fighters

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The announcement comes after two groups of women and children arrived in Australia this month after spending years in the al-Roj camp in north-east Syria where families of IS fighters have been held since 2019.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

American F/A-18, F-16 and F-35 jet fighters shot down the drones, then the F/A-18s hit the ground-control unit before it could launch a fifth drone, one of the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

What’s more, the newly created Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, or DAWG, runs the Defense Department’s Gauntlet drone competitions, which aim to get low-cost drones in the hands of war fighters quickly.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Cepeda was central to Petro’s signature plan, Total Peace, designed to de-escalate conflict with the country’s hybrid groups that are part insurgencies, part drug gangs, each numbering thousands of fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Day and night we had heard too the drone of bombers overhead, but like the fighters, they passed us by, and left us in peace.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo