Robert Tollast

Washington launched covert assassination programme against militants in Syria in 2015

US President is reviving a decades-old dream of a missile shield, but supporting elements would have global coverage

Long-range aerial attack weapon has been compared to the US Reaper

Washington has its sights on curbing a force many say answers only to Iran, but one that is deeply embedded in local economies

The US Navy highlights the soaring cost of intercepting affordable drones, which are becoming easier to produce

Israel’s war on the devastated strip has left a mammoth challenge of reconstruction ahead

Six years ago, Israeli military planners gathered to devise a new and destructive way to fight militants

Some weapons still reaching Hezbollah despite fall of Bashar Al Assad, security official says

Iran has expanded its capabilities for strikes against ‘distant targets’

The UAE sent elite commandos to the mountains of Yemen to fight both terror groups, securing critical parts of the country

Tehran is bracing for an Israeli strike on its nuclear programme after a major air attack in October struck radar systems and a research centre

Interim government has called on all militias to disarm or join a new national army

Interim government has promised the country will not be a base for militant groups

Experts say using raw military firepower to defeat militants creates far more problems than it solves

Military used to plan strikes to limit civilian deaths but thinking changed quickly after October 7 last year