The Peshmerga’s German G36 rifles take a bite out of ISIS

The G36 could easily be pictured in the hands of a police commando resembling a stormtrooper who’s escorting Snake Pliskin to some wall of a prison island that was once a chunk of the United States. Instead, it’s finding its way into the hands of Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers on the front lines of a war where it’s muzzle thumping […]

ISIS releases video of beheading of accused Russian spy (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

The Islamic State has reportedly released a video showing the beheading of a Russian intelligence operative accused of spying on the terrorist group in Syria. According to ISIS representatives, the video released on various social media accounts managed by the organization depicts the killing of Captain Yevgeny Petrenko, a 36-year-old man accused of infiltrating Islamic extremist groups […]

Syria claims 5,000 militant Chinese jihadists fighting in the Syrian Civil War

The Syrian ambassador to China claimed on Monday that 5,000 ethnic Uighurs, members of a Muslim minority in western China, are fighting with jihadists in the Syrian Civil War. The Chinese government has previously warned of the growing Muslim insurgency within its own borders, blaming the Uighurs for a number of terrorist attacks inside China. […]

Syrian Kurds will look to connect territory to Mediterranean after fall of Raqqa

Kurdish fighters in Northern Syria have revealed plans to extend their gains across northern Syria by establishing a trade route to the Mediterranean Sea, in a move that would almost certainly be opposed from the outset by Turkey, the Guardian reports. U.S. support for the Kurds fighting in Syria against the Islamic State and Assad […]

Senior aide to Turkish President Erdogan threatens U.S. forces in Syria

An aide to Turkish president Recep Erdogan told a radio show that the U.S. soldiers in northern Syria are not safe from Turkish bombs, saying “we won’t be considering the fact that there are armored American vehicles… all of a sudden, by accident, a few rockets can hit them.” His comments come as a politically […]

James Mattis issues statement on Army Rangers killed in Afghanistan

Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the media on Friday to honor the lives of two Army Rangers that died during a raid on an ISIS-K compound in Afghanistan on Thursday.  The joint-operation saw participation from forty Army Rangers and as many as fifty Afghan commandos, and initial reports from the Pentagon have suggested that […]

Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces launch offensive near Mosul

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a largely Shia paramilitary organization under indirect control of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have launched an offensive against the Islamic State southwest of Mosul, the Long War Journal reports. The group’s presence on the battlefield, consisting of thousands of fighters from over 40 separate and predominately Shia […]

Drone manufacturer quietly releases software update to ground ISIS drones

Drones have changed the face of warfare in many combat zones around the world.  American Predators, along with a number of others, have provided U.S. forces with increased surveillance capabilities and can even conduct offensive operations without risking any American lives. However, as military drone technology has improved, commercial drones available for purchase in the […]

Rival Libyan governments reach tentative diplomatic agreement in Rome

A cursory agreement has been reached between the representatives of Libya’s primary political rivals, a major step towards resolving the political chaos that has occurred in the war-torn country. Brokered by Italian foreign minister Angelino Alfano and Italian ambassador to the U.S. Armando Varricchio, the agreement was reached during talks between Ageela Saleh, president of the […]