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Barack Obama

US tells allies it may rethink Afghan troop drawdown

BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told NATO allies America will take a new look at its plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, a British official says, a fresh indication that U.S. involvement in the country is not

Russia

As NATO plans more troops for Poland, Russia decries ‘Cold War-era security schemes’

(CNSNews.com) – NATO's secretary-general said Monday it will have more troops deployed near its eastern flank with Russia after a summit in the Polish capital this summer, "to send a clear signal that an attack on Poland will be considered an attack on the whole alliance."

Immigration

Obama boosts Islamic State fight, asks Europe to do more

HANNOVER, Germany (AP) — Evoking history and appealing for solidarity, President Barack Obama on Monday cast his decision to send 250 more troops to Syria as a bid to keep up "momentum" in the campaign to dislodge Islamic State extremists. He pressed European allies to match the U.S.

Syria

Obama adds 250 troops to fight against Islamic State in Syria

AERZEN, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama declared he is sending 250 more military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting the Islamic State, increasing to 300 the number of American troops battling extremists in the war-torn country, during a speech in Germany in which he appealed for European unity

terrorism

US escalates Iraq fight, send more troops, helicopters

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S.

Syria

Syrian forces recapture ancient city of Palmyra from ISIS

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra on Sunday, scoring an important victory over Islamic State fighters who waged a 10-month reign of terror there and dealing the group its first major defeat since an international agreement to battle terrorism in the fractured nation took

Iraq

US Marines deploy to northern Iraq to provide protection

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has set up a small Marine artillery outpost in northern Iraq to protect a nearby Iraqi military base, expanding the number and the combat exposure of American troops in the country as Iraqi security forces plan and prepare for a counteroffensive against the Islamic State

Russia

Syria truce: No monitors on the ground to ensure compliance

(CNSNews.com) – A "cessation of hostilities" in Syria, announced Monday and due to take effect on Saturday, will not be formally monitored on the ground – despite the fact that the U.S. and Russia have been at odds for months over exactly who Russian airstrikes are targeting in