Iraq

The Black Market is a global norm; it exists, and it’s tentacles attach to every nation and land. It prospers from the fact people want illegal things. If you’re curious how strong anti-U.S. sentiment is around the world, look no further than ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Funding comes in subtle and not-so-subtle ways through the Black Market. […]

The U.S. military is requesting authority to send up to 500 new troops to Iraq ahead of a much-anticipated campaign to take back Mosul from Islamic State, according to U.S. officials, adding to an expanding American presence in the country. The new deployment, if approved by the White House, would assist Iraqi and coalition forces […]

These guys were no snipers. More like the guys who take lots of pictures with long rifles and buy ‘sniper’ apparel to feel better about sucking.

The text within the black box states, “A Daesh [ISIS] fighter gets cured with a bullet”

A new video purportedly released by Daesh, or the so-called Islamic State alleges to show a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent asking for help to be freed from Daesh. The video was released on Daesh terrorist channels on September 20.

It is stated to have been filmed in “Wilayat al-Furat”, an Daesh-occupied area on the Euphrates River that is part of Syria. “al-Furat” is Arabic for “Euphrates.”

With the soup sandwich that is the conflict in Syria ramping up, no one seems to be watching the ISIS presence in Iraq get snuffed out. The Iraqi government is watching however and they have a close eye on where their borders currently are. Their message to the Kurds was very clear last month; return […]

There have been countless discussions over which is the better fighter jet— the U.S.-made Northrop F-5E Tiger II or the Soviet MiG-21 Fishbed. That can be a hard argument to settle. The Iran-Iraq war was probably a draw for the two types. More than 15,000 of these two cheap, lightweight, simple-to-maintain and -operate fighters were […]

Sharing details the source said, “Special medical unit of the organization proceeded to steal human organs for about 23 Daesh militants of those who slept in the hospitals of Nineveh,” noting that “what has been stolen from those members included the kidneys, intestines and more; they were transferred under tight control to affiliated hospital on the outskirts of the city. ”

First off, let me say this: I never received any free cigars or chew or anything else when I was in the military.  What the hell?  I feel like I got short-changed. A California congressman, Representative Duncan Hunter (R), recently penned a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in which he sought clarification […]

The PKK is not affiliated with the Kurdistan Regional Government or the Peshmerga. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê‎) is a far left-wing guerilla organization that operates in the mountainous border regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.

The combat between the PKK and Turkish army within this video demonstrates one of many longstanding conflicts in volatile proximity of the fight against, Daesh, or the Islamic State, as well as the Syrian Civil War.

“Roger that’s f**king cool.” AH-6 Littlebird and DAP MH-60 helicopters pound enemy position in Iraq.

Northern Syria has always been the more difficult and violent section of Syria in the civil war. Aleppo and other cities have seen the most devastation. They’ve also witnessed the most fluid situation of occupants running the gamut of groups in Syria. According to Barbara Starr, who tweeted “US Special Operations Forces in Northern Syria […]

U.S. Special Operation Forces are helping the Syrian Kurdish police known as Asayish in their task to provide security to the newly liberated town of Manbij.