The Department of the Army announced today the deployment of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with approximately 1,700 soldiers to U.S. Central Command area of responsibility this winter in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The 2nd Brigade Combat Team will replace the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Saturday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported yesterday. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack, bomber, fighter and […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack and remotely piloted aircraft conducted […]
Iraqi security forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters are gaining ground in the battle for Mosul, with some forces reaching the northern Iraqi city, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said today. "Some Iraqi forces have reached Mosul, and others continue advancing toward the city, making steady progress as [the Islamic State of Iraq and the […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria on Monday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported yesterday. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack aircraft conducted […]
Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are making progress as they push toward Mosul in the effort to liberate the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Pentagon's press secretary said on Monday. "There's no question that counter-ISIL forces continue to have the momentum in this fight," spokesman Peter Cook […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Sunday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported yesterday. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack, fighter and remotely […]
The U.S. Embassy Baghdad has received reports of attempts to kidnap U.S. citizen nongovernmental organization staff riding in vehicle convoys to provide aid to Mosul, Iraq. Militants demanded to see passports for all travelers in convoys and searched specifically for U.S. citizens. As a reminder, U.S. citizens should maintain a heightened sense of security awareness […]
According to UNICEF, Iraq is now one of the most dangerous places in the world for children -- this lawyer and mother is doing something about it! As Iraq liberates Mosul, an Iraqi American mother and lawyer, thousands of miles away, is training to run in the November 6 New York City Marathon. As she did at the Chicago Marathon and the […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Saturday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported yesterday. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack, fighter and […]
Iraqi and Kurdish forces are about 5 miles from Mosul’s outskirts and are clearing towns and villages to the north, east and south of Iraq’s second-largest city, Pentagon Press Operations director Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters yesterday. The United States is seeing what Davis called “unprecedented cooperation” between the Iraqi and Kurdish forces, which […]
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported yesterday. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack and bomber aircraft […]
