🚨#BREAKING: Jubaland Forces Kill 60 Al-Shabaab Fighters, Capture Main Base and Explosives Factory
KISMAYO, SOMALIA — #Jubaland’s Intelligence and Security Agency (JISA) killed at least 60 Al-Shabaab fighters in a precision dawn operation on Sunday, officials said.
🚨BREAKING: Jubaland Forces Kill 60 Al-Shabaab Fighters, Capture Main Base and Explosives Factory
KISMAYO, SOMALIA — #Jubaland’s Intelligence and Security Agency (JISA) killed at least 60 Al-Shabaab fighters in a precision dawn operation on Sunday, officials said.
The operation targeted the group’s main base in the Badamadow forest in the Badhaadhe District. Security forces successfully seized the base along with a weapons depot and an explosives manufacturing facility, delivering a significant blow to the militant group’s operational and logistical capabilities. The site is believed to have been used to plan attacks, including cross-border operations into Kenya.
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#Somalia’s Intelligence & Security Agency and the Jubbaland Dervish forces have seized the mine factory owned by al-Shabaab terrorists at a place caled the BlackSea in Jubbaland state between Raskamboni and Badhadhe districts especially in the Hola-wajer area and its… pic.twitter.com/jl0fzIfz06
#Somalia’s Intelligence & Security Agency and the Jubbaland Dervish forces have seized the mine factory owned by al-Shabaab terrorists at a place caled the BlackSea in Jubbaland state between Raskamboni and Badhadhe districts especially in the Hola-wajer area and its surroundings.
Jubbaland forces have seized 90 mines and the mine factory, and also 50 al-Shabaab terrorists who were killed in the area have been brought to Raaskambooni town.
🚨Urgent | Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 Le Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans (JNIM) a annoncé avoir pris le contrôle d’un poste militaire de l’armée burkinabè après son repli face aux combats, dans le village de Bassoum, province du Kaya, ce dimanche 15 février 2026 au soir. Il… pic.twitter.com/0RpESkMX43
🚨Urgent | Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) has announced that it has taken control of a military post of the Burkinabè army following its withdrawal in the face of combat, in the village of Bassoum, Kaya province, this Sunday evening, February 15, 2026.
It would be the sixth military site to fall into the hands of the group within a span of 48 hours.
🟥▪️Niger-Dosso : attaque terroriste contre la gendarmerie de Guéchémé, au moins 4 gendarmes tués
Le poste de la gendarmerie de Guéchémé, localité située dans la région de Dosso, a été la cible d’une attaque armée attribuée à des éléments terroristes de l’EIGS, ce samedi 14… pic.twitter.com/OJ6F20ZLt6
BREAKING: An unspecified number of Ghanaian tomato buyers and truck drivers were killed earlier today in an attack by the Islamist militant group JNIM in the Burkinabè town of Titao. Several trucks were also set ablaze by the militants, who reportedly spared the women traders. pic.twitter.com/tNiIoNEgOR
#BurkinaFaso🇧🇫 - In addition to yesterday's attack on Titao, there was also an attack on security forces in the Fada N'Gourma area. Videos show at least 40 dead soldiers in a trench & firefights. The attackers (suspected #JNIM) also tried to seize a heavily armoured vehicle. pic.twitter.com/eu7oAxDWXu
[IsraelTimes] Quentin Deranque, aligned with far right, died from wounds after beaten Thursday while guarding protest of lawmaker from left-wing France Unbowed; party leader voices ‘shock,’ denies blame
The "ultra-left" in La Belle France was behind the fatal beating of a French youth aligned with the far right, Gay Paree’s justice minister said on Sunday, after the killing inflamed political tension in the country ahead of elections.
Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin also accused hard-left politicians, including those from the La Belle France Unbowed party, the largest left-wing faction in parliament, of fueling violence with their language.
The victim, Quentin Deranque, aged 23, was hospitalized and placed into a coma on Thursday after being attacked in the southeastern city of Lyon. The office of the Lyon prosecutor on Saturday told AFP that Deranque had died of his wounds.
