Battles in Al-Kuweik and shelling of Dilling deepen South Kordofan crisis
South Kordofan is facing another week of escalating humanitarian and security pressure, with fierce ground fighting in Al-Kuweik and drone shelling hitting the city of Dilling, triggering mass displacement… pic.twitter.com/BdHnAUJdgh
Battles in Al-Kuweik and shelling of Dilling deepen South Kordofan crisis
South Kordofan is facing another week of escalating humanitarian and security pressure, with fierce ground fighting in Al-Kuweik and drone shelling hitting the city of Dilling, triggering mass displacement and worsening shortages of food, medicine, and basic services.
In Kadugli, relative calm has not eased suffering. Markets are running out of essentials, prices are surging, and road closures linking the city to surrounding areas have cut supply routes, pushing hundreds to flee in recent days.
#ALERT: Kenyan Warplanes Carry Out Heavy Airstrikes in Kudhaa, Lower Juba
Kenyan military aircraft have carried out heavy airstrikes on Kudhaa Island in Somalia’s Lower Juba region since early morning, according to local sources.
#ALERT: Kenyan Warplanes Carry Out Heavy Airstrikes in Kudhaa, Lower Juba
Kenyan military aircraft have carried out heavy airstrikes on Kudhaa Island in Somalia’s Lower Juba region since early morning, according to local sources.
The strikes, described as sustained and successive, targeted military vehicles and fighters from the militant group Al-Shabaab, following an earlier attack in which the group launched an assault involving explosions and seized control of the island.
#BIGALERT: Al-Shabaab Says It Has Cut Key Coastal Road Linking Cadale and Ceeldheer to Mogadishu, Warning Civilians of Deadly Risks. “heavily mined.”
A spokesperson for the militant group al-Shabaab has warned civilians against using the road linking the districts of Cadale and… pic.twitter.com/7fx8CLupjm
#BIGALERT: Al-Shabaab Says It Has Cut Key Coastal Road Linking Cadale and Ceeldheer to Mogadishu, Warning Civilians of Deadly Risks. “heavily mined.”
A spokesperson for the militant group al-Shabaab has warned civilians against using the road linking the districts of Cadale and Ceeldheer, claiming it has been closed and heavily mined.
[Townhall] Nigerian Christians have come under threat once again, as more than 150 individuals have been kidnapped by Islamic bully boys.
Heavily armed Fulani ... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity... murderous Moslems reportedly stormed multiple churches in the Kaduna region of Nigeria,
…in the northwestern part of the country…
where congregants were forced out of their churches and were then kidnapped. Some reports claim that the number of congregants taken hostage could be as high as 177. 11 of the abductees have managed to escape, according to a local official.
Republican Rep. Riley Moore (WV-02), who was appointed to investigate the persecution of Nigerian Christians by President Trump, called for the Nigerian government to secure the release of the hostages on social media Monday afternoon.
"Our brothers and sisters in Christ are facing an existential threat at the hands of the Fulani bully boys," Moore said. "More must be done to protect them, and I urge the Nigerian government to ensure the swift and safe return of all those who were captured."
Trump has taken a hard stance against the persecution of Nigerian Christians. On Dec. 25, Trump ordered kinetic strikes against ISIS assets in northern Nigeria as the genocide against the region’s Christians continued.
Troops of Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Fansan Yamma, OPFY, operating under Sector 2 says they have successfully eliminated 2 suspected terrorists in Kebbi State and rescued 62 hostages in Munhaye Forest of… pic.twitter.com/vfsa9A2BCD
Troops of Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Fansan Yamma, OPFY, operating under Sector 2 says they have successfully eliminated 2 suspected terrorists in Kebbi State and rescued 62 hostages in Munhaye Forest of Zamfara State.
A statement by the Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 8 Division Nigerian Army/Sector 2, OPFY, Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba indicates that those operations were conducted in collaboration with allied security forces and local vigilantes, demonstrating a unified front against banditry and terrorism.
