The US has sent the USS Kearsarge, an amphibious assault ship currently deployed in the Mediterranean, toward Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed defense officials. The massive, Wasp-class vessel, capable of carrying over 1,800 troops and/or dozens of armored vehicles in its 13,600 square-foot well deck, was sent ...
The US military has begun moving non-essential gear out of Syria but is not withdrawing troops for now, defense officials said amid uncertainty over America’s planned exit from the war-battered nation. President Donald Trump last month claimed that ISIL terror group had been defeated in Syria and said all US ...
