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Guest Author -- William Bayless: William spent nine years on active duty in the Navy as an analyst, serving aboard the USS John F. Kennedy for two years as well as serving at duty stations in Maryland and the U.K. William has an… [Read more…]
Guest Author -- William Bayless: William spent nine years on active duty in the Navy as an analyst, serving aboard the USS John F. Kennedy for two years as well as serving at duty stations in Maryland and the U.K. William has an MBA, an Associate Degree in Information Systems and a solid foundation of basic cybersecurity principles and concepts. Syrian Conflict The Syrian War … [Read more…]
Guest author William Bayless: William spent 9 years on active duty Navy as an analyst with 2 years aboard the USS John F. Kennedy and duty stations in Maryland and the United Kingdom. He has an MBA as well as a two year degree in Information Systems and a solid foundation of basic cyber security principles and concepts. The Syrian Conflict The Syrian War started in 2011 as an … [Read more…]
16 women have been sentenced to Iranian prison by the Iranian judiciary system, the "Islamic Revolutionary Court." According to an Iranian news outlet, they were charged with traveling to Syria and receiving "terrorist training" before returning to Iran. They will reportedly have to serve their sentence in prison, as well as pay Iran any money received from ISIL salary. The … [Read more…]
The DOD recently released footage of U.S. Special Operations Forces conducting a raid against ISIS-K in Mughul, Darzab district, Jowzjan province, Afghanistan. What appears to be a platoon of U.S. Army Rangers, they can be seen loading up onto the MH-47, landing on target, followed by several explosions. It is difficult to discern exactly what the exact cause of these … [Read more…]
Last month, Boko Haram took 110 schoolgirls hostage in Nigeria and almost all of them have been released in Dapchi, Nigeria, the town from which they were taken. Boko Haram was seen driving truckloads of the girls back into town and letting them go. Reports of the exact numbers are still coming in and discrepancies appear across the board. A statement from the personal … [Read more…]
A high-level defector from Kurdish-led forces that captured the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State has recanted his account of the city’s fall, saying thousands of IS fighters - many more than first reported - left under a secret, U.S.-approved deal. Talal Silo, a former commander in the Syrian Democratic Forces, said the SDF arranged to bus all remaining Islamic … [Read more…]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- On Sunday, just two days after a group of 30 men suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State massacred upwards of 300 Sufi Muslims during prayers at the al Rawdah Sufi mosque in the Bir al-Abed region of the Sinai Peninsula. The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, or MBS officially launched the predominately … [Read more…]
North Sinai, Egypt -- On Friday, terrorists detonated a bomb inside a mosque. They surrounded the building and set up gun positions, firing upon surviving civilians as they fled for their lives. Eventually several of the gunman entered the mosque as well. Over 120 people are reportedly wounded and now it has been reported that over 300 were killed. The mosque was a Sufi mosque, … [Read more…]
North Sinai, Egypt -- An explosion went off Friday, followed by bouts of gunfire, in what is being reported at the deadliest terrorist attack on civilians in the Egypt. The death toll has surpassed 230, and over 100 people have been injured. The attack happened at a Sufi Mosque and according to Reuters, a bomb went off while 40 gunmen took positions and engaged the civilians … [Read more…]
A report released by the United Nations last week sheds light on a more precise human toll that the Islamic State took on the civilians of Mosul before their ouster earlier this year. The report describes in great detail the total disregard ISIS had for the civilian inhabitants of Mosul, as well as the infrastructure and historical landmarks which compose the ancient city. … [Read more…]
New York City, New York -- More details have come to light in what the Federal Bureau of Investigations Joint Counter-Terrorism Task Force (FBI-JCTTF) declares the incident in New York as an act of terror. New reports out of New York are confirming that 8 people are dead after a lone attacker drove a pick-up truck drove into a bike lane near the Stuyvesant High School in … [Read more…]
New York City, New York -- Breaking news out of New York City, as an unknown assailant in a Home Depot rental truck drove into a bike lane near the Stuyvesant High School in Lower Manhattan. The driver struck several cyclists and slammed his truck into a parked vehicle; he exited and began firing indiscriminately into onlookers on shooting upwards of five people. The FBI … [Read more…]
