Israel Ramps Up Drone Sales to Morocco for Its Colonial War in Western Sahara
Morocco recognized Israel as part of the Abraham Accords — and is reaping its rewards against the Polisario Front.
Drone Wars
Democratic and Republican Senators Demand Transfer of Gray Eagle Drone to Ukraine
Joe Manchin, Lindsey Graham, and 14 other U.S. senators demand that Biden give Ukraine a top-tier U.S. drone.
Will Biden Sell Advanced Drones to Ukraine?
Both Russia and Ukraine are using low-cost kamikaze drones. Now the Biden administration is considering giving Kyiv one of the premiere U.S. weapons of the war on terror.
Drone Debt: U.S. Refuses to Help Wounded Survivor of Wrongful Attack in Yemen
Adel Al Manthari was injured in a 2018 drone strike — and now he’s releasing his medical bills. Will it finally shame the U.S. government into helping?
Civilian Victim of U.S. Drone Strike Starts GoFundMe to Save His Legs — and His Life
Because of a broken civilian casualty compensation system, the U.S. military never made a payment to Yemeni drone strike survivor Adel Al Manthari.
U.S. Airstrike Killed 11 Libyan Civilians and Allies, Human Rights Groups Say
A criminal complaint filed Friday accuses a former commander at a U.S. air base in Sicily of murder.
The Mysterious Case of Joe Biden and the Future of Drone Wars
The handling of the Kabul strike is an ominous sign that while Biden has pledged to review the drone program, a long-standing mechanism for self-exoneration remains entrenched.
No Accountability in Military Probe of Kabul Drone Strike — but Intelligence Failures Laid Bare
“They never look at the big picture. It’s never a weaponeering problem and is almost always an intelligence assessment problem that leads to these incidents."
Voices
U.S. Absolves Drone Killers and Persecutes Whistleblowers
A Pentagon report treats the killing of an Afghan family as an innocent mistake -- and upholds a U.S. tradition of excusing war crimes.
The Psychological Tolls and Moral Hazards of Drone Warfare
Two new books shed light on what remote warfare does to military operators, the standing of the U.S., and societies abroad.