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is a former US Army Infantry Officer. While a Platoon Leader in Afghanistan, he was part of a joint Special Forces/Infantry team conducting Village Stability Operations in Kandahar Province. Travis graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 2010.
African refugees attempting to migrate through Libya to Europe are being captured and sold in public slave markets, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports. Word of the slave markets reached the organization after survivors were able to pay their ransom or escape by other means. Separate from the migrant crisis engendered by the Syrian Civil […]
Aircraft from either the Syrian or Russian air force dropped incendiary bombs on civilian targets in two Syrian provinces Monday, the Observatory for Human Rights reports. The attack comes fresh off considerable international attention on the Syrian Civil War following the American cruise missile attack on a Syrian military airfield on Friday. That attack was in […]
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has joined calls for Germany to spend more money on its military. Stoltenberg insists the move is not to “make the U.S. happy,” but because “Europe is much closer to the crises and threats than the U.S., closer to Russia, closer to Syria and Iraq.” Diplomatic tensions between the United States […]
Officials in the African nation of Burkina Faso believe members of a former elite presidential security unit are offering their expertise to an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency in the country. In addition to offering their knowledge and expertise, some believe they are also participating in attacks against civilians and government targets, as part of a […]
The Islamic State is packing civilians into buildings and baiting the United States into bombing them in order to maximize civilian casualties, a Department of Defense spokesman said. “What you see now is not the use of civilians as human shields,” Colonel Joseph Scrocca said. “Now, it’s something much more sinister. ISIS is smuggling civilians […]
North Korean hackers have breached a South Korean military network and have reportedly stolen military “war plans,” a South Korean newspaper reports. The hack occurred last September, and had originally been downplayed by South Korean defense officials, saying that no critical information had leaked. Now an anonymous South Korean government source is telling Chosun Ilbo […]
Speaking at an assembly of Foreign Ministers from NATO countries, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the United States and NATO should plan on an eventual settlement between the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan. In his remarks, Tillerson also reaffirmed American commitment to NATO missions in Afghanistan like Operation Resolute Support, a military […]
Over 100 gay men have been rounded up and detained by police in Chechnya, and three have been killed as part of the sweep, a Russian newspaper has reported. The victims reportedly range from reporters and religious leaders to men who are merely suspected of being homosexual, a highly taboo subject in the conservative, Muslim-majority […]
President Donald Trump welcomed the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to the White House today, drawing pointed criticism from those who say the meeting validates the Egyptian leader who rose to power following a military ouster of a democratically elected president. Before the meeting between the heads of state, protesters gathered near the Washington […]
The United States no longer believes removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be a foreign policy priority, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Thursday. The official policy under the Obama administration calling for Assad to step down started in the earliest stages of the Syrian Civil War as it began in 2011. […]
President Trump has signed off on a proposal which allows the U.S. Africa Command to launch its own offensive airstrikes against militants in Somalia. The move extends authority to launch strikes down the chain of command to the regional military commander. In the Obama administration, authorization for such uses of force resided solely in the […]
Iran is set to host its first international marathon race in the capital of Tehran next week, and will include dozens of runners from countries like the United States and the United Kingdom. Organizers say the landmark sporting event is “to show everybody that Iran is a partner in making bridges, not walls.” The marathon […]
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