Security

Two Russians who fled to Alaska in order to avoid Putin’s military draft can expect a phone call from Moscow’s agents in Washington, D.C. “The Russian Embassy in Washington is aware of the detention of two Russians by the authorities of the U.S. state of Alaska, the diplomats are going …

American forces killed a long-wanted Islamic State official who was hiding inside a village in Syria, security sources told Soldier of Fortune. The official was killed in the overnight hours in the course of a helicopter raid on the government-held village of Muluk Saray, in the northeastern province of Hasakeh. …

The United States’ newest and most advanced aircraft carrier has embarked on its first deployment to train with allies and patrol the high seas of the Atlantic amid increased tensions across the globe. The USS Gerald R. Ford began its deployment in the North Atlantic on Tuesday as the lead …

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday blamed the United States and Israel for widespread protests following the death in police custody of a young woman last month. Khamenei said the protests are not the actions of “ordinary Iranians.” The protests, now in their third week, have been met …

The latest coup in Burkina Faso is not aimed at creating a showdown with the previous coup, the group’s new military leader said. “The fight we are engaged in is not about power,” said Captain Ibrahim Traore, the new leader. Traore made his comments this weekend while speaking to Voice …

The wife of the U.S. Army’s first transgender officer berated him as a ‘coward’ for having qualms about giving senior officers’ medical files to the Russian government. The couple is accused of trying to deliver the documents as part of an effort to assist Russia in connection with the conflict …

A federal jury convicted a Chinese national and former Army Reservist for acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ji Chaoqun, 31, of Chicago, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to …

An Iranian bombing campaign targeted Iraq’s northern Kurdish region on Sept. 28, killing least nine people and wounding 32 others, the Kurdish Regional Government’s Health Ministry said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) fired on targets in Iraq’s northern Kurdish regional capital of Irbil and the eastern Iraqi city of …

At approximately 7:05 pm in Syria on September 18th, a rocket attack targeting the Green Village base in northeast Syria failed to strike US or Coalition forces or equipment. Three 107mm rockets targeted the base. A fourth rocket along with rocket tubes was found at the launch point, approximately 5 …

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of President Vladimir Putin, has admitted he founded the private paramilitary Vagner group after years of denying any links to the mercenaries who have been involved in the ongoing war in Ukraine, as well as conflicts in Syria and Africa. In response to a question …