Topline Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, moving to bolster U.S. ties just days before the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion ...
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Protecting Journalists Is Protecting Freedom Of Expression For All
In October 2022, the European Parliament published its commissioned study concerning safety of journalists and media freedom globally which found the progressive erosion of media freedom around the wo...
Leadership Actions On Drones Put Lives At Risk And Undermine U.S. Security
MQ-1 Predator A Tail 3034, first to fire a Hellfire in combat. Photo by Eric Long, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Exactly 21 years ago today U.S. military commanders first employed a weapo...
Pentagon Investigating Whether U.S. Service Member Attacked American Base In Syria
Topline The U.S. military is investigating whether an American service member was involved in carrying out an April 7 attack on the military’s Green Village base in eastern Syria, an incident that lef...
How Capable Is The Iraqi Air Force?
In early January, the official Twitter account of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) cited recent airstrikes carried out by Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) F-16s against the group as evide...