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Leader of USAID-Linked African Development Foundation Pleads Guilty to Bribery: %u2018Corrupt Pattern of Fraud'
Monday 02/02/2026

Mary Katherine Campbell, 15, Miss America 1922
Iraq
Iraq repatriated 450 ISIS militants from Syria
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US, Iran ready to talk, with mediators
organizing meeting in Ankara %u2014 report
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza: Hamas says killed Israel-backed gangs in Khan Younis and Gaza City; IDF kaboomed 100s meter long Hamas tunnel
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian %u2018siege%u2019 on Kobane
leaves families in fear for loved ones
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US reportedly bolstering Mideast
air defenses in case of Iran strikes
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria says it detained group that
used Hezbollah arms for attacks on airport
Ex-Google engineer found guilty
of stealing AI secrets for Chinese companies

Posted by: Fred || 02/02/2026 || Comments || Link || [1775 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Only woman to win the title twice!
Posted by: ChicagoNorth || 02/02/2026 7:25 Comments || Top||



#4  ...and four more months of the NBA.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/02/2026 10:57 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ After which 80% of the teams will make the playoffs
Posted by: Frank G || 02/02/2026 12:38 Comments || Top||

#6  Curious how the NBA points shaving scandal evaporated almost immediately.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/02/2026 13:44 Comments || Top||

#7  /\ Yes, isn't it though. Was big money involved ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/02/2026 14:27 Comments || Top||

#8  The auditors are now busy reading Epstein emails.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/02/2026 14:50 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Texas Woman Sentenced After Illegal Alien Dies in Smuggling Trailer
[Breitbart] A San Antonio woman who helped run a multimillion‑dollar human‑smuggling ring moving illegal aliens from Eagle Pass to the Alamo City was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison. The sentencing follows her conviction for the death of a smuggled illegal alien who died in a packed trailer and was dumped in a ditch near her property, the Justice Department announced.

Federal prosecutors say 36‑year‑old Erica Aracely Carmona helped coordinate a smuggling pipeline that moved more than 500 illegal aliens and generated over $4.7 million in revenue during the Biden-era border crisis. The Texas woman bought a Von Ormy, Texas, property with smuggling profits and used custom trailers and hidden compartments to move illegal aliens.

“The loss of life in this case is a stark reminder that human smuggling is not just a crime—it is a deadly threat to our communities and those seeking a better future,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge John A. Pasciucco, HSI San Antonio. “Carmona’s sentencing demonstrates that HSI and our partners will relentlessly pursue and dismantle criminal organizations that prioritize profit over human life.”

Prosecutors said Carmona was a member of an Alien Smuggling Organization (ASO) that was responsible for the smuggling of more than 500 illegal aliens in the first year of the Biden Border Crisis, January 2021 to July 2022. During that period, they ASO generated more than $4.7 million in illicit proceeds from the smuggling of humans, frequently under inhumane conditions.

“Throughout their operation, the ASO used custom-made ‘tow-behind’ trailers to transport illegal aliens,” DOJ officials reported. “The ASO had begun to use an 18-wheeler with a false compartment inside the tractor-trailer that held up to 40 aliens, but that trailer was interdicted by federal law enforcement on the first smuggling attempt.”

An illustration of the cruelty of their smuggling operation came to light with the discovery of the body of an illegal alien who died on May 30, 2021. A few days earlier, a driver towing a trailer with a hidden compartment transported a load of human cargo from Eagle Pass, Texas, to San Antonio. When the driver arrived, they discovered the alien near death in the trailer compartment. He died about an hour later, prosecutors stated, and the smugglers dumped his lifeless body into a ditch located a few miles from the property owned by Carmona that was used for their human smuggling operation.

“Alien smuggling organizations and Mexican cartels will always value profit over human lives, and illegal aliens are routinely placed in extremely dangerous situations during their journey, often resulting in death,” said U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons. “In San Antonio, we’ve seen firsthand how dangerous it can be to transport humans in trailers of any kind, especially tractor-trailers. While we mourn the life lost in this case, the amazing work done by federal law enforcement to shut down this criminal organization and their continued use of a tractor-trailer no doubt saved lives in the long run.”

Law enforcement arrested Carmona on August 23, 2022, and she pleaded guilty on December 9, 2022.

This week, the judge in Del Rio, Texas, sentenced Carmona to 231 months in federal prison and assessed a money judgment of $955,350 on the charge of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death.

