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omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — American forces in Syria have captured an ISIS leader who U.S. Central Command said facilitated a recent prison break by detained foreign fighters. Khaled Ahmed al-Dandal was captured in a joint U.S.-Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operation in the early hours of Sunday, CENTCOM said in a statement. CENTCOM linked al-Dandal to […]

FotografiaBasica/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — All of the remaining U.S. troops based in Niger will leave the country no later than mid-September, according to U.S. officials and a joint statement from the two countries. Both sides mutually agreed to a withdrawal deadline of September 15 after several days of meetings between May 15-19, according to a […]

pop_jop/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Russian military personnel are operating out of an air base in Niger that is still hosting a small number of American troops, two U.S. officials tell ABC News. One of the officials said the Russian trainers arrived several weeks ago at Niger’s “Airport 101” near the capital of Niamey, and do […]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Iranian-backed militants killed three American service members and wounded several others in an aerial drone attack in Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden announced on Sunday. Biden said in a statement that the U.S. is “still gathering the facts” surrounding the “wholly unjust attack” that occurred Saturday night. The president […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Fewer than 12 hours after U.S. airstrikes hit two facilities in Syria used by Iran and its proxies to launch attacks on American troops in the region, a one-way suicide drone targeted U.S. forces in western Iraq, according to U.S. officials. The drone got within a few kilometers of U.S. […]