U.S. Central Command commander General Michael Eric Kurilla visited Syria and Iraq after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: U.S. Department of Defense)
A U.S. Air Force, B-2 Spirit approaches a 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron, Bomber Task Force training exercise over England, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Navy F-18 Hornets form up off the wing of a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Erin Piazza/U.S. Air Force via AP)
Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at a road during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants southeast of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (Photo: AP)
American soldiers walk around at the Taji base complex which hosts Iraqi and US troops and is located thirty kilometres north of the capital Baghdad on December 29, 2014. (Photo: AFP)