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Preparing for the Urban Future of Counterinsurgency

Bottom Line: Conflict follows humanity wherever it goes, and the world’s population is increasingly living in cities. Waning are the days of the [...] More

Civilian Deaths in City Fights Embolden Insurgencies

Urban environments pose special challenges for counterinsurgency efforts as well as for complex operations against criminal gangs and drug [...] More

<p>An explosion rocks the city of Kobane, Syria.</p>

Street Sense: The Urban Battlefields of the Future

As ISIS’s hold of its capital of Raqqa disintegrates, and the rubble of a razed Aleppo settles, a trend is beginning to emerge – war is becoming [...] More

Urban Combat: ‘Cities Are Sponges That Soak Up Troops’

In October 2017 – as Iraqi forces mop up in Mosul, fighting rages round Raqqa and Deir Ezzour in Syria, the United States resumes bombing ISIS [...] More

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Urban Warfare

Preparing for the Urban Future of Counterinsurgency

Civilian Deaths in City Fights Embolden Insurgencies

Street Sense: The Urban Battlefields of the Future

Urban Combat: ‘Cities Are Sponges That Soak Up Troops’

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