Troops receive rescued kidnap victims, arrest suspected gunrunner in Cross River
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of 82 Division/Joint Task Force South-East, Operation UDO KA (OPUK), have received eight rescued kidnap victims from the Cameroonian Armed Forces and arrested a… pic.twitter.com/0pMWzR3kV5
Troops receive rescued kidnap victims, arrest suspected gunrunner in Cross River
By Zagazola Makama
Troops of 82 Division/Joint Task Force South-East, Operation UDO KA (OPUK), have received eight rescued kidnap victims from the Cameroonian Armed Forces and arrested a suspected gunrunner in Cross River State, the Nigerian Army has said.
Sources told Zagazola Makama development is contained in a security update on activities in the Area of Responsibility (AOR) of the formation as at Jan. 20.
DSS, forest guards rescue 7 abducted victims from ISWAP enclave in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
The Department of State Services (DSS), in collaboration with forest guards, has rescued seven persons abducted by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in… pic.twitter.com/HGyH6u6BDx
DSS, forest guards rescue 7 abducted victims from ISWAP enclave in Borno
By Zagazola Makama
The Department of State Services (DSS), in collaboration with forest guards, has rescued seven persons abducted by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State after a heavy gun battle in a forest enclave.
Sources told Zagazola Makama on Wednesday that the victims were seized on Jan. 19 while they had gone into the bush to fetch firewood near Ajiri Camp in the outskirts of Maiduguri.
The source said the seven were intercepted by the terrorists during the scavenging exercise and taken into the forest.
We're not saying that Blue Lives Matter was behind feeding false information to far-left, anti-ICE protestors.
We're not saying we had teams comprised of HUNDREDS of off-duty cops and veterans volunteer to run decoy operations so far-left activists THOUGHT they were conducting… pic.twitter.com/JnBPOlC12A
We're not saying they were in fact they were just driving around in what appeared to be unmarked vehicles with tinted windows... drinking coffee and listening to Guns and Roses.... being chased down and surrounded by protestors.
What we ARE saying is that if it DID happen.... it sure worked remarkably well in NINE DIFFERENT STATES, allowing ACTUAL raids to successfully take place unimpeded, helping support the capture of HUNDREDS of criminals.
Combat veterans, off-duty officers and patriotic Americans have had enough of the radical left... and are being activated across the country to back our #lawenforcement. And they're smarter...more skilled... more driven... better trained than the left … and actually enjoy sitting in a deer stand for days on end just waiting.
[AnNahar] Violent scuffles erupted on Tuesday between Ottoman Turkish police and pro-Kurdish protesters at the border with Syria, where Damascus has launched an offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an AFP news hound said.
Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the protesters and stopped them from crossing the border. The demonstrators hurled stones at the police.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... member, but not the most reliable... had warned earlier on Tuesday that it would not tolerate any "provocations" over the events in Syria as its Kurdish community called for protests.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X that Turkey was "meticulously monitoring the developments in Syria and all movements along our border" and would "not tolerate any initiatives or provocations.. targeting the peace of our country".
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P-AM sources report that Frontier Corps in Tirah Valley detected a suspicious armed group during routine drone surveillance. The Quick Response Force was immediately deployed, surrounding the area and launching a precise operation.
P-AM sources report that Frontier Corps in Tirah Valley detected a suspicious armed group during routine drone surveillance. The Quick Response Force was immediately deployed, surrounding the area and launching a precise operation.
The clash left 3x TTP armed fighters dead and 1x captured injured. 1 FC personnel was wounded and is receiving treatment.
Locals are actively cooperating with security forces, ensuring civilians remain safe as operations continue to stabilise the area.
[Rudaw] The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Wednesday that it has transferred 150 Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) bandidosbully boyz from northeastern Syria to Iraq, planning to increase the numbe to 7,000.
"The transfer mission began as US forces successfully transported 150 ISIS fighters held at a detention facility in Hasakah, Syria, to a secure location in Iraq," CENTCOM said in a statement. "Ultimately, up to 7,000 ISIS detainees could be transferred from Syria to Iraqi-controlled facilities."
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said the operation was conducted in close coordination with regional partners, including the Iraqi government.
"We sincerely appreciate their role in ensuring the enduring defeat of ISIS," he said. "And remember what these f*ckers did and would still do to you if released"
"Facilitating the orderly and secure transfer of ISIS detainees is critical to preventing a breakout that would pose a direct threat to the United States and regional security," Cooper added.
