The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, ...

George and Army G-1 Lt. Gen. Brian Eifler are to be commended for both the unprecedented administrative speed and pragmatic ...

DAMASCUS − Israel denied its forces had penetrated Syrian territory beyond a northern buffer zone after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to within 15 miles of the capital Damascus ...

The U.S. maintains just under 1,000 troops on bases in Syria and a further 2,500 in Iraq, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

DAMASCUS − Israel denied its forces had penetrated Syrian territory beyond a northern buffer zone after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to within 15 miles of the capital Damascus ...

Eligibility for the patch "does not authorize pay entitlements such as hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, or combat zone ...

Soldiers who deployed in 14 countries between October 2023 and June 2025 are eligible to wear the patches on their uniform ...

Critics have offered a fact-check on Vice President Kamala Harris’ claim that the U.S. has "not one member of the United States military who is on active duty" in a combat zone "for the first ...

Iraq and Syria are designated combat zones, and troops that serve there earn combat pay. The U.S. has about 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 in Syria. The Defense Department is in talks about a plan ...

DAMASCUS − Israel denied its forces had penetrated Syrian territory beyond a northern buffer zone after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to within 15 miles of the capital Damascus ...

Israeli ships destroyed the Syrian military fleet Monday night in a campaign to eliminate strategic threats, the defence minister said.