Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

The tasked troops, the 7th Special Forces Group, has taken part in operations in other Latin American countries ... She said "we all want to fight the drug cartels," but she drew a clear line ...

While the training between American special forces and their Philippine counterparts has occurred since Washington’s counterterrorism efforts in the early 2000s, recent training has evolved to ...