During Tuesday’s press briefing, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Peter Cook stated that there “isn’t a good number” of the ISIS fighters killed by the US, and that such a number wouldn’t be “a good metric
The Pentagon has seemingly changed its position on U.S. special operations troops wearing uniform insignia linked to the armed group of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) known as the People’s Protection Units (YPG).
At least 50 members of the resurgent al-Qaeda branch in Yemen were killed in a U.S. airstrike in the mountains of southern Yemen, Reuters reports, citing medics and a local official.
Gen. John F. Campbell, who served as the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces “in Afghanistan until earlier this month,” has reportedly asked President Obama for the authority to offensively attack the Taliban again.
Contents: Russia builds military presence in Dagestan after ISIS attack; US, Britain, France, Italy continue plans for Libya invasion against ISIS
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Obama administration, in response to the Turkish military shooting down a Russian warplane, suggested that Moscow had no business flying near Syria’s border with Turkey because there were no Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists operating there.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) refuses to explicitly say whether or not American military troops are planning to assist and protect U.S.-armed and trained Syrian rebels who come under attack by Russia.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has officially ordered senior Department of Defense (DOD) officials to begin communicating with Russia on matters related to the Syrian conflict in an effort to avoid miscalculations and misjudgments, according to the Pentagon.
Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said Russia has agreed to deliver the S-300 surface-to-air missile system by the end of year, despite concerns expressed by the Pentagon over the sale of the advanced air defense system, reports Tehran Times.
