Threats

ISIS spokesman reported killed; Ceasefire, or not, in northern Syria; Pentagon eyes new missile-defense satellites; Taliban picks a military chief; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

When Allies Become Enemies (Before the War is Over), Obama's ISIS Plan Has Another Problem

The U.S. wanted Turkish and Kurdish fighters to fight, but not fight each other. Now the administration is scrambling to keep local allies with their own interests focused on America's goal: defeating ISIS.

  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Threats

US to Turkey: focus on ISIS; Moscow finds airpower has limits; Russian hackers hit DC think tanks; Combined-arms training for the cyber era; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

EXCLUSIVE: Russia-Backed DNC Hackers Strike Washington Think Tanks

The same Kremlin-backed group that hacked the Pentagon, State Department, and DNC targeted DC insiders last week.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Turkey threatens US-backed Kurds in Syria; Fighting intensifies in Libya; Russia’s disinformation wars; 51 debates worth havings; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Historic ceasefire in the Philippines; Rebels moving west, north and east in Syria; US, Iran have run-ins in the Persian Gulf; Found: ancient hand grenade; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The US Holds More Pacific Exercises Than You Probably Realize

The Army's Pacific Pathways program is even bringing some nations' military units to America for training.

  • Caroline Houck
Threats

Deadly attack on Kabul university; Turkey flushes ISIS from Syrian town; Last inter-American war ends, for now; Iranian patrol boats harass US destroyer; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Turkish tanks race into Syria; NorK test-fires ballistic missile from submarine; Military-grade surveillance comes to Baltimore; An artillery shell that fights forest fires; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US soldier dies fighting in Afghanistan; Boko Haram leader ‘fatally wounded’ again; Armed robot could fight ISIS in Mosul; SuperCobras attack IS in Libya; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US aircraft nearly tussle with Syrians; Meet America’s new ISIS-war commander; US Army fudged books by $6.5 trillion; China warned Japan on FONOPs; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Louisiana wants the National Guard, not VIPs; Trump’s “dangerous” view of intel; Twitter deletes ISIS; Putin in Crimea; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

Assad bombs US-backed Kurds in Syria; Missile-stopping lasers; “Napalm-like” bombs in Aleppo; Shabaab’s new leader dead?; Trench warfare in Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

Did the NSA Get Hacked?

A group calling itself the “Shadow Broker” is auctioning off what it says are the agency’s cyberweapons.

  • Kaveh Waddell, The Atlantic
Threats

American troops out front in Iraq; Saudis using US-made Patriots in Yemen’s war; F-35 wins over Navy carrier pilots; The future weapons Trump and Clinton should discuss; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

Russia’s new Iran airbase; Trump’s copy-&-paste ISIS plan; Obama lets 15 from Gitmo; US Army in China; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Trump’s ISIS speech and ‘nation-building’; Dems doxxed; Manbij down, what’s next; Boko, those girls, and airstrikes; Taliban advance; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Science & Tech

Russian-Linked Group Leaks US Lawmakers’ Phone Numbers, Emails

Late Friday, an online figure linked to Russian intelligence groups released the personal information of several lawmakers, part of an established pattern.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

As Wars Demand Intel, Air Force Boosts Drone Pilot Bonuses

Secretary James hopes an extra $10,000 will ease the strain on careers and families.

  • Kellie Lunney
Threats

Bomb blasts in Thailand; Kurd-Arab assault on Manbij; ROE for SOF in Syria; Don’t box retired generals out of politics; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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