Security

by Joseph Hammond As lonely Portuguese firewatchers look for smoke atop stands on distant hills, and fire fighters battle the blazes that raged across the country, the Iberian nation earlier this year faced devastating wildfires. Even as the struggle continued, though, many recalled the events of 2017 – which, in …

“Islamists and antisemites must not feel safe anywhere” – German Interior Minister Nancy Fraser German authorities raided sites on Thursday in connection with a ban on the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun. Germany’s Interior Ministry said the raids took place at 15 properties in four states. …

A spokesman did not immediately respond to a request from Soldier of Fortune to offer proof that the hostages are alive. by Susan Katz Keating Hostage negotiators face “complex challenges” when trying to learn the fate of the crew that was aboard a Bahamas-flagged cargo ship that was seized on …

by Susan Katz Keating Federal investigators are checking prison logs to see if anyone has visited a Lebanese man who staked out key New York landmarks and who previously planted a bomb in Israel, a security source told Soldier of Fortune. The prisoner, Alexei Saab, is an explosives expert who …

Screaming “Allahu Akbar,” an enraged mob tried to break into a parked aircraft with passengers and crew inside. A mob shouting anti-Jewish epithets stormed and shut down the airport in the Russian city of Makhachkala in the predominantly Muslim region of Daghestan after a flight arrived from Israel on Sunday night. The crowds were …

SOUTH CHINA SEA – The Pentagon on Thursday released video of a J-11 fighter plane from the People’s Republic of China buzzing a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber over the South China Sea. The American plane was “lawfully conducting routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace” on …

American troops in Iraq defended themselves against three hostile drones that, resulting in minor injuries to U.S. and Coalition personnel, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Wednesday. “In western Iraq, U.S. forces engaged two drones, destroying one and damaging the second, resulting in minor injuries to Coalition forces,” according to …

The United States is considering blocking $6 billion that were released to Iran as part of a prisoner swap, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in Israel. “We have strict oversight of the funds, and we retain the right to freeze them,” Blinken said.  Blinken made his remarks Thursday …

A former U.S. Army sergeant who carried a top secret security clearance was arrested on Friday for allegedly trying to give classified defense information to China, the Justice Department said. Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, who served in an Army intelligence unit from 2015 until 2020, offered U.S. defense information to …

Russian mourners commemorated the founder and leader of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin on the 40th day since his death, a Russian Orthodox tradition to honor those who have passed away.  Prigozhin, along with commander Dmitry “Wagner” Utkin and eight others were killed in an Aug. 23 plane crash in …