Blasts in Syria kill dozens at security headquarters in Homs

BEIRUT — At least 42 people were killed Saturday in the western Syrian city of Homs after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked two heavily guarded security facilities. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring network, said suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire outside the headquarters of general and military intelligence, two of the […]

Watch: Iraq joins the air fight in Syria for the first time

Iraqi jets bombed ISIS targets inside the country of Syria for the first time Friday according to a statement from their prime minister. These airstrikes came as the Iraqi Army continues their operation to take back the city Mosul from the Islamic State. The Iraqi Prime Minister said they will attack ISIS militants ‘everywhere’. Iraq’s […]

Long war: Pentagon sees long term commitment in Iraq, fight against ISIS

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford is planning on a persistent, long term commitment to the war against ISIS. That commitment would extend well past the current military operations in Iraq and Syria, and would be part of a greater strategy to combat a ‘trans-regional threat’ posed by jihadist terrorism. […]

Iraq Joins the Air Fight in Syria for the First Time (Actual Video Footage)

Iraqi jets bombed ISIS targets inside the country of Syria for the first time Friday according to a statement from their prime minister. These airstrikes came as the Iraqi Army continues their operation to take back the city Mosul from the Islamic State. The Iraqi Prime Minister said they will attack ISIS militants ‘everywhere’. Iraq’s […]

ISIS car bomb in Syria kills at least 50

A car bomb claimed by ISIS detonated in a rebel held Syrian village on Friday, killing more than fifty people, 30 of whom were civilians.  The Aleppo Media Center and the UK-based Syrian Observatory both report that the death toll could exceed 60, but their accounts have yet to be confirmed. According to Turkey’s state-run […]

New anti-Islamic State plan could change U.S. strategy in Syria

President Trump’s developing plan to defeat the Islamic State may lead to significant alterations in the Syria strategy that Trump inherited from Barack Obama, including a reduction or elimination of both long-standing U.S. support for moderate opposition forces fighting against the Syrian government and the use of Syrian Kurdish fighters as the main U.S. proxy […]

CIA-backed aid for Syrian rebels frozen after Islamist attack – sources

CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major attack last month by radical Islamic militants, rebel sources said, raising doubts about foreign support key to their war against President Bashar al-Assad. Rebel officials said that no official explanation had been given for the move this month following […]

Four Russian servicemen killed by roadside bomb in Syria

BEIRUT — Four Russian servicemen were killed by a roadside bomb in western Syria last week, according to the Russian military. The defense ministry said in a statement that the Feb 16. attack had targeted a Syrian military convoy close to Tiyas, an air base from which Russian war planes have launched raids on Islamic […]

Munich Security Conference: Growing world concern over new administration

In Munich this weekend, the world’s top international security experts were attending the 53rd Munich Security Conference with more than 500 leaders debating the world’s international crisis’ and shaping the policy decisions which will affect the future of global civilization. On Friday, Senator John McCain addressed the conference and delivered some sobering warnings, stating, “My […]

Mattis won’t rule out putting troops on the ground in Syria

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis downplayed reports that the Pentagon was considering deploying US ground combat troops to Iraq and Syria, but he didn’t rule it out. Asked about a CNN report that the Pentagon might propose sending US troops to expedite the fight against ISIS, Mattis said he was not “comfortable answering on my own […]

The Pentagon said it wouldn’t use depleted uranium rounds against ISIS. Months later, it did — thousands of times.

Months after the Pentagon said it wouldn’t use a controversial type of armor-piercing ammunition that has been blamed for long-term health complications, U.S. aircraft fired thousands of the rounds during two high-profile air raids in Syria in November 2015, the Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday. The use of the ammunition, a 30mm depleted-uranium bullet called PGU-14, was […]

Putin’s Mercs

Since 9/11, the United States has experienced an incredible inflation of Private Military Contractors.  Meanwhile, both allies and adversaries have noted this development, inspiring them to start their own Private Military Companies.  In the last week we have seen an interesting story about a small Jihadi group in Syria attempting to brand themselves as a […]