In the same statement, CENTCOM said US and partner forces detained more than 300 ISIS operatives in Syria and killed over 20 others during the same period.
The move comes a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Tuesday that they had withdrawn their forces from the al-Hol camp, which houses ISIS-affiliated individuals, following "fierce festivities" with Damascus-affiliated gangs in the surrounding area.
The al-Hol camp, located southeast of Hasaka in northeastern Syria (Rojava), was previously managed by the SDF and its affiliated Internal Security Forces (Asayish). The camp hosted tens of thousands of people, including the spouses and children of former ISIS bad boys.
Sheikhmous Ahmed, head of the camps department for internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees in Rojava, told Rudaw English on Tuesday that "a total of 7,130 families - 25,183 individuals - were held at al-Hol camp prior to the SDF’s withdrawal." He added that "it remains unclear how many detainees have fled and who currently controls the camp."
Earlier on Monday, the SDF said it had lost control of another detention facility holding ISIS bandidosbully boyz - the al-Shaddadi prison in southern Hasaka - to Damascus-affiliated forces and gangs.
SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami told Rudaw that around "1,500 ISIS bad boys, including both foreign and Syrian nationals, have been released" by Damascus-affiliated gangs from the al-Shaddadi facility.
Separately, an SDF source speaking to Rudaw on condition of anonymity said on Tuesday that festivities with Damascus-affiliated forces had intensified for a second consecutive day around another detention center - the al-Aqtan prison in Raqqa - which holds approximately 2,000 ISIS detainees.
In response to the unfolding situation, Iraq has been reinforcing security along its border with Syria for several days amid concerns over potential infiltration by ISIS elements.
Daesh was initially created by Washington over a decade ago with the aim of destabilizing Iraq and Syria.
The announcement comes amid a rapid collapse of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria, following clashes with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces.
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It would save the world a lot of trouble if they were all executed.
[IsraelTimes] Border Police officers nabbed a Palestinian explosive device manufacturer near the West Bank city of Tulkarem this week, Israeli security forces say.
According to the police, Shin Bet, and IDF, the wanted man, Fadi Bahti, was a “central explosives manufacturer” in a terror network based in the Tulkarem area.
The Border Police officers raided Bahti’s home in the town of Shuweika and detained him. He was then handed over to the Shin Bet for further interrogation.
[IsraelTimes] IDF says strike on journalists targeted ‘suspects’ operating Hamas-affiliated drone near troops; army also says troops opened fire on several operatives who crossed Yellow Line
Israeli fire killed 11 Paleostinians, including three journalists and two children, in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... on Wednesday, local medics said, while the Israeli military said it had targeted "suspects" and terror operatives who posed a threat to soldiers.
One strike on a vehicle in the central Gaza Strip in the early afternoon killed three people, according to Arabic-language media, which identified the three as photojournalists Abed Shaat and Anas Ghoneim and correspondent Muhammad Qashta, who had been working to produce media content for an Egyptian governmental humanitarian agency.
According to the IDF, the strike targeted suspects who were piloting a drone that was "affiliated with the Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... terror group."
The military said the drone posed a threat to Israeli soldiers stationed in the area and as a result, an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... was carried out "in accordance with the required chain of command approvals," but added that further details are under review.
The IDF did not say whether the operation of the drone constituted a violation of the ceasefire and provided no evidence that the aircraft or suspects were linked to Hamas.
According to Arabic media, the three had been filming an encampment established in central Gaza’s al-Zahra area by the Egyptian Relief Committee in the Gaza Strip. A source in the Egyptian committee was cited by Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... i-owned UK newspaper al-Araby al-Jadeed as confirming the reports and calling the strike a "dangerous precedent."
The three were reportedly traveling in a jeep that belonged to the committee. Footage published by one Paleostinian journalist indicated the jeep bore the committee’s insignia. An Egyptian security source confirmed the vehicle belonged to the committee but gave no further details.
Qashta, who has been featured on Al Jazeera and other outlets during the war in Gaza, appears to have more recently created social media content for the Egyptian committee, including a video he published two days prior about the Zahra encampment.
