President Obama's war cabinet signaled Tuesday that the U.S. military is preparing for deeper troop commitments in the one-year offensive against the Islamic State, with ratcheted-up airstrikes on the terrorist group's moneymaking enterprises and with more American boots on the ground. Published October 27, 2015
Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain on Tuesday directly questioned President Obama's competence as the nation's commander in chief. Published October 27, 2015
The vast majority of Russian airstrikes in Syria are hitting rebels opposed to the Bashar Assad regime -- not Islamic State terrorists -- and, like the Syrian president's forces, often make no effort to avoid hitting civilians, a study says. Published October 25, 2015
In a war first, Syrian allies Russia and Iran have begun unleashing "suicide" drones that land and explode, presenting another challenge to rebels trying to oust the regime of president Bashar Assad. Published October 22, 2015
A Green Beret who is being discharged for roughing up an accused Afghan child rapist is gaining support nationwide from pro-military groups as his appeal nears the finish line. Published October 21, 2015
A conservative cable news pundit, whom federal prosecutors accused last week of fabricating a life story of being a former deep-cover CIA officer, now sits in jail, unable to publicly address the felony charges against him. Published October 18, 2015
Among the keen followers of Edward Snowden's new Twitter persona are terrorists associated with Al Qaeda's branch in Syria and the Islamic State terror army. Published October 16, 2015
In the end, President Obama was forced to listen to his generals -- not his political instincts -- on Afghanistan troop levels, and he decided to split the difference. Published October 15, 2015
Iraq has begun bombing Islamic State fighters with the help of a new intelligence center operated by Russia, Iran and Syria, a cooperation that is raising concerns in Washington about the threat to U.S. interests in the region. Published October 13, 2015
The U.S.-led coalition has killed 70 leaders of the Islamic State terror army, creating "paranoia" among fighters who are "afraid to move around the battlefield" in Syria-Iraq, a spokesman said on Tuesday. Published October 13, 2015
A House Armed Services Committee member says the State Department tried to block him from visiting close to the front lines in Ukraine, but he broke free and went anyway on Tuesday. Published October 13, 2015
The Obama administration is distancing itself from one of the biggest failures in the war on terrorism: the collapse of its $590 million program to train and equip Syrian opposition forces to fight the Islamic State's terrorist army. Published October 12, 2015
The Islamic State is growing at an alarming rate in Afghanistan, within striking distance of the capital, and there does not seem to be a concerted U.S. effort to strike the terrorist army as there is in the Syria-Iraq war theater. Published October 11, 2015
A senior Democrat on the Housed Armed Services Committee on Thursday unleashed a harsh attack on the 14-year-long Afghanistan war, calling it a "failure" as Islamic extremists have simply set up shop in a list of other places to conduct terrorism. Published October 8, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin, ignoring Washington, escalated his war in Syria against Islamist armies Wednesday by launching a sea bombardment along with air and land attacks. Published October 7, 2015
The top commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday he has recommended to President Obama that U.S. troops remain in country past the current December 2016 exit date. Published October 6, 2015
The top commander in Afghanistan said Monday that the deadly U.S. airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz was called in by local Afghan government forces, not Americans. Published October 5, 2015
The top commander in Afghanistan said on Monday that the deadly U.S. air strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz was called in by local Afghanistan government forces, not Americans. Published October 5, 2015
Amid the gloomy news of stalemates against the Islamic State, a bright spot is a dogged, disparate force known as the peshmerga in northern Iraq that just finished retaking a string of villages amid a six-month-long offensive. Published October 4, 2015
The U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State launched only one airstrike Thursday in Syria, far below the daily average of eight, as Russian jets continued to pound various targets in that country. Published October 1, 2015
