John Sjoholm

FROM THE FRONTLINES – The Mosul Offensive: Operation Western Bank Liberation

February 20, 2017

Below the Iraqi Air Force Mi-35M1 Hind attack helicopter, the khaki colored landscape becomes a sun bleached patchwork of brown, black, and

The few, the unelected, the shadowy coup against Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn

February 18, 2017

ECONOMICS·Headlines·MENA·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

OPINION. Lt. Gen. Flynn was removed by the few, the unelected. Who will be the next lamb to the slaughter? And at

Taliban clash with Pakistani forces after renewed offensive

February 12, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

Khost, Pakistan – Pakistani Security Forces suffered casualties in a clash against Taliban sympathizers early Sunday (12th of February). The clashes occurred

Trump’s Middle Eastern War, A Bay of Pigs in the making

February 8, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

OpEd: An open plea to the Trump Administration to not abandon America’s Kurdish allies as they wage war on the Islamic State. In

Trump National Security Council orders and appointments raise concerns

January 31, 2017

Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

The Trump administration has announced that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will be included in the National Security Council. White House spokesman,

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US Special Operations air and ground assault takes out al Qaeda compound in Yemen

January 29, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

Large scale US Special Operations assault in Yemen leaves 1 US Navy SEAL dead, 3 Special Operations members wounded, upwards of 45

US drone eliminates Abo Mus’ab al Jazrawi

January 26, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS

On January 22nd the al Qaeda affiliated, former ISIS commander Abo Mus’ab al Jazrawi saw his timely end from a US Intelligence

US drone strikes continue to target al Qaeda leadership

January 22, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

Four al Qaeda affiliated militia fighters are taken out by US drone strikes in Yemen. Two separate US drone strikes in the

Denmark deploys Army Special Forces to Syria

January 22, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

Denmark has ordered its Armed Forces to begin deployment of its elite Special Forces Jægerkorpset and Frømandskorpset units to Syria to join

Updates from the Front Lines: Dier Ezzor, January 22nd

January 22, 2017

Breaking News·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS

Update on the battle against ISIS in Syria: combined Russian, Syrian and US air assets pound Islamic State militants in defense of

Libyan MiG shot down as battle rages for control of Benghazi

January 18, 2017

AFRICA·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News·News Wire

LIBYA, 18TH JANUARY 2017, LIMA CHARLIE NEWS WIRE A MiG-23 jet fighter was shot down by “Islamist extremist militia” over Benghazi, Libya,

Soldiers battle in last stand against ISIS at Deir Ezzor

January 18, 2017

Breaking News·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS

Wide Islamic State offensive on Deir Ezzor, Syria, splits the town in two, isolates a small detachment of protectors, preventing supply drops.

Image Vladimir Dedushkin Russian Ambassador Yemen

#BREAKING: Russia’s Ambassador to Yemen still alive and well

January 16, 2017

AFRICA·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

A report on the scourge that is Fake News in the Middle East, and an ambassador’s murder that never was. Americans have

Ongoing US strikes target al Qaeda in Yemen as civil war rages on

January 15, 2017

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US Defense Department acknowledges January 8th airstrike that killed a senior al Qaeda leader in Yemen. “The United States remains committed to

As ISIS collapses, targeted killings by US Intelligence keep al Qaeda on the run

January 15, 2017

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Renewed intelligence efforts and targeted killings by the US Intelligence community continue to take down high level leadership in al Qaeda and affiliated