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I'm guessing the photo of Lillian was taken early in her career which was when she was about about 9 yrs old according to records. Truly, a child star.
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[REGNUM] The death toll from an explosion near a cafe in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to six people, according to the Xinhua news agency, citing the press service of the local police.
"We can confirm that six people died in the explosion, ten more were injured," the source said.
Eyewitnesses of the incident note that the roof was blown off the building of the institution during the explosion. The security forces quickly arrived at the scene. At the same time, none of the known terrorist groups has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
As REGNUM reported earlier, four people were reported dead in an explosion at a cafe for the military in Mogadishu. Also on January 18, a car exploded in the Dharkenli region in the capital of Somalia. The police suspect that both explosions are acts of terrorism.
At least four people died and nine were others maimed Tuesday when a jacket wallahwent kaboom! in a restaurant near an army barracks in the Somali capital, police officials and witnesses said.
The attacker walked into a Mogadishu tea shop and detonated the explosive vest he was wearing, said Abdirahman Adan, a police officer stationed near the scene.
"We have confirmed four dead, and nine others maimed," he said. "The casualties were taken to hospital."
The bully boy group al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... grabbed credit, saying it was targeting Somali soldiers undergoing training at a Ottoman Turkish-run military academy nearby.
Witnesses said the tea shop was popular with soldiers stationed nearby.
"The explosion destroyed the kiosk and the entire area is chaotic," said Mohammed Yare, one of the witnesses.
The attack came just two days after Somalia's government front man was injured in a bombing in Mogadishu also claimed by al-Shabaab.
On January 12, several people died in a suicide boom-mobile blast in a separate attack targeting a busy part of the capital.
The spate of attacks comes as Somalia limps through a political crisis caused by long-running disagreements over overdue elections.
[AlAhram] Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld on Tuesday prison terms ranging from seven to 15 years against 34 defendants over violence-related charges from 2013.
The court rejected appeals by 34 defendants sentenced over violence at El-Tebeencop shoppe in Cairo, upholding their prison sentences.
The verdicts are final and cannot be appealed further.
The case dates back to August 2013, when violence and riots broke out in central Cairo and other governorates following the dispersal of sit-ins protesting the ouster of late Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
The defendants were found guilty of illegal assembly, thuggery, murder, and attempted murder of coppers at the Cairo district of Helwan’s El-Tebeen cop shoppe.
They were also convicted of possessing weapons, arson, facilitating the escape of prisoners, and being members of an outlawed group.
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[REGNUM] At least 16 people have died in a militant attack on a village in northwest Nigeria, the press service of the Nigerian police said.
Gunmen reportedly attacked the village of Dankade in the state of Kebbi in the northwest of the country. The attack killed 16 people - one policeman, two military personnel and 13 civilians. It is assumed that the attackers came from the neighboring state of Zamfara, where they also terrorized local residents.
Nigerian security forces were sent to the scene of the incident, who entered into battle with the militants. It is noted that a number of attackers died during the shooting.
As REGNUM reported on January 10, Nigerian soldiers killed five armed militants during a battle in the state of Kaduna. It was noted that the military received intelligence on the whereabouts of armed criminals and were able to eliminate the militants.
[SAHARAREPORTERS] Some button men have killed three coppers and two local vigilantes in an ambush in Kwanan Dutse under Mariga Local Government Area of the Niger State.
The incident occurred on Monday at about 4:00pm when the Joint Security Task Force comprising of police and local vigilantes were on a routine patrol of the area.
This latest attack comes barely three days after button men attacked some communities in Kontagora and Mashehu local government areas, killing three people and abducting 28 others.
An unspecified number of cattle were also rustled during the attack.
The Joint Security Task Force had earlier on Sunday morning repelled an attack by another group of button men after about two hours of gun duel at Bari Village along Tegina-Kontagora Road.
No death was recorded in the attack but eyewitnesses said it was a fierce battle between the button men and Joint Security Task Force.
