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Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Saif al-Jaber al-Buaynayn al-Tamimi Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Saif al-Jaber al-Buaynayn al-Tamimi Chechnya Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia 20051211 Link
Abdel Ghafour Yahia Abdullah Abdel Ghafour Yahia Abdullah al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq 20050922 Link
Abdul Aziz Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Masoud Abdul Aziz Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Masoud al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20060822 Link
Abdul Majeed Muhammad Abdullah Al-Manie Abdul Majeed Muhammad Abdullah Al-Manie Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Abdul Rahman Abdullah Abdul Rahman Abdullah al-Qaeda in Iraq Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20060315 Link
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Sheikh Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20030730  
Abdulbaki Abdulkarim Abdullah Al Saadun Abdulbaki Abdulkarim Abdullah Al Saadun Iraqi Insurgency Iraq-Jordan 20040210  
Abdullah Abdul Aziz Al-Tuwaijeri Abdullah Abdul Aziz Al-Tuwaijeri al-Qaeda Arabia 20050629  
Abdullah Abdul-Aziz al-Tweijri Al-Tuwaijeri al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20060228  
Abdullah AbdulAziz AlTwaiajri Abdullah AbdulAziz AlTwaiajri al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20060228 Link
Abdullah Abu Nayan Al Subaea Abdullah Abu Nayan Al Subaea al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20051117 Link
Abdullah Abu Samra Abdullah Abu Samra Fatah Israel-Palestine 20040425 Link
Abdullah Abu-Samh Abdullah Abu-Samh Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20031118  
Abdullah Ahamad Abdullah Ahamad Learned Elders of Islam Southeast Asia 20040109  
Abdullah Ahmad Abdullah Ahmad Indonesian Mujahideen Movement Southeast Asia 20021107  
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20031014  
Abdullah Aidha Al-razami Abdullah Aidha Al-razami Faithful Youth Arabia 20040706 Link
Abdullah Al Faruq Abdullah Al Faruq Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060331 Link
Abdullah Al Galib Abdullah Al Galib Jamaat-ul Mujahidin Bangladesh Afghanistan/South Asia 20050819  
Abdullah Al Hourani Abdullah Al Hourani Palestinian Authority Middle East Palestinian 20020711  
Abdullah Al Mamun Abdullah Al Mamun Islami Chhatra Shibir Bangladesh 20060109 Link
Abdullah Al Rushoud Abdullah Al Rushoud al-Qaeda Arabia 20050705  
Abdullah Al-Janabi Abdullah Al-Janabi Mujahideen Front Iraq-Jordan 20040628 Link
Abdullah Al-Kandari Abdullah Al-Kandari al-Qaeda Arabia 20030601  
Abdullah Al-Mrayat Abdullah Al-Mrayat al-Qaeda in Iraq Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20060117 Link
Abdullah Al-Noaimi Abdullah Al-Noaimi al-Qaeda Arabia 20051106 Link
Abdullah Al-Rashoud Abdullah Al-Rashoud al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040703 Link
Abdullah Al-Refaei Abdullah Al-Refaei Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031017  
Abdullah Al-Sabial Abdullah Al-Sabial Learned Elders of Islam India-Pakistan 20030228  
Abdullah Al-Shami Abdullah Al-Shami Ansar al-Islam Iraq-Jordan 20040212  
  Abdullah Al-Shami Islamic Jihad Middle East 20030807  
Abdullah Al-Shimri Abdullah Al-Shimri al-Qaeda in Iraq Arabia 20040618 Link
  Abdullah Al-Shimri Jamaat Al-Tawhid and Jihad Arabia 20040618 Link
Abdullah Al-Turki Abdullah Al-Turki Muslim World League Arabia 20031020  
Abdullah Alireza Abdullah Alireza Dar al-Maal-Islami Home Front 20030507  
Abdullah Almalki Abdullah Almalki al-Qaeda Great White North 20030725  
Abdullah Amer Al-Otaibi Abdullah Amer Al-Otaibi Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia Kuwaiti At Large Tough Guy 20031017  
    Sentenced to 8 years in absentia in Kuwait in connection with murder of Michael Rene Pouliot and the attempted murder of David Caraway in a gun attack near Doha on Jan 21, 2003.
Abdullah Ansori Abdullah Ansori Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia 20040508 Link
Abdullah Aqel Abdullah Aqel Hamas Middle East Palestinian 20030831  
Abdullah Azzam Abdullah Azzam International Islamic University Afghanistan/South Asia 20050715  
  Abdullah Azzam al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20020829  
  Abdullah Azzam Markaz-ul-Dawa-al-Irshad Afghanistan/South Asia 20050715  
  Abdullah Azzam Markaz Dawatul Irshad India-Pakistan 20040123  
  Abdullah Azzam Markaz-ud-Dawawal-Irshad Afghanistan/South Asia 20050706  
Abdullah Bhai Abdullah Bhai Lashkar-e-Taiba India-Pakistan 20060117 Link
  Abdullah Bhai Jaish-e-Muhammad India-Pakistan 20020603  
Abdullah Bin Hussein al-Ahmar Abdullah Bin Hussein al-Ahmar Yemeni Islah Party Arabia 20040302  
Abdullah Daoud Abdullah Daoud Palestinian Authority Middle East Palestinian 20021125  
Abdullah Daud Abdullah Daud Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia 20031216  
Abdullah El-Faisal Abdullah El-Faisal Learned Elders of Islam Britain 20030123  
Abdullah Faaruuq Abdullah Faaruuq Islamic Council of New England Home Front 20031028  
Abdullah Farhad Abdullah Farhad Wazir Taliban India-Pakistan 20060530 Link
Abdullah Farres bin Jufain Al-Rahimi Al-Mutairi Abdullah Farres bin Jufain Al-Rahimi Al-Mutairi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030607  
Abdullah Faryad Abdullah Faryad Lashkar-e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20061002 Link
Abdullah Ghamdi Abdullah Ghamdi al-Qaeda Arabia Saudi Deceased Tough Guy 20050706  
    al-Qaida operative who was killed by Saudi police in a clash in western Saudi Arabia in early 2005
Abdullah Ghaznavi Abdullah Ghaznavi Lashkar-e-Tayyaba India-Pakistan 20060713 Link
Abdullah Hashimi Abdullah Hashimi Al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia 20050712  
Abdullah Himoni Abdullah Himoni al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Israel-Palestine 20020507  
Abdullah Ibn Abdul Mohsin Al-Turki Abdullah Ibn Abdul Mohsin Al-Turki Muslim World League Arabia 20050612  
Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed Hassan al Shadad Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed Hassan al Shadad al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan 20050714  
Abdullah Ibrahim al-Shadad Abdullah Ibrahim al-Shadad al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan 20050715  
Abdullah Jabarah Abdullah Jabarah Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030707  
Abdullah Jan Abdullah Jan Taliban Afghanistan/South Asia Afghan At Large 20040530 Link
    Involved in negotiations over kidnapped Korean evangelists
  Abdullah Jan Lashkar-i-Jhangvi Afghanistan/South Asia 20020223  
Abdullah Janabi Abdullah Janabi Al-Jamaa al-Salafiya al-Mujahida Iraq-Jordan 20040622 Link
Abdullah Kawasme Abdullah Kawasme Hamas Middle East Palestinian 20030621  
Abdullah Khadar Abdullah Khadar al-Qaeda Great White North 20040126  
Abdullah Khadr Abdullah Khadr al-Qaeda Great White North 20031015  
Abdullah Khan Abdullah Khan al-Qaeda Iraq-Jordan 20040210  
Abdullah Khuja Abdullah Khuja al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20051130 Link
Abdullah Mahsud Abdullah Mahsud al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia 20050920 Link
Abdullah Majid Al Nuaimi Abdullah Majid Al Nuaimi al-Qaeda Arabia 20051120 Link
Abdullah Masuhud Abdullah Masuhud Abu Sayyaf Southeast Asia 20040321  
Abdullah Mazhar Shah Abdullah Mazhar Shah Jamaat-ul-Furqaan India-Pakistan 20030828  
Abdullah Mehsud Abdullah Mehsud Taliban Afghanistan/South Asia 20050811  
Abdullah Misfer Ali Al-Ghamdi Abdellah Msafer El Ghamdi al-Qaeda North Africa Saudi Arrested Tough Guy 20021209  
    planned to sail a dinghy loaded with explosives from Morocco into the Strait of Gibraltar to attack the U.S. and British warships. Arrested in Morocco. The Saudis are also accused of having planned to blow up a cafe in Marrakech, a major tourism city, and to attack tourist buses in the North African kingdom.
