Trump ends requirement that CIA report drone strike casualties
Posted on
DefenceTalkUS President Donald Trump revoked a policy Wednesday that required the Central Intelligence Agency to account for civilian deaths from drone strikes. The move reversed a two-year-old order by his predecessor Barack Obama, who came under pressure for greater transparency after sharply increasing the use of drones for targeted attacks in military and counterterrorism operations. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-ends-requirement-that-cia-report-drone-strike-casualties-72181/
Gazans bury family as Israeli bombs fall
Posted on
DefenceTalkIn Gaza’s stifling midday heat, grieving relatives of a family killed in an Israeli air strike sit outside a mosque, weary from their Ramadan fast and nervously anticipating the next deadly blast. The mourners, most of them men, have come to bury six members of the Hammad family, including a teenager and two women, killed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/gazans-bury-family-as-israeli-bombs-fall-60098/