[SUDANTRIBUNE] Dozens of civilians have been killed in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on villages 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 White Nile state, south of the capital Khartoum, the Al Jazirah Human Rights Observatory said on Wednesday.
The RSF, which has been retreating from Gezira state following a large-scale military offensive by the Sudanese army, has begun raiding villages in northern White Nile state that are devoid of military presence, the rights group said.
''Residents of the Na'ima administrative unit and dozens of villages in northern White Nile state were subjected to waves of barbaric raids by the RSF,'' the observatory said in a statement received by Sudan Tribune.
It said the RSF attacked the villages of Na'ima, al-Jamalab, Wad Shal'ai, Wad al-Haj, al-Hubayka, Hallat al-Tahir, al-Daradir, Abu 'Ajaj, Shabunat, Kambu Muhammad, al-Haj Musa, al-Damu and others.
The attack, which was carried out using military vehicles, resulted in dozens of deaths, looting of money and property, as well as forced displacement, humiliation of residents, enforced disappearances and hostage-taking, with the release of hostages being conditional on financial ransom, the statement said.
The Al Jazirah Observatory revealed that 30 citizens were killed in the al-Jamalab and Na'ima areas by RSF bullets. In contrast, 15 others drowned in the White Nile after boarding a boat to escape the group.
The observatory considered the violations committed by the RSF against the residents of the villages of northern White Nile state as war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide.
It called on the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... , humanitarian organizations, and the two parties involved in the conflict to open safe corridors for northern White Nile state citizens and deliver aid to them.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) renewed its attack on the Zamzam camp for displaced persons in North Darfur state on Wednesday, as the governor of the Darfur region, Minni Arko Minawi, called on those able to bear arms to defend the displaced. The fighting has prompted a desperate plea from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) for safe passage for civilians trapped in the crossfire.
The RSF launched a violent mostly peaceful attack on the camp on Tuesday, committing widespread abuses against civilians, burning down the main market and looting vehicles and property of the displaced. The attacking force was repelled by the army, the Joint Force and the Popular Resistance®.
Minawi, who oversees the joint force, said in a Facebook post: ''We call on all those who can bear arms to move to save our displaced people from the brutality of the terrorist RSF militia and to protect the land and honour.''
Minawi's call came as the RSF and Arab tribal militias launched a new attack on the Zamzam camp southwest of El Fasher for the second day in a row, leaving a large number of victims.
Eyewitnesses in El Fasher told 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... Tribune that they continued to hear the sounds of powerful explosions and fires in large parts of the Zamzam camp while thousands of displaced people continued to flee towards the city on foot in a difficult journey of displacement, some of them with gunshot wounds.
The Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees in the Darfur region accused the RSF of committing a massacre in its attack, which it described as treacherous, on the Zamzam camp.
The front man for the Coordination, Adam Regal, said that the streets of the camp had turned into death yards after being filled with blood and body parts while women and kiddies lived hours of terror, hunger and disappointment.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] 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 foreign ministry on Wednesday accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of escalating a campaign of genocide against civilians in Darfur, backed by regional allies, and decried the international community's silence.
The ministry said in a statement that the RSF had launched a brutal assault on the Zamzam camp for displaced people near El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, over the past two days, following months of indiscriminate artillery shelling of the camp that began in December 2024. The attacks have resulted in a large number of deaths among the displaced, the statement said.
''Amidst a disturbing international silence, the RSF, supported by its regional backers, has escalated its campaign of genocide against the majority of Darfur's citizens,'' the ministry said, in an apparent reference to the United Arab Emirates.
The ministry asserted that the RSF deliberately targeted specific tribal groups within the camp and prevented those trying to flee the violence from leaving, echoing the tactics used in attacks on Geneina and Ardamata in West Darfur in June 2023.
The RSF also burned markets and food and water storage facilities and forced the closure of primary healthcare centres in the camp, the ministry added. It reiterated previous accusations that the RSF had for weeks held up World Food Programme convoys destined for the camp before forcibly diverting them, actions it described as further evidence of genocidal intent.
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What is their plan? Do they intend to hold the line, spraying the marching horde of Gazans with bullets as they come across the border, or will they wheel to the right and attempt to cross into Israel?
