🚨 Geolocation | The NRF claimed it had targeted a Taliban vehicle in Badakhshan province
On Tuesday, August 25, the NRF claimed responsibility for targeting a Taliban vehicle in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province. In the released footage, the explosion appears to have… pic.twitter.com/MYSzVihQRE
🚨 Geolocation | The NRF claimed it had targeted a Taliban vehicle in Badakhshan province
On Tuesday, August 25, the NRF claimed responsibility for targeting a Taliban vehicle in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province. In the released footage, the explosion appears to have been caused by a roadside IED planted on the left side of the road.
Geolocation of the footage indicates the attack occurred roughly 11 km north of Faizabad Airport, near Samadi High School.
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Note: Although the NRF claimed that several Taliban members were killed or wounded in the attack, this is difficult to independently verify.
The explosion appears relatively small and occurred beside the vehicle rather than directly underneath it. It may have caused injuries, but the extent of any casualties remains unclear.
Al-Shabaab Senior Leaders, Including Kenyan Operatives, Killed in Somalia
Intelligence sources with knowledge of the matter report that senior Al-Shabaab figures were killed in a strike in the city of Jilib, southern Somalia, on 24 August 2026. The nighttime… pic.twitter.com/fC6KGOLUbJ
Al-Shabaab Senior Leaders, Including Kenyan Operatives, Killed in Somalia
Intelligence sources with knowledge of the matter report that senior Al-Shabaab figures were killed in a strike in the city of Jilib, southern Somalia, on 24 August 2026. The nighttime attack reportedly targeted Aden Abdullahi Ibrahim, also known as Dhegajun, who headed Al-Shabaab’s Finance Office and had only recently been appointed to the position. Several members responsible for the group’s operations in Kenya, identified as Farhan and Jamal, were also killed in the strike.
The airstrike, which took place in the centre of Jilib, was carried out by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The vehicle that was targeted was reportedly carrying the aforementioned Al-Shabaab figures when it was struck.
Mali 🇲🇱 | Le grand chassé-croisé des libérations de prisonniers continue au Mali avec 3 échanges importants ces derniers jours :
🔶 Après plus de 2 ans de captivité aux mains du FLA, 2 mercenaires russes🇷🇺 de Wagner , G.V Iavlovitch et I.A Nikolaïevitch, ont été libérés le 20… pic.twitter.com/0hUH1vaVJd
Mali 🇲🇱 | The grand prisoner exchange continues in Mali with 3 major swaps in recent days:
🔶 After more than 2 years of captivity at the hands of the FLA, 2 Russian🇷🇺 Wagner mercenaries, G.V. Iavlovitch and I.A. Nikolaïevitch, were released on August 20 in exchange for a $35 million ransom.
But that’s only $17.5 million each — a bargain!
This announced amount is comparable to the $50M ransom paid by the United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 to the JNIM terrorist group for the release of General and gold prospector Joumaa ben Maktoum al-Maktoum in November 2025. It still seems overestimated, though.
🔸 The two mercenaries had been captured during the tragic debacle at Tinzaouatene in July 2024, where around a hundred mercenaries from the Russian organization were killed by the FLA / JNIM coalition (📸 below).
⚠️ On the geopolitical level, this release confirms the entry onto the scene of new regional players, who are acting as intermediaries between the FLA rebels, JNIM, IS, the AES governments, and their military auxiliaries🇹🇷🇷🇺.
➡️ In this release, the intermediation of Togolese President 🇹🇬 Faure Gnassingbé and the role of Libyan🇱🇾 diplomacy under Marshal Haftar were crucial in reaching an agreement. The 2 mercenaries even transited through Libya before being handed over to the Russian authorities (📷 below).
🔷 At the same time, 22 FAMa captured by the FLA during the takeover of Kidal on April 25 were released by the separatist group in Anéfis in exchange for the release of 9 FLA members (📷 in comments), held by Mali's 🇲🇱 intelligence services (ANSE).