Earlier on Wednesday, Paleostinian medics said three people, including a 10-year-old boy, were killed as a result of Israeli shelling east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Two others, a boy of 13 and a woman, were killed in two shooting incidents in eastern Khan Younis in Gaza’s south, they said.
Three other Paleostinians were killed in other shootings across the coastal enclave, taking Wednesday’s corpse count to at least 11, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said.
The deaths could not be confirmed and Hamas figures do not distinguish between fighters and noncombatants.
Residents said the two incidents occurred in Paleostinian-controlled areas.
The ceasefire brought about a partial Israeli military withdrawal, leaving Israeli forces holding about 53 percent of the enclave, but residents claimed to Rooters that they have been gradually expanding their presence in recent weeks, leading to further displacement of Paleostinian families.
There was also no immediate IDF comment on the two incidents.
Earlier on Wednesday, the IDF said in a statement that troops had killed a terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s south overnight. According to the IDF, the operative crossed the Yellow Line and approached soldiers of the 188th Armored Brigade "in a way that posed an immediate threat." The soldiers opened fire and "eliminated the terrorist to remove the threat," the army added.
More than 460 Paleostinians and three Israeli soldiers have reportedly been killed in festivities since the ceasefire took effect.
[AnNahar] President Joseph Aoun and Army Commander General Rodolphe Haykal have committed to taking "a certain step in the North Litani region," al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The step will take place "prior to Haykal’s travel to Washington next month," the pro-Hezbollah daily added.
Haykal is scheduled to visit Washington from February 3 to 5, media reports said on Monday.
Haykal will present to Washington detailed military maps, and a list of Hezbollah sites and tunnels, local TV network MTV said.
According to the channel, Haykal will also give deadlines for the implementation of the disarmament plan.
In November, a visit by Haykal was canceled just hours before he was set to depart for Washington, after U.S. officials and senators criticized the Lebanese Army and its chief, accusing them of not doing enough to disarm Hezbollah.
The cancellation included all high-level meetings at the Pentagon and Congress, as well as an official reception at the Lebanese Embassy.
"We want the south only under the army's control," Aoun said, as he welcomed foreign diplomats and ambassadors at the Baabda palace. "We want to rebuild all what has been destroyed as a result of attacks and adventures."
Aoun said his goal on the international level, was "to restore Lebanon to its natural place and position within the Arab fold, as well as within international and global legitimacy." "This is what I have consistently worked to do, step by step, through ten visits to brotherly Arab nations, four to friendly European countries, and through my participation in three Arab, Islamic, and international events."
Aoun said the Lebanese army is today the only armed force south of the Litani river after it disarmed Hezbollah there, invoking a phrase used by former Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, "the truth is what you see, not what you hear".
"What we have seen with our own eyes is that not a single bullet has been fired from Lebanon during the year of my presidency. This confirms that only the Lebanese Army is operating south of the Litani River."
Report: Hezbollah tried to prevent army from reaching bombed N. Litani sites
[AnNahar] Hezbollah has changed the way it deals on the ground with the Lebanese Army and it tried to prevent army troops from reaching sites bombed by Israel north of the Litani River, sources told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel.
The sources added that a fistfight erupted between members of Hezbollah and the allied Amal Movement after Israel bombed buildings in the southern town of Kfar Hatta, with Amal accusing Hezbollah of “storing weapons in residential areas.”
Israel has continued to launch regular strikes in south Lebanon even after a ceasefire was agreed with Hezbollah in November 2024 to end more than a year of hostilities.
Last week, the Lebanese Army said it had completed disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River in the first phase of a nationwide plan, though Israel described those efforts as insufficient.
The Lebanese government is supposed to discuss in February a plan for disarming Hezbollah north of the Litani River.
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[Regnum] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck four border crossings on the Syrian-Lebanese border that were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, the IDF press service reported.
During the operation, a key figure in the smuggling networks, Muhammad Awash, who also controlled arms supply routes from Iraq to Syria and Lebanon, was eliminated.
"Awash played a key role in promoting arms smuggling for Hezbollah, using a front company that ordered and transferred prohibited goods from countries such as Iraq, Syria, and the Persian Gulf," the press service noted on social media.
