Biden finalizes new rules for US drone strikes | CNN Politics
Oct 7, 2022 · CNN — President Joe Biden has signed a long-awaited classified policy tightening the rules for the CIA and the Pentagon to carry out deadly drone strikes and commando raids conducted outside of...
Biden says US ‘shall respond’ after drone strike by Iran-backed …
Jan 29, 2024 · Three American troops were killed and “many” were wounded Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in a drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden said. He blamed Iran-backed militia groups for the first U.S. fatalities after months of strikes against American forces across the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war. U.S ...
US kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in ...
Aug 1, 2022 · The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike, President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech from the White House. “I authorized a precision strike that would...
US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong ... - CNN
Sep 17, 2021 · A United States military investigation into a deadly Kabul drone strike on a vehicle in August has found it killed 10 civilians and the driver and that the vehicle targeted was likely not a...
U.S. airstrikes have killed thousands of civilians, NYT Magazine ... - NPR
Dec 25, 2021 · Drone strikes are supposed to be precise - surgical is the word often used - to target terrorists and threats and avoid killing innocent civilians. But a deep investigation by the New York...
Al Qaeda Drone Strike Afghanistan - The New York Times
Aug 2, 2022 · WASHINGTON — An American drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks who took over as the leader of Al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden’s death,...
Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike - BBC
Aug 2, 2022 · The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the...
Pentagon Acknowledges Aug. 29 Drone Strike in Afghanistan …
Sep 17, 2021 · Following a New York Times investigation, the Pentagon acknowledged that a U.S. drone strike in Kabul on Aug. 29 was a “tragic mistake” that killed 10 civilians, including an aid worker and ...
3 things the strike on al-Zawahiri tell us about the U.S ... - NPR
Aug 2, 2022 · A deadly U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend offered several clues about what U.S. counterterrorism strategy is likely to look like in the future. First, the target was...
US drone strikes - BBC News
Aug 2, 2022 · US drone strikes - BBC News. 7 Feb 2024. BBC at site of US drone strike in Baghdad. A senior commander of an Iran-backed militia was killed in the strike. The BBC's Orla Guerin...