Posts Tagged: Pentagon
US Carries Out New Strikes Against Facility Used by Iran in Syria
The United States, for the second time in recent weeks, carried out strikes on Wednesday against a weapon storage facility in eastern Syria that the...
Pentagon Says US Forces to Remain in Middle East to Counter Iranian Threat
i24 News — The Pentagon said on Tuesday that additional troops and assets deployed to the Middle East earlier this month in response to an...
Pentagon Denies Iranian Claims of Confronting US Navy in Persian Gulf
Iran released footage over the weekend purporting to show its military forces harassing US Navy vessels and forcing multiple helicopters to make an emergency landing...
Pentagon Transferring Arms Stationed in Israel to Ukraine—Report
JNS.org - The Pentagon is dipping into a store of American ammunition in Israel to help Ukraine replenish its dwindling supply of artillery shells, the...
Syria: al-Qaeda Leader Killed in US Drone Strike, Pentagon Reports
i24 News – A senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon announced on Friday. "A US airstrike today in...
Timeline: What Happened on Sept. 11, 2001
Here is a timeline for Sept. 11, 2001, when commercial airliners crashed into the New York World Trade Center twin towers, the Pentagon and, after...
Uproar in Washington: Did US Share Evacuee Names with Taliban?
i24 News – Did the US military give the Taliban the names of Americans and Afghans waiting to be evacuated in order to facilitate the...
US Removing Some Missile Systems from Middle East
The United States is pulling some of its anti-aircraft and missile batteries out of the Middle East, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing...
White House Opposing Mattis’ Pentagon Pick Considered Supporter of Muslim Brotherhood
President Donald Trump’s defense secretary wants the Pentagon’s top civilian job to go to a one-time prominent supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and...
Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman After Pentagon Meeting With Mattis: Strategic Israel-US Cooperation Vital to Security and Stability of the Entire Middle East
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman was hosted at the Pentagon on Tuesday by US Secretary of Defense James Mattis -- their second meeting since the...
IDF Prepares for Cyber Warfare Attacks From Syria and Iran
The Israel Defense Forces on Friday were preparing for the possibility of a cyber-attack from sources close to, or even part of, the Syrian regime,...
Retired U.S. General Under Investigation for Stuxnet Leak
Times of Israel - A retired US general who served in the Pentagon's upper echelon is under investigation for allegedly leaking classified information...
U.S. Beefs Up Bunker Buster to Counter Iran
Wall Street Journal - The Pentagon has redesigned its biggest "bunker buster" bomb with more advanced features intended to enable it to destroy Iran's...
U.S. to Invest $400 Million More in Iron Dome
Ynet - The United States plans to finance the Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile by the amount of $220 million for the fiscal year 2014,...
