Senior Pakistani officials reportedly in crisis talks to assess impact of militant leader’s death.
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High court rejects first UK challenge to CIA’s drone campaign
Judges ruled reviewing intelligence sharing for drones would ‘imperil relations’ with US.
In lawless lands: Amnesty charts human rights abuses in Pakistan’s tribal belt
People in NW Pakistan suffer abuse from the army and the Taliban, says Amnesty report.
UK parliament to investigate drones
Defence select committee joins range of bodies scrutinising drones.
Revealed: US and Britain launched 1,200 drone strikes in recent wars
New data from Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts shows escalating role of drones.
The Reaper Presidency: Obama’s 300th drone strike in Pakistan
Six times more CIA drone strikes in Pakistan under Obama than under Bush, according to Bureau data.
November 2012 Update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
Bureau’s November update on US actions in the Covert War on Terror.
‘OK, fine. Shoot him.’ Four words that heralded a decade of secret US drone killings
Tenth anniversary of US covert programme which has killed thousands.
Analysis: How Washington Post strips casualties from covert drone data
Newspaper’s drone reporting suggests reluctance to reflect civilian deaths.
October 2012 update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
Bureau’s October update on US actions in the Covert War on Terror.
UN team to investigate civilian drone deaths
Expert condemns Obama’s failure to establish effective monitoring.
GCHQ intel sharing for drone strikes may be ‘accessory to murder’
Sharing militants’ locations with the CIA may be illegal, court hears.
UK parliament launches group to focus on drones
Tom Watson and Zac Goldsmith to lead all-party parliamentary group.
Counting the bodies in the Pakistani drone campaign
The Bureau’s data offers the best public estimate of civilian deaths, report finds.
Imran Khan’s march brings global attention to CIA drone strikes
The world’s press joined thousands of locals marching into the tribal belt.
September 2012 update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
Bureau’s September update on US actions in the Covert War on Terror.
Obama risks handing ‘loaded gun’ drone programme to Romney
US must do more to protect civilians from drone strikes, study says.
Pakistan ‘categorically rejects’ claim that it tacitly allows US drone strikes
Foreign Minister insists that CIA’s ‘illegal’ strikes must end.
Where’s all the money gone? How Britain spent £2bn on drones
The UK’s drone budget in a single graphic.
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Emerging from the shadows: US covert drone strikes in 2012
Civilian deaths down in Pakistan as strikes soar in Yemen.
UN launches major investigation into civilian drone deaths
US, UK and Israel drone strikes to be examined, as latest Yemen attack kills two children.
Revealed: US and Britain launched 1,200 drone strikes in recent wars
New data from Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts shows escalating role of drones.
Drone strikes in Pakistan
Pakistani court rules CIA drone strikes are illegal
'Landmark' judgment calls for Pakistani government to act against US drone strikes.
Secret US documents show Brennan’s ‘no civilian drone deaths’ claim was false
Leaked intelligence documents provide insight into Pakistan drone strikes.
Graphic new visualisation for CIA’s drone war in Pakistan
The scale and cost of the CIA's drone war in Pakistan.
Drone strikes in Yemen
WATCH: Yemeni tells US Senate ‘drones are fuelling anti-Americanism’
Farea al-Muslimi drew applause with emotive testimony at a rare Washington hearing on drones.
Analysis: Holding US to account for civilian drone deaths in Yemen
The challenges of accountability when airstrikes go wrong and civilians die in Yemen
Analysis: Al Qaeda ‘down but not out’, says top Yemen reporter
CNN's man in Sanaa tells us the problems of reporting on drone strikes in Yemen.
How Twitter mapped a ‘covert’ US drone operation in Yemen
Social media tracks drone attacks in eastern Yemen.
Drone strikes in Somalia
US and others have ‘licence to ignore international law’ in Somalia
The Bureau unpicks the international forces operating in Somalia.
Militants and civilians killed in multiple US Somalia strikes
Up to 21 US military strikes in Somalia since 2007 have killed as many as 169 people
Study shows up to 6 British extremists killed in Somalia
Bureau research released as world leaders gather in London to discuss Somalia's fate.
Drone War
Pakistani court rules CIA drone strikes are illegal
'Landmark' judgment calls for Pakistani government to act against US drone strikes.
Protesters march against UK drones as MoD reveals ‘drone sharing’ with US
600 marched on air base as MoD reveals drone flights are already piloted from UK.
Red Cross chief urges caution over covert drones
Comments come days after human rights groups wrote to Obama over drones.
Monthly Updates on the Covert War
April 2013 Update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
The Bureau’s April update on US actions in the covert drone war.
March 2013 Update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
The Bureau’s March update on US actions in the covert drone war.
February 2013 Update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
The Bureau’s February update on US actions in the Covert War on Terror.
