[8am] Local sources in Ghazni report that in the aftermath of the liquidation of the head of Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... ’s intelligence management in Khaja Omari district, the Taliban have detained and allegedly tortured at least 40 civilians.
Sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh on Thursday, August 10th, that over the course of this week, the Taliban have incarcerated this number of civilians who reside in Qal-e Naw village within this district.
According to sources, the detained individuals face daily brutal beatings at the hands of prison guards affiliated with the Taliban.
Reports suggest that despite efforts by local elders to secure the release of these individuals from Taliban custody, no progress has been made.
Local Taliban officials in Ghazni have refrained from commenting on this matter so far.
These events unfold after the head of Taliban’s intelligence management in Khaja Omari district was killed on the night of Friday, August 4th, due to gunfire by unidentified armed individuals within the district. A family member of the dear departed also sustained injuries.
As of now, no individual or group has grabbed credit for the liquidation of this Taliban member.
UPDATE: Security officials in #Galmudug state says a number of Al-shabaab militants surrendering to the Government forces has risen as the Somali National Army and regional forces gears up for the final push to liberate all parts of the country from the #Alshabaab militants. pic.twitter.com/IXXdb5TPuV
[Garowe] At least 25 al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... forces of Evil were killed in Tuesday's crackdown in central Somalia, with the Army announcing that it inflicted injuries to dozens of other holy warriors, as the security forces comb the region following a first phase of operations within the vicinity.
Special commandos targeted the forces of Evil in Bulo Burde and Mukayle villages in central Somalia, a few days after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited the region to assess the progress made in fighting the group, which is responsible for many deaths across the country.
Deputy Minister of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia, Abdirahman Yusuf Adala told Somali National News Agency [SONNA] that the army destroyed 16 vehicles in which the bandidosholy warriors were preparing explosives at a big garage in the area during the operation.
"Somali National Army’s Danab unit conducted a well-coordinated military operation at Mukeyle area near Bula-burte in Hiiraan region this morning, the forces destroyed holy warriors’ intent to arrange vehicles with explosives, the attack inflicted heavy casualties on the militias", Adala said.
According to him, the Somali National Army was supported by regional troops and foreign forces, leading to significant achievement within the region. Hiiraan is considered as a bedrock of al-Shabaab but clan mobilization has made it possible for al-Shabaab to retreat.
[Garowe] Somalia's spy agency has intercepted explosives destined for al-Shabaab ...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them... strongholds even as the country gears for the second phase of operations against the hard boys, who have been controller parts of central and southern regions for the last two decades.
The National Intelligence Security Agency [NISA] confirmed in a tweet that a vehicle carrying bombs was intercepted along Elasha- Biyaha Road within Mogadishu, the capital, leading to a shootout with the driver. The driver was subdued and went titzup, the agency said.
While committing itself to secure the country from the hands of the hard boys, the spy agency insisted that the crackdown against the murderous Moslems would be intensified across the country, noting that locals should also actively participate for the sake of sharing intelligence.
"Our special forces in Elasha- Biyaha intercepted a vehicle carrying bombs and killed the driver after he attempted to escape. NISA is committed to preventing and thwarting all plans that hard boyz intend to harm the people," the agency said.
NISA works closely with security forces in pursuing criminals including al-Shabaab hard boys, who have been fighting to topple the fragile UN-backed federal government of Somalia but have struggled due to resistance. multi-agency teams safeguarding civilians in Somalia.
#NISA special forces intercepts vehicle carrying improvised explosive devices near Elasha-Biyaha at the outskirts of #Mogadishu; driver killed while attempting to flee from the officers. pic.twitter.com/oyqlfmYkba
[Garowe] A landmine explosion left at least six people dead in Somalia on Wednesday, police confirmed, with several others sustaining serious injuries according to a local governor who spoke to members of the press immediately after the unfortunate incident.
Governor Mohammed Ibrahim Barre of Lower Shabelle said a minibus traveling between Marka and Qoryoley was hit by the landmine with at least 20 civilians on board, including women and kiddies. So far, nobody has grabbed credit but the governor accused al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... of plotting the attack.
Frequently, al-Shabaab snuffies target senior government officials, members of security forces, and innocent civilians with these explosives. The al-Shabaab snuffies are not known for ground combat but instead prefer using Improvised Explosive Devices [IEDs].
Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... Secretary-General for Somalia Kiki Gbeho told the U.N. Security Council earlier this year that al-Shabaab continues to pose a serious threat to peace and security in Somalia, VOA reports.
"The year 2022 was the deadliest for civilians since 2017, with a 60 percent increase in civilian casualties as compared to 2021," she said in her statement during a briefing about Somalia.
