ISWNews Analysis Group: Three civilians were killed during a US-led coalition operation in the village of Abrihah on the eastern outskirts of Deir Ezzor province.
“Richard Moore” the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and formerly the Director General, Political, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and previously the British Ambassador to Turkey, in his first interview said that the fall of Kabul by Taliban was unexpected, and was the result of miscalculation of the intelligence services.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On December 14, Mullah Sardar, head of Taliban intelligence in Herat province was killed by unknown gunmen in Herat city.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The White House announced a change in the mission of US troops in Iraq, citing the results of a visit by Brett McGurk, the US Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa to Iraq.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On December 13, Ansar Allah air defense systems shot down a Chinese CH-4 drone belonging to Saudi coalition over the Usaylan district in Shabwah province.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Two logistical convoys of the US military were targeted by two separate IED attacks in the Qadisiyah province.
The 3M9 surface-to-air missile is the main missile of the SAM-6 air defense system, which is one of the most widely circulated air defense systems in history.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Heavy fighting between Ansar Allah and the Saudi-led forces continues in the al-Balaq al-Sharqi mountain, south of the city of Marib.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On December 10, six people were killed and injured as a result of three explosions in the sixth and third districts of Kabul city.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that three Turkish military personnel were killed by PKK militants in northern Iraq on December 9.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Ansar Allah air defense shot down a US-made Scan Eagle drone belonging to Saudi coalition over the Sarwah district in west of Marib province.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On December 9, Ansar Allah air defense system had targeted a Saudi F-15 warplane over the al-Jubah district in the province of Marib.
