[DM] An active bomb has been found at an ethanol plant in Peoria, Illinois, forcing an urgent evacuation.
Panic ensued Friday when a suspicious package was found at the BioUrja Renewables plant on Southwest Washington Street in South Peoria.
Peoria Mayor Rita Ali confirmed the news and called it a 'real threat.'
'It is real. This is a real thing,' she said. 'We know that it is a real threat. We know it is a bomb.'
Congressman Eric Sorensen warned residents and said: 'You need to stay safe because we cannot guarantee the safety of the city of Peoria.'
Sorensen suggested that there was possibly more than just one bomb found at the plant, which is located about a mile and a half from downtown Peoria.
'This is not a hoax. It has gone beyond this. This is very serious. Here to support the mayor and the people who want to take care of the people. Get out of the area. We'll see what comes tomorrow but get out of the area tonight,' added State Senator David Koehler.
Ali announced that the bridges over the river have been shut down for everyone's safety.
The Illinois River was also shut down while the mayor urged people to leave the 1-mile evacuation zone.
'This is a real crisis situation right now. We want all of our residents to treat it like an emergency and to evacuate the area within that one-mile radius,' Ali said at Manual High School, which is outside of the 1-mile radius.
Local officials kept begging citizens to treat the bomb threat as legitimate.
'I am seeing a few people debating if the bomb threat is credible,' said Bernice Gordon-Young, a member of Peoria City Council, on her Facebook page.
'As an elected official, serving on the Peoria City Council, I am telling you that this IS credible!! This is not the time for nonsense. Please take this seriously! Of course, we won't say 'run for your lives' but we are trying to tell you all that this is a legitimate threat to public safety and please follow the evacuation instructions.'
About 50 people had gathered at the school just after midnight local time, officials said.
The city police and fire departments, along with the Illinois State Police and the East Peoria Police Department, are on the scene.
The FBI, the US Coast Guard, and the US Department of Homeland Security also arrived in Peoria to help with the bomb threat.
'I am actively monitoring the bomb threat in Peoria, and I have directed the Illinois State Police to coordinate with local authorities,' Governor of Illinois JB Pritzker said.
'Please follow directions from law enforcement and stay clear of the area.'
A statement from the city of East Peoria claimed that evacuations would stay in effect until at least 9am Saturday.
Multiple local businesses closed down in response to the emergency.
The county has also shut down Interstate 74 in both directions through the city.
'We are assisting Peoria PD with this threat. Please stay away from downtown Peoria and the riverfront area of East Peoria. I-74 is shutdown both ways through the city of Peoria. Use 474 to bypass,' County Sheriff Chris Watkins said.
BioUrja bought the plant in 2021 from previous owners ADM and manufactures ethanol that can be used in fuel, drinks and hand sanitizer, among other products.
BioUrja notified Peoria police about a bomb threat around 1:08 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, Police Chief Brad Dixon said. Officers responded to the scene to conduct an investigation and search of the facility.
Around 2 p.m., the suspicious package was located and additional resources were called to examine it.
Authorities determined that the package was a credible threat around 6:45 p.m. and the blast radius was determined to be one mile from BioUrja, Dixon said at a press conference. About 7:02 p.m., notifications for an evacuation order were sent out for the blast radius, the police chief said.
Around 9:12 p.m., bomb technicians rendered the package safe, although the area around BioUrja was not rendered safe.
"It's a large facility. There's going to be an exhaustive search of the facility. That has not been completed yet," Dixon said early Saturday morning.
The chief said notifications will be sent when the evacuation order is lifted.
East Peoria police also issued an evacuation order for the one-mile radius from the plant.
The city provided an update at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
"There has been no change to the current evacuation area. Residents and businesses within the affected area should continue to follow all evacuation instructions and should not return until officials have declared it safe to do so. The safety of our community is our top priority. We ask everyone to remain patient and continue to follow official guidance. Any updates or changes to the evacuation area will be released as soon as they become available.
Thank you to the East Peoria community for their continued patience and understanding during this time. Another update will be given no later than 3:00 p.m."
HISTORY OF BIOURJA PLANT IN PEORIA, ILLINOIS
BioUrja purchased the Peoria site from Archer Daniels Midland Co. in late 2021. ADM had owned the facility since 1982. The plant, located on Edmund Street at the foot of the Illinois River, produces ethanol.