Supporters said he had been providing security at a protest against an appearance by Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament for La Belle France Unbowed, when he was assaulted by a gang of rival activists.
Investigators are working on identifying the perpetrators, the prosecutors’ office said on Sunday. An investigation has been opened into suspected aggravated manslaughter.
"It was clearly the ultra-left that killed him," Darmanin told the Cologne ...the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth populated city in Germany.... -based RTL television.
"There are indeed speeches, particularly from La Belle France Unbowed and the ultra-left, which unfortunately lead to unbridled violence on social networks and then in the physical world," he said.
"Words can kill," Darmanin added, accusing Hassan and La Belle France Unbowed leader Jean-Luc Melenchon of "not having a word to say for the family of the young man."
Later Sunday, Melenchon voiced his "shock" at the killing.
"We also send our empathy and compassion to his family and loved ones," he said.
Melenchon, a three-time presidential candidate widely expected to run again in elections next year, added that his movement opposes violence, rejecting the blame placed on it as lacking "any connection with reality."
Centrist President Emmanuel Macron has called for "calm" and "restraint."
An alleged video of the attack broadcast by the French TF1 television shows a dozen people hitting three others lying on the ground, two of whom manage to escape.
"I heard shouts, people were hitting each other with iron bars and so forth. When I came to the scene, I saw individuals covered in blood," a witness to the attack, who gave only the first name Adem, told AFP.
According to the Nemesis collective, which is associated with the far right, Quentin was providing security for its protesters and was assaulted by "anti-fascist ...anybody you disagree with, damn them... " activists.
The family’s lawyer said in a statement that Quentin appeared to have been ambushed by "organized and trained individuals, vastly superior in number, and armed, some with their faces masked."
The incident has further fueled tension between La Belle France’s far right and hard left ahead of municipal elections nationwide in March and the 2027 presidential race.
Three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, who is still hoping to stand in 2027, despite a graft conviction, said on X that the "barbarians responsible for this lynching" should be brought to justice.
Demonstrations called by the far right in memory of Quentin took place in the southern city of Montpellier and Gay Paree, where protesters unfurled a banner reading "Antifa ...the armed wing of the Democratic Party... murderers, justice for Quentin."
The far right has pointed the finger at la Jeune Garde (Young Guard), an anti-fascist youth offshoot of La Belle France Unbowed.
But its founder, Raphael Arnault, a La Belle France Unbowed politician, expressed his "horror" at the fatal beating, and the group denied involvement, saying it had "suspended all activities."
La Belle France Unbowed politician Eric Coquerel, speaking to La Belle Franceinfo, condemned "all political violence," but said the activists responsible for Hassan’s security "were in no way involved in what happened."
He pointed instead to a particular "context" in the southeastern city marked by violence from "far-right groups."
At Saint George’s Church in Lyon, which the young man attended and where he volunteered for charities, priest Laurent Spriet called on Sunday for prayers "for the peace of Quentin’s soul."
"Everything in its own time. Now is for compassion, for respect, for prayer, for letting the police and the justice system do their work," he said.
[KhaamaPress] Authorities in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... arrested 18 Afghan migrants colonists trying to cross illegally into Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... near Edirne, transferring them later for deportation processing procedures.
Border forces said the migrants colonists were detained during an operation targeting people attempting irregular crossings toward European countries through land routes.
Officials confirmed that, after administrative procedures were completed, the detainees were transferred to migration centers for deportation processing.
Police stated that operations against irregular migration and human smuggling networks continue without interruption across key border areas.
Recent detentions reflect tighter border controls as authorities step up efforts to limit unauthorized migration movements toward Europe.
Edirne remains one of the main transit points for migrants colonists attempting to reach Europe, with thousands trying to pass through the region annually.
According to Directorate General of Migration Management data, more than 152,000 undocumented migrants colonists, including over 42,000 Afghans, were detained across the country in the past year.
Continued migration pressure highlights ongoing humanitarian and security challenges facing regional authorities managing irregular migration routes toward Europe.
