Desiree Huitt

About the author

Desiree Huitt is an Army Veteran serving 11 years as a Military Intelligence officer and prior to OCS as a combat medic. She is a graduate from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Middle Eastern Studies.

President Assad denies Syrian involvement in the Sarin chemical attack

In an AFP exclusive interview, President Bashar al-Assad denies the Syrian government’s involvement in the most recent sarin chemical attack in the small town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province. In the chemical attack, experts believe that sarin gas or a sarin-like substance was used which killed over 80 men, women, and children. Assad was shown video evidence of the […]

Department of Defense identifies the Special Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan

According to the Department of Defense, Staff Sgt. Mark R. De Alencar, 37, of Edgewood, Maryland was killed when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Yesterday, U.S. Navy Captain Bill Salvin, spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan, stated that Staff Sgt. Mark R. De Alencar was killed while […]

A teacher and two students were shot at an elementary school in San Bernadino, California

San Bernadino, California- The San Bernadino Fire Department reported treating multiple gunshot victims at the North Park Elementary School.  According to Police Chief Jarrod Burguan, the preliminary information indicates there are four people being treated and the shooter is “down.” He also mentioned the shooting appears to be at this time a murder-suicide. Local news reported a […]

Two Coptic Churches bombed by ISIS on Palm Sunday in Egypt, 36 dead

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings of two Coptic churches in Egypt during Palm Sunday services. The first bombing occurred at St. George Church in the city of Tanta, which killed 25 and wounded 60. The second bombing occurred at the Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, which killed 11 and wounded 35. Four police officers […]

US Soldier killed while fighting Islamic State in Afghanistan

U.S. Navy Captain Bill Salvin, spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan, stated that a US soldier was killed while fighting ISIS in Nagarhar Province, Afghanistan late Saturday evening. CNN is reporting the service member killed in action was a Special Operations Forces soldier and that this is the first combat related death in Afghanistan for 2017. […]