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@genclikbirligi/Twitter (IZMIR, Turkey) — Two U.S. service members were assaulted in Izmir, Turkey, on Monday “and are now safe,” the U.S. Embassy in Turkey and the local governor’s office said in statements on X. “We can confirm reports that U.S. service members embarked aboard the USS Wasp were the victims of an assault in İzmir […]

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Five American service members were killed in a crash on Friday night after their aircraft had a “mishap” during a training exercise and went into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, officials said Sunday. U.S. European Command said in an initial statement on Saturday that the cause of the crash was […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. service member who crossed into North Korea “without authorization” is in custody in the secretive country, United Nations and U.S. officials said Tuesday. “A U.S. National on a JSA orientation tour crossed, without authorization, the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” the United Nations […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four U.S. service members were wounded by an explosion during a helicopter raid in northeast Syria on Thursday night. A senior ISIS leader was killed in the mission, officials said. “The U.S. service members and working dog are receiving treatment in a U.S. medical facility in Iraq,” U.S. Central Command said […]