BioUrja is a multi-national supplier and trader of agricultural and industrial commodities. Among them are biofuels, petroleum products and animal-feed products.
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So who planted the thing? Iran, some Sunni idiots who’d read an online article on bomb making in the kitchen of their mom and pledged themselves to ISIS, Sikh or Pakistani anti-India tools, Antifa/Black Bloc/eco-freaks, an angry employee? About the only possibility I don’t anticipate is anti-Israel/pro-Pali action.
[Jpost] The group also said in a separate statement that it had attacked Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline.
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... 's Iran-aligned Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s said on Friday they had fired two ballistic missiles at what they described as concentrations of Saudi forces in al-Tuwal in Jazan province, hours after Saudi civil defense issued an all-clear for the province.
It was not immediately clear whether the attack claimed by the Houthis was related to the alerts issued by Saudi civil defense in Jazan earlier on Friday.
Jazan is home to a Saudi Aramco refinery with a capacity of 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Southern Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... , which borders Yemen, has come under repeated missile and drone attacks by the Houthis on military installations and energy infrastructure, including the Jazan refinery.
HOUTHIS CLAIM TO HAVE HIT RIYADH AIRPORT, PUMPING STATION
The group also said in a separate statement that it had attacked Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of the Houthi account.
With the conflict in the Middle East disrupting oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, Riyadh has rerouted about 4 million barrels per day of crude via the East-West Pipeline to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, equivalent to about 4% of global supply.
Fighting between the Houthis and the coalition backing Yemen's internationally recognized government has intensified after the Houthis advanced in September towards the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic shipping chokepoint at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, across the Arabian Peninsula from the Strait of Hormuz.
🚨 IRAN CLAIMS STRIKE ON U.S. MILITARY RADAR IN BAHRAIN.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it targeted an American early-warning radar installation in Bahrain, claiming retaliation for an alleged airstrike on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, southern Iran.
The IRGC claims the radar was destroyed and warns of further retaliation if attacks continue.
Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.
Neither Washington nor Bahrain has confirmed the strike or reported damage.
🚨 IRAN CLAIMS STRIKE ON U.S. MILITARY RADAR IN BAHRAIN.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it targeted an American early-warning radar installation in Bahrain, claiming retaliation for an alleged airstrike on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, southern Iran.
The IRGC claims the radar was destroyed and warns of further retaliation if attacks continue.
Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.
Neither Washington nor Bahrain has confirmed the strike or reported damage.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck and destroyed a US radar in Bahrain. This was reported on November 13 in a statement by the IRGC, distributed by the Tasnim news agency.
The IRGC Aerospace Forces reportedly struck and destroyed a US Army early warning radar on Bahrain Island. The statement explained that the strike was in retaliation for an airstrike in the Sirik region.
The IRGC noted that in the event of a repeat of aggression against Iran, the aviation is in a state of full readiness to respond “without any restrictions.”
On the night of November 8, two oil tankers struck mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the IRGC, the tankers were navigating with numerous irregularities and their navigation systems were disabled.
[Rudaw] A UK court has convicted two men of spying on opposition journalists on behalf of Iran, amid growing concerns over Tehran’s willingness to target critics abroad through proxies and renewed threats of military action against European countries.
“This was a calculated operation to spy on those critical of the Iranian Regime,” said Frank Ferguson, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, in a statement.
Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Javadi Manesh were found guilty on Thursday of “assisting a Foreign Intelligence Service” between August 2024 and March 2025 in Woolwich Crown Court following their arrests in 2025.
Ferguson said Thursday’s conviction highlighted “Iranian intelligence’s willingness to use proxies to target the regime’s critics abroad,” adding to fears from European countries over a series of alleged Tehran-backed espionage incidents.
Beyond espionage, Tehran’s threats have extended to those of direct action. Also on Wednesday, Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei issued a warning of kinetic action against European military bases involved in renewed US action against Tehran.
“Every military base involved in the aggression- from West Asia to Europe - will be a legitimate target for Iran’s lethal strikes,” Rezaei wrote on X late Wednesday.
To secure the convictions, prosecutors presented extensive video footage, images, and text messages purportedly showing the men surveilling journalists working for Iran International, a London-based opposition outlet banned by Tehran.
