The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan, a senior official said Thursday. After a steady downsizing of US troop numbers since 2011, US military commanders say they need to strengthen the numbers on the ground allegedly to better support Afghan forces ...
The United States gave an extremely cautious welcome on Thursday to the deal on Syria de-escalation zones. Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed a pact on a Moscow-backed plan to create de-escalation zones in Syria meant to halt fighting in the war-torn country. The United States, which has supported ...
