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How will the Defense Department handle training and maintenance contracts that run beyond the September deadline to leave Afghanistan?

By   Arie Egozi on May 24, 2021 at 10:51 AM Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (left), commander Central Command (CENTCOM) meets with Lt. Gen. Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al Ghanim, Qatar Armed Forces chief, during his visit to Qatar, April 14, 2019. TEL AVIV: There are signs that China may be moving to take advantage of the US withdrawal from Syria as part of a larger effort to expand its footprint in the Gulf and Middle East, Israeli sources fret. Beijing for some time has had a toe in Syria — po...

Allies leaving rapidly as NATO ends Afghanistan training mission Dutch soldiers are packing their gear and preparing to leave Afghanistan after almost two decades in the country. The soldiers, who are soon withdrawing, held a ceremony at Camp Marmal in Afghanistans north on May 16, 2021. AARON ZWAAL/DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTRY By J.P. LAWRENCE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 21, 2021 KABUL, Afghanistan — Some NATO allies and other coalition countries that first deployed service members to Afgh...

In ISIS’ original territory of Iraq and Syria, some 10,000 fighters remain active, according to the DOD report.

Balad Air Base. (Photo: Archive) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The departure of the US company Lockheed Martin from Iraqs Balad airbase is “imminent,” a security source told Kurdistan 24 on Sunday on the condition of anonymity. The move comes amid continued rocket attacks by suspected Iran-backed militias on Iraqi bases housing American troops and contractors. Balad airbase, located in Salahuddin province, only hosts contractors from Lockheed Martin, who are “critical” to supporting Iraqi F-...

Friday, 7 May, 2021 - 05:30 Buildings are seen during a press tour inside al-Asad military airbase in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, Jan. 13, 2020. (AFP) Baghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat US contractors evacuated Iraq’s Balad Airbase where they were supporting Iraq’s F-16 program, US Stars and Stripes daily military newspaper reported. The US government withdrew the military personnel following a number of rocket attacks that ...

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 5, 2021 Increased threats and attacks by Iran-backed militias forced American contractors to evacuate Iraq’s Balad Air Base in March, where they were supporting Iraq’s F-16 program, a U.S. government report said this week. Without the Americans, the Iraqis cannot perform the full range of maintenance tasks on the country’s fleet of F-16s, which are key in the fight against the Islamic State group. Thirty-two of the 36 F-16 fighter jets...

April 13, 2021 There is no good way that the U.S. can withdraw from Afghanistan. It cannot claim victory, and it cannot wait indefinitely for some cosmetic form of peace. It is all too clear from the reports to Congress by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) and the Lead Inspector General (LIG) for Operation Freedom Sentinel that it will take years to bring Afghan security forces to the point where they can stand on their own if peace fails. It is equally clear from ...

By J.P. LAWRENCE AND ZUBAIR BABAKARKHAIL | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 1, 2021 KABUL, Afghanistan — A viral tweet by a former U.S. military adviser in Afghanistan helped a pilot who had been injured in combat get specialized medical treatment that wasn’t available in the country. Helicopter pilot and military affairs writer Jack McCain tweeted Tuesday that one of his former students, Gulrahman Qubadi, had suffered serious injuries when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was downed by ...

By J.P. LAWRENCE AND ZUBAIR BABAKARKHAIL | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 1, 2021 KABUL, Afghanistan — A viral tweet by a former U.S. military adviser in Afghanistan helped a pilot who had been injured in combat get specialized medical treatment that wasn’t available in the country. Helicopter pilot and military affairs writer Jack McCain tweeted Tuesday that one of his former students, Gulrahman Qubadi, had suffered serious injuries when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was downed by ...