According to the court’s statement, this is the first time Iranian nationals have been convicted under the 2023 National Security law designed to counter threats from foreign states.
Iran has repeatedly denied involvement with espionage incidents on European soil.
Thursday’s statement follows espionage convictions for two Iran-backed men “orchestrating a terrorist plot” at RAF Fairford in September as well as for a Norwegian national whose foiled assination plot was linked to a Tehran-backed network.
[SDUT] Friday’s security response at RAF Lakenheath comes just days after the U.S. moved more than a dozen aircraft from a different base just miles away in eastern England — RAF Mildenhall — because of a threat.
Security forces at Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath in eastern England responded to suspected unauthorized drone activity, but no personnel, aircraft or infrastructure have been affected, the U.S. Air Force in Europe said in a statement.
"We continue to work closely with our host nation counterparts to ensure the safety and security of our U.S. service members, U.S. and host nation civilians, contractors, and all of our families," the statement said.
The drone incident means that three U.S. bases in the United Kingdom have been affected by threats in recent weeks. Friday’s security response at RAF Lakenheath comes just days after the U.S. moved more than a dozen aircraft from a different base just miles away in eastern England — RAF Mildenhall — because of a threat.
During the plane exodus, RAF Mildenhall also raised its alert level to FPCON Charlie — the second-highest level, which is used when an incident occurs or intelligence is received indicating that some form of terrorist action targeting personnel or facilities is likely.
A U.S. official said at the time that the decision to move the aircraft was proactive rather than reactive.
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[IBTimes] Why Is There a Nationwide Ground Stop Today? What We Know About Flights Halted Across the US: Departing aircraft were told to remain on the ground, while planes already airborne could continue landing and international flights were handled separately
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a nationwide ground stop across the United States on Friday, 13 November 2026, after serious communications problems disrupted air traffic control operations.
The order prevented flights from taking off across the country, raising concerns about widespread delays, cancellations and missed connections.
The disruption began in Chicago before the FAA expanded the restrictions nationwide.
According to Reuters, the agency cited 'extraordinary circumstances and reasons for safety' when announcing the ground stop.
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the communications problems were affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
Officials have yet to confirm what caused the problems or when flights can resume normal operations.
WHY DID THE FAA ORDER A NATIONWIDE GROUND STOP?
The nationwide ground stop followed an earlier disruption in Chicago, where communications problems had already affected air traffic operations.
As the problems spread, the FAA ordered departing aircraft to remain on the ground.
'All departing traffic should remain groundstopped until further notice,' the agency said.
The decision was made to keep flights from taking off while officials investigated the communications issues.
However, aircraft already in the air were not required to land immediately.
Reuters reported that those flights could continue to their destinations, while aircraft waiting to depart had to remain grounded.
International flights were also affected, although the FAA said incoming international services would be handled on a case-by-case basis.
The agency has not explained how those arrangements will affect individual airports or routes.
It also remains unclear whether the communications problems were caused by equipment failure, a technical malfunction or another issue.
HOW WILL THE NATIONWIDE GROUND STOP AFFECT US FLIGHTS?
For travellers, the biggest concern is the disruption to scheduled departures and connecting flights.
Flights waiting to take off could face significant delays until air traffic controllers give airlines permission to resume departures.
Passengers with connecting flights may also face problems if their incoming aircraft are delayed at other airports.
Even after the ground stop is lifted, airlines may need time to get aircraft back into position, adjust schedules and accommodate affected passengers.
The longer the restrictions last, the greater the potential disruption to flights across the country.
Passengers are advised to check their flight status directly with their airline before heading to the airport.
They can also visit the FAA's National Airspace System Status website for the latest updates.
WHEN WAS THE LAST NATIONWIDE GROUND STOP IN THE US?
Friday's ground stop is an extremely rare event in US aviation.
According to Reuters, it is only the second nationwide suspension of departures since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
The previous ground stop happened in January 2023, when a malfunction in the FAA's Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system temporarily halted domestic departures. Sec'y Pete "Buttgig" era
That disruption lasted less than two hours, although flight delays continued after operations resumed.
The latest incident has also raised fresh concerns about the FAA's ageing infrastructure.