“On May 1, 2025, co-defendant Miguel Angel Rivera was sentenced to 216 months with credit for time served,” the DOJ added. “Additional co-defendants Pedro Luis Martinez-Jaquez and Jose Eduardo Rodriguez Moreno are scheduled to be sentenced in March. Chief U.S. District Judge Alia Moses presides over the case.”
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1803 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking

#1 

Anyone have a Mugshot or photo of Erica A. Carmona?

Also was the sentence 132 or 231 months?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/02/2026 6:06 Comments || Top||


#3 
Posted by: Gleng Whaick2262 || 02/02/2026 15:04 Comments || Top||

#4  I guess she loses her deposit on the trailer as well.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/02/2026 20:45 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Somali Security forces launched an offensive that has successfully driven Al-Shabaab (Khawarij) militants out

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Somali Security forces have launched Operation Silent Sword, a major offensive that has successfully driven Al-Shabaab (Khawarij) militants out of multiple strategic locations, according to local reports.

The operation represents a significant advance for government forces, who have regained control of key supply routes and regional hubs critical to security and logistics across several regions.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1765 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) drone-bombed and killed several Rapid Support Forces (RSF) members
Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1777 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


Reports say Turkish drone strike killed nine civilians in Middle Shabelle

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At least nine people were killed in what local sources described as a Turkish drone strike on a mosque in the Maxaa Saciid area of Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region on Saturday afternoon. Those killed reportedly included community elders who were inside the mosque at the time of the incident.

The reports have not been independently verified, and Turkish authorities have not issued an immediate response.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1770 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Africa North
FAMa announced that on 31 January, 20 ISSP (Is Sahel) terrorists were neutralized in two airstrikes in Akabar

Translated Text:

The army FAMa announced that on 31 January, 20 ISSP (Is Sahel) terrorists were neutralized in two airstrikes in Akabar, south of Ménaka, a group was targeted in an airstrike on 29 January north of Ménaka, and that Abou Alghabas Ichmali was neutralized the same day during a raid in the Inatabakat area, north of Ménaka.

Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1766 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


A unit of the Azawad Army conducted an operation against a patrol of the Malian army and Russian mercenaries from Africa Corps

Translated Text:

On January 30, 2026, a unit of the #Azawad Army conducted an operation against a patrol of the Malian army and Russian mercenaries from Africa Corps in In Bogitan (Anfif, Kidal region).

An armored vehicle is said to have been destroyed and several Malian soldiers killed, according to a statement from the army.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1765 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Nigerian troops eliminate top Sambisa commander in nocturnal operation

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TROOPS ELIMINATE TOP SAMBISA COMMANDER, 10 TERRORISTS IN NIGHT OPERATION

Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have recorded a major operational success with the elimination of a senior Boko Haram/ISWAP commander, Abu Khalid, and 10 other terrorists during a night operation in Borno State.

In a statement signed by the Media Information Officer Headquarters Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI, Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba says, Abu Khalid, identified as the second-in-command of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest, was neutralised by troops of Sector 1, in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force, during an engagement at the Komala area of Konduga Local Government Area at about 11:00 p.m.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1785 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Nigerian troops intensified operations rescued six kidnapped victims from Boko Haram in Adamawa

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Army troops intensified Operations rescued Six kidnapped victims from Boko Haram in Adamawa

By Zagazola Makama

At least six persons abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Madagali Local Government Area of the state, have been freed.

Zagazola Makama gathered that the victims were freed on Jan. 31 at about 6:00 p.m. following sustained pressure mounted by joint security operatives.

Those released are Lydia Bitrus, Faith Bitrus, Ijapari Bitrus. China Bitrus, Ijasini Bitrus and Ijumdya Bitrus, all of Gare Pallam community in Madagali LGA.

More at read at the link
Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1769 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Caribbean-Latin America
Three Guatemalans and one Mexican were arrested after a crackdown on marijuana farms in Guatemala

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Three Guatemalans and one Mexican were arrested after a crackdown on marijuana farms in Guatemala, Las Cruces, Petén.

Besides the large quantity of plants seized (reportedly 430,016 marijuana plants), an entire arsenal was confiscated from the farm.

Footage shows several assault rifles and handguns with magazines and drum mags, burner phones, bulletproof vests, as well as an RPG launcher with six anti-tank rockets.

Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1777 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  I don't recognize the strain. Is that Indica, Sativa, or RPG?
Posted by: SteveS || 02/02/2026 10:17 Comments || Top||


Europe
Attackers smash windows, steal plaque from Jewish primary school in Paris
[IsraelTimes] A Jewish primary school was vandalized in eastern Paris over the weekend, with its windows broken and a CCTV camera torn off, French prosecutors say.

Yesterday evening, several people attacked the Beth Loubavitch — Beth Hannah primary school located in the 20th district of the French capital, the public prosecutor’s office says.

“Three windows of the school were broken, and a CCTV camera and a plaque attached to the building torn off,” it says.

The plaque was later found in a nearby square, prosecutors say, adding the vandals had not entered the school building.

Authorities have launched an investigation to identify the attackers.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/02/2026 2026-02-02 02:40 || Comments || Link || [1767 views] Top|| File under:


Over 100 Police Injured as Riots Erupt in Italy over Shut Down of Far-Left Activist Base
[Breitbart] Chaos erupted in Turin on Saturday evening, with over 100 police officers injured and fires being set in the centre of the Italian city amid a protest against the closure of a far-left activist hub.

Nationwide demonstrations were held on Saturday in response to the eviction of leftists from the so-called “Askatasuna social centre” in December after the building had been occupied by radicals for nearly 30 years and had served as a base of operations for far-left activism in the city.

The local municipal government had long allowed the group to occupy the city-owned building; however, the agreement was terminated after activists allegedly tied to Askatasuna stormed and ransacked the offices of the liberal newspaper La Stampa in November for apparently being too pro-Israel in its coverage of the war in Gaza.

On Saturday, organisers claimed that 50,000 people took to the streets of Turin in solidarity with the shuttered Askatasuna centre. While the initial demonstration was largely peaceful, violence broke out as the evening wore on.

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini called for the government to introduce fresh legislation to protect police and to introduce the obligation of bail for the release of anyone involved in rioting, saying: “Demonstrating is legitimate, smashing up cities and beating up police officers is not!”

Minister for Public Administration Paolo Zangrillo said: “Today I’m very angry because, unfortunately, we can’t even say that the limit has been crossed. The limit was crossed a long time ago, and therefore, there are clear responsibilities here, and they aren’t just the responsibilities of those runaways, those Askatasuna delinquents, these gentlemen who act with terrorist methods, but there are also the responsibilities of the institutions.”
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1788 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  The Italian Antifa
Posted by: 746 || 02/02/2026 11:54 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Philly Jewish groups condemn support for terror, ‘incitement to violence’ at anti-Israel protest
Most of them have moved on to anti-ICE protests, but a few still hang on to last year’s ideas.
[IsraelTimes] Jewish groups in Philadelphia say an anti-Israel protest in the city today included support for terror groups, incitement to violence and antisemitic statements.

A group called the Philly Palestine Coalition organized the rally in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square. Advertisements for the protest included the slogan, “Abu Obeida lives,” a reference to the late spokesman for the Hamas terror group, says a joint statement from the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and the local branches of the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee.

The statement says that at the rally, protesters chanted for an “intifada,” demonstrators carried Hamas flags and had effigies of Israeli soldiers in nooses, and a speaker urged the crowd to “keep the Zionist enemy in fear.”

“Martyrdom is a commitment, a principle. It gives life to the movement and carries it forward,” one of the speakers said, according to the Jewish groups. “Our task is to identify tangible, precise ways to attack the genocidal Zionist enemy and actually fucking attack.”

“This was not a metaphor or abstract political speech. It was explicit incitement for violence. Such language and imagery are dangerous, antisemitic and unacceptable,” the statement says. “This type of activity directly endangers the Jewish community and undermines the safety of all Philadelphians, creating a climate of fear in our city.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/02/2026 2026-02-02 02:41 || Comments || Link || [1773 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


In Minneapolis Antifa set up checkpoints to check IDs against their data base for ICE agents
“Ihre Papiere, bitte! Ihre Papiere sofort!”


Posted by: trailing wife || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1804 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  That's not gonna work.
Somebody's gonna respond, hard.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/02/2026 0:03 Comments || Top||

#2  PAPERS ! I thought they were against such fascist things. Time to kill these POS before this gets to out of hand.
Posted by: chris || 02/02/2026 0:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Affiliation confirmed. Then what? If any real leadership still exists in the Minneapolis Police Department, it needs to step up. Tell the mayor, governor, and city council to fuck all the way off. Hit the streets and clear them of these degenerate clowns. Water cannons in St. Paul would be nice. Maybe federalize some of the "Old Guard" mounted units as well. The longer this is tolerated, the more emboldened they'll become. Things escalate from there.
Posted by: RJ45ACP || 02/02/2026 1:10 Comments || Top||


#5 
Foreign workers should only be allowed in IF there is not the skills or knowledge to do the job by and unemployed US Citizen.

