World War 4 Report offers its annual annotated assessment of Obama's moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism.
A suicide attack on the defense ministry thrust Yemen briefly into the news—as an invisible sectarian war rages across much of the countryside.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai rejected the Loya Jirga's recommendation that he sign an agreement extending the US troop presence, citing continued civilian casualties.
Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud is reported killed in a drone strike—days after drone attack survivors gave emotional testimony before the US Congress.
Israeli air-strikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip after militants fired rockets into Israelāthe first such exchanges in over two months.
Amnesty International urged the US to conduct a thorough, independent investigation into allegations that CIA drone strikes have resulted in recent civilian casualties in Pakistan.
Malala Yousafzai has not been co-opted by international accolades, as evidenced by her protests against US drone strikesāto President Obama’s very face.
US forces launched a night raid on a rebel-held town in Somalia’s southern Lower Shabelle region from the seaāapparently an effort to kill the leader of the Shabaab.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon insisted that US drone strikes must operate within international law, and make “every effort to avoid mistakes and civilian casualties.”
Egyptian militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis claimed that a strike that killed four of its fighters in the Sinai peninsula was carried out by an Israeli drone.
The closing of the US embassy in Yemen has coinicided with drone strikes and clashes in Marib province, and a gun-battle between rival factions in the capital Sanaa.
President Obama’s speech outlining plans to restrict drone strikes and renew efforts to close GuantĆ”namo Bay did little more than reiterate existing policy.
