Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In November 2004, U.S. and allied forces descended upon the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack ...

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The Navy secretary has named the service’s newest amphibious assault ship after two battles in Iraq that included some of the deadliest urban combat that U.S. troops took part in since 1968’s Battle ...

Marines patrol with members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces in the devastated city of Fallujah, Iraq, in a picture released Nov. 23, 2004, by the Multi National Force-Iraq. (MNF-I/AFP via Getty ...

This picture taken in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke rising after an Israeli strike on December 3, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named a future landing helicopter assault ship after the first and second Battle of Fallujah, the Navy announced Tuesday. LHA-9, an America-class amphibious ...

SAN DIEGO – Shirley Parrello knows that her youngest boy believed in his mission in Iraq. But as she watches Iraqi government forces try to retake the hard-won city of Fallujah from al-Qaida-linked ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy’s next amphibious assault ship will be named after the city of Fallujah, which saw some of the bloodiest battles in the Iraq War when U.S. Marines fought al-Qaida extremists ...

The commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David Berger, said that the battle "is, and will remain, imprinted in the minds of all Marines. The Navy's civilian leader has announced that one of the future ...