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

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said American troops must remain in Syria to prevent the Islamic State from regaining ...

FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa ...

THE United States needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent Islamic State from reconstituting as a major threat ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Israeli Defense Minister ... than 50 years of rule by the Assad family. President Bashar al-Assad fled the country during the weekend, and the world is ...

(CNN) — The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed ... US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cautioned on Monday that ISIS could attempt to “take advantage” of a power vacuum ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State (ISIS) group and prevent its ...

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said the airstrikes were ... hundreds of troops in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad in the country's 12-year civil war. It has also armed, trained ...

American leadership on Ukraine is "critical" and continued assistance for Kyiv is key, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday, a day ahead of the expected announcement of a major new US ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet Japanese Prime Minister ... where Islamist rebels have unseated president Bashar al-Assad after decades of brutal rule. "As this unfolds, there's ...

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 ...

The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat ...