Minneapolis Bloods gang member sentenced to life in prison on RICO, gun charges
Solomon has been a career criminal throughout his adulthood, committing violent crimes for the benefit of the Bloods gang, which included two premeditated murders. pic.twitter.com/u92bAb30FO
[ShabelleMedia] Unidentified button men launched a surprise attack overnight on a military checkpoint in Ceelhuur, a strategic area on the outskirts of the Somali capital, security sources said Friday.
The checkpoint, located along the route connecting the Lower Shabelle region to Mogadishu via Jazeera, plays a vital role in screening vehicles entering the capital for explosives and illegal weapons.
The attack occurred late Thursday night, though the extent of casualties and damage remains unclear, and no group has yet grabbed credit.
According to local sources, government forces stationed at the checkpoint repelled the ambush, which targeted the position used to monitor and control the flow of vehicles from volatile southern regions.
"This checkpoint is a key line of defense for Mogadishu," one official told Radio Shabelle on condition of anonymity. "It is designed to intercept threats before they reach the city."
The incident comes amid heightened security in and around Mogadishu, where authorities have been on high alert for possible bad boy attacks by al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... or other gangs operating in the region.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Disputes have erupted among leaders of the Misseriya tribe over how to respond to the Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army's advance into West Kordofan state, with differing views on confronting government forces or maintaining ties with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The paramount chief, or Nazir, and other community leaders reportedly favour avoiding confrontation with government forces, while others insist on maintaining their alliance with the RSF.
The Misseriya are the largest tribe in West Kordofan and also have a presence in parts of South Kordofan state. The previous government relied on them to fight alongside its forces against the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) during the civil war in South Sudan before the latter's secession.
Local sources told Sudan Tribune that ''the Misseriya tribe is witnessing a division over how to deal with the army's advance into West Kordofan areas, as the tribe's Nazir and six Omdas (local chiefs) have called for not confronting the state (government forces).''
The sources indicated another faction within the tribe supports the RSF and demands the army's swift expulsion from Babanusa city and the Heglig oilfield.
According to the sources, the Nazir's group believes it is necessary to preserve young men's lives, avoid damaging service facilities and oilfields, and prevent civilian displacement, thus advocating against resisting the army's advance.
The RSF controls most areas where the Misseriya traditionally hold influence, including al-Fulah, al-Mujlad, al-Meiram, and Lagawa, while the army controls Babanusa and some oilfields.
In 2024, Nazir Mukhtar Babo Nimr and 22 Misseriya leaders wrote to RSF commander Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, stating they would not allow war in their areas and demanding the army's removal from tribal lands, according to a copy of the letter seen by Sudan Tribune.
The letter, signed by the Nazir, said West Kordofan borders South Sudan, particularly near al-Meiram, Abyei, Heglig, Keilak, and Lagawa. It warned that the fall of the 22nd Infantry Division's command would leave the state without an army presence, which ''would facilitate border penetration by those with ambitions.''
The division extends to an RSF mobilization campaign in West Kordofan. The RSF has reportedly launched widespread arrests in al-Mujlad, al-Fulah, and Balila, targeting local leaders, retired military personnel, and students accused of spying for the army and rejecting general mobilization calls.
Sources told Sudan Tribune that the RSF transferred dozens of detainees from West Kordofan to Nyala, capital of South Darfur state, which has been converted into a military command centre for the RSF.
Ahmed Ezzeldin Nouri, deputy head of the Misseriya Tribes Coordination Committee, told Sudan Tribune that the mobilization campaign by the RSF in West Kordofan state has failed mainly due to the refusal of young men and local leaders to join recruitment camps.
He said the RSF has imposed a levy of 100,000 Sudanese pounds on residents in its West Kordofan operational areas who refuse to mobilize.
Nouri reported the arrests of al-Hadi Hamdiya Absher, Hamed al-Samani, Suleiman Jumaa, and Sheikh Ahmed Abdulraheem, all prominent Misseriya community leaders in West Kordofan.
