Since the return of military dictatorship in  Niger, Mali and Bourkina Faso, who were originally members of the Economic ...

The Trump administration shut down an Israeli lobbying push to avert a withdrawal of US troops from northeast Syria in a bid to dilute Turkey’s growing influence in the country, current and ...

US to Withdraw 600 Troops From Syria, Leaving Fewer Than 1,000 to Help Counter IS Militants WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work ...

Washington also deployed thousands of American personnel to advise and assist local forces, with US troops in some cases directly fighting the jihadists. After years of bloody warfare, Iraq’s ...

The U.S. military will bring the number of troops inside Syria to under 1,000 in the coming months in a “consolidation” effort, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement on April 18.

Parliament was debating, probably in a secret session, a resolution allowing 62,000 US troops to use Turkey for an assault across Iraq's northern border. Military analysts say the front ...

U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters stands on their vehicles, as they withdraw from two neighbourhoods in Syria's northern city of Aleppo as part of a deal with the Syrian central government, in Aleppo ...