July 6, 2017 US, Iraqi strikes kill at least 250 ISIS fighters in Iraq convoys Iraqi aircraft joined the US-led coalition in airstrikes targeting Islamic State convoys, a US military spokesman in Baghdad told ӣƵ Thursday, after a US official said at least 250 militants were killed.
July 6, 2017 US officials: Russia ignored 'rules of the road' sailing dangerously close to Navy destroyer One day after Russia accused a U.S. Navy destroyer of sailing dangerously close to a Russian Navy frigate in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, two U.S. defense officials briefed on the incident told ӣƵ the Russian Navy was responsible, blatantly ignoring longstanding “rules of the road” on the high seas.
July 6, 2017 ISIS rocket wounds 4 US special ops troops in northern Syria Four U.S. special operations troops were hurt when an Islamic State rocket landed near their position in northern Syria earlier this month, bringing renewed questions about the role of U.S. troops in the region, specifically special operations forces serving alongside indigenous troops fighting ISIS.
July 6, 2017 Report: ISIS cross-dressers busted trying to escape Fallujah Many Islamic State fighters have tried to elude investigators by posing as refugees, but a bumbling team of terrorists in Iraq reportedly tried a different angle -- dressing as women to blend in.
July 6, 2017 Alleged American ISIS fighter praises Orlando gunman in new video A man identified as an American ISIS fighter praised the Orlando nightclub gunman and urged more attacks on the U.S. in a video released by the terror group on Sunday – exactly one week after Omar Mateen slaughtered 49 people inside a Florida nightclub.
July 6, 2017 Iraqi forces seize most of Fallujah from ISIS Iraqi special forces swept into Fallujah on Friday, recapturing most of the city as the Islamic State terror group's grip crumbled after weeks of fighting.
July 6, 2017 Russian jets bomb US-backed Syrian rebels after US told Russia to stop The Russian Air Force bombed U.S.-trained rebels in southern Syria not once, but twice Thursday, and the second wave of attacks came after the U.S. military called Russia on an emergency hotline to demand that it stop, a defense official with knowledge of the attack tells ӣƵ.
July 6, 2017 US military: If any opportunity arose to kill ISIS leader, 'we would take it' The U.S. military would take advantage of any opportunity to kill Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a spokesman based in Baghdad told reporters Wednesday, adding that he could not confirm recent reports that a coalition airstrike killed the terrorist in Syria.
July 6, 2017 US military officials 'skeptical' of reports ISIS leader al-Baghdadi killed Pentagon officials said Tuesday they were "skeptical" about reports that an airstrike from the U.S.-led coalition in Syria killed Islamic State terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
July 6, 2017 Muslim terrorist kills French cop, wife while livestreaming on Facebook A Muslim radical who was being investigated for terror ties stabbed a French police chief to death outside his home, then tortured the man's wife in front of their toddler son - all while livestreaming his rampage on Facebook.