TAJI, IRAQ - APRIL 12: A U.S. Army trainer (L), instructs an Iraqi Army recruit at a military base on April 12, 2015 in Taji, Iraq. U.S. forces, currently operating in 5 large bases throught the ...

While NATO remains focused on dealing with a resolutely disruptive Russia, a greater threat to the NATO homelands may be developing in an area normally considered beyond the organization’s purview.

ISIL leaders appear to be getting more key people (leaders, tech experts, most reliable fighters) out of the city and back to Syria. Thus when Iraqi troops move into the city there will probably be ...

U.S. President Barack Obama struck an adamant tone that U.S. combat troops will not be used in Iraq to fight extremists, as he emphasized that local forces would have to take the lead in ground ...

Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis said it would be a mistake to rule out the use of U.S. ground combat forces against ISIL. Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis said Thursday it would be a mistake to rule ...

The Vatican’s ambassador in Geneva has said the use of force will be necessary to protect minority groups from ISIL aggression if a political solution cannot be achieved. In an interview with US ...

The U.S. State Department’s online counter-terrorism unit is turning to software automation and data analytics technologies to combat social media messaging from ISIL, with tools coming from both the ...

To authorize the limited use of the United States Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Whereas the terrorist organization that has referred to itself as the Islamic State of ...

JALJULIA, Israel — Israeli authorities are increasing security measures in Arab communities as a growing number of Muslims are signing up to fight for the Islamic State across Israel's northern border ...

Mediterranean Sea (WTKR) - The Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group has carried out more than 68 combat sorties against ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria in less than a week. The group ...

This despite ISIL commanders ready to shoot on the spot any subordinate who faltered. The upcoming offensive to liberate Mosul is taking weakening ISIL morale into account and low level combat ...