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The HSV-2 Swift vessel. Image: US Navy.

The HSV-2 Swift vessel. Image: US Navy.

UAE vessel reportedly sunk by Houthi forces off Yemen

October 2, 2016

Last night a UAE-flagged ship was reportedly sunk off the cost of Yemen near the port city of Mokha.

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In General, Yemen Tags Yemen, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Houthis, Ship, HSV-2 Swift, US Navy
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ISIS-linked group storms Filipino city of Marawi
May 23, 2017 East Asia, Islamic State, General Philippines, Mindanao, Duterte, ISIS, Abu Sayyaf, Maute Michael Cruickshank
May 23, 2017 East Asia, Islamic State, General Philippines, Mindanao, Duterte, ISIS, Abu Sayyaf, Maute Michael Cruickshank
ISIS-linked group storms Filipino city of Marawi
May 23, 2017 East Asia, Islamic State, General Philippines, Mindanao, Duterte, ISIS, Abu Sayyaf, Maute Michael Cruickshank
May 23, 2017 East Asia, Islamic State, General Philippines, Mindanao, Duterte, ISIS, Abu Sayyaf, Maute Michael Cruickshank

An ISIS-linked Islamist group has reportedly overrun significant sections of the city of Marawi, located on the southern island of Mindanao in The Philippines. 

May 23, 2017 East Asia, Islamic State, General Philippines, Mindanao, Duterte, ISIS, Abu Sayyaf, Maute Michael Cruickshank
May 23, 2017 East Asia, Islamic State, General Philippines, Mindanao, Duterte, ISIS, Abu Sayyaf, Maute Michael Cruickshank
US-backed Syrian forces closing in on ISIS stronghold of Raqqa
May 23, 2017 Syria, U.S., Islamic State, General Syria, ISIS, Raqqa, SDF, YPG, IS, Islamic State Joško Barić
May 23, 2017 Syria, U.S., Islamic State, General Syria, ISIS, Raqqa, SDF, YPG, IS, Islamic State Joško Barić
US-backed Syrian forces closing in on ISIS stronghold of Raqqa
May 23, 2017 Syria, U.S., Islamic State, General Syria, ISIS, Raqqa, SDF, YPG, IS, Islamic State Joško Barić
May 23, 2017 Syria, U.S., Islamic State, General Syria, ISIS, Raqqa, SDF, YPG, IS, Islamic State Joško Barić

The Raqqa operation, named Wrath of Euphrates, is entering its final stages as Syrian Democratic Forces are clearing areas north and east of the city of Raqqa from Islamic State presence.

May 23, 2017 Syria, U.S., Islamic State, General Syria, ISIS, Raqqa, SDF, YPG, IS, Islamic State Joško Barić
May 23, 2017 Syria, U.S., Islamic State, General Syria, ISIS, Raqqa, SDF, YPG, IS, Islamic State Joško Barić
Undercover video from Idlib offers unique insight into opposition held-areas in Syria
May 18, 2017 Syria, General Syria, Idlib, Nusra, HTS, FSA Oliviero Reusser
May 18, 2017 Syria, General Syria, Idlib, Nusra, HTS, FSA Oliviero Reusser
Undercover video from Idlib offers unique insight into opposition held-areas in Syria
May 18, 2017 Syria, General Syria, Idlib, Nusra, HTS, FSA Oliviero Reusser
May 18, 2017 Syria, General Syria, Idlib, Nusra, HTS, FSA Oliviero Reusser

Jenan Moussa, a journalist with UAE based al-Aan TV, released a video on her Twitter claiming to have sent three people undercover into Idlib province, where they filmed daily life with their cellphones.

May 18, 2017 Syria, General Syria, Idlib, Nusra, HTS, FSA Oliviero Reusser
May 18, 2017 Syria, General Syria, Idlib, Nusra, HTS, FSA Oliviero Reusser
Coalition warplanes strike pro-government forces in Syrian desert
May 18, 2017 General, Islamic State, Syria, U.S. Syria, US, ISIS, FSA, Bombing Oliviero Reusser
May 18, 2017 General, Islamic State, Syria, U.S. Syria, US, ISIS, FSA, Bombing Oliviero Reusser
Coalition warplanes strike pro-government forces in Syrian desert
May 18, 2017 General, Islamic State, Syria, U.S. Syria, US, ISIS, FSA, Bombing Oliviero Reusser
May 18, 2017 General, Islamic State, Syria, U.S. Syria, US, ISIS, FSA, Bombing Oliviero Reusser

The official account for the International Coalition for Operation Inherent Resolve has confirmed that coalition warplanes struck pro-government forces near al-Tanf area near the Syria-Iraq border "posing a threat to US partner forces".

May 18, 2017 General, Islamic State, Syria, U.S. Syria, US, ISIS, FSA, Bombing Oliviero Reusser
May 18, 2017 General, Islamic State, Syria, U.S. Syria, US, ISIS, FSA, Bombing Oliviero Reusser
US launches Tomahawk strikes against Syrian Government
Apr 7, 2017 U.S., Syria, General Syria, US, Chemical Weapons, Assad, USA, Trump, Russia Michael Cruickshank
Apr 7, 2017 U.S., Syria, General Syria, US, Chemical Weapons, Assad, USA, Trump, Russia Michael Cruickshank
US launches Tomahawk strikes against Syrian Government
Apr 7, 2017 U.S., Syria, General Syria, US, Chemical Weapons, Assad, USA, Trump, Russia Michael Cruickshank
Apr 7, 2017 U.S., Syria, General Syria, US, Chemical Weapons, Assad, USA, Trump, Russia Michael Cruickshank

Overnight the US Navy launched a Tomahawk cruise missile attack on a Syrian Air Force base in response to the chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun earlier this week.

Apr 7, 2017 U.S., Syria, General Syria, US, Chemical Weapons, Assad, USA, Trump, Russia Michael Cruickshank
Apr 7, 2017 U.S., Syria, General Syria, US, Chemical Weapons, Assad, USA, Trump, Russia Michael Cruickshank
Winter assault on Avdiivka fits ongoing Russian strategy in Donbass invasion
Feb 2, 2017 Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, General Ukraine, Avdiivka, Russia, Trump, Putin, Donetsk Conflict News
Feb 2, 2017 Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, General Ukraine, Avdiivka, Russia, Trump, Putin, Donetsk Conflict News
Winter assault on Avdiivka fits ongoing Russian strategy in Donbass invasion
Feb 2, 2017 Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, General Ukraine, Avdiivka, Russia, Trump, Putin, Donetsk Conflict News
Feb 2, 2017 Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, General Ukraine, Avdiivka, Russia, Trump, Putin, Donetsk Conflict News

Recent provocations by Russia and its militant proxies in Avdiivka's Industrial Zone fit with a continuing pattern of violence in SE Ukraine.

Feb 2, 2017 Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, General Ukraine, Avdiivka, Russia, Trump, Putin, Donetsk Conflict News
Feb 2, 2017 Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, General Ukraine, Avdiivka, Russia, Trump, Putin, Donetsk Conflict News
Forgotten Fronts: Islamic State in the Philippines
Jan 5, 2017 General, South Asia, East Asia, Islamic State ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Phillipines Michael Cruickshank
Jan 5, 2017 General, South Asia, East Asia, Islamic State ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Phillipines Michael Cruickshank
Forgotten Fronts: Islamic State in the Philippines
Jan 5, 2017 General, South Asia, East Asia, Islamic State ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Phillipines Michael Cruickshank
Jan 5, 2017 General, South Asia, East Asia, Islamic State ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Phillipines Michael Cruickshank

Islamic State is busy setting up a new affiliate in the Philippines, and government policies are allowing the threat they pose to worsen.

Jan 5, 2017 General, South Asia, East Asia, Islamic State ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Phillipines Michael Cruickshank
Jan 5, 2017 General, South Asia, East Asia, Islamic State ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Phillipines Michael Cruickshank
Syrian Government on Verge of Full Capture of Aleppo
Dec 14, 2016 Syria, General Syrian Civil War, Syria, Russia, Iran, Aleppo Conflict News
Dec 14, 2016 Syria, General Syrian Civil War, Syria, Russia, Iran, Aleppo Conflict News
Syrian Government on Verge of Full Capture of Aleppo
Dec 14, 2016 Syria, General Syrian Civil War, Syria, Russia, Iran, Aleppo Conflict News
Dec 14, 2016 Syria, General Syrian Civil War, Syria, Russia, Iran, Aleppo Conflict News

The battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo is in its final stages as government troops and allied militias dislodge the rebels from the final neighbourhoods

Dec 14, 2016 Syria, General Syrian Civil War, Syria, Russia, Iran, Aleppo Conflict News
Dec 14, 2016 Syria, General Syrian Civil War, Syria, Russia, Iran, Aleppo Conflict News
ISIS Recaptures Palmyra from Syrian Forces
Dec 11, 2016 General, Islamic State, Syria Syria, Palmyra, SAA, ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Russia Michael Cruickshank
Dec 11, 2016 General, Islamic State, Syria Syria, Palmyra, SAA, ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Russia Michael Cruickshank
ISIS Recaptures Palmyra from Syrian Forces
Dec 11, 2016 General, Islamic State, Syria Syria, Palmyra, SAA, ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Russia Michael Cruickshank
Dec 11, 2016 General, Islamic State, Syria Syria, Palmyra, SAA, ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Russia Michael Cruickshank

Islamic State (ISIS) fighters have this evening recaptured the city of Palmyra in central Syria. 

Dec 11, 2016 General, Islamic State, Syria Syria, Palmyra, SAA, ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Russia Michael Cruickshank
Dec 11, 2016 General, Islamic State, Syria Syria, Palmyra, SAA, ISIS, IS, Islamic State, Russia Michael Cruickshank
Why Amisom struggles to defeat al-Shabaab
Nov 26, 2016 General Somalia, al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Africa Conflict News
Nov 26, 2016 General Somalia, al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Africa Conflict News
Why Amisom struggles to defeat al-Shabaab
Nov 26, 2016 General Somalia, al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Africa Conflict News
Nov 26, 2016 General Somalia, al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Africa Conflict News

While AMISOM is assisting in the fight against Al-Shabaab, their lack of success has caused local Somalis to question their motives.

Nov 26, 2016 General Somalia, al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Africa Conflict News
Nov 26, 2016 General Somalia, al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Africa Conflict News

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