The Somali National Army has entered the town of Hawadleey in the Middle Shabelle Region earlier today after the area remained under the control of Al‑Shabaab for about a year.
The militant group seized the town from African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia… pic.twitter.com/YVq8wD6SY1
Somali National Army has entered the town of Hawadleey in the Middle Shabelle Region earlier today after the area remained under the control of Al‑Shabaab for about a year.
The militant group seized the town from African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) last year after opening the waters of the nearby Shabelle River, which weakened defensive positions in the area.
Fresh tension in ISWAP camps as top commander Modu Kunduli neutralised by troops in Borno
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Fresh tension and anxiety have gripped Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) camps following the neutralisation of one of its top commanders, Modu Kunduli, by… pic.twitter.com/SXkuW4CP9r
Fresh tension in ISWAP camps as top commander Modu Kunduli neutralised by troops in Borno
By Zagazola Makama
Fresh tension and anxiety have gripped Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) camps following the neutralisation of one of its top commanders, Modu Kunduli, by troops of Operation HADIN KAI during a failed assault on the Army Forward Operation Base in Mayanti village, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources say the late commander met his end during a last week’s failed mission targeting the Army Forward Operation Base at Mayanti village. His death is expected to create a significant leadership vacuum within ISWAP, particularly in Sambisa Forest, given his mastery of local terrain and fluency in Fulfulde, Kanuri, and Marghi.
Zagazola report that Kunduli, a high-profile ISWAP commander, had been orchestrating attacks across Borno and Adamawa states for the past ten years, dating back to the era of Boko Haram founder Abubakar Shekau. He joined ISWAP shortly after the death of Shekau in 2021z
🔸 Après l’attaque du JNIM menée le 07/03 contre la position militaire du « Lodge Pendjari », les forces armées béninoises ont lancé une « riposte rapide et coordonnée » par des troupes au sol, appuyée par des moyens aériens, permettant de repousser les… https://t.co/RoFZcCkcUr
🔸 Following the JNIM attack carried out on 03/07 against the military position at "Lodge Pendjari," the Beninese armed forces launched a "rapid and coordinated counterattack" with ground troops, supported by air assets, which succeeded in repelling the assailants.
🔴 According to the Beninese army, 17 fighters were neutralized during the clashes, while one Beninese soldier lost his life.
Several weapons, ammunition, and motorcycles used by the assailants were recovered.
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[KavkazUzel] A Khakassia resident sent a teenager from Tuapse videos of school attacks and bomb-making instructions, security officials said.
According to law enforcement, a resident of Sayanogorsk, born in 2008, used a messenger to promote the ideology of a terrorist organization banned in Russia. She intended to lure her interlocutors into illegal activities.
During the investigation, law enforcement agencies identified a teenager from Tuapse to whom the girl sent videos depicting people who committed terrorist attacks on educational institutions, as well as instructions for making weapons, Kuban24 reported today.
The Investigative Committee of Russia for the Krasnoyarsk Krai and Khakassia has opened a criminal case for public justification of terrorism. The charge carries a prison sentence of up to seven years. Investigators are currently establishing all the circumstances of the crimes committed, according to the press service of the FSB Directorate for Khakassia.
Ethnic Khakas, the second largest population group at about 13%, are a Turkic people left over from the Mongol conquest, related to the people of Kyrgystan, so I suspect this is a Devout Muslim issue, meaning probably an ISIS or Al Qaeda related activity.
[FoxBiz] Michigan-based medical device company Stryker announced on Thursday it is experiencing a "global network disruption" to its Microsoft suite following a cyberattack that may have ties to a pro-Iranian group.
Fox News spoke to a Stryker employee based in Boise, Idaho, who confirmed the attack and said they were unable to access their network.
The employee said they were advised to avoid connecting to any Stryker VPN networks or software on any device, and coworkers' work phones were wiped Wednesday morning.
In a message to customers, Stryker confirmed it is experiencing a global network disruption to its Microsoft environment as a result of a cyberattack.
"We have no indication of ransomware or malware and believe the incident is contained," Stryker wrote. "Our teams are working rapidly to understand the impact of the attack on our systems."
A pro-Iranian hacktivist group later took to social media to claim responsibility for the cyberattack.
The hackers, who alleged Stryker was a "Zionist-rooted corporation," claimed 200,000 systems were affected and 50 terabytes of data were extracted.
Pakistani units seemingly using a rare historic #UK-made 🇬🇧 Ordnance QF 25-pounder Mk III field gun and #USA-made 🇺🇸 Mk 19 MOD 3 automatic grenade launcher. pic.twitter.com/ztbdTUxrZF
#Iran / #Israel / #USA / #Iraq 🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇶: “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” reportedly carried out drone strikes on US Bases in Iraq.
