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December 20, 2015

Clinton backtrack, conflicting statements muddle Syria message

For a moment, Hillary Clinton appeared to draw a clear distinction with President Obama on foreign policy, after telling The Atlantic that the 鈥渇ailure鈥� to help moderate Syrian rebels allowed extremists to flourish.

December 20, 2015

Prospect of US troops helping stage Iraqi rescue mission now 'far less likely'

The prospect of having U.S. troops help stage a rescue mission in Iraq appears "far less likely," a Defense Department official said Wednesday following the return of a team of military personnel from a mountain where religious refugees had taken shelter.

December 20, 2015

Officials: Pentagon considering rescue mission for Iraqis trapped on mountain

The Pentagon sent additional military planners to Iraq on Tuesday to figure out a way to rescue and relocate the tens of thousands of religious minorities trapped on a mountain by Islamic militants, senior U.S. officials said.

December 20, 2015

Pentagon may send more advisers to Iraq

A senior U.S. defense official says the Pentagon is considering sending more military advisers to Iraq.

December 20, 2015

鈥楯V鈥� terrorists? Obama under fire for having 鈥榰nderestimated鈥� militant threat in Iraq, Syria

President Obama鈥檚 decision to launch airstrikes in Iraq, while backed by senior Hill leaders, has only underscored for his critics the consequences of waiting as long as he did to counter the growing threat of militants with the Islamic State 鈥� a group he once dismissed as a 鈥淛V team.鈥� 聽

December 20, 2015

Defense official: US airstrikes unlikely to hurt Iraqi militants鈥� 鈥榦verall capabilities鈥�

A top Defense Department official acknowledged Monday that U.S. airstrikes in Iraq are unlikely to affect Islamic militants鈥� 鈥渙verall capabilities鈥� or their operations elsewhere in Iraq and Syria but rebuffed calls to expand the mission.

December 20, 2015

US conducts 2nd airdrop of food, water to Iraqi refugees after airstrikes

The U.S. military launched two more rounds of airstrikes Friday against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, taking out two mortar positions and a seven-vehicle convoy, the Pentagon said.

December 20, 2015

FAA prohibits US airlines from flying over Iraq

The Obama administration ordered U.S. airlines not to fly over Iraq following the first U.S. airstrikes there Friday, while carriers from other nations said they were suspending service to the Iraqi city of Irbil because of the hostilities.

December 20, 2015

Russian strategic bombers conduct more than 16 incursions of US air defense zones

Russian strategic nuclear bombers conducted at least 16 incursions into northwestern U.S. air defense identification zones over the past 10 days, an unusually sharp increase in aerial penetrations, according to U.S. defense officials.

December 20, 2015

Killing of American general stirs new fears US leaving Afghanistan 鈥榮hort of the goal line鈥�

The brazen killing of an American two-star general in an Afghan 鈥渋nsider attack鈥� is raising new concerns in Washington that U.S. forces, when the combat mission ends in December, could leave behind a country vulnerable to extremists waiting in the wings.