However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... according to a source close to Kwanan Dutse, the button men came back on Monday evening and barricaded Kontagora Road around Kwanan Dutse, unknowing to the patrol team who ran into the roadblock.
It was learnt that the exchange of gunfire between the button men and Joint Security TaskForce led to the killing of three coppers and two local vigilantes while others sustained various degrees of injury.
The source also revealed that a number of button men were killed in the shootout but their bodies were evacuated by colleagues on their cycle of violences.
Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... a detachment of police tactical squad and military have been deployed to the area and have launched a manhunt with a view to tracking down the criminals.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Satellite imagery of the aftermath of a Houthi hit at the UAE National Oil Company's fuel terminal in Abu Dhabi. The gas station was most severely damaged, where several fuel trucks burned down after being hit and on fire.
The missiles used in Operation Cyclone Yemen are Quds-2 cruise missiles that hit the Musaffa oil refinery and Dubai airport with four rounds of ammunition. The Zulfikar ballistic missile hit the Abu Dhabi airport. As for the drones, they target a number of sensitive and important targets, in addition to the previous targets, with Sammad 3 drones.
According to Sari, only five ballistic and cruise missiles and "a large number of drones" were used. The Houthis also warned foreign companies, citizens and residents of the "enemy state of the UAE" that they would not hesitate to expand the list of targets in the coming period. Residents of the UAE and foreigners should stay away from important objects.
They also note that the hit was on an object just 5.5 kilometers from the American military base.
The UAE air defense obviously overslept all this.
In retaliation for the attack on Abu Dhabi, the Saudis again bombed Sana'a - about 30 civilians were killed and wounded. As it is not difficult to see from the video:
Last night, #Saudi and #UAE war jets bombed a neighbourhood in #Sanaa and killed over 10 people from one family! Obviously this war crime will go unnoticed and no government will condemn it because they don't want to upset #Saudi and #UAE
PS. In South Marib, the Hadists, using units deployed from under Hodeidah and intensive air support from the Saudis, pushed the Houthis north of Kharib, squeezing a piece of territory that they surrendered as a result of the retreat in November-December 2021.
The Hadists strive to succeed in taking Kharib, but so far, bloody battles are going on north of the city.
Stubborn fighting also continues in the mountainous regions of Jabal al-Balak south of Marib. Both sides are suffering heavy losses. The Houthis claim more than 250 killed at the enemy, the Saudis claim 280 Houthis killed in airstrikes + the Hadists claim another 120-160 killed during ground battles.
In general, the Marib meat grinder, which began in February 2021, continues. The Houthis for 2021 recognized losses in Marib of about 20-22 thousand people. Hadists and Saudis lost about 25-30 thousand killed, wounded and captured. Despite the vague numbers, it's pretty obvious that this was the bloodiest battle of 2021.
As previously indicated, in order to organize this counteroffensive, the Hadists and Saudis were forced to surrender most of the western coast of Yemen and abandon all positions in the Hodeidah area. Since the resource of the redeployed brigades is not infinite, it can be expected that in the medium term, the trends towards positioning in South Marib will again prevail.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least 12 civilians including women and kiddies, have been killed and 11 others maimed as a result of Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s launched by Saudi-led coalition warplanes on a residential neighbourhood in the capital Sana’a, a security official said.The official explained that the coalition aircrafts bombed a citizen’s house in the Libyan neighbourhood of the capital Sanaa on Monday evening, killing 12 and wounding 11 others.
This toll is not final, as the search is still continuing for survivors under the rubble of the bombed house, the official added.
He noted that the coalition’s raids totally destroyed five houses and damaged dozens of nearby houses in the civilian residential neighbourhood.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least five citizens, including a child, were killed on Tuesday as a result of an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... launched by Saudi-led coalition warplanes on a car in the Harib district of Ma’rib province.A security source said that the coalition airstrike targeted the car of a civilian named Nayf Ahmed Abdulelah al-Haddad on the public road, which led to his death and the death of two of his children and two other people aboard the car.