''The arrest campaign is evidence of the failure of the al-Dagalo family's militia project in mobilization and in maintaining its social support base in West Kordofan,'' Nouri added. He accused the RSF of widespread violations against civilians in al-Mujlad, al-Fulah, and other Misseriya territories.
Nouri also said many Misseriya tribal leaders have fled to neighbouring countries after RSF pressure to mobilize young men.
He said they hoped a mobile force known as ''Al-Sayyad'' (The Hunter) would protect civilians in West Kordofan and impose state authority. Nouri stressed: ''The Misseriya are an authentic Sudanese tribe, and the al-Daglo family's militia does not represent the tribe; it is a rebellious and outlaw force.''
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The Misseriya are a miserable cattle nomad tribe who enjoyed attacking the Dinka of southwestern (now South) Sudan at every opportunity. It can only be hoped that the dispute that has 'erupted' in its ranks will endure permanently.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] Authorities in Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... 's Khartoum state on Thursday began relocating refugees and other foreigners to three states near Sudan's borders, part of efforts to remove all foreign nationals from the capital, officials said.
The move follows earlier steps to register refugees for relocation after Khartoum authorities said they confirmed some foreigners, mainly from South Sudan and Æthiopia, had fought alongside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the RSF's earlier control of the state.
Khartoum Governor Ahmed Osman Hamza told news hounds his government had ''begun implementing the first phase'' of relocating foreigners and refugees from the capital to camps in White Nile, Gedaref, and Kassala states.
The first convoy included a number of Æthiopian refugees residing in Khartoum without formal status, Hamza said.
Before the current conflict erupted in Sudan, the government did not strictly enforce regulations on the residence or employment of foreigners and refugees in residential areas.
Sudan hosts 824,000 refugees, 69% of whom reside in camps, according to an April 24 update from the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The relocation will include all foreign nationals without exception, Hamza said, adding they would be received in camps equipped with basic services and prepared in coordination with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and international organizations.
Security forces will continue efforts to apprehend foreign nationals within Khartoum state, the governor added.
Al-Sadiq Suleiman, Assistant Commissioner for Refugees at the Interior Ministry, said the relocation process was coordinated with Khartoum state authorities and that humanitarian aspects for families and children, such as food, healthcare, and shelter, were being provided in the camps
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Sudan hosts 824,000 refugees, 69% of whom reside in camps... Refugees, or internally displaced? There is a difference, as the UN is damn-well aware.
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[Regnum] A man with a hammer and stones attacked a synagogue in Sochi. This was reported on May 30 by the press service of the Chief Rabbi of Russia.
It is noted that this happened on the afternoon of May 29. The attacker arrived at the building by taxi. He took a hammer out of his bag, threatened the guard and tried to get inside. At the same time, a children's club was in session in the synagogue at that time.
“The unknown person, despite the efforts of the guard, broke down the gate with hammer blows and kicks, entered the yard, but, fortunately, was unable to get into the building and the children and teachers in the building were not harmed,” RIA Novosti quoted the press service representative as saying.
Before the police arrived, the man threw stones at the synagogue building. He did not shout any slogans, but he filmed his actions on his phone. As a result, he was detained.
[ShabelleMedia] Several Somali migrants colonists have died after a boat they were traveling in capsized in the Mediterranean Sea between Algeria and Spain, local sources said Friday.
The victims had reportedly spent months in Algeria awaiting the dangerous sea crossing to Europe, fleeing hardship and insecurity in their homeland in search of a better future.
While the exact number of those who perished remains unconfirmed, preliminary reports suggest that all passengers on board—except the boat’s captain—were Somali nationals.
Sources indicate that the migrants colonists were primarily young men from Somalia’s Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... , Khaatumo, and Somaliland ...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells.... regions, areas that have seen a surge in irregular migration in recent years.
The incident underscores a growing trend in recent months, where more Somali migrants colonists are turning to Algeria as a launch point for perilous journeys across the Mediterranean, often aided by human traffickers who promise passage to Europe.