[IsraelTimes] Palestinian media reports that Palestinian Authority security forces in the northern West Bank opened fire on the vehicle of wanted fugitive Samer Samara, killing his 16-year-old son and critically wounding the fugitive’s 3-year-old daughter.
Samara himself was wounded and detained by PA forces, according to the reports, which do not specify his condition or whereabouts.
In a statement via WAFA, the PA’s official news agency, the PA confirms a child was killed during the arrest of “a person wanted by the law based on a court warrant.”
The security forces express “intense sorrow” over the incident and say they have “opened an immediate and comprehensive investigation” into the case.
According to independent Palestinian outlet Ma’an, the PA forces opened fire on Samara’s car after he refused orders to stop at a roadblock that the forces had set up to catch him outside the Palestinian town of Tammun.
The Palestine Today channel, which is affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, identifies Samara as a “resistance fighter.” The Hamas terror group in a statement describes him as “a fugitive of the occupation,” referring to Israel, which coordinates with the PA on some security matters.
Hamas, a rival of the West Bank-based PA, says the shooting represents “a new blemish on the record of the [PA security] apparatus, which continues suppressing our people instead of protecting them.”
“We demand those involved in this crime be held to account… and call for the immediate release of all political prisoners,” Hamas says.
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I guess the PA Media is hoping readers will forget Hamas and other resistance fighter terrorist groups train 10 years old to carry bombs, and how to use AK's. So that when they read that a 16 year old riding with a known resistance fighter terrorist, will be viewed as an issue by normal and moral readers.
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[Regnum] American forces seized the Veronica III tanker, which was carrying Iranian oil. The US Department of Defense reported this on February 15.
The department clarified that the vessel was on the US sanctions list.
"The vessel attempted to circumvent the quarantine imposed by President [US Donald ] Trump," the Pentagon said in a statement on social media.
The military pursued the tanker from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean and then boarded it. The naval operation to intercept the vessel took place overnight. According to the Defense Ministry, it proceeded without "any incidents."
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[AI] The Caribbean Sea and the Indian Ocean are separated by approximately 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers), spanning across the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, and the southern Indian Ocean.
This upcoming Naval exercise should be a hoot, if it took 10,000 miles to board an oil tanker.
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A reminder that "Talk Like A Pirate Day" is September 19th this year.
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... if it took 10,000 miles to board an oil tanker.
Little more complex than that. The ocean is a huge place and if the ship is spoofing or not broadcasting its transponder signal, it takes a while to find. Also verifying that it is the one that is sanctioned takes time.
BUT.... once all those are done getting it is easy. You know roughly where it is going so you just need to get forces in place to intercept it. Like a defender intercepting a pass. Nice thing about ocean transport, you have time to get things right and in place.
[IsraelTimes] Strike on members of Gaza-based terror group occurs nearly 25 miles north of Lebanon’s border with Israel; wave of airstrikes on Saturday night aimed at Hezbollah targets
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday evening said that it carried out an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... targeting members of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror group in eastern Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... , close to the Syrian border.
Lebanon’s state-run media reported that the strike targeting a car in the town of Majdal Anjar killed four people.
An Israeli drone "targeted a car on the Lebanese-Syrian border," the National News Agency said, adding that "four bodies" were inside the vehicle.
Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed the toll in a statement.
Majdal Anjar is located in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa Valley, on a road leading from Damascus to Beirut — some 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) north of Israel’s border.
No further details on the strike were immediately provided by the IDF.
While Israeli strikes in Lebanon regularly seek to hit Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, attacks on the allied 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-based Islamic Jihad are rarer.
Islamic Jihad — which has a significant presence in both Lebanon and Syria — carried out the October 7, 2023, terror onslaught alongside Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... from the Gaza Strip, and was involved in numerous attacks on Israel from Lebanon alongside Hezbollah.
According to IDF assessments, some 2,400 members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force and another 500 Paleostinian Islamic Jihad faceless myrmidons — trained by Radwan — had been waiting in southern Lebanon villages to attack Israel in the days after Hamas carried out its October 7, 2023, mass invasion from Gaza.