Reuters reported that Congress approved $12.5 billion (£9.45 billion) in 2025 to upgrade the agency's communications systems.
On Friday, the FAA and White House requested another $30.1 billion (£22.74 billion) to address other aviation infrastructure problems.
However, officials have not linked those funding needs to the latest communications failure.
For now, two questions remain: What caused the nationwide communications problems, and when will flights return to normal?
Amtrak's ticket booking system is returning to normal after an outage Friday night.
Officials say the train service is operating normally, but is seeing increased demand.
The outage came amid a nationwide FAA ground stop that has since been lifted
He's pointing to the ongoing fallout from Friday's nationwide FAA ground stop, caused by overloaded aging air traffic control equipment. Thousands of flights canceled or delayed, recovery expected to drag for days. Prepare for more travel disruptions, stranded passengers, and fragile systems that could fail again until governments and airlines properly modernize the network.
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The FAA lifted a nationwide ground stop on Friday after a communications failure at air traffic control centers caused chaos at US airports and triggered the longest shutdown since the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said US airspace reopened at 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time (0115 GMT), but warned that departures would resume gradually and it would take time for airlines to restore normal operations.
"It's going to be slow," Duffy told reporters at the White House.
More than 6,600 flights were canceled and 8,600 delayed, with another 1,500 already canceled for Sunday, according to FlightRadar24. Aviation analysts said the four-hour nationwide grounding could disrupt airline schedules for days.
Duffy said tens of thousands of passengers were stranded at airports around the country. Duffy said he and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to discuss the outage.
The failure is the latest and most dramatic sign of strain on a US air traffic control system beset by aging technology, equipment and communications problems and a shortage of several thousand controllers.
Duffy said the trouble began at 3:36 p.m., when air traffic control centers experienced instability in radar and communications systems.
"Our switches, our routers actually got overloaded with data and they started to give us inconsistencies in the data from those routers and because of that we shut the system down," Duffy said, adding that at no stage did they completely lose radar or communications and they were able to safely land thousands of planes.
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Not buying it Duffey. They first said the NOTAM system was down. NOTAMS do not affect AMTRACK. We have a vulnerability in our dependance on computer systems and its impossible to safeguard them. Yesterday it was microsoft, hobbling most every business in America, hobbling our economic strength. Today its our transportation arteries. All at the same time???
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The questions of the day, given all the possible and/or even likely reasons.
* Whom or What actually did it?
* What allowed it to happen?
* Was A.I. involved?
* Who will make $$$$ and/or gain Political Power from this?
* How will the Socialist Goose Stepping Democrats blame Trump?
* Whom will end up wearing the correct Tinfoil Hat for Real Factual Reporting this time around? The GOV, The MSM, or The Gray-Hat ITSEC world ?
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Ref #6: Not buying it Duffey. They first said the NOTAM system was down. NOTAMS do not affect AMTRACK. We have a vulnerability in our dependance on computer systems and its impossible to safeguard them. Yesterday it was microsoft, hobbling most every business in America, hobbling our economic strength. Today its our transportation arteries. All at the same time???
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"Had this been a real alert, you would have been told to....."
No study breaks down foreign-born CEO rates specifically by the 16 DHS critical infrastructure sectors. However, using Fortune 500 industry classifications (which map closely onto the sectors) and available data, the picture is clear:
Information Technology / Communications — by far the highest concentration. A 2025 GSA report found nearly half of all US semiconductor companies are led by foreign-born CEOs. The broader IT sector has the densest cluster:
Microsoft (Nadella, India),
Alphabet (Pichai, India),
IBM (Krishna,India),
Micron (Mehrotra, India),
AMD (Su, China),
NVIDIA (Huang, Taiwan),
Palo Alto Networks (Arora, India),
Adobe (Narayen, India),
and T-Mobile (Gopalan, India, starting Nov 2025).
My guess is the flight control systems are so antiquated that nobody would know how to hack them. That's the good news. The bad news is that attempting to update those systems is likely to cause more disruptions and the fear of those disruptions is a big reason why they've never been updated.
For anyone who remembers the Y2K problem in 1999, some of that venerable old mission critical COBOL code had been running since the 1960's and people were scared to death of what might happen if they tried to change it or, even worse, replace it without a great deal of programming and testing. It was even worse trying to convince the bosses who didn't understand software that it really was a problem. Some of those bosses dithered until it was almost too late.
Dunno how reliable that information is but I find it encouraging that the communications network is private, ie., not on the Internet which I believe would make it more difficult to hack. It's gotta be really, really old though and attempts to update it will be scary.
Gosh, I'm glad I don't work in that business anymore and I'm really, really glad I wasn't stuck in an airport or, even worse, on an airplane that got stuck on the runway. From what I heard it was a frickin' nightmare. Hotels either jacked up their rates or ran out of room and rental cars were all rented so there was no escape. People were just stuck.
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^ L3Harris went under the bus this AM
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That sounds like a helluva lotta money but I guess, for the federal government, maybe not. Well, we do want it to be safe.
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I don't know when is a good time to do the kind of work they were trying to do on that system but I don't think a Friday afternoon in the beginning of the holiday season is it. It's no surprise if somebody goes under the bus.
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[Dawn] Security forces killed three bully boyz on the N-25 highway in 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... ’s Mastung district while repelling an attack on Kandawa Post, state broadcaster Radio Pakistain reported on Thursday, citing police.
According to a spokesperson for Balochistan Police, bully boyz belonging to Fitna al Hindustan attempted a "cowardly attack at Kandawa Post on National Highway N-25 using an explosives-laden vehicle".
The state has designated Balochistan-based terrorist groups as Fitna al-Hindustan to highlight India’s alleged role in terrorism and destabilisation across Pakistain.
Security forces repulsed the attack through timely and effective action, the police statement said.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... two civilians bit the dust in the incident, while at least 13 others were maimed, according to a list of names in the police statement.
Three Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations.... personnel were also injured in the incident, the statement added. "The explosion caused damage to nearby houses and a mosque."
In the ensuing retaliatory operation, three bad boyz were potted, the police said.
The injured people were taken to medical centres for treatment.
"The attack demonstrates that these bully boyz have no connection with the people of Balochistan," the police stressed.
"Operations against elements seeking to undermine peace, development, and prosperity in Balochistan will continue, and the protection of the lives and property of the people will be ensured under all circumstances," it affirmed.
Balochistan has witnessed an increase in terrorist activities in recent years, prompting security forces to intensify counter-terrorism operations.
Earlier this month, a soldier was martyred and 17 bad boyz were potted in two intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Balochistan’s Kachhi and Kharan districts, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
In early October, security forces killed five bully boyz belonging to Fitna al-Hindustan in Mastung, Pakistain TV reported.
Pakistain witnessed a significant improvement in several key security indicators during October, with terrorist attacks declining by 37 per cent compared with September, according to the Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).
Balochistan recorded one of the most significant improvements, with terrorist attacks declining by 46pc, from 132 in September to 71 in October.
[Dawn] Security forces have killed 74 faceless myrmidons during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 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... , said a statement by the military’s media wing on Friday.
In a breakdown of casualties from operations conducted in KP over the past 48 hours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said 35 bad boyz were potted in Mir Ali, North Wazoo district, while eight others were killed in Orakzai district.
"In a determined effort to eliminate terrorist threats and dismantle the khwarij networks, security forces are conducting a series of intelligence-based operations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. These operations have been further expanded to the areas of Mir Ali and Orakzai," said ISPR.
Elaborating further, the military’s media wing said that "intense and fierce exchanges of fire" took place, dealing a "significant blow" to the networks operated by the faceless myrmidons in the areas.
Fitna-al-Khawarij is a term the state uses for faceless myrmidons belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain.
A large cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives, including homemade explosives and improvised bombs (IEDs), was also recovered during sanitisation, the military’s media wing said, adding that the recoveries had thwarted the "nefarious designs" of the faceless myrmidons to use the materials in terrorist activities.
The ISPR further said that sanitisation operations continue in the areas to "eliminate holed up khwarij".
IBOS IN BALOCHISTAN
Security forces have killed 31 faceless myrmidons since Nov 3 during a "comprehensive intelligence-based area sanitisation operation" against India-backed Fitna al Khawarij and Fitna al Hindustan in the Kurram area of Quetta district, the military’s media wing said.
