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The bombing area at Abbey Gate is pictured August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, before the blast. A review released Monday, April 15, 2024, says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Review says Abbey Gate bombing wasn’t preventable, refutes claims troops sighted the would-be bomber

By Lolita C. Baldor and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Houthi supporters attend a rally against the U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemen and in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Yemen, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Feb. 09, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

U.S. racks up munitions costs in indefinite fight against Houthis

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This undated photograph released by the U.S. military's Central Command shows what it is described as the vessel that carried Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Houthi in the Arabian Sea. U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen's Houthi rebels in a raid that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Search for Navy SEALs lost in raid on ship with Iranian weapons ends

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Houthi supporters chant slogans as they attend a rally marking eight years for a Saudi-led coalition, on March 26, 2023, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Ex-U.S. commander sees possible tie to China in attacks by Iran-backed Houthis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo, American soldiers deploy in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Jen. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Hogir Al Abdo) **FILE**

U.S. responds following Iran-backed rocket attack that injured three American troops

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. military convoy drives near the town of Qamishli, north Syria, Saturday, Oct. 26. 2019. A U.S. convoy of over a dozen vehicles was spotted driving south of the northeastern city of Qamishli, likely heading to the oil-rich Deir el-Zour area where there are oil fields, or possibly to another base nearby. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, also reported the convoy, saying it arrived earlier from Iraq. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Pentagon: Iran-backed militants attack U.S. base in Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A general view of Karama camp for internally displaced Syrians, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, by the village of Atma, Idlib province, Syria. Fallout from the 2-month-old war in Ukraine is worsening long-term humanitarian crises elsewhere, including in Syria. (AP Photo/Omar Albam, File)

U.S. strike kills terror leader in Syria

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Lt. Gen. Michael E. Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, to be general and commander of the U.S. Central Command. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate grills Biden’s nominee for U.S. Central Command

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In this image provided by the Department of Defense, a CH-47 Chinook from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug, 28, 2021. (Department of Defense via AP)

Last combat boot departs Afghanistan as U.S. ends longest war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center and flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith, right, attend a welcoming ceremony for the first flydubai commercial flight to arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. (Emil Salman/Pool via AP)

Israel operations should fall under U.S. Central Command, think tank says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

"U.S. Central Command is well postured to defend our forces around the region and to respond to any further aggression against our forces," the combatant command tweeted March 13, 2020. The remark comes in conjunction with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Harry S. Truman conduct operations in the Middle East. (Image: Twitter, U.S. Central Command)

Iran warned not to mess with U.S. as CENTCOM spotlights ‘enormous’ firepower of nearby carriers

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in this file photo dated Thursday, March 7, 2019. Mr. Votel, now retired, has filed lawsuits against several military housing companies for a 2017 fire that destroyed his family's housing quarters on base in Tampa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Retired top general files suit against military housing firms after fire loss

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand outside a building used as a temporary base near the last land still held by Islamic State militants in Baghouz, Syria, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Hundreds of Islamic State militants are surrounded in a tiny area in eastern Syria are refusing to surrender and are trying to negotiate an exit, Syrian activists and a person close to the negotiations said Monday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

U.S. should keep arming Syrian militias after ISIS defeat, says top general

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this April 5, 2018, file photo, rubble of buildings line a street that was damaged during fighting between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters and Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Military investigation of suspected insider attack on U.S. forces by Syrian allies inconclusive

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar is the regional nerve center for the air war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press/File)

Al Udeid Air Base open to U.S. despite Qatar’s rift with neighbors

By Carlo Muñoz and Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters react to a speech by their senior leader in the Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan on May 27, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Taliban launches mass assault on key Afghan army headquarters

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Rex W. Tillerson (left) has acknowledged that he and President Trump have different views on the nuclear accord and how the administration should use it going forward. (Associated Press/File)

Syria attack blurs focus on ISIS

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel has accused Russia of providing weapons and material support to the Taliban in an effort to expand Moscow’s influence in the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

U.S. Gen. Votel: Russia providing weapons, support to Taliban in Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Rescue teams work on the debris of a destroyed house to recover the bodies of people killed during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants. (Associated Press)

U.S. commanders: New rules not to blame for civilian deaths in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Houses in a tiny Yemeni village were damaged in a January 29 U.S. raid that left at least 25 Yemenis and a U.S. Navy SEAL dead, showing how difficult it is to tell who is al Qaeda in a country where the militants are mingled with tribes and are fighting on the same side as the government against the rebels. (Associated Press)

Navy SEALs found Yemeni enemies well-prepared for combat in deadly raid

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times