Embassy and American bases in Iraq President Biden ordered the Pentagon to conduct a number of limited airstrikes against Iranian-led militias in Syria. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the following: “At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted ...
Similarly, while there are no longer 500-plus U.S. bases in Iraq, in recent years, as American troops returned to that country, some garrisons have either been reconstituted or built from scratch. These include theBesmaya Range Complex,Firebase Sakheem,Firebase Um Jorais, and Al Asad Air B...
Friday’s three attacks, of which there have been about 80 since the start of 2021, come a day after the U.S. military conducted retaliatory airstrikes in easternSyriaon Thursday against the Iranian-backed groups after a one-way explosive drone attack targeting a U...
In 2003, during the invasion of Iraq, the British contributed a whole armored division (Foreign Affairs Select Committee 2010). They believed that providing such a substantial force would help them secure the role of deputy commander and give them influence over US decision-making. Both of these...
Launched from air bases ranging from Iceland to Northern Iran to carriers in the Mediterranean, it involved nearly 1700 aircraft and close to 50,000 men including ground crews. ?? April 1954 AANW 3 Operation Aries began with RAF and USAAF bombers escorted by high performance American F...
mosques, schools, universities, and humanitarian convoys, the Iranian attack targeted key Israeli military sites such as the Nevatim and Ramon airbases in the Negev and an intel center in the occupied Golan Heights – the three centers used by Tel Aviv in its strike on I...
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in the American Revolution more than 200 years ago to female pilots flying combat missions in Iraq in 2003. For many years women's contributions in the military weren't mentioned much in history books. Until recently, women had trouble even being allowed to serve because of a long-held ...
For example, the US could, as Russian intelligence services are already warning, persuade Islamists in Syria to attack Russian bases in Syria. Russian and US fighter jets are also meeting in Syria’s airspace, so there are plenty of opportunities to provoke an escalation with Russia. Then ...
Since September 2014, under Obama, American forces have launched more than 11,000 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, killing an estimated 25,000 ISIS fighters. Is that the sound of military retreat? So why does the myth of disengagement endure? I think there are at least two reasons. First, ...