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US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford speaks to reporters at the Westin hotel in Beijing, Thursday, August 17, 2017. (AP)

US General in Japan as Military Drills in South Korea Stoke Tensions with North

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 18, 2017 | World

Washington’s most senior military officer warned Pyongyang on Friday that an attack against Japan would be the same as an attack as the United States. “I think we made it clear to North Korea and anyone else in the region that an attack on one is an attack on...

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General Joseph Dunford. File photo by Gary Cameron/Reuters

Dunford Warns Pyongyang that US military Ready as China Bans some North Korean Imports

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2017 | World

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford said on Monday US military options being prepared against Pyongyang would be for when diplomatic and economic sanctions failed as China said it will halt iron, iron ore and seafood imports from North Korea this week....

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An armored military vehicle drives past a wall along the border between Turkey and Syria, near the southeastern village of Besarslan, in Hatay province, Turkey, November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Umit BektasREUTERS/Umit Bektas

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Visits Ankara as Raqqa Operation Commences

by Said Abdul Razzak | Nov 7, 2016 | Middle East, World

Ankara- Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford held talks with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar in Ankara where he arrived in coincidence with the Syrian Democratic Forces announcing launching a military operation to liberate Raqqa, ISIS stronghold in the...

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Afghan border police stand guard near seized weapons as they are displayed to the media at a police headquarters in Jalalabad on March 2, 2013. Seven Taliban insurgents have been arrested with their weapons by Afghan border police during an operation in Ghani khel District of Nangarhar province. AFP PHOTO/ Noorullah Shirzada

NATO Says Troops Kill Two Afghan Boys due to Mistaken Identity

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 2, 2013 | World

KABUL, Reuters—NATO forces accidentally shot dead two boys during an operation in Afghanistan’s south, the alliance said on Saturday, in the latest in a series of incidents involving allegations of civilian deaths at the hands of international troops. The...