by Jason Ditz | Jun 21, 2017
F-16 Chased Away by Russian Su-27 Fighter Tensions are seemingly always rising between the US and Russia these days, but the latest incident appears to be far more serious, as Russia has released a video showing a US F-16 intercepting the plane of Russian Defense...
by Jason Ditz | Jun 19, 2017
US Accuses Syrian Plane of Attacking Kurdish Forces The US has confirmed that in an incident Sunday evening, an American F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian government Su-22 bomber south of Tabqa, accusing the Syrian jet of having dropped bombs on Kurdish fighters...
by Jason Ditz | May 29, 2017
US Coalition Strikes Are Causing Soaring Casualties Exemplified by the hundred and some odd people they’ve killed in the last 48 hours, the US is struggling mightily with the narrative that they are taking extraordinary care to limit the number of civilian casualties...
by Jason Ditz | May 22, 2017
Publicly US strategy in the Afghan War has been based around the conceit that the conflict is in a “stalemate,” despite mounting losses by the Afghan government. Advisers have offered a classified assessment on the conflict recently, however, conceding that the Ghani...
by Jason Ditz | May 10, 2017
Move Comes Ahead of Erdogan Visit to US Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was already making much of his plans to lambaste President Trump during his DC visit later this month, complaining about the US provision of arms and military support to Kurdish factions...
by Jason Ditz | May 5, 2017
Proposals All Involve Sending Thousands More Troops to Afghanistan The latest in a series of Pentagon proposals on changing US policy in its assorted wars, a series of options are expected to be delivered to President Trump next week on Afghanistan. The options being...
by Jason Ditz | May 3, 2017
Insists Saudis Could Quickly Win If They Wanted To Offering rare comments on the invasion of Yemen in a public interview, Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman defended the 2015 invasion as “necessary” ti restore former President Abd Rabbu...
by Jason Ditz | Apr 24, 2017
Says Syrian War a ‘Long Battle’ Against Crusaders, Shi’ites Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has issued a statement today calling for the various al-Qaeda-linked jihadist factions in Syria to be more patient, and rely of guerilla tactics in what he...
by Jason Ditz | Apr 19, 2017
Largest Marine Deployment in Afghanistan Since 2014 With the US seeking to slow the mounting losses by the Afghan military in the southern Helmand Province, the Pentagon has announced a deployment of roughly 300 US Marines to the province, with the fighters expected...
by Jason Ditz | Apr 13, 2017
Continues to Demand Nations Increase Military Spending After fueling a lot of tensions with his comments during the 2016 campaign that NATO is an obsolete alliance, President Trump today declared that the alliance is “no longer obsolete” following meeting with NATO...
by Jason Ditz | Apr 6, 2017
The US military is attacking Syria tonight, after talking up the idea of unilateral military intervention throughout the day. Preliminary reports are that more than 60 Tomahawk missiles have been fired against various targets inside Syria. Russian deputy Ambassador...
by Jason Ditz | Apr 5, 2017
Alleged Gas Attack Serves as Pretext for Administration’s Shift in Position In the waning months of last year’s campaign, President Trump was talking up a dramatic shift in US policy in Syria, a move away from regime change and a focus on fighting ISIS, along...