Having said that, what does 90+% of this real world, has everything for them, dumba$$ smartphone generation know about producing food, feeding themselves, farming, and actual hands on labor tasks?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/02/2026 5:56 Comments || Top||

#6  Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters shut down streets in Portland
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/02/2026 9:19 Comments || Top||

#7  They would either get run over or shot here if they tried that.
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/02/2026 9:55 Comments || Top||

#8  ISIS in Mosul, when the mask fell.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/02/2026 11:06 Comments || Top||

#9  Makes the case for heavy-duty Grille Guards.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 02/02/2026 11:14 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) reportedly raided Pakistani Frontier Corps base in the city of Noshki, Balochistan.



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Nushki Balochistan Operation Clearance Update

During an ongoing clearance operation at the Judicial Complex in Nushki, eight additional terrorists were neutralized, including the local commander Sallal. The operation dealt a major blow to the network operating in the area.

Search and sanitization activities are still underway as forces continue to track down remaining elements.

Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1770 views] Top|| File under: Baloch Liberation Army


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza: Hamas says killed Israel-backed gangs in Khan Younis and Gaza City; IDF kaboomed 100s meter long Hamas tunnel
Hamas claims it ambushed, killed Israeli-backed gang members in Gaza City and Khan Younis
[IsraelTimes] Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
claims to have ambushed and killed members of Israeli-backed Gazook gangs in Khan Younis and 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...
City over the past day.

In a statement, the so-called Deterrent Force of Hamas’s internal security apparatus says it also confiscated military gear from the gang in Gaza City. In Khan Younis, some gang members fled, leaving behind their "Zionist weapons," the Hamas force claims.

Hamas’s Sahm 103 unit, which targets people accused of collaborating with Israel, says the people targeted in the earlier ambush, in Khan Younis, were assaulted in the Batn al-Samin area, which lies on the Hamas-controlled side of the Gaza ceasefire line in the city’s southwest.

The Sahm unit claims the people targeted in Batn al-Samin were en route to perform a "kidnapping operation" on behalf of Israel. According to the unit, the gang members came in two vehicles, one of which managed to escape the ambush.

Neither Hamas statement specifies which gangs were targeted. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
Hossam al-Astal, who leads a Khan Younis-area anti-Hamas gang and has claimed to receive military aid from Israel, says in an evening video statement that his militia captured six Hamas operatives and killed several others in Batn al-Samin earlier today. He does not say anything about being ambushed by Hamas.

IDF: Terror operative killed after crossing Gaza ceasefire line, posing threat to troops
[IsraelTimes] A Palestinian terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s south earlier today was killed by troops, the military says.

According to the IDF, several operatives crossed the Yellow Line and approached troops of the 7th Armored Brigade “in a manner that posed an immediate threat.”

“Immediately after the identification, the troops fired toward the terrorists in order to remove the threat. One of the terrorists was eliminated,” the army says.

Palestinian media reported earlier today that a 63-year-old man was killed this morning in an IDF drone strike on the Israeli-controlled side of the ceasefire line in the Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. He was identified as Khaled Dehleez. It could not immediately be confirmed that this was the same incident referred to by the military.

IDF says it destroyed Hamas tunnel in Khan Younis that contained dozens of weapons
[IsraelTimes] A Hamas tunnel spanning hundreds of meters in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis was recently demolished by combat engineers, the military says.

According to the IDF, the tunnel featured three rooms for terror operatives to reside in.

Inside, the army says troops found dozens of weapons, including 45 grenades, Kalashnikov rifles, RPGs and launchers, explosive devices, and other military equipment.

The tunnel was located on the Israeli side of the Gaza ceasefire line during mop-up operations of the 188th Armored Brigade. It was then razed by the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/02/2026 2026-02-02 02:36 || Comments || Link || [1816 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter arrested in Tehran after condemning Khamenei
[IsraelTimes] One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama, “It Was Just an Accident” was arrested yesterday in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards.

Representatives for the film say that Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested Saturday.

