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SSG Justin Peck, Part of Trump’s SOTU Address Everyone Can Applaud

SSG Justin Peck, Part of Trump’s SOTU Address Everyone Can Applaud

By Steve Balestrieri | February 1, 2018 Army, Coalition SOF, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, Opinion, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism, US SOCOM

Watching and following politics in this country at the national level is a very difficult proposition these days. If you label yourself an Independent voter it is even more difficult. Media outlets aren’t content to report the news now, those days are going, going gone. We live in the hot take era. Media members now More »

Raqqa’s Dirty Secret, Thousands of ISIS Fighters, Families Allowed to Flee

Raqqa’s Dirty Secret, Thousands of ISIS Fighters, Families Allowed to Flee

By Special Operations | November 14, 2017 Coalition SOF, History, Opinion, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism

After months of bloody, hard fighting, the Syrians trying to take back their territory from the Islamic State wanted the fighting to be over. Especially so in the self-styled “caliphate” of Raqqa. The Syrians entered into a deal with ISIS to allow their fighters and families to escape Raqqa. The agreement was supposed to forbid More »

Rebuilding “Hell Square” in Raqqa, Syria A Difficult Task

Rebuilding “Hell Square” in Raqqa, Syria A Difficult Task

By Special Operations | November 8, 2017 Coalition SOF, History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism

The battle to liberate Raqqa from the Islamic State by the US-led coalition took months of hard fighting. Now the city is a bombed-out shell of itself. No one knows exactly how many lives were lost. Raqqa is devastated and according to officials, it will take months or even years to make the city habitable More »

Islamic State Fighters Fleeing Raqqa as the Battle Nears the End

Islamic State Fighters Fleeing Raqqa as the Battle Nears the End

By Special Operations | October 16, 2017 History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have agreed to a proposal with the Islamic State that allows Syrian jihadists to leave the city of Raqqa in exchange for the release of civilians held captive by the ISIS group. A statement released by SDF stated ISIS fighters are fleeing as the SDF has nearly totally captured Raqqa. More »

U.S. Backed SDF Scours ISIS Base in Raqqa For Intelligence

U.S. Backed SDF Scours ISIS Base in Raqqa For Intelligence

By Special Operations | October 3, 2017 Air Power, Coalition SOF, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism, US SOCOM, Weapons

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are moving thru the Islamic State’s former bastion at Raqqa as now 90 percent of the city has been taken. Their fighters on Monday were slowly recovering communication equipment and weapons used by the ISIS forces in their former command centers. After battling thru the western edge of the city, the More »

US-Backed Forces in Raqqa, Breach Perimeter in ISIS Stronghold

US-Backed Forces in Raqqa, Breach Perimeter in ISIS Stronghold

By Special Operations | July 4, 2017 Coalition SOF, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) backed by the United States have breached a perimeter wall that surrounds the Old City of Raqqa, as the battle rages around the last stronghold of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria. SDF fighters had penetrated the Rafiqah Wall as the battle intensified. Reports were surfacing of Islamic State fighters trying More »

US Airstrikes Causing “Staggering” Civilian Deaths Says UN

US Airstrikes Causing “Staggering” Civilian Deaths Says UN

By Special Operations | June 15, 2017 Air Power, Coalition SOF, History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM, Weapons

The UN is reporting that the coalition airstrikes led by the US is causing a “staggering” number of civilian deaths in the Syrian city of Raqqa. The city was taken by Islamist State forces in 2014 and has been cited by the IS as their “capital” and their “caliphate”. US-backed SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) are More »

Syrian SDF Rebels Moving Into Small Neighborhoods of Raqqa

Syrian SDF Rebels Moving Into Small Neighborhoods of Raqqa

By Special Operations | June 12, 2017 Coalition SOF, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

The US-backed Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) are slowly tightening the noose around the Islamic State (IS) enclave of Raqqa. While forward elements are already getting a foothold in the city’s east side, other SDF units are busy securing the areas surrounding the city. There are reports of US Special Operations troops being with the SDF More »

US-backed Syrian Fighters Move Slowly into IS “Capital” of Raqqa

US-backed Syrian Fighters Move Slowly into IS “Capital” of Raqqa

By Special Operations | June 9, 2017 Coalition SOF, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rebel force against the government of Assad has cautiously entered the final Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa. They entered thru the eastern edge of the city, fording a river on foot and in light vehicles all the while relaying their position by radio in an attempt not to fall More »

Turkey Readies For “Aggression” From US-Backed SDF in Raqqa

Turkey Readies For “Aggression” From US-Backed SDF in Raqqa

By Special Operations | June 7, 2017 Admin, Coalition SOF, SOF, SOFREP News, US SOCOM

The US-backed coalition of Kurds and Arabs of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have begun their long-awaited assault on the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate in Raqqa. The forecast for the battle has it that it will be long and costly as the IS fighters are cut off from any support. But the government of Turkey More »

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The 13 colonies, especially those hot-heads from Massachusetts were spoiling for a showdown with British in early 1775. Tensions had been simmering for some time, the Massachusetts Bay Colony had been a thorn in the Crown’s side for several years. Things came to a head on April 19, 1775, in the small towns of Lexington and Concord. The British, fearing that the colonists were stockpiling arms and ammunition for rebellion, sent a column of about 400 regulars to Concord on the night of 18 April to destroy the cache. The colonists, however, had effective intelligence and knew about it in advance. They mustered their militia and on Lexington green soon after sunrise, the two sides fired on one another… The militia was swept aside easily by the British troops. The same thing happened in Concord, but by then Colonial militias, have got the word were mustering from all over. The British began a tactical retreat back to Boston (Charlestown) but were fired on all the way back. “The shots heard ‘round the world.” The War for American Independence had begun. Prelude to War: The British had long grown weary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts had been the scene of MORE »

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