The state has designated Balochistan-based terrorist groups as Fitna al-Hindustan to highlight India’s alleged role in terrorism and destabilisation across Pakistain.
"During the conduct of these intelligence-based operations, multiple terrorist hideouts were effectively engaged and after multiple engagements, thirty one Indian sponsored khwarij were sent to hell. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the Khwariji locations," said ISPR.
"Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other India-sponsored terrorist found in the area," the statement read, adding that a relentless counterterrorism campaign under the vision "Azm-e-Istehkam" will continue at full pace to "wipe out [the] menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country".
The country’s security environment continued to show considerable volatility from October 30 to November 5, 2026, with renewed terrorist activity in parts of KP and the former tribal districts, alongside intensified counterterrorism operations and changing patterns of murderous Moslem violence, according to the Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).
Per the latest PICSS Weekly Insight, 49 murderous Moslem attacks were recorded nationwide during the reporting period, compared with 31 in the preceding week. These incidents resulted in 25 fatalities and 21 injuries.
On October 8, security forces killed nine faceless myrmidons in an IBO in North Waziristan, while a day earlier, 18 faceless myrmidons were eliminated in separate engagements in KP and Balochistan.
[Rudaw] Iraqi forces killed three “terrorists” in an airstrike in Kirkuk’s Pirde (Altun Kupri) town late Friday and arrested a fourth suspect accused of transporting them, as security operations intensify against suspected Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells in the province.
“Security units in the Kirkuk Operations Command succeeded … in executing a qualitative mission and a precision airstrike in the Altun Kupri area,” the Iraqi Security Media Cell said in a statement, adding that the “operation resulted in the killing of three terrorists, and the terrorist element responsible for transporting them was also apprehended.”
The statement did not specify whether the targeted individuals were affiliated with ISIS, which seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria in 2014 before being territorially defeated in Iraq in 2017 following three years of intense fighting.
Despite its territorial defeat, ISIS continues to pose a security threat through sleeper cells, particularly in the disputed territories between Erbil and Baghdad, which stretch across parts of Diyala, Kirkuk, Nineveh, and Salahaddin provinces.
Friday’s airstrike followed a similar operation on Monday, when Iraqi forces tracked down three suspected ISIS militants south of Kirkuk and bombed their hideout. Ahead of that operation, Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah visited the province to inspect troop deployments and assess the security situation.
Earlier this month, Iraqi Interior Minister Yasser al-Maliki reaffirmed that “the security of the province is one of the ministry’s priorities” during a visit to Kirkuk, emphasizing that “the province holds the government’s attention.”
Security operations have intensified across the province since an Iraqi military officer was killed during clashes with ISIS militants in July, prompting a series of retaliatory airstrikes targeting militant hideouts using F-16 fighter jets and combat helicopters.
In a separate operation in Pirde on September 27, two Kurdish teenagers were killed during clashes between Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS) forces and suspected ISIS militants, sparking public outrage. The ICTS initially identified one of the victims as a militant but later acknowledged that both were civilians. The agency said the operation also resulted in the killing of a suspected ISIS member, the arrest of another, and injuries to four of its personnel. Iraqi authorities subsequently launched investigations into the civilian deaths.
خلال أنشطة نفذتها عشرات الكتائب والوحدات الخاصة، في عشرات القرى المختلفة وفي إطار عمليات مركزة: إحباط الإرهاب في فرقة يهودا والسامرة خلال الأسبوع الماضي
⭕️خلال الأسبوع الماضي، نفذت قوات جيش الدفاع عشرات الأنشطة الهجومية لإحباط الإرهاب في أنحاء يهودا والسامرة.
⭕️في إطار هذه الأنشطة، تم اعتقال أكثر من 55 مطلوبًا، من بينهم عناصر في حركتَي حماس والجهاد الإسلامي الإرهابيتين، ومطلوبون خططوا لتنفيذ عملية إرهابية، ومحرضون وعناصر إرهابية، ومشتبه به بإلقاء زجاجات حارقة. كما تمت مصادرة مسدسات وسلاح من نوع “إيرسوفت” ووسائل قتالية إضافية.
