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.

ISWNews Analysis Group: ISIS media center claimed that members of the group killed or wounded 18 Iraqi soldiers in three separate attacks in Kirkuk province on December 7th.

ISWNews Analysis Group: The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that a Turkish soldier was killed in northern Syria on December 9.