The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Saturday captured the military garrison of Sirkum in Sudan's Blue Nile State, according to videos geolocated by Sudan War Monitor.
Located about 12 kilometers southwest of Sali in Kurmuk locality, Sirkum has long served as a defensive position… pic.twitter.com/w7F9nNYySK
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The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Saturday captured the military garrison of Sirkum in Sudan's Blue Nile State, according to videos geolocated by Sudan War Monitor.
Located about 12 kilometers southwest of Sali in Kurmuk locality, Sirkum has long served as a defensive position guarding the Sali-Dindiro road, one of the main routes leading toward Damazin, the capital of Blue Nile State.
The RSF said it captured a large number of prisoners of war, tanks, weapons, ammunition and other military equipment left behind by Sudanese army forces.
By Omar al-Faroug, Hassan Alnaser, Mohamed Alagra and Mashair Idris
June 20, 2026
[MADAMASR] In South Darfur, a tribal war fought with the weapons and for the influence the Rapid Support Forces sponsored and sustained threatened the paramilitary group itself.
Fighting between the Salamat and Beni Halba tribes, both key constituencies within the RSF’s sphere of influence, escalated over the past week after the arrest of a prominent Beni Halba leader accused of helping arm tribal fighters, according to Beni Halba and Salamat tribal figures and the head of an independent South Darfur social peace committee who spoke to Mada Masr.
The detention triggered an armed mobilization among Beni Halba communities, who viewed the move as evidence that Salamat officers within the RSF were using the paramilitary group’s command structure to tip the balance of the conflict in their favor, a Beni Halba leader said.
Orion Drone Sighted Over Bamako as Russia’s Air War in Mali Deepens
📌 A Russian-made Kronshtadt Orion drone, also known by its developmental name Inokhodets, was reportedly seen flying over Bamako today, with several videos of the sighting circulating across social media… pic.twitter.com/uDpUiHe0Bm
Orion Drone Sighted Over Bamako as Russia’s Air War in Mali Deepens
📌 A Russian-made Kronshtadt Orion drone, also known by its developmental name Inokhodets, was reportedly seen flying over Bamako today, with several videos of the sighting circulating across social media platforms.
💥 If confirmed, the appearance places one of Russia’s most capable unmanned strike platforms directly over Mali’s capital, reinforcing what open-source reporting has suggested for weeks: that the Africa Corps, the Russian Ministry of Defence’s successor to the Wagner Group, has folded the Orion into its operational order of battle in the Sahel.
[HumangleMedia] In northeast Nigeria, farmers pay for their survival. Twice a year, they hand over thousands of naira
…the Nigerian currency. For perspective, the exchange rate is 1,360.44 NGN to $1…
to boys barely old enough to be called men — foot soldiers of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), now masters of a chilling taxation system that bankrolls one of the world’s deadliest insurgencies.
SUMMARY
Kaka Ali, a farmer in Chiraa, Nigeria, faces extortion by ISWAP, a terrorist group that has shifted more towards economic exploitation.
Farmers must pay ISWAP fees for planting and harvesting, with receipts as proof of payment kept under ISWAP's control. Ali paid ₦20,000 for farming two hectares and another ₦44,000 after harvest, draining resources crucial for his family’s sustenance.
ISWAP's system of extortion extends to surrounding villages, affecting fishermen and cattle herders too. The group demands taxes on harvested crops, boat uses, and livestock, collecting millions monthly.
The Nigerian military's efforts to disrupt this system have backfired, impoverishing communities and solidifying ISWAP's dominance as a service provider, emphasizing the urgent need for governmental intervention to restore stability and hope.
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[Dawn] Police in Scotland said on Saturday that counter-terrorism officers were investigating several "violent mostly peaceful attacks" the previous evening in Edinburgh that injured five men in suspected anti-Moslem incidents.
Police Scotland said a 36-year-old white Scottish man had been arrested and that there was no further threat to the public. Footage posted online showed a bare-chested man — purportedly the suspect — roaming streets of the Scottish capital with a large weapon.
"Counter Terrorism Policing Scotland is investigating, supported by other specialist colleagues and local policing officers," police said in a statement.
It added officers had received multiple emergency calls late Friday from people reporting "violent mostly peaceful attacks including threats, robbery and vandalism across Edinburgh, with five men injured".
The victims — two aged 22, and others aged 24, 27, and 39 — sustained various injuries and three required hospital treatment, but none of the injuries were life-threatening, according to police.
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said he was "deeply concerned" by the incidents.
"There is no place for violence, racism or intolerance in our country," he added on X.
Both the Scottish Association of Mosques and the anti-Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... non-profit Moslem Engagement and Development (MEND) said several of the victims were Moslems.
