
U.S. strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, Somalia and Yemen have fallen 54 percent this year--from 951 last year to 439 through Nov. 30 this year, per a new report from the London-based Airwars, a non-profit that investigates civilian harm by militaries worldwide. In Afghanistan, the U.S. strikes declined from 660 in 2020 to 372 this year before the withdrawal of U.S. forces on Aug. 31; in Iraq and Syria from 201 to 58; in Somalia from 72 to 9;…