The source denounced the coalition’s targeting of citizens and public roads, as well as the intensification of raids on populated villages in the Harib district.
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[NPASYRIA] A former hard boy of a Ottoman Turkish-backed faction, who committed human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. violations against residents of Afrin, northern Syria, has submitted for residency in Germany, the Human Rights Organization-Afrin revealed in a statement.
Bashar Abu Saleh, a former member in the Ottoman Turkish-backed armed faction of Sham Legion, has recently submitted his asylum papers to German authorities after arriving there from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... , the organization announced two days ago.
For over two years, Abu Saleh, who hails from the village of Kafr Kalbin, in Azaz city, in Aleppo northern countryside, was involved in committing serious war crimes against Kurdish villagers in Afrin, according to Human Rights Organization-Afrin.
He tortured and kidnapped local civilians in turn for ransom and seized locals’ homes and properties, imposed royalties, cut down thousands of fruitful and forest trees owned by displaced Kurds, the organization reported.
The Human Rights Organization appealed to Kurdish human rights organizations and civil society activists in Germany in order to fill lawsuits against Bashar Abu Saleh with the German authorities to prosecute this war criminal.
It is worth mentioning that German courts have prosecuted Syrian refugees, either former government officers or hard boyz of Ottoman Turkish-backed factions, over committing war crimes in Syrians.
On January 13, the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany sentenced Anwar Raslan, a former colonel in the Syrian government, to life imprisonment on co-perpetration of crimes against humanity in the form of torture, murder in 27 cases, assaults in 25 cases, and several counts of rape and sexual assault.
On January 6, the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg in Germany began the trial of a Syrian individual on charges of belonging to a Ottoman Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... in Syria.
In October 2021, the Federal Court in Germany approved the prison sentences ordered against a number of Syrian refugees for committing war crimes in Syria, among them was a former fighter in 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 (now 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).
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[REGNUM] Two terrorists were killed during a battle with Pakistani security forces in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the north-west of the country, the press service of the Pakistani armed forces reported.
It is reported that the security forces carried out a counter-terrorist operation in the North Waziristan region. During the operation, a battle ensued with a group of terrorists. As a result of the skirmish, two militants were eliminated. Weapons and ammunition were confiscated from the terrorists. No other details of what happened were reported.
As REGNUM reported , on January 18, a policeman was killed in a shootout in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. According to preliminary data, police officers stopped suspicious people on a motorcycle to check, but one of them opened fire with small arms. One of the security forces was killed, two more were injured.
[NPASYRIA] The Ottoman Turkish-backed armed factions Sultan Shah Suleiman (al-Amshat), which controls Sheikh Hadid district in Afrin countryside, north Syria, built up against an anticipated military action the other Syrian opposition factions may launch against it.
On January 16, the Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian armed opposition factions deployed forces in the city of Afrin over disputes to hold accountable al-Amshat faction and its commander Abu Amsha for committing violations in the region. "He violated our region!"
A local source told North Press that al-Amshat faction has started to deploy rocket launchers in the vicinity of Sheikh Hadid area and has deployed large numbers of fighters loaded with all types of weapons.
Recently, tensions have surged among Syrian opposition factions, most notably between al-Jabha al-Shamiya faction on the one hand and al-Amshat faction on the other as lawsuits filed against the latter and violations allegations were opened.
In early January, the people of Jindires district, west of Afrin, erupted into the streets demanding holding leader of al-Amshat faction accountable because he was involved in corruption cases and violations committed in the area.
Abu Amsha, leader of al-Amshat faction, is the most notable leader of the Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA). His faction controls the whole of Sheikh Hadid district, northwest of Afrin, and he has committed widespread violations there, according to human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... reports.
The city of Afrin and its villages, north of Aleppo, have been controlled by Ottoman Turkish forces and the affiliated factions since March 2018.
