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US Air Force F-15Es and F-16s take part in operation to take out ISIS in Iraq
The fight against the Islamic State continues.
By Howard Altman
DoD identifies 101st Airborne infantryman who died in Syria
The Pentagon has identified the soldier who died Monday in Syria of wounds sustained from a non-combat incident.
By Kyle Rempfer
ISIS leader Baghdadi appears in video for the first time in 5 years
The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group appeared for the first time in five years in a video released by the extremist group’s propaganda arm on Monday, acknowledging defeat in the group’s last stronghold in Syria but vowing a “long battle” ahead.
What motivated fellow SEALs to dime out Eddie Gallagher?
The fog of war swirls through the reams of internal files provided to Navy Times.
By Navy Times staff
Airstrikes against ISIS dwindle as caliphate crumbles
U.S.-backed forces rooted out ISIS forces from their last piece of territory, and on March 23 declared they had defeated the militant group after a devastating, nearly five-year war.
SEALs lawyered up during war crimes case, then prosecutors went after their lawyer
NCIS files and legal motions outline a complex war crimes case against two SEALs.
By Carl Prine
War crimes case expands to SEAL Team 6
Leaked records show investigators going after the "mean girls" in SEAL Team 6.
By Navy Times staff
ISIS loses all territory, but its shadowy leader still at large
The Islamic State group has lost all the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, but its shadowy leader and self-proclaimed “caliph” is still at large.
US-allied Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State
U.S.-backed forces declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the militants, marking the end of a brutal self-styled caliphate the group carved out in large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.
By Philip Issa, The Associated Press
US-backed Syrian fighters search tunnels in last ISIS pocket
U.S.-backed Syrian fighters are searching tunnels a day after seizing most of the last pocket of land held by Islamic State militants, an official said Wednesday.
By Philip Issa, The Associated Press
US-backed forces seize ISIS camp in Syria, while assault on last village held by militants continues
U.S.-backed Syrian forces on Tuesday seized control of an encampment held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, after hundreds of militants surrendered overnight, a spokesman said, signaling the group’s collapse after months of stiff resistance. A group of suspects involved in a January bombing that killed four Americans in northern Syria were among militants captured by the Kurdish-led forces.
By Philip Issa, The Associated Press