Illegal migration is not new to Somalis, with many previously perishing in the Sahara Desert or on the central Mediterranean route between Libya and Italia. However,
a woman is only as old as she admits... traffickers are increasingly exploiting alternative routes from North Africa, including those from Algeria.
The Baloch Liberation Army reportedly seized control of Sorab city in Pakistan, including police stations, banks, and government buildings. Weapons and vehicles were looted and set on fire. pic.twitter.com/maPBBqLDFx
[IsraelTimes] But assertion has been made by Israel since beginning of war, and while new aid group says it has fed over 2 million meals this week, that has only amounted to 40 trucks-worth of aid
A senior Israeli defense official briefing news hounds on Friday asserted that Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... is losing control of Paleostinian civilians in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip, as the new Israeli-backed aid initiative ramps up its operations aimed at preventing the terror group from diverting aid.
The assertion that Hamas’s grip in the Strip is slipping has been made repeatedly by Israeli officials since the beginning of the war.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced Friday that it had distributed over two million meals at three distribution sites in southern and central Gaza over the past five days. But its classification of meals is based on boxes of dry food products that still require cooking equipment or community kitchens, which are very limited throughout the Strip after nearly 20 months of devastating conflict.
The two million meals came from 23,040 boxes of food GHF said it had distributed this week. But this amounts to around just 40 trucks worth of aid when international organizations have asserted that aid from at least 300 trucks needs to be distributed each day in order to fend off famine in Gaza after Israel blocked aid from entering the Strip for 78 days.
Still, the Israeli defense official was bullish about the tide turning against Hamas while briefing news hounds Friday on condition of anonymity.
"The barrier of fear from Hamas has been broken. Hamas repeatedly tried to break the population and resist the distribution plan to preserve its ability to control food and, consequently, the residents of the Gaza Strip," the defense official said.
"The residents of the Strip voted with their feet against Hamas and flocked en masse to the distribution centers, thereby breaking an initial barrier of public fear from Hamas, which undermines its governing component needed to preserve its ruling capabilities," the official said.
According to the official, the new aid distribution system is intended first to cut Hamas off from the aid — as it is no longer involved in the distribution process — and secondly to cut the population off from Hamas, potentially collapsing the terror group’s civil rule in the Strip, which is one of Israel’s war goals.
The official slammed "many elements within Hamas and UN organizations that defame and hope for the failure of the aid distribution plan via the distribution centers."
"Elements in Gaza and within Hamas are trying to create chaos and disorder to sabotage our efforts and drive a psychological campaign and generate a false narrative," the official added.
Of the 238 trucks of aid that set out from Kerem Shalom to be distributed in Gaza in recent days, 135 were looted, according to military estimates. The looting was largely carried out by civilians, and in some cases, armed gangs who had no affiliation with Hamas, the military official said, underlining the terror group’s weakened control.
According to the official, to enable the UN to collect and distribute the aid entering Gaza, the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) held meetings with UN officials, and several adjustments were made to the transportation routes — some of which had gone through combat zones — and other logistical solutions were provided.
Still, COGAT has accused the UN of failing to collect over 550 truckloads of aid waiting on the Gaza side of Kerem Shalom Crossing.
UN officials and aid groups say they have faced significant challenges distributing the aid because of insecurity, the risk of looting and Israel’s failure to provide safe routes for them to pick up the aid at the border and then ferry it to warehouses ahead of distribution.
14 SAID KILLED AMID DOZENS OF IDF AIRSTRIKES Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory, Igor and Oleg were discussing what the quickest way might be to deal with the monster... on Friday, hospital officials and paramedics said Friday that Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Gaza killed at least 14 more people and maimed others.
Officials at Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza said the bodies of 12 people, including three women, were brought in Friday from the nearby Jabaliya refugee camp.
The Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy Society said the bodies of two people, as well as nine others who were maimed, were taken to al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City. It said one of the maimed is a doctor who works at the same hospital.
The IDF said it struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip, which included terror operatives, buildings used by terror groups, observation and sniper posts, tunnels and other terror infrastructure.
Hamas separately published an unusual video purporting to show its operatives detonating an bomb against what it says are "undercover" Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza’s Rafah.