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Egyptian Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Abdel Meguid Sakr, has called on members of the ''Third Field Army'' to maintain the highest levels of combat readiness to ensure their ability to perform assigned tasks under any circumstances.
This directive was issued during the minister's participation on Tuesday in the primary phase of the Third Field Army's mobilization command center project, as reported by the Egyptian army front man, Brigadier General Gharib Abdel Hafez.
The Third Field Army plays a crucial role in securing the Sinai Governorate and safeguarding Egypt's borders with 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.
This development follows rising concerns over US President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... 's recent statements about the potential displacement of Gaza residents to Egypt and Jordan. He declared last Monday that Paleostinians would not retain the right to return to Gaza under his proposed plan to control the strip.
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Trump should let Egypt know that should they try anything funny the funding that the country has received annually as the result of the Kissinger effort will now be terminated. An Egypt, on the cusp of bankruptcy, could not afford to take the hit.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Protests have continued in Aden city, controlled by the Saudi-led coalition in southern 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... , for the second week in a row, coinciding with the continued decline in the value of the local currency, as the exchange rate of the US dollar approached 2,400 Yemeni riyals.
Or you lot could go to work, creating something of value that you can sell, the way the unbelievers must do if they want to eat.
Al Buraiqeh district, west of Aden, witnessed widespread protests on Wednesday, expressing anger over the severe economic deterioration and the poor basic services in the city, which has increased the suffering of the population, especially with the approach of the holy month of Ramadan.
Protesters raised banners demanding that the coalition-backed government improve living conditions and put an end to the continued decline of the Yemeni riyal, chanting slogans such as ''Oh Buraiqeh, wake up, no more coalition.''
They also accused the coalition of causing a state of systematic economic collapse and starving citizens by destroying basic services, especially electricity, due to the shortage of fuel to operate power stations.
Protesters confirmed their commitment to continuing their protests and escalating to achieve their demands, stressing their rejection of the coalition's presence in Aden and other southern regions.
These protests come amid stifling crises in Aden and the southern provinces, most notably power outages for more than 19 hours a day, rising prices of basic foodstuffs, and a new crisis related to domestic gas, without any government measures being taken to alleviate the suffering of citizens.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] New US forces have arrived at al-Ghaydah International Airport, which 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... has turned into a closed military base, coinciding with the arrival of additional forces from the ' ''Dera al-Watan'' factions, which are supported and funded by Saudi Arabia, local sources reported om Wednesday.
The information indicates that these reinforcements are part of a plan to tighten military control over Mahrah Governorate, while expanding the US role in overseeing the training of these sectarian militias.
Why?
The Saudi and American military presence in Mahrah faces widespread popular opposition, with the people of the governorate demanding withdrawal of all foreign forces, reopening of al-Ghaydah International Airport as a civilian airport, and ending the militarization of the governorate, which is considered one of the last 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... i areas away from direct conflict.
These actions come amid growing concerns about turning Mahrah into a battleground for regional and international military influence, while the people of the governorate continue their peaceful protests calling for the expulsion of all foreign forces and externally supported militias.
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[Regnum] The terrorists who planned to blow up the station in Pskov offered armed resistance when they were detained and were neutralized by return fire, the FSB reported on February 13.
“When detained, the terrorists offered armed resistance to Russian FSB officers and were ultimately neutralized by return fire,” the statement said.
Earlier, representatives of the service reported that a terrorist attack had been prevented in Pskov. The Islamists, citizens of one of the Central Asian countries, acted on the instructions of an emissary of an international terrorist organization. After committing the terrorist attack, they intended to leave for one of the Middle Eastern countries.
Firearms, ammunition and components of a homemade explosive device were found and confiscated at their place of residence. The FSB opened a criminal case under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorism").
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 13, the FSB also reported that in Donetsk, the service's officers identified and detained red-handed a saboteur from the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. A criminal case was opened under the article on illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, forwarding or carrying of explosives or explosive devices.
In January, FSB officers detained a Russian citizen in the Moscow region for a series of acts of sabotage committed on the orders of the Security Service of Ukraine. Representatives of the Kiev regime promised to provide the saboteur with travel to one of the European countries, but deceived him by disappearing from contact.
The recording shows how the service officers stormed a private house where the terrorists were hiding. During the arrest, they resisted and were eliminated.
