Middle East

Trump’s lust for confrontation has overridden prudence, plunging America into another conflict with no justification, no congressional approval, and no clear endgame—just echoes of past blunders cloaked in fresh arrogance.

US hits Iran’s nukes, Israel recovers hostages, Ukraine gains ground, NATO faces friction, and Japan-Korea mark 60 years of ties.

We did more than send a message—we carved it into the bedrock with a 30,000-pound pen named MOP and left Tehran to read it in the dark.

You don’t build nuclear bunkers for TED Talks—Trump knew it, Tehran knew it, and now the crater where a centrifuge used to be says the quiet part out loud.

After the U.S. dropped bunker busters on Iran’s nuclear sites, Tehran fired off missile barrages at Israel, kicking off a brutal exchange that’s drawn in Washington, rattled the region, and made clear this fight is only getting hotter. Welcome to Sunday, June 22, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

As Khamenei retreats to a bunker, Israel picks off his generals one by one, Trump lands a Nobel nod from Pakistan for stopping a nuclear standoff, and U.S. B-2s loaded with bunker busters are quietly headed for Guam—because nothing says peace quite like preparing for war. Welcome to your Saturday Evening Brief for June 21, 2025.

As Israeli missiles pound Iran’s nuclear sites, Tulsi Gabbard scrambles to clarify shifting intel on Tehran’s bomb ambitions, while JD Vance digs in on keeping troops in L.A.—arguing that from the Middle East to California, failed leadership demands federal muscle. Welcome to Saturday, June 21st, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Mista’arvim units are the terror of Hamas. Indistinguishable from Palestinians the units’ elite operatives blend in and strike at the crucial moment.

Iran did more than fire a missile on June 19th—they sent a message in shrapnel, aimed squarely at civilians, and dared the world to look the other way.

Under Saddam, theft wasn’t a crime—it was the national business model, sanctified by fear, filmed for posterity, and sold back to the people like a bad memory on repeat.

Khamenei’s threats land with all the force of a wet firecracker—loud, smoky, and ultimately harmless to anyone not standing in the puddle.

You don’t surge tankers, raise force protection levels, and send the Marines east unless somebody, somewhere, just greenlit the next chapter.