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Lebanese security stand near the site where an Israeli drone was said to have crashed in a stronghold of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019.

Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, US tensions

From the vast deserts of Saudi Arabia to the crowded neighborhoods of Beirut, a drone war has taken flight across the wider Middle East, raising the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

US struck Iranian military computers this week

Operations targeting critical infrastructure by U.S. Cyber Command demonstrate the U.S.'s increasingly mature cyber military capabilities and its more aggressive cyber strategy under the Trump administration.

How Yemen’s rebels increasingly deploy drones

The Houthis claimed a coordinated drone attack, underscoring how the Arab world's poorest country has become one of the world's top battlefields for drones.

Saudis blame Iran for drone attack amid calls for US strikes

Saudi Arabia accused Tehran of being behind a drone strike that shut down a key oil pipeline in the kingdom, and a newspaper close to the palace called for Washington to launch “surgical” strikes on Iran, raising the specter of escalating tensions as the U.S. boosts its military presence in the Persian Gulf.

Iran Guard used drone to monitor US carrier Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf, report says

Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard successfully managed a surveillance flight over a U.S. aircraft carrier, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday.

US suffers setbacks in effort to ban Chinese tech company

The U.S. argues Huawei is a security risk as it could give the Chinese government backdoor access to snoop on internet users worldwide

Who is China targeting with its armed drones sales?

A new Department of Defense report indicates the nations where China has exported its technology.

China is driving use of armed drones in Mideast, says British think tank

China has won sales in the Middle East and elsewhere by offering UAVs at lower prices and without the political conditions attached by the United States.

US Navy still has technological edge, but Chinese drones proliferating across Middle East

Across the Middle East, countries locked out of purchasing U.S.-made drones due to rules over excessive civilian casualties are being wooed by Chinese arms dealers, who are world's main distributor of armed drones.

'Halal' internet means more control in Iran after unrest

Iran’s theocratic government has long sought to strictly control cyberspace and social media — and, thereby, the flow of information to the public. But the Islamic Republic’s relationship with the web is far more complicated than simple repression.

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