The Trump administration loosened Obama-era restrictions on CIA drone strike approval, accelerating the air war on the Islamic State and Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, NBCNews reports.
The drone strikes predominantly took place in Syria and Yemen where multiple violent terrorist organizations operate. The Trump administration is also in the midst of a drone policy review which would reverse Obama-era policies forbidding strikes unless there is a near certainty that civilians will not be harmed, and barring any captured enemy combatant from being held at the U.S. military prison on Guantanamo Bay.
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