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Michael Alexander Gloss smiling with a beard, before joining the Russian military

Son of CIA Deputy Director Killed Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

In a stunning and tragic twist to the war in Ukraine, a 21-year-old American citizen, Michael Alexander Gloss, was killed in 2024 while fighting

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Russia was reported to have officially confirmed 116 personnel deaths in Syria as of last spring. (Photo: AP)

Four Russian SOF operators killed in Syria

Maybe the mainstream war in Syria is over, but it is still a dangerous place for foreign militaries. At least four elite operators from Russia’s special forces have been killed in Syria

6 years ago

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The Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW) is the special unit in the Irish Defence Forces. The Army Ranger Wing is Ireland’s hostage rescue unit and they are closely related to specialised Irish Emergency Response Unit (ERU). Sciathán Fiannóglach an Airm (Irish: Army Ranger Wing) and An Garda Síochána (Emergency Response Unit) are training together and in of any hostage situation, the Irish Ranger Wing could be requested to support the ERU. (Photo: Irish Army)

Irish Army Ranger Wing deployed to Syria on mission to evacuate Lisa Smith

The Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW) operators and other Defence Forces and Government officials are deployed to the Middle East to execute a “Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation.” The goal is to repatriate the

6 years ago

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Wagner Group secret group of contractors from Russia — Allegedly members of secretive Russian private military contractors company Wagner during their deployment to Syria (Photo: Wiki)

7 contractors from Wagner Group killed in an ambush in Mozambique

The deadly ambush in Mozambique left 7 contractors from Wagner Group killed in two separate attacks. Wagner Group is a private military contractor company with close ties to Russia. The Russian contractors were

6 years ago

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British SAS operators finally evacuated from Syria

The sudden withdraw of U.S. Special Operations Forces from Syria has sparked out the Turkish military operation in this region. The British special forces have found themselves encircled by opposing sides after

6 years ago

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British SAS forces are understood to be on the front line of the final push against ISIS (Photo: GETTY [STOCK])

British SAS operator reportedly killed five militants in seven seconds with Benelli shotgun

In recent years, we have seen a lot of reports about the extraordinary actions of British Special Operations Forces, mostly SAS and SBS. But, sometimes there are doubts about the accuracy of

6 years ago

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Wagner Group in Libya suffered heavy casualties

Private contractors belonging to the Wagner Group in Libya had suffered heavy casualties. In the last few days, the bodies of Russian citizens killed in Libya’s civil war were sent home for

6 years ago

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Irish Special Forces On Their Way to Mali

The Army Ranger Wing – a part of Ireland’s special operations forces – are to be deployed to Africa as part of the Defence Forces UN-mandated overseas commitments. Their destination is Mali,

7 years ago

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Chris Craighead: SAS operator during terrorist attack in Kenya — SAS operator assisting Kenyan security forces during terrorist attack on DusitD2 Hotel Complex in Nairobi, Kenya (Photo: Getty)

A lone SAS operator led Kenyan special forces into a hostage-rescue mission

A lone SAS operator led Kenyan special forces into a besieged DusitD2 hotel complex in Nairobi in order to eliminate terrorists and rescue hostages. The “long-serving” member of the SAS – motto

7 years ago

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U.S. Military armored vehicles in Syria in 2017 (Photo: XY)

‘Why are you still in Syria?’ – US special operations commander

A US special operations commander has admitted that an extended US stay in Syria runs contrary to international law and that Russia would be entirely justified in questioning its presence there. At

9 years ago

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Malhalma Tactical - Alleged Jihadists private military company — Malhama Tactical - allegedly a jihadists private military company (Photo: XY)

Malhama Tactical: The Blackwater of Jihad

Heavily armed and expertly kitted with body armor and ballistic helmets, the men can be seen defending bunkers, storming buildings, and even posing by whiteboards giving tactical lessons. Though the titles of

9 years ago

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Special Air Service - SAS operators are posing with their weaponry — The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. (Photo: XY)

British Special Forces raided ISIS headquarters in Raqqa disguised in burkas

The operators from British Special Air Service (SAS) conducted a full-scale raid on a bunker housing alleged Islamic terrorists. They were disguised in burkas, full-length traditional garments of Muslim women, the U.K.’s Daily

10 years ago

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U.S. Army Rangers suppressive fire — U.S. Army Rangers suppression fire (Photo: Illustration)

Camp Bastion is in danger of being over run by the Taliban, US Special Forces deployed to defend it

Taliban insurgents killed three prominent local government officials and at least nine other people in three separate attacks in southern Afghanistan. The attacks came as the insurgents continued to hold the strategic

11 years ago

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