We’ve talked about the ultra-restrictive ROE hampering Operation Inherent Resolve in the past, and how the allowable level of civilian casualties has been “zero.” Since the fall timeframe, the airstrikes have picked up significantly, thanks to fewer restrictions in place and what seems to be a greater willingness to go after Daesh. That is also […]
President Obama ruled out Sunday sending U.S. ground troops to Syria, saying that military efforts alone aren’t going to solve the conflict. “It would be a mistake for the United States, or Great Britain, to send in ground troops and overthrow the Assad regime,” he said in an interview with the BBC. Obama said he […]
According to news outlets in Israel, Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft scrambled to intercept fighters belonging to Israel’s Kheil HaAvir. While some report there was no real confrontation, others say the encounters were tense and nearly resulted in shots being exchanged. Not sure what is true in this case, but definitely noteworthy! According to one account […]
Living in Raqqa, these teenagers were on the ISIS’s “most wanted” list due to their continuous online campaign that peeled back the layers of the so called “perfect caliphate” and directly opposed ISIS’s propaganda. They became citizen journalists and exposed ISIS to the world for what they really are, frauds and evil men. The teenagers had no weapons […]
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with Philip Gordon, who held the Middle East portfolio at the National Security Council from 2013 to 2015 (and before that, served as assistant secretary of state for European affairs) about my Atlantic article, “The Obama Doctrine.” The piece tried to explain how the president understands the […]
Iraqi forces regained control of the key city of Hit, while a “tough fight” remains in the Tigris River Valley, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said today. “Last week in the Euphrates River Valley, Iraqi security forces tore Hit from ISIL’s grasp and gave it back to the Iraqi people. Hit is liberated,” Army […]
The Peshmerga Dizha Tiror, (Counter Terrorism Group) was established through the guidance and training of Delta Force and the British SAS. The selection and training for Dizha Tiror, was based on the experience of Delta Force and the SAS, but was tailored to meet the unique the mission set of the Kurdish Counter Terrorism Group. A […]
In his classic novel 1984, George Orwell writes about Room 101 – a torture chamber where you are subjected to your worst nightmare, the worst thing in the world, to break your resistance. To survive any such place of profound pain is the greatest of gifts, a triumph of the human spirit. In our time, […]
With the help of U.S. commandos and JTACs calling in massive air strikes from the front lines, we just might push ISIS out of Iraq by next year.
A few days ago, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the “crash” of a Russian Mi-28H Havoc attack helicopter near the city of Homs. Both pilots were killed and their bodies were recovered by Russian special operations forces. The ministry asserted that “the helicopter was not shot down,” but we’re going to raise the Baloney Sauce […]
Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria is a menacing force, overpowering moderate rebels even as it battles government troops. But in recent weeks, Jabhat al-Nusra has provoked a backlash that appears to be undermining its formidable power. Residents of opposition-held Idlib province in northwestern Syria have protested the group’s heavy-handed tactics. Its fighters have been forced to withdraw […]
The Central Intelligence Agency and its regional partners have drawn up plans to supply more-powerful weapons to moderate rebels in Syria fighting the Russia-backed regime in the event the country’s six-week-old truce collapses, according to U.S. and other officials. The preparations for a so-called Plan B center on providing vetted rebel units with weapons systems […]
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