Updates & Insights

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Webinar: Ripple Effects: Evolving Realities for Partners Amid the Iran Conflict

by Spirit of America | Mar 9, 2026 | Featured, Middle East / Central Asia

We invite you to join Spirit of America for Ripple Effects: Evolving Realities for Partners Amid the Iran Conflict, on Thursday, March 12, at 1:30 p.m. ET. As we move into week two of the Iran conflict, we have a clearer picture of what these events mean for the Middle East. Early developments ...

Four years of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine: A Spirit of America update

by Spirit of America | Europe, Featured

Four years ago, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Nearly ...

Rapid relief for displaced families in Syria

by Spirit of America | Featured, Middle East / Central Asia

In recent weeks, escalating tension and clashes between Kurdish forces and the Syrian ...

Supporting our Kurdish partners: Spirit of America is on the ground

by Jim Hake | Oct 16, 2019 | Project Updates

Greetings, Kurdish forces have been essential partners of the United States in the campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Spirit of America is proud to have worked with US troops to support them. There is no doubt there are American servicemembers alive today...

Spirit of America results alongside US soldiers in Cameroon

by Andy Duhon | Oct 9, 2019 | Project Updates

Greetings, Last month, US soldiers deployed to Cameroon and Spirit of America finished building a primary school in a rural northern Cameroon village. The soldiers identified to Spirit of America the need to rebuild a dilapidated primary school located within a mile...

Urgent need: Spirit of America’s immediate response to the attack on US Army Base in Somalia

by Nick Glasgow | Oct 7, 2019 | Project Updates

On Monday (September 30) a US military base in Somalia was attacked by al Shabaab (news reports here and here). Al Shabaab militants attacked with a car bomb followed by ground forces in an attempt to breach and storm the US base. The attack was successfully repelled...

Spirit of America and US Special Operations soldiers in Somalia

by Nick Glasgow | Sep 25, 2019 | Project Updates

Greetings, Al Shabaab is a US-designated terrorist organization affiliated with Al Qaeda based in Somalia. They aim to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia, which they hope will ultimately expand to encompass the whole Horn of Africa. Al Shabaab has...

9/11 and citizen service

by Jim Hake | Sep 11, 2019 | The American Spirit

Greetings, Today is the 18th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. I still get emotional thinking about that day. I founded Spirit of America in response to those attacks. I wanted to do my part to secure the blessings of liberty. My TED talk tells the story....

US Special Forces and Spirit of America establish a medical clinic in ISIS-liberated Syria

by Zack Bazzi | Sep 10, 2019 | Project Updates

Greetings,Despite losing territory that at its peak was the size of England, ISIS is far from defeated. The threat of a resurgent ISIS, or “ISIS 2.0” is real. The Defense Intelligence Agency estimates that 30,000 ISIS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria. American troops...

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