Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Insurgency

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Insurgency

We were fighting a war without a front line, where cruelty was as much a weapon as any rifle, and the enemy’s strength lay in finding the weakest point to strike.

US Pulls Out of Three Forward Operating Bases in Syria

US Pulls Out of Three Forward Operating Bases in Syria

U.S. and coalition forces have withdrawn from three forward operating bases in northeastern Syria—Mission Support Site Green Village, Mission Support Site Euphrates (often called the Conoco gas-field base), and a third smaller facility—sometime in May 2025, according to the latest Department of Defense Inspector General quarterly report. These closures represent a mass exodus from the […]

Morning Brief: China Travel Crackdown, Russia Not Impressed with Trump’s Submarine Moves

Morning Brief: China Travel Crackdown, Russia Not Impressed with Trump’s Submarine Moves

From Beijing locking down passports and punishing foreign ties, to Moscow brushing off Trump’s submarine flex, India thumbing its nose at U.S. oil sanctions, and Ukrainians longing for home but waiting for peace, the global chessboard is lit up—and nobody’s playing by the old rules anymore. Welcome to Sunday Morning, August 3rd, 2025. This is your SOFREP Brief.