Russia, the United States increase training in the Arctic
American soldiers in Lapland together with the Jääkäri Brigade of the Finnish Army. Pohjoinen 1/23 drill will be held on February 24. The region is increasingly strategic.
Syria, the US military will return to Raqqa
Local Sources: Will be deployed in the city and at the 17th Division base. Objective: to protect the area from the probable invasion of Turkey in Kurdistan.
Syria, the Islamic State suffers a blow to the heart
The US eliminates one of the top pro-ISIS leaders, Abu 'Ala, the expert arms smuggler Rakkan Wahid al Shammri and the person responsible for the prisoners, Abu Mu'Ad al Qahtani.
Cyber Warfare, new US sanctions on Iran following cyber-attacks escalation
OFAC put ten individuals and two entities in the black list. They are affiliated with the IRGC and used ransomware to target businesses and critical infrastructure across the board.
Syria, Turkey goes on despite the veto of Russia and the US
Ankara continues to send reinforcements and supplies to the front line in Idlib and Manbij. Damascus does the same, while the SDF strengthen the posts. The tension is sky high.
Syria, even the US reacts to the possible Turkey’s offensive
US specialists are looking for areas to build new FOBs to better assist the SDF should Ankara attack Kurdistan.
Cybersecurity, CISA adds 3 new vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Catalog
They are the CVE-2021-3156, CVE-2021-31166 and CVE-2017-0148. One is linked to Sudo and the other two to Microsoft.
US-Russia, Prigozhin ends up on the FBI’s most wanted list
Putin's chef, in addition to being the head of Wagner's contractors, also allegedly financed the IRA to interfere with American politics.
Ukraine, US B-52H carry out a patrol throughout all the Mediterranean
It’s the first time since the end of the Cold War that the United States has given such a muscular demonstration to Russia. It is the response to Moscow’s nuclear naval exercises.
Iraq, US twart an attack on the anniversary of Soleimani’s death
The military neutralize armed drones sent by pro-Iran militias against a base at Baghdad airport to avenge the general and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.