FORT MEADE, Md., Oct. 17, 2014 – The strategy against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is working, but degrading and destroying the terror group will require “strategic patience,” Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III said today. Austin, the commander of U.S. Central Command, told reporters at the Pentagon that Iraq remains the […]
Even with 14 airstrikes carried out by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia on the town of Kobani in Syria in support of the Kurdish fighters on the ground on Wednesday and Thursday, the Pentagon says that Kobani may still fall to the Islamic State. More and more Islamic State fighters continue to pour into the […]
The U.S.-led coalition carried out it 20th airstrike in Syria in two days on Wednesday. This latest strike in the air campaign against ISIL targeted a convoy that was being used to transport equipment into Iraq, Eight vehicles were damaged in the strike. Reports say that at least 120 militants were killed in the first […]
CAPITOL HILL—U.S. lawmakers are reacting to the first U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria, with a number of congressional leaders praising the action taken by President Barack Obama. But some members of Congress say the nature of the U.S. mission is shifting, and that Congress needs to debate and vote on authorization of […]