The Pentagon plans to withdraw its special operations forces in Africa, but major cutbacks could threaten recent efforts to counter terrorism threats across the region.

The United States should follow targeted strikes in Syria with intensified global efforts to nullify the regime’s chemical weapons capabilities.

In striking Syria without an international law justification, the United States leaves itself open to criticism and may invite similar behavior by other countries.

An attack on Green Berets in southwest Niger has reignited a debate over U.S. policy in the region that stretches back decades.

Protests over the removal of Confederate monuments show that the U.S. Civil War’s emancipatory purpose remains contested a century and a half later.