NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Around 100 U.S. troops and military equipment arrived in Nigeria Monday to help support local forces battling Islamic militants and other armed groups in the West African nation, the Nigerian military said. The U.S. personnel touched down as part of a broader security cooperation effort between Washington…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military has completed its withdrawal of American forces from al-Tanf Garrison in Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Thursday. The departure, finalized Feb. 11, was carried out as part of a broader shift in U.S. posture in the region under Operation Inherent Resolve, the coalition…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. forces carried out a lethal kinetic strike Thursday on a vessel allegedly operated by a designated terrorist organization, killing two suspected narco-terrorists. U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) said intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Hamas terrorist who murdered surveillance soldier Corporal Noa Marciano while she was held captive in Gaza has been eliminated, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Wednesday. The strike on a group of terrorists, including Muhammad Issam Hassan al-Habil, had reportedly followed a Hamas attack overnight that…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military has bolstered its presence across the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, as nuclear talks were thrown into uncertainty Wednesday before being moved to Oman. U.S. and Iranian officials had been expected to meet Friday in Istanbul, with several Middle Eastern countries participating…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump and his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Thursday they believe Hamas will disarm under a U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire plan as it enters its second phase. But as regional analysts warned the terror group has no intention of disarming and could ultimately block Trump’s…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A video showing a Syrian militiaman holding what he claims to be a severed braid belonging to a Kurdish fighter killed in Raqqa has sparked outrage as Damascus moves to assert control in northeastern Syria amid a fragile ceasefire. In the video, the man holds up what…
US troops remain in Syrian region to counter ISIS Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest on President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly ambush of two National Guardsmen in Syria on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some ISIS prisoners who escaped from a prison in…
Trump, Netanyahu present united front against Hamas, Iran Former Deputy National Security Advisor Steve Yates joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to weigh in on the U.S.-Venezuela tensions and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alliance with President Donald Trump as they push to disarm Hamas and halt Iran. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. stepped up airstrikes in Somalia in January, targeting al-Shabab and the local affiliate of the Islamic State group, ISS, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). In a Jan. 12 release, AFRICOM said U.S. forces, working with the Somali federal government, carried out airstrikes against al-Shabab…