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They’re 400,000 strong and the Pentagon sees them as an emerging threat

May 12, 2019 at 2:27 p.m.

The Pentagon, the world's largest user of drones, has posted a new policy on signs outside the mammoth five-sided building: No Drone Zone. The signs, complete with a red slash...

The Pentagon-backed Syrian Democratic Forces recently fought a CIA-armed militia. Such clashes have become routine.

CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria

May 12, 2019 at 2:27 p.m.

Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border,...

A Libyan firefighter stands in front of a burning oil storage tank Jan. 23, 2016, at a facility in northern Libya, set ablaze by Islamic State forces.

Islamic State on rise in Libya: ‘Syria all over again’

May 12, 2019 at 2:27 p.m.

As Islamic State forces lose ground in Iraq and Syria, fighters loyal to the group have seized territory in oil-rich Libya, levying taxes at gunpoint and creating sanctuaries to launch...

Two Navy boats speed off in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 13, 2016, after their release by Iranian authorities. The Pentagon is investigating whether crew members were mistreated during their brief detention.

How U.S. sailors almost started a crisis with Iran, and how it was defused

June 23, 2019 at 10:40 p.m.

It was nearly nightfall Tuesday and the two camouflaged U.S. Navy speedboats were off course in the Persian Gulf, possibly taking a shortcut through Iranian waters and apparently running out...

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has repeatedly said that the iPhone maker has never worked with any government agency in any country "to create a back door in any of our products or services."

Washington raises pressure on Silicon Valley in fight against terrorism

June 20, 2019 at 7:07 p.m.

The White House raised the pressure on the tech industry Friday to help rein in terrorism, dispatching top national security officials to Silicon Valley and announcing the creation of a...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will meet with his cybercommanders at the Pentagon to examine a menu of digital options, including jamming and viruses, that could be used to target the Sunni Muslim group's communications, according to the officials.

Pentagon may step up attacks on ISIS computers, servers and cellphones

June 22, 2019 at 6:06 a.m.

The Pentagon is considering increasing the pace and scope of cyberattacks against Islamic State, arguing that more aggressive efforts to disable the extremist group's computers, servers and cellphones could help...

An MQ-9 Reaper drone during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nev., on Nov. 17.

Air Force hires civilian drone pilots for combat patrols

June 23, 2019 at 8:37 p.m.

The Air Force has hired civilian defense contractors to fly MQ-9 Reaper drones to help track suspected militants and other targets in global hot spots, a previously undisclosed expansion in...

President Obama said this week he would support military cooperation with Moscow if it focuses on defeating Islamic State.

France, Russia and U.S. will try to cooperate in fight against Islamic State

June 20, 2019 at 4:37 a.m.

President Obama publicly vowed to "redouble" U.S. efforts against Islamic State hours after the terrorist massacres in Paris, but officials offered few details as to what he meant. That could...

A view of the Syrian town of Safireh, where Islamic State forces are thought to be operating, on Oct. 28.

U.S. special operations forces to be deployed in Syria in fight against Islamic State

August 21, 2019 at 5:57 p.m.

Facing mounting criticism for its policy in Syria, the White House said Friday it will send several dozen U.S. special operations troops to assist rebels in Syria for the first...

American killed in Iraq rescuing hostages from Islamic State

August 21, 2019 at 5:56 p.m.

A U.S. service member was killed Thursday morning in northern Iraq in a special operations raid involving both American and Iraqi Kurdish commandos that freed 70 hostages, the Pentagon said....

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