On April 1st, 2024, at around 5:00 pm, a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus was hit by an airstrike. The four-story structure was completely destroyed, killing Mohammed Reza Zahedi, also known as Hassan Mahdawi, along with six other senior Iranian officials (including Mahdawi’s deputy).Iran has claimed that the building was brought down… Read More Mossad Assassinations – Damascus Airstrike
I recently published an article about writing and publishing a book, which contains lots of tips and suggestions that also apply to article writing. But having managed a successful security blog, reaching several hundreds of thousands of readers all around the world, here are a few insights that are more specific to blogging. Blog Platform… Read More Tips & Suggestions For Security Writers
There are tons of articles out there about the craft of writing and about the process of publishing a book. I’m neither going to improve on any of them nor repeat what’s already been said. What I’m going to give you instead is all the stuff they don’t usually tell you, all the stuff I… Read More Tips & Suggestions on Writing Your Book
Well, it’s been another great year. There sure have been some crazy at times (and don’t get me started on politics…), but not unlike last year, this has been the best year yet for Protection Circle, and for me personally. The blog shot up to over 80,000 reads this year alone, and readership since its… Read More Debrief: 2017