⭕️بالإضافة إلى ذلك، هدمت القوات في لواء عتصيون نصبًا تذكارية تحرّض على الإرهاب، وترتبط باثنين من مؤسسي حركتَي حماس والجهاد الإسلامي الإرهابيتين وبمخربين آخرين. وذلك بعد اتباع إجراءات منظّمة، وفي إطار الجهود لمكافحة التحريض على الإرهاب.
⭕️ستواصل قوات الأمن العمل بشكل استباقي وهجومي لإحباط الإرهاب في أنحاء يهودا والسامرة.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) November 13, 2026
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During activities carried out by dozens of battalions and special units in dozens of different villages as part of focused operations: thwarting terrorism in the Judea and Samaria Division over the past week
⭕️Over the past week, IDF forces carried out dozens of offensive operations to thwart terrorism throughout Judea and Samaria.
⭕️As part of these operations, more than 55 wanted individuals were arrested, including members of the terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad, wanted individuals who had planned to carry out a terrorist attack, inciters and terrorist operatives, and a suspect in throwing Molotov cocktails. Pistols, an “Airsoft” weapon, and additional combat equipment were also seized.
⭕️In addition, forces in the Etzion Brigade demolished memorials that incite terrorism and are linked to two of the founders of the terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad, as well as other terrorists. This was done following established procedures and as part of efforts to combat incitement to terrorism.
⭕️Security forces will continue to act proactively and offensively to thwart terrorism throughout Judea and Samaria.
[Jpost] "I set fire to a vehicle near a tent belonging to Jewish settlers, and at the same time, I planned to stab a settler," the terrorist confessed.
Israel Police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) arrested a terrorist suspected of setting fire to a vehicle and attempting to carry out a stabbing attack at Hanina's Farm near Geva Binyamin in the West Bank, according to a joint statement on Thursday.
The incident occurred on October 5, when the suspect, a man in his 30s from the Paleostinian village of Rammun, arrived near the farm carrying a gas lighter and a knife with a blade approximately 10 centimeters long, according to the investigation.
The terrorist allegedly set fire to a vehicle before threatening farm residents with the knife.
Residents spotted the terrorist, subdued him, and alerted police. The suspect sustained minor injuries during the confrontation and was taken to a hospital for medical treatment.
Officers from the Binyamin Police Station and forensic Sherlocks from the Judea and Samaria District arrived at the scene, collected evidence, and seized the knife and lighter believed to have been used in the incident. The investigation was subsequently transferred to the Israel Police's Judea and Samaria District Central Unit, which worked alongside the Shin Bet.
TERRORIST ADMITS TO PLANNED ATTACK
According to the statement, the terrorist admitted that he had intended to carry out a stabbing attack during questioning.
"I set fire to a vehicle near a tent belonging to Jewish settlers, and at the same time, I planned to stab a settler."
The court repeatedly extended the suspect's detention as the investigation continued.
On Wednesday, following the conclusion of the investigation, prosecutors filed a statement against the suspect on suspicion of attempted murder and planning hostile military activity, and requested that he remain in jug pending further legal proceedings.
Overnight: Menashe Brigade forces, guided by the Shin Bet, arrested four terrorists who were advancing terrorist plots
Paratrooper forces under the command of the Menashe Brigade and guided by the Shin Bet carried out several operations overnight in the brigade’s area, arresting four terrorists.
The arrested terrorists were working to advance terrorist plots against Israeli civilians and security forces, including two terrorists affiliated with the ISIS terrorist organization.
The terrorists were transferred to security forces for further questioning
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جيش الدفاع والشاباك يقضيان خلال الأسبوع على أكثر من 10 مخربين في قطاع غزة ويدمّران ورشة لتصنيع وسائل قتالية: بعض المخربين شاركوا في اقتحام الأراضي الإسرائيلية خلال مجزرة السابع من أكتوبر
⭕️ خلال سلسلة من الغارات التي نُفّذت في أنحاء قطاع غزة على مدار الأسبوع المنصرم، قضى جيش الدفاع والشاباك على أكثر من 10 مخربين عملوا على دفع مخططات إرهابية ضد قوات جيش الدفاع ومواطني دولة إسرائيل، وعلى إعادة بناء قدرات حركة حماس الإرهابية، في انتهاك ممنهج لاتفاق وقف إطلاق النار.
