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Saudi Arabia spearheads a counter-terror alliance dubbed the 'Muslim NATO' after 300 killed in Egypt
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- On Sunday, just two days after a group of 30 men suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State massacred upwards of 300 Sufi → Read More
Teen suicide bomber with links to Boko Haram kills 50 in Nigeria
"This latest attack is now being reported as the worst terrorist attack in Nigeria's history with the death toll likely continuing to rise." → Read More
Robert Mugabe, sorcery, social media, a woman scorned and the slow-motion coup d'état in Zimbabwe
Those tanks and APCs that were rolling around on most major Zimbabwe roads? Yeah, that wasn't just for no reason (like some people thought). → Read More
DEVELOPING: Coup d'état fears rise as tanks block roads leading to capital city of Zimbabwe
Don't mind the tanks and the APCs, we're just dealing with some witchcraft stuff. Move along. → Read More
Mortus Discriminatus: The day I almost died in Iraq
Death in war is simply what occurs and you remind yourself of that by saying, "It is what it is." → Read More
US embassy issues travel warning as political infighting escalates to armed stand-off in South Sudan
The internal politics in South Sudan is rife with blood and paranoia. The US has issued a travel warning in response to some of the newer conflicts. → Read More
UPDATE: Terror attack in New York claims 8 lives, President Trump says "Enough!" as more details emerge.
New York City, New York -- More details have come to light in what the Federal Bureau of Investigations Joint Counter-Terrorism Task Force (FBI-JCTTF) decl → Read More
BREAKING: Truck slams into pedestrians and gunshots ring out in New York; 6 feared dead, 12 more injured
NYC hit with possible terror attack. FBI reportedly has suspect in custody. Stay tuned as updates continue to come in. → Read More
Dirty laundry: Hollywood, drugs, PTSD, and the death of a Green Beret in Mali
As details emerge, more questions follow. → Read More
Operation Juniper Shield: South Africa Defence Force troops to deploy to Niger to fill void left by Chad
Cape Town, South Africa -- Earlier this week the governments of South Africa and Niger finalized a military memorandum of understanding that will put South → Read More
US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, evacuated from refugee camp after protests turn violent in South Sudan
As it happens, refugees aren't terribly happy to see people who have been funding the regime that made them refugees. → Read More
Operation Juniper Shield: With Chad gone, nothing stops a united Islamic State and Boko Haram in Niger
This could be the start of something larger. → Read More
Flashpoint Africa: 12 Nigerien troops killed in suspected Islamic State attack along the contested border region in southwest Niger
Niamey, Niger -- 12 paramilitary police officers from Niger's Gendarmerie Nationale Nigérienne were reportedly killed in another surprise attack by a large → Read More
BREAKING: Congress announces increase in US Special Operations combat missions in Africa
Washington, D.C. -- Shortly after a meeting ended between Defense Secretary James Mattis and members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McC → Read More
16 years ago today: Green Berets enter Afghanistan as America's response to 9/11
On September 11th 2001 terrorists coordinated a series of attacks by way of hijacked commercial passenger airliners. Two of the hijacked passenger planes s → Read More
Op-Ed: Trump evokes the 'blame game' for White House silence on 4 killed on Special Forces mission in Niger
It's easy to take a victory lap when things go according to plan. Owning up to decisions that cost lives is another story. → Read More
Turkey sends doctors to Somalia as death toll reaches 300 after deadly truck bomb in Mogadishu.
Mogadishu, Somalia -- On Saturday, Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu was rocked by a massive explosion from a a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive → Read More
BREAKING: 30 dead in massive truck bomb that collapsed hotel in Mogadishu.
Mogadishu, Somalia -- 30 people are dead after a large truck laden with explosives detonated in front of a busy hotel within the capital city of Mogadishu. → Read More
Arrests made of suspects involved in deadly ambush on Green Berets in Niger
Following the arrests, more details are coming to light. → Read More
Op-Ed: Trump admin stages NFL protest while ignoring 4 dead Special Forces soldiers in Niger
It was two days after America was still coming to grips with the carnage that was displayed in Las Vegas after a madman holed himself up in a 32nd floor ho → Read More