Group very notably used rare Iranian “Hadid-110” Jet-powered Stealth Kamikaze Drones —their use by IRIQ was observed for the first time. pic.twitter.com/4C1Qzm1iIY
[HISUTTON] Iran’s ‘mosquito fleet’ of small fast boats has yet to make a large impact in the war in the Middle East. Yet it’s explosive-laden USVs (uncrewed surface vessels), conceptually similar to those used by Ukraine, have struck tankers.
A video, which was circulated by Iran in January 2025 but gained renewed interest lately, shows a large number of vessels in an IRGC-N (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Navy) underground base. Among these vessels is a type of small speedboat which I believe has been used as an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) in attacks on tankers in the Persian Gulf.
It is no surprise that Iran has explosive USVs, it supplied this technology to the Houthi Movement in Yemen, yet its own types have been elusive. The design witnessed is a small interceptor-boat with twin outboard motors, and a fixed mast behind a small cockpit aft. This suggests that, like the Houthi’s ‘blowfish’, it can be crewed for part of its mission. It is likely that it will be commanded from another boat during the attack. USVs represent a much greater threat to merchant vessels than many of Iran’s crewed ‘mosquito fleet’ boats.
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The Japanese had the same thing but with a man onboard instead. Good thing we nuked two of their cities and stopped this plot before it could happen.
What's the second largest city in Iran?
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And they made it in the shape of a cross, which is a +25% damage buff. Upon impact, a flag extends out of the back with a picture of a phillip's and a baseball.
Even the New York Times piece, despite all the throat clearing in the text, is forced to admit, that the school was situated on a military base, and the 157 death count is strictly on the word of the Iranian government.
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Seeing the original video of the explosions on the school, the flame colors reminded me of explosions caused by large amounts of rocket fuel, not dissimilar to the videos of Chinese rocket 'oopsies'.
Can't find the video right at the moment, but at the time was thinking that the flames could have been caused by a misfiring fully fueled Iranian rocket.
[MSN-IsraelTimes] The IDF said it struck dozens of Iranian regime infrastructure sites in Tehran and western Iran on Wednesday, and then launched an "extensive" wave of airstrikes on regime targets in the capital overnight, as US President Donald Trump said he didn't want to end the war "too early."...
During the earlier strikes in Tehran, fighter jets identified Iranian soldiers operating at a headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran’s capital, and moments later, struck and killed them, the Israel Defense Forces said, publishing footage of the strike.
According to the IDF, other strikes in Tehran targeted headquarters and command centers of the IRGC air force; a compound at Imam Hossein University, the IRGC’s military academy, which was used as a staging ground by Iranian soldiers; ballistic missile storage and production sites; and air defense missiles.
Elsewhere, the IDF struck headquarters and military bases of Iran’s internal security forces, the Basij paramilitary force, and a headquarters of Iran’s intelligence ministry, the military said.
According to the military, the strikes were part of a new stage of the war aimed at “deepening the blow to the core arrays of the Iranian terror regime and its foundations.”
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IRGC urban street checkpoints hit also according to TouciTV
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Ace of Spades site has this commentary and more this morning:
"Confirmed: Begun, the Drone Wars Have"
—Disinformation Expert Ace
As I guessed, the new phase of the war is anti-personnel strikes on street enforcers and IRGC goons not with 1,000 pound bombs but with hand-grenade-sized charges delivered by drones.
David Strom reports on the Israeli drones now blowing up Basij (volunteer morality police/skull-crackers) checkpoints."...
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[Regnum] The Thai bulk carrier Mayuree Naree was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, causing an explosion in the engine room and a fire. This was reported on March 11 by the Thai newspaper Thairath, citing Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Pipat Ratchakitprakarn.
There were 23 crew members on board, all Thai citizens. The Omani navy rescued 20 sailors and brought them ashore, but three others remain missing.
The minister explained that the bulk carrier had left Khalifa Port in the United Arab Emirates and was heading back to Thailand. At the time of the incident, the vessel was approximately 20 kilometers from the port. Following the explosion and subsequent fire, the captain decided to abandon ship and evacuate the crew to lifeboats.
According to authorities, the ship was empty at the time of the incident, having already completed unloading and was returning to Thailand. However, the exact circumstances of the incident have not yet been established: there is no confirmation whether the ship was fired upon or struck a mine.
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) press service stated that the container ship Mayuree Naree was fired upon after it ignored warnings from the IRGC navy while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran also reported that Iranian forces attacked another vessel, which they believe is linked to Israel. The IRGC emphasized that the Strait of Hormuz is under the control of its naval forces.
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Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters, setting them ablaze and killing one crew member on Wednesday, after projectiles struck three vessels in Gulf waters, said port, maritime security and risk firms. Yahoo News
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The mullah-ocrazy against the world.
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#Syria: after suspending the withdrawal from its main base at Qasrak (NE. #Hasakah), the US sent reinforcements from Iraq for the first time today.
The convoy included C-RAM systems - short-range air defense designed to counter rockets & drones - intended to protect US troops amid the ongoing war with Iran.
Since the beginning of the month, US bases in Syria were targeted at least twice by suicide drones.
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.