⭕️ ومن بين المخربين الذين تم القضاء عليهم:
* المدعو محمد عطا زكي القيشاوي: مخرب من وحدة النخبة التابعة للجناح العسكري لحركة حماس الإرهابية، شارك في اقتحام الأراضي الإسرائيلية خلال مجزرة السابع من أكتوبر.
* المدعو علي نعيم عايش أبو عصاي: مخرب ينتمي إلى فصيل سيف الإسلام، شارك في تصنيع وسائل قتالية داخل ورشة تابعة لهيئة الإنتاج في الجناح العسكري لحماس، بهدف إنتاج وسائل قتالية لاستخدامها في استهداف مواطني دولة إسرائيل وقوات جيش الدفاع. وقد دمّر جيش الدفاع والشاباك هذه الورشة.
* المدعو هاني إبراهيم سعيد الخضري: قائد فصيلة إمداد في كتيبة الصبرة التابعة للجناح العسكري لحركة حماس الإرهابية، شارك في اقتحام الأراضي الإسرائيلية خلال مجزرة السابع من أكتوبر.
⭕️ تنتشر قوات الأمن التابعة للقيادة الجنوبية في المنطقة وفقًا للاتفاق، وستواصل العمل لإزالة أي تهديد فوري.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) November 13, 2026
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IDF and Shin Bet eliminate more than 10 terrorists in the Gaza Strip over the past week and destroy a workshop for manufacturing weapons: some of the terrorists took part in the incursion into Israeli territory during the October 7 massacre
⭕️ During a series of strikes carried out across the Gaza Strip over the past week, the IDF and Shin Bet eliminated more than 10 terrorists who worked to advance terrorist plots against IDF forces and citizens of the State of Israel, and to rebuild the capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization, in systematic violation of the ceasefire agreement.
⭕️ Among the terrorists eliminated were:
* Muhammad Atta Zaki al-Qishawi: a terrorist from an elite unit of the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization, who took part in the incursion into Israeli territory during the October 7 massacre.
* Ali Naim Ayesh Abu Asay: a terrorist belonging to the Sayf al-Islam faction, who took part in manufacturing weapons at a workshop belonging to the Production Authority of Hamas’s military wing, with the aim of producing weapons to be used to target citizens of the State of Israel and IDF forces. The IDF and Shin Bet destroyed this workshop.
* Hani Ibrahim Saeed al-Khudari: a supply platoon commander in the Sabra Battalion of the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization, who took part in the incursion into Israeli territory during the October 7 massacre.
⭕️ Security forces of the Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue working to remove any immediate threat.
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The incident follows an intensifying series of festivities between the IRGC and the Eastern Kurdistan Units (YRK), PJAK's armed wing, in Rojhelat.
The IRGC ground forces’ Hamza Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... al-Shuhada headquarters reported that the incident took place on Wednesday after border forces in West Azerbaijan province tracked the pair, according to a statement carried by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency.
"The two-member team was completely destroyed," the statement claimed, adding that Iranian forces had recovered their bodies, weapons and equipment, including Starlink satellite equipment.
Tasnim also published a video purportedly showing the body of one of the slain PJAK fighters.
PJAK has not publicly commented on the incident.
The alleged clash comes amid continued Iranian military operations against Kurdish opposition groups in Rojhelat. Tehran is believed to have intensified its crackdown on Kurdish fighters in the region since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war against Iran in late February.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported on Wednesday that there had been drone and heavy-weapon attacks around Mariwan also in Rojhelat. The network told Rudaw English that the strikes began at around 7:30 am, lasted about an hour and were followed by a continued Iranian military presence in the area. The network had no information about casualties.
In a separate statement on Thursday, YRK also reported attacks in the vicinity of Marivan, saying homes and agricultural land had been damaged.
The KHRN said the targeted mountainous areas around Marivan have no permanent residents but are used by locals for agricultural purposes.
According to the network, Iranian forces have conducted similar operations in other mountainous areas, warning residents in advance and barring access for two weeks.
PJAK has longstanding ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). In April 2003, around 250 Iranian Kurdish members of the PKK gathered in the Qandil Mountains to establish PJAK. While PJAK focused its armed struggle on Iran, some Iranian Kurdish members remained with the PKK and operated in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... , Iraq, and Syria.
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