Syria

An F-22 Raptor flies by after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Red Flag 16-3 over Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 27, 2016.

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F-22s will not deter Russia in Syria — their shows of force will

Tom Rogan · June 15, 2023 10:00 am

DJIBOUTI - A CH-53E Super Stallion, piloted by U.S. Marines, lands in the desert of Djibouti.

Twenty-two US service members injured in helicopter ‘mishap’ in Syria

Conrad Hoyt · June 13, 2023 4:28 am

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US should retaliate inside Iran if American soldiers killed in Syria

Tom Rogan · June 1, 2023 7:25 pm

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NV - AUGUST 08: An MQ-9 Reaper flies by on a training mission August 8, 2007 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The Reaper is the Air Force's first "hunter-killer" unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and is designed to engage time-sensitive targets on the battlefield as well as provide intelligence and surveillance. The jet-fighter sized Reapers are 36 feet long with 66-foot wingspans and can fly for as long as 14 hours fully loaded with laser-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles. They can fly twice as fast and high as the smaller MQ-1 Predators reaching speeds of 300 mph at an altitude of up to 50,000 feet. The aircraft are flown by a pilot and a sensor operator from ground control stations. The Reapers are expected to be used in combat operations by the United States military in Afghanistan and Iraq within the next year. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Key group of lawmakers calls for ‘full investigation’ into Syrian strike

Mike Brest · May 22, 2023 5:31 pm

Central Command ‘investigating’ if recent Syrian strike actually killed al Qaeda leader

Mike Brest · May 19, 2023 3:07 pm

Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command, updates reporters at the Pentagon about the military campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. The top U.S. commander for the Middle East says fighting over the Syrian border town of Kobani has allowed the U.S.- led coalition to take out large numbers of Islamic State group fighters that have been pouring in. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US helicopter raid leads to ‘probable’ death of senior ISIS leader

Conrad Hoyt · April 17, 2023 7:55 am

In this photo released on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Iran's Al Alam TV, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says Iran's presence in Syria and its relations with Damascus are not negotiable and repeated the assertion that Iran has no fixed bases in Syria.

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Arab governments rush to make amends with Assad

Daniel DePetris · April 14, 2023 3:24 pm

House panel to explore Assad regime war crimes in hearing next week

Ryan King · April 11, 2023 3:40 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party members, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 26, 2019.

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Turkey just tried to kill Americans. Will Biden react?

Michael Rubin · April 10, 2023 6:00 am

Israeli military retaliates after rockets fired from Syria

Associated Press · April 9, 2023 5:58 am

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

US military kills senior ISIS leader responsible for planning European attacks

Mike Brest · April 4, 2023 11:22 am

Reporter’s Notebook: Will there be negotiations for the release of the journalist arrested in Russia?

Washington Examiner Staff · April 1, 2023 4:00 pm