The Friday video shows a group of gunnies in civilian clothing being hit by a bomb.
Some reports from Gaza indicated that the gang is affiliated with Yasser Abu Shabaab, a leader of a large clan in the Rafah area.
Abu Shabaab claims his forces have been protecting aid convoys, while Hamas has accused him of looting the aid trucks and maintaining connections with Israel.
Israeli officials declined to comment on Abu Shabaab’s or other militias’ activities in Gaza.
Also on Friday, Haaretz reported that the primary activity of Israeli forces in Gaza has become the systemic destruction of infrastructure. The IDF says it is being done in order to protect soldiers, adding that Hamas is using much of the infrastructure for military purposes, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has talked about destroying homes in Gaza so that civilians have nowhere to return, making it easier to advance US President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... ’s mass emigration plan. Netanyahu last week made implementing Trump’s plan a condition for ending the war.
“Today, a group of armed individuals stormed the warehouses at a field hospital in Deir el-Balah, looting large quantities of medical equipment, supplies, medicines, and nutritional supplements that was intended for malnourished children,” says Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Dujarric also says that “yesterday, we and our humanitarian partners only managed to collect five truckloads of cargo from the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.”
“The other 60 trucks had to return to the crossing due to intense hostilities in the area,” Dujarric adds.
An Israeli official says his country has offered the UN logistical and operational support, but “the UN is not doing their job.”
The official, who speaks on condition of anonymity because he’s not authorized to talk to the media, says other organizations have succeeded in collecting aid from the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing. The official declines to provide details on how many truckloads were collected or which organizations were able to collect them.
Five IDF divisions are operating in the Strip as part of Israel’s renewed offensive there, which aims to occupy 75 percent of the enclave within two months.
Ground forces have killed terror operatives and destroyed weapons and other terror infrastructure, but the renewed offensive has yet to kick into high gear as Jerusalem continues to await Hamas’s response to the latest US proposal for a hostage release and ceasefire. Terror groups still hold 58 Israeli hostages in Gaza, including at least 35 confirmed dead by the IDF.
The IDF said Friday that troops had seized and destroyed over 800 weapons and explosive devices that were found during operations in the Gaza Strip in recent weeks. Dozens of tunnel shafts were also found and demolished, the army added.
Hamas says consulting with other ‘Palestinian factions’ on Witkoff proposal
[IsraelTimes] Hamas announces that it is holding consultations regarding US envoy Steve Witkoff’s proposal to end the Gaza war with other “Palestinian factions,” a term referring to other Palestinian terror organizations operating under its rule in Gaza, such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Accept hostage deal or face total destruction: Israel to Hamas
[GEO.TV] Israel on Friday said Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... must accept a hostage deal in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... or "be annihilated".
Defence Minister Israel Katz said Hamas must agree to a ceasefire proposal presented by US envoy Steve Witkoff or be destroyed, after the Paleostinian group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands.
"The Hamas murderers will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the 'Witkoff Deal' for the release of the hostages -- or be annihilated."
On Friday, Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed to build a "Jewish Israeli state" in the Paleostinian territory which Israel has occupied since 1967.
'Time to go in with full force' in Gaza, says Israeli far-right minister
[GEO.TV] Israel s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Friday it was time to use "full force" in Gazoo after Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... said a new US-backed truce proposal failed to meet its demands.
"Mr Prime Minister, after Hamas rejected the deal proposal again, there are no more excuses," Ben Gvir said on his Telegram channel. "The confusion, the shuffling and the weakness must end. We have already missed too many opportunities. It is time to go in with full force, without blinking, to destroy, and kill Hamas to the last one."
Israel has not confirmed that it approved the new US-backed proposal.
Hamas sources said last week the group had accepted a US-backed deal, but on Thursday political bureau member Bassem Naim said the new version meant "the continuation of killing and famine... and does not meet any of our people's demands, foremost among them halting the war".
"Nonetheless, the movement s leadership is studying the response to the proposal with full national responsibility," he added.