No details on the charges against Mahmoudian were available. But his arrest came just days after Mahmoudian and 16 others signed a statement condemning Islamic Republic leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrators.

Two other signatories, Vida Rabbani and Abdullah Momeni, were also arrested.

Jafar Panahi, the prize-winning director of “It Was Just an Accident,” issues a statement decrying his co-writer’s arrest.

“Mehdi Mahmoudian is not just a human-rights activist and a prisoner of conscience; he is a witness, a listener, and a rare moral presence — a presence whose absence is immediately felt, both inside prison walls and beyond them,” Panahi says.

Panahi was also a signatory on the January 28 statement. It reads in part: “The mass and systematic killing of citizens who bravely took to the streets to bring an end to an illegitimate regime constitutes an organized state crime against humanity.”

“It Was Just an Accident” is nominated for best screenplay and best international film at the March 15 Oscars. The film, made covertly in Iran, was France’s nominee for best international film.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/02/2026 2026-02-02 02:40 || Comments || Link || [1771 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  I can’t see the Oscars saying anything on air on his behalf. Do they still broadcast the Oscars anymore?
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/02/2026 6:51 Comments || Top||


Syrian ‘siege’ on Kobane leaves families in fear for loved ones
[Rudaw] Kobane, a Kurdish city in northern Syria, is facing what aid groups warn could become a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, as a tightening siege by Damascus forces and allied gangs has cut off food, water, medicine, and communications.

The siege has already claimed the lives of six children last month and displaced tens of thousands across Kurdish cities in northeast Syria (Rojava). Electricity and internet services have been down for weeks, isolating Kobane and plunging families inside the city - as well as those who have fled - into fear and uncertainty.

Displaced Kurds in Qamishli, the lovely provincial capital of Rojava’s eastern Hasaka province, say they are enduring sleepless nights, unable to reach loved ones trapped inside the besieged city amid a deepening humanitarian crisis.

"My sister Maryam, her husband, and her daughters and children have remained there," Fatima Hussein, a displaced woman in Qamishli, told Rudaw on Sunday. "We have had no news until now; we don’t know what their situation is like," she said.

Hussein added that her relatives "have no internet, no electricity, and no food or water. There is a lot of fear; there is so much fear where they are."

She further noted that her relatives told her "they were a little afraid, but we say we will resist. We want all of us to be together. Let our people be, let everyone rise up together. Either we will all rise together, or we will all die together."

Kobane has not only been deprived of basic necessities but is also under a strict internet blockade, leaving hundreds of parents without information about the whereabouts or condition of their children.

"My son is about 22 years old, and my daughter is 23 years old. Their names are Hozan and Delal," Mohammed Meko, another displaced resident, told Rudaw. "Now, as for us, we are all [worried] about them; our thoughts are always with them. They are left with no money. Their situation is very difficult there."

The siege follows a large-scale offensive launched by Damascus and allied gangs in mid-January against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The campaign targeted areas in eastern Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, and Hasaka that had remained under Kurdish control for nearly a decade.

The now retaken areas had been liberated by the SDF from 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....
(ISIS) after the group declared a so-called caliphate across parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.

For hundreds of displaced Kurdish families, nights now pass without sleep as they stare at their phone screens, waiting for a sign that their loved ones in Kobane are still alive.

The SDF announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the interim government in Damascus on the future of Rojava and the integration of its civilian and military institutions into the state.

Following the agreement, the Syrian army halted its assaults on Kurdish areas, though families who have lost loved ones say their suffering continues.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/02/2026 2026-02-02 02:35 || Comments || Link || [1816 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria/HTS


Syria says it detained group that used Hezbollah arms for attacks on airport
[IsraelTimes] Mezzeh military airport in Damascus had been targeted by several strikes in recent months; Lebanese terror group, which was allied with ousted Assad regime, denies allegation

Syria said on Sunday that it had detained a group behind recent rocket attacks on the Mezzeh military airport in Damascus, with Sherlocks tracing the weapons to Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group backed by Iran.

The Syrian Interior Ministry said security units arrested all members of the group, which it said had carried out several strikes on the airport in recent months, after surveillance of suspected launch sites in several areas of the capital.

The weapons used in the attacks originated from Hezbollah, an ally of former Syrian President Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
that once had a large military presence across Syria supporting Assad’s army during the country’s civil war, the ministry said.

