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

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In this Feb. 17, 2019, photo, Dia Hassakeh, 45, a fighter in the Kurdish-led U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, looks out of a building in Baghouz, Syria. Eight years of war have left their mark on him. In the early days of the conflict, two of his brothers were wounded fighting in the government military against the armed opposition. In November, another brother was killed by the Islamic State group. Now Dia is battling the militants at IS’ last holdout, a speck of territory along the Euphrates River near the Iraqi border called Baghouz. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) **FILE**

Turkey, Iran team up to fight U.S. Kurdish allies in Syria

Turkish and Iranian forces on Monday kicked off an offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish paramilitary forces in Syria that Ankara has labeled a terrorist group, as Washington continues to hammer out a security deal with the NATO ally for a post-Islamic State Syria.

March 18, 2019
FILE - In this Tuesday March 12, 2019 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers in parliament, London. Britain's love-hate relationship with the rest of Europe goes back decades, but the Brexit crisis gripping it today stems from dramatic January 2013 speech by Prime Minister David Cameron in which he promised an "in or out" referendum. Britain voted to leave, but negotiations between Britain and the EU have been slow and at times acrimonious, and the 585-page withdrawal agreement produced after two years of talks has been rejected twice by Britain's divided Parliament. (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament via AP, File)

Theresa May voices doubts on future of Brexit

A frustrated British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday cast further doubt on whether Britain's three-year effort to leave the European Union will ever become a reality.

March 17, 2019
Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said the U.S. and the Taliban agreed to draft a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. (Associated Press)

Afghan leaders complain of exclusion from U.S., Taliban talks

Current and former high-level Afghan officials on Wednesday slammed the Trump administration's push to reach a peace deal with the Taliban, saying the escalating talks were tantamount to a "back-door deal" between Washington and the terror group at the expense of an elected government in Kabul.

March 13, 2019
Rep. Mac Thornberry, Texas Republican and then-chairman of the Armed Services Committee, attends a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

‘Contingency fund’ tapped to cover Donald Trump’s border wall

President Trump's bid to finance the military mission along the U.S. southern border rests in a special off-the-books Pentagon account set aside to finance for ongoing combat operations, but one that critics compare to an unregulated slush fund the administration is exploiting to circumvent federal spending caps.

March 12, 2019
FILE - in this Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, Iraqi lawmakers attend a parliament session in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's parliament on Thursday, Jan. 24 has approved a national budget for 2019 after weeks of wrangling over how to apportion revenues between the regions damaged by the war against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Iraqi parliament weighs bill to force U.S. troops out

Members of the Iraqi Parliament's Defense and Security Committee announced Tuesday that they are pushing a vote on whether to end the bilateral agreement allowing U.S. forces to remain in country, citing in part U.S. plans to demand more money to underwrite the deployment.

March 12, 2019
In this Dec. 10, 2007, file photo, retired Army Gen. John Abizaid, speaks in San Francisco. Abizaid is President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia. If confirmed by the Senate, Abizaid would fill a key diplomatic vacancy at a time when U.S.-Saudi relations are being tested by the death of a journalist critical of the royal family in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Abizaid, who retired in 2007, is the longest serving commander of the U.S. Central Command. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

John Abizaid, Saudi Arabia ambassador pick, target of senators anger

President Trump's pick to be the next ambassador to Saudi Arabia faced a barrage of questions over the oil-rich kingdom's human rights record and the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a sometimes contentious Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday.

March 6, 2019
In this June 18, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump holds up the space policy directive that he signed during a National Space Council meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is moving closer toward his goal of creating a Space Force, but it won't begin as a separate military branch as the president envisioned. The Space Force instead initially will be created as part of the Air Force, but could be spun into a separate military department in the future. That's according to senior administration officials who briefed journalists on a directive Trump is scheduled to sign Tuesday to establish the Space Force. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Pentagon’s Space Force blueprint hits Capitol Hill

The Pentagon's highly-anticipated blueprint for the Trump administration's proposed Space Force is now in the hands of congressional lawmakers, who remain divided on whether to back the White House-led effort.

February 28, 2019
Pakistani soldiers patrol in the area where Indian planes launched a pre-dawn airstrike inside Pakistan. Pakistan's military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured two pilots. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

India-Pakistan tensions boiling over

Long-simmering tensions boiled over into direct clashes Wednesday as Pakistan shot down two Indian fighter jets and took one pilot hostage, fueling the possibility of all-out war as the Trump administration and world leaders pleaded with the two nuclear-armed states and South Asian rivals to step back from open conflict.

February 27, 2019
Pakistani protesters burn an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Pakistan's military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured two pilots, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in 20 years. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Mike Pompeo tries to calm India-Pakistan tensions: ‘Avoid escalation at any cost’

Long-simmering tensions boiled over into direct clashes Wednesday as Pakistan shot down two Indian fighter jets and took one pilot hostage, fueling the possibility of all-out war as the Trump administration and world leaders pleaded with the two nuclear-armed states and South Asian rivals to step back from open conflict.

February 27, 2019