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US Shoots Down Iranian Drone Flying Over Base In Southern Syria: Will The US Retaliate?

By SOFREP | January 4, 2022 Army, Aviation, Coalition SOF, Editorial, Middle East, Military, News + Intel, Robotics, SOF, Technology, US Politics, Weapons

The U.S. military intercepted and shot down a small drone that was believed to be threatening a U.S. base in southern Syria Tuesday, just weeks after the same base was attacked by drones and rocket fire. It is believed to have been launched by Iranian proxy militias in the region.  Capt. Bill Urban, the spokesman More »

What Would ARSOF’s Role Be in Near-Peer Conflict With Russia?

By SOFREP | November 18, 2021 SOF, Special Operations, US SOCOM

The Army’s Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) are in transition. With the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan and the slow winding down of combat operations in Iraq, ARSOF units are moving from an emphasis to a door-kicking counter-terrorism role to a more traditional role of countering near-peer adversaries such as Russia or China.  ARSOF’s More »

IDF West Bank Units Using New Intelligence Methods To Combat Terror Attacks

By Steve Balestrieri | June 4, 2019 Army, Coalition SOF, History, Israel, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism

After several attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians in the West Bank where the attackers were able to get away in the crowds, the IDF is revamping the way they do business to alert their troops to any suspicious activity by Palestinians in the West Bank. There have been 16 Israeli soldiers or citizens killed More »

The US to Label Iran Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Organization

By Steve Balestrieri | April 8, 2019 Coalition SOF, History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism

Iran Threatens Tit-for-Tat In a slightly surprising move, the United States is for the first time labeling the military of a foreign power as a terrorist organization. Possibly as early as today, the U.S. State Department may label Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. While the U.S. has frequently stated that Iran More »

With ISIS Routed in Syria, Assad Is the Big Winner in the Civil War

By Steve Balestrieri | April 4, 2019 Coalition SOF, History, Opinion, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

Opinion: The US-led coalition which supported the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) have routed the Islamic State’s (ISIS) fighters out of Baghouz which was the last bastion of their self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq. And while the SDF, supported by U.S. airstrikes continues to pound the remnants of the ISIS fighters in the tunnels and More »

Tunnel-mapping tech may be the most important special operations gear of the 21st century

By Alex Hollings | March 31, 2019 SOF, Weapons

Recently, NEWSREP Editor-in-chief Jack Murphy reported on the U.S. military’s standing plan to infiltrate Iranian underground bunkers housing integral elements of the nation’s nuclear apparatus. If war between the United States and Iran were ever to come to fruition, these facilities (commonly referred to as hardened and deeply buried targets, or HDBTs) would be among More »

Dunford Shoots Down WSJ Report of US Troops Remaining in Syria

By Steve Balestrieri | March 20, 2019 Coalition SOF, France, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, Military Aviation, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Joseph Dunford is denying an earlier Wall St. Journal report that the United States is planning on leaving 1000 U.S. troops in Syria, which is more than double what was initially reported. “A claim reported this evening by a major U.S. newspaper that the U.S. military is developing plans More »

SAS Commandos Wounded in Yemen, Highlight Humanitarian Crisis

By Steve Balestrieri | February 25, 2019 Army, Coalition SOF, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism, The SAS Files, US SOCOM

Last week, as many of our readers know, two SAS operators were wounded in an IED blast in Yemen. The covert operation was a combined UK/US operation where the SAS along with a U.S. Special Forces A-Team were scouting out potential drop zones in the country. But what the drop zones were for highlights just More »

Hamas Offering $1 Million Dollar Bounty For Israeli Identities in Nov. Raid

By Steve Balestrieri | January 14, 2019 Air Force, Army, Coalition SOF, espionage, History, Israel, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism

The botched special operation conducted by the Israelis in Gaza back in November was widely publicized at the time and spurred the response of Hamas, which launched nearly 500 rockets at Israel in the aftermath. It is proof, that even excellently produced plans, conducted by seasoned, tried and true professionals can go awry. Hamas is More »

Mission Accomplished 2 for US SOF? No Easy Answers in Syria

By Steve Balestrieri | December 24, 2018 Coalition SOF, France, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, Opinion, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism, US SOCOM

President Trump ruffled quite a few feathers both here in the United States and abroad when he tweeted out a few days ago that our troops were being pulled out of Syria. The President said, “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency,” which he said during More »

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