Trump has restored the CIA's authority to conduct secret drone strikes, reversing the Obama policy of transfering responsibility to the Pentagon in the interest of greater transparency.
Saudi Arabia's specialized anti-terrorist court handed down a seven-year term for a Twitter post deemed insulting to the ruling al-Saud family.
With a Trump despotism looming, CounterVortex offers its final assessment of Barack Obama's record in addressing the oppressive legacy of the Global War on Terrorism.
Air-strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 90 inmates at a prison controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen's Red Sea port of Hudaydah.
Russian counterinsurgency in Syria mirrors US-backed counterinsurgency in Yemen, betraying superpower rivalry and "cooperation" alike as inimical to the region's revolutions.
The US fired missiles at Houthi-controlled radar installations in Yemen after the rebels fired rockets at a US destroyer in retaliation for a deadly Saudi air-strike on a funeral.
The US Congress voted overwhelmingly to override President Obama's veto of a bill that will allow the families of 9-11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia.
Obama vetoed a bill that would have allowed 9-11 victims and their families to sue Saudi Arabia, citing concerns that it would open US diplomats and servicemen to suit abroad.
The House of Representatives approved the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, allowing US nationals to sue foreign governments believed to have a hand in attacks.
Human rights organizations claim mounting evidence that Russia is behind the increasing use of cluster bombs in Syria, despite Moscow's denial that it has deployed the banned weapon.
Saudi fighter jets carried out air-strikes on a peaceful rally in Yemen's capital Sanaa that had been called to protest Saudi air-strikes, leaving several dead.
The House Intelligence Committee released a declassified "28-pages" detailing possible connections between Saudi Arabia's government and the 9-11 hijackers.