MEND noted the alleged footage of the arrested man circulating online also showed him shouting about "protecting the country" from Moslems, accompanied by expletive-filled language.
MEND urged police to "treat this as what the evidence indicates: Islamophobic, far-right terror".
The incident comes with tensions heightened across the UK over immigration and diversity, amid claims that far-right agitators are fuelling racist sentiment after a number of high-profile incidents.
The Northern Irish capital, Belfast, saw two nights of serious disorder last week after a knife attack, allegedly perpetrated by a Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese refugee, was captured on camera and went viral online.
There were also violent mostly peaceful skirmishes between protesters and police the previous week in Southampton, southern England, over the handling of the murder of young white student Henry Nowak by a British Sikh man.
Detailing Friday night’s incidents, Police Scotland said two men were initially injured in Sighthill, a west Edinburgh suburb, and taken to hospital by ambulance. The BBC said it understood the attacks began near a mosque.
Three other men were subsequently attacked elsewhere, suffering different injuries, before officers confronted and arrested the suspect, according to police.
"The individual remains in jug and enquiries continue," Police Scotland said.
Assistant Chief Constable Catriona Paton called the events "shocking", adding that "there is no place for racism or faith-based hate in Scotland".
[Dawn] Seven people were killed and three others injured in two explosions in Marka Bera, a semi-tribal mountainous area of Bannu’s Wazir sub-division.
Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Yasir Afridi confirmed that a total of seven people were martyred and three others were maimed in the two blasts.
He said security forces and law enforcement agencies immediately reached the area, collected evidence, and launched an investigation into the incidents.
In a statement, the police said the two vehicles were targeted in "remote-controlled blasts" in the Phang Musa Khel area, terming the incidents a "cowardly act of terrorism".
According to the statement, a private Datsun vehicle carrying passengers was targeted first. The maimed from that blast were being taken to a hospital for treatment when the second blast occurred.
According to police and local sources, the Datsun vehicle was travelling towards Domel when it was hit. Five people were killed in the blast, while the vehicle was completely destroyed.
Eyewitnesses said the second explosion occurred nearly a kilometre away from the site of the first blast. It killed two people, also destroying the vehicle they were in.
Rescue 1122 teams subsequently shifted the bodies and injured victims to Domel Rural Health Centre and Khalifa Gul Nawaz Teaching Hospital.
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Fat Tony demanded his rosco back. He didn't say please... security forces cordoned off the area and initiated a search operation. Authorities were also conducting a thorough sweep amid concerns that additional bombs may still be present.
TERRORISM SURGE IN BANNU
Saturday’s incident highlights the persistent security challenges facing remote mountainous areas of Bannu and has raised concerns among residents regarding the safety of civilians travelling through the area.
Bannu district has been the scene of repeated security incidents in recent months, with both civilians and local security forces coming under attack amid a broader surge in hard boy violence.
A week ago, snuffies attempted to destroy the Teri Ram Bridge on the district’s Miryan Road with explosives, causing partial damage to the bridge.
On June 12, two police constables were martyred in separate incidents of assassinations in Bannu.
Last month, at least two police personnel and as many civilians were martyred, while 25 bad boyz were potted in a fierce clash between law enforcers, a peace committee and hard boys.
[IsraelTimes] Army confirms targeting Ahmed Washah, accuses him of being a Hamas sniper 2 months after killing his brother and fellow Al Jazeera journalist who was allegedly a terror commander
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... health officials said Israeli strikes and gunfire on Saturday killed at least 11 people, including an Al Jazeera cameraman whom Israel accused of being a Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... operative, in the latest violence to rock the coastal territory despite a ceasefire.
Israel and Hamas trade near-daily accusations of truce violations in the Gaza Strip, as progress on permanently ending the war sparked by the terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack remains stalled.
The Hamas-controlled civil defense agency reported six people were killed in separate attacks later Saturday, among them three people in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, including a local photographer later identified as an employee of 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... ’s Al Jazeera.
"Ahmed Washah, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, has been killed in an Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... that targeted a house," the broadcaster said, while denouncing the attack as a "heinous crime."
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed targeting Washah, saying he served in Hamas’s military wing as a sniper operative. It said the two others killed alongside him in the Bureij area were also Hamas operatives.
Israel always has Hamas personnel files and social media photos to back up their claims.
"Alongside his work as an Al Jazeera photojournalist in recent years, Washah was an operative in Hamas’s military wing. In recent months, he advanced sniper attack plans and additional terrorist activities against IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip," the IDF said in a statement.
