Iraq Special Forces

The commander of a U.S. Special Operations task force in Iraq has sent home a platoon of Navy SEALs for drinking while deployed, U.S. defense officials said, the latest discipline incident that has emerged for an elite force relied upon heavily by the Pentagon.

President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq -- his first with US troops in a conflict zone since being elected -- to defend withdrawal from Syria and to declare an end to America's role as the global "policeman."

A special flight carrying the bodies of 38 Indians killed by the terror group ISIS in Iraq's Mosul landed in Amritsar on Tuesday. Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh had left for Mosul on Sunday in an Indian Air Force transport plane to bring the bodies home.

For much of the past year, I've lived a double life. I've embedded within Iraq's Special Operations forces throughout the battle of Mosul, witnessing first-hand a truly remarkable struggle against the Islamic State.

The Iraqi military announced today that special forces had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where terrorists chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only known public appearance.

A small white drone hummed into sight and Thaker, a member of Iraq's special forces, grabbed his machinegun and started lighting up the blue sky above eastern Mosul.

Iraq's special forces continued to push back ISIS terrorists in the eastern sector of Mosul on Friday in intense fighting that forced scores of people to flee their homes.

Iraqi special forces battling to clear ISIS from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants but fighting has slowed as troops face a mobile enemy hidden among thousands of civilians in the city, a top commander said.

Iraq's special forces entered the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday and were advancing toward its more urban center despite fierce resistance by ISIS group fighters who hold the city, an Iraqi general said.

Fighting raged as Iraq's special forces began their assault on Mosul itself on Tuesday, part of operations to drive the ISIS group from the country's second largest city.

ISIS has 5,000 to 6,000 fighters defending the city of Mosul against an offensive by Iraqi forces, the head of Iraq's special forces Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati said on Wednesday.

A military dog has been hailed a hero after saving a team of British special forces from a group of 50 ISIS fighters who ambushed them in northern Iraq.

A teenage Swedish girl being held by ISIS terrorists in Iraq was rescued in a raid by Kurdish special forces last week, the autonomous region's security council said in a statement today.

Three members of Britain's special forces were injured in fighting with ISIS gunmen in Iraq, the Mirror newspaper reported today without giving any details about its sources.

A new US force of special operations troops has arrived in Iraq and is preparing to work with Iraqi forces to go after ISIS targets, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday.

The commander of a U.S. Special Operations task force in Iraq has sent home a platoon of Navy SEALs for drinking while deployed, U.S. defense officials said, the latest discipline incident that has emerged for an elite force relied upon heavily by the Pentagon.

President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq -- his first with US troops in a conflict zone since being elected -- to defend withdrawal from Syria and to declare an end to America's role as the global "policeman."

A special flight carrying the bodies of 38 Indians killed by the terror group ISIS in Iraq's Mosul landed in Amritsar on Tuesday. Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh had left for Mosul on Sunday in an Indian Air Force transport plane to bring the bodies home.

For much of the past year, I've lived a double life. I've embedded within Iraq's Special Operations forces throughout the battle of Mosul, witnessing first-hand a truly remarkable struggle against the Islamic State.

The Iraqi military announced today that special forces had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where terrorists chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only known public appearance.

A small white drone hummed into sight and Thaker, a member of Iraq's special forces, grabbed his machinegun and started lighting up the blue sky above eastern Mosul.

Iraq's special forces continued to push back ISIS terrorists in the eastern sector of Mosul on Friday in intense fighting that forced scores of people to flee their homes.

Iraqi special forces battling to clear ISIS from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants but fighting has slowed as troops face a mobile enemy hidden among thousands of civilians in the city, a top commander said.

Iraq's special forces entered the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday and were advancing toward its more urban center despite fierce resistance by ISIS group fighters who hold the city, an Iraqi general said.

Fighting raged as Iraq's special forces began their assault on Mosul itself on Tuesday, part of operations to drive the ISIS group from the country's second largest city.

ISIS has 5,000 to 6,000 fighters defending the city of Mosul against an offensive by Iraqi forces, the head of Iraq's special forces Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati said on Wednesday.

A military dog has been hailed a hero after saving a team of British special forces from a group of 50 ISIS fighters who ambushed them in northern Iraq.

A teenage Swedish girl being held by ISIS terrorists in Iraq was rescued in a raid by Kurdish special forces last week, the autonomous region's security council said in a statement today.

Three members of Britain's special forces were injured in fighting with ISIS gunmen in Iraq, the Mirror newspaper reported today without giving any details about its sources.

A new US force of special operations troops has arrived in Iraq and is preparing to work with Iraqi forces to go after ISIS targets, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday.