WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Operations forces are likely to be sharply cut in Africa as a result of a new Pentagon strategy that focuses on combating rising threats from Russia and China and, in turn, ...

To be effective in unconventional warfare, Special Forces operators need to have excellent language and cultural skills. US special operators recently completed an important training event with ...

STUTTGART, Germany — Libya will be incorporated into U.S. Africa Command’s flagship special operations exercise next year, the latest American military overture to the war-torn country whose strongman ...

WASHINGTON — Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee voiced concerns Tuesday over the Trump administration’s reductions to diplomatic initiatives and foreign aid, arguing the cuts will hamper ...

THIES, Senegal -- The only place in the world where fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are cooperating is in West Africa's sprawling Sahel region, giving the extremists greater ...