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  At least 80 'terrorist US soldiers' killed in missile attack at Iraqi bases: Iran state media

  World | January 08, 2020 15:23 IST

  Iranian state media has claimed that at least '80 terrorist US soldiers' were killed in the missile strikes at Iraqi bases housing US troops. The strike was in retaliation to the killing of Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike.

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  Iranian Revolutionary Guards tell US to recall its troops after hitting Iraqi bases

  World | January 08, 2020 7:19 IST

  Iranian Revolutionary Guards has asked US to 'recall troops' from Iraq hours after Iran strike back with ballistic missiles at US troops housing at Iraq bases, taking revenge for killing its top general Qassem Soleimani.

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  US pulling out of northern Syria; full withdrawal possible

  World | October 14, 2019 13:41 IST

  Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that President Donald Trump had directed U.S. troops in northern Syria to begin pulling out “as safely and quickly as possible.” He did not say Trump ordered troops to leave Syria, but that seemed like the next step in a combat zone growing more unstable by the hour.

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  Turkish forces advance in Syria as US troops come under fire

  World | October 12, 2019 13:53 IST

  No U.S. troops were hurt in Friday’s explosion at the small U.S. outpost, and the artillery strike marked the first time a coalition base was in the line of fire since Turkey’s offensive began.  

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  US to deploy additional 3,000 troops to Saudi Arabia

  World | October 12, 2019 7:09 IST

  Pompeo said the Iranian regime should either "change its behaviour" or "watch its economy collapse".

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  Taliban says latest talks end on US's Afghanistan withdrawal

  World | August 12, 2019 15:50 IST

  A Taliban spokesman says the latest round of talks with the United States on a deal to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan has ended and now both sides will consult their leadership on the next steps.

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  US sending troops to Mideast amid Gulf tensions over Iran

  World | June 18, 2019 19:10 IST

  The U.S. is sending 1,000 more troops to the Middle East as tensions in the Persian Gulf mounted Tuesday over Iran’s announcement it will not comply with the international agreement that keeps it from making nuclear weapons.

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  Three US Army special operations commandos killed, two injured in ambush in Niger

  World | October 05, 2017 7:00 IST

  Three US Army special operations commandos were killed Wednesday and two others were wounded when they came under fire in southwest Niger.

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  Ground troops to fight ISIS would be a mistake: Obama

  World | November 17, 2015 8:36 IST

  Antalya: Describing the Islamic State as "the face of evil", US President Barack Obama has admitted that deadly attacks in Paris were a "terrible and sickening setback" in the fight against the dreaded outfit but

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  Obama, Afghan leader to finalize plan for US troop pullout

  World | March 24, 2015 12:42 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama welcomes Afghanistan's new president to the White House on Tuesday with a fraught question staring them in the face: Will the U.S. slow its departure from Afghanistan -- and for how

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  More US troops than planned to stay in Afghanistan

  World | December 07, 2014 10:24 IST

  Kabul: The United States will keep about 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than planned early next year to fill a temporary NATO troop gap in the new mission to train and advise Afghan security forces,

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  Don't send troops to join US-led forces against ISIS: CPI-M to Govt

  Politics | September 30, 2014 15:02 IST

  New Delhi: CPI(M) today asked the government not to succumb to American “pressures” to send troops to join the US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).“The Government of India must,

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  Will not send US troops back to Iraq: Barak Obama

  World | June 14, 2014 6:26 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama said on Friday he will not send US troops back to Iraq to help fight Islamist militants."We will not be sending US troops back into combat in Iraq," Obama told

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  Obama pays surprise visit to US troops, pledges 'responsible end' to Afghanistan war

  World | May 26, 2014 11:52 IST

  Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan: President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan for a surprise visit today to make clear that the US was likely to maintain a limited role here even after its combat mission ends

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  Obama slips into Afghanistan to visit US troops

  World | May 25, 2014 23:03 IST

  Bagram Air Field (Afghanistan): President Barack Obama secretly slipped into Afghanistan under the cover of darkness today for a weekend visit with US troops serving in the closing months of America's longest war.  Air Force

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  US troops join search for Nigerian girls

  World | May 13, 2014 8:06 IST

  Washington: A total of 16 military personnel from US Africa Command have joined the effort to help find hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists, a Pentagon spokesperson said Monday.The personnel, including experts

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  Today in History: U.S. embassies in East Africa bombed (Watch pics)

  World | August 07, 2013 9:18 IST

  New Delhi: On August 7, 1998--the eighth anniversary of the deployment of U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia--two U.S. embassies in East Africa were bombed almost simultaneously by Al Qaeda. A massive truck bomb exploded outside

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  Indian, US troops hold joint exercise on rescuing civilians

  World | May 15, 2013 15:38 IST

  Washington, May 15:  Can Indian and American troops join hands to carry out a successful peacekeeping mission in a third country to rescue innocent civilians, whose lives are threatened either by their own regime or

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  Craig surprises US troops in Afghanistan

  Hollywood | November 20, 2012 7:57 IST

  Los Angeles, Nov 20: Actor Daniel Craig surprised US army men posted in Afghanistan when he met them and watched the latest James Bond movie "Skyfall" with them.Craig, 44, who played the role of James

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  Osama bin Laden was unarmed and dead, when US troops entered his room, reveals book

  World | August 29, 2012 18:50 IST

  Washington, Aug 29: A firsthand blow-by-blow story of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden says the al-Qaeda chief was unarmed and already dead when the US special troops burst into his room in Abbottabad,