But in Iraq, the surge brigades, which began deployment in January 2007, were all gone ... where a near-term departure of U.S. troops would lead to a new round of civil war certain to draw in ...

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH said Sunday that the DoD “does not do climate change crap,” implying the department should ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki promised Saturday to smoke out Kurdish separatist rebels using Iraq as a base to launch attacks into neighboring Turkey. The Iraqi leader spoke at a gathering of ...

David Petraeus’ testimony before Congress inspired a furious debate over whether the recent troop surge ... the war is being won,” but the simple fact that violence is declining in Iraq ...

By cutting off this intelligence, the United States is effectively blinding Ukrainian commanders, forcing them to operate in the dark while Russia—fully aware that the United States has ceased ...

The think tank’s recently released “surge ... to 30,000 troops to Iraq, with a focus on securing Baghdad. It was a controversial effort to salvage the mission at a time when public sentiment had ...

As the U.S. troop reductions proceed, it should become clear whether the so-called "surge" strategy that increased ... Although more U.S. troops have died in Iraq this year - at least 856 - than in ...

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It has been nearly four months since the Bush administration announced its latest strategy for the war in Iraq. The centerpiece ... supporters of the troop surge. Kagan wrote the blueprint for ...

He launched the first airstrike in Somalia in 2007 ... With a surge in airstrikes in Somalia, including additional ones on February 25, it is clear the country remains a key battleground in this ...