19.12.17
Drone Warfare
We take a look at strikes during Trump's first year in office
12.12.17
US strikes in Somalia shot up in November, with American planes carrying out five times as many strikes as they did in the previous month.
22.11.17
Questions for US on the air war remain unanswered, Bureau finds
19.11.17
Rate of air strikes doubles under Trump
13.10.17
The US dropped 751 weapons on Afghanistan in September, a seven-year high, but carried out fewer strikes.
06.10.17
This article was based on US Air Force data which it has since changed, making our findings no longer accurate.
02.10.17
US military investigating loss of unmanned plane
30.09.17
In Afghanistan, civilians are enmeshed in the bitter conflict between US troops and the Taliban
06.09.17
A monthly update on the covert US war on terror.
07.08.17
27.04.17
US jets and drones have carried out 85 strikes in Yemen since Donald Trump's inauguration, more than in all of 2015 and 2016 combined.
06.03.17
If confirmed, an attack on Thursday which killed two militants would be the first US strike on in Pakistan since May last year - raising the possibility of a shift in policy.
02.03.17
The 20 strikes were carried out over one morning, targeting fighters from the regional arm of al Qaeda, their equipment and infrastructure.
28.02.17
Since the US withdrew its combat forces from Afghanistan, responsibility for security has shifted to local partners - meaning it is often left in the hands of strongmen who have their own agendas.
06.02.17
Airstrikes killed and injured more civilians in Afghanistan last year than at any time since the United Nations (UN) began systematically recording casualties there in 2009.
19.01.17
Obama developed a defining policy architecture which his successor Donald Trump now inherits: the ability to kill suspected terrorists anywhere without US personnel having to leave their bases.
17.01.17
The use of drones aligned with Obama’s ambition to keep up the war against al Qaeda while extricating the US military from intractable ground wars, but the programme has drawn much criticism.
01.01.17
The Bureau’s complete data sets on drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.
01.12.16
The Ministry of Defence announced plans to buy a new fleet of Predator drones from the US last April, stating the total cost would be £415m. Now the US says the estimated cost is £802m.
11.11.16
Senior al Qaeda leader Faruq al Qatani was killed in a “precision strike” on October 23 in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, the Pentagon has confirmed.
