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Katie Bo Lillis' coverage predominantly focuses on breaking news and evolving stories related to politics, government & politics, international relations, espionage, US intelligence, Middle East conflict and US military. Her articles often contain exclusive reports based on US intelligence assessments.
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By: Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen
The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump's war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.
By: Priscilla Alvarez, Katie Bo Lillis
It was spring 2025 and the hunt was on. American authorities near a sensitive Army missile testing facility in New Mexico had spotted a
By: Zachary Cohen, Katie Bo Lillis
(CNN) — In offices across the military and in the intelligence community, there have been recent quiet discussions about cutting the number of people and facilities typically stationed in the Middle East if the Trump administration succeeds in ending the Iran conflict, six sources say.
By: Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood
(CNN) — More than 100 US military advisers are on the ground in Saudi Arabia providing intelligence and targeting support to the Kingdom in its military campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, multiple sources familiar with the effort say. The assistance comes as fighting on the peninsula intensifies and risks spilling into open war with the Houthis, threatening a second major shipping corridor out of the Middle East.
By: Zachary Cohen, Katie Bo Lillis, Kylie Atwood
More than 100 US military advisers are on the ground in Saudi Arabia providing intelligence and targeting support to the Kingdom in its military campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, multiple sources familiar with the effort say. The assistance comes as fighting on the peninsula intensifies and risks spilling into open war with the Houthis, threatening a second major shipping corridor out of the Middle East.
By: Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood, Thomas Bordeaux, Katie Bo Lillis
A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.
The now-infamous warning to then-President Bill Clinton was tucked at the bottom of a presidential intelligence brief delivered on September
By: Kylie Atwood, Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, Thomas Bordeaux
(CNN) — A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.
By: Katie Bo Lillis
(CNN) — The now-infamous warning to then-President Bill Clinton was tucked at the bottom of a presidential intelligence brief delivered on September
By: Thomas Bordeaux, Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood
(CNN) — A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.
