U.K. Obtains Cache ‘Secret Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] Files’ Identifying 22,000 Terrorists Across the Globe

A U.K. media outlet. Sky News has obtained access to thousands of documents, which contain the names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of 22,000 Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] jihadist fighters. The identities of previously unknown jihadis which remain in Daesh controlled territory, as well as those who have returned home to the United States, Canada, Europe, the U.K., across northern […]

Watch: A 23mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Destroy an ISIS VBIED in Syria

In early April, the Free Syrian Army launched an offensive adjacent to the Syrian-Turkish border capturing a collection of 10 (+/-) villages and cutting off several Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] access points to supporters in Turkey. Their daring move to stretch their lines has provided Daesh with the opportunity to counterattack, as the FSA scrambles to consolidate […]

Inside Russia’s Mission To Rescue Its Pilots

Combat Search and Rescue is one of the highest risk missions that exist on the modern battlefield. The situation is often fluid and very dynamic; the “known” information is extremely small and the risk to the rescue force is usually high. The critical factor to the confidence of the fast-mover pilots flying over denied territory […]

Update: On The Ground in Paris ‘Revenge in The Air’

As I land in Paris, you would never think that two nights ago Islamic terrorists launched one of the most shocking attacks in Europe to date, killing 129 and wounding over 300. My first stop was the hotel which is located and in the center of where these shootings took place. First stop of the […]

CIA Funded and SOF Trained: The New Syrian Army Hits the Ground

A new video has emerged showing the so-called New Syrian Army in action, kitted out with American weapons and equipment.  The train and equip program is a funded and run under the auspices of the CIA but the actual military training which the New Syrian Army receives is conducted by US Special Operations personnel.  The New […]

First Russian Airstrikes In Syria

As has been all over the news today, the Russian Air Force has officially joined the fray in Operation Inherent Resolve and conducted its first combat missions against the Islamic State. Within hours of the Russian lawmakers’ approval of President Vladimir Putin’s request to use force in Syria, Russian fighter-bombers were airborne and moving to […]

Now ISIS Is Working For Assad (Or So Their Rivals Say)

According to a February 12 report from Al Arabiya, the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham is actually in cahoots with the Assad regime, and is part of a plot to undermine the Syrian resistance. The report goes on to say that the Syrian National Coalition has revealed documents showing that several ISIS commanders are […]

Further Splintering and Radicalization in Syria

The Syrian Civil War appears to be becoming increasingly three-way (four-way if you count the Kurds).  The Islamic State of Iraq and as Sham assassinated Ahrar al Sham’s chief humanitarian aid worker on Sept. 11, apparently in keeping with an operational strategy voiced by Ayman al Zawahiri the next day.  On Sept. 12, Zawahiri issued […]

Syria: An Unpopular Solution

Face it, whatever decision is made by U.S. Congress concerning action to be or not to be taken in Syria, it will not be embraced whole heartedly by the American public. Obviously no decision like this one has ever been fully embraced–not even the invasion of Afghanistan after the attacks of 9/11. Really, I recall […]

The Case for Intervention in Syria: What You Need to Know

With the current front page news of Assad’s use of Sarin and a potential US military response, there’s been an Everest mountain’s worth of discussion over why we shouldn’t do anything.  Conspicuously absent is an honest questioning of the reasons to not intervene, well-explained reasons to intervene and analysis of the results of inaction. SOFREP is […]

The al-Nusra Front: al-Qaeda’s Syrian Love Child (Part III)

The fighting in Syria is becoming more convoluted and distorted by the day. When the fighting first started, it was in opposition of President Bashar al-Assad and his Ba’athist regime. It still seems as though the overarching goal of the Free Syrian Army (considered more of an idea than an actual organized single unit) is to […]