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Tomorrow soldiers; Livestreaming the 2017 Defense One Summit; Extremists are flocking to Libya’s untamed south; Iran’s new ‘upper hand’ in Syria?; Mattis is no fan of a new Space Corps; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump camp sought Russian dirt on Clinton; Syria’s sort-of ceasefire; China stands up first overseas base; USAF general: ‘We don’t need a Space Corps’; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Is ISIS’ chief dead?; Mopping up in Mosul; Air crash kills 15 Marines and 1 Sailor; Today’s best Mattis interview; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Victory in devastated Mosul; Trump backtracks on Russian cyber cooperation; Fighting intensifies in Libya; China’s robot gunboats; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Voices from the Battle for Mosul: Podcast

We spoke with current and former US military officials about how Iraq and its allies broke ISIS’s nearly 3-year grip on Iraq's second city — and what comes next.

  • Ben Watson
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Trump, Putin & Syria; The Battle for Mosul, explained; AI that teaches itself; White House retaking reins of war?; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump-Putin preview; Russia, China say UN won’t sanction DPRK; Israel is buying machine-gun drones; Counter-cyber ops go kinetic in Ukraine; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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North Korea tests its 1st ICBM; US-backed Syrians advance in Raqqa; ‘Not winning’ in Afghanistan; Great UAV footage from the USMC; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump, Erdogan and Raqqa; Mattis on Afghanistan; The ‘next big fight’ in Iraq; The future of counterterrorism; $1.3B in arms to Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
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The Islamic State’s Caliphate Is Finished in Iraq, Abadi Says

In a symbolic victory, Iraqi security forces finally took back the ancient mosque where ISIS declared its caliphate back in 2014. Other operations throughout the country are still ongoing.

  • Ben Watson
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ISIS caliphate in Iraq ‘has fallen’; Mattis says WH warning to Syria worked (for now); NATO’s plan to boost defense $pending; RoK’s Moon goes to Washington; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
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Mattis on the ‘careful, complex’ wars in Syria; Pentagon needs to rethink UAVs, report says; China’s expanding navy; Russia’s ‘harassing’ navy; Stolen helo over Caracas; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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WH warns Syria; Haley warns Russia, Iran; Dunford in Kabul; Franken-bots in Mosul; NDAA markup day; The strain of high op-tempo on military families; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
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ISIS last days in Mosul?; IDF strikes Syria twice; Navy quietly adds to its ranks; Army helicopters get laser beams; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Putin directed election hacking; How to lose the AI race with China; A timeline of Syrian escalation; Paris Air Show wrap; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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ISIS blows up historic Mosul tower; How to use microsats to find secret wargames; Collision knocked out USS Fitz’ radios; Missile-defense test misses; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Another drone downed in Syria; Trump’s Pyongyang-pressure plan fails; Russian fighter buzzes US spy plane; Attacker thwarted in Brussels; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Fallout from Syria shootdown; Tillerson’s 3-part Russia plan; Europe wants used F-16s; RNC contractors exposed data on most US voters; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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7 dead on USN destroyer; US troops in the crosshairs in Syria; Tensions rise with Moscow; Attacks on Muslims in US, UK; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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SecAF expects war in space; Mattis wants 4K troops for Afghanistan; China, US to meet about North Korea; The experimental future of military IT; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Caroline Houck
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