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In the Intelligence Community (IC), the term tradecraft is used to describe the various techniques and methods used by clandestine intelligence officers working to support human intelligence (HUMINT) operations through the spotting, assessing, development, recruiting, and handling of foreign sources. Thanks to foreign policy experts over at War on the Rocks, I was reminded that […]

The deteriorating situation in Ukraine has finally eclipsed into the military seizure of the Crimean Peninsula by Russian forces.  Various reports suggest at least 6,000 Spetsnaz have also been deployed to Crimea in the past few days, in addition to unconfirmed numbers of Russian regulars in support of what the Putin government is alleging is […]

According to a report recently released by United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-OHCHR), gross and unparalleled violations of human rights are being committed by North Korea against its people, in many cases constituting crimes against humanity.  These findings, while not surprising in and of themselves, are absolutely ground-breaking when realizing the scope, gravity, […]

According to recent reporting from the Washington Post, the US is mounting a last-ditch effort to recover US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from his alleged Haqqani Network captors holding him in the lawless Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. This effort comes amidst the major drawdown of US forces from Afghanistan expected by the […]

The CIA isn’t known for sharing its secrets with anyone, let alone the public.  As such, the contents of an old Office of Strategic Services field manual aren’t something to be missed. As SOFREP has covered previously, the days of the OSS were the glory days where espionage, sabotage, and war-fighting all converged under the […]

Delta was lying on his back on the table, his face fraught with emotion and veiled confusion. He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the scene around him.

Spillover Threatens Stability As the UN’s joint Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) works to remove Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles amidst repeated attempts to broker peace between the Assad regime and various Opposition factions, the second and third-order effects of the Syrian war are severely impacting the rest of the Levant. Jordan in […]

an Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) suicide bomb trainer accidentally killed most of his class during a training mishap…

According to video recently obtained by the UK’s Telegraph, Taliban fighters in Eastern Afghanistan have captured a possible Military Working Dog (MWD) working with Britain’s SAS.  The short video was reportedly released through a Twitter account known to share Taliban propaganda, and shows several Taliban fighters surrounding the chained MWD while holding at least two […]

In October of 2013, SOFREP reported that Saudi Arabia had effectively threatened Vladimir Putin with terror attacks at the upcoming Olympic games if Putin did not withdraw support from the Assad regime in Syria. In a bid to topple the Assad regime and weaken the long-standing Sunni-Shia divide currently fought by Saudi Arabia and Iran, […]

Despite the fact that UBL is dead and the US counterterrorism apparatus has been full steam ahead for the past twelve-plus years since 9/11, the threat of terrorism around the world remains as strong and steadfast as ever. While al-Qaeda proper may have been all but snuffed out through precision drone strikes, night raids, and […]

My unit was conducting an exercise that included an airborne insertion into a friendly host nation airfield that was followed by a relatively short dismounted movement to our objective.  Once we got to the objective, we’d be there for a certain amount of time before our relief showed up to augment our force and further […]