  Abdullah Mesfer Ali al-Ghamdi al-Qaeda North Africa Saudi Jugged Tough Guy 20030221  
    convicted on charges of attempted murder, attempted sabotage with the use of explosives and belonging to a "criminal organisation".
  Abdullah Mesfer Ali al-Ghamdi al-Qaeda Arabia Saudi Jugged Tough Guy 20030602  
    Great exploding rubber raft caper. May have been released in a royal amnesty.
  Abdullah Misfer Ali Al-Ghamdi al-Qaeda Africa: North Saudi Jugged Tough Guy 20020613  
    Detained in Morocco on suspicion of plotting "terrorist attacks" on US and British warships
Abdullah Mohamed Al-Rumayan Abdullah Mohamed Al-Rumayan al-Qaeda Arabia 20050630  
Abdullah Mohammad Saleh Al Ramyan Abdullah Mohammad Saleh Al Ramyan al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan 20050915 Link
Abdullah Mohammed Rashid al-Roshoud Abdullah Mohammed Rashid al-Roshoud al-Qaeda Arabia 20040630 Link
  Abdullah Mohammed Rashid al-Roshoud al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan Saudi Deceased 20050623  
    No. 24 on a list of the 26 most-wanted terrorist leaders put out by Saudi Arabia; killed in fighting near the town of Qaim
  Abdullah Mohammed Rashid al-Roshoud al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040701 Link
Abdullah Mohtadi Abdullah Mohtadi al-Qaeda Middle East 20030227  
Abdullah Mounder Abdullah Mounder al-Qaeda in Europe Europe Moroccan Arrested Tough Guy 20030123  
Abdullah Muhammad Rajab Abdl-al-Rahman Abdullah Muhammad Rajab Abdl-al-Rahman al-Qaeda International-UN-NGOs 20051002 Link
Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rashoud Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rashoud Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rushud Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rushud al-Qaeda Arabia 20050627  
Abdullah Muhammad Saeed Abdullah Muhammad Saeed al-Qaeda Home Front 20030218  
Abdullah Muhammed Atala Muhammed Abdullah Muhammed Atala Muhammed al Qaeda in Iraq Iraq 20051211 Link
Abdullah Muhaya Al-Shammary Abdullah Muhaya Al-Shammary al-Qaeda Arabia 20050629  
Abdullah Muhia Shlash al-Sulaiti al-Shamari Abdullah Muhia Shlash al-Sulaiti al-Shamari al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20060228  
Abdullah Mutlaq al-Mutairi Abdullah Motlaq Al-Mutairi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031104  
  Abdullah Mutlaq al-Mutairi al-Qaeda Arabia Kuwaiti Arrested Tough Guy 20030224  
    suspected of planning terrorist attacks on American forces based in Kuwait ahead of a possible U.S.-led attack on neighboring Iraq. The arrests follow a series of attacks on American soldiers and civilians in Kuwait
  Ahmed Motlaq Al-Mutairi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031104  
  Ahmed Mutlaq al-Mutairi al-Qaeda Arabia Kuwaiti Arrested Tough Guy 20030224  
    suspected of planning terrorist attacks on American forces based in Kuwait ahead of a possible U.S.-led attack on neighboring Iraq. The arrests follow a series of attacks on American soldiers and civilians in Kuwait
Abdullah Nasser Al Rahmani Abdullah Nasser Al Rahmani al-Qaeda Bangladesh 20051224 Link
Abdullah Ocalan Abdullah Ocalan Kurdish Workers Party International Turkish Jugged Supremo 20030201  
    In 1998, Turkey massed troops along its border with Syria amid a demand that Damascus expel PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Weeks later, Ocalan quietly left Damascus and was captured by Turkish forces.
  Abdullah Ocalan Kurdistan Workers Party Europe 20030808  
Abdullah Ould Nafeh Abdullah Ould Nafeh al-Qaeda Africa: Subsaharan 20040517 Link
Abdullah Qassir Abdullah Qassir Hizbullah Syria-Lebanon-Iran 20050331  
Abdullah Qawasmeh Abdullah Qawasmeh Hamas Middle East Palestinian 20030622  
Abdullah Ramadan Shala Abdullah Ramadan Shala Islamic Jihad Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20060416 Link
Abdullah Razami Abdullah Razami Faithful Youth Arabia 20050623  
Abdullah Razzaq Abdullah Razzaq Taliban Afghanistan 20021124  
Abdullah Rushud Abdullah Rushud al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan 20050716  
Abdullah Sadeq Abdullah Sadeq Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Africa: North 20051108 Link
Abdullah Sahadi Abdullah Sahadi Taliban Afghanistan/South Asia 20020210  
Abdullah Sahli Abdullah Sahli al-Qaeda in Iraq Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20060315 Link
Abdullah Salah al-Harbi Abdullah Salah al-Harbi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Iraq 20060302 Link
Abdullah Satar Abdullah Satar Mecca Welfare Association Home Front 20040216  
  Abdullah Satar al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20040212  
  Abdullah Satar Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
  Abdullah Satar Yemeni Islah Party Home Front: WoT 20040212  
Abdullah Saud Abu Nayyan Al-Subaie Abdullah Saud Abu Nayyan Al-Subaie Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Abdullah Saud Abu-Nayan al-Sobaie Abdullah Saud Abu-Nayan al-Sobaie Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040502 Link
Abdullah Sayyaf Abdullah Sayyaf Lashkar-e-Taiba Afghanistan/South Asia 20020113  
Abdullah Shafee Abdullah Shafee Ansar Al-Islam Iraq 20030408  
Abdullah Shafeye Abdullah Shafeye Ansar al-Islam Iraq 20030401  
Abdullah Shaft Abdullah Shaft Ansar al-Islam Iraq 20051221 Link
Abdullah Shah Mazhar Abdullah Shah Mazhar Al-Furqan India-Pakistan 20031031  
  Abdullah Shah Mazhar Jamiatul Furqan Afghanistan/South Asia 20040607 Link
  Abdullah Shah Mazhar Jamaat-ul-Furqaan India-Pakistan 20030828  
  Abdullah Shah Mazhar Tehrik Khuddamul Islam India-Pakistan 20031105  
  Abdullah Shah Mazhar Masjid-e-Bataha India-Pakistan 20031031  
  Abdullah Shah Mazhar Jaish-e-Mohammad India-Pakistan 20031031  
  Abdullah Shah Mazhar Jamaatul Furqan India-Pakistan 20031105  
Abdullah Shallah Abdullah Shallah Islamic Jihad Axis of Evil 20020715  
Abdullah Shami Abdullah Shami Islamic Jihad Middle East 20030106  
Abdullah Shamil Abu Idris Abdullah Shamil Abu Idris Chechnya Caucasus 20030226  
Abdullah Shreidi Abdullah Shreidi Usbat al-Nour Middle East 20030302  
  Abdullah Shreidi Usbat al-Nur Syria-Lebanon 20030716  
Abdullah Shridi Abdullah Shridi Usbat al-Ansar Middle East 20030225  
Abdullah Suleiman al-Rajhi Abdullah Suleiman al-Rajhi al-Qaeda   20031110  
Abdullah Sultan al-Qahtani Abdullah Sultan al-Qahtani Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030612  
Abdullah Sunata Abdullah Sunata Abu Sayyaf Southeast Asia 20050909 Link
Abdullah Sungkar Abdullah Sungkar Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia Indonesian Deceased Supremo 20030816  
    One of the founders of Jemaah Islamiyah.
  Abdullah Sungkar Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
Abdullah Syafei Abdullah Syafei Free Aceh Movement Southeast Asia 20020123  
Abdullah Taratshebak Abdullah Taratshebak al-Qaeda Down Under 20051031 Link
Abdullah Taslim Abdullah Taslim Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060228 Link
Abdullah Thani Al-Anzai Abdullah Thani Al-Anzai al-Qaeda Arabia 20050702  
Abdullah Wahsh Abdullah Wahsh Islamic Jihad Middle East 20021122  
Abdullah Walad Mohamed Sayyed Abdullah Walad Mohamed Sayyed al-Qaeda Arabia 20050629  
Abdullah abu Shineibat Abdullah abu Shineibat Janjaweed Africa: Horn 20040626 Link
Abdullah al Anzi Abdullah al Anzi al-Qaeda Arabia 20051028 Link
Abdullah al Muhajir Abdullah al Muhajir Islamic Center of South Florida Home Front 20031219  
  Abdullah al Muhajir al-Qaeda Home Front 20031219  
Abdullah al Mujahir Abdullah al Mujahir al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT American Jugged Cannon Fodder 20020610  
    Alias of Jose Padilla, arrested in "Dirty Bomb" plot.