[SDUT] Mexicali, South of Calexico
The U.S. did not provide details about the threat or whom it was directed at and only urged its citizens to avoid government buildings, seek shelter in the event of an incident and remain aware of their surroundings
The U.S. government issued a travel alert for Americans planning to visit Mexicali in northern Mexico and temporarily suspended consular activities in the border city due to a "potential threat," without providing details.
The notice, released Monday night, said that because of information about "a threat," consular activities and travel to the capital of Baja California state, across the border from the U.S. city of Calexico, were suspended.
The U.S. did not provide details about the threat or whom it was directed at and only urged its citizens to avoid government buildings, seek shelter in the event of an incident and remain aware of their surroundings.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that "there was an alert about the possibility of a criminal group" and added that the report was based on information from U.S. agencies.
"There is no further information about what this alert could involve, but simply to remain alert and maintain surveillance in Mexicali," Sheinbaum said at her regular morning news conference.
The city remained calm throughout the day Tuesday. Later that afternoon, Sheinbaum’s security cabinet said in a statement that authorities "have not identified any elements confirming a specific or imminent risk to the population" but that authorities had stepped up surveillance and patrols in Mexicali as a "preventative measure."
Around midnight, Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila said in a message on her X account that Mexican authorities remained active and that security operations would be reinforced in the state capital.
Mexicali, with more than 1 million residents, is one of the most populous cities along the Mexican border and is strategically important because of its close commercial and social ties with Calexico.
Israeli police, backed by the IDF and Jerusalem authorities, began evacuating the UNRWA compound in Kafr Aqab, north of Jerusalem, enforcing legislation restricting the agency’s activities.
Israeli police, backed by the IDF and Jerusalem authorities, began evacuating the UNRWA compound in Kafr Aqab, north of Jerusalem, enforcing legislation restricting the agency’s activities.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said, “sovereignty is not declared, it is acted upon,” due to UNRWA’s links to Hamas.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry says the site will become a community and educational center, with ₪40 million allocated for schools, sports facilities and a mosque.
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[Regnum] The US Navy has cleared all mines in the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump made this statement on August 25.
"The US Navy just informed me that all mines have been removed or detonated in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He added that Iran had received a warning that any ship laying new mines would be immediately destroyed.
Earlier, US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that American forces had redirected 70 commercial vessels since the resumption of the naval blockade of Iran. Three more vessels were disabled, and two were inspected.
On August 15, the head of the Islamic Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, stated that Iran is not yet ready to resume negotiations with the United States, and the issue of opening the Strait of Hormuz remains unresolved.
On August 16, The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reported that intelligence services in several Arab countries have learned of Iran's preparations to escalate its war against the United States and Israel. It is noted that Tehran's primary goal is to inflict damage on the enemy that will permanently prevent a repeat of the attacks of past conflicts.
[Rudaw] Iranian Authorities administered the floggings of two female activists from the Kurdish region of Iran (Rojhelat) before transferring them to the central prison of Sanandaj, a human rights group reported on Tuesday.
During the nationwide protests of January 2026 in which Iranian authorities cracked down on thousands of protestors, dissidents and activists, Neda Dadejani and Setayesh (Behnoush) Sarabi, both from Qorveh in the Kurdistan province, were detained and later released on bail.
Qorveh Criminal Court charged them with “disrupting public order and tranquility,” for taking part in the January anti-government protests and sentenced each woman to one year in prison, 31 lashes and two years of exile to Nikshahr County in Iran’s southern Sistan and Baluchestan Province, more than 1800 kilometers away.
Both women on Saturday were summoned to the Qorveh court, where they each received 31 lashes each, and were subsequently transferred to the women's ward of Sanandaj Central Prison to serve their sentences, according to the rights group.
The Revolutionary Court also sentenced each to two years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion to commit a crime against internal security.”
Dadejani is an artist, puppeteer, costume designer and theater make up artist, as well as a recipient of an award for puppetry and puppet design at the eighth regional theater festival for persons with disabilities, according to information obtained by Hengaw.
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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.
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[Rudaw] Iranian Authorities administered the floggings of two female activists from the Kurdish region of Iran (Rojhelat) before transferring them to the central prison of Sanandaj, a human rights group reported on Tuesday.
