Pentagon Seeks to Sell Drones to Iraq, Turkey - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor

Jul 12, 2012

Members of the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron from Indian Springs, Nev., perform pre-flight checks on the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prior to a mission, in this November 9, 2001 file photo shot at an undisclosed location. In the rugged mountains of western Pakistan, missiles launched by unmanned Predator or Reaper drones have become so commonplace that some U.S counterterrorism officials liken them to "cannon fire." To match Special Report USA-PAKISTAN-DRONES REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Handout/Files (U — Reaper Drone. — REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Handout/Files

Turkey goes all in on drones

Metin Gurcan

Members of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), disarm an improvised explosive device placed by Islamic State fighters near the village of Umm al-Dhiban, northern Iraq, April 30, 2016. They share little more than an enemy and struggle to communicate on the battlefield, but together two relatively obscure groups have opened up a new front against Islamic State militants in a remote corner of Iraq. The unlikely alliance between the Sinjar Resistance

In struggle against PKK, Turkey takes flight

Metin Gurcan

A crater caused by a Turkish air strike against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in the village of Amadiya, outskirts of Dohuk province July 29, 2015. Turkish jets launched their heaviest assault on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight since air strikes began last week, hours after President Tayyip Erdogan said a peace process had become impossible. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - GF20000008259

Ankara to continue targeted killings of PKK leaders abroad

Metin Gurcan

An unmanned aerial vehicle is presented during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Rolex Dela Pena/Pool - GF10000191272

Pentagon warns Middle East turning to China for drone needs

Jack Detsch