The IDF Spokesperson's Office emphasized that the army continues to monitor Hezbollah's attempts to build up its military potential and will prevent any violations of the agreements between Israel and Lebanon.
The Israeli military said it struck four crossings along the Syria-Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade.... border on Wednesday that were allegedly used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, after earlier launching fresh strikes in south Lebanon.
"A short while ago, the (Israeli military) struck four border crossings on the Syria-Lebanon border used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons in the area of Hermel," the Israeli military said in a statement, without providing further details.
It came after Israel launched new strikes on what it said were Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon after raids earlier Wednesday killed two people, the latest violence despite a year-old ceasefire with the group.
The state-run National News Agency said Israeli warplanes launched raids on buildings in several south Lebanon towns including Qennarit and Kfour, after the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings to residents identifying sites it intended to strike there.
An AFP photographer was slightly maimed along with two other journalists who were working near the site of a heavy strike in Qennarit.
According to Lebanon's health ministry, 19 people were maimed in the strike in Qennarit, five of whom were taken to hospital.
Earlier Wednesday, the health ministry said an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the town of Zahrani, in the Sidon district, killed one person.
An AFP correspondent saw a charred car on a main road with debris strewn across the area and emergency workers in attendance.
Later, the ministry said another strike targeting a vehicle in the town of Bazouriyeh in the Tyre district killed one person.
Israel said it struck Hezbollah operatives in both areas.
A Lebanese Army statement decried the Israeli targeting of "civilian buildings and homes" in a "blatant violation of Lebanon's illusory sovereignty" and the ceasefire deal.
It also said such attacks "hinder the army's efforts" to complete the disarmament plan.
This month, the army said it had completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah, covering the area south of the Litani river, around 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Israeli border.
Most of Wednesday's strikes were north of the river.
More than 350 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon since the ceasefire, according to an AFP tally of health ministry reports.
The November 2024 truce sought to end more than a year of hostilities, but Israel accuses Hezbollah of rearming, while the bad boy group has rejected calls to surrender its weapons.
Ahead of the strikes, the military issued evacuation warnings for residents of several towns in southern Lebanon. According to the IDF, one wave of strikes targeted Hezbollah weapon depots, including one located underground.
“The infrastructures that were struck were located in the heart of a civilian population. This is another example of the cynical use by the Hezbollah terror organization of Lebanese civilians as human shields and of the organization’s activity from within civilian assets,” the army said.
The state-run National News Agency said Israeli warplanes launched raids on buildings in several southern Lebanese towns, including Qennarit and Kfour, after the evacuation warnings.
Additionally, a Hezbollah operative who, according to the IDF, was responsible for preventing the Lebanese army from dismantling a weapons cache in southern Lebanon last month, was killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier on Wednesday, the military said. Abu Ali Salameh, who the IDF said served as a Hezbollah “liaison officer” in the village of Yanouh, in the Tyre area, was targeted while driving on a road near the coastal Lebanese city.
“As part of his role, the terrorist managed Hezbollah’s activities in the village of Yanouh, to enable Hezbollah to operate within the civilian area and in private properties in the village, and to embed terror infrastructure in the heart of the population through the deliberate and cynical exploitation of residents to advance Hezbollah’s terror objectives,” the military said.
According to the IDF, on December 13, Israel sent a request to the Lebanese army, via the US-led ceasefire oversight mechanism, to take action against a Hezbollah weapons depot in Yanouh.
“Salameh received the report from the Lebanese Armed Forces and passed it on to other Hezbollah elements. Upon the arrival of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah terrorists prevented them from dismantling the infrastructure by creating a gathering that enabled Hezbollah to move the weapons out of the property,” the military claimed.
At the time, the IDF had published an evacuation warning ahead of a planned strike on the site, before postponing it after the Lebanese army arrived in an attempt to dismantle it. The IDF said that Salameh coordinated with the Lebanese army to document the site without weapons, “thereby claiming that the site was empty.”
“During the Lebanese Armed Forces’ operation, several suspicious boxes were removed from the compound through the rear door of the property,” the IDF said.
