Ahmed Hassan

In the disaster-stricken and terror-plagued north of Mozambique, the Islamic State (IS) carried out an attack earlier this month that resulted in the deaths of seven people, according to local sources. An analyst at Grey Dynamics says the attack was carried out on the evening of Wednesday, July 3rd, in the Cabo Delgado province. A […]

In an effort to make unmanned subs more affordable, useful and lethal to operate, the U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a contract worth $274.4 million. The contract requires Boeing to build up to five Orca extra-large unmanned undersea vehicles (XLUUV). Orca is based on the Echo Voyager test bed, a 15.5-meter long sub that can […]

The magazine Foreign Policy (FP) is reporting the United Kingdom, France and some Baltic and Balkan states have agreed to increase special forces elements in Syria. It comes as a major victory for the Trump administration after it decided to pull troops out of Syria. Officially, the U.K. and France do not acknowledge having any […]

Reactions online were mixed when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently filed for a solicitation for a small quantity of AR-15s. In the solicitation, NASA requested a lightweight, 5.56mm, magazine-fed, gas-operated semi-automatic rifle. Those making comments balked at the idea of NASA’s need for “assault rifles” or poked fun at a militarized moonbase. […]

Troops from the Royal Marines 42 Commando unit boarded the Iranian tanker Grace 1 using light speedboats today. The Royal Marines rappelled from a helicopter onto the deck while approximately 16 police officers from Gibraltar were also involved in the operation. Luckily no shots were fired and the ship is secure at the moment. Gibraltarian […]

Since the Vietnam War, the United States government has experimented with embedding development workers within military and intelligence teams to advance its work in counterinsurgency (COIN) missions with programs such as Civil Operations and Rural Development Support (CORDS) and Phoenix. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has always led the charge in providing […]

The bullet-ridden body of a former French intelligence officer was found in his car beside the road in the Alps. Daniel Forestier, who stood accused of plotting to assassinate an opposition politician from Congo-Brazzaville, was found covered in blood in Haute-Savoie, near Lake Léman. Officials from the police stated to the Guardian that the victim […]

In the weeks leading up to February 24th, 2014, Russia conducted large-scale military exercises on the border with Ukraine. While NATO focused on that diversion, Russian intelligence services assembled a collective designed for hybrid warfare to facilitate an invasion of Crimea: ethnic Russians in the Crimea, Serbian militias, Chechen soldiers, the Night Wolves motorcycle club, […]

At 10:45 a.m. Monday, at 24 October Square in Utrecht, Netherlands, an attacker went onto a tram and opened fire on passengers. At least three passengers have died from gunshot wounds and five others have been wounded. The Special Intervention Service (DSI)—an overarching counterterror unit of the national police—is searching for the suspect who CNN […]

According to a Washington Post report, U.S. Army recruiters sent out an email containing sensitive personal information about hundreds of immigrants from countries like China and Russia, putting their lives in danger if the information gets into the wrong hands. The spreadsheet contained names, language skills, Social Security numbers and dates of enlistment. Between July […]

According to a Congressional report, about 1,645 veterans lost limbs during the War on Terror years, causing bodily harm and lasting effects but also a heavy psychological burden. Not all veterans require prosthetics or even want them, but for the ones who do, innovations in this field cannot come soon enough. However, with more technology […]

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashed just after takeoff Sunday morning, March 10. The flight was departing Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Abebba, en route to Nairobi, Kenya. Onboard were 157 people, of which eight were Americans. The Boeing 737 MAX, bearing 149 passengers and eight crew members according to a statement released by the airline, crashed six […]