Christians Being Erased from the Middle East, Land of its Birth

In the Middle East, Christianity is dying. Radical Muslims from the ranks of the Islamic State [ISIS] are killing them en masse and are threatening their very existence in the land where Christianity was born. And the world continues to turn a deaf ear. In the United States, our Congress gives lip service to the […]

President Assad denies Syrian involvement in the Sarin chemical attack

In an AFP exclusive interview, President Bashar al-Assad denies the Syrian government’s involvement in the most recent sarin chemical attack in the small town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province. In the chemical attack, experts believe that sarin gas or a sarin-like substance was used which killed over 80 men, women, and children. Assad was shown video evidence of the […]

Trump congratulates commanders of Navy ships responsible for Syria strike

On Saturday, President Trump congratulated the commanders of the two Navy vessels tasked with launching 59 Tomahawk missiles at an Assad-controlled air base in Syria last week.  He then followed his telephone conversations up on Twitter, extending his praise into the digital sphere. “Congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the United […]

Op-Ed: Alt-Qaeda gets a Simon and Schuster book deal

Not content with the dumpster fire of a book deal recently cancelled with Milo Yiannopoulos, Simon and Schuster has signed a book deal for Bana Alabed’s story.  Presumably, the book deal is with her English speaking parents as the seven-year-old girl who became the public face of the Syrian civil war could not enter into a […]

Coalition air strike given wrong coordinates, kills 18 allied SDF fighters in Syria

The U.S. Military released a statement on Thursday regarding a coalition air strike that incorrectly targeted friendly forces, resulting in the death of 18 allied soldiers engaged in the fight against ISIS near their capital city of Raqqa. “The Coalition’s deepest condolences go out to the members of the SDF and their families,” CENTCOM said, calling […]

North Korean ground forces: We march better than you

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have one of the largest ground forces in the world, and were once referred to as the “Million Man Army.” Although their ground forces are estimated somewhere in the region of 950,000 soldiers, the large majority are under-trained and malnourished. In standing with other past communist and oppressed […]

British, Swiss Doctors Testing Doxycycline in Treating PTSD

PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome) is an acronym everyone is familiar with these days. As troops subjected to prolonged combat in multiple locations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and elsewhere show the world the grim reminders the toll it takes on the human psyche. It isn’t anything new, just the name has changed. In World War […]

Mattis and CENTCOM commander weigh in on Syria strike

Secretary of Defense James Mattis, accompanied by Army General Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, appeared before the press at the Pentagon on Tuesday to address questions that persist regarding the April 6th missile strike against the Syrian airfield reportedly responsible for a chemical attack carried out against civilians earlier in that week. […]

U.S. seeks to distance itself from reports tying Russia to Syrian gas attack

Conflicting reports from unnamed U.S. officials regarding Russia’s involvement in the Syrian chemical weapon attack highlight the increasingly tenuous political situation the United States and Russia find themselves in. After an anonymous U.S. official told news organizations that Russia knew in advance that Syria intended to gas civilians, and then participated in a cover up […]

Western push at U.N. to boost backing for Syria gas attack inquiry

The U.N. Security Council could vote as early as Wednesday on a push by the United States, Britain and France to bolster support for international inquiries into a deadly toxic gas attack in Syria, diplomats said, a move Russia had deemed unacceptable and unwarranted. The three countries have proposed a revised draft resolution, diplomats said, […]

ISIS fighters got inside the wire during a hellish firefight with US Special Ops in Syria

US forces in southern Syria came under attack by Islamic State militants around midnight local time on Saturday, joining with local partner forces to repel the assault in an hours-long fight that required multiple airstrikes and left three US-backed Syrian fighters dead. US special-operations advisers were on the ground near the al-Tanf border crossing when […]