ISIS

Spend big, fight small. Be ready to roll everywhere, but stay out of a big war anywhere.

An elite U.S. special operations targeting force has arrived in Iraq and will carry out operations against the Islamic State, part of a broader effort in 2016 to strike at the militants.

“Michael W.S. Ryan presents a net assessment of ISIS: its strengths and weaknesses. The conclusion will propose some recommendations for degrading ISIS, both militarily and ideologically. Clearly, ISIS is a fluid topic, subject to change.” This recently published comprehensive 59-page report by the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups of the U.S. Naval War […]

On Thursday morning (Jan 14th, 2016) there were a number of explosions and some gunfire in the Jakarta – the capital of Indonesia. There were numerous perpetrators of the attack which the Indonesian government has described as a terrorist attack. At least seven people were killed with many more wounded. Some press reports say that […]

ISIL has recently debuted a few new weapons systems it plans on deploying in its battle against the infidels. One weapon, based on an air-to-air AA-2 missile, likely won’t be much bother to modern aircraft with advanced deterrent systems, but you have to give them credit for trying. The video claiming to show a mish […]

[Editor’s Note: Since the U.S.-led coalition has expanded its airstrikes against Daesh, we have talked about one of the key ways to hurt the Islamic State: targeting its finances. Be it destroying oil trucks or its cash reserves, if you cripple an enemy’s ability to pay for its war, you’re making headway] Airstrikes by the […]

Turkey’s state-run news agency says police in the Mediterranean city of Antalya have detained three Russian nationals in a raid on suspected Islamic State militants. The Anadolu Agency said anti-terrorism police conducted the raids on Wednesday, a day after an ISIS suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district, killing 10 foreigners, most of them […]

ISIS has a new Android app for exchanging secure messages, joining another app that distributes propaganda and recruiting material, according to a counterterrorism network called the Ghost Security Group. Last month, Ghost Security and others, observed ISIS members using private messages on the Telegram app and direct messages on Twitter to send followers to a site (since vanished) to download the Amaq […]

[Editor’s Note: While it makes perfect sense Daesh would want to develop the same functionality Al Qaeda used to such a devastating effect just over fourteen years ago, one can only hope they’d really be that stupid. While turning airplanes into weapons is not a new concept–it wasn’t even a new idea in 2001–it is […]

[Editor’s Note: As you’re well aware, the situation in Syria is one we have been watching very closely. From the first Russian air strikes, to the shoot-down of a Russian fighter, to the deployment of the S-400 SAM system, FighterSweep and its staff of knowledgeable, credible authors have been on top of things, so to […]

What is the appeal about joining an Islamic extremist organization such as ISIS or al Qaida if you live outside of the Middle East? Friends and family members of those that travel to Syria and other Middle Eastern nations to train with ISIS or al Qaida seems shocked that their family member would be capable of […]

I am not, nor was I ever, a mercenary, and the few times that people felt sorry enough to give me a few dollars, it was always far short of delaying my imminent 2015 bankruptcy, and was geared toward providing rations outside of standard chow.