In addition, the footage shows elements of an improvised explosive device that the terrorists were preparing, and previously unused mobile phones.
Even more from regnum.ru FSB prevents terrorist attack at railway station in Pskov
FSB officers prevented a terrorist attack at the railway station in Pskov, which Islamists planned to blow up. This was reported on February 13 by the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the Federal Security Service.
"The perpetrators, on instructions from an emissary located abroad... intended to blow up the building of the railway station in Pskov. After the terrorist attack (they) expected to move abroad - to one of the countries of the Middle East," the report says.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli security forces say they foiled terror attacks planned by two Israeli citizens.
Police and Shin Bet agents arrested two young men, aged 18-21, from Arab Israeli towns Qalansawe and Zemer on suspicion of plotting attacks against soldiers and civilians, spokespeople for the agencies say in a joint statement.
The suspects reportedly expressed support for Hamas following the October 7 massacre and devised plans to shoot at a military facility as well as carry out a “car-ramming and shooting attack targeting IDF soldiers or civilians.”
The statement adds that one of the suspects “acquired materials to produce Molotov cocktails and conducted experiments to manufacture explosives for an attack on a bus transporting IDF soldiers.”
Police say that the Central District Attorney’s Office has filed a declaration of intent to prosecute the two men, and will indict them later today.
According to Palestinian media reports, the rocket launched from Gaza a short while ago struck the Nuseirat area in the Strip’s center, killing a 14-year-old boy.
Footage posted online purports to show the launch.
[IsraelTimes] Military says troops have killed over 60 Palestinian terror operatives, detained over 210, amid ongoing counter-terrorism operation expected to last several more weeks
Israeli troops rubbed out a Paleostinian suspect at the entrance to a military base near Nablus on Thursday, while commando forces destroyed an car bomb in Jenin, amid an ongoing counter-terrorism operation in the West Bank.
The Paleostinian suspect was shot by soldiers at the entrance to the Samaria Regional Brigade’s base near Nablus, the Israel Defense Forces said. He arrived at the entrance to the base in a vehicle and crashed into its gate.
"The suspect was neutralized after moving suspiciously toward the forces," the IDF said.
The Paleostinian Authority health ministry said it had been notified of the man’s death, indicating his body was being held by Israeli authorities. He was named by the PA as 28-year-old Issa Riyad Issa Jabali.
No soldiers were maimed in the incident.
Also Thursday, troops of the Egoz commando unit destroyed an car bomb in the West Bank city of Jenin, the military said. Footage published by the IDF showed a drone dropping a bomb on the parked car.
In addition, the IDF said that on Wednesday, troops of the Maglan commando unit killed three button men during an exchange of fire in the Nur Shams camp near Tulkarem. One soldier was moderately maimed in the incident.
The festivities came amid an offensive, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, that was launched on January 21 and that the military expects to last several more weeks.
Israeli forces have been operating in the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas areas.
Troops have killed more than 60 Paleostinian terror operatives and detained more than 210 amid the major ongoing counter-terrorism operation, the military said on Thursday.
The IDF has acknowledged mistakenly killing several civilians during the operation, including a toddler and a pregnant woman.
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Troops of the Egoz commando unit destroyed an explosive-laden car in the West Bank city of Jenin earlier today, the military says.
[IsraelTimes] Parliament speaker says he, president and PM insist on full IDF withdrawal by Tuesday, but Trump official indicates Israel maintaining 5 positions crucial for combating Hezbollah
Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel... ’s parliamentary speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... said on Thursday that Beirut rejected Israel’s demand to remain in five southern locations beyond a February 18 withdrawal deadline, as the Trump administration appeared to get behind Jerusalem’s demand to do so.
Concerns have mounted ahead of a deadline for the fragile truce, agreed to in November 2024, that ended more than a year of hostilities, including a brief all-out war, between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group, after the latter started firing rockets and drones at the Jewish state on October 8, 2023, in solidarity with fellow terror group Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... , which had just attacked Israel from 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.
Under the deal, Lebanon’s military was to deploy in the south alongside United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... peacekeepers as the Israeli army withdrew over a 60-day period, which was extended until February 18. Iran-backed Hezbollah was also meant to leave its positions in the south, near the Israeli border, over that period.
