The US placed a fleet of fighter jets in the Middle East on stand-by to rescue Israeli pilots if their attack on Iran failed, Israel's Army Radio reported on Sunday. "Israel and the US coordinated a plan to ensure the safe extraction of pilots should the operation...
Two US troops were wounded in a raid against ISIS in central Iraq that was conducted with Iraqi government forces, US Central Command said on Wednesday. CENTCOM claimed seven ISIS fighters were killed in the raid, which it said was led by Iraqi forces. "During the...
The US and Iraq on Friday announced a plan that will end the mission of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq, but US troops will remain in the country under a "bilateral security partnership." Iraqi security officials told The Associated Press that US troops would...
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has told Bloomberg that the official end date for the US-led anti-ISIS coalition will be announced soon and reiterated that Iraqi security forces no longer need the US's help to fight ISIS remnants. "We will announce the...
US Central Command claimed on Friday that a raid it conducted with Iraqi forces in Western Iraq last month killed four ISIS leaders. Seven US troops were wounded in the raid, which was carried out on August 29. CENTCOM initially said 15 ISIS "operatives" were killed...
The US Embassy in Iraq said Wednesday that a rocket attack near the Baghdad airport that occurred Tuesday night targeted a US diplomatic facility. "At approximately 23:00 on Tuesday, September 10, there was an attack at the Baghdad Diplomatic Services Compound, a US...
During Tuesday night's presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris falsely claimed that no US troops are currently deployed in combat zones as she traded barbs with former President Donald Trump about foreign policy issues. "As of today, there is not one member...
The US and Iraq have reached an understanding on a withdrawal plan that would see the US remove hundreds of troops from Iraq by September 2025, Reuters reported on Friday. Under the plan, the US would complete the withdrawal by September 2026, but the report said the...
Seven US troops were injured in a raid against a suspected ISIS hideout in western Iraq on August 29, The Associated Press reported on Saturday. A Pentagon official said five US soldiers were wounded in the raid, and the other two were hurt from falls during the...
The State Department on Wednesday said that at "no point" in recent talks with the Iraqi government has the US discussed the idea of withdrawing troops from Iraq. The comments came in response to questions about reports saying that the US was planning to withdraw....
