The UAE’s reported use of former U.S. special operations contractors to run a targeted assassination campaign in southern Yemen shows how a partner’s “counterterror” fight can slide into deniable contract killing, with shaky oversight and almost no accountability.
U.S. pressure is tightening across the Western Hemisphere as Washington warns Cuba, cracks down in Venezuela, Iran’s unrest turns deadlier under blackout conditions, and Minneapolis edges toward federal intervention amid escalating clashes over immigration enforcement.
The Army broke tradition by commissioning a senior NCO as a captain as Iran’s protests escalated, Venezuela began releasing political prisoners under U.S. pressure, and Alabama authorities captured a suspect after a deadly shooting.
U.S. forces carried out apparent payback strikes on ISIS targets in Syria as Portland investigated a federal agent shooting, Iran’s unrest escalated under heavy security measures, Mexico moved to tighten communications with Washington, and Katy Perry’s high-profile legal fight continued to draw backlash.
Maduro remains in U.S. custody as Venezuelans celebrate and stabilization plans take shape, RAF Typhoons struck an ISIS weapons cache in Syria, Wagner continues fueling Sudan’s RSF proxy war, and gunmen killed at least 30 in a raid in Nigeria.
Fort Gordon’s name has shifted from honoring Confederate Gen. John Brown Gordon to Fort Eisenhower and back again, now commemorating Medal of Honor recipient Delta Force operator Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, whose sacrifice at Mogadishu defines the values the Army wants the post to represent.
Delta Force with DEVGRU support removed Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. moves toward prosecution and a short stabilization plan, Iran threatened U.S. forces after Trump warned Tehran over killing protesters, and Russia claimed Huliaipole while Ukraine and independent mappers describe a heavily contested gray zone in Zaporizhzhia.
Explosions hit Caracas amid claims of a major U.S. operation and possible SOF involvement, DPAA identified 231 missing Americans in FY25, the FBI seized a $40 million motorcycle hoard tied to a wanted trafficker, and Iraq says it no longer needs Coalition forces as Ain al-Asad is handed over.
The Wall Street Journal reports that intelligence files recovered in Damascus after Assad’s fall reveal how Syria’s secret police built a society-wide informant system that drove brutal detentions, torture, and deaths, including cases where relatives and spouses were used to target their own.
Iran escalated its rhetoric to “total war,” Russian forces drew outrage by using horses in frontline assaults, the Department of War flagged hazardous operating zones north of Venezuela amid rising regional pressure, and a gunman attacked a sheriff’s office in Wallace, Idaho, wounding three before police killed him.
In Washington, confidence often looks like a man walking off a cliff with a plan in his hand, convinced that history will blink first when gravity shows up.
China sanctioned 20 U.S. defense firms and 10 executives over a record Taiwan arms package, Russian “hillbilly armor” got chewed up by Ukrainian drones near Pokrovsk, and the Department of War had to tell troops in Bahrain to stop ordering sexual wellness products that local customs keeps seizing.
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