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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
Iraqi officials say Baghdad wants to minimize reliance on US military in fight against Islamic State
The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials said, amid a crisis of mistrust between Washington and Baghdad after an American strike killed a top Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander.
DIA says ISIS took advantage of Turkish invasion of northern Syria, Baghdadi death did not degrade jihadi group
“This suggests ISIS continues to view the security environment in northeast Syria as more conducive to its operations.”
By Shawn Snow
Iraq says joint operations with US-led coalition resume against Islamic State group
Joint military operations with the U.S.-led coalition to counter the Islamic State group have resumed after a nearly three-week pause, an Iraqi military statement said Thursday.
Why the Army pulled Bradleys out of Syrian oil fields after one month
There were no combat badges dished out to the mechanized soldiers during their month-long stint.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghanistan’s elite special operations unit to get CH-47 helicopters
The CH-47s will provide Afghan forces with a heavy lift helicopter and troop transport to ferry Afghan commandos and special operators on daring night time raids and counterterrorism missions.
By Shawn Snow
ISIS tries to stage comeback amid rising US-Iran tensions
The Islamic State group’s self-styled “caliphate” across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of its territory, the killing of its founder in a U.S. raid and an unprecedented crackdown on its social media propaganda machine.
Islamic State vows to attack Israel and blasts US Mideast plan
The Islamic State group vowed in an audio message released Monday that the extremists will start a new phase of attacks that will focus on Israel and blasted the U.S. administration’s plan to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
ISIS leader ‘Jabba the Hutt’ captured, taken away in pickup truck bed
A good day for security, but a bad day for Iraq’s delivery food service industry.
By J.D. Simkins
US military resumes operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq
The U.S. military is resuming operations against Islamic State militants in Iraq and is working to soon restart training Iraqi forces, U.S. officials said Wednesday, despite deep divisions over the American drone strike that killed an senior Iranian commander in Baghdad and the resulting missile attacks by Iran on Iraqi bases.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Killing of Iran general risks US gains against Islamic State
President Donald Trump’s national security team knew that killing Iran’s most powerful general could hurt efforts to mop up and head off any revival of the Islamic State militant group — and that is just what has happened.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press