Between 2020 and 2021, a record of 109 IED attacks were recorded by the United Nations in Somalia, killing 309 people and injuring at least 556 others. The number could be higher given that there are some attacks that go unreported in the country.
The IED attacks include using vehicle-borne improvised bombs [VBIE]), suicide kabooms using both vehicle-borne improvised bombs [SVBIED] and person-borne improvised bombs [PBIED], and victim-operated improvised bombs [VOIED], the report said.
[AFRICANEWS] The Æthiopian government announced on Wednesday that major towns in the northern Amhara region had been "liberated", after several days of deadly fighting between the federal army and local militias.
Residents interviewed by AFP also reported the advance of Æthiopian forces.
The General Directorate of the State of Emergency, a government body, later claimed that six major Amhara towns had been "freed from the threat of bandidos": the regional capital Bahir Dar, Lalibela, Gondar, Shewa Robit, Debre Berhan and Debre Markos. A curfew has been imposed in all six towns.
No official figures on the fighting have been released, but two doctors in Bahir Dar and Gondar reported that many non-combatants were killed or maimed.
The government declared a state of emergency for six months on Friday, following an upsurge in violence in this part of Africa's second most populous country, just nine months after the end of a devastating conflict in the neighbouring region of Tigray.
Amhara troops, including regional "special forces" and the nationalist Fano militia, were key allies of the government during the war between November 2020 and November 2022.
But they have been at odds with the federal authorities since April, after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced his intention to disband these "special forces", paramilitary units created by many regional states over the last fifteen years. Amhara nationalists see this as a move to weaken their region.
After several days of festivities, however, federal forces appear to have repelled the fighters. On Tuesday evening, the Amhara government announced the return of "relative peace and stability", and on Wednesday, the General Directorate of the State of Emergency stated that federal forces were "in the process of dispersing" the militia fighters.
As access to the region is restricted, it is not possible to independently verify the situation on the ground.
[AFRICANEWS] The Æthiopian army was regaining ground on Wednesday against militias in the Amhara region, according to residents interviewed by AFP, after the local government on Tuesday evening spoke of a return to "relative peace".
The national airline Æthiopian Arlines announced that it would resume flights to the regional capital Bahir Dar and Gondar on Thursday. Services to the other two airports, Lalibela and Dessie, remain suspended.
Amhara, a region in northern Æthiopia, has been under a state of emergency since Friday due to the deadly festivities taking place there, only nine months after the end of a devastating conflict in the neighboring Tigray region.
Amhara forces, including the nationalist Fano militia, were key allies of the government during this war between November 2020 and November 2022.
But tensions have emerged since April after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced his intention to disband the "special forces", paramilitary units created by many regional states over the past fifteen years. Amhara nationalists believe that the government wants to weaken their region.
After several days of festivities, federal forces appear to be regaining ground in several parts of the region.
In a statement issued on Tuesday evening, the Amhara government claimed that "relative peace and stability" had returned, maintaining that the army had taken "appropriate action" against "extremist groups".
Residents contacted by AFP on Wednesday said Fano fighters had been pushed back in Gondar and Lalibela, a Unesco World Heritage site famous for its ancient rock-hewn churches.
"Things seem to be changing today," said Gondar tuktuk driver Simachew: "The ENDF (army) has taken control of most parts of the city after heavy fighting in recent days."
"The engagement has been supported by tanks and armored vehicles, which are still in the city", he continued, claiming that "the Fano have been pushed back into just one area of the city", where fighting is "still ongoing".
In Lalibela, "the Fano have left the town and are in the forest", said Ayalew, a local resident, adding that there was no movement in the town. "We can only hear the sound of heavy artillery fire", he added.
With access to the area restricted, it is not possible to independently verify the situation on the ground.
[Dawn] A Bangladeshi citizen working for the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... has been sprung after a year and a half abduction by Al Qaeda in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , the prime minister’s office said on Thursday.
"I never thought I would return home," Akam Sofyol Anam told reporters in Dhaka, following his return a day earlier on Wednesday, calling the last 18 months "horrifying".
"I thought the bully boyz might kill me anytime", added Anam, a former army lieutenant colonel. "My days were miserable. There was a fear of death every day; it cannot be expressed in words — it is seen in films only."
In February 2022, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... (AQAP) kidnapped Anam and four others as they returned to Yemen’s southern port city of Aden after a field mission while working for UN Department of Safety and Security.
Anam said that he was not physically tortured, but had often been kept blindfolded.
"I couldn’t see the sky for months," he said, adding that he was moved repeatedly from place to place.
He said that he had "no idea how much money they wanted or what was their demand", adding that he thought he had been "targeted as I was an UN official." Anam "expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister the loathesome Sheikh Hasina ...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums... for her role in rescuing him", the premier’s office said, releasing a picture of the two meeting.
[HodhodYemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... News] A commander in the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militias was killed on Thursday in Mudiyah district of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province, south of Yemen.
Sources familiar with the matter revealed the leader of the "Security Belt" factions of the STC, Abdul Latif al-Sayed, was targeted by an bomb planted in his car in Wadi Omran of the district, amid accusations that Emirati intelligence was behind the liquidation.
The sources indicated that the liquidation came just a week after he was appointed commander of the "Security Belt" factions in the province.
Al-Sayed’s funeral took place hours after his liquidation in the Batis area, in the presence of a limited number of leaders of the STC factions in the province.
Among the killed were also the head of the so-called Security Belt Staff, Salah al-Yousifi al-Yafei, and a tribal sheikh affiliated with the STC, Mohammed Karid al-Jaadani, in addition to three of al-Sayed companions, the sources added.
Al-Sayed was one of the most prominent leaders of al-Qaeda factions that brought down the city of Ja’ar in Khanfar area of Abyan in the beginning of 2011.
After the war on Yemen in March 2015, he had became one of the most senior commanders of the UAE-funded factions in Abyan.
The convoy had been en route to a flashpoint area that has seen regular confrontations with Al Qaeda fighters.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast which killed Abdullatif al Sayyid, the commander of the Security Belt Forces in Abyan province.
[Dawn] Three French police were charged on Thursday over a 27-year-old man’s death during nationwide rioting earlier this summer, prosecutors said, an uncommon instance of officers facing a criminal case over on-duty violence.
An autopsy of the man who died in Marseille during the riots showed marks on his chest consistent with the impact of a shot from a blast ball commonly used by police, prosecutors said.
The officers were arrested on Tuesday over the incident — the only known death at or on the margins of the unrest that gripped La Belle France in late June and early July over killing of a teenager by a policeman during a traffic check outside Gay Paree on June 27.
The riots were met by a forceful police response.
The man, Mohammed Bendriss — a married father of one whose widow is expecting a second child — died after feeling unwell while riding a scooter.
Prosecutors have said they consider it "probable" that the man’s death was "caused by a violent mostly peaceful impact to the thorax caused by the firing of a projectile of the blast ball type".
The three will be charged with "armed violence unintentionally causing death". However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... the prosecutor’s office also said that the victim may have been involved in the looting of a shoe outlet in the city.
Indications were that Bendriss had been involved in theft from the store, and was being pursued by police as he rode his scooter away.
As he rode on the pavement past police he was hit by one projectile, and another — a so-called bean bag round — hit his scooter.
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First they took our Jarts. Now they will come for our beanbags. ESPN will have to find some new programming.
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I would not want to be a street cop in today's world. Too much chance of being sued by the very criminals you're trying to arrest. Your entire future could hang on you being the one charged of a crime.
Three LeT associates were arrested along with arms and ammunition in north Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... 's Baramulla district, police said today.
"J&K Police along with Army in Baramulla busted a terror module by arresting 03 terrorist associates linked with proscribed terrorist outfit LeT. Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition have also been recovered from their possession," said a police front man.
"During joint patrolling and area domination exercise in Churunda Uri, a joint team of Baramulla Police & Army (16 SIKHLI) noticed a suspicious person who attempted to flee upon spotting the patrolling party. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... the suspect was apprehended tactfully. He has been identified as Showkat Ali Awan son of Abdul Karim Awan resident of Churunda Uri."
During their search, two grenades were recovered from his possession, added the front man.
"Subsequently, he was shifted to cop shoppe where he was put under sustained questioning. During questioning, he disclosed the names of his accomplices as Ahmad Din son of Shukur Din & Mohammad Sadeeq Khatana son of Umer Din, both residents of Churunda Uri, who were subsequently arrested. On their disclosure, 02 grenades, 01 Chinese Pistol, 1 Pistol Magazine, 4 live rounds & other incriminating materials were recovered."
The arrested terrorist associates were involved in cross border smuggling of arms & ammunition at the behest of Pakistain based terror handlers and further its distribution to LeT Death Eaters for carrying out terror activities, said the front man.
"Accordingly, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Uri and investigation has been initiated."
[GEO.TV] At least two people were maimed after a kaboom took place on Quetta’s Moti Ram Road, police and rescue officials said on Thursday.
Firefighters were called in as fire erupted in a shop situated in the area following the earth-shattering kaboom, rescue officials said.
Police said the nature of the blast is being ascertained.
According to the police, the roofs of two shops were caved in while an inferno erupted due to the blast in another shop had been doused.
Arsalan, a shopkeeper and his helper Nazir Ahmed were maimed in the blast and were shifted to the trauma centre of the Civil Hospital of Quetta.
One of the injured is said to be at death's door.
