The Iraqi military is claiming that its forces have recaptured Sharqat district in Salah-ad-Din Province, Iraq from ISIS. After significant air efforts were placed on Sharqat during the past year …
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By Elizabeth Shim, UPI North Korea threatened to obliterate Seoul with a hydrogen bomb a day after South Korea’s defense ministry confirmed it has a military plan to remove Kim …
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ISIS Believed to Have Attacked U.S. Base in Iraq with Chemical Agent
by OpsLensby OpsLensBy Lucas Tomlinson, Fox News ISIS fighters are believed to have attacked U.S. and Iraqi forces with a “crude” chemical weapon Tuesday evening, a U.S. official told Fox News. The …
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Obama Accidentally Grants Citizenship to Over 800 Potentially Criminal Immigrants
by OpsLensby OpsLensBy Edmund Kozak, Lifezette Question: What’s the last thing any American wants to hear right after a weekend in which radicalized Muslim migrants perpetrated multiple terror attacks on U.S. soil? …
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Update: Kerry Alludes to Cease-Fire Crumbling, but Remains Optimistic
by OpsLensby OpsLensUpdate to OpsLens previous article on the cease-fire between the United States and Russia. United States Secretary of State John Kerry expressed Monday that despite a rocky start to the …
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If There is Critical Intelligence to be Gathered From Ahmad Khan Rahami, the Time is Now
by OpsLensby OpsLensWhat happens after the detention of a terrorist suspect, or otherwise, largely depends on the capturing force. However, regardless of who conducts the operation, time is perhaps the most critical …
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By Rick Leventhal and Matt Dean, Fox News Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man sought in connection with weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey, was taken into custody after a …
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U.S. Officials Believe Weekend Bombings Connected, Man Hunt Underway
by OpsLensby OpsLensAuthorities have said multiple explosions over the weekend in New York and New Jersey are connected and a terror cell may be responsible. Early Monday morning the Federal Bureau of …
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White House Apologizes for Mistakenly Killing Sixty Syrian Soldiers in U.S. Airstrike
by OpsLensby OpsLensOfficials from the White House and the United States Central Command offered their apologies to both Russia and Syria on Saturday after a U.S. airstrike mistakenly struck more than sixty Syrian …
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By Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today A key Islamic State leader responsible for terror videos of torture and execution was killed in an airstrike last week in Syria, the Pentagon …