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Houthi rebels claim downing US drone, release footage of wreckage
A Defense Department spokesperson said an investigation was underway but did not elaborate.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
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US Navy sinks Houthi small boats during hijack attempt in Red Sea
U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire, sinking three of the four boats and killing the crews.
US hits alleged Iran-backed Bahrain group with sanctions
The U.S. accuses the group of trying to overthrow Bahrain’s government and plotting terrorist attacks on Americans in the country, which is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.
After embassy closure threat, US ‘outraged’ by rocket attack that killed 6 Iraqi civilians
he U.S. State Department said Tuesday it was outraged by a rocket attack a day earlier that killed Iraqi civilians and called on the government to take action amid an impending diplomatic crisis between Baghdad and Washington.
Watch this Yemeni fighter run under fire across open terrain for over 2 minutes without being hit
The video has garnered widespread commentary and admiration, regardless of the soldier’s affiliation.
By Jon Simkins
Mass grave uncovered in former ISIS territory of northern Iraq
Bones believed to be of Shiite prisoners from a nearby ISIS jail line the bottom of a trench hundreds of yards long near the northern Iraqi village of Humeydat, west of Mosul.
By Hannah Graf
Gunmen kill at least 27 at memorial for Afghan Shiite leader
Gunmen killed at least 27 people and wounded at least 55 others in Afghanistan's capital on Friday at a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader, officials said.
The case for staying in Iraq just got weaker
America’s overreach and never-ending footprint in Iraq is exacerbating strains in that country, says the author of this commentary.
By Willis Krumholz
Democrats press Pompeo over Trump’s ‘failure’ of an Iran policy
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo got an earful on the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran
By Joe Gould
Ship seizures included ‘relatively new’ Iranian surface to air missile bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen
Anti-tank missiles “don’t just walk away without the sanction of the Iranian government.”
By Shawn Snow