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Drone targets U.S. troops in northern Iraq, no casualties Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail A drone attack targeted U.S.-led coalition forces near a northern Iraqi airport Wednesday, the Kurdish region's Interior Ministry and coalition officials said. The ministry said the attack targeted coalition forces based near Irbil international airport and caused a fire that damaged a building. It said there were no casualties. Witnesses in Irbil reported hearing sirens and hearing a loud bang. A coalition spokesman, Col. Wayne Marotto, said the drone landed on a storage hangar at Irbil Air Base a...

Leaders of the Islamic State group have even mounted recruiting efforts at refugee camps such as Syria’s infamous al-Hol facility, leading top U.S. military commanders to openly question whether the site has become a breeding ground for the next generation of ISIS fighters. Renewed fighting across Iraq and Syria is coupled with a troubling uptick in attacks in Afghanistan, a chilling insurgency in Mozambique, a stubborn presence in Somalia, and a host of other evidence that the Islamic State group is gaining footholds across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Declarations of victory over ISI...

   6 Hours The SDF and Asayish captured a senior ISIS official in al-Hol camp on April 5, 2021. (Photo: Hawar News Agency) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Asayish on Monday captured a leading Islamic State leader in the notorious al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. The SDF and their linked Interior Security Forces (Asayish in Kurdish) found Ahmed Khoshua with information gathered during the recent security operation in the camp, Coalition spokesperson Col. Wayne Marotto said Tuesday. The Syrian Kurdish Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported that...

US Navy carrier group transits Suez Canal for first time since container ship freed The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower transits the Suez Canal, April 2, 2021. The canal was blocked for six days when a commercial ship ran aground last month. CAMERON PINSKE/U.S. NAVY By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 5, 2021 The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has sailed through the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean Sea, making them the first U.S. warships to pass through the maritime chokepoint since a nearly weeklong blockage of the waterway. The aircraft carrie...

Posted by Scott Lucas | Apr 3, 2021 | In this picture from the Syrian Democratic Forces, troops line up for an operation in the al-Hol camp in northwest Syria, March 28, 2021 UPDATE, APRIL 3: The US-supported, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces claim they have arrested 125 people, including six senior Islamic State figures, in Syria’s al-Hol camp. The SDF said it has detained Abu Karar, the second-ranking ISIS operative in the camp, with seven others in a sweep of the camp overnight on Thursday/Friday. Our #SDF and #Asayish partners arrested 8 members of #daesh, including the second ran...