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Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent is continuing to call for the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from the Middle East.

What is Iran's Pickaxe Mountain? A US service member has been killed in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an explosive device from a downed Iranian drone. The fatality comes a day after two US soldiers were killed and another is missing from an Iranian attack in Jordan. Palestinians celebrate Spain's World Cup victory A bird's-eye view as Donald Trump arrives for the World Cup final

ISIS is quietly rebuilding as the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq nears its Sept. 30 deadline, with a counterterrorism expert warning of a dangerous security vacuum.

What is Iran's Pickaxe Mountain? US soldier killed in Iraq during'controlled detonation' of Iranian drone The United States military has announced the death of another soldier, saying he was killed in northern Iraq "during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance" from a downed Iranian drone. In a statement on Sunday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the soldier died on July 18 and that a second service member suffered mild injuries during the detonation. The death on Saturday brought the number of US service members killed since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran to 17. The war began on February 28.

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Is the war entering a new phase? Footage shows firefighters extinguishing a massive fire after Russia launched a flurry of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa early Wednesday morning. The strikes killed at least six people and wounded 20 others across the country, officials said. Pezeshkian vows Iran will defend'every inch' of its territory The history of the US and Iraq's complicated relationship

Is the war entering a new phase? Ukraine released video of strikes on 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea, including 17 oil tankers, two gas tankers and a tugboat, in a large-scale drone operation. Kyiv says it has targeted 136 ships linked to Russia's shadow fleet across the Black and Azov seas in the past 10 days. Pezeshkian vows Iran will defend'every inch' of its territory The history of the US and Iraq's complicated relationship

Iran targets sites in Bahrain, Kuwait after wave of U.S. strikes Security forces stand guard in front of a portrait of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as mourners gather for a funeral procession in Najaf on Wednesday. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait on Wednesday after the U.S. launched a wave of military strikes on Iran in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. In the latest blow to the fragile ceasefire agreement, the IRGC said it carried out a joint missile and drone operation against key U.S. military sites in Bandar Salman, Bahrain's Fifth Naval District and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, and shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone attempting to interfere in the operation. Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain and Kuwait, and the Kuwaiti army said air defenses were confronting "hostile" missile and drone attacks. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.