Abdullah al Rimi Abdullah al Rimi al-Qaeda in Yemen Arabia 20060228 Link
Abdullah al Shami Abdullah al Shami Ansar al-Islam Iraq 20051221 Link
Abdullah al-Ajmi Abdullah al-Ajmi al-Qaeda Arabia 20051104 Link
Abdullah al-Emarati Abdullah al-Emarati Saudi Sheikhs Southeast Asia 20021005  
Abdullah al-Faisal Abdullah al-Faisal Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
  Abdullah al-Faisal Learned Elders of Islam Britain 20060212 Link
Abdullah al-Hassan bin Mahmoud Abdullah al-Hassan bin Mahmoud Ansar al-Sunna Army Iraq-Jordan 20040704 Link
Abdullah al-Janabi Abdullah al-Janabi Iraqi Insurgency Iraq 20060703 Link
Abdullah al-Karaam Abdullah al-Karaam al-Qaeda in Yemen Arabia 20031213  
Abdullah al-Motawah Abdullah al-Motawah Muslim Brotherhood Arabia 20030327  
Abdullah al-Nashri Abdullah al-Nashri al-Qaeda affiliate Arabia 20030427  
Abdullah al-Oteibi Abdullah al-Oteibi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030604  
Abdullah al-Rushud Abdullah al-Rushud base of the Jihad in the land of the two holy places Arabia Saudi Deceased Big Shot 20050627  
    one of Saudi Arabia's 26 most wanted suspects, killed at al-Qaim
Abdullah al-Ruzami Abdullah al-Ruzami Faithful Youth Arabia 20040706 Link
Abdullah al-Saeed al-Ghamdi Abdullah al-Saeed al-Ghamdi Chechnya Caucasus 20040418 Link
Abdullah al-Shami Abdullah al-Shami al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20060228 Link
Abdullah al-Sihly Abdullah al-Sihly al-Qaeda Iraq-Jordan 20050822  
Abdullah al-Tweijri Abdullah al-Tweijri al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20060227 Link
Abdullah ba Dheeb Abdullah ba Dheeb Hizb ut-Tahrir Arabia 20031113  
Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsin al-Turki Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsin al-Turki Muslim World League Home Front 20020708  
Abdullah bin Ghalab al-Sahli al-Harbi Abdullah bin Ghalab al-Sahli al-Harbi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040407  
Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
Abdullah bin Jibrin Abdullah bin Jibrin Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20040103  
Abdullah bin Laden Abdullah bin Laden Taibah International Aid Association Fifth Column 20040116  
  Abdullah bin Laden Kadi International Fifth Column 20040116  
  Abdullah bin Laden Muslim Arab Youth Association Fifth Column 20040116  
Abdullah bin Rashid al-Baghdadi Abdullah bin Rashid al-Baghdadi Mujahedeen Shura Council Iraq 20060611 Link
Abdullah ibn Atiya ibn Hadid Al-Salmi Abdullah ibn Atiya ibn Hadid Al-Salmi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031122  
Abdullah ibn Ibrahim ibn Abdullah Al-Shabrami Abdullah ibn Ibrahim ibn Abdullah Al-Shabrami al-Qaeda Arabia 20030602  
  Abdullah ibn Ibrahim ibn Abdullah Al-Shabrami al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia Saudi Captured Tough Guy 20030604  
    Escaped in the shootout that killed Yousuf Saleh Fahd Al-Ayeeri, but captured later the same day in Turba, S.A.
Abdullah the Turk Abdullah the Turk al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20021010  
Abdullahi Ali Afrah Abdullahi Ali Afrah Council of Islamic Courts Africa Horn Somali 20060625 Link
Abdur Rahman ibne Abdullah Abdur Rahman ibne Abdullah Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060317 Link
Abi Abdullah Abi Abdullah al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030504  
Abid Abdullah Abid Abdullah Sipah-i-Sahaba Afghanistan/South Asia 20040308  
Abu Abdullah Abu Abdullah Friends of Shariah Britain 20050705  
  Abu Abdullah Ansar al-Islam Iraq 20051221 Link
  Abu Abdullah Ansar al-Sunna Iraq 20051221 Link
  Abu Abdullah al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia Algerian Arrested Big Shot 20020529  
    in charge of Islamic schools in eastern Afghanistan during the Taliban rule, but fled to Pakistan when the U.S.-led coalition began air strikes. Abdullah is married to a Pakistani woman, and has lived in Peshawar since December, they said. Abu Abdullah is also an alias of Osama bin Laden.
  Abu Abdullah al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan Deceased 20040601 Link
    He had a direct hand in numerous terrorist activities in the area, including kidnappings, suicide bombings and attacks on Coalition Forces. In 2005, he facilitated the movement of weapons and foreign fighters into Mosul for al-Qaeda in Iraq operations.
Abu Abdullah Ahmed al-Oram Abu Abdullah Ahmed al-Oram al-Qaeda Iraq-Jordan 20050831  
Abu Abdullah Ashafi Abu Abdullah Ashafi Ansar al-Islam Axis of Evil 20021223  
Abu Abdullah Hasan bin Mahmud Abu Abdullah Hasan bin Mahmud Ansar al-Sunna Iraq-Jordan 20040212  
Abu Abdullah al-Hassan bin Mahmoud Abu Abdullah al-Hassan bin Mahmoud Ansar al-Sunna Iraq-Jordan 20040220  
Abu Abdullah al-Hassan bin Massud Abu Abdullah al-Hassan bin Massud Ansar Al-Sunna Iraq 20040205  
Abu Abdullah al-Shafei Abu Abdullah al-Shafei Ansar al-Islam Iraq 20051221 Link
Abu Abdullah al-Shafie Abu Abdullah al-Shafie Ansar al-Sunnah Iraq 20060703 Link
Abu Omar Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Saif Abu Omar Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Saif al-Qaeda Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia 20051203 Link
  Abu Omar Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Saif Chechnya Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia 20051203 Link
Adel Kamil Abdullah Al-Haji Adel Kamil Abdullah Al-Haji al-Qaeda Arabia 20051106 Link
Adnan Abdullah Al-Sharief Adnan Abdullah Al-Sharief al-Qaeda Arabia 20050629  
Adnan bin Abdullah Al Omari Adnan bin Abdullah Al Omari al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20051108 Link
Adnan ibn Abdullah ibn Fares Al-Amri Adnan ibn Abdullah ibn Fares Al-Amri al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20051109 Link
Adul-Baqi Abdul-Karim Abdullah al-Saadoun Adul-Baqi Abdul-Karim Abdullah al-Saadoun Iraqi Insurgency Iraq 20060703 Link
Ahmad Bin Nasser Abdullah al-Dakhil Ahmad Bin Nasser Abdullah al-Dakhil Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030806  
Ahmad ibn Abdullah Al-Shayie Ahmad ibn Abdullah Al-Shayie al-Qaeda in Iraq Arabia 20050918 Link
Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah Jamatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060403 Link
Ahmed Abdullah Ali Ahmed Abdullah Ali al-Qaeda Britain 20060830 Link
Alahuddeen bin Abdullah Alahuddeen bin Abdullah Jemaah Islamiah Southeast Asia 20040114  
  Alahuddeen bin Abdullah Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia 20040116  
  Alahuddeen bin Abdullah Moro Islamic Liberation Front Southeast Asia 20040116  
Ali Abdullah Ali Abdullah Tablighi Jamaat Home Front 20030714  
Ali Abdullah Al-Rimi Ali Abdullah Al-Rimi al-Qaeda Arabia 20060512 Link
Ali Abdullah Asyan Ali Abdullah Asyan al-Qaeda Arabia 20060228 Link
Ali Abdullah Hamad Al-Hamidi Ali Abdullah Hamad Al-Hamidi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030519  
  Ali Abdullah Hamad Al-Hamidi al-Qaeda Arabia 20030602  
Ali Abdullah Osyan Ali Abdullah Osyan al-Qaeda in Yemen Arabia 20060305 Link
Ali Ridhaa bin Abdullah Ali Ridhaa bin Abdullah Jemaah Islamiya Southeast Asia 20051111 Link
Ali Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Ali Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Tehrik Mujahideen India-Pakistan 20020608  
Allama Abdullah Ghazi Allama Abdullah Ghazi Tehrik Ahle Hadith India-Pakistan 20030929  
Amir Hussain Abdullah al-Misri Amir Hussain Abdullah al-Misri al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20040120  
Ammar Abdullah Fadel Ammar Abdullah Fadel al-Qaeda in Yemen Arabia 20060305 Link
Ashraf Abdulqareem Abdullah Saleh al-Waihaish Ashraf Abdulqareem Abdullah Saleh al-Waihaish al-Qaeda Iran 20031107  
Bandar Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Dakheel Bandar Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Dakheel Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia Saudi 20031207  
