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• Turkish-backed groups launch attack near strategic Syrian town of Ain Issa

  Turkish-backed groups, with support from Turkish army drones, on Saturday attacked Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian government positions close to a refugee camp near ...

• As AI joins battlefield, Pentagon seeks ethicist

  When the chief of the Pentagon’s new Joint Artificial Intelligence Center briefed reporters recently, he made a point of emphasizing the imminently practical – even potentiall...

• Artificial Intelligence Moving to Battlefield as Ethics Weighed

  The Pentagon, taking the next big step of deploying artificial intelligence to aid troops and help select battlefield targets, must settle lingering ethical concerns about usi...

• US trains on transfer of operations out of Qatar

  Washington’s test-transfer of US Air Force operations from Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar to Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina is part of a US effort to adjust to emerging thre...

• Nearly 100 countries have military drones, and it's changing the way the world prepares for war

  The number of countries with military drones has skyrocketed over the past decade, a new report revealed, showing that nearly 100 countries have this kind of technology incorp...

• China steals US designs for new weapons, and it's getting away with 'the greatest intellectual property theft in human history'

  China's intellectual property theft of both civil and military information is no secret. From alleged attempts to hack into Swedish telecom provider Ericsson to the theft of i...

• Lebanon Prepares for War While Israel Is at War with Itself

  On Sunday, Lebanon was rattled by two air raids. As the dust settles, the small Mediterranean republic is now waiting anxiously to see if simmering Iranian-Israeli tensions wi...

• Two Ways to Ward off Killer Spacecraft

  If you worry that the recent near-collision between U.S. and Russian warships or Iran’s downing of an American drone could escalate into war, you should be even more worried a...

• Libya’s Haftar might seek deescalation with Turkey

  The proxy conflict in Libya appears to have been heating up with Libyan National Army (LNA) General Khalifa Haftar making threats against Turkey, which backs his Government of...

• Mark Esper's Confirmation Hearing: CNAS Experts Pose Key Questions for the Nominee

  Secretary of the Army Mark Esper will face members of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week in a hearing to consider his nomination as Secretary of Defense. As part o...

• "A nasty, brutal fight": what a US-Iran war would look like

  A deadly opening attack. Nearly untraceable, ruthless proxies spreading chaos on multiple continents. Costly miscalculations. And thousands — perhaps hundreds of thousands — k...

• For U.S. Military Drones, Airspace Is Growing More Congested, Dangerous

  Unmanned U.S. surveillance aircraft, with their suites of advanced technology, are the high-price product of years of domestic drone development during an era of nearly uncont...

• Whether the U.S. fails or succeeds in Syria, tough choices lie ahead

  As the perennial jousting between the U.S. and Iran focuses on drones, nuclear enrichment and safe passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Washington is strugglin...

• Trump's latest Iran sanctions target $200B economic empire of supreme leader

  The Trump administration's latest sanctions against Iran reinstate an embargo on some of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's front companies that President Barack Obama lifted as pa...

• Trump’s Latest Acting Pentagon Chief Faces Immediate Stress Test

  It has been a taxing week for Mark T. Esper, the acting defense secretary, who did not have that title just a few days ago. Last Thursday, Mr. Esper, 55, was still Army secret...

• Trump imposes new sanctions on Iran, warns U.S. ‘restraint’ is limited

  The Trump administration targeted Iran’s supreme leader with new sanctions on Monday, using one of the few tools available to punish Iran for downing a U.S. drone after Presid...

• Trump Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Leader, Others

  The Trump administration ordered new sanctions that aim to freeze the assets of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s office and several Iranian military commanders and include plans ...

• Trump Goes After Iran’s Supreme Leader

  President Donald Trump has declined to strike Iran for now over the downing of an American drone. Instead, he chose to retaliate by reaching again for a favorite tool: economi...

• Is There Still a Deal to Be Done With Iran?

  The United States stepped right up to the brink of striking Iran over a downed American drone—and then abruptly stepped back. Yet the conditions that have stoked weeks of tens...

• Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are intensifying. What might come next?

  The downing of a U.S. drone by Tehran is the latest salvo fuelling fears of war between the U.S. and Iran. Tensions have been rising over the past year since U.S. President ...