NEW -- U.S. Special Forces soldiers are advising and supporting Ecuadorian commandos on raids across the country against suspected drug shipment facilities
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
Trump says the top U.S. general predicts an easy military victory over Iran; the general -- the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- says otherwise in private
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...
Trump is leaning toward limited strikes against Iran, followed by a much larger attack if Tehran doesn't give in to his demands that it give up its nuclear program
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...
NEW -- Iran could order proxies to attack U.S. targets in Europe and the Middle East, as intercepted communications among extremists worry U.S. & Western officials
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...
Dozens of U.S. warplanes are massing at a major air base in Jordan, a key hub for the U.S. military’s planning for possible strikes against Iran
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...
Joint Chiefs chairman convenes a rare meeting of dozens of top military officers from across the Americas to press counter-drug and anti-crime organization operations
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Trump took up the ‘Christian Genocide’ cause in Nigeria and it led to U.S. missile strikes, the explosive outcome of an intense, yearslong push led by Christian activists, GOP lawmakers and U.S celebrities
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
For at least six months, advanced military drones at a secret base in Egypt have been carrying out strikes in Sudan. Their target is a ruthless paramilitary group that has been battling the Sudanese military
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
A secret drone base in Egypt offers new evidence of how the civil war in Sudan is morphing into a sprawling theater for high-tech drone warfare driven by the interests of rival foreign powers
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
A U.S. missile strike in Nigeria was the explosive outcome of an intense, yearslong push by Christian activists, Republican lawmakers and U.S. celebrities seeking U.S. intervention in the African nation
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
Trump mulls military options against Iran, including sending U.S. commandos to destroy or badly damage parts of the Iranian nuclear program not already damaged in the U.S. bombing last June
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
As U.S. aircraft carrier and other warships get closer to Middle East, Iran and allies ramp up retaliation threats
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...
In the wake of the U.S. commando raid to seize Venezuela's Maduro and Trump's demands over Greenland, the Joint Chiefs chairman plans to convene a rare meeting of senior military leaders from across the Western Hemisphere
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
NEW -- Joint Chiefs chairman to convene rare meeting of military brass from across the Western Hemisphere, amid tensions following Maduro raid in Venezuela & disputes over Greenland
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Trump wants to fly in his gifted Qatari 747 by this summer, in time for the country's 250th birthday celebration, whether all the usual Air Force One secret security protections are built into the plane or not
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Trump has repeatedly threatened to use military force to seize Greenland, but so far the Pentagon isn't planning for that
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
In a major shift, the U.S. is moving away from Kurdish-led forces, a longtime ally, in its fight ISIS in Syria
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/w...
Pentagon sending aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, more warplanes and more air defenses to the Mideast as Israel & Arab nations ask Trump not to attack Iran
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
NEW - The Trump administration is pressing Mexico to allow U.S. Special Operations commandos or C.I.A. officers to accompany Mexico soldiers on raids on suspected fentanyl labs
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...
The Pentagon is moving some troops out of an important air base in the Middle East as a precaution as tensions mount with Iran
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Russia’s fearsome arsenal fizzled in Venezuela and the Venezuelan military’s incompetence played a big part in the successful U.S. commando raid to seize Maduro www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/w...
U.S. launches more airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria to avenge deaths of three Americans there
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
As Army helicopters raced to Maduro’s lair in Caracas early Saturday, the aircraft came under fire and fired back. The first helicopter in the assault was hit but remained flyable. Its flight leader was struck three times in the leg
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
After Trump ordered missile strikes on Christmas, fear grips Muslims in rural Nigeria, where residents see no evidence of any ISIS terrorists killed
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
U.S. Special Operations forces blew up several more boats in the Pacific this week. The Coast Guard is now doing something unusual for these attacks: Looking for survivors who jumped in the water
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Trump's unprecedented aircraft carrier deployment in the Caribbean increases U.S. military options against Venezuela, but carries steep maintenance and personnel costs
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
The USS Ford's long deployment off the Venezuelan coast keeps Trump's military options open, but it will also increase maintenance costs and strain crew morale
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
U.S. launches major retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria as Hegseth seeks to allay fears of re-opening a wider Middle East war
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
BREAKING -- U.S. strikes dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of two U.S. soldiers last Saturday
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