  Bandar Al-Dakheel al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia Saudi 20040525 Link
Bassam Abderrazzak Abdullah Bukhua Bassam Abderrazzak Abdullah Bukhua al-Qaeda Arabia 20030215  
Bassam Abdullah Bukhowa Bassam Abdullah Bukhowa al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040622 Link
Bodot Abdullah Bodot Abdullah Abu Sayyaf Southeast Asia 20051116 Link
Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Crown Prince Abdullah Saudi Princes Middle East 20030118  
  Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Saudi Princes Arabia Saudi Supremo 20020513  
    De facto ruler of Saudi Arabia. King Fahd is incapacitated by a stroke.
Fahd Bin Abdullah Bin Khalid Fahd Bin Abdullah Bin Khalid International Islamic Front India-Pakistan 20020916  
Faisal Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Dakheel Faisal Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Dakheel Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Faisal Abdullah Mohammed Faisal Abdullah Mohammed al-Qaeda East/Subsaharan Africa 20021204  
Faris Abdullah Al-Dhahiry Faris Abdullah Al-Dhahiry al-Qaeda Arabia 20050701  
Faris Abdullah Al-Dhahiry Al-Harbi Faris Abdullah Al-Dhahiry Al-Harbi al-Qaeda Arabia 20050702  
Fawzal Abdullah Mohammed Fawzal Abdullah Mohammed al-Qaeda in Africa Africa: East 20030729  
Fazul Abdullah Mohamed Fazul Abdullah Mohamed al-Qaeda in Africa Africa: East Comoran At Large Big Shot 20030826  
Fazul Abdullah Mohammad Fazul Abdullah Mohammad al-Qaeda East/Subsaharan Africa 20021204  
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed al-Qaeda East/Subsaharan Africa 20031105  
  Fazul Abdullah Mohammed al-Qaeda in Africa Africa: East 20040110  
  Fazul Abdullah Mohammed al-Ittihaad al-Islamiyyah Home Front: WoT 20040615 Link
Fazul Abdullah Muhammad Fazul Abdullah Muhammad al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20020616  
Furqon Abdullah Furqon Abdullah Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia Indonesian Arrested Tough Guy 20030925  
    student arrested by Pakistan authorities in Karachi in the same raid that netted Rusman Gunawan
General Abdullah General Abdullah Kashmir Resistance Force India-Pakistan 20040227  
  General Abdullah Jamaat-ul-Mujhideen Afghanistan/South Asia At Large Supremo 20020531  
  General Abdullah Jamiat ul- Mujahideen India-Pakistan 20030718  
Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20051108 Link
Habis Abdullah al Saoub Habis Abdullah al Saoub al-Qaeda Home Front American Arrested Cannon Fodder 20030428  
    set out for Afghanistan in October 2001 and tried to enter the country by way of China but failed
Habis Abdullah al-Saoub Habis Abdullah al-Saoub al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20031122  
Hamad bin Abdullah al-Aslami Hamad bin Abdullah al-Aslami Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030804  
Hamid bin Abdullah al Ali Hamid bin Abdullah al Ali al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20060612 Link
Hanan Abdullah Raqib Hanan Abdullah Raqib al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030602  
Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation Southeast Asia 20040712 Link
  Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya Southeast Asia 20040712 Link
Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Ghaith Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Ghaith Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20060228 Link
Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Motair Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Motair al-Qaeda Arabia 20050629  
Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim al-Mutair Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim al-Mutair al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20060228  
Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Khalaf al-Harbi Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Khalaf al-Harbi Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030806  
Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Duraihem Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Duraihem al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040620 Link
Ibrahim bin Abdullah al-Dreiham Ibrahim bin Abdullah al-Dreiham al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040620 Link
Ibrahim ibn Abdullah Al-Ghaith Ibrahim ibn Abdullah Al-Ghaith Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Arabia 20030522  
Ishmail Muhammad Abdullah Bin Abdullah Ishmail Muhammad Abdullah Bin Abdullah al Qaeda in Iraq Iraq 20051211 Link
Issa Abdullah Abderrahman al-Baluchi Issa Abdullah Abderrahman al-Baluchi al-Qaeda Arabia 20030215  
Jaber Abdullah Al-Jalahma Jaber Abdullah Al-Jalahma al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031104  
Jordan Abdullah Jordan Abdullah Abu Sayyaf Southeast Asia 20040514 Link
Jordan Mamso Abdullah Jordan Mamso Abdullah Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia 20040508 Link
Kamal Mustafa Abdullah al-Tikriti Kamal Mustafa Abdullah al-Tikriti Iraqi Baath Party Iraq-Jordan 20040629 Link
Kamal Mustapha Abdullah al-Tikriti Kamal Mustapha Abdullah al-Tikriti Iraqi Baath Party Syria-Lebanon 20030419  
  Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan Al-Tikriti Iraqi Baath Party Iraq 20030517  
Kamaluddin Abdullah Kamaluddin Abdullah Kaspadu Africa: North 20040218  
Kamel Abdullah Tubasi Kamel Abdullah Tubasi Hamas? Israel-Palestine 20040425 Link
Mahdi Abdullah al-Dulaimi Mahdi Abdullah al-Dulaimi Iraqi Baath Party Iraq Iraqi 20030525  
Maizuru Haiji Abdullah Maizuru Haiji Abdullah Jemaah Islamiah Southeast Asia 20030902  
Majdi Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Khabrani Majdi Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Khabrani al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030607  
Maulana Abdullah Maulana Abdullah Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam India-Pakistan 20040217  
Maulana Hafiz Abdullah Maulana Hafiz Abdullah Lashkar-e-Taiba India-Pakistan 20040123  
Maulvi Abdullah Jan Maulvi Abdullah Jan Taliban Afghanistan 20030403  
Moammar Abdullah al-Awamah Moammar Abdullah al-Awamah al-Qaeda Syria-Lebanon 20031019  
Mohamad Ikhwan Abdullah Mohamad Ikhwan Abdullah Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia 20031216  
Mohamed Abdullah Al-Dosari Mohamed Abdullah Al-Dosari al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030521  
Mohamed Abdullah Rabaa Mohamed Abdullah Rabaa al-Qaeda affiliate Africa: North 20050705  
Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah al-Qaeda Great White North 20040205  
Mohammed Abdullah Awida Mohammed Abdullah Awida al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20050823  
Mohammed Abdullah Owaida Mohammed Abdullah Owaida Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia Arabia 20050821  
Mohammed Abdullah Warsame Mohammed Abdullah Warsame al-Qaeda Home Front 20040122  
  Mohammed Abdullah Warsame al-Qaeda in North America Home Front 20031213  
Mohammed Hassan Abdullah al-Sihly Mohammed Hassan Abdullah al-Sihly al-Qaeda Iraq-Jordan 20050822  
  Mohammed Hassan Abdallah al Sihly Al Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan 20050825  
Mohammed Othman Abdullah Al-Walidi Al-Shehri Mohammed Othman Abdullah Al-Walidi Al-Shehri al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia Saudi Deceased Cannon Fodder 20030607  
    One of the Riyadh boom perpetrators
Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Saif al-Jaber Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Saif al-Jaber al-Qaeda Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia 20051203 Link
  Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Saif al-Jaber Chechnya Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia 20051203 Link
