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Pentagon to keep 5,500 troops at Mexico border
The US Defense Department said on Tuesday that it would keep up to 5,500 troops deployed at the Mexican border for the coming year to help fight ... World News -
Afghanistan peace deal would see US troop numbers slashed: Reports
A proposed peace deal would see the United States withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in exchange for promises from the Taliban that it ... World News -
Pompeo: Trump wants Afghan drawdown before 2020 election
US President Donald Trump wants to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan before the 2020 election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on ... World News -
Pentagon chief calls for political neutrality in military
Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan sent a memorandum to all Department of Defense employees on Tuesday requesting that they remain politically ... World News -
Trump says he will send 1,500 troops to Middle East
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he will send about 1,500 American troops to the Middle East, mostly as a protective measure, amid heightened ... Middle East -
Pentagon considering request to send 5,000 troops to the Middle East: Officials
The US Department of Defense is considering a US military request to send about 5,000 additional troops to the Middle East amid increasing tensions ... Middle East -
Pentagon to present plans for 10,000 more troops to Mideast
The Pentagon on Thursday will present plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East, in a move to beef up defenses ... World News -
US military to set up tents for migrants on border with Mexico
The American military is going to set up tents near the US-Mexico border to temporarily house adult undocumented migrants held by immigration ... World News -
US warns on possible 'imminent threats' to American forces in Iraq
The US military on Tuesday reaffirmed its concerns about possible imminent threats from Iranian-backed forces to its troops in Iraq, who were now at a ... Middle East -
US destroyers sail in disputed South China Sea
The US military said two of its warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Monday, a move that could anger Beijing at a ... World News -
US military killed 120 civilians abroad in 2018, lower than watchdog estimates
United States military actions killed about 120 civilians and injured 65 others in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia last year, the Pentagon said ... World News -
US temporarily evacuates military unit from Libya due to ‘increased unrest’
The US Africa Command has announced that it has temporarily evacuated a contingent of US forces supporting it from Libya due to the security ... North Africa -
With an eye on Iran, US clinches strategic port deal with Oman
The United States clinched a strategic port deal with Oman on Sunday which US officials say will allow the US military better access the Gulf region ... Gulf -
US envoy says no timetable for full US withdrawal from Syria
ISIS extremist group is down to its last few hundred fighters and less than a square kilometer of land in a battle for its final Syrian stronghold, ... Middle East -
Prince Turki al-Faisal: US pullout from Syria will ‘create a vacuum’ for Iran
In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya English, Prince Turki al-Faisal, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, said ... Features -
US military aims to withdraw from Syria by April, says report
The US military is preparing to withdraw American forces from Syria by the end of April and a significant portion of them will be out by the middle of ... Middle East -
Taliban, Washington at odds over Afghanistan troop pullout
A Taliban official said on Wednesday the United States had promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, the RIA news ... World News -
Pompeo reassures allies of US commitments in Syria, Iraq
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured allies that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria was not “the end of America’s ... Middle East -
Erdogan to Trump: Turkey ready to take over Syria’s Manbij
Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump in a telephone call on ... Middle East -
Turkey reinforces troops on border with Syria’s Idlib
Turkey sent a convoy of commando units and armoured vehicles to the Turkish province of Hatay on the Syrian border, state-owned Anadolu news agency ... Middle East -
Trump says US pullout from Syria to be done in ‘prudent’ way
President Donald Trump on Monday sought to end fears of an abrupt US pullout from Syria, saying the fight against ISIS extremist group was not over ... Middle East -
Trump confirms key plotter in USS Cole al-Qaeda attack has been killed
President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that the US military has killed one of the architects of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that left 17 ... Gulf -
US sends troops for possible ‘violent’ Congo vote protests
On the eve of the first expected results of Congo’s long-delayed presidential election, U.S. President Donald Trump said military personnel had ... World News -
Israeli general sees possible threat from Iraq as Iran’s clout grows
Iran could use its growing clout in Iraq to turn it into a springboard for attacks against Israel, the chief of Israeli military intelligence said on ... Middle East -
Iraq hints at bigger role in Syria after US withdrawal
Iraq’s prime minister said on Sunday that top security officials from Baghdad had met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and hinted ... Middle East -
Pentagon: Order for US military withdrawal from Syria signed
The order has been signed for the withdrawal of American troops from Syria, where they have been deployed to assist in the war against ISIS, a US ... Middle East -
Syrian refugees at Rukban camp fear the worst ahead of US troops withdrawal
Although the mission of military advisers from the United States was limited within an established 55-km de-confliction zone where their base is ... Features -
SpaceX halts launch of US military satellite due to winds
Elon Musk’s SpaceX scrapped Saturday’s launch of a long-delayed navigation satellite for the US military due to strong upper level ... Variety -
Which chaos has Trump caused?
The US President shocked many people when he announced that he was withdrawing his forces from Syria just a few days after the State and Defense ... Middle East -
US strike kills 11 suspected Qaeda militants in Libya, says sources
The US military said on Friday it killed 11 suspected al Qaeda militants in an air strike in Libya’s southwestern desert.US Africa Command ... North Africa