The bomb disposal squad launched an investigation to ascertain the nature of the blast.
Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Chief Minister Mir Quddus Bizenjo condemned the blast saying that anti-state elements wanted to create an atmosphere of fear ahead of Independence Day on August 14.
He said for the last few years, the province had been witnessing a spike in terrorist incidents in the month of August.
"Effective security measures are indispensable to deal with the threat of terrorism," the CM said.
According to a recent report, July marked a significant upsurge in attacks, making it the second deadliest month of 2023, with 124 fatalities and 218 injuries, The News reported.
[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish defence ministry on Thursday announced that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) carried out attacks against its soldiers in the Kurdistan Region in the last two days, killing six members of the Ottoman Turkish army.
The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that the PKK opened fire on Ottoman Turkish soldiers in Duhok province, killing two and injuring three others who later shuffled off the mortal coil. One of them was a commander.
In a separate attack on Thursday, the PKK killed another soldier in the same area, according to the ministry which claimed that it "neutralised" four PKK fighters in a retaliatory attack.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... uses the term "neutralised" to denote that the person in question is captured, maimed or killed.
In April last year, Turkey launched Operation Claw-Lock with the goal of targeting PKK positions in Metina, Zap, Avashin, and Basyan areas in northern Duhok province. The operation, according to Ankara, aims to remove the PKK from the bordering areas and cut off its access to mainland Turkey.
Turkey says both deadly attacks took place in Operation Claw-Lock region.
PKK on Wednesday claimed it had killed 12 Ottoman Turkish soldiers in Zap region, which is covered by the operation, but it is not clear if it was referring to the same attacks in which Ankara says killed six soldiers.
Turkish warplane has reportedly bombed sites of the anti-Ankara Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Duhok's northern district of Amadiyah. The attack took place near Mount Kareh in the Kerkash area.
It is not immediately clear whether the attack have left casualties.
[IsraelTimes] A Paleostinian suspect attempted to stab two Israeli civilians at a bus station near a West Bank settlement on Thursday evening, before fleeing the scene, officials said.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the suspect arrived by car at a bus stop outside the settlement of Nili in the central West Bank and tried to stab two Israeli women.
The suspect then threw the knife to the side, got back in his car, and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace, the IDF said.
The IDF said troops were searching the area for the assailant.
The military published a photo of the knife that the suspect left behind.
[IsraelTimes] Amir Khalifa said to have been commander in al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in northern West Bank city’s refugee camp
A Paleostinian gunman was killed by Israeli forces near the northern West Bank city of Nablus before dawn on Thursday, Paleostinian health officials said.
Amir Khalifa, 27, reported by Paleostinian media to be a member of an gang in the Nablus area and wanted by Israel, was shot during festivities with Israeli forces in the town of Zawata.
The Paleostinian Authority health ministry said Khalifa was fatally shot in the head and back. That'll work.
The Israel Defense Forces said that troops carrying out "proactive activity" near Nablus came under fire. The soldiers returned fire, hitting the gunman, the IDF said.
A Telegram account thought to be tied to the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades
...the armed wing of Fatah...
claimed Khalifa was a commander in the terror group’s local wing in the Ein Beit al-Ma’ refugee camp in Nablus, also known as al-Ein Camp or Camp No. 1.
Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head... on Thursday morning, police cleared for publication that special forces had detained a Paleostinian suspected of planning a terror attack in Israel last week. The 21-year-old suspect was detained by members of the elite police Unit 33, also known as Gideonim, in the West Bank city of Jericho.
The IDF said that troops detained three wanted Paleostinians during sweeps across the West Bank early Thursday, with violence in some areas.
The military on Thursday also confirmed reports of gunfire the previous morning by Paleostinians toward the Israeli town of Bat Hefer, situated close to the West Bank security barrier and the Paleostinian city of Tulkarem. No damage or injuries were caused.
The IDF said troops found a number of shell casings in the area, and were searching for the button men who carried out the attack.
[NPASyria] One individual was killed on Wednesday in artillery shelling of the government forces on opposition-held areas in the western countryside of Aleppo.
An opposition military source told North Press that the government forces stationed in Regiment 46 targeted the villages and towns of Kafr Taal, Kafr Amma, al-Qasr, al-Wasata, al-Atarib, and Tadil, west of Aleppo, with dozens of missiles and artillery shells.
The shelling of the village of Tadil resulted in the killing of Khalid Abdulqader, 54. In addition, one child was injured in the shelling of Kafr Taal, according to the source.
Since early morning, the government forces intensified shelling of the villages and towns of the western Aleppo, using high-explosive rockets.
Northwestern Syria is witnessing an escalation of skirmishes between the government forces, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS — formerly al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) and Syrian opposition factions. These festivities have led to casualties among civilians.