Mohdar Abdullah Mohdar Abdullah al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20040627 Link
Mohmmed Abdullah Abujareer Mohmmed Abdullah Abujareer al-Tawhid Africa North 20060428 Link
Muhamamd Abdullah Muhamamd Abdullah Sipah-e-Sahaba India-Pakistan 20060323 Link
Muhammad Hasan Abdullah al-Sahli Muhammad Hasan Abdullah al-Sahli al-Qaeda in Iraq Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20050921 Link
Muhammad Nur Abdullah Muhammad Nur Abdullah Islamic Society of North America Home Front 20020903  
Mujahid Haiji Abdullah Mujahid Haiji Abdullah Jemaah Islamiah Southeast Asia 20030902  
Mulla Abdullah Mulla Abdullah Taliban Afghanistan Deceased 20031113  
Mullah Abdullah Mullah Abdullah Taliban Afghanistan Afghan Deceased 20031014  
    involved in ‘sabotaging activities’ in Wardak province
Mullah Abdullah Khalifani Mullah Abdullah Khalifani Ansar al-Islam Axis of Evil 20021206  
Mullah Abdullah Qasri Mullah Abdullah Qasri Kurdistan Jamaat-e Islami Party Iraq 20030304  
Mullah Abdullah Zabulwal Mullah Abdullah Zabulwal Taliban Afghanistan 20031112  
Mullah Abu Abdullah El-Shafei Mullah Abu Abdullah El-Shafei Al-Tawheed Movement Axis of Evil 20021212  
  Mullah Abu Abdullah El-Shafei Ansar Al-Islam Axis of Evil 20021212  
Mutaeb bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Mutaeb bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Saudi Princes Arabia 20030520  
Mutlaq Mahmoud Mutlaq Abdullah Abu Raad al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan Iraqi At Large 20050605 Link
    facilitator and financier for Abu Talha
Nasser bin Abdullah bin Nasser al-Sayyari Nasser bin Abdullah bin Nasser al-Sayyari Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031201  
Noralwizah Lee Abdullah Noralwizah Lee Abdullah Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia Malaysian 20030816  
Omar Abdullah Hassan al-Shehabi Omar Abdullah Hassan al-Shehabi Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20040606 Link
Omar Abdullah Kamal Omar Abdullah Kamal al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040622 Link
Osama abu Abdullah Osama abu Abdullah al-Qaeda Iraq-Jordan 20050905  
Oussama Abdullah Kassir Oussama Abdullah Kassir al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia 20050722  
Prince Abdullah Prince Abdullah Saudi Princes Arabia 20020218  
Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud Saudi Princes Arabia 20020309  
Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Saudi Princes Arabia 20040317  
Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al Saud Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al Saud Saudi Princes Europe 20031001  
Prince Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al-Saud Prince Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al-Saud Saudi Princes Middle East 20020723  
Ramadan Abdullah Ramadan Abdullah Muslims of America Home Front 20020702  
Ramadan Abdullah Shalah Ramadan Abdullah Shalah Islamic Jihad Israel-Palestine 20030528  
Ramadan Abdullah Shallah Ramadan Abdullah Shallah Islamic Jihad Israel-Palestine Palestinian At Large Supremo 20030702  
    Resident in Damascus
  Ramadan Abdullah Shallah Palestinian Islamic Jihad Home Front 20030220  
Ramadan Abdullah Shallah Ramadan Abdullah Shallah Islamic Jihad Middle East 20030702  
Ramadham Abdullah Shallah Ramadham Abdullah Shallah Palestinian Islamic Jihad Israel-Palestine 20010916  
Ramzi Mohammed Abdullah Binalshibh Ramzi Mohammed Abdullah Binalshibh al-Qaeda Europe 20031114  
Ramzy Abdullah Ramzy Abdullah al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20040304  
Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali al-Qaeda Down Under 20060610 Link
Saaban bin Mohammad bin Abdullah al-Laylahi al-Shihri Saaban bin Mohammad bin Abdullah al-Laylahi al-Shihri al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040624 Link
Saleh Abdullah Kamel Saleh Abdullah Kamel al-Qaeda   20031110  
Salih bin Abdullah bin Humaid Salih bin Abdullah bin Humaid Saudi Sheikhs Arabia 20040618 Link
Samir Saleh Abdullah Al-Suwailem Samir Saleh Abdullah Al-Suwailem Chechnya Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia Saudi Deceased Big Shot 20021228  
    Real name (purported) of Chechen Arab leader Khattab
Shadi Abdullah Shadi Abdullah al-Qaeda Europe 20051027 Link
Shadi Mohammad Mustafa Abdullah Shadi Mohd Mustafa Abdellah Al-Tawhid Europe 20030625  
  Shadi Mohd Mustafa A. al-Tawhid Europe 20030516  
  Shadi Mohd Mustafa Abdallah al-Tawhid Europe 20040210  
  Shadi Mohammad Mustafa Abdullah al-Tawhid Europe 20030727  
Shafiq Rahman Abdullah Khan Shafiq Rahman Abdullah Khan International Islamic Relief Organisation Down Under 20040131  
Sheik Abdullah Bin Jebreen Sheik Abdullah Bin Jebreen Saudi Sheikhs Arabia 20040129  
  Sheik Abdullah Bin Jebreen Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America Arabia 20040129  
  Sheik Abdullah Bin Jebreen Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20040129  
Sheik Abdullah al-Faisal Sheik Abdullah al-Faisal Learned Elders of Islam Britain Jamaican Jugged Holy Man 20030224  
    jury found al-Faisal incited young, impressionable Muslims to kill non-believers, Americans, Hindus and Jews
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Saudi Sheikhs Arabia 20030210  
Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20031107  
Sheikh Abdullah Ibn Bayya Sheikh Abdullah Ibn Bayya International Organisation of Ulema Europe Saudi At Large 20050611  
Sheikh Abdullah Idris Ali Sheikh Abdullah Idris Ali Tablighi Jamaat India-Pakistan 20030908  
Sheikh Abdullah Nasser al-Sobeihi Sheikh Abdullah Nasser al-Sobeihi Saudi Sheikhs Arabia 20031113  
Sheikh Abdullah Shreidi Sheikh Abdullah Shreidi Usbat al-Ansar Middle East 20020713  
  Sheikh Abdullah Shreidi Usbat al-Nur Middle East 20020716  
Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar Yemeni Islah Party Arabia 20040407  
Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman al-Jibrin Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman al-Jibrin Saudi Sheikhs Arabia 20030528  
Sheikh Abdullah bin Jabreen Sheikh Abdullah bin Jabreen Saudi Sheikhs Arabia 20060728 Link
Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Dawish Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Dawish Saudi Sheikhs Down Under 20040625 Link
Sheikh Muhiddeen Abdullahi Sheikh Muhiddeen Abdullahi Almuntada al-Islami Trust Africa Subsaharan 20040226  
Siraj Yassin Abdullah Ali Siraj Yassin Abdullah Ali al-Qaeda in Europe Britain 20050812  
Taleb Saud Abdullah Al-Taleb Taleb Saud Abdullah Al-Taleb Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Tariq Abdullah Tariq Abdullah al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia Kuwaiti Jugged Tough Guy 20030521  
    convicted of possessing explosives, arms and ammunition with the aim of carrying out illegal activities against the State of Kuwait; planned to blow the Israeli Trade Office (I.T.O.) in Qatar in 2001.
Tariq Abu Abdullah Tariq Abu Abdullah Iraqi Insurgency Iraq-Jordan 20040311  
Tengku Abdullah Syafiie Tengku Abdullah Syafiie Free Aceh Movement Southeast Asia 20020626  
Turki Nasser Abdullah Turki Nasser Abdullah al-Qaeda Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20060302 Link
Yasser Abdullah Kamal Yasser Abdullah Kamal al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040622 Link
Yassin Abdullah Al-Qadi Yassin Abdullah Al-Qadi Qadi Group Arabia 20051226 Link
Yildar Abdullah Yildar Abdullah al-Qaeda Iraq-Jordan 20050713  
Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi Islamic Society of Boston Home Front 20031028  
  Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi Muslim Brotherhood Home Front 20031028  
  Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi Bank al-Taqwa Home Front 20031028  
Zaini Abdullah Zaini Abdullah Free Aceh Movement Southeast Asia 20021203  

