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Special Forces

The White House at night. Credit: Orhan Cam/Shutterstock.

White House regrets exposing faces of Special Forces troops in Israel

An Instagram photo failed to obscure faces.

October 20, 2023

Israeli forces carry out counter-terror operations in Judea and Samaria, May 8, 2023. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

Israeli forces arrest eight during Judea and Samaria counter-terror raids

Clashes broke out during an operation in Nablus in which two terror suspects were apprehended.

May 9, 2023

Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev speaks during a visit to the upper Galilee, Aug. 11, 2021. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.

In latest gaffe, Israel’s public security minister discloses 1984 special forces op in Syria

During the same interview, Public Security Minister Omer Barlev also claimed no Israelis had been murdered by terrorists in April.

May 3, 2022

U.S. President Donald Trump with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in the White House Situation Room monitoring developments as U.S. Special Operations forces close in on notorious ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria with a mission to kill or capture the terrorist, Oct. 26, 2019. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump’s Mideast shake-up led to killing of al-Baghdadi

The raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a major turning point in Trump’s presidency, and it’s a crying shame he can’t seem to get an iota of credit for it from his political opponents.

November 3, 2019

Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie brief the press at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16, 2017. Credit: Department of Defense Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro.

Pentagon releases footage of al-Baghdadi raid, warns that ISIS could retaliate

The leader’s Syria compound was destroyed “to ensure that it would not be a shrine or otherwise memorable in any way,” states U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.

October 31, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump declares al-Baghdadi’s ‘No. 1 replacement’ also dead

The U.S. president did not give the name of the person killed or any further details.

October 29, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in the White House Situation Room monitoring developments as U.S. Special Operations forces close in on notorious ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria with a mission to kill or capture the terrorist, Oct. 26, 2019. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump confirms elimination of ISIS leader in Syria by US forces

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “died like a dog,” says U.S. president, thanking Turkey, Syria, Russia, Iraq and the Syrian Kurds for their assistance and support with the raid on al-Baghdadi’s compound.

October 28, 2019

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (MEMRI)

Islamic State leader believed killed in US operation in Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly approved major raid targeting terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi less than a week ago.

October 27, 2019

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commandos participate in Iran's “Great Prophet IX” military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. Credit: Sayyed Shahab Odin Vajedi/Wikimedia Commons.

Iran demonstrates rapid-deployment forces in military war-game exercises

Around 12,000 elite troops, fighter jets, drones and armored vehicles were included in the two-day exercises, located in the central province of Isfahan, reported state television.

January 28, 2019