New Coalition Offensive Leads to Arrest of Dozens of Insurgents in ...
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American, British and Iraqi troops are continuing their effort to root out insurgents south of Baghdad, in an operation aimed at clearing the way for elections to be held in January.
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Iraqi troops have detained 46 suspected militants and killed five others in a new operation in eastern Diyala, the army said Saturday, while a U.S. soldier was reported killed in an explosion in the volatile province.
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The U.S.-led coalition on Saturday acknowledged it is conducting a large-scale military operation against the resurgent Taliban in eastern Afghanistan.
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Nine thousand U.S. and Iraqi troops have launched a fresh operation targeting militants in the Sunni Arab province of Anbar, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
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The US-led assault on Fallujah is the first of what promises to be a series of military operations to secure towns and cities where insurgents could
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The US-led coalition has launched a winter offensive against Taliban militias, US military spokesman said Saturday. The US-led coalition has launched a winter offensive against
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 16 -- Hundreds of insurgent fighters mounted a brazen assault on a key fort in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, seizing it from security forces in a battle that left at least 47 people dead, the military said.
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Thousands of U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops on Saturday launched a large-scale anti-Taliban operation in five Afghan provinces, the coalition said.
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About 2,500 troops launched a new operation against Islamic rebels in one of Afghanistan&#39;s most volatile areas Wednesday as 25 people were reported killed in fresh Taliban-linked violence.
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Commanders are arming groups that have promised to fight militants who have been their allies in the past.
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U.S. troops staged a series of raids in Mosul and elsewhere in northern and central Iraq on Sunday, arresting dozens, while insurgents stepped up their attacks two weeks ahead of national elections, ambushing a car carrying a prominent female candidate and killing 17 people in other assaults.
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The skies over Fallujah lit up from the flashes of air and artillery barrages as US troops launched an offensive to seize key insurgent strongholds in a city that became the major sanctuary for Islamic extremists who fought Marines to a standstill last
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US and Iraqi forces launched a major attack against the insurgent stronghold of Samarra early today, securing government and police buildings in the city, the US command said. The offensive came in response to &quot;repeated and unprovoked attacks by anti-Iraqi forces&quot; against Iraqi and coalition forces, the military said in a statement. Its aim was to kill or capture insurgents ...
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U.S. troops backed by thunderous air and artillery barrages launched a ground offensive Monday to seize key insurgent strongholds inside Fallujah, the city that became Iraq's major sanctuary for Islamic extremists who fought Marines to a standstill last April.
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Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped nearly 150 foreigners in their campaign to drive out coalition forces and hamper reconstruction:
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Thousands of American and Afghan troops unleashed a new offensive against Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan yesterday in an effort to expand the government's reach into the volatile Pakistani border region.
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The clever, cruel and deadly methods insurgents are using to counteract the U.S.-led surge -- and the reasons their maneuvers are working