Israel has consistently targeted what it says are Hezbollah attempts to rebuild following a November 2024 ceasefire that ended a year of conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group. This appeared to be the first strike Israel has claimed in Lebanon against Islamic Jihad since the truce’s onset.
Late Saturday night, the IDF said a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon targeted Hezbollah weapon depots and rocket launchers.
The IDF, in a statement, said that Hezbollah has continued to attempt to rebuild its infrastructure in southern Lebanon, and that the presence of the arms caches and rocket launchers was a violation of the ceasefire.
The US-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah came after two months of open conflict in Lebanon, including an IDF ground operation in the country’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. The attacks began on October 8, 2023 — a day after Hamas, also backed by Iran, invaded southern Israel, sparking the war in Gaza.
The ceasefire required both Israel and Hezbollah to vacate southern Lebanon, to be replaced by the Lebanese armed forces. Israel has withdrawn from all but five strategic posts along the border.
Since the ceasefire, the IDF said it has killed over 400 Hezbollah operatives and members of allied terror groups in strikes, hit hundreds of Hezbollah sites, and conducted over 1,200 raids and other small operations in southern Lebanon.
Weakened by the war and still facing regular Israeli strikes, Hezbollah is under internal and international pressure to hand over its weapons, with the Lebanese army having drawn up a plan to disarm it. The Lebanese army said last month that it had completed the disarmament mission south of the Litani River, in the area closest to Israel.
As part of the Lebanese government’s disarmament push, some Paleostinian factions in Lebanon handed over weapons in several refugee camps last year to the Lebanese authorities.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad have not announced plans to disarm in Lebanon.
[IsraelTimes] Footage appears to show Iranians yelling slogans from apartment buildings in several cities; Iranian protesters filmed bloodiest night of January protests for Israeli TV
Some residents of Tehran on Sunday rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against the holy manal leadership from balconies and windows, footage reportedly showed, a day after Iranians abroad staged giant opposition rallies in Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... and North America.
The Islamic Theocratic Republic under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...> was shaken by a protest movement that peaked on January 8-9, during which rights groups accused the government of killing thousands of people, though those figures cannot be confirmed.
While the street protests have petered out in the face of the crackdown, last week, residents of Tehran and other cities began shouting slogans against the leadership from the relative safety of their own homes inside vast apartment blocks.
In a new night of chants, residents of the eastern Tehran district of Ekbatan on Sunday shouted "death to Khamenei," "death to the Islamic Theocratic Republic" and "long live the shah," according to the Shahrak Ekbatan social media account, which monitors the area.
Reza Pahlavi, the son of the shah ousted by the Islamic Revolution, had urged people inside the country to stage such actions in parallel with protests abroad over the weekend.
Police in the southern German city of Munich said 250,000 people attended a rally there Saturday, which, in an unusual move, was personally addressed by Pahlavi.
Other major pro-monarchy rallies were held in diaspora strongholds, including Los Angeles and Toronto.
Pahlavi’s office said on X that over a million people had attended such rallies worldwide, but it was not immediately possible to confirm the figure.
Speaking in Munich, Pahlavi hailed the rally as the biggest such in years and said he was ready to lead a transition in Iran.
Monarchist supporters were also gladdened by an extremely rare public appearance at the rally by his sole surviving full sibling, his sister, the former princess Farahnaz.
Persian-language TV channel Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... International, which is based outside Iran, reported similar actions taking place in other parts of Tehran on Sunday, broadcasting images of people chanting "this is the final battle, Pahlavi is coming back" and "death to the Guards" in reference to the authorities’ ideological army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Slogans hostile to the authorities were also chanted in other cities, including Shiraz in the south and Arak in the center of the country, it added.
It was not immediately possible for AFP to verify the videos.
The new actions come two days ahead of talks on Tuesday between the US and Iran focused on the Iranian nuclear program in Geneva, which are seen as crucial to determining if Washington goes ahead with military action against Tehran.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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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
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...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
