October 18, 2017 Is ISIS defeated in Iraq and Syria? In the span of nine months, ISIS has gone back to being the "JV team."
October 17, 2017 Trump Iran speech emboldening ordinary Iranians to speak out against regime President Donald Trump followed up his Iran speech announcing that he would not be certifying the Iran nuclear deal by also making clear his administration stood in solidarity with ordinary Iranians.
October 17, 2017 Canadian ex-hostage said he didn’t believe captors when they told him Trump was president Joshua Boyle opened up about life after abduction and shock learning Donald Trump was the president of the United States.
October 17, 2017 Turkish police bus bombed, several wounded, reports say A bomb exploded as a bus carrying police was passing by in a southern Turkish city on Tuesday, wounding a dozen officers, officials said.
October 17, 2017 Raqqa liberated from ISIS, commander with US-backed Syrian forces says The Syrian city of Raqqa was liberated from ISIS fighters Tuesday, a commander with U.S.-backed Syrian forces said, announcing the "fall of the capital of terrorism."
October 16, 2017 Netanyahu, in video, tells Iran foreign minister to delete his Twitter account In a video message posted online Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had some choice words for Iran’s foreign minister: “Delete your account.”
October 16, 2017 US airstrikes killed 'dozens' of ISIS terrorists in Yemen, Pentagon says The U.S. military says it killed dozens of Islamic State fighters in airstrikes on two training camps in Yemen.
October 16, 2017 Kurds withdraw as Iraqi forces launch 'major, multi-pronged' attack on disputed city Iraqi Kurdish officials said early Monday that federal forces and state-backed militias have launched a "major, multi-pronged" attack aimed at retaking the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, causing "lots of casualties" in fighting south of the city.
October 16, 2017 SEAL, soldier injuries in Bergdahl hunt to be focus of pretrial hearing Prosecutors are expected to argue this week that injuries suffered in Afghanistan by a soldier and a Navy SEAL trying to find Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his outpost in June 2009, should be admitted as evidence in his trial on charges of desertion and misbehavior.
October 16, 2017 Israeli military strikes anti-aircraft battery in Syria amid tensions The Israeli military said on Monday that it struck and destroyed an anti-aircraft battery deep in Syria after it had opened fire on Israeli jets flying over Lebanon -- the first such incident of Syrian forces targeting Israeli planes since the civil war began in 2011.
