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U.S. forces have launched over 100 airstrikes against terror forces in Yemen this year. The Pentagon said the Islamic State is also using "the ungoverned spaces of Yemen to plot, direct, instigate, resource and recruit for attacks against America and its allies." (Associated Press/File)

U.S. ramps up ISIS air war in Yemen

As the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria comes to a close, U.S. military and counterterrorism officials are setting their sights on the group's growing presence in the war-torn country of Yemen.

October 30, 2017
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Bashar Assad has ‘no future’ in Syria, Tillerson warns

Expanding Iranian influence after the looming defeat of Islamic State poses a larger threat to Syria's future than the regime of President Bashar Assad remaining in power there, top Syrian opposition leaders said Thursday.

October 26, 2017
Kurdish security forces stand guard in their defensive positions in Altun Kupri, outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 19. 2017. A Baghdad court issued an arrest warrant for Kosrat Rasul, the vice president of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region on Thursday for saying that Iraqi forces had "occupied" the disputed province of Kirkuk this week. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi Kurds end independence bid amid U.S., Baghdad pressure

Top officials in Iraqi Kurdistan are offering to put an independence bid for the semi-autonomous region on hold, in exchange for a halt in ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces and Iranian-backed paramilitaries in the country's north.

October 25, 2017
In this July 11, 2017 photo provided by U.S. Navy Office of Information, the Valiant-class yard tugboat Menominee (YT 807) assists the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) as it moves to Dry Dock 4 at Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka, Japan, to continue repairs and assess damage sustained from its June 17 collision with a merchant vessel. Poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch contributed to a collision between the Navy destroyer and a commercial container ship that killed seven sailors, Navy officials said, announcing that the warship captain will be relieved of command and more than a dozen other sailors will be punished. Adm. William Moran, the vice chief of naval operations, told reporters Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, that the top three leaders aboard the USS Fitzgerald, which was badly damaged in the collision off the coast of Japan, will be removed from duty aboard the ship. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart/U.S. Navy photo via AP)

China claims U.S. Navy accidents in Pacific due to overstretched fleet

The spate of mid-sea accidents and collisions that plagued the U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet earlier this year and triggered a worldwide suspension of all Navy operations is the result of an overstretched sea service struggling to cope with an increased focus in Asia, Chinese military analysts say.

October 24, 2017
Iraqi federal and Kurdish forces exchanged fire at their shared border on Friday, capping a dramatic week of maneuvers. (Associated Press/File)

Iraq’s post-ISIS sectarian fights pose U.S. challenge

Nothing united Iraq's Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds like the mortal threat posed by the Islamic State. But with the terrorist group now in full retreat on the battlefield, it didn't take long for Iraq's old sectarian animosities to resurface -- presenting a major new headache for the Pentagon and the Trump administration.

October 23, 2017
Syrian Democratic Forces fighters ride atop of military vehicle as they celebrate victory in Raqqa, Syria. (Reuters)

ISIS to spread ideology, operations around world after Middle East losses

With the Islamic State's two main pillars of its so-called caliphate now in the hands of the U.S.-backed coalition, the terrorist group is looking to decentralize and expand its operations through outposts in Libya, Afghanistan and the Philippines as it attempts to recoup its battlefield losses in Iraq and Syria.

October 17, 2017
In this picture taken on Monday Oct. 16, 2017 and provided by The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces outlet that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters, sit on their pickup as they prepare for the last battle against the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria. The U.S-backed Syrian forces battling the Islamic State group in Syria say Raqqa's national hospital, one of the militants' last holdouts in city has been captured. (Syrian Democratic Forces via AP)

ISIS ‘capital’ of Raqqa falls to U.S.-backed forces

Raqqa, the eastern Syrian city Islamic State had declared the capital of its so-called caliphate three years ago, has fallen to U.S.-backed forces after a five-month campaign to liberate the occupied city.

October 17, 2017
Iraqi troops entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (Associated Press)

Iraqi forces retake Kirkuk from Kurdish control

Long-simmering tensions between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan broke out into open warfare Monday as Iraqi troops and Shiite paramilitaries recaptured the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk from Kurdish control.

October 16, 2017
In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, speaks following a meeting with President Donald Trump at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Iran nukes deal nixed by Trump draws the ire of U.S. allies

President Trump's decision to pull back from the nuclear deal with Iran is a clear insult to U.S. allies who helped broker the Obama-era pact, a top Iranian official said Sunday, predicting the administration's efforts to decertify the deal will result in chaos and confusion for American interests in the region.

October 15, 2017