On August 6, the government forces shelled villages and towns in the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib in northwestern Syria.
[NPASyria] Three civilians, including a woman, were killed and three others were maimed on Tuesday following Ottoman Turkish shelling over Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria.
The Ottoman Turkish shelling targeted the house of Haya al-Saleem, a 25-year-old woman from the village of Sherka in the countryside of the town of Ain Issa, north of Raqqa, injuring her and killing her son, her stepson, and her mother-in-law.
"Four shells targeted the road next to my house and the fifth one targeted the kitchen," she told North Press. "The injuries were caused by the fragments of the shells."
According to Haya, the casualties are: Haya al-Khamees, 9, Abdullah al-Khamees, 2.5 years, Jouza al-Sameet, 60. In addition to Haya, her daughters in law, Amani al-Khamees, 4, and Malak, 12 were all injured due to the fragments.
"My mother-in-law was be-headed due to the shelling fragments, and my son died in the hospital instantly, my daughter-in-law died after a while in the hospital," she said.
Haya now is in a stable situation in Modern Medicine Hospital in Raqqa after she underwent a surgery to her leg, according to a medical official in the hospital who preferred not to be named.
The town of Ain Issa has been under constant shelling by the Ottoman Turkish forces and their affiliated armed factions since Oct. 2019, when they launched the so-called "Peace Spring" military operation on the city of Sere Kaniya (Ras al-Ain) in the north of Hasakah, and Tel Abyad in the north of Raqqa to push away the Syrian Democratic Forces(SDF) under the pretext to protect the Ottoman Turkish national security.
[NPASyria] Two people were injured on Wednesday in Turkish artillery and mortar shells that targeted villages in the towns of Tel Tamer and Zirgan (Abu Rasin), north of Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria.
A military source told North Press that the Turkish forces targeted the village of Umm al-Keif, west of Tel Tamr, with six mortar shells.
A medical source from Lekrin Hospital in Tel Tamr said that the shelling of the village resulted in the injury of two people.
The Turkish forces shelled on Wednesday at dawn villages in the countryside of Tel Tamr and Zirgan.
Tel Tamr, which has a population of about 25,000 and is 30 km away from the Syrian-Turkish border, is of strategic importance as it is a junction on the M4 Highway linking Hasakah in northeast Syria to Aleppo governorate in northwest.
The town has been under constant attack by the Turkish forces and their backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA) for more than two years.
[NPASyria] Turkish forces and Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), shelled on Wednesday at dawn villages in the countryside of the towns of Tel Tamr and Zirgan (Abu Rasin) in northern Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria.
A military source told North Press that Turkish Forces and the SNA factions targeted with mortar and artillery shells the village of Umm al-Keif in the west of Tel Tamr.
So far, no material or human casualties as a result of the attack have been reported.
The Turkish forces targeted on Tuesday night with heavy artillery the villages of Khirbet al-Sha’ir and Tel al-Ward in the countryside of the town of Zirgan.
Tel Tamr, which has a population of about 25,000 and is 30 km away from the Syrian-Turkish border, is of strategic importance as it is a junction on the M4 Highway linking Hasakah in northeast Syria to Aleppo governorate in northwest.
The town has been under constant attack by the Turkish forces and their SNA factions for more than two years.
Recently, eight people have been injured by the Turkish attacks in Tel Tamr.
[NPASyria] Turkish authorities deported on Thursday 12 Syrian refugees through Tel Abyad border crossing with Turkey in northern Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria, after keeping them detained for days.
An exclusive source told North Press that Turkish authorities handed over 12 Syrians, including a young man shot by Turkish border guards, who had attempted to cross the border in the west of the city of Tel Abyad, to the Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as the Syrian National Army (SNA).
He added that they were taken to a detention center in Tel Abyad for investigation.
Since the beginning of July, Turkey has launched a deportation campaign against the Syrian refugees residing in its territory, especially in Istanbul.
In late July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that “more than 600,000 displaced people have returned to the country.” In May, Erdogan said that Turkey is working on ensuring the “voluntary return” of 1 million Syrian refugees.
The handover is the fourth operation carried out in August against Syrians detained while trying to cross the border to Turkish territories.
Though Syria is still unsafe for returns, Turkey tries to get rid of the refugees by forcibly deporting them, as the Turkish authorities have intensified the forced deportation of Syrians, as part of what they call voluntary return to safe areas in northwestern Syria, according to media and documentary reports.
[NPASyrian] Three civilians were injured by Turkish border guards on Wednesday on the outskirt of Khirbet al-Jouz village, western Idlib, while they were trying to cross the border to Turkey.
A local source reported to North Press, “The Turkish borders guards in a watchtower opened fire on civilians while they were trying to cross the border wall into Turkey. As a result, three were wounded while they others managed to escape back to the Syrian village.”
