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Long War Journal

US news website on the war on terror

Fact-Checks

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Nov 15, 2025
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How many drone strikes have been conducted under President Biden's administration?

Available sources do not provide a single, definitive tally of how many drone strikes occurred during President Biden’s term; independent trackers report that U.S. strikes dropped to historic lows und...

Dec 12, 2025
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What are the civilian casualty estimates from US drone strikes year-by-year from 2009 to 2025?

Precise year-by-year civilian casualty counts from U.S. drone strikes for 2009–2025 are not published in a single authoritative dataset in the sources provided; independent trackers (the Bureau of Inv...

Nov 18, 2025
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Who is Traoré and what specific claims did he make about the Israeli spy ring?

The name "Traoré" does not appear in the available reporting about the Houthi announcement of an alleged Saudi‑American‑Israeli spy ring in Yemen; available sources focus on Houthi statements naming t...

Jan 30, 2026

What definitions and sources report counts of US drone strikes during the Trump administration?

The count of "" under the administration depends on who is counting, (drone-only, airstrikes, counterterrorism raids, or special-operations strikes), and the legal designation of the battlefield—facto...

Jan 9, 2026

Which countries not at war with the US experienced Obama-era drone strikes?

The Obama administration carried out drone and airstrike campaigns outside formal declared wars in several countries, most prominently Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, and by some accounts also Libya; ind...

Dec 8, 2025

How have civilian casualty estimates from US drone strikes differed between the Obama, Trump, and Biden years?

Civilian casualty estimates for U.S. drone strikes vary widely by administration because of differing strike rates, transparency policies, and counting methodologies: independent trackers estimate tho...

Nov 26, 2025

Which organizations track global terrorism linked to Islamist groups?

Major trackers of global terrorism linked to Islamist groups include public indexes and think tanks that aggregate incident data (for example the Global Terrorism Index produced by the Institute for E...

Nov 23, 2025

Which countries saw the most drone strikes authorized by Trump compared to Obama?

The available reporting shows that during Donald Trump’s presidency drone strikes — and broader counter‑terror air operations — increased in several countries compared with Barack Obama’s years, with ...

Nov 17, 2025

Number of Israeli soldiers and reservists killed since and including October 7, 2023

Available reporting gives multiple, differing tallies for Israeli military deaths since and including October 7, 2023. An Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) release summarized by Long War Journal reports 89...