Improvised Killer Drones In Syria
I’ve looked before at the phenomenon of improvised weapons in the Syrian civil war, in particular the use of Improvised RocketContinue Reading
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Opposition Factions Of The Syrian Civil War
The researchers Ryan O’Farrell and Cody Roche have compiled an incredibly useful list of Opposition Factions in the Syrian Civil War for theContinue Reading
The Digital Tech Of The Islamic State And Others
Bellingcat has an interesting article by Jett Goldsmith summarising some of the online techniques used by adherents of violent political Islam toContinue Reading
How One Turbulent City In Iraq Can Stand For The Whole Country
With some sections of the Western news media proclaiming imminent victory over the Islamic State (an entirely nebulous concept given theContinue Reading
American Weapons And Equipment Among Syria’s Opposition Factions
During the hot years of the Cold War one of the few things the opposing superpowers of the USSR andContinue Reading
Donald Trump Questions The Geneva Conventions
Political commentators have been speculating for months that the Donald Trump campaign for the GOP’s presidential nomination would eventually, inevitably, goContinue Reading
Russian Tank Meets American Missile In Syrian Proxy War
Whatever else one may say about the muddled involvement of the United States and the Russian Federation in the dreadful Syrian civil war itContinue Reading
Improvised Armour, From The British Army 1916 To The Islamic State 2016
Just after 12 o’clock on the afternoon of Easter Monday, the 24th of April 1916, Patrick H. Pearse and his revolutionary colleagues were escortedContinue Reading
Two Documentaries On The Kurdish War, Plus The Russians Get A Fright
A couple of recent video documentaries on the Kurdish struggle in Syria and Iraq. The first, “Kurdistan: Girls at War“, wasContinue Reading
Michael Ware On The Iraq War And The Islamic State
These two interviews with the Australian war correspondent, Michael Ware, highlighting his traumatic experiences reporting on the conflict in Iraq, nowContinue Reading
The British SAS And The Exploding Heads Of The Islamic State In Syria
Ah, war stories. They grow with every telling. To wit, take this tale of daring-do from battle-torn Syria where Britain’sContinue Reading
Syria In 2015 And The Murder Of Ruqia Hassan
Joshua Landis, the Director of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma and author of the ever reliable Syrian CommentContinue Reading
The Killing Of Zahran Alloush, A Gift To The Islamic State
So Zahran Alloush, the controversial military commander of Jaysh al-Islam, one of the largest non-secular Opposition groups in Syria, and five ofContinue Reading
War Nerd Radio, December Podcasts
I thought some ASF readers might be interested in the two most recent episodes of the War Nerd Radio, a newsContinue Reading
Turkey’s Invasion Of Northern Iraq
The left-leaning blog, Moon Of Alabama, has published a number of insightful articles in recent days on a serious military escalation in the MiddleContinue Reading
British Airstrikes In Syria, Action Without Purpose
Two bravura opinion pieces from the Celtic world protesting the bellicosity of Greater England’s morally bankrupt political classes and their determination to condemnContinue Reading
Irish Neutrality Versus The Anti-Islamist Armchair Generals
A bleak headline from a story in the Irish Independent, reporting the words of the Fine Gael minister of justice, FrancesContinue Reading
Whacking Jihadi John For The Pure Pleasure Of It
So this is the reaction of the “West” to the rise of the Islamic State and the growing conflict inContinue Reading
Barrel Bomb Attacks On Darayya, Damascus
Some ASF readers may have heard of the airborne”barrel bombs” deployed by the pro-Assad forces in the Syrian civil war, primarily for useContinue Reading
The Real Islamic State Is The Child-Crucifying Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
As the United States and its allies (and foes) continue to dither over the expansion of ISIS/ISIL in the Syrian-Iraq borderlands andContinue Reading
Aylan Kurdi And The Heavy Hand Of History
It some ways it is a terrible comment upon the calibre of our political leaders that the harrowing images of a young Syrian KurdishContinue Reading
Russian Soldiers Serving With Pro-Assad Forces In Syrian Civil War
Most observers of the civil war in Syria are well aware of the military assistance offered by the government of Vladimir Putin toContinue Reading
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