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Carlo Muñoz is a former military correspondent for The Washington Times.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Istanbul, threatened to remove the U.S. from the Middle East peace process because of President Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Muslim leaders say U.S. lost influence with Jerusalem move

The White House pushed back Wednesday after representatives from 57 Muslim-majority nations gathered in Turkey to criticize the Trump administration's policy shift on Jerusalem and demand that the city's east be recognized as the capital of a "State of Palestine."

December 13, 2017

Iraq’s Sadr militia agrees to disband, surrender weapons to Baghdad

The paramilitary wing of influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al Sadr on Monday agreed to disband its forces and hand over its cache of weapons to the Iraqi government, making it the first Shia militia to lay down its arms in the aftermath of Islamic State's defeat in the country.

December 11, 2017
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, listens during a joint news statement with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. The two men met Monday evening to discuss developments in Syria and the Middle East, as well as bilateral relations, according to the Turkish President's office. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Pentagon skeptical of Russian withdrawal plans for Syria

There was a healthy amount of skepticism among Defense Department officials Monday over Russia's proposed plan to withdraw its forces from Syria, noting Moscow's spotty track record delivering on previous plans to scale down its military presence in the war-torn country.

December 11, 2017
In this March 27, 2008, file photo, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon: Transgender people can enlist in military Jan. 1

The Defense Department has given the green light to allow transgender U.S. citizens to enlist into the armed forces, while the White House and federal courts continue to battle over the constitutionality of the Trump administration's ban on all transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.

December 11, 2017
A Hezbollah fighter looks toward Syria from the fields of the Lebanese border village of Brital. Iran is making its greatest progress to date toward its goal of creating a "Shiite Crescent," a land connection from Iran to Lebanon, where Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants have a long-established political foothold. (Associated Press/File)

Iran’s ‘Shiite Crescent’ across Middle East nearly built

Iran has virtually completed a "Shiite Crescent" of influence across the heart of the Middle East, using a string of battlefield successes to link a network of allies and proxy forces now spanning from nation's border with Iraq all the way to Lebanon.

December 5, 2017
North Korea abruptly ended a 10-week pause in its weapons testing by launching what the Pentagon said was an intercontinental ballistic missile, apparently its longest-range test yet, a move that will escalate already high tensions with Washington. The Korean letters read "Fired ballistic missile." (Associated Press)

North Korea missile test flouts Donald Trump’s threats

North Korea fired what may be its most sophisticated ballistic missile ever Tuesday, flouting President Trump's threats and international efforts to halt the rogue nation's nuclear weapons program and kicking off what national security experts say is likely the first in a surge of new tests from the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the coming months.

November 28, 2017
FILE - This undated file photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 in North Korea. The world is wondering if North Korea’s next nuclear test will involve a nuclear missile screaming over Japan after the North said it may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea launches ballistic missile

Defense Department officials on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. forces in the Pacific detected a potential test launch of a North Korean ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, which would break a significant lull in Pyongyang's attempts to field a long-range ballistic weapon.

November 28, 2017
Syrian President Bashar Assad's reputation in the west is shattered, his nation is a smoldering ruin and around half the country is controlled by domestic and foreign militias. But through it all, Assad appears to have survived the war, strangely holding on to his seat in at least the near-term. (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP, File)

Bashar Assad has no role in postwar Syria: Turkey PM Binali Yildirim says

The vicious repression of Syrian opposition forces by President Bashar Assad over the last seven years, including the use of chemical weapons and intentional targeting of strictly civilian areas, has made it politically impossible for the regime in Damascus to remain in power, a top Turkish leader said Monday.

November 27, 2017
In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, an F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, as the U.S. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation of a yearlong air campaign that critics have called excessively cautious. (Krystal Ardrey/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

U.S. airstrikes kill hundreds of fighters in Somalia, as air campaign ramps up

A single American military airstrike killed an estimated 100 or more fighters allied with the Somali-based terror group al-Shabab, the Pentagon revealed Tuesday, adding to an an escalating body count as the Trump administration ramps up the counterterrorism campaign in the East African nation.

November 21, 2017
The combat situation in Afghanistan remains a stalemate, with the central government in Kabul not ceding any territory to the Taliban while not making any significant gains against the terrorist group over the past year. (Associated Press)

U.S. goal: Drive Taliban from 80% of Afghanistan in 2 years

Afghan and coalition forces will be able to drive the Taliban from 80 percent of the country within the next two years, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Monday, setting an ambitious strategic goal after President Trump announced his own war plan that shunned such timelines for the 16-year-old war.

November 20, 2017