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At least 80 'terrorist US soldiers' killed in missile attack at Iraqi bases: Iran state media
World | Jan 08, 2020, 03:23 PM ISTIranian 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 | Jan 08, 2020, 07:19 AM ISTIranian 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 | Oct 14, 2019, 01:41 PM ISTDefense 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 | Oct 12, 2019, 01:53 PM ISTNo 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 | Oct 12, 2019, 07:09 AM ISTPompeo 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 | Aug 12, 2019, 03:50 PM ISTA 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 | Jun 18, 2019, 07:10 PM ISTThe 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 | Oct 05, 2017, 07:00 AM ISTThree 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 | Nov 17, 2015, 08:36 AM ISTAntalya: 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 | Mar 24, 2015, 12:42 PM ISTWashington: 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 | Dec 07, 2014, 10:24 AM ISTKabul: 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
National | Sep 30, 2014, 03:02 PM ISTNew 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 | Jun 14, 2014, 06:26 AM ISTWashington: 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 AM ISTBagram 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, 11:03 PM ISTBagram 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, 08:06 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Aug 07, 2013, 09:18 AM ISTNew 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, 03:38 PM ISTWashington, 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 | Nov 20, 2012, 07:57 AM ISTLos 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 | Aug 29, 2012, 06:50 PM ISTWashington, 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,