by Spencer Ackerman | May 10, 2013 | Monitor
American pilots can breathe easier. Russia isn’t going to sell Syria the advanced S-300 air defense missile. Not that the Air Force wants to strike Syria, but still.
by Spencer Ackerman | May 2, 2013 | Monitor
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made it official: The Obama administration is considering sending guns, missiles and other weapons to Syria’s rebels.
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 12, 2013 | Monitor
Much as they’re a fixture of the post-Iraq and Afghanistan insurgent battlefields, improvised explosive devices have come to the Syrian revolution in a major way.
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 5, 2013 | Monitor
Going further than other U.S. military officials, Marine Gen. James Mattis told senators Tuesday that he has planning underway to halt the proliferation of Syria’s deadly chemical arsenal.
by Robert Beckhusen | Jan 7, 2013 | Monitor
A new Pentagon report offers a glimpse inside Iran’s secretive domestic spy agency, and reveals a network of 30,000 spies with a strange and violent history.