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A transport plane carrying people flown out of Afghanistan lands at Ramstein Air Base, in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP) **FILE**

Military officials raise security levels at U.S. bases in Europe over possible terror attacks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on March 23, 2024, firefighters work in the burned concert hall after an attack on the building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. A little-known U.S. intelligence principle called the "duty to warn" came into play ahead of the deadly attack on Moscow's outskirts. U.S. officials invoked that duty when warning Russian officials a full two weeks before Friday's attack. Just three days before the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed such Western warnings as provocations. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

‘Duty to warn’ guided U.S. advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

A Hezbollah supporter holds up a picture that shows portraits of slain Iran's Quds force General Qassem Soleimani, top, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, during a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of Soleimani assassination, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

U.S. military strikes Iran-backed Iraqi militias after attack that wounded American troops

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo)

Biden designates Houthis as terrorist organization, shifting from 2021 decision

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this image provided on Friday Jan. 12, 2024 by the UK Ministry of Defence an RAF Typhoon aircraft returns to base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, after striking targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday Jan. 11, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence via AP)

Lawmakers, fellow Democrats slam Biden for not consulting with Congress ahead of Yemen strikes

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, taken from the bridge of HMS Diamond, Sea Viper missiles are fired in the Red Sea. U.S. and British militaries are bombing more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles.(U.K. Ministry of Defence via AP)

U.S., Britain strike Iranian-backed Houthi sites in Yemen

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Both sides say close on deal for cease-fire that would free some hostages

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region for the past several weeks, the Pentagon said.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

U.S. conducts airstrikes in Syria against Iran-backed groups

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of students in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Khamenei called on Muslim nations to stop exporting food and oil to Israel over its airstrikes and military offensive in the Gaza Strip. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) **FILE**

‘Expect Americans in body bags’: Middle East on the brink as U.S., Iran spiral toward war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A pair of U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle flies over northern Iraq, after conducting airstrikes in Syria on Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press)

U.S. fighter jets hit Iran-backed militias in Syria again

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives for a classified briefing for Senators on Israel and Gaza at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

U.S. strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on American troops

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this surveillance image provided by the United States Border Patrol Swanton sector, two individuals illegally cross the US/Canada border during January 2023 in the Vermont, New Hampshire and New York enforcement sector. Law enforcement officials say a Mexican immigrant who just entered the United States illegally from Canada collapsed and died on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, after being confronted by Border Patrol agents on a remote section of the U.S.-Canadian border in northern Vermont. (United States Border Patrol Swanton sector photo via AP)

America’s safest flank at Canadian border is now being penetrated

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A photo showing North Korea's missile launch is displayed at the Unification Observation Post in Paju near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. South Korea’s government said Friday it will promote civilian efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to North Korea in hopes of softening a diplomatic freeze deepened by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s growing nuclear ambitions. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. condemns North Korean missile launch

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan leaves from a port in Busan, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. The U.S. aircraft carrier and its battle group launched drills with South Korean warships off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Monday in their first such training in five years, a day after North Korea test-fired a short-range ballistic missile in a possible response to the exercise. (Sohn Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP)

U.S. launches naval drills with South Korea after new North Korean missile test

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A file image of a missile launch by North Korea is shown on a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Sunday toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises in response to the North's growing nuclear threat.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires ballistic missile hours before VP Harris departs for Asia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fires rockets to engage a target during Super Garuda Shield 2022 joint military exercises in Baturaja, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. The United States and Indonesian militaries conducted the annual combat exercises on Indonesia's Sumatra island, joined for the first time by participants from other partner nations including Australia, Japan and Singapore, signaling stronger ties amid growing maritime activity by China in the Indo-Pacific region. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) **FILE**

Syrian strikes, U.S. casualties complicate Biden’s delicate diplomacy with Tehran

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Some of the soldiers with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team before being deployed to Germany from Hunter Army Airfield, Wednesday March 2, 2022 in Savannah, Ga. The division is sending 3,800 troops as reinforcements for various NATO allies in Eastern Europe. (Stephen B. Morton /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

U.S. bolsters long-term troop presence in Europe as Russia-Ukraine war drags on

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, Sept. 23, 2014. These aircraft were part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike ISIL targets in Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

Airman suspected of insider attack on U.S. base in Syria that injured 4 Americans

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea on Jan. 5, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea’s second missile launch of new year feeds hypersonic fears

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. North Korea on Tuesday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea, its second weapons launch in a week, the militaries of South Korea and Japan said. The Korean letters read &quot;UN Security Council meeting.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires possible missile into sea amid stalled talks

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press