Shawn Snow
Early Bird Editor
Shawn Snow is the senior reporter for Marine Corps Times and a Marine Corps veteran.
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Special operators will be countering violent extremists for the ‘long haul’
The commander of SOCOM said battling violent extremists groups will remain the number one priority for American commandos.
Kurdish fighters capture Russian anti-radiation missiles from ISIS
U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters known as the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, captured old Russian anti-radiation missiles from ISIS fighters in western Raqqa.
US officials rebuff UN calls to halt Raqqa air campaign
Any pause in operations would strengthen the Islamic State's defensive positions in the embattled city and put more civilians in harm's way, U.S. military officials said.
Boy who claims his father was an American soldier warns Trump in disturbing ISIS video
An ISIS propaganda video allegedly features a 10-year American boy named Yusuf — who claims his father fought as a U.S. soldier in Iraq — threatening President Trump.
UN calls for halt of US air campaign over Raqqa to save civilians
Officials at the UN have called for a halt by the U.S. led air campaign against ISIS in Raqqa on humanitarian grounds.
US-led coalition intensifies airstrikes in Raqqa at a cost
The U.S. has intensified its Syrian air campaign against ISIS.
Taliban reacts to Trump’s speech: 'Afghanistan is not a threat'
President Trump’s plan to send more troops to Afghanistan, with no deadline for their eventual withdrawal, drew immediate rebuke from the Taliban on its official website, Voice of Jihad.
US service member wounded in Afghanistan
A U.S. service member was wounded in action in Logar province, Afghanistan, Monday evening.
Pentagon distances itself from allies of the U.S. partner force battling ISIS
The U.S.-backed allies in the fight against ISIS are a multiethnic mixed bag of Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian, Turkmen and other ethnic groups.
US-backed Kurdish fighters follow in footsteps of WWII Marine Raiders with homemade sniper rifle
U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters known as the People’s Protection Unit, or YPG, are fielding a monster-sized 12.7 mm homemade sniper rifle pieced together from other weapons.
