U.S. Fighters Strike ISIS Near Mosul Dam
U.S. airstrikes have helped paved the way for Iraqi Kurdish forces to retake a critical dam in Northern Iraq according…
Pentagon Defends Early Sinjar Threat Picture, Blames Initial Surveillance
The Pentagon on Thursday vehemently defended its initial assessment of the humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq, despite new reports the…
Pentagon: ISIS Adapting to Air Strikes, Targeting Becoming ‘More Difficult’
The U.S. military has launched more than a dozen air strikes against Iraq and Syria Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) forces in…
U.S. Navy Strikes ISIS Targets in Iraq
Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters operating from the carrier USS George HW Bush (CVN-77) have struck an artillery…
USS Bataan Enters Persian Gulf, Nine U.S. Ships Now in Region
In a rare concurrence of events, a carrier strike group and all three ships of a Navy Amphibious Ready Group…
Dempsey: Iraqi Forces Will ‘Probably Not’ Be Able to Retake Lost Territory Alone
PENTAGON — The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) — in their current…