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A look at the US military mission in Syria and its dangers

The Iranian drone attack that struck a U.S. base in northeastern Syria, killing a contractor and wounding several U.S. troops, is just the latest in a growing number of attacks on American forces in Syria

The Independent UK

Brian Merchant: Silicon Valley elites are afraid. History says they should be

It’s become a common refrain among a certain set of Silicon Valley elite: They’ve been treated so unfairly. Case in point: Even after their bank of choice collapsed spectacularly — in no small part of their own doing — and the federal government moved with dispatch to guarantee all its…

Los Angeles Times

US launches air strikes in Syria after drone kills American and injures 5 troops

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed the American intelligence community had determined the drone was of Iranian origin when it fatally struck a contractor in Syria

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Biden warns Iran after tit-for-tat strikes in Syria

President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran that the United States would "act forcefully" to protect Americans, after the U.S. military carried out air strikes against Iran-backed forces in retaliation for an attack in Syria.

Reuters

Biden says US willing to respond ‘forcefully’ after deadly Iran drone strike

President Joe Biden authorised the Pentagon to retaliate with ‘precision airstrikes’ against Iran-aligned groups

The Independent UK

US Vows to Protect Personnel in Syria after Deadly Attack

The United States on Friday said it would protect its personnel in Syria after the US military carried out air strikes against Iran-backed forces in retaliation for an attack that killed an American contractor and wounded five US troops. Just a day after the deadly attack on US personnel in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S. military launches airstrikes after drone attack kills contractor in Syria

A suspected Iranian drone strike killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five service members and another contractor at a coalition base in Syria, according to the Pentagon.

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Joe Biden orders US warplanes to blast Iran-backed Syrian rebels

The United States has military carried out multiple air strikes in Syria against Iran-aligned groups it blames for a deadly drone attack

The New Daily

US bombs Syria after American killed in drone strike

The US military carried out multiple air strikes in Syria on Thursday night against Iran-aligned groups. Those same organizations are accused of being behind a drone strike that killed one American contractor, injured another, as well as five US troops.

France 24

U.S. strikes Iran-backed groups in Syria after drone kills an American and injures 6 others

Intelligence assessments indicate drone was "of Iranian origin," Pentagon said.

Axios

US air strikes ‘kill 11’ in Syria after drone kills contractor

Pentagon says air strikes carried out in retaliation for drone attack on US base that killed one person, injured six.

Al Jazeera

US carries out air strikes in Syria after deadly attack on coalition base

The US military carries out multiple air strikes in Syria against Iran-aligned groups who it blamed for a deadly drone attack on a US-led coalition base that left a contractor dead.

ABC News

Drone strike kills US contractor in Syria; US retaliates

The Pentagon says a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one other U.S. contractor were wounded when a drone struck a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria on Thursday

The Independent UK

Pentagon probes lapse in Boeing security credentials for Air Force One

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is scrutinizing why Boeing Co employees worked on current and future Air Force One planes without the security credentials required for the highly classified jets.

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The Independent UK

Pentagon: Budget readies US for possible China confrontation

Pentagon leaders have told Congress that the U.S. military must be ready for possible confrontation with China

Los Angeles Times

2 decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization

WASHINGTON — Matthew Hoh was a 28-year-old Marine captain assigned to the Pentagon in late 2002, just as then-President George W. Bush was laying the groundwork for war in Iraq. Like many of his generation, Hoh was steeled in his patriotism by the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, and he…

Roll Call

Okinawa leader's message to Washington: US overstates China risk - Roll Call

The governor of Okinawa visited Washington this month to send the message that Washington is overstating the threat from China.

Newsroom.co.nz

China will test NZ's fence-straddling diplomacy as never before

PM Chris Hipkins brushes the Aukus security pact away as not relevant to us because of its nuclear component, but our likely Aukus involvement relating to technology will have far-reaching consequences, argues Peter Dunne

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Space

What is a UFO? The US shot down three mysterious objects as interest and concern increase over unidentified craft

The Air Force general overseeing North American airspace refused to rule out extraterrestrial forces at play after unidentified objects were shot down in February.

Salon

Vet alarmed over bloated Pentagon budget

The military-industrial-congressional complex seizes on "new Cold War" with Russia and China

Reuters

Russia hits Ukraine with missiles, drones as 'dear friend' Xi departs

Russia blasted an apartment block in Ukraine with missiles on Wednesday and swarmed cities with drone attacks overnight, in a display of force as President Vladimir Putin bid farewell to his visiting "dear friend" and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian soldiers near finish of Patriot missile training

A group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers are wrapping up their training on the Patriot surface-to-air missile system in Oklahoma

Tribune News Service

US to speed Abrams tanks to Ukraine as Russia ups pressure

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will speed up delivery of M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine by nine months, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s forces now expected to receive them by autumn, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukraine to receive Abrams tanks from US as soon as this fall -officials

The United States plans to speed up the delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, a Pentagon official said on Tuesday, providing the vital equipment to Kyiv as soon as this fall to defend itself against Russian forces.

Bristol Post

Bristol area has some of the highest numbers of UFO sightings in England

More than a dozen locals called police after spotting strange occurrences in the sky

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