17 ISWAP-linked persons surrender to troops amid factional clashes, hardship in Borno camps
By: Zagazola Makama
No fewer than 17 persons linked to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), including terrorist family members and one suspected fighter, have surrendered to… pic.twitter.com/JJeuy5546O
17 ISWAP-linked persons surrender to troops amid factional clashes, hardship in Borno camps
By Zagazola Makama
No fewer than 17 persons linked to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), including terrorist family members and one suspected fighter, have surrendered to Nigerian Army troops in different parts of Borno State amid reported factional clashes, internal disagreements and hardship within terrorist enclaves.
Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the surrenders occurred between Sept. 19 and Sept. 25, 2026, across Dikwa, Bama and Ngala Local Government Areas of the state.
The development included women and children who reportedly fled terrorist-controlled locations, as well as a suspected terrorist who escaped from a camp before surrendering to troops.
The first case was recorded at about 12:42 p.m. on Sept. 19, when a woman identified as a terrorist family member surrendered with her two children to troops of 24 Task Force Brigade at Check Point 1 along the Dikwa-Ajiri road in Dikwa LGA.
The woman and her children were taken into custody for preliminary screening and further action.
At about 8:10 a.m. on Sept. 21, another woman and her child surrendered to troops of the same brigade at the checkpoint along the Dikwa-Ajiri axis.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman had escaped from the Yaganari terrorist enclave to Gonori village in Mafa LGA following factional clashes among the terrorists.
She reportedly disclosed that her husband, identified as Bakura Modu, was an ISWAP fighter.
The woman and her child were subsequently kept in the custody of 24 Task Force Brigade for further investigation.
Later that day, at about 2:00 p.m., three additional terrorist family members surrendered to troops of 151 Battalion at Bula Daloye in Bama LGA.
The three persons were taken into custody and subsequently processed for further action.
On Sept. 24, at about 11:24 a.m., troops of 24 Task Force Brigade received the surrender of a suspected terrorist at Check Point 1 along the Dikwa-Ajiri road.
Preliminary investigation indicated that the suspect had escaped from a terrorist camp in Gargash before reaching the military checkpoint.
He was taken into custody for further investigation and profiling.
Also on Sept. 24, at about 5:20 p.m., seven terrorist family members surrendered to troops of 3 Battalion (Mechanised) at the Arabic IDP Camp in Ngala community, Ngala LGA.
[Dawn] Security forces killed four gunnies during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan... on Monday, state-run APP reported citing sources.
The report said the slain gunnies belonged to Fitna-al-Khawarij, a term the state uses for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain.
The sources said that the operation was conducted based on close intelligence-based surveillance of terrorist movements by the security forces, according to APP.
A large quantity of weapons and ammunition was recovered from the terrorists, as well as Afghan currency, they added.
KP has been witnessing terrorist attacks and security challenges for a long time.
The province, excluding the merged districts, recorded 54 terrorist attacks in August compared with 36 in July, representing an increase of 50pc, according to data compiled by the Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).
More recently, on Saturday, a dozen people bit the dust while 35 others were maimed in a suicide kaboom that targeted the Aman Mela police checkpost in DI Khan’s Darazinda tehsil.
Earlier this month, police said they foiled an attack by TTP gunnies on a checkpost in DI Khan’s Daraban area. No casualties were reported among the police personnel.
On Sept 18, a major attack in the old Police Lines in KP’s Kohat claimed 23 lives and injured about 100 others. Eight bad boyz were potted during an overnight clearance operation.
[Rudaw] Iraq’s counterterrorism forces said on Sunday that they had arrested three suspected 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) members in the Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani province, hours after federal forces reported festivities with the group in nearby Kirkuk province.
The Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (ICTS) forces said the three ISIS suspects were arrested based on judicial orders.
"Two of them had entered the province today, while the third was a resident," the statement read.
The ICTS did not clarify whether Kurdish local forces were involved in the operation. Sulaimani’s security forces had not commented on the arrests as of the time of publication.
The arrests come against the backdrop of an armed engagement between the ICTS and button men in Pirde (Altun Kupri) town in northeast of Kirkuk province earlier on Sunday.