Arabia
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim cargo ship they attacked Sunday has sunk; anti-Houthi Yemeni govt official says Houthis attacked 2nd ship in Red Sea Monday night, leaving 4 casualties
2025-07-08
[IsraelTimes] Assault on Greek-owned ship and subsequent Israeli strikes raise fears of regional escalation, with hostage deal hanging in balance and Iran weighing continued talks with US

A fat merchantman attacked by Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
 rebels sank in the Red Sea, the group said Monday, raising new concerns over safety in a waterway that is crucial to global shipping, as Israel targeted the rebels with Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s.

The Houthis attacked the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier Magic Seas with drones, missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire on Sunday, forcing its crew of 22 to abandon the vessel.

The Magic Seas attack and subsequent Israeli airstrikes early Monday targeting the rebels raised fears of a renewed Houthi campaign against shipping that could again draw in US and Western forces to the area, particularly after US President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
’s administration targeted the rebels in a major airstrike campaign.

The ship attack comes at a sensitive moment in the Middle East, as a possible ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason...
 war hangs in the balance, and as 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
weighs whether to restart negotiations over its nuclear program, following American airstrikes targeting its most sensitive atomic sites during Israel’s war against the Islamic Theocratic RepublicPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington Sunday to meet with Trump.

SHIP ATTACK FORCES CREW TO ABANDON VESSEL
The attack on Magic Seas, a bulk carrier heading north to Egypt’s Suez Canal, happened about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Hodeida, Yemen, which is held by the Houthis.

The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, or UKMTO, first said that an armed security team on the vessel had returned fire against an initial attack of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, though the vessel later was struck by projectiles.

Ambrey, a private maritime security firm, said that Magic Seas also had been attacked by bomb-carrying drone boats, which could be a major escalation. It said that two drone boats struck the ship, while another two were destroyed by the armed guards on board.

UKMTO said the ship was taking on water and its crew had abandoned the vessel. They were rescued by a passing ship, it added.

A European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
 anti-piracy patrol in the region, called Operation Atalanta, said that 22 mariners had been on board Magic Seas.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the Houthis’ military front man, later claimed the attack and said the rebels used missiles and bomb-carrying drone boats to attack the ship.

"Our operations continue in targeting the depths of the Israeli entity in occupied Paleostine, as well as preventing Israeli maritime navigation in the Red and Arabian Seas... until the aggression on 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...
 stops and the siege on it is lifted," Saree said.

The Magic Seas owners did not respond to a request for comment. Saree later said the vessel sank in the Red Sea.

FRESH HOUTHI ATTACKS AFTER ISRAELI STRIKES
Separately, on Monday afternoon, a drone launched by the Houthis in Yemen at Israel was shot down by the Israeli Air Force, the Israel Defense Forces said.

No sirens sounded, "according to protocol," the military added.

Hours later, a ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Houthis fell short outside the country’s borders, according to a military official.

The IDF identified the launch, but no sirens sounded in Israel because the missile did not pose a threat.

The two attacks came after the IDF overnight said it struck Houthi-held ports at Hodeida, Ras Isa, and Salif, as well as the Ras Kanatib power plant.

The IDF also said it struck Galaxy Leader, a vehicle-carrying vessel that the Houthis seized back in November 2023 when they began their attacks in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.

"Houthi forces installed a radar system on the ship and have been using it to track vessels in the international maritime arena to facilitate further terrorist activities," the IDF said.

On Monday evening, the IDF released footage showing the strike on the hijacked ship. The Bahamas-flagged Galaxy Leader was affiliated with an Israeli billionaire and had been operated by a Japanese firm, NYK Line.

The Houthis acknowledged the strikes, but offered no damage assessment from the attack. Saree, the Houthi front man, claimed the rebels’ air defense forces "effectively confronted" the Israelis, without offering evidence.

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Yemeni official says Houthis behind second attack on Red Sea ship
[IsraelTimes] Moammar al-Eryani, the information minister for Yemen’s internationally recognized government that opposes the Houthis, says the rebel group is behind Monday night’s attack on maritime shipping in the Red Sea.

According to the private security firm Ambrey, the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned Eternity C had been heading north toward the Suez Canal when it came under fire by men in small boats and by bomb-carrying drones. The security guards on board opened fire in the attack.

“The vessel’s engines had reportedly been disabled and Ambrey observed that the vessel had started to drift,” the firm says.

There were no other immediate details on the attack, which is also acknowledged by the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, or UKMTO, center. The Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel notes the attack, but the rebels have not claimed the assault.

The US military’s Central Command says it is aware of reports of the attack, but declines to comment further.

The attack occurs in the same area as Sunday’s assault on Magic Seas, another bulk carrier heading north to Egypt’s Suez Canal, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of the port of Hodeida, Yemen, which is held by the Houthis.

Two hurt, two more missing in second Houthi attack on Red Sea shipping
[IsraelTimes] Two crew members of a Greek-managed vessel have been wounded and two more are missing in a drone attack off Yemen, hours after the Iran-aligned Houthis claim an assault on another bulk carrier in the Red Sea that it claimed to have sunk.

The Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Eternity C was attacked with sea drones and skiffs off the port of Hodeidah, its manager, Cosmoship Management, tells Reuters.

Two crew members are seriously wounded and two are missing, the company says, adding that armed security guards were on board.

The vessel’s bridge was hit, an official at Cosmoship says, adding that telecommunications are impacted and contacting the crew is hard.
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Houthis claim hypersonic missile strike on Ben Gurion airport; early Monday a.m. 20 IDF fighter jets bounce Houthi rubble at 3 ports, power station in response
2025-07-07
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Houthis from the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement attacked Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv using a hypersonic ballistic missile. This statement was made on July 6 by Houthi spokesman Yahya Saria.

"The Rocket Forces (...) carried out a military operation in which they struck the airport (...) using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile, " Saria said in an interview with Al Masirah TV.
According to the IDF, the thing was headed for the Judean desert at 3:00 Sunday morning when the IDF shot it down. But at least this time the Houthis had it aimed at the right country. They don’t always…
He said the operation was successful
…it was successful for the IDF, yes. Not for the Houthis. Sorry.
and the airport's operations were temporarily suspended.
Also a no. Maybe next time…
The Israeli army, in turn, earlier reported the interception of a missile launched from Yemeni territory. Air raid sirens were sounded in several areas of the country.

Israel carries out strikes on Houthi-controlled power station, ports across Yemen
[IsraelTimes] IDF confirms that targets include ‘Galaxy Leader’ ship which was hijacked by Houthis in November 2023; Katz threatens that Iran-backed group will ‘continue to pay a heavy price’

Israel carried out extensive strikes on Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
 targets in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
 overnight between Sunday and Monday, shortly after it issued evacuation orders for several areas of the country.

The IDF confirmed early Monday morning that its Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s had targeted multiple Houthi terror targets in Yemen, including the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif, and the Ras Khatib power station.

The airstrikes also hit the "Galaxy Leader" vessel, which was hijacked by the Houthis in November 2023 and used for maritime surveillance and operational planning, the IDF said. The Houthis took the ship and its crew of 25 people — who hailed from from the Philippines, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Mexico — captive in November 2023, only freeing them in January 2025 after more than a year of holding them hostage. The IDF said that the Houthis "installed a radar system on the ship, and are using it to track vessels in international maritime space, in order to promote the Houthi terrorist regime’s activities."

According to the military, all the targets hit in the overnight strikes were used by the Iran-backed Houthi regime to transfer weapons and conduct terror activity against Israel and global shipping.

The IDF said the strikes come in response to repeated Houthi missile and drone attacks on Israeli territory and highlight the group’s ongoing use of civilian infrastructure for military purposes.

In a statement early Monday morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz repeated the threat he made following that missile attack, that "Yemen will be treated like Tehran," referencing the intensive Israeli strikes across 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
during the recent 12-day conflict.

"Anyone who tries to harm Israel will be harmed, anyone who raises a hands against Israel will have it cut off," Katz added, saying that the IDF was "forcefully" striking a number of terror targets in Yemen. "The Houthis will continue to pay a heavy price for their actions."

The strikes came about half an hour after the IDF’s Arabic-language front man issued an "urgent" evacuation warning for the three Houthi-controlled ports and the power plant in Yemen.

The Houthi military spokesperson claimed following the attacks that Houthis’ air defenses confronted the Israeli attack "by using a large number of domestically produced surface-to-air missiles."
I believe them. But shooting off and hitting are two very different skills, and Allah clearly doesn’t want the Houthis to hit anything Israeli.
Residents told Rooters that the Israeli strikes on the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah put the main power station out of service, leaving the city in darkness. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that Israel launched a series of strikes on Hodeidah. The campaign came hours after a ship was attacked off the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah and the ship’s crew abandoned it as it took on water. No one immediately grabbed credit for the attack, but security firm Ambrey said the vessel fits the typical profile of a Houthi target.
More from the Times of Israel:
The IDF says its strikes overnight on Houthi targets in Yemen were carried out by around 20 fighter jets, who dropped more than 50 munitions in the attack.
Practicing for the next thunder run over Iran?
Courtesy of Fred, a useful map:
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
The 12-day war and silent transformations of western Asia, Part II: PKK and Iran
2025-07-06
The view from Kurdistan, at length. Part I: Iraq and Turkey can be seen here.
[Rudaw] THE ISSUE OF PKK DISARMAMENT
During the recent conflict, discourse emerged in both The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
 member, but not the most reliable...
 and among individuals affiliated with the PKK regarding the possibility of replicating the Syria—Rojava scenario in Iran. This comparison references the context in which the Assad regime handed over control of Kurdish-populated areas to Kurdish political parties and forces (the Democratic Union Party, PYD, and the People’s Protection Units, YPG). However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
 this analogy is fundamentally flawed and arises from a misreading of Iran’s internal situation and the nature of the Kurdish question within its borders.

