Syria eyes calm, Gaza aid site turns deadly, Trump hosts Gulf leaders—here’s your SOFREP Evening Brief for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

After years in a Syrian detention camp, Ibrahim Darwish was relieved to be allowed to return home to Iraq, but his joy was quickly punctured by the harsh reality that he had to disown his sons accused ...

The widespread use of robotics in warfare was once regarded as the stuff of science fiction. But as technology — and the way ...

Syrian refugees, who fled to Lebanon more than a decade ago to escape war, violence and persecution, have slowly begun to return, encouraged by better conditions after President Bashar Assad's ouster.

The military’s secretive elite forces have a new leader in the Pacific. On Thursday Navy Rear Adm. Jeromy Williams of U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific, also known as SOCPAC, passed the baton to ...

Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, doesn’t want the spotlight—but with this White House, there’s no avoiding it ...

The situation is “urgent” in Deir-Ezzor, Idlib and Aleppo, which have been affected by 13 years of civil war, adds the HI manager, who arrived in Syria in 2023. Underwater demining will be important ...

The West Asian strategic landscape, for generations, meant a balance-of-power game between affluent Gulf states, ...

The Sturgeon Bay candle maker created a special, vanilla-scented candle with 100% of profits going to flood relief efforts.

At the outset of the war, Israel’s declared prime war objective was “to eliminate Iran’s military nuclear infrastructure” and target its arsenal of ballistic missiles and launchers. Israel denied any ...

Given the current state of the world, with turmoil in the Middle East and the ever-present saber rattling from China over ...

In a lawsuit filed on Friday, Lululemon claimed certain Costco products have "unlawfully traded" on the brand's "reputation, ...