151; -- Confusion over what happened during an ambush of U.S. Special Forces in Niger earlier this month apparently sparked a full Pentagon probe of the incident announced Thursday, which some ...

As a political firestorm grows over an ambush that left four US soldiers dead in Niger three weeks ago, the Department of Defense has begun to provide a more detailed account of what happened.

Flintlock 2018, hosted by Niger, with key outstations at Burkina ... reporter who conducted the investigation into the ambush, says in the documentary. “After all, according to the AFRICOM ...

There were multiple things to blame for the October ambush in Niger that left multiple U.S. service members dead, including insufficient training and preparation as well as the team’s deliberate ...

The ambush in Niger earlier this month that left four U.S. troops dead has been the subject of immense speculation, not only concerning President Trump’s public response to the tragedy but also ...

NIAMEY, Niger — The body of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed in an ambush by Islamist militants in Niger last month, was found with his arms tied and a gaping wound at the ...

151; -- The Pentagon has identified the fourth U.S. soldier killed in the West African nation of Niger earlier this week in an ambush believed to have been carried out by an Islamic extremist group.

By Helene Cooper and Thomas Gibbons-Neff WASHINGTON — The Army is withdrawing the promotion of a senior Special Forces officer involved in the fatal Oct. 4, 2017, ambush in Niger, Defense ...

It makes ideal cover for an ambush, so they dismount and advance ... has thrown this remote porous border region between Mali and Niger into the global spotlight, but for the Nigerien soldiers ...

Nigerien armed forces conduct a convoy movement, key leader engagement and ambush exercise with U.S. forces during a training mission in Niger, Africa, in April. (Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Runser/Army ...

As a political firestorm grows over an ambush that left four US soldiers dead in Niger three weeks ago, the Department of Defense has begun to provide a more detailed account of what happened.