Threats

Iraqi SOF pushes further into Mosul; Airstrikes on Aleppo hospitals; Trump picks Flynn as nat’l security adviser; D1 Summit wraps; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Key airport seized outside Mosul; Turkish troops move toward al-Bab; Cotton: boost BMD, reassure allies; It’s Defense One Summit day!; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Bombs rain on Aleppo; Rough day for the Trump transition; Signs of life in Mosul; Royal Navy to go guns-only; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Russia cleared hot in Syria; East Mosul one-third free of ISIS; How special operators trained for Iraq offensive; Trump’s effect in Europe and Asia; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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‘Unprecedented attack’ at Bagram; Assault begins on al-Bab; Trump: ‘we have great generals’ who ‘haven’t done the job’; Russia’s imagery games; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Arab group withdraws from Raqqa push; March on Mosul’s airport; White House asks $11.6b more for wars; UK-Norway boost cooperation; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Mosul fighting gets more brutal; Trump issues 100-days plan; Defense stocks soar; Airborne gets a bomb squad; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Will Trump Keep Obama’s Top Mideast General?

As candidate, he vowed to demand a new anti-ISIS war plan in 30 days. Here’s the top commander who could answer the call—or be fired.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Trump, on top; Assad regime, cautiously optimistic; Arms exports soared under Obama; Diver may have found long-lost nuke; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
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Election Day (at last!); Moving toward Raqqa; Army sends huge ammo shipment to Europe; Navy cancels ammo for newest warship; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Raqqa offensive moves to Phase 2; 28 hours of terror in Mosul; NATO on higher alert; US cyber-warns Russia ahead of Election Day; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Turkey arrests opposition leaders; Six villages taken in Mosul fight; US boosts efforts to secure the election; Things falling off military planes; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Deaths in Kunduz; Iraq’s 9th Armored enters Mosul; Raqqa offensive now ‘months’ away; USS Zumwalt vs. China’s Type 055 destroyer; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Mosul offensive takes a knee; ISIS ignites massive sulfur and oil fires; Context for China’s stealthy jet; DoD’s new top-secret phone; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Deception and booby-traps as forces enter Mosul; Russia suspends Syrian peace talks; Surrogates describe Trump’s defense stance; Stop misusing ‘strategic’; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Iraqi SOF within rifle range of Mosul; Aleppo counter-siege slows; DoD’s plan to use AI to weave social-media and satellite photos; Our fake web toaster was hacked in an hour; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Counter-siege in Aleppo; ISIS gathers human shields in Mosul; Marines want radio-hunting mini-missiles; Refueling F-35s from V-22; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Mosul offensive, mapped; Baghdad’s thermobaric rocket tank; US reinforcing Europe’s northern flank; China’s military-robot contest; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

After Mosul, on to Raqqa ‘within weeks’; Russian carrier enters Med; Special operators, caught on video; Army puts lasers on Strykers; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
Threats

35 ISIS leaders killed; Dozens dead at Pakistan police academy; USAF preps new gunship; Get ready to walk away from Incirlik; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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