Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press that the U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the ...

The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Israeli Defense Minister Israel ... to be in close consultation over events unfolding in Syria, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Austin told Katz that ...

Turkish National Defense Minister Yasar Guler and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed regional defense and security issues, especially Syria, in a phone call on Tuesday, Türkiye's ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz that it was important for the United States and Israel to be in close consultation over events unfolding in Syria ...

Asked if Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was aware of the number of US troops in Syria, Ryder said he is “confident that the secretary is tracking US forces deployed around the world,” but that ...

He also noted that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was aware of the increased ... since launched separate military operations inside Syria. The U.S., meanwhile, has increased its airstrikes on ...

He also noted that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was aware of the increased ... since launched separate military operations inside Syria, with Israel striking Assad’s former weapons facilities ...

Pedersen told reporters in the Syrian capital, Damascus ... U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called on Israel to act within 30 days on a list of demands ...

Ryder said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not order the surge of troops ... issue despite the two speaking often. Late last month, Syria’s ruling Assad regime fell after 50 years in power ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have also been on the phone this week with their counterparts throughout the region. In Syria ...