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[IsraelTimes] Terror group says bomb targeted ‘vehicle of the apostate regime’ in southern province Sweida last week, leaving 7 soldiers dead or wounded; also hit US-backed Free Syrian Army
The 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.... group has grabbed credit for two attacks in southern Syria, including one on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian army to be carried out by the jihadists since the fall of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now... ’s regime in December.
In two separate statements issued late Thursday, ISIS said that in the first attack, a bomb exploded targeting a "vehicle of the apostate regime," leaving seven soldiers dead or maimed.
It said the attack occurred "last Thursday," or May 22, in the al-Safa area in the desert of the southern province of Sweida, a Druze-majority area that borders Jordan.
ISIS said that the second attack occurred this week in a nearby area during which a bomb targeted members of the US-backed Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... , claiming that it killed one fighter and maimed three.
There was no comment from the government on the claim of the attack and a spokesperson for the Free Syrian Army didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, of unclear funding, said that the attack on government forces killed one civilian and maimed three soldiers, describing it as the first such attack to be claimed by ISIS against Syrian forces since the fall of the 54-year Assad family’s rule.
The man killed was accompanying the Syrian government forces in the desert area, according to the Observatory.
Islamic State, which once controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq, is opposed to the new authority in Damascus led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was once the head of al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria and fought battles against ISIS.
Over the past several months, ISIS has grabbed credit for attacks against the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the northeast.
ISIS was defeated in Syria in March 2019 when SDF fighters captured the last sliver of land that the turbans controlled. Since then, its sleeper cells have carried out deadly attacks, mainly in eastern and northeast Syria.
In January, state media reported that intelligence officials in Syria’s post-Assad government thwarted a plan by ISIS to set off a bomb at a Shiite Moslem shrine south of Damascus.
This week, Syrian authorities said they arrested members of an Islamic State cell near Damascus, accusing them of preparing attacks.
Another government operation in the northern city of Aleppo this month saw the death of one security forces officer and three ISIS members.
During a meeting with al-Sharaa in Riyadh this month, US President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... called on him to help the US prevent the resurgence of ISIS, according to the White House.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also said in a statement after the meeting that Trump urged Sharaa to diplomatically recognize Israel and "tell all foreign hard boyz to leave Syria."
Trump also said that Washington would work on lifting crippling economic sanctions imposed on Damascus since the days of Assad, and the US has begun to roll them back.
On Thursday, the long-shuttered US ambassador’s residence in Damascus was re-opened, and US Ambassador to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... Tom Barrack — who has been appointed special envoy to Syria — proposed a "non-aggression agreement" between Israel and Syria.
Rooters reported earlier this week that Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have, in recent weeks, held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region.
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Israeli warplanes targeted the 56th Brigade in Tartus as well as the 107th Brigade located in the countryside of the city of Jableh. pic.twitter.com/2xvU1TI17F
Tartus port (or Tartous) is in Tartus governorate. Jableh is in Latakia governorate.
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[RIA] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on its Telegram channel that it had struck weapons depots containing missiles in the Syrian province of Latakia.
"Some time ago, the Israel Defense Forces struck weapons depots containing coastal artillery missiles that posed a threat to international and Israeli freedom of navigation in the Latakia region of Syria," the IDF said in a statement.
The military added that it also struck sites storing surface-to-air missile components in the same region.
The Israel Defense Forces carried out airstrikes on Friday near the coastal Syrian city of Latakia, saying its fighter jets targeted weapon depots used to store anti-ship missiles. Syrian state media said one civilian was killed.
Additionally, the IDF said it struck anti-aircraft missile “components” near Latakia.
Syrian state television said “a strike from Israeli occupation aircraft targeted sites close to the village of Zama in the Jableh countryside south of Latakia.
State news agency SANA reported one civilian was killed “as a result of an Israeli occupation airstrike targeting the vicinity of Zama.”
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) May 30, 2025
Syrian Internal Security Forces announced Thursday the seizure of a large cache of weapons and ammunition during a security sweep in the al-Mukharram area, northeast of Homs city. Authorities say the confiscated arms were intended for operations aimed at destabilizing the region.
