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US conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia
It marks the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.
By Tara Copp, AP
Air Force F-15s, F-35s dump 80,000 pounds of bombs on Iraqi island
The U.S.-led coalition countering ISIS in Iraq and Syria dumped 80,000 pounds of bombs on Qanus Island in Iraq on Tuesday to prevent the Islamic State from using the island as a source of refuge.
By Diana Stancy
Here are the new rules for US troops flying missions against ISIS in Iraq
Coalition forces are sending daily flight tasking for Iraqi approval, but emergency flights are always permitted.
Convicted Air Force veteran to be resentenced for trying to join ISIS
A U.S. Air Force veteran was properly convicted on terrorism charges for trying to join the Islamic State group and die a martyr, an appeals court said Thursday, but it ordered a judge to resentence him and better explain his reasons behind any penalty.
Mattis: I wouldn’t lead the Pentagon and lose to ISIS
“You’re going to have to get the next secretary of defense to lose to ISIS. I’m not going to do it,” Mattis told Trump, according to the Atlantic.
By Diana Stancy
Ranger was killed by Afghan friendly fire during night raid on al-Qaida, investigation shows
In the final hours of the Army Ranger’s life, he engaged al-Qaida fighters in close combat but that's not what killed him.
By Kyle Rempfer
22nd MEU Marines rocked ISIS fighters in Libya in 2016 with naval gunfire
Marine efforts to push out ISIS fighters from Sirte was described as “one of the largest counter terrorism campaigns to be conducted from amphibious shipping.”
By Shawn Snow
Afghanistan vows to crush Islamic State havens after attack
President Ashraf Ghani's comments came as Afghanistan mourns at least 63 people, including children, killed in the Kabul bombing at a wedding hall late Saturday night.
Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63
The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens — and Afghanistan grieved again.
US complies with new rules as Iraq cracks down on use of its airspace
U.S. aircraft have been banned from Iraqi airspace following a Monday explosion.
Pentagon walks back enemy fire statement as mystery still surrounds death of Marine Raider in Iraq
All possibilities are being considered in the death of the Marine Raider Gunnery Sgt. Koppenhafer, a military official said.
By Shawn Snow