Jack Murphy

For me personally, it has been very fulfilling to see SOFREP begin to reach its potential as we send our staff of writers around the world to conduct some boots-on-the-ground reporting.

Have a great Thanksgiving, and keep your powder dry!

Whether the Suruc bombing was in fact launched by shadowy figures in the Turkish government or not, it played right into Erdogan’s hand. The air strikes torpedoed the ceasefire agreement, acting as a provocation to reignite open conflict between the Kurds and the Turks.

as it appears U.S. Special Forces ODAs, 12-man elements tailor-made for unconventional warfare, are deploying to Syria, it may be worth writing a primary on what they can expect to find when they arrive there.

The uproar surrounding bringing Syrian refugees continues, without any clear resolution in sight.

AC-130 and A-10 airstrikes target an ISIS oil convoy in an effort to cripple the terrorist organization’s source of funding.

Putin has the opportunity to write himself into the history books by forging a historic partnership between two great powers: Russia and the United States.

German and French authorities knew the Paris attack was coming months prior.

Early reports are indicating that British citizen Mohamed Emwazi, AKA Jihad John, has been killed by a US drone strike in the so-called Islamic State’s capital city of Raqqa, Syria.  Jihad John was used as an ISIS frontman, a sort of Cobra Commander figure, in propaganda films in which hostages such as John Foley were beheaded. […]

A new video has emerged showing the so-called New Syrian Army in action, kitted out with American weapons and equipment.  The train and equip program is a funded and run under the auspices of the CIA but the actual military training which the New Syrian Army receives is conducted by US Special Operations personnel.  The New […]

Even ISIS jihadi types can get on board with American holidays like Halloween.