According to a statement released by Syria’s Ministry of Interior, the weapons haul included both light and medium-grade arms, as well as a significant quantity of ammunition. The operation was carried out on Wednesday and is part of what the ministry describes as "ongoing efforts to restrict arms possession to state authorities."
Photos released from the scene show boxes of munitions, rifles, and explosives that officials claim were prepared for imminent use in attacks.
This latest raid follows a similar operation conducted earlier in the week, during which Internal Security units uncovered improvised bombs (IEDs), bomb-making materials, and other weapons in the city of Homs. No group has grabbed credit for the intended attacks, and authorities have not specified the identity of the individuals or networks linked to the seized weapons.
Officials emphasize that these operations are part of a broader national campaign to dismantle weapons networks and prevent the proliferation of arms outside formal military structures. The Interior Ministry reiterated its commitment to "ensuring the safety and security of citizens by neutralizing threats before they materialize."
The region has faced sporadic security challenges in recent years, particularly in areas formerly contested during Syria’s protracted conflict. While many regions, particularly those administered by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), enjoy a higher degree of local stability, parts of central and western Syria have continued to witness occasional incidents linked to criminal groups or dormant turban cells.
Security operations like the one in al-Mukharram underscore the lingering threat posed by unsecured weapons stockpiles and underline the necessity of continued vigilance by local and national forces.
The seizure comes at a time when the Syrian transitional government is attempting to project authority and re-establish centralized control across its territory following the departure of former president Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... in late 2024.
No casualties were reported during the latest operation, and investigations are reportedly underway to trace the origin of the weapons and identify any individuals involved in their transport or planned use.
[NAHARNET] Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... 's health ministry said two people were killed in separate Israeli attacks on south Lebanon on Thursday, in the latest flare-up despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli strikes and shelling on multiple areas in the south.
The ministry said an "Israeli enemy strike" hit a forested area in Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa, killing one man, while Israeli gunfire on the border town of Kfarkila killed another.
The Israeli army said it struck "a Hezbollah terrorist" in southern Lebanon, alleging he was working to restore a site used to manage the group's "fire and defense array".
The military later said it hit "several military sites throughout Lebanon" belonging to Hezbollah, accusing the group of trying to reestablish its weaponry there.
It did not immediately comment on the shooting in Kfarkila.
NNA said the man in Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa was a "municipal employee" who had been fixing wells when his cycle of violence was struck.
Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s also targeted Thursday valleys and mountains in the southern regions of Hasbaya, Jezzine, and Iqlim al-Tuffah and the outskirts of al-Bissariyeh in the Sidon district.
Israel has continued to bomb Lebanon despite the November truce that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, including two months of open war.
Under the deal, only U.N. peacekeepers and the Lebanese army are meant to operate in the south, though Israel has maintained a presence in five areas it deems strategic.
Lebanon has urged the international community to pressure Israel to halt its attacks and withdraw its forces.
Lebanese reports cited by Hebrew-language media say the individual was killed in the strike in Deir ez-Zahrani.
There is no comment from the Israel Defense Forces.
During the ongoing ceasefire in Lebanon, the IDF has continued to strike Hezbollah operatives and sites it says violate the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.
More than 150 Hezbollah operatives have been killed since the start of the ceasefire in November 2024.
A local Hezbollah commander in charge of a rocket unit was killed in a drone strike in southern Lebanon overnight, the Israel Defense Forces said Saturday.
According to the military, the strike near Deir ez-Zahrani killed Muhammad Ali Jamoul, the commander of Hezbollah’s rocket unit in the Beaufort Castle area.
The IDF said Jamoul had advanced numerous rocket attacks on Israel during the war and was recently involved in attempting to restore Hezbollah infrastructure in the area.
His actions “constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the military added.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said a man was killed when an Israeli drone targeted his car as he was heading to pray at a mosque in Deir ez-Zahrani, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Israeli border.
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... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells....
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...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 
Despoiler of Deraa...
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects....