The source added that the Turkish border guards transferred the injured to the watchtower. Their current fate remains unknown, raising concerns about potential retaliations against them.
The source pointed out that since August 1, the number of injured people trying to cross the border from Khirbet al-Jouz exceeded nine, including women, in addition to similar incidents on the outskirt of Azmarin, western Idlib.
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[NPASyria] The Military Police of the Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) arrested on Wednesday a civil activist due to a Facebook post in which he criticized "the tyranny" of SNA factions controlling Afrin.
A local source informed North Press that the Ottoman Turkish-backed Military Police of the SNA had arrested activist Mustafa Abu Karam. The arrest was based on a post and video in which he criticized the "tyranny" of SNA factions that exert control over Afrin.
The activist, in his Facebook post, stated that a 27-year-old military faction leader had issued threats to a young man who had lodged a complaint against individuals associated with one of the factions responsible for assaulting him, with the intention of coercing him to withdraw his complaint.
The source reiterated that the activist was arrested due to his post on his personal Facebook account. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... the Military Police claimed that the reason for his arrest was a complaint filed by a resident against him.
On January 20, 2018, the Ottoman Turkish forces and their affiliated opposition factions, known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), launched a military operation against Afrin and its countryside — including 365 villages — dubbed "Olive Branch" to push away the YPG fighters under the pretext of protecting the Ottoman Turkish national security. The operation continued until March 18 of the same year which resulted in the occupation of the region by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... and the displacement of more than 300,000 Kurds of the original people.
Since then, the SNA factions adopted the policy of looting and seizing the properties of the people who fled to the neighboring villages in an area north of the city of Aleppo that is called Shahba region. The area includes 42 villages and towns in addition to five camps that house the Afrin IDPs.
[NPASyria] Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Wednesday the execution of an operation against Ottoman Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), in Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria, in response to the targeting of its fighters by Ottoman Turkish drones.
The SDF Media Center stated that they carried out the operation against one of the faction’s positions in the village of Arisha, between the city of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and the town of Tel Tamr, northern Hasakah.
The operation, which was conducted on Tuesday, came in response to a Ottoman Turkish drone attack of the SDF fighters on August 3, resulting in the loss of four fighters’ lives and the injury of two others, according to a previous statement.
The SDF stated that six bandidosbandidos krazed killers of the factions were killed in the operation.
A fighter of the SDF-affiliated Tel Tamr Military Council was killed, according to the source.
[NPASyria] Unidentified assailants attacked a vehicle carrying a correspondent of the state-run SAMA TV channel and one of the most prominent leaders of the Military Security apparatus of the Syrian government forces in the city of Daraa, killing them and leaving other casualties.
An exclusive source told North Press that "Firas Ghassan al-Aqyla, correspondent of the state-run SAMA TV channel, aka Firas al-Ahmad, and Mustafa al-Musalma, aka al-Kassem, leader of a local gang were killed when unknown button men attacked their vehicle with an IED in the Shayyah area in the south of Daraa."
The source added, "They were heading along with military forces towards the Syrian-Jordanian border to film a report about the government forces protecting the border and stopping smuggling operations."
He noted that two officers of the Military Security apparatus and a member of the al-Kassem group were killed in the attack. Others sustained injuries and were taken to Damascus hospitals.
The source stressed that members of the al-Kassem group shot at civilians’ houses in the Daraa al-Balad as soon as the IED went kaboom!.
Al-Kassem is a former leader in the armed opposition factions. He joined the ranks of the Military Security Division in 2018 after the government forces controlled Daraa. He is considered the right hand of the Brigadier General Luay al-Ali, head of the Division in Daraa Governorate.
In July 2018, the opposition armed factions and Syrian the government forces reached a ceasefire agreement mediated by Russia in the opposition-held areas in Daraa. Under the deal, the opposition armed factions agreed to hand over their weapons in exchange for staying in Daraa, and those who opposed the agreement they were sent to Idlib, which is under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS, formerly al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front).
[NPASyria] One person was killed and another was injured, on Wednesday, while two others survived by two targets carried out by unknown button men riding cycle of violences, in the town of al-Basira in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.
Rashid al-Salama, a resident of al-Basira, said that unknown button men riding a cycle of violence targeted with Kalashnikov bullets the young man Mohammed al-Sarheed, 34, and another person of his relatives, near their house in al-Basira.
Al-Salama told North Press that the targeting resulted in the killing of al-Sarheed and the injury of his relative, who was transferred to a field hospital in the town.
