U S Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said American troops must remain in Syria to prevent the Islamic State from regaining a foothold, warning that pulling out prematurely would allow the terror

Since the fall of President Bashar Assad regime, tensions across the Middle East have continued to remain high.

THE United States needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent Islamic State from reconstituting as a major threat following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad’s government, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday.

The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat following the ouster of Bashar Assad's government, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press.

From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius attend a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at Ramstein Air ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin looks on from the East Room of the White House during a Medal of Freedom ceremony on January 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. On Wednesday, Austin said that Syria...

With Donald Trump about to be sworn in and Republicans in control of the House and Senate, the GOP “can’t blame the Democrats for not getting something done,” Hern said.

The secretaries of defense and state will play key roles in U.S. policy on Israel, but Hegseth and Rubio faced little scrutiny on Palestinian suffering.

The Netanyahu cabinet said a deal set to free Israeli captives had been reached, while the country's military continues to pound Gaza.

In one of its final moves in office, the Biden administration is trying to secure U.S. influence over Rojava, the Kurdish-led region of northeastern Syria. Now that Rojava is being attacked by Turkish-backed militias and faces a possible Turkish invasion,

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Supporting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has become a matter of US national security that transcends administrative policies as their partnership has greatly contributed to defeating the Islamic State (ISIS),

The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive ... an Egyptian Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad's rule over threats he made to the government in Cairo ...