Baldor has covered the Pentagon and national security issues for The Associated Press since 2005. She has reported from all over the world including warzones in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.

You’d be forgiven if, during the madcap weeks leading to Donald Trump’s inauguration, you’d lost track of what was happening with the Houthi rebels in Yemen. As one of Iran’s last remaining close ...

A major report from the House Homeland Security Committee warns that U.S. national security defenses are deteriorating while ...

We’re really there to counter Iran, and that’s really at the behest of the Israelis and the Saudis,” Michael DiMino said of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq and Syria.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs, Ayman Safadi, joined the foreign ministers of France, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq in a dialogue session with CNN's editor-in-chief ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Thursday that Erbil must be included in the ongoing negotiations over a major deal between Baghdad and British ...

China has asserted its international right to take on insurgents threatening the lives of its citizens after an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group ( ISIS) killed a Chinese citizen in ...

Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to a minimum 52 years in jail for the killing of three young girls in Southport in a stabbing attack in 2024. After Rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders, Prime ...

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Allen Hoe showed soldiers a tattered old flag Wednesday that he and fellow ...

In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be an informer. “See those ...

There haven’t been a lot of terrorism cases on campuses around the country. Why is it that there are several at our university?’ ...

The Syrian conflict highlights the devastating impact of foreign interventions, proxy wars, and ideological ambitions, leading to regional instability, displacement, and power shifts, with Turkey and ...