ISIS snipers targeting women, children attempting to flee Mosul fighting

According to reports coming out of Iraq, ISIS snipers have begun firing on men, women, and children attempting to flee Mosul under cover of darkness. Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq and largest ISIS stronghold in the nation, has been the site of extensive fighting, as coalition backed Iraqi security forces have worked to […]

Did Kurdistan’s Counter-Terrorist Group assault the Tabqa Dam in Syria?

In 2015, SOFREP interviewed Polad Talabani, the commander of Kurdistan’s elite Counter-Terrorism Group or CTG.  At the time, he spoke about how he wanted his men to get back to conducting real Special Operations missions behind enemy lines, rather than engaging in conventional infantry operations alongside the Peshmerga as they had been in places like […]

More Russians are dying in Syria than are being acknowledged: Report

The Russian government has been consistently under-reporting their casualty figures from the Syrian Civil War, a Reuters investigation has found. After a combined effort from Reuters and the Conflict Intelligence Team investigative group, researchers found that Russian casualties were actually three times the amount of what was being officially reported by the Russian government, and […]

Tillerson hosts first anti-ISIS coalition meeting since Trump took office

On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will begin hosting the first anti-ISIS coalition meeting since President Trump took office.  Delegates and foreign ministers from sixty-eight nations are in attendance with important decisions to make about the future of anti-ISIS military efforts around the world for the U.S.-led coalition. President Trump vowed to make […]

Former Special Forces soldier on surviving a vehicular attack

Vehicular attacks have been on the rise in the past few years. It’s less rare and emerging as a possible common tactic for newly radicalized terrorists. On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-ton cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in […]

US Drops Special Operations Near Raqqa, Cuts Off ISIS Escape Route

The US-led coalition has dropped both American and Syrian fighters behind the city of Raqqa in an effort to cut off the ISIS escape route out of the city. That’s an encouraging sign that perhaps the battle to drive out the insurgents from Syria is going well. According to reports from inside Syria, five helicopters, […]

More U.S. troops likely to be sent to Syria with new Pentagon plan

As the Trump administration cedes greater decision-making authority back to battlefield commanders in Syria and Iraq, more U.S. troops are likely to be on the ground in Syria for the coming Raqqa offensive. Citing defense officials familiar with the matter, the Washington Post reported that Secretary of Defense James Mattis will be approving the deployment […]

Iraqi forces close on Mosul mosque as strike kills foreign militants

Iraqi army helicopters strafed and rocketed Islamic State positions inside Mosul’s Old City on Sunday as ground troops fought fierce street battles to close in on the strategic prize of the al-Nuri Mosque. An air strike by the U.S.-led coalition backing Iraq forces in their campaign to retake Mosul also killed six foreign militant commanders […]

SAS Gets ‘Kill List’ Of British Jihadis In Iraq

British SAS troops stationed in Iraq have been issued with a “kill or capture” list containing the names of up to 200 British terrorists fighting alongside ISIS. In a report by The Sunday Times, MI6, MI5, and GCHQ have furnished intelligence to the SAS operators in Iraq with target orders to eliminate British nationals who […]

US Army Stryker Vehicles Demo Laser Weapons

Stryker vehicles in service with the US Army have been in use for over a decade. Now the vehicle may soon have the ability to defend itself from unmanned aircraft systems using a laser weapon. US Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the Army Forces Strategic Command recently demonstrated the Stryker’s ability to defend […]