The U.S. Has Dozens of Secret Bases Across the Middle East. They Keep Getting Attacked.
An Intercept investigation found 63 U.S. bases, garrisons, and shared facilities in the region. U.S. troops are “sitting ducks,” according to one expert.
National Security
Israel’s War on Gaza
U.S. Poured Billions of Military Aid Into Lebanon. Now Israel Threatens to Invade.
The U.S. is warning Israel against launching all-out war on Hezbollah — while continuing to send Israel unconditional military aid.
U.S. Has Never Apologized to Somali Drone Strike Victims — Even When It Admitted to Killing Civilians
The families of civilians killed by the U.S. in Somalia share their ideas of justice in a new report. The Pentagon has no response.
Ghosts of Guantánamo
Negotiations Are Underway for Guantánamo’s “Forever Prisoner” From Gaza to Be Released
Abu Zubaydah’s lawyer told a military review board that an unnamed country could admit the 22-year prisoner and surveil him for perpetuity.
The U.S. Says a Far-Right Ukrainian Army Unit Can Now Get Aid. A Photo Shows Training Was Already Happening.
The administration says the “Azov Brigade” is separate from the old, Nazi-linked “Azov Battalion.” The unit itself says they’re the same.
Federal Prosecutors Attacked Me for My Reporting — and They’re Doing It to Hide Info From the Public
If the Biden administration is serious about protecting press freedoms, officials from Washington might want to have a stern talk with federal prosecutors in Detroit.
Drone Wars
Cheap and Lethal: The Pentagon’s Plan for the Next Drone War
UAVs continually kill civilians, but the U.S. military wants to expand its arsenal with an army of new, mass-produced kamikaze AI drones.
After Training African Coup Leaders, Pentagon Blames Russia for African Coups
The U.S. has trained 15 coup leaders in recent decades — and U.S. counterterrorism policies in the region have failed.
Ghosts of Guantánamo
Guantánamo Prosecutors Accused of “Outrageous” Misconduct for Trying to Use Torture Testimony
Government prosecutors claimed they didn’t know a former detainee recanted his testimony in interviews with the government.
Ghosts of Guantánamo
After Torturing Him, U.S. Breaks Guarantees of Safety to Former Guantánamo Detainee
The U.S. held Saeed Bakhouch at Guantánamo Bay for 20 years without charge, then sent him to have his rights violated in Algeria.