq and Syria, attacks on US forces in both countries have increased