Middle East

Morning Brief: Deadly Shooting at Brown, Gabbard’s Afghanistan Vetting Warning, Bangladesh Peacekeepers Killed in Abyei, and Gaza Power Struggles After Ceasefire

From Kabul evac fallout to a deadly ambush in Abyei and the mess of armed factions in Gaza, these stories all point to the same truth: rushed decisions and fragile ceasefires always get paid for by people standing post. Whether it’s Guard troops at home, peacekeepers abroad, or IDF units hunting bomb-makers, the work is still dirty, dangerous, and done without applause.

ISIS Kills Two US Soldiers and an American Interpreter in Syria

Gunfire cracked a routine engagement into chaos outside Palmyra, killing two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter and proving that even stripped of territory, ISIS still knows how to reach out and draw blood.

Evening Brief: Ukraine Pressures Russia, Russia Hits Ukrainian Cities, U.S. Cops Stop a Lone Bomber

From the Black Sea to Krasnodar and Kyiv, Ukraine and Russia are trading long‑range blows. Inside the U.S., an Afghan evacuee now charged over an alleged TikTok bomb plot in Texas.

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Solomon’s Temple – Departing Iraq

Back home I kept checking my watch as if Iraq still owned my hours, wrestling to set down anger and pride so I could ask the only question that matters: what moral ground must we stand on before we spend blood again.

Trump Threatens US Force in Gaza While Ceasefire on Life Support

Trump rattled the saber then slid it back in the scabbard, as a disputed breach strains Gaza’s shaky ceasefire and one careless trigger pull could light the whole map.

Clear as Mud: Israeli-Palestine Ceasefire Is in Effect – For Now

Amid a fragile ceasefire and aid stacked at the gates, Mansour spoke at length yet never said whether Hamas will disarm, the only answer that could turn a pause into peace.

Israel’s Sayeret Matkal

Sayeret Matkal is Israel’s most elite special operations unit. It has been setting special operations standards since its creation.

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Iraqi Love Poem or Ode to my ‘Layla’

Thousands of miles from home like sand in the wind, I moved through Iraq’s villages learning the hearts of its people as Majnun once wandered, yet the constant guiding me through rain and dust was my Leila, the radiant beacon calling me home.

Phase One: Israel and Hamas Say Yes To A Gaza Ceasefire — What’s In It, What’s Next, And Whether It Sticks

Phase One feels like slapping a tourniquet on a two year hemorrhage, buying enough breath to get the hostages out, pull the troops back, and see if anyone is ready to run Gaza without the gunsmoke.

Two Years After 7 October: How the Israel – Hamas War Began, Mutated, and Shapes the Middle East

Two years after 7 October, the Middle East feels like riding around in the desert in a Humvee with a grenade with the pin half-pulled, grinding from Gaza to the Red Sea while diplomats in Cairo try to keep the spoon down and stop hostages, rockets, and headlines from detonating at once.

Col. (Ret.) Nate Slate: Shia Country

After the winter rains, the Shia south unfurled like a green flag—desert lakes flashing in the morning sun, children in new clothes racing our convoys, vendors offering kabobs, and every smile saying the same thing: Saddam is gone.

Col (Ret.) Nate Slate: The War of Feelings

The war of terror is not fought with bombs or bullets, but in the human heart, where fear seeks to claim ground that only we can choose to surrender.

Morning Brief: Deadly Shooting at Brown, Gabbard’s Afghanistan Vetting Warning, Bangladesh Peacekeepers Killed in Abyei, and Gaza Power Struggles After Ceasefire

ISIS Kills Two US Soldiers and an American Interpreter in Syria

Evening Brief: Ukraine Pressures Russia, Russia Hits Ukrainian Cities, U.S. Cops Stop a Lone Bomber

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Solomon’s Temple – Departing Iraq

Trump Threatens US Force in Gaza While Ceasefire on Life Support

Clear as Mud: Israeli-Palestine Ceasefire Is in Effect – For Now

Israel’s Sayeret Matkal

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Iraqi Love Poem or Ode to my ‘Layla’

Phase One: Israel and Hamas Say Yes To A Gaza Ceasefire — What’s In It, What’s Next, And Whether It Sticks

Two Years After 7 October: How the Israel – Hamas War Began, Mutated, and Shapes the Middle East

Col. (Ret.) Nate Slate: Shia Country

Col (Ret.) Nate Slate: The War of Feelings

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