"Due to his recent military activity and the threat he posed to IDF troops operating in the area, he was eliminated in a precise aerial strike," the military said.
The IDF said he worked alongside his brother, Mohammed Washah, a "key" Hamas operative who also worked for Al Jazeera. Mohammed Washah was killed in an Israeli strike in April.
Earlier, the civil defense agency said an overnight Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City killed four members of the al-Safadi family, including the husband, wife and their two daughters, according to It said the strike also injured 12 others.
The IDF said it struck a terror operative, without elaborating.
Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital confirmed receiving the bodies of four members of the al-Safadi family, including two children.
Al-Shifa hospital, meanwhile, said it had received one body following a separate Israeli dronezap near an intersection in the north of Gaza City.
In another incident, Israeli forces allegedly shot and killed a woman in Beit Lahiya town further north, according to medics.
Later, an Israeli airstrike killed at least one person and maimed eight others in Khan Younis, south of the enclave.
The IDF did not immediately respond to a request for comment on those reports.
At least 1,012 Paleostinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect on October 10 last year, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures don’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.
The IDF has reported five deaths in its ranks during the same period.
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Sounds like a 'good shooting, guys' event. Warms my heart, it does.
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I guess the "camera man " does die sometimes!
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There is a movie, little known I think, about a cameraman in the 173rd Abn Bde in RVN. The movie (low budget I think) is called "84 Charlie Mopic". Also listed as "84C MoPic". I thought it was a great movie. I have the DVD (somewhere). Worth a look if you can find it on Amazon (I checked, it is there) or some other streamer. 'Gritty' doesn't do it justice. I was an 11B4P in the 173rd in RVN; the movie feels real. Worth a look.
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The real story here is that it's a shame that dumping on the media has depressed wages so much that news crews have to take a second job. (per CNN)
[IsraelTimes] Troops raiding ‘airbase’ dozens of meters below village near border find cache of 50 Iranian-made explosive UAVs that would have been fired into Israel from secret hillside shafts
Buried beneath a hilltop village in southern Lebanon, just kilometers from the Israeli border, the Hezbollah terror group built an underground drone “airbase” from which it launched Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles at Israel.
The subterranean facility, guarded by massive steel blast doors, was built in the past decade with direct Iranian assistance, including planning and funding,
….like the billions spent for the tunnels under Gaza, all that Iranian tax money turns out to have been wasted as Allah guides the Israelis to destroy it…
Israeli military officials told The Times of Israel during an organized media tour of the site last week.
Journalists were brought into Lebanon at dusk, so that the visit to the tunnel would take place under the cover of darkness — an attempt by the military to mitigate the possibility of Hezbollah attacks on members of the press.
It would have been an educational experience for all involved, had they done otherwise…
As the sun set over the Mediterranean, reporters were driven in a convoy of Humvees along the Lebanese coast before heading east toward Majdal Zoun, some six kilometers (3.7 miles) from the Israeli frontier.
With just the moonlight and glowsticks to illuminate the way, soldiers led the group to the tunnel’s main entrance, which was accessible from the ground level on the north side of the mountain.
The tunnel and surrounding area, which was delineated as part of the southern Lebanon security zone buffer area in an updated IDF map Thursday, were captured this month by a reservist commando and paratroopers formation.
The operation took place amid a porous ceasefire in which both Israel and Hezbollah have continued to attack each other.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the tunnel runs several hundred meters into the mountain, reaching depths of 29 meters (95 feet) under Majdal Zoun — including beneath a mosque.
The IDF has uncovered similar Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon in the past, but commanders said this one was built to a “much higher standard,” comparable with an underground Iranian missile factory in Syria that the military raided in September 2024.
Soldiers and officers were made available to the tour on condition of anonymity, in line with military protocol.
Inside the tunnel, which was wide enough for a standard vehicle to drive through, Hezbollah had assembled Iranian-made drones using parts smuggled into Lebanon, according to the army.
Iran, which has invested heavily in drone development and production, has long been understood to supply its Lebanese proxy group with missiles and other arms meant to be used against Israel.
After capturing the tunnel, soldiers found around 50 UAVs with warheads of around 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of explosives apiece, officers said.
The drones appeared to be of the same type used in attacks on Israel, such as a deadly October 2024 strike on the Golani Brigade’s training base. They can typically fly 200 to 500 kilometers (125 to 310 miles), enough to reach all of Israel, according to IDF officials. Military analyst Fabian Hinz identified the UAVs as an Iranian drone design, known as the Qasef in the service of the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.
The capture of the tunnel marked the first time that the IDF had access to fully intact Iranian drones of this kind, providing the military with valuable intelligence, one officer told The Times of Israel.
