A Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the fields of the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. (AP/Bassem Mroue)
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US Denies Involvement In Drone Strike That Killed Anti-ISIS Fighters

Eight fighters from Hezbollah, who were engaged in battles to drive ISIS from Deir ez-Zor, were killed by a drone strike in the eastern Syrian province.

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Drone Strike Hits Tribal Areas As US-Pakistan Tensions Rise

The strike was the fifth to have taken place this year. Strikes resumed in Pakistan in March, nearly two months after President Trump came into office, following a nine-month hiatus.

Drone Strike Hits Tribal Areas As US-Pakistan Tensions Rise

A US drone strike on Friday, September 15th, killed three men in the tribal area of Kurram, which lies on the border with Afghanistan, according to government and security officials as well as tribal sources. The attack is the first since President Trump 

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Jessica Purkiss

Jessica Purkiss

Jessica Purkiss is a reporter on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Covert Drone War team. Before joining the Bureau she was a staff writer and editor for Middle East Monitor. She has also reported from Palestine. Jessica has an MA from Kingston University in human rights and genocide.

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US Drone Kills Two Children In Yemen

These are the first confirmed civilian deaths in US strikes against Yemen over the past week, though a number of wounded civilians were also reported.

US Drone Kills Two Children In Yemen

(REPORT) --- Continuing a string of regular drone strikes against targets in rural Yemen dating back to last week, US drones today attacked and killed a pair of young boys on a road outside the village of Yakla. There were no indications any

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Botched Raid Frays US-Yemen Relations As Slaughter Continues

The raid, conducted on January 29th, killed numerous civilians including the eight-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki.

Botched Raid Frays US-Yemen Relations As Slaughter Continues

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. A botched raid by U.S. Special Forces last month that left numerous civilians dead has led, according to The New York Times, to the government in Yemen

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Yemen Reports First US Drone Strikes Under Trump

Marking the first strikes under Trump, the drone strikes may suggest that the policy of drone attacks against targets in nations in which the US is not at war is going to continue beyond the Obama Administration.

Yemen Reports First US Drone Strikes Under Trump

(REPORT) --- A pair of US drone strikes in Yemen’s Bayda Province have killed at least 10 people over the weekend, according to Yemeni officials, marking the first drone strikes to be conducted under President Trump, who was

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Obama Carried Out Ten Times More Drone Strikes Than Bush

Obama oversaw more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency.

Obama Carried Out Ten Times More Drone Strikes Than Bush

There were ten times more air strikes in the covert war on terror during President Barack Obama’s presidency than under his predecessor, George W. Bush. Obama embraced the US drone programme, overseeing more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out

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Jessica Purkiss

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Jessica Purkiss is a reporter on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Covert Drone War team. Before joining the Bureau she was a staff writer and editor for Middle East Monitor. She has also reported from Palestine. Jessica has an MA from Kingston University in human rights and genocide.

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15 Civilians Killed In Single US Airstrike Have Been Identified

The rate at which civilians are being killed by American airstrikes in Afghanistan is now higher than it was in 2014 when the US was engaged in active combat operations.

15 Civilians Killed In Single US Airstrike Have Been Identified

The Bureau has been able to identify 15 civilians killed in a single US drone strike in Afghanistan last month – the biggest loss of civilian life in one strike since the attack on the Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital (MSF) last October. The US claimed it had conducted a “counter-terrorism” strike against Islamic State (IS) fighters when it hit

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Jessica Purkiss

Jessica Purkiss

Jessica Purkiss is a reporter on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Covert Drone War team. Before joining the Bureau she was a staff writer and editor for Middle East Monitor. She has also reported from Palestine. Jessica has an MA from Kingston University in human rights and genocide.

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