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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer Porter launches a Tomahawk missile, one of dozens fired at a Syrian military airfield.

Syria crisis tests Trump on wielding military without drawing U.S. into deeper conflict

August 21, 2019 at 10:53 p.m.

President Trump made an about-face in his approach to the Middle East by launching a fiery salvo of cruise missiles early Friday, and with it came relief to American allies...

People move quickly to avoid danger along the destroyed streets in Mosul after an airstrike attributed to the U.S. killed scores of people in Iraqi city.

Is Islamic State luring U.S. coalition forces into killing civilians in airstrikes?

August 21, 2019 at 10:44 p.m.

The Islamic State militants arrived at Khalida Abd Jamal's house through holes they cut in the concrete walls. Holding a gun to her husband's head, they corralled the family of...

U.S. acknowledges airstrike in Mosul, where more than 200 Iraqi civilians died

August 21, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

An initial investigation of a recent airstrike believed to have killed more than 200 civilians in Mosul found it was conducted by the U.S.-led coalition at the request of Iraqi...

Trump steps up airstrikes against al-Qaida in Yemen; more ground raids could follow

August 21, 2019 at 10:26 p.m.

More than two years after a multi-sided civil war erupted inside Yemen that allowed al-Qaida's local franchise to amass power and seize territory, President Trump has directed the Pentagon to...

U.S. conducts airstrikes against al-Qaida in Yemen, the first since ill-fated SEAL raid

August 21, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

The U.S. military conducted airstrikes in the predawn hours against suspected al-Qaida positions Thursday across three provinces in Yemen, marking the first American attacks since an ill-fated Navy SEAL raid...

In front of portraits of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, a long-range missile system is displayed by Iran's army during a military parade held just outside Tehran on Sept. 21.

Iran tests first ballistic missile since Trump took office

August 21, 2019 at 9:57 p.m.

The Iranian government carried out a medium-range ballistic missile test Sunday that may be a violation of a United Nations Security Council resolution, U.S. officials said. The launch, which took...

Scientist Richard Somerville unveils the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' updated Doomsday Clock in 2015. The clock's newest update revealed Thursday moved the clock to 11:57:30 p.m.

Doomsday Clock moved closer to ‘midnight’ since Trump started talking about nuclear weapons

August 21, 2019 at 9:53 p.m.

President Trump's comments about the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal have for months rattled arms-control advocates about how his administration might change half a century of policy and posture. On Thursday,...

President Trump speaks at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., on Saturday.

White House opens door to military cooperation with Russia, but it would be illegal

August 21, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

The White House indicated Monday that President Trump would be open to military cooperation with Russia to fight Islamic State, a move that would be a big policy change for...

President Obama discusses his administration's counter-terrorism policy in May 2013.

President Obama, elected as a peacemaker, led nation through 8 years of complex warfare

August 21, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

Before he took office in 2008, Barack Obama vowed to end America's grueling conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. During his second term, he pledged to take the country off what...

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to military personnel at U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. Obama's foreign policy legacy may be defined as much by what he didn't do as what he did.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Obama changed ‘whole concept of war’

June 6, 2018 at 9:33 a.m.

— Before taking office, Barack Obama in 2008 vowed to end America's grueling conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. During his second term, he pledged to take the country off what...

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