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U.S. to send 200 more troops to Syria

MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday that as many as 200 more American troops are being sent to Syria to help Kurdish and Arab fighters capture the Islamic State...

DATE: Dec 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Afghans wonder how U.S. vote will affect them

KABUL – Few countries have been as affected by the twists and turns of recent U.S. foreign policy as Afghanistan. Once supported by Washington as a Cold War proxy, it was abandoned to civil ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraq’s Shiite militias join Mosul push

U.S. military estimates IS has up to 5,000 fighters in city

DATE: Oct 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraq pushes into town near Mosul after ISIS assault on Kirkuk

Burning sulfur plant fire draping towns in toxic smoke

DATE: Oct 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia sets brief cease-fire for Aleppo

Move comes only after airstrikes kill 36 people

DATE: Oct 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraqis poised to retake Mosul

IRBIL, Iraq – Iraqi forces appear poised to launch their most complex anti-IS operation to date: retaking the country’s second-largest city of Mosul. While the country’s military ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Peace activist to speak at FLC

International peace activist Kathy Kelly will speak from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at Fort Lewis College in Room 130, Noble Hall. Kelly’s presentation, “The Cost of War: The Pric...

DATE: Oct 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News