Assad’s primary motivation for withdrawing from northeast Syria (Rojava) and reaching an accommodation with the PKK was tactical rather than ideological. He sought to place a human shield between his regime and Ottoman Turkish-backed opposition groups. This maneuver enabled him to avoid direct conflict while anticipating that he could eventually reclaim those areas, given that the Kurdish forces lacked geographical depth and the region’s topography was unsuitable for sustaining prolonged military resistance. In essence, Assad’s strategy was to sacrifice Kurdish forces for short-term security gains, and even at the lowest point of his regime’s power, he remained unwilling to formally recognize Kurdish identity.

Replicating this strategy in Iran is not feasible. Any gang that establishes a presence in the Zagros Mountain chain would be extraordinarily difficult to dislodge due to the region’s formidable terrain and strategic depth. Furthermore, these mountainous zones - along with the Alborz Mountains, Iran’s eastern deserts, and its southern maritime borders - form a critical geopolitical triangle. Compromising any of these strategic regions would unravel the country’s military equilibrium and expose Tehran and the Iranian heartland to substantial vulnerability. As such, no rational political regime would willingly accept such a risk.

Nonetheless, the war appears to have yielded a significant strategic gain for Turkey, particularly in the context of the PKK disarmament issue. It is increasingly likely that the PKK’s expectation of garnering enhanced regional support has diminished. It has long been an open secret that PKK disarmament has not aligned with Iran’s strategic interests, primarily due to security considerations. Since 1992, the PKK’s presence along the borders has served, intentionally or otherwise, as a stabilizing force in terms of border security. Simultaneously, Turkey has historically feared that Iran might attempt to impose a Syrian-style situation on its own territory. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
 in the aftermath of the 12-day conflict, Ankara appears to be approaching this matter with increased
confidence and a sense of strategic ease.

In a notable recent development, the president of Turkey authorized the release of a Kurdish prisoner previously incarcerated for PKK membership. This act may signify an initial step toward advancing the broader process of PKK disarmament. The international community now awaits a symbolic gesture from the PKK, which, if forthcoming, could encourage the Ottoman Turkish state to implement additional legal reforms anticipated by the end of the autumn. While this process is likely to face fluctuations and setbacks, recent remarks by Devlet Bahceli - leader of the Nationalist

Movement Party (MHP) - acknowledging the concept of Kurdish—Ottoman Turkish brotherhood represents a rare political recognition of Kurdish identity from a figure associated with Ottoman Turkish nationalism.

Historically, Ottoman Turkish presidents such as Turgut Ozal and His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
 have made similar overtures. The current leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey’s largest political party, has also echoed this sentiment. Collectively, these developments suggest a gradual shift that may contribute to redefining the Ottoman Turkish nation-state identity. On the other side, the PKK, under the leadership of Abdullah Ocalan, has likewise moved away from territorial demands, signaling a significant transformation in its approach to the Kurdish issue.

IRAN: FROM GEOPOLITICAL CONFRONTATION TO DOMESTIC POLITICAL DISCOURSE
The rise to power of the Islamic Theocratic Republic in Iran represented not merely a domestic political shift but a profound geopolitical transformation. It disrupted a key pillar of the regional order previously led by the United States and its Western allies. That order, anchored by strategic alliances with NATO-member Turkey, Israel, the Gulf states, and the Shah of Iran, began to fracture with the establishment of the Islamic Theocratic Republic. Iran ceased to be a US ally, and between 1980 and the early 1990s, at least five significant gangs emerged, three of which posed direct security challenges to both Turkey and Israel.

Despite these developments, the West and the United States were not overly concerned at the time. On one hand, they retained the capability to manage and contain the threats posed by these groups. On the other hand, Iran’s external relations with adversaries of the West had not yet matured into strategic partnerships that could undermine US interests. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
 this began to change after the 2000s and particularly in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Iran’s regional influence expanded significantly. While Iranian officials framed this shift as part of an "Islamic Awakening," its adversaries labeled it the "Shia Crescent." In parallel, Iran advanced its military capabilities - especially in the domain of missile and drone technology - and, more critically, began to quietly abandon its long-held foreign policy doctrine of "Neither East nor West."

This strategic reorientation was underscored by Iran’s 25-year cooperation agreement signed with China in 2021 and its 20-year agreement with Russia adopted in 2025. Iran’s provision of drones to Russia, coupled with ongoing discussions about supplying ballistic missiles to Moscow, further signaled Tehran’s deepening alignment with Eastern powers. These developments, combined with the events of October 7, marked a significant turning point from the perspective of the United States and Europe. In their view, Iran had effectively become an "Eastern" power - an alignment that may well have been one of the underlying motivations for the 12-day war.

In the aftermath of the conflict, the discourse among Iranian diplomats has shifted toward efforts aimed at preventing a renewed outbreak of war. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
 skepticism remains high among military officials regarding the sustainability of the fragile ceasefire currently in place. The future trajectory of regional stability will likely hinge on the positions adopted by China and Russia. Should Tehran, buoyed by support from these allies, resume uranium enrichment or distance itself from negotiations and compromise with Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and the United States, the prospect of renewed conflict could resurface. The wars have a bilateral impact on the nature of states’ policies - they either lead to some kind of opening or make them more closed. In the shadow of discussions about the possibility of war and non-war, there is now a heated debate between the ultra-conservative wing and other groups in power over domestic and foreign policy that seems likely to continue for a while.
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Iraq
First batch of PKK fighters to disarm soon: Sources
2025-07-01
[Rudaw] The first batch of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters is set to disarm in the Kurdistan Region next month, two well-informed sources said, in a major step towards ending four decades of bloody conflict.

The disarmament process will take place in the Kurdistan Region in the beginning of July to launch the practical steps of implementing the PKK’s decision to dissolve and end its armed struggle against The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
, the informed sources told Rudaw, on the condition of anonymity.

"In the next few days, Abdullah Ocalan, the tossed in the calaboose
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
 leader of the PKK, will publish a new message about the process, and after that, the disarmament process will begin," one source said.

The PKK announced its dissolution and an end to its four-decade armed struggle on May 12, responding to a call from Ocalan to end the conflict that has claimed around 40,000 lives and pursue a political and democratic path.

Ankara has welcomed the steps but wants the decision to materialize. The PKK expects democratic steps from Ankara.

The two source said that between July 3 and July 10, a number of PKK fighters - ranging between 20 to 30 - will lay down their arms in a ceremony in Sulaimani province.

"The guerrillas will lay down their weapons in the ceremony and return to where they currently live, meaning they will not return to the cities," a source said.

But despite renewed efforts toward a grinding of the peace processor, Ankara has continued striking suspected PKK positions in the Kurdistan Region. A series of strikes in the vicinity of Duhok province’s Metina Mountain - a conflict hotspot - on Sunday sparked wildfires that have yet to be controlled.

On Saturday, Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) told Rudaw that it will soon submit a proposal to the parliament speaker for the formation of a commission to oversee the grinding of the peace processor with the PKK.

DEM Party is the main mediator of the talks, and its delegations have made several visits to Ocalan and relayed his messages.

Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), told Rudaw in a recent interview that the commission was initially their idea. He recommended that it include representatives from all 16 political parties in the legislature and be chaired by the parliament speaker.

Zekeriya Yapicoglu, leader of Turkey’s Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party (Huda Par), told Rudaw earlier in June that he expects the PKK to take "concrete steps" to lay down arms in the summer.

Founded in 1978, the PKK initially sought an independent Kurdish state but later shifted its focus toward achieving broader political and cultural rights for Kurds in Turkey.

The group has been labeled as a terrorist organization by Turkey and its allies.
Related:
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PKK 06/07/2025 Two PKK fighters killed in Kurdistan Region despite peace talks


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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Weakened Hamas faces rebel clans, doubts over Tehran’s backing after Israel-Iran war
2025-06-28
[IsraelTimes] Hamas needs a truce so it can address humanitarian crisis, quash growing dissent and regain control of Strip amid rise of Israeli-backed clan, sources close to the terror group say
Hamas misunderstands: the future of Gaza does not include them. Their choice is to be dead or to be gone — they need to decide which. The description of current conditions is useful, though.
Short of commanders, deprived of much of its tunnel network and unsure of support from its ally Iran, Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
 is battling to survive in 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...
 in the face of rebellious local clans and relentless Israeli military pressure.

