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The Hunt: US drone strike kills terror leader in Iraq

By J.J. Green
APTOPIX Iraq US Airstrikes
Civil defense members gather at the site of a burned vehicle targeted by a U.S. drone strike in east Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

The U.S. has conducted a drone strike in Iraq, killing the leader of a terror group that had been attacking U.S. forces. On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” he discusses what happened with WTOP News anchor Dimitri Sotis.

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‘Don’t come here’: NATO sends message to Russia with ‘Spring Storm’ training exercise

By J.J. Green
Large tanks and armored vehicles rolled across dirt roads. Heavily armed soldiers cloaked in camouflage, crept slowly through open fields and around the perimeter of houses and other community buildings. Thousands of troops from 15 NATO countries have infiltrated the sleepy, rural outpost and set up camp. Residents moved about their daily activities as if nothing was happening. That’s because it was only a simulation. It’s part of a multinational military training exercise called Spring Storm.
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