Carter: Soldier heroically entered Kurdish-IS firefight
The U.S. soldier fatally wounded in a hostage rescue mission in Iraq heroically inserted himself into a firefight to defend Kurdish soldiers, even though the plan called for the Kurds to do the fighting, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday.
Pentagon: American killed in raid to free Iraqis held by IS
Acting on word of an “imminent mass execution” by Islamic State militants, dozens of U.S. special operations troops and Iraqi forces raided a northern Iraqi compound Thursday, freeing approximately 70 Iraqi prisoners in an operation that saw the first American killed in combat in the country since the U.S. campaign against IS began in 2014, officials said.
Body of American killed fighting IS handed over to family
The body of an American who died fighting with Kurdish forces against the Islamic State group in Syria was handed over on Thursday to his family at a Turkish border crossing, a Kurdish official said.
Arizona town remembers woman killed in Middle East
Even while being held hostage by Islamic State extremists, Kayla Mueller found good in everything.
Islamic State hostage’s family hopeful she’s still alive
The parents of a 26-year-old American who Islamic State extremists say was killed in an airstrike in Syria said in a statement addressed to group leaders that the claim of their daughter’s death concerned them but they were still hopeful she was alive.
Feds: Illinois teen sought to join Islamic State
A 19-year-old American left a letter expressing disgust with Western society before trying to board an international flight in Chicago.
AP source: American militant killed in Syria
An American man believed to have been killed in Syria was there to fight alongside an extremist militant group, most likely the Islamic State, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
Afghan hospital guard kills three American doctors
An Afghan security guard opened fire on a group of foreign doctors at a Kabul hospital this morning, killing three American physicians and wounding a U.S. nurse, officials said.
Abducted American in Pakistan seeks help
A 72-year-old American development worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan by al-Qaida more than two years ago appealed to President Obama in a video to negotiate his release, saying he feels “totally abandoned and forgotten.”
U.S. vet, 85, free from North Korea
Merrill Newman was tired and looking forward to reuniting with his family, but he was all smiles Saturday after arriving at the San Francisco airport after being detained for several weeks in North Korea.
U.S. man marks 4 years in Cuban prison, writes Obama
An American man who is marking four years in prison in Cuba has written a letter to President Barack Obama asking the president to get personally involved in securing his release.
Afghan Taliban attack U.S. Consulate, kill two Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants unleashed car bombs at the U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, triggering a firefight with security forces in
N Korea says it has detained US citizen
North Korea said today that an American citizen has been detained after confessing to unspecified crimes, confirming news reports about his arrest at a time when Pyongyang is facing criticism from Washington for launching a long-range rocket last week.