Benjamin Gilbert
Contributor
The battle for Syria's Aleppo just went through a chaotic 48 hours
Syrian rebels cut the main supply route to the part of the city held by the regime, and Assad's army is fighting back hard.
Clinton and Trump's intelligence briefings aren't anything to worry about
The candidates are about to get classified briefings from the US spy agencies. But neither one is going to learn any major state secrets from them.
How the US can retaliate if Kremlin hackers tried to influence the presidential election
US intelligence and private cybersecurity firms say Russia almost certainly hacked the Democratic National Committee and leaked documents, and now the question is whether the US government is going to do something about it.
Syrian military sent texts to civilians telling them to leave rebel-held Aleppo
The messages came as the Syrian government has cut off rebel-held Aleppo from the outside world, potentially trapping the 250,000 people who live there in a violent siege without food, medicine, and other staples.
Trump just said he's willing to upend 70 years of US security policies
After praising Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his response to last week's failed coup, Donald Trump signaled that he would be willing to break with decades of US policy.
Dozens of civilians reportedly killed by US-led coalition airstrikes in Syria
Human rights groups say US-led coalition airstrikes killed at least 56 civilians in and around the besieged city of Manbij in northern Syria on Monday and Tuesday.
'Make It Look Like It's ISIS': A Fake Bomb, a Would-Be Terrorist, and an FBI Sting in Miami
The FBI says it caught a terrorist trying to blow up a synagogue on the outskirts of Miami — but the FBI supplied the bomb as part of an undercover operation.
Al-Qaeda May Have Retreated From Its Yemeni Capital, but Will Likely Return to Fight Another Day
The Saudi-led coalition said its offensive had killed 800 al-Qaeda fighters and several leaders, though Mukalla residents told Reuters the number appeared unlikely and the group withdrew largely without a fight.
US Tries Israeli 'Roof Knock' Airstrike Tactic to Avoid Killing Civilians — But It Doesn't Work
The tactic has been criticized by human rights groups for causing confusion and not giving civilians enough time to flee.
US-led Coalition Airstrikes Have Killed at Least 380 Civilians in Syria, Rights Group Says
The monitoring group said that it had documented these deaths, including 99 children and 67 women, among a total of 4,643 mortalities resulting from Operation Inherent Resolve.
Iran Executed More Than 500 People Last Year for Drug-Related Crimes
Drug-related executions made up 65 percent of the nearly 1000 prisoners Iran put to death last year, marking a high in the number of executions in the country in more than 20 years.
US Special Operations Forces Captured a 'Significant' Islamic State Militant — Now What?
Americans captured a ranking member of the Islamic State, the first of what may be many such detentions, and that raises the question of where the US will hold detainees and how long detentions will last.