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  • U.S. extends carrier deployment after Syria attack

    03/31/2023 4:02:57 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 13 replies
    Reuters via yahooo ^ | 3-31-23 | Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
    The United States has decided to extend the deployment of the George H.W. Bush carrier strike group to provide options to policymakers after last week's deadly attacks in Syria by Iran-backed forces, U.S. military officials said on Friday. The decision likely means the Bush strike group and its more than 5,000 U.S. forces, which are now in the European Command operational area, will not be returning to home port in the United States on schedule. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Colonel Joe Buccino confirmed the carrier group's extension, which was first reported by Reuters.
  • U.S. close to providing Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine -officials

    12/13/2022 12:01:09 PM PST · by familyop · 65 replies
    Reuters ^ | December 13, 2022 | Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
    The United States is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, a decision that could be announced as soon as this week, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday...Two of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the announcement could come as early as Thursday but was awaiting formal approval from U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and President Joe Biden.
  • In Veiled Warning to Iran, U.S. Tells Gulf Mariners to Stay Clear of Its Warships

    05/20/2020 6:14:35 PM PDT · by Oatka · 32 replies
    Reuters via gCaptain ^ | 05/19/2020 | Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
    By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) – In an alert that appeared aimed squarely at Iran, the U.S. Navy issued a warning on Tuesday to mariners in the Gulf to stay 100 meters (yards) away from U.S. warships or risk being “interpreted as a threat and subject to lawful defensive measures.”
  • France warns U.S. against pulling troops from fight against Islamists in Africa's Sahel

    01/27/2020 9:33:50 PM PST · by RomanSoldier19 · 33 replies
    reuteurs ^ | JANUARY 27, 2020 | Phil Stewart, Tangi Salaün
    France delivered a stern warning on Monday against possible U.S. troop cuts in West Africa, where groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are expanding their foothold.
  • In Syria strikes, U.S. blurs red line for intervention

    04/15/2018 7:26:11 AM PDT · by Mariner · 21 replies
    Reuters ^ | April 15th, 2018 | Phil Stewart
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the latest U.S. missile strikes, President Donald Trump appears to have reset America’s red line for military intervention in Syria over the use of chemical weapons. What’s unclear is where that red line now stands. The United States said its strikes were a response to President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons attack on April 7 that administration officials say employed chlorine and perhaps even sarin, a more deadly nerve agent. “A large body of information indicates that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the U.N. Security Council on...
  • Russian led Syrian jets pound Islamic State-held areas for second day

    09/18/2015 8:49:57 AM PDT · by Trumpinator · 36 replies
    reuters.com ^ | Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:37am EDT | Tom Perry; Writing by Sylvia Westall and John Davison; Additional reporting by Phil Stewart in Washi
    World | Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:37am EDT Related: World, Russia, Syria Syrian jets pound Islamic State-held areas for second day BEIRUT Syrian army jets carried out at least 25 air strikes on the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra on Friday, a group monitoring the war said, the second intense bombardment in two days of territory held by the militants. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was one of the most sustained government bombardments of Palmyra. On Thursday, Syrian jets had carried out at least 12 air strikes on Raqqa, Islamic State’s de facto capital in the north....