South Korean and U.S. troops began large-scale joint military exercise on Wednesday conducted annually to test their defense readiness against the threat from North Korea, which routinely characterizes the drills as preparation for war against it. The exercise, called Foal Eagle, comes amid...

 U.S.-backed Iraqi army units shut the last main exit out of ISIS' stronghold in western Mosul, controlling access to the city from the northwest, a general and residents there said Wednesday. The army's 9th armored division is within a kilometer of Mosul's "Syria Gate", the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hama military airport in central Syria has turned into Iran's main cargo base where weapons and floods of Shiite militants have been pouring into the war-torn county in support of the Syrian regime and the Islamic Republic's agenda. Tens of the Iranians cargo planes have...

An Israeli military general is calling on a United Nations agency to fire a Palestinian staff member he claims has been elected to a leadership position with the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai of the Israeli defense body COGAT said Sunday he demanded the...