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19.12.17

Drone Warfare

US counter terror air strikes double in Trump's first year

We take a look at strikes during Trump's first year in office

12.12.17

Drone Warfare

US strikes shoot up in Somalia

US strikes in Somalia shot up in November, with American planes carrying out five times as many strikes as they did in the previous month.

22.11.17

Drone Warfare

US reduces transparency while escalating air war in Afghanistan

Questions for US on the air war remain unanswered, Bureau finds

19.11.17

Drone Warfare

New rules pave way for escalating war in Somalia

Rate of air strikes doubles under Trump

13.10.17

Drone Warfare

Fewer strikes - but more bombs hit Afghanistan

The US dropped 751 weapons on Afghanistan in September, a seven-year high, but carried out fewer strikes.

06.10.17

Drone Warfare

Afghan air war hits seven year high

This article was based on US Air Force data which it has since changed, making our findings no longer accurate.

02.10.17

Drone Warfare

US drone shot down over Yemen

US military investigating loss of unmanned plane

30.09.17

Drone Warfare

Caught in the crossfire

In Afghanistan, civilians are enmeshed in the bitter conflict between US troops and the Taliban

06.09.17

Drone Warfare

US investigates civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Somalia

A monthly update on the covert US war on terror.

07.08.17

Drone Warfare

Afghanistan air war: US strikes pound Islamic State bastion

A monthly update on the covert US war on terror.

27.04.17

Drone Warfare

Trump's 100 days: US air campaign hammers Yemen with almost a strike a day

US jets and drones have carried out 85 strikes in Yemen since Donald Trump's inauguration, more than in all of 2015 and 2016 combined.

06.03.17

Drone Warfare

US drones appear to have returned to Pakistan

If confirmed, an attack on Thursday which killed two militants would be the first US strike on in Pakistan since May last year - raising the possibility of a shift in policy.

02.03.17

Drone Warfare

Unprecedented number of US drone and air strikes hit Yemen

The 20 strikes were carried out over one morning, targeting fighters from the regional arm of al Qaeda, their equipment and infrastructure.

28.02.17

Drone Warfare

Anatomy of a US airstrike: Are Afghan strongmen calling the shots?

Since the US withdrew its combat forces from Afghanistan, responsibility for security has shifted to local partners - meaning it is often left in the hands of strongmen who have their own agendas.

06.02.17

Drone Warfare

Afghan airstrikes killed and injured record number of civilians in 2016

Airstrikes killed and injured more civilians in Afghanistan last year than at any time since the United Nations (UN) began systematically recording casualties there in 2009.

19.01.17

Drone Warfare

Trump, Obama and the future of targeted killing

Obama developed a defining policy architecture which his successor Donald Trump now inherits: the ability to kill suspected terrorists anywhere without US personnel having to leave their bases.

17.01.17

Drone Warfare

Obama’s covert drone war in numbers: ten times more strikes than Bush

The use of drones aligned with Obama’s ambition to keep up the war against al Qaeda while extricating the US military from intractable ground wars, but the programme has drawn much criticism.

01.01.17

Drone Warfare

Drone wars: the full data

The Bureau’s complete data sets on drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.

01.12.16

Drone Warfare

Has the cost of new UK drone fleet doubled to $1 billion?

The Ministry of Defence announced plans to buy a new fleet of Predator drones from the US last April, stating the total cost would be £415m. Now the US says the estimated cost is £802m.

11.11.16

Drone Warfare

Al Qaeda leader killed in US strike in Afghanistan

Senior al Qaeda leader Faruq al Qatani was killed in a “precision strike” on October 23 in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, the Pentagon has confirmed.

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