According to the ICTS, two ISIS members wearing explosive vests were killed and a third was arrested. Rudaw has learned that two ICTS members were maimed, while a teenager was also killed.
The Kurdistan Region Security Agency said on September 13 that they had arrested two armed ISIS cells, consisting of 22 members, in Sulaimani. Security forces also seized a large quantity of heavy, medium and light weapons, hand grenades, binoculars, and ammunition.
[Rudaw] A Kurdish civilian teenager was killed on Sunday during clashes between Iraqi counter-terrorism forces and suspected Islamic State (ISIS) members in Prde (Altun Kupri) town in Kirkuk province. It remains unclear who shot him.
The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (ICTS) said its forces carried out an operation in Prde targeting three ISIS suspects, killing two and arresting a third.
A young Kurdish civilian, Murad Zana, was also shot dead during the clashes. It remains unclear who fired the shot that killed the teenager.
The ICTS did not mention Zana’s death in its statement about the operation, but Saad Maan, head of Iraq’s Security Media Cell, confirmed to Rudaw that a civilian was killed during the clashes.
The operation unfolded after ICTS forces, acting on prior intelligence, tracked the suspected militants to an area near a household supplies warehouse in central Prde.
According to information obtained by Rudaw, the forces had initially planned to target the suspects in an unpopulated area. However, the militants apparently realized they were being monitored and opened fire, prompting the forces to return fire.
Two ICTS members were injured in the fighting, according to Maan.
Witnesses said some of the suspected militants took cover inside the warehouse.
“It happened in the late afternoon. Those ISIS members entered [the warehouse] and fought with the army. They later blew themselves up,” Hakim Rahman, the brother of the warehouse owner, told Rudaw’s Hardi Mohammed.
Rawand Hakim, the warehouse owner’s nephew, said there were signs of an explosion inside the building.
“It appears that he may have blown himself up inside because I saw pieces of flesh, hair and many things inside [the warehouse],” he said.
The covert nature of the operation meant that other security agencies and local authorities were not informed in advance, according to officials.
Abdulmutalib Najmaddin, mayor of Prde subdistrict, said he and other local authorities had no prior knowledge of the operation.
“Those forces entered without informing anyone. Although I am the head of the administrative unit and head of the security committee of this subdistrict [I was not informed in advance]. No security or governmental institution was informed. They closed the road and started shooting inside the warehouse, and one of our young men was martyred,” Najmaddin told Rudaw.
Zana’s family expressed anger over the conduct of the operation after his body was retrieved from the warehouse.
“Does it make sense to bring all those forces and storm the town, firing DShK heavy machine guns at the warehouse? What does a child as young as 14 know about any of this?” Yawar Anwar, Zana's uncle, said.
IDF Forces Thwart Attempt to Smuggle Weapons and Magazines at Eastern Border
IDF observations and the aerial control array identified during the night a drone that crossed from the east into the territory of the State of Israel in an attempt to smuggle combat means.
From Jordan or Lebanon? Both are east of Israel.
Following the identification, IDF forces from the Yoav Brigade jumped into the area and located the drone, which was carrying nine Kalashnikov-type weapons, magazines, and a pistol.
The combat means that were located were transferred for further handling by security forces.
IDF forces will continue to operate to thwart smuggling at the eastern border with the aim of maintaining the security of the citizens of the State of Israel.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) September 28, 2026
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To Remove an Immediate Threat: IDF Eliminates Sniper from Hamas Terrorist Movement’s Military Wing in Southern Gaza Strip
⭕️The IDF struck yesterday (Sunday) in southern Gaza Strip and eliminated the terrorist Adi Adli Abdul Aasir, a sniper in the military wing of the Hamas terrorist movement.
⭕️In recent months, the terrorist worked to advance terrorist plots against IDF forces and citizens of the State of Israel, and to rebuild the movement’s capabilities, in systematic violation of the ceasefire agreement. He was eliminated from the air with the aim of removing the threat he posed.
⭕️IDF forces under Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to work to remove every immediate threat.
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