The drones, in various states of assembly, were placed on display along the tunnel’s concrete walls for journalists on the tour to see.
In addition to the UAVs, the troops found around eight tons of explosive material in the underground site’s rooms, according to the army.
“These are drones that threatened the State of Israel throughout its length and breadth. We came here to deprive Hezbollah of these capabilities,” a squadron commander in the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit told reporters.
On the southern side of the mountain were shafts from which Hezbollah would launch the UAVs at Israel.
“At the end of the tunnel, there are exits, four exits protected by blast doors on rails. They can be opened and allow launching of UAVs at Israel,” the Yahalom officer said.
Military officials described the facility as a sort of UAV “airbase” and factory, saying it was built strategically in Majdal Zoun because of its relative proximity to Israel, but not too close to the border.
“Six kilometers from our territory, and it is also close to the coastline. It also enables launches [of UAVs] in those directions,” the Yahalom officer said.
The drone-launching tunnel shafts were inaccessible during the tour. Some 100 meters from the entrance of the facility, journalists hit a dead end where the tunnel had collapsed, with a car buried beneath the rubble.
According to the IDF, during the war with Hezbollah in 2024, the Israeli Air Force bombed the site to seal it off and put it out of use. However, military officials said the terror group had later attempted to restore the facility.
As troops advanced into southern Lebanon following hostilities that erupted in early March in reaction to the Iran war, the military decided to push into Majdal Zoun on the ground to capture the site and demolish it.
Hezbollah briefly attempted to defend the village, according to the IDF. Senior officers said the reservist commandos killed three Hezbollah gunmen in close-quarters combat and directed a drone strike on four other operatives in Majdal Zoun.
Several Hezbollah operatives attempted to approach the village after the IDF captured it, but were also struck before they were able to get close, military officials said.
The IDF was expected to demolish the facility upon completing scans of the tunnels.
The IDF had Hezbollah on the defensive by taking over not only the area around Majdal Zoun, including terrorist tunnels, but also the area and tunnels around Ali Taher Ridge and Beaufort Castle, he said.
Wikipedia says:
Majdal Zoun or Majdalzoun is a municipality in the Tyre district of Southern Lebanon.
Coordinates: 33.1519°N 35.2275°E
Grid position 171/283 PAL
Ali Taher Ridge does not have a separate entry, being listed only as near the city of Nabatieh/Nabatiyeh, whose location is given as
Coordinates: 33°22′38″N 35°29′1″E
Grid position 125/160 L
All you map reading types can figure out where exactly the two sites are in relation to each other.
[KhaamaPress] Iranian media reported that authorities have arrested 17 people in western 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... on accusations of working for what officials described as a US-Israeli-backed sabotage network.
Certainly somebody is doing the work. Whether it is this particular lot is a separate question.
The semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Saturday that Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence detained the suspects in Ilam province. According to the report, three of those arrested were identified as alleged leaders of the network, while the remaining 14 were described as members.
Iranian authorities claimed the group was involved in organizing street unrest and sabotage activities and alleged that some of the detainees played a role in protests that took place during the winter of last year.
The arrests come amid heightened security measures across Iran, where authorities have continued crackdowns on individuals accused of espionage, cooperation with foreign intelligence services or involvement in anti-government activities. Iranian officials have frequently accused the United States and Israel of supporting efforts to destabilize the country, allegations both countries have denied.
Dozens of people have been arrested in Iran since the protests of recent years on charges ranging from espionage to collaboration with Israel. Human rights organizations have repeatedly raised concerns about due process and transparency in such cases, while Iranian authorities insist the arrests are necessary to protect national security.
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[Regnum] Merchant vessels continue to transit the Strait of Hormuz unimpeded on June 20, according to a statement from the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
According to the US military, traffic increased in the past 24 hours, with 55 commercial vessels passing through the strait, carrying more than 17 million barrels of oil and other cargo.
The statement said US forces continue to operate in the strait "to support freedom of navigation" and that passage through the waterway remains safe.
Earlier that day, the Iranian Armed Forces Command stated that due to both the US and Israel's failure to comply with the terms of the ceasefire agreement, and particularly due to Israel's continued attacks on Lebanon, the Strait of Hormuz would be closed again. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, for its part, stated that ships should not approach the Strait of Hormuz, as doing so would put their safety at risk.
On June 15, the US and Iran signed a memorandum ending the conflict. Negotiations on a basic agreement were expected to begin next, lasting 60 days, but these talks have not yet begun. Meanwhile, the US lifted the blockade of Iranian ports, and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately 20% of global oil exports pass, was expected to be restored.
