Troops close in on &#39;death triangle&#39;
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BAGHDAD: US-led forces swept hotspots in the &quot;triangle of death&quot; yesterday in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of January polls.
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Â· Record deployment of paratroopersÂ· Country may be sliding to civil war
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JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza StriP -- Israeli aircraft struck more targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday as the army massed an armoured force in apparent preparation for a major military operation against militants in Jebaliya, the Palestinians&#39; biggest
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US Marines are preparing for a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where rebels are using violence and intimidation to extend their influence
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Peacekeeping forces are hit and Al-Qaeda allies are likely suspects. Will the border with Israel flare with warfare again?
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon -- Advancing under a barrage of artillery and tank fire, Lebanese troops overran positions held by Al Qaeda-inspired militants on the outskirts of a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday, leaving at least 19 people dead.
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British troops are being sent to patrol areas near Baghdad to allow US troops to take &quot;decisive action&quot; against Iraqi insurgents, Britain&#39;s top military officer has said.
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US-led forces were locked a bloody push through Iraq&#39;s &quot;triangle of death&quot; on Thursday, in an attempt to drive out rebel enclaves before the countryâs landmark elections in January, with more than 200 political groups preparing to take part.
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US and Iraqi forces have pushed on with their second major offensive in a week, hunting insurgents in a triangle southwest of Baghdad that has become one of Iraq&#39;s most notorious hot spots.
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A reconnaissance team has studied the prospects for British troops moving north from their relatively calm base. Until now, the British were concentrated in Basra.
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US Marines appeared yesterday to be moving closer to a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where insurgents are using violence and intimidation
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BLACK Watch troops returned to the relative safety of Basra yesterday after a controversial month-long mission in Iraqâs &quot;triangle of death&quot;, during which five of their comrades died.
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The battle to control Fallujah perfectly illustrates the military challenge that US forces face in Iraq&#39;s Sunni Triangle. Soldiers and Marines must seize and hold territory, destroy an elusive enemy that looks
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U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed on with  their second major offensive in a week Wednesday, hunting  insurgents in a triangle southwest of Baghdad that has become  one of Iraq's most notorious hot spots.
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U.S. troops on Saturday searched for two soldiers missing after an attack that killed one of their comrades at a checkpoint in the so-called &quot;Triangle of Death&quot; south of Baghdad.
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WANA -- About 1,000 Pakistani soldiers backed by helicopter gunships, mortars, and artillery yesterday pounded a mountainous region near the Afghan border where a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers is thought to be hiding. The assault targeted the village of Spinkai Raghzai in South Waziristan, a tribal region where the Pakistani Army has ...
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Egypt wants to send troops into the demilitarised buffer zone along the border with Israel. The move is in response to last week&#39;s triple suicide bombing targeting Israeli tourists in Sinai.