U.S. intel warns: ISIS not desperate, just ‘adapting’

Recent raids against ISIS targets have given the U.S. intelligence community a better understanding of how the terror group is structured and organized and about its plans for attacks outside areas it controls in Syria and Iraq, according to a senior administration official. They also have made it clear that for some time ISIS was […]

Was the Russian Mi-35M destroyed by friendly fire in Syria?

The Russian Ministry of Defense has claimed the helicopter was shot down with a US anti-tank guided missile TOW. However, during the Russian campaign in Syria, there have been no reports of Daesh capturing TOWs or their appearance in their possession.

Ohio man admits to planning terrorist acts for Daesh (ISIS)

Abdulkader’s plans included abducting a military employee at home and filming the employee’s execution. After executing the employee, he would attack a police station in the Southern District of Ohio using a firearm and Molotov cocktails.

Russia to Match Aircraft Carriers with US

Things are heating up with the fight against ISIL in Syria.  Russia is deploying its only aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean sea in a show of force. The Russians are doing their best to match the United States in the war in Syria. Russia’s state run media TASS reports that Vladimir  Putin is now sending Russia’s only […]

Operation Inherent Resolve – The fight against ISIS

Two years later it appears that ISIS is being dealt some significant setbacks – of note is the recapture of Ramadi and Fallujah by Iraqi government forces, once again led by Iraqi SOF aided by Coalition airpower and supported by Shia militia.