Arie was born in Israel and served in the Israeli Defense Forces. He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a degree in political science and journalism. Later, he worked as a defense correspondent for Israel’s largest daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronot. He is the editor-in-chief of the Israeli homeland security website I-HLS.
Israeli sources say Houthi rebels in Yemen have downed a Chinese-made UAV operated by Saudi Arabia using an air-to-air missile adapted by the Iranians to be fired from the ground.