Troops from the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq stationed at the airport in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), were attacked on Saturday by drones packed with explosives. One of the drones was able to penetrate the airport’s security perimeter before exploding, but no significant damage or casualties were reported.
U.S. forces on overseas active service might be out of sight, but they are never out of mind, especially at Christmas. To that end hundreds of American troops based in Syria have received Christmas gifts thanks to Operation Holiday Express, launched by U.S.-led coalition forces from across the border in neighboring Iraq.
An island in Iraq home to Islamic State terrorists was annihilated on Tuesday night by almost 80,000 pounds of bombs dropped from U.S. and allied warplanes.
The U.S. military in Iraq on Monday said it was downsizing its headquarters staff, as its mission shifts away from supporting Iraqi troops in combat and more towards training.
The Thanksgiving holiday tradition reached U.S. troops deployed to war zones in and around Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan this year, blessing them with a taste of home amid an unrelenting jihadi threat.
Four Islamic State (ISIS) leaders have been killed over the past three weeks, according to the latest Pentagon briefing.
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Members of the U.S. armed forces deployed around the world celebrate Christmas in the photos and videos below.
The nearly one-year-old U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria has already cost American taxpayers more than $3 billion, according to the Pentagon.
Pfc. Monterrious T. Daniel, a 19-year-old Fort Carson soldier, died in a non-combat related incident in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, while supporting the U.S.-led mission against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, according to the Pentagon.