Al-Sarheed is a civilian and does not belong to any political or military party, and he has no issues of Dire Revenge or tribal disputes, but his father was killed two months ago by unknown button men, after which Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) grabbed credit for killing the father on the pretext of dealing with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
In another incident, the same source said that Mohammed al-Atwan and another person who was with him survived an liquidation attempt, where unknown button men riding a cycle of violence attacked them, near al-Yasat neighborhood on the outskirts of al-Basira.
Al-Atwan and the person with him managed to get away from the button men and hide in one of the nearby houses, He added.
The Syrian Desert covers nearly half of the area of Syria and is distributed over the governorates of Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Rif Dimashq, Suwayda, and Palmyra.
The Iranian-backed militias and Syrian government forces control large areas of the Syrian Desert and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which constitutes a source of concern as it witnesses intensive operations by the ISIS sleeper cells.
[NPASyria] A former bad boy of an Iran-backed militia was killed on Wednesday by unidentified button men in a village in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A local source from al- Kishmah, a village in eastern Deir ez-Zor controlled by Syrian government forces, said that unidentified button men riding a cycle of violencerubbed out Ali al-Shareef, 31.
The source reported that Ali al-Shareef was an ex-militant in a pro-Iranian militia, and that he was targeted on the highway in al-Kishmah.
On Tuesday, residents of al-Mayadin city, about 45 km southeast of Deir ez-Zor city, found the bodies of two holy warriors of Iran-backed Liwa Zainebiyoun militia killed by gunshots after having been reported missing for days, according to the same source.
[NPASyria] An unidentified assailant was killed on Wednesday at dawn after he attacked a military post of the Syrian government forces in the town of Abu Kamal in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria. A military source within the government forces said that unidentified button men riding a cycle of violence targeted with machine guns the post of the Military Security forces at the entrance of Abu Kamal.
Following the attack, a clash between the two parties erupted, killing one of the attackers, a man in his thirties, whereas the other managed to flee, the source told North Press.
The Military Security forces were on high alert and maximum security status because the post was targeted in a similar attack two days earlier, killing a guard and injuring another, he noted.
The town’s people did not identify the attacker who was killed in the clash as he did not carry any identification papers, according to the source.
[NPASyria] Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS — formerly al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) executed, during the past 72 hours, its own military personnel, including a Libyan national, in northwest Syria. They were detained for about a year and a half, on charges of spying for foreign intelligence.
An exclusive source told North Press that one of the executed people is Abu Huthaifa al-Lebi who used to lead Inghimasi Brigade between 2017 and 2020, however he was arrested last year after quitting his job.
The HTS also executed Abu Naser al-Kurdi, one of its former Death Eaters, in the central prison, in the west of Idlib governorate, northwest Syria, the source added.
Since June 18, areas under the control of the HTS in northwest Syria, have witnessed the greatest security campaign since July 2017 when the group seized the region.
[NPASyria] Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) stormed on Wednesday an outpost of Ahrar al-Sham, a faction affiliated with the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), in northern Idlib, and arrested five militants.
A source reported to North Press that the HTS stormed the outpost of Abu Ubayda al-Hamawi, affiliated with Ahrar al-Sham, in an area known as the camps of al-Bardighli, northern Idlib.
The operation resulted in arresting five militants including a group leader on charges of being involved in carrying out attacks against HTS’ outposts in the regions.
The source indicated that the arrestees were transferred to Base 106 in Sarmada town, northern Idlib, to be investigated. In response, the Ahrar al-Sham faction declared a state of alert and urged Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to release the arrested individuals.
[NPASyria] Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) stormed on Thursday six houses of teachers over holding mixed-sex education sessions for middle school students, the thing which is considered a "taboo" for the group.
A local source informed North Press that the Salvation Government, HTS political wing, received information from the Ministry of Education that six teachers including a female held mixed-sex education sessions for the middle school students.
The storming campaign included the neighborhoods of al-Qusour, Wadi al-Nassim, Dabbit, and al-Thalatheen, as the convicted teachers were transferred to HTS-affiliated Base 107 to be investigated.
On August 7, the HTS Salvation Government imposed the Sharia dress and sex segregation on school students in the city of Idlib.
[NPASyria] On Thursday, the family of activist Khalil Ibrahim from Daraa city, southern Syria, revealed that their son was tortured to death in Sednaya Prison, in Rif Dimashq.
A local source informed North Press "Khalil was a media activist. He were tossed into the calaboose for a year in Sednaya before revealing that he was tortured to death in the prison."
The source added that the family of the activist received the news of his death today, and that they were frequently visiting him.
Musa hails from the town of Izraa in eastern Daraa governorate, said the source, adding he was a doing the compulsory military service of the Syrian government forces before the arrest in a military base in Hama.
A source indicated that the reason for the arrest was because of a post on his Facebook account criticizing Syrian government.