Hezbollah denied the allegations.
No, no! Certainly not!
and said it had no activity or ties with any group inside Syria.

Authorities said they also seized a number of drones the group was preparing to use in further operations.

The ministry said only that the detainees had links to unidentified "foreign entities," without mentioning Hezbollah or Iran.

Rooters reported in November that Washington was planning to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel. The Syrian government denied the report.

Security sources say Hezbollah left behind weapons stockpiles, including drones, in parts of Syria after withdrawing its forces following the collapse of Assad’s rule in December 2024.

After Assad’s fall, Israel stationed troops in southwestern Syria, in a buffer zone between the two countries, in a move meant to repel hostile actors amid the power vacuum surrounding the fall of the Assad regime. On Friday, Israel Defense Forces troops in Syria came under fire, the military said, in the first such incident since Israeli troops deployed to the area. There were no Israeli injuries.

Assad’s fall followed on the heels of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. That agreement came after two months of open conflict in 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....
that killed the terror group’s leadership and dealt it a heavy blow. The fighting included an IDF ground operation in Lebanon’s south in a bid to enable the safe return of some 60,000 residents of northern Israel displaced by the terror group’s near-daily attacks.
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IDF says airstrike killed Hezbollah engineering commander in south Lebanon
[IsraelTimes] Lebanese health ministry reports one dead, several wounded in Israeli strikes; IDF hits other Hezbollah targets; hospital linked to terror group says Israel threatened it

An Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in the southern Lebanese town of Doueir on Sunday afternoon killed a Hezbollah engineering commander, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The strike killed Ali Dawoud Amees, whom the military identified as a "division head in Hezbollah’s engineering department."

"The terrorist was involved in efforts to rehabilitate military infrastructure of the Hezbollah terror organization in the Doueir area in southern Leb
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
and advanced terror plans against IDF troops," the military said in a statement, adding that his actions "constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon."

The strike was one of a few by the IDF in Lebanon on Sunday. The military has maintained a troop presence in Lebanon since a November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, and regularly targets Hezbollah efforts to rearm or rebuild.

Lebanon’s health ministry said one person was killed and six others maimed, including two children aged under 18, in an Israeli strike in Ebba, near Doueir, apparently referring to the IDF strike on the terror group operative.

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said the strike targeted a vehicle whose driver was killed, reporting that a boy was among the maimed when his family’s car passed at the time of the raid and crashed.

The IDF also said on Sunday that it carried out an airstrike targeting a Hezbollah operative in the southern Lebanon town of Harouf, but did not provide further details.

And the military said that in the morning, it struck heavy machinery being used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The engineering vehicles were targeted in the village of Mazraat Aboudiyeh, south of Sidon.

"The vehicles were struck while being used by Hezbollah Lions of Islam to reestablish terror infrastructure sites in the area," the military said.

The Lebanese health ministry, meanwhile, said a strike on Qanarit in the Sidon district maimed one person. State-run media said the strike targeted a bulldozer "while it was working to remove rubble" from the site of a previous Israeli attack.

In addition, the IDF said on Sunday that troops of the 769th "Hiram" Regional Brigade operated in several Lebanese border villages, and destroyed an anti-tank missile storage facility, a weapons depot, a building used by Hezbollah to launch anti-tank missiles at Israel during the war, and other infrastructure.

Israel’s military has previously targeted bulldozers, excavators and prefabricated houses in south Lebanon, while Lebanese officials have accused Israel of seeking to prevent reconstruction work in the heavily damaged south.)

Also Sunday, the NNA said the Israeli military dropped flyers aiming to intimidate residents in south Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil near the border. It published a photograph of one of the alleged leaflets, which bore a warning to residents that Hezbollah operatives were using a hospital in the town. Bint Jbeil’s Salah Ghandour hospital is run by the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee.

The Lebanese health ministry in a statement condemned "in the strongest terms the threats against southern hospitals, and considers them a serious attack and a flagrant violation of international laws and conventions."

The Hezbollah-affiliated hospital said in a statement that the leaflets contained "a clear threat to the hospital on flimsy pretexts with no basis in truth," and rejected what it said were attempts to tarnish the facility’s image.

The hospital’s grounds and its vicinity were struck in 2024 during the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Chechen members of the Syrian Army (former HTS) patrol in the vicinity of Al-Hol Camp
Brothers under the skin. How many of the Chechens were on the ISIS payroll a few years ago?
Posted by: badanov || 02/02/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1766 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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