Syria

American troops were fired upon in northeastern Syria after civilians attempted to block them at a crossroads. They returned fire and at least one Syrian was killed and another wounded, Syrian state television reported. U.S. military spokesman Myles Caggins said American-led coalition forces were conducting a patrol of eight vehicles near Qamishli and encountered a […]

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted airstrikes against targets in Gaza on Sunday night after another rocket was fired at Israel’s south from the Palestinian side of the border, the military said.  On Sunday night, incoming rocket sirens sent thousands of Israelis once again rushing to bomb shelters in the southern town of Sderot and […]

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment (Charger Company), 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division fires an M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 05, 2020. These drills are used to enhance base defense operations to provide better security for U.S. forces in Iraq.

During the early pre-dawn hours of Thursday, the Israeli air force reportedly pounded several proxy Iranian militia targets according to the Syrian government. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that 12 militiamen were killed. The Syrian military released a statement through the Syrian state news agency SANA claiming that they downed a […]

An already tense situation has escalated into a deadly tit-for-tat violent struggle in northwest Syria. The Syrian government troops of President Assad have attacked Turkish troops killing six in an artillery barrage in Idlib. The Turkish military responded with strikes of their own, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reported that they hit over 40 Syrian […]

Just about two weeks ago it seemed like the escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran was heading for open warfare. And contrary to what many believe, the danger hasn’t abated at all for American or European troops in the region.  It began with Iranian-led militias that had rocketed and mortared over a […]

Unidentified aircraft pounded Iranian-backed militias on Friday in Syria, near the border with Iraq. Eight militiamen were killed by the strikes, Iraqi officials reported.  The targets were two trucks carrying ballistic missiles. This latest attack comes at a time when tensions between the United States and Iran are very high after a series of escalating […]

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After the Iranian missile attack on the joint U.S./Iraqi bases, many are wondering what happens next. And then, will the U.S. still be forced to leave Iraq, after Iraqi lawmakers passed a non-binding resolution to kick out American troops from the country?  First of all, some of what will transpire will have to do with […]

On Sunday, the United States hit back with airstrikes at Kata’ib Hezbollah — an Iranian proxy militia — in Iraq and Syria. The airstrikes were in retaliation to the terrorist group’s hit of a U.S. base outside Kirkuk, Iraq, with a missile attack on Friday. The attack killed one contractor and wounded four American soldiers. […]

The French military seems to be inadvertently feeding terrorist organizations with combat-hardened and well-trained recruits. According to a soon-to-be-released study conducted by the French think-tank Centre d’analyse du terrorisme (CAT), dozens of former French servicemen have joined the ranks of terrorist groups. Most of these Jihadists served in Special Operations or elite units, one of […]

On Sunday night, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) hit Iranian bases inside of Syria with airstrikes. Syrian air defense units have claimed to have shot down one of the missiles launched from Israeli aircraft outside of Aqraba. No casualty figures have been released. Both media and civilians have also reported that explosions could be heard […]