Israel has accused Lebanon of failing to meet its obligations to deploy to the area, allowing Hezbollah to maintain or renew its presence there, and has petitioned to maintain its presence in response.
The United States, a key mediator, "informed me that the Israeli occupation will withdraw from villages it still occupies on February 18, but it will remain in five points," Hezbollah ally Berri told news hounds, according to a statement released by his office.
"I informed them in my name and on behalf of President General Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Judge Nawaf Salam of our absolute rejection" of this proposal," the statement added.
That’s nice. Not effective, but at least he feels better.
Earlier, Berri had met with US Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson and US Major General Jasper Jeffers.
The American general co-chairs a committee involving the United States, La Belle France, Lebanon, Israel and UN peacekeepers tasked with ensuring any ceasefire violations are identified and dealt with.
"I refused to discuss any extension to the deadline for [Israel’s] withdrawal," Berri said.
"It is the responsibility of the Americans to enforce the withdrawal, otherwise, they will have caused the greatest setback for the government."
For its part, the Trump administration indicated Thursday that it supports the Israel Defense Forces remaining in five strategic positions in southern Lebanon beyond the February 18 withdrawal deadline.
"The United States views President Joseph Aoun as having a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead Lebanon away from the stranglehold of Hezbollah and Iran, and we believe that President Aoun has the mandate to do that," a Trump administration official said in a statement to The Times of Israel.
"The first test of that is whether the Lebanese Armed Forces actually implements the letter of the ceasefire agreement that Lebanon signed in November 2024 to counter Hezbollah’s efforts to reassert itself," the official continued.
"Israeli presence in the five points directly bears on whether the government of Lebanon ultimately does what it has promised to do," the Trump official said, suggesting that Israel’s sustained presence in those five positions will help the effort to prevent the regrouping of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
"Unlike the Biden administration, we will not be grading on a curve," the official added, appearing to claim that the previous White House was too lenient regarding the effort to combat Hezbollah.
The statements came after Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer confirmed Israel’s intention to remain in the five points in an interview with Bloomberg.
Dermer, a close Netanyahu confidant, did not say how long the troops will remain, but "signaled Israeli troops won’t be removed in the short-term."
His comments came after reports that the US — despite originally rejecting a general extension — had approved such a move.
’HONOR COMMITMENTS’
On Saturday, Lebanon’s prime minister named a new government, with the weakening of long-dominant, Iran-backed Hezbollah bringing to a close two years of rule by caretaker authorities.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... ’s deputy front man Farhan Haq said, "We continue to urge Israel and Lebanon to honor their commitments to the cessation of hostilities understanding."
"Continued progress in Lebanese Armed Forces redeployment and Israeli Defense Force withdrawal is crucial," Haq said, adding that "the parties must avoid any action that could raise tensions, endanger civilians and further delay their return to their towns and villages on both sides."
Haq added that the "UN continues to urge the full implementation of Resolution 1701 as a comprehensive path towards longer-term peace, security and stability on both sides of the Blue Line."
He was referring to the UN Security Council decision that ended a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Under Resolution 1701, only the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers can be deployed in southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah must remain north of the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Israeli border.
Late Thursday night, the IDF said it carried out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s targeting Hezbollah facilities in southern Lebanon, which Lebanese media reported near the towns of Yohmor and Deir Siryan.
The sites hit by fighter jets were used by Hezbollah to store weapons and launchers and had "posed a direct threat to the Israeli home front," the military said.
The IDF also said Hezbollah’s operations at the sites "constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon."
In the arms caches, the IDF says troops of the 769th “Hiram” Regional Brigade found missiles, rockets, mortars, grenades, explosive devices and firearms.
The soldiers also found a multiple rocket launcher system.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Israeli occupation forces continued on Wednesday their incursions into new towns in the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria.
Syrian media and activists reported that the Zionist occupation forces stormed the village of Saida in the Syrian Golan, at the administrative border between Daraa and Quneitra, and set up a checkpoint to obstruct the movement of citizens and search them.
The activists added that another military convoy belonging to the Israeli occupation forces headed towards the town of ''Al-Muallaqa.''
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Saida, also spelled Sayda, is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate. Ethnicity and religion are intertwined in Syria, with a poly-ethnic population that includes Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, and more.
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...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...
...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...
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
