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South Korea said its air force conducted an exercise with two U.S. nuclear-capable bombers above the Korean peninsula on Aug. 31, two days after a North Korean missile fired over Japan sharply raised tensions.

Even as tensions between the United States and Russia fester, there is one surprising place where their military-to-military contacts are quietly weathering the storm: Syria.

It has been four months since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered cruise missile strikes against a Syrian airfield after an alleged chemical weapons attack. 

Washington’s main Syrian ally in the fight against Islamic State says the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria long after the jihadists are defeated, predicting enduring ties with the Kurdish-dominated region.

A United States drone crashed in the southern province of Adana on Aug. 17. 

The cause of the crash in the province's Ceyhan district is so far unknown, and the authorities have launched an investigation.

The first statement on the crash came from Adana Governor Mahmut Demirtaş, who said the drone came down in Ceyhan's Çokçapınar area.

North Korea's leader has delayed a decision on firing missiles towards Guam while he watches U.S. actions a little longer, the North's state media said on Aug. 15, as South Korea's president said Seoul would seek to prevent war by all means.

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US President Donald Trump says a military option against Venezuela is on the table, describing the situation there as a "dangerous mess."

"We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary," Trump told reporters at his golf resort in New Jersey.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Aug. 11 called on the U.S. and North Korea to act with reason after both countries issued mutual threats of attack, prompting fears of possible nuclear warfare.      

On Aug. 8, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury" if Pyongyang's authoritarian regime threatened his country.      

The United States dispatched 100 new trucks consisting of military equipment to the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria on July 30, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The trucks were reported in the city of al-Hasakah, located in northeast Syria, before heading to the northern parts of Raqqa.

Lockheed Martin Corp was awarded a $3.7 billion interim payment for fifty F-35 jet fighters that are earmarked for non-U.S. customers, the Pentagon said late on July 28.

Lockheed and its partners have been producing the jets under a placeholder agreement known as an "undefinitized contract action."

Lockheed Martin’s (LMT) Skunk Works division, whose legendary history includes the SR-71 spy plane, F-117 stealth fighter and today’s F-35, is working on new technology to ensure that U.S. aircraft stay ahead of adversaries.

While production on the F-35, a fifth-generation fighter, is just starting to ramp up, the Pentagon is already looking at a sixth-generation fighter.