The following is Oct. 13, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response. Read More
Tag Archives: Syria
V-22 Osprey Suffers ‘Hard Landing’ in Syria, Two Service Members Injured
Undated Photo of US Air Force CV-22. US Air Force Photo
This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
A V-22 has gone down in Syria, injuring two service member sometime on Thursday, a defense official confirmed to USNI News on Friday. Read More
VIDEO: Russian Frigate Fires 3 Cruise Missiles on ISIS Targets in Syria
A Russian guided-missile frigate fired three cruise missiles on targets on ISIS positions Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, according to a Tuesday release from the Russian Ministry of Defense. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Overseas Contingency Operations Funding
The following is the July 19, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Foreign Affairs Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Funding: Background and Current Status. Read More
Report to Congress on Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response
The following is June 20, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response. Read More
VIDEO: Pentagon Officials Confirm Russian Ships Fired Cruise Missiles on ISIS Positions in Syria
Two Russian Navy ships fired four cruise missiles into Syria from the Eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday, U.S. defense officials confirmed to USNI News. Read More
11th MEU: Contingency Ops, Crisis Response is ‘Our Bread and Butter’
U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fire an M777 Howitzer during a fire mission in northern Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve on Mar. 24, 2017. US Marine Corps Photo
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – The Marine Corps touts its ship-based Marine expeditionary unit deployments as its go-to, “911” force when needed. The Navy highlights its amphibious ready groups for the forward presence and “power projection” it gives overseas combatant commanders. Read More
Sinking of Surveillance Ship Highlights Increase in Russian Navy Operations
A Russian Kilo submarine passes the parade stand during the Russia Navy Day celebration in Vladivostok. US Navy Photo
This post has been updated to clarify the deployment of Russian Navy Kilo-class attack submarineRostov-na-Donu.
The sinking of the Russian signals intelligence ship Liman after a collision with a Togo-flagged freighter bound for Jordan puts the spotlight back on a Russian Navy that is increasingly active in the maritime domain in and around Europe and a Black Sea region that continues to be tense in the wake of the 2014 Ukraine crisis when Russia annexed Crimea. Read More
CRS Legal Sidebar: Was U.S. Strike on Syrian Airbase Legal?
The following is the April 17, 2017 Congressional Research Service Legal Sidebar: U.S. Strike on Syrian Airbase: Legal under International Law? Read More
Italian PM Pushing for Political Removal of Bashar Al-Assad from Power
H. E. Paolo Gentiloni in New York in 2015. Photo by Luca Marfe’
Italy’s Prime Minster backed President Donald Trump’s retaliatory Tomahawk cruise missiles strike in response to the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons and said on Thursday action could provide “new momentum to foster a political solution.” Read More
