Syria

Born in Syria but raised in the United States, Spc. Mallouhi uses his cultural and language expertise to assist his unit while on deployment.

Michael Goodboe, a senior CIA officer and former Navy SEAL, died of injuries sustained in a terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia.

“We believe she was a threat to New Jersey and certainly our country,” said New Jersey Homeland Security Director Jared Maples.

Despite strong denial from the Syrian government, the strength of Iran’s proxies inside Syria appears much larger than previously thought.

Get caught up with a breakdown of all the reports you probably missed this week on SOFREP; November 16th – 22nd.

An airman hugs a loved one upon returning from a deployment to CENTCOM AOR in support of operations Inherent Resolve and Resolute Support.

Targets also included “storage facilities, headquarters, and military compounds,” as well as the Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries.

The US envoy to Syria admitted to playing a ‘shell game’ with troop numbers, suggests former SecDef Esper helped hide a clandestine war.

Catch up on all the military and defense news and SOFREP reports from the last week, November 9th to the 15th.

13 million people have been killed or displaced by the war in Syria which equates to more than half the pre-Civil war population.

The Russian troops will be tasked with guarding the “Lachin corridor”, which links the Karabakh capital, Stepanakert, to Armenia.

A soldier stands watch next to an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in Syria, Oct. 30, 2020 in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.