By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 14 December 2006 A senior U.S. senator visiting Baghdad is calling for more American troops to help stem sectarian violence in Iraq. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from the Iraqi capital. Sen. John McCain talks to reporte...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 November 2006 The top U.S. military officer confirmed Wednesday that additional U.S. troops are being moved into Baghdad from other parts of Iraq to try to help get the security situation in the capital under control. The U....
By Scott Stearns Riga, Latvia 28 November 2006 President Bush during his press conference in the Grand Hall at Latvia University, Tuesday, 28 Nov. 2006 in Riga, Latvia U.S. President George Bush says more NATO troops are needed to battle Taleban mil...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 22 November 2006 Reconstruction in central and southern Iraq has been hindered by the ongoing violence. But in northern Iraq's relatively calm Kurdistan region, some 2,000 South Korean troops are on a mission to help...
By Efam Dovi Accra 20 October 2006 Ghana has agreed to a U.N. request to contribute more troops to the peacekeeping force in Lebanon. The West African nation already has 700 soldiers serving in Southern Lebanon, where the security situation remains...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 September 2006 UNIFIL Spanish soldier holding M60 machine gun stands guard near navy divers as Lebanese boy looks on More international troops are arriving in Lebanon to enforce the one-month-old ceasefire between Israe...
By Gary Thomas London 13 September 2006 NATO says its counter-offensive against the Taleban has achieved most of its objectives in Afghanistan. But in talks Wednesday NATO countries did not reach agreement on committing more troops to the fight agai...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 September 2006 French troops are arriving in Lebanon to police the ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group, Hezbollah. Israeli forces, which pounded Lebanon for 34 days, are preparing to pull out. ------...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 September 2006 Some 700 Nigerian soldiers are on their way to the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, as part of the African Union peacekeeping force in that country. The deployment comes at a time of great uncertainty o...
By Sabina Castelfranco Brindisi, Italy 29 August 2006 A naval task force with the first 1,000 Italian troops set sail for Lebanon Tuesday following a farewell ceremony in the waters off the southern coast of Italy. Up to 2,500 Italian troops will be...