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- The Trump Administration is walking back its plans to reopen CIA black sites. [Link]
- The US military underreports the number of airstrikes it conducts by the thousands. [Link]
- The US has agreed to a $8.5 billion deal with Lockheed Martian to buy 90 F-35As. The cost is about $7 million less per plane than the US’s previous deal to buy F-35s. [Link]
- Turkey arrests 445 people that are accused of being members of ISIS. [Link]
- Iraqi warplanes are conducting airstrikes against ISIS in Mosul and Tel Afar. [Link]
- Syrian forces are making gains against the Islamic State across the country. [Link]
- A human rights watchdog group release a list of human rights violations committed in Yemen so far in 2017. All sides of the conflict are on the list that includes torture, executions, abductions, and killings of civilians. [Link]
News Roundup 2/6/17
News Roundup 2/6/17
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