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Fighters of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government walk during reconnaissance patrol in a coastline of Sirte, Libya, July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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Soldiers from the US Army’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment go on patrol near Command Outpost AJK (short for Azim-Jan-Kariz, a nearby village) in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. (Reuters/Andrew Burton)
Opinion: The American “Presence” in Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and similar groups possess more than 30,000 fighters in Syria. The Iranians say they are managing 100,000 fighters of different nationalities, while the Russians have sent around 3,000 troops. Washington has finally decided...Caption:
A courtroom sketch of Major Nidal Hasan as a military jury finds Hasan guilty of 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder in the attack he committed on 05 November 2009 against fellow soldiers in Fort Hood, Texas, USA, 23 August 2013. (EPA/Brigitte Woosley)
Gunman gets death in US army post mass shooting
Fort Hood, AP—A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, delivering the only punishment the Army believed fit for an attack on fellow unarmed soldiers. The sentence was one that Hasan also appeared to seek in a...Caption:
A file photograph showing US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA, 07 February 2013 (EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS)