Over the past 48 hours, the elite tactical unit of the French Police, RAID, have made multiple trips into Kabul to rescue people sheltering in the French Embassy.
So far, they have taken 216 French and Foreign nationals to the secure area of Kabul Airport, #Afghanistan.
Masoud Pezeshkian, an Iranian Reformist Politician of Azerbaijani and Kurdish Descent has Won the Presidential Election in Iran, with him having Defeated a Hard-Line Member of the Iranian Ultra-Conservative Party, Saeed Jalili. Both Pezeshkian and Jalili are Supporters and have
🧵 1/ The situation in Syria is spiraling: In the most simple terms, we are seeing Erdogan-backed Sunni jihadists routing Khamenei and Putin-backed Assad loyalists.
Rebel Fighters filmed at the Center of Aleppo in Northern Syria, as Hayat Tahir al-Sham (HTS) continues to Advance into the City without almost any Resistance from the Syrian Army or its Allies.
Normally this office would be run someone with experience in special operations. She is absolutely unqualified to oversee training and force development for our special operations forces.
Hamas executed an American the other day and our response was to blame Israel/Bibi. In 2021 ISIS murdered 13 service members at Abbey Gate and got away with it. This is the natural progression.
Update, full details: Today in İzmir, Turkey, two U.S. servicemembers from the USS Wasp (LHD-1) were assaulted during shore leave.
A group of Turkish youth nationalists placed bags over their heads, claiming the act as retaliation for an incident involving American and Turkish
For decades, the U.S.-Israel relationship has been based on a shared commitment to democracy and security in an unstable region. Imposing conditions on military aid undermines this partnership. Even President Biden himself rejected this approach during his campaign, acknowledging
America’s defense production is abysmally behind. We can’t even make enough artillery shells for Ukraine, let alone for a larger conflict. Outdated factories, slow rebuilds, and empty stockpiles. Our defense industrial base needs fixing, fast.
Sequoia Capital COO Quits After Partner’s Tweet About Zohran Mamdani
BASED @shaunmmaguire!
I am grateful for Shaun Maguire!
Keep speaking truth Shaun!
Your former colleague is more than welcome to work in 56 other countries.
Or maybe not. 🤔 forbes.com/sites/christer…
🧵The 2007 Karbala attack which he led, was one of the most grievous assaults on American troops during the entire Iraq war. Disguised as US soldiers, the attackers infiltrated a secure US compound in Karbala, fooling guards and clearing checkpoints unchallenged. /1
This is a huge deal: Initial reports that the target of #Israel's strike in Sayyidah Zaynab, #Syria today was Ali Mussa Daqduq. Daqduq has been a senior #Hezbollah commander who was responsible for attacks on U.S. troops in #Iraq, including in 2007 which led to the deaths of five
In 2009 I volunteered for another Afghanistan deployment, thinking we could still fix things there. What we uncovered about power brokers and the Taliban’s funding left no doubt about where we had failed- and what it cost us.
I’m telling this story because we can’t afford to
