Summary of Information Regarding U.S. Counterterrorism Strikes Outside of Areas of Active Hostilities

 

The following information and statement were released today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). 

In accordance with the President’s direction and consistent with the President’s commitment to providing as much information as possible to the American people about U.S. counterterrorism activities, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is releasing today a summary of information provided to the DNI about both the number of strikes taken by the U.S. Government against terrorist targets outside areas of active hostilities and the assessed number of combatant and non-combatanta deaths resulting from those strikes. “Areas of active hostilities” currently include Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.   

You can review the DNI three-page release through the following link:
DNI Release on CT Strikes Outside Areas of Active Hostilities_FINAL.PDF

Source: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence