A simple perspective on Russian and U.S. Policy

Russia and the USA are two fundamentally different countries in how engage in the world. It seems that we can’t get along and Russia is gaining on us. Maybe, in the long term, we’ll have a more envious position. But, it’s difficult to deny that’s something has gone awry with our Russian policy. We’ve lost […]

SOFREP editor-in-chief interviews President Assad in Syria

Jack Murphy, SOFREP’s Editor-in-Chief, is currently in Syria participating in a conference held by the British Syrian society. Yesterday, Jack was given the rare opportunity to interview President Bashar al-Assad. After being escorted into the atrium of the presidential palace we were told that we could walk upstairs to meet the president. I walked up the white […]

Veteran spy gives material to FBI alleging Russia intended to cultivate Donald Trump

Reports have emerged claiming that a veteran spy has handed over information to the FBI alleging a Russian operation to cultivate Donald Trump. There isn’t a lot of authority behind this claim and media development. But is there a direct connection, relationship, between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump? Probably not. Trump’s connection to Putin may […]

Syrian Army: Rebels kill 84 people in three days in Aleppo

The Syrian rebels’ assault on regime-held parts of Aleppo keeps getting deadlier, with 84 people killed over the past three days, the Syrian military said Monday. The latest violence also wounded 280 people in western Aleppo, Syria’s General Command of the Armed Forces said. Syrian rebels have intensified attacks on western Aleppo to try to […]

U.S. Officials: Russian and U.S. military aircraft have near weekly close calls

A U.S. military aircraft had a close call with a Russian military fighter jet earlier this month over Syria as tensions between America and Moscow continue to escalate. According to the general in charge of the air war over Iraq and Syria, Russian military aircraft intercept U.S. military planes nearly every week. Lieutenant General Jeff […]

The Ottoman Empire Strikes Back: Where is Turkey headed?

Turkey is re-emerging to the Middle Eastern scene playing an actual role in the coming solutions. Whether or not those work for the best and persist is anyone’s guess. The Ottoman Empire comprised most of the areas that are in turmoil in the Middle East, today. One thing can’t be denied – they ruled an […]

Blood and War: UN Agency Cooperates With Assad

The United Nations’ World Health Organization, which claims “impartiality and independence from external sources and authorities” in its operations, has been quietly cooperating with Syria’s murderous Assad regime in one of the ugliest aspects of its civil war: the weaponization of blood. WHO claims to be impartial, dispensing relief from suffering according to need, and […]

Syrian Rebels Launch Aleppo Counter-Attack to Break Siege

Syrian rebels including jihadists began a counter-attack against the army and its allies on Friday aiming to break a weeks-long siege on eastern Aleppo, insurgents said. The assault, employing heavy shelling and suicide car bombs, was mainly focused on the city’s western edge by rebels based outside Aleppo. It included Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, a former […]

Bitter Rift Deepens as Russia Rejects Findings on Syria’s Use of Chlorine Bombs

Russia on Thursday rejected the findings of a chemical weapons investigation led by the United Nations that found Syrian forces had used chlorine bombs at least three times in the past two years. During a Security Council meeting, Russia called the investigators’ findings inconclusive and no basis for punitive action. The response intensified the bitter […]

Russia sails through the English Channel and withdraws refuel request from Spain

According to the BBC, the British Navy shadowed the Russian naval ships as they passed through the English Channel this past week. Russia is sending the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and several other ships to Syria in order to support their “humanitarian effort.” This group will join the 10 other ships on the coast of Syria. There was quite a […]

US Military says ISIS plotting new attacks against West from Syria

ISIS is planning additional “significant” external operations against the West from its de-facto capital in Raqqa, Syria, the top U.S. commander in Iraq told reporters Wednesday. “I will say that we actually aren’t sure how pressing it is, and that’s what’s worrying us,” Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend said via teleconference from Baghdad. “We know they’re […]

ISIS Sends ‘Suicide Squads’ to Iraqi Stronghold

ISIS is sending “suicide squads” from Syria to its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, witnesses have told CNN, as tens of thousands of troops close in on the key city to take it from the militant group’s control. Witnesses said hundreds of new arrivals had streamed into Mosul from the group’s heartland of Raqqa, Syria, in […]