Iran has previously repeatedly stated that hostilities must cease throughout the region, including in Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, has stated that the country will not withdraw troops from southern Lebanon. On June 19, Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement reached a ceasefire agreement, but it was violated within minutes.
Iranian authorities have decided to close the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's aggression against Lebanon. This was announced on June 20 by the Islamic Republic's Armed Forces Command Headquarters.
The statement said that both the United States and its ally, Israel, were violating the memorandum on the cessation of hostilities previously signed between Tehran and Washington.
"In light of the United States' clear violation and failure to implement the first point of the memorandum on ending the war, as well as in response to the Zionist regime's (Israel's – Ed.) ongoing ceasefire violations in southern Lebanon, the brutal killings and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of residents from this land, and given that the Zionist occupation forces have not withdrawn from southern Lebanon, we declare that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to the passage of ships," the statement said.
On June 15, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum ending the conflict. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that after the memorandum was signed, negotiations on a basic agreement would begin and last 60 days. The United States lifted the blockade of Iranian ports. It was expected that traffic through the Strait of Hormuz would be restored.
Iran has previously repeatedly stated that hostilities must cease throughout the region, including in Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for his part, stated that the country would not withdraw troops from southern Lebanon. On June 19, Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement reached a ceasefire agreement, but it was violated within minutes.
US Vice President JD Vance also said he saw no evidence that Hormuz was closed, instead suggesting that Iran was diverting vessels from sailing into naval mines, as he told Fox News in an interview that he was confident the ceasefire agreed in Washington’s 14-point deal with Tehran would hold.
“We know those straits have a lot of mines in them… what I would believe is that if a ship was going near a minefield… [Iran] might say, ‘no don’t go there because there are mines there,'” Vance said, noting that the memorandum includes a 30-day period for mine-clearing operations.
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🚨 ISIS has resumed operations in Syria, claiming three attacks last week: a strike on an MOI training camp in Raqqa; an attack on an Iraqi fuel tanker in Manbij; and a car bombing in Babila targeting the head of the Justice Palace, who reportedly lost a leg. pic.twitter.com/kEzhF6ivcU
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🚨 ISIS has resumed operations in Syria, claiming three attacks last week: a strike on an MOI training camp in Raqqa;
an attack on an Iraqi fuel tanker in Manbij;
and a car bombing in Babila targeting the head of the Justice Palace, who reportedly lost a leg.
[IsraelTimes] Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack near the city of Manbij in Syria’s northeastern Aleppo province that the Syrian Defense Ministry said killed two soldiers.
The militant group makes the claim in a statement on its Telegram channel. Reuters could not independently verify the claim.
Earlier on Saturday, the Defense Ministry said two soldiers had been killed by unidentified assailants near Manbij but provided no further details.
The attack came amid a series of assaults claimed by Islamic State since February, when the jihadist group announced what it described as a new phase of operations against the government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The Syrian government has expanded its control in parts of northern and eastern Syria, and US forces have begun withdrawing from some positions in the country’s northeast, according to Syrian military and security sources.
… also known as Abu Mahmud al-Shami, he was born in 1973 in Amman, Jordan, ending up on the Shura Council of Al Qaeda-linked Hurras al-Din after it split off from Al Nusra,…
in a drone strike in N. #Idlib last night.
Prominent Jordanian jihadist figure, Uraydi was a religious leader and Sharia judge.
He left JFS (evolution of Jabhat Nusra) in 2016 after disagreements over the group's decision to sever ties with Al-Qaeda and later joined Hurras al-Din.
Several airstrikes - local reports claim 5 - have struck the northern countryside of Idlib, bordering Aleppo.
The airstrikes, carried out by the USA, have struck at least 1 target - Syrian Government official Sami Mahmoud al-Aridi as he was riding on a motorcycle who is a… pic.twitter.com/vEfUY5FWhl
Several airstrikes - local reports claim 5 - have struck the northern countryside of Idlib, bordering Aleppo.
The airstrikes, carried out by the USA, have struck at least 1 target - Syrian Government official Sami Mahmoud al-Aridi as he was riding on a motorcycle who is a leader of Hurras al Din and similarly as Jolani wanted by the US government with a bounty of 5 million dollars.
The strike was carried out using a AGM-114R9X Hellfire missile; popularly known as the ninja missile.
A second wave of airstrikes struck a site in the western countryside of Idlib; the Syrian government imposed a media ban on coverage.
This is the price which Syria has to pay for Jolanis refusal to attack Lebanon - more airstrikes are to come and Jolanis followers continue to grow uneasy.
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
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...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
[Dawn] Seven people were killed and three others injured in two explosions in 
..always the voice of sweet reason...
...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 
