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Trump to go to Dover AFB for transfer of Guard members killed in Syria

President Donald Trump is going to Dover AFB Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in Syria.

5 hours ago

How Ahmed al-Sharaa ended up being welcomed to the White House

The question remains of what Trump and al-Sharaa want from each other.

By William Plowright, Durham University, The Conversation

5 weeks ago

Navy petty officer awarded for showdown with Somali pirates

The boatswain’s mate, who grew up in Egypt, was awarded for his gutsy role in responding to a pirate attack on a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

By Hope Hodge Seck

8 months ago

Alleged al-Qaida assassination squad leader arrested in Arizona for Fallujah police murders

The 42-year-old man faces two murder charges in Iraq.

6 years ago

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Guantanamo detainee held for 17 years

The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a Yemeni man who has been held without charges at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba for more than 17 years. One justice says “it is past time” to examine the indefinite detention of foreigners at the Guantanamo Bay base.

7 years ago

Syrian Kurds say US seeking deal to prevent a Turkish attack after withdrawal

The United States is seeking to broker an agreement between Syrian Kurdish forces and Turkey to prevent them from going to war in northeastern Syria once American forces withdraw, a senior Kurdish official said.

7 years ago