Separately, the IDF said that a strike it carried out earlier near Sidon killed a “key” Hezbollah weapons smuggler. Mohammad Awatsheh was involved in managing weapon transfers to Hezbollah, “including through a front company that transported prohibited goods from various countries, including Iraq, Syria, and Gulf states,” the military said. Additionally, the military said Awatsheh was the handler for “numerous smugglers responsible for transferring weapons from Iraq to Syria and Lebanon.”
An AFP correspondent saw a charred car on a main road in the town of Zahrani, in the Sidon district, with debris strewn across the area and emergency workers in attendance.
#Syria 🇸🇾: Some of the Syrian Democratic Forces (#SDF) fighters have positioned in Al-Aqtan Prison in #Raqqa.
One of the SDF fighters is notably armed with a fairly uncommon #Russia-made 🇷🇺 ORSIS-P18M "ShARif" assault rifle chambered in 5.45x39mm. pic.twitter.com/9uR5HjIMwu
Syria says 7 soldiers killed after Kurdish force targets arms factory
[AnNahar] Syria's defense ministry said seven soldiers were killed on Wednesday when the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces targeted an arms depot in the country's northeast, despite a fresh ceasefire announced a day earlier.
"Army forces found a factory for producing bombs and drone munitions" in Hasakeh province near a border crossing with Iraq, the ministry said, adding that as government forces began securing the site, the SDF "targeted it with a suicide drone, leading to a kaboom and the death of seven soldiers", with 20 others maimed.
Clashes, siege continue in Kobane despite Damascus ceasefire: Rojava official
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-majority city of Kobane in northeast Syria (Rojava) continues to witness clashes despite Damascus’s declared cessation of hostilities, a senior official from the Rojava administration said on Thursday, warning that the symbolic city remains under siege, with water, electricity, and internet services cut off - measures that “amount to war crimes.”
Elham Ahmad, a senior figure in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), said in a statement on X that “clashes in Kobane have continued since the start of the siege days ago, despite [Damascus’s] announcement of a ceasefire.”
The DAANES co-chair of foreign relations added that “water, electricity, and internet services have also been cut off,” noting that the measures “amount to war crimes.”
“We call on the relevant authorities to intervene to end the siege and the punishment of civilians by depriving them of their livelihoods,” Ahmad concluded.
Kobane holds deep significance for the Kurdish community. In 2014, the city became the focal point of a brutal assault by the Islamic State (ISIS), which at the time controlled vast swathes of territory across Syria and Iraq.
In mid-September 2014, ISIS militants seized village after village, tightening their grip around Kobane and forcing thousands of civilians to flee into neighboring Turkey.
With support from the US-led Global Coalition against ISIS and reinforcements from Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) ultimately repelled the militants in January 2015. The victory marked ISIS’s first major military defeat and propelled Kobane into global headlines as a powerful symbol of resistance against extremism.
Ahmad’s remarks came shortly after a video of a Kobane resident went viral on Wednesday, in which he appealed to Elon Musk to provide Starlink internet access so that the voices of Kobane’s residents “can reach the outside world” and raise awareness about what he described as “this genocide.”
Since mid-January, the Syrian Arab Army and affiliated armed groups have advanced into areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Aleppo, as well as parts of Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, and the Kurdish-majority Hasaka province.
The SDF function as the de facto military force in Rojava and, until November - when Damascus joined the anti-ISIS coalition - served as the alliance’s sole on-the-ground partner, playing a key role in ISIS’s territorial defeat in Syria in 2019.
The Syrian presidency said on Tuesday that Damascus and the Kurdish-led SDF reached a “mutual understanding” on several issues, agreeing to “grant the SDF a period of four days for consultations to develop a detailed plan for the practical mechanism of integrating the areas [under their control]."
The presidency added that "if an agreement is reached, Syrian forces will not enter the centers of [the predominantly Kurdish cities of] Hasaka and Qamishli [in Rojava] and will remain on their outskirts."
The implementation of the understanding "will begin at 8:00 pm [local time] today [Tuesday]," the statement concluded.
A member of Damascus-affiliated armed factions appears in a video holding a strand of hair belonging to a Kurdish female fighter from the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ). According to the militant, the female fighter was killed during clashes in Raqqa. pic.twitter.com/HyG3JmOLuz
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...
...a 
...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 
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....
