US drone strike kills five suspected al-Qaeda fighters
A US drone strike has killed five suspected members of al-Qaeda in central Yemen, local media and a security official say. Yemen Ajel, a local news website, reported that the drone fired three consecutive missiles at 12:30am local time on Sunday, or 22:30 GMT, on Saturday at a car reportedly transporting weapons to Marib province. […]
Death From Above: U.S. Airstrikes in Afghanistan
This story was produced in collaboration with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Earlier this year, as the war between government forces and the Taliban continued, Muhammad Ikhlas, a farmer in the southern province of Helmand, crossed the front lines to visit his brother, a policeman whom the insurgent group had recently captured. After a short, […]
UN investigates deadly Afghanistan air strikes
The United Nations said it was investigating an incident in which more than 30 civilians were killed in US air strikes called in support of a special forces raid on suspected Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said at least 32 people had been killed and 19 wounded in […]
US drone revelations: Meaningful or business as usual?
The release of President Barack Obama’s 2013 drone warfare playbook and the July 1 signing of an executive order on minimizing civilian casualties has security analysts looking back at previous strikes and wondering what impact the executive order might have on future ones. Obama’s 2013 policy guidance, released on July 31, after the American Civil […]