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[NPASYRIA] In joint operations conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US-led Global Coalition, a terrorist leaders of 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.... Organization was killed and another was arrested, east Syria, SDF Media Center announced in a statement, on Tuesday.
"In a joint air landing operation conducted by our forces and the international coalition in al-Hawaij, in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, one of the ISIS terrorist leaders was neutralized last night when he started to open fire, refusing to surrender," the center said.
"Our forces found several weapons and an boom belt when searching the house where he was hiding," the statement read.
In November 2021,the wanted terrorist took part in a plan to attack Ghweiran prison where ISIS murderous Moslems are detained in Hasakah, according to the statement.
The prison is situated in Ghweiran neighborhood western Hasakah city and is designated to hold ISIS fighters.
In November 2021, the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) supported by the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS thwarted a plan by an ISIS sleeper cell in Deir ez-Zor to attack Hasakah-based Sina’a prison.
In December 2021, the SDF Media Center announced the arrest of one of the most dangerous Emir of ISIS, Mohammed Abid al-Awad.
"In another security operation, on Tuesday at dawn, our SDF Special Units arrested a local ISIS terrorist leader in the al-Alwa village, south al-Shadadi, south of al-Hasaka," SDF Media Center said.
"The terrorist was responsible for transferring weapons to the terrorist cells, recruiting terrorists, and hatching out plans for targeting military forces and service institutions."
Weapons, equipment, and documents in his possession were confiscated during the operation, according to the center.
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[NPASYRIA] Following the rise of 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.... Organization (ISIS) in Deir ez-Zor desert, eastern Syria, auxiliary forces of the Syrian government forces started a military operation in the region on Tuesday.
ISIS, which vigorously acts in Deir ez-Zor desert, keeps on attacking the government forces through setting up ambushes, planting IEDs and landmines and launching hit-and-run attacks.
A local source told North Press that several military convoys of the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Paleostinian al-Quds Brigade drove out of al-Mayadin city to conduct a security sweep in al-Qoriya and al-Ashara, in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
"The security sweep followed a public emergence and activities by ISIS turbans in the desert," a source of the NDF told North Press.
ISIS takes al-Qoriya and al-Ashara as a strongholds to launch attacks against the Syrian government forces and its auxiliary forces, according to North Press sources.
The two aforementioned areas are near populated areas.
After the defeat of ISIS was declared in Baghouz town in March 2019, ISIS transformed to sleeper cells deploying in the desert and in separate areas in Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, and Hasakah, and others.
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The government forces in #Syria’s #Daraa go after 192 citizens on allegations of spreading sedition and libels about the state. https://t.co/5JT7gE7XKk
[NPASYRIA] On Tuesday evening, two members of the Syrian government forces were killed by unknown button men in the town of al-Maliha al-Gharbiyeh in the eastern countryside of Daraa, southern Syria.
Unidentified button men targeted the military checkpoint of the government forces stationed at the junction of Rakham village in central of al-Maliha al-Gharbiyeh, North Press reported sources in the town.
According to the sources, the two members were transported to the National Hospital in Daraa, but they died there of their seriously wounds.
The checkpoint of the government includes members of the Brigade 52 of the government forces, and members of the Air Force Intelligence.
Most of the locals complain about the bad treatment they receive from of the checkpoint personnel with them, the source added.
Activists in Daraa governorate said the recent increase in targeting the government forces has come "in response to these members’ violations against the population."
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[NPASYRIA] Iranian-backed Iraqi faction, with the support of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized five residential buildings yesterday after expelling their residents and turned them into military barracks, in the town of al-Bukamal, on the Syrian-Iraqi border.
Members of the Iraqi Nineveh faction (a new Iranian-backed faction) took over the buildings near the old prison neighborhood and turned them into military barracks, a military source from the government forces in the town of al-Bukamal told North Press.
The faction includes about 200 members, all of whom are Iraqis, and works directly under the direction of the IRGC, the source added.
Iranian-backed factions control large areas of Deir ez-Zor and practice a policy of violence, according to press reports.
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