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The U.S.-led campaign to hunt down the last pockets of Islamic State militants in Syria has lost its most effective fighting partner — Kurdish forces that are newly-focused on a Turkish assault — in what U.S. military officials fear will stall a critical phase of the offensive and leave open the door for hundreds of foreign fighters to escape.

"Amid Turkish Assault, Kurdish Forces Are Drawn Away From U.S. Fight With Islamic State" is from the February 28, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Schmitt, Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The U.S. military has carried out twice as many airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya since President Donald Trump took office as it has publicly acknowledged, raising questions about whether the Pentagon has sought to obscure operations in the strife-torn North African nation.

"Under Trump, U.S. Launched 8 Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya. It Disclosed 4." is from the March 08, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Schmitt and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

President Donald Trump, who has been accused by lawmakers of dragging his feet on Afghanistan, has settled on a new strategy to carry on the nearly 16-year-old conflict there, administration officials said Sunday. The move, following a detailed review, is likely to open the door to the deployment of several thousand troops.

"Trump Settles on Afghan Strategy Expected to Raise Troop Levels" is from the August 20, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Democrats hold no levers of power in Washington, but they have pulled out their megaphones to demand that Michael T. Flynn’s resignation as national security adviser open the first chapter — not the last — of investigations into contacts between Trump aides and Moscow — during and after Donald Trump’s campaign for president.

"Democrats Demand: What Did the President Know and When Did He Know It?" is from the February 14, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Weisman and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

President Donald Trump has relaxed some of the rules for preventing civilian casualties when the U.S. military carries out counterterrorism strikes in Somalia, laying the groundwork for an escalating campaign against Islamist militants in the Horn of Africa.

"Trump Said to Ease Combat Rules in Somalia Intended to Protect Civilians" is from the March 30, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Thousands of Islamic State foreign fighters and family members have escaped the U.S.-led military campaign in eastern Syria, according to new classified U.S. and other Western military and intelligence assessments, a flow that threatens to tarnish U.S. declarations that the militant group has been largely defeated.

"Thousands of Islamic State Fighters Flee in Syria, Many to Fight Another Day" is from the February 04, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Schmitt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

NIAMEY, Niger — More than six months ago, a group of U.S. soldiers rushed to reach a spot in the scrubland of Niger after intelligence officials intercepted a signal from the cellphone of a terrorist known as Doundoun Cheffou. He wasn’t there, but hours later four of the Americans were killed in an ambush that remains under investigation.

"Niger Ambush Suspect May Be in Custody, Officials Say" is from the April 16, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Schmitt, Rukmini Callimachi and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

A classified military exercise last week examined how U.S. troops would mobilize and strike if ordered into a potential war on the Korean Peninsula, even as diplomatic overtures between the North and the Trump administration continue.

"U.S. Banks on Diplomacy With North Korea, but Moves Ahead on Military Plans" is from the February 28, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and narrated by Kristi Burns.

The C.I.A. is expanding its covert operations in Afghanistan, sending small teams of highly experienced officers and contractors alongside Afghan forces to hunt and kill Taliban militants across the country, according to two senior American officials, the latest sign of the agency’s increasingly integral role in President Trump’s counterterrorism strategy.

"A Newly Assertive C.I.A. Expands Its Taliban Hunt in Afghanistan" is from the October 22, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Eric Schmitt and Adam Goldman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Three U.S. Army Special Forces were killed and two were wounded Wednesday in an ambush in Niger while on a routine patrol with troops they were training from that nation in northwestern Africa, U.S. military officials said.

"3 U.S. Troops Killed in Niger When Patrol Is Ambushed" is from the October 04, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Schmitt and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

When Pakistani forces freed a Canadian-American family this fall held captive by militants, they also captured one of the abductors. U.S. officials saw a potential windfall: He was a member of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network who could perhaps provide valuable information about at least one other American hostage.

"Frustrated U.S. Might Withhold $255 Million in Aid From Pakistan" is from the December 29, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Goldman, Mark Landler and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Archie Montgomery.

Its de facto capital is falling. Its territory has shriveled from the size of Portugal to a handful of outposts. Its surviving leaders are on the run.

"With Loss of Its Caliphate, ISIS May Return to Guerrilla Roots" is from the October 18, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Margaret Coker, Eric Schmitt and Rukmini Callimachi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Green Berets working with government forces in Niger killed 11 Islamic State militants in a firefight in December, the U.S. military acknowledged for the first time Wednesday. The battle occurred two months after four U.S. soldiers died in an ambush in another part of Niger — and after senior commanders had imposed stricter limits on military missions in the West African country.

"U.S. Kept Silent About Its Role in Another Firefight in Niger" is from the March 15, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons Neff and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

As recently as a year ago, United States and other Western counterterrorism officials feared that a major surge of Islamic State fighters would return home to Europe and North Africa to commit mayhem after being driven out of their strongholds in Mosul, Iraq, and Raqqa, Syria.

"ISIS Fighters Are Not Flooding Back Home to Wreak Havoc as Feared" is from the October 22, 2017 Politics section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Schmitt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Amid its escalating campaign of drone strikes in Somalia, the Pentagon has presented the White House with an operational plan that envisions at least two more years of combat against Islamist militants there, according to U.S. officials familiar with internal deliberations.

"Pentagon Foresees at Least Two More Years of Combat in Somalia" is from the December 10, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The general in charge of U.S. Special Operations forces in Africa has ordered U.S. troops under his watch to “plan missions to stay out of direct combat or do not go,” according to two military officials familiar with the new guidance.

"U.S. Commandos in Africa Are Told to Avoid Combat Missions or ‘Do Not Go’" is from the May 09, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Thomas Gibbons Neff and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

When a double truck bombing shattered the night in Mogadishu on Saturday, rescue workers began the grim search for survivors that has become all too common as Somalia battles an Islamic insurgency. They picked through burned-out cars and hunted as best they could in a collapsed hotel.

"Mogadishu Truck Bombings Are Deadliest Attack in Decades" is from the October 15, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Hussein Mohamed, Eric Schmitt and Mohamed Ibrahim and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Two Navy SEAL commandos under investigation in the strangling of an Army Green Beret soldier in June in Mali have also been under scrutiny in the theft of money from a fund used to pay confidential informants, according to three service members briefed on the matter.

"Navy SEALs Investigated in Green Beret’s Death Also Under Scrutiny in Theft" is from the November 13, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by John Ismay, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons Neff and narrated by Archie Montgomery.

Last March, the Pentagon’s top general for Africa made a rare trip to Capitol Hill, bearing a sobering double-barreled warning.

"Trump’s Seesawing on Libya Creates Opening for Russia" is from the February 06, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jo Becker, Eric Schmitt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The U.S. military is spending about $1 million to help detain thousands of Islamic State fighters and their family members in makeshift camps run by Kurdish militias in northern Syria, pulling the Pentagon deeper into the war zone detention operations it has sought to avoid.

"Pentagon Wades Deeper Into Detainee Operations in Syria" is from the April 05, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Schmitt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.