[NPASyria] A detainee from the town of Tafas in Daraa Governorate in southern Syria was tortured to death in Saydnaya prison after five years of detention, a local source said on Thursday.
The parents of Ali al-Mibasbas, who was killed under torture in Saydnaya prison in Rif Dimashq, received his certificate of death and his personal documentations from the Civil Affairs Directorate of the Syrian government, the source told North Press.
The infamous Saydnaya Prison is located 30 kilometers north of Damascus. The prison is affiliated with the Syrian Ministry of Defense and is run by the Military Police. It has gained a bad reputation after guards in the prison used excessive force against some detainees who staged a revolt in 2008. The prison is comprised of two buildings and can take between 10,000 and 20,000 prisoners.
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the prison has become the final destination for the those who oppose the government whether civilians or military members.
Al-Mibasbas’ parents used to visit their sons frequently but a while before his death they were banned from visiting him under the pretext of receiving treatment, the source added.
The source pointed out that al-Mibasbas had defected from the Syrian government forces at the beginning of the protests in 2011, however, he turned himself to the government forces in 2018 to settle his status as a response to an amnesty decree issued by Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... In July 2018, the opposition armed factions and Syrian the government forces reached a ceasefire agreement mediated by Russia in the opposition-held areas in Daraa. Under the deal, the opposition armed factions agreed to hand over their weapons in exchange for staying in Daraa, and those who opposed the agreement they were sent to Idlib, which is under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS, formerly al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front).
[IsraelTimes] Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom says ’it was sheer luck that no one was injured’ in incident, amid widespread anger in Moslem world against Stockholm
An assailant threw a Molotov cocktail at Sweden’s embassy in Beirut, causing no casualties, Stockholm’s foreign minister and a diplomatic source said Thursday, amid anger over recent Koran desecrations.
"We confirm that there was a Molotov cocktail thrown at the facade of our embassy last evening, which did not explode," a diplomatic source at the embassy said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media.
The "perpetrator managed to run away," the source added.
Tensions have flared between Sweden and Moslem countries following several protests involving public desecrations of the Koran in Stockholm — including setting pages alight. Lebanese security forces had bolstered measures around the embassy in downtown Beirut for fear of attacks.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said "it was sheer luck that no one was injured" in Wednesday’s attack and that staff were safe.
"The incident is currently being investigated," he said in a statement on Thursday, noting that "Lebanese authorities have an obligation under the Vienna Convention to protect diplomatic missions."
Late last month, two Iraqi men set a copy of the Koran alight outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, in an act similar to others in recent weeks that had drawn widespread condemnation.
Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem stomped on the Moslem holy book, set its pages ablaze before slamming it shut, as they did at a protest outside Stockholm’s main mosque in June.
The duo also staged a similar protest outside Iraq’s embassy in the Swedish capital on July 20, where they stomped on the religious text.
Iraqi protesters had stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad twice, starting fires within the compound on the second occasion.
[AnNahar] Lebanese troops detained dozens of Lebanese and Syrian traffickers in the country's north as they were preparing to send migrants colonists on boats to Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... across the Mediterranean Sea, the army said
The military said 31 Syrians and 15 Lebanese were arrested Tuesday in several coastal towns and villages in northern Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , including Minye, Salaata and Deir Am. The smugglers were getting ready to take "people through illegal ways by sea" and had prepared several boats, the army said.
It gave no further details but added that the detainees are being questioned.
For years Lebanon had been a country that received refugees from the region but since the small nation's economic meltdown began in October 2019, thousands of Lebanese, Syrians and Paleostinians have been trying to take the dangerous trip across the Mediterranean to reach Europe in search of stability and opportunities.
Alongside 1 million Syrian refugees, Lebanon is also home to tens of thousands of Paleostinian refugees and their descendants, many living in refugee camps scattered around the country.
A boat carrying migrants colonists from Lebanon capsized off Syria's coast in September, leaving at least 94 people dead. It was the deadliest incident involving migrants colonists leaving Lebanon and was followed by a wave of detentions of suspected smugglers.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Explosions occurred on the territory of the US military base in the Al-Shaddadi region in the south of the Syrian province of Hasakah. This was announced on August 10 by the General Directorate of Radio and Television of Syria.
It is clarified that the explosions occurred in houses on the territory of the Al Jabs oil field, which the US military uses as a military base. Eyewitnesses said that a column of smoke and flames were visible on the territory of the base.
Details of the incident have not yet been given.
Earlier, IA Regnum reported that the MQ-9 and LEAP drones of the so-called international coalition led by the United States twice dangerously approached Su-35 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky over Syria on August 6. The collision did not happen due to the high professionalism of the Russian pilots.
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[NPASyria] One person was killed and another was injured, on Wednesday, while two others survived by two targets carried out by unknown 
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