Hamas button men are operating autonomously under orders to hold out as long as possible, but the terror group is struggling to maintain its grip as Israel openly backs tribes opposing it, three sources close to Hamas said.

With a humanitarian crisis in Gaza intensifying international pressure for a ceasefire, Hamas badly needs a pause in the fighting, one of the people said.

Not only would a ceasefire offer respite to weary Gazooks, who are growing increasingly critical of Hamas, but it would also allow the terror group to crush rogue elements, including some clans and looters who have been stealing aid, the person said.

To counter the immediate threat, Hamas has sent some of its top operatives to kill one rebellious leader, Yasser Abu Shabaab, but so far he has remained beyond their reach in the Rafah area held by Israeli troops, according to two Hamas sources and two other sources familiar with the situation.

Rooters spoke to 16 sources, including people close to Hamas, Israeli security sources and diplomats who painted a picture of a severely weakened group, retaining some sway and operational capacity in Gaza despite its setbacks, but facing stiff challenges.

Hamas is still capable of landing blows: it killed seven Israeli soldiers in an attack in southern Gaza on Tuesday. But three diplomats in the Middle East said intelligence assessments showed it had lost its centralized command and control and was reduced to limited, surprise attacks.

Israel estimates that it has killed 20,000 button men in Gaza since the war there was sparked on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led Lions of Islam stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages. Another 1,600 Lions of Islam are thought to have been killed inside Israel during the onslaught.

Israeli security sources say Hamas is recruiting tens of thousands of thousands of impoverished, unemployed, displaced young men. One Israeli security source said the average age of Hamas button men was "getting lower by the day."

Hamas does not disclose how many of its operatives have been killed. According to the terror group’s health ministry, Israel has killed more than 56,000 Gazooks in the war, but the figure cannot be verified and does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

The war has turned much of Gaza into rubble, and destroyed or rendered unusable hundreds of miles of tunnels that Hamas dug underneath the Strip to hold hostages, smuggle arms and hide from Israeli forces.

"They’re hiding because they are being instantly hit by planes but they appear here and there, organizing queues in front of bakeries, protecting aid trucks, or punishing criminals," said Essam, 57 a construction worker in Gaza City. "They’re not like before the war, but they exist."

Asked for comment for this story, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri
...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest...
 said the group was working for an agreement to end the war with Israel, but "surrender is not an option."

Hamas remained committed to negotiations and was "ready to release all prisoners at once," he said, referring to the hostages, but it wanted a permanent ceasefire and for Israel to withdraw from the Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected those conditions and vowed to keep fighting until Hamas is vanquished.

’IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD’
With a US-brokered truce in the Iran-Israel war holding, attention has switched back to the possibility of a Gaza deal that might end the conflict and release the 50 remaining hostages.

One of the people close to Hamas told Rooters it would welcome a truce, even for a couple of months, to confront the local clans that are gaining influence.

But he said Netanyahu’s terms for ending the war — including Hamas leaders leaving Gaza — would amount to total defeat, and Hamas would never surrender. "We keep the faith, but in reality, it doesn’t look good," the source said.

Founded in 1987, Hamas has ruled Gaza with an iron fist since it violent mostly peacefully ousted forces loyal to Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....>
, head of the secularist Fatah faction, the Islamist Hamas’s main rival.

Israel has inflicted unprecedented damage on Hamas since the October 7 onslaught, killing most of the terror group’s top commanders, including its leader, Yahya Sinwar, in October.

Yezid Sayigh, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said he believed Hamas was simply trying to survive. That was not just a physical challenge of holding out militarily, he said, but above all a political one.

"They face being eliminated on the ground in Gaza if the war doesn’t stop, but they also face being erased from any governing formula that ends the war in Gaza [if such a thing can be found]," he wrote in response to Rooters’ questions.

Paleostinian tribes have emerged as part of Israel’s strategy to counter Hamas. Netanyahu has said publicly that Israel has been arming clans that oppose Hamas, but has not said which.

One of the most prominent challenges has come from Abu Shabaab, a Paleostinian Bedouin based in the Rafah area, which is under IDF control. Hamas wants Abu Shabaab captured, dead or alive, accusing him of collaboration with Israel and planning attacks on the terror group, three Hamas sources told Rooters.

Abu Shabaab controls eastern Rafah and his group is believed to have freedom of movement in the wider Rafah area.

Images on Abu Shabaab’s Facebook page show the group’s button men organizing the entry of aid trucks from the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israel has accused Hamas of hijacking aid deliveries, hoarding supplies and selling them at exorbitant prices.

Announcements by Abu Shabaab’s group indicate that it is trying to build an independent administration in the area, though the group denies trying to become a governing authority. The group has called on people from Rafah who are now in other areas of Gaza to return, promising food and shelter.

In response to Rooters’ questions, Abu Shabaab’s group denied getting support from Israel or contacts with the Israeli army, describing itself as a popular force protecting humanitarian aid from looting by escorting aid trucks. It accused Hamas of violence and muzzling dissent.

A Hamas security official said the Paleostinian security services would "strike with an iron fist to uproot the gangs of the collaborator Yasser Abu Shabaab," saying Hamas would show no mercy or hesitation and accusing Abu Shabaab of being part of "an effort to create chaos and lawlessness."

Not all of Gaza’s clans are at odds with Hamas, however.

On Thursday, a tribal alliance said its men had protected aid trucks from looters in northern Gaza. Sources close to Hamas said the group had approved of the alliance’s involvement.

Israel said Hamas button men had in fact commandeered the trucks, which both the clans and the terror group denied.

IRAN UNCERTAINTY
Paleostinian analyst Akram Attallah said the emergence of Abu Shabaab was a result of the weakness of Hamas, though he expected him to fail ultimately because Paleostinians broadly reject any hint of collaboration with Israel.

Nevertheless, regardless of how small Abu Shabaab’s group is, the fact that Hamas has an enemy from the same culture was dangerous, he said. "It remains a threat until it is dealt with."

The IDF’s 12-day bombing campaign against Iran, which began early on June 13, has added to the uncertainties facing Hamas. Tehran’s backing for Hamas played a big part in the terror group’s ability to shoot missiles deep into Israel.

According to Israel, the sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Theocratic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.

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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
retaliated by firing drones and deadly ballistic missile attacks at Israel, causing heavy damage.

While both Iran and Israel have claimed victory, Netanyahu on Sunday indicated the Israeli campaign against Tehran had further strengthened his hand in Gaza, saying it would "help us expedite our victory and the release of all our hostages."

US President Donald Trump
...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!...
 said on Wednesday that great progress was being made on Gaza, adding that the strike on Iran would help get the hostages released.

A Paleostinian official close to Hamas said the group was weighing the risk of diminished Iranian backing, anticipating "the impact will be on the shape of funding and the expertise Iran used to give to the resistance and Hamas."

One target of Israel’s campaign in Iran was a Revolutionary Guards officer who oversaw coordination with Hamas, which is part of the so-called Axis of Resistance®, a regional network of Iran-backed terror proxies that also includes Leb
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....
’s Hamas and Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
 rebels.

Israel announced the death of the general, Saeed Izadi, on Saturday, saying he had been the driving force behind the Iran-Hamas axis and instrumental in planning the October 7 onslaught.

Hamas extended condolences to Iran on Thursday, calling Izadi a friend who was directly responsible for ties with "the leadership of the Paleostinian resistance."

A source from an Iran-backed group in the region said Izadi helped develop Hamas capabilities, including how to carry out complex attacks, including rocket launches, infiltration operations, and drones.

Asked about how the Israeli campaign against Iran might affect its support for Hamas, Abu Zuhri said Iran was a large and powerful country that would not be defeated.
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Iraq
Two more Yazidi stolen by ISIS in 2014 are returning home
2025-06-28

Yazidi young man rescued 11 years after ISIS captivity

[Rudaw] A Yazidi man will be repatriated to his hometown of Shingal (Sinjar) in the coming days, nearly 11 years after being kidnapped by 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), an informed source told Rudaw on Thursday.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source said that the 18-year-old Rawand N.H. was freed eight days ago in a 20-day operation. He is currently in the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava) and is expected to be reunited with family on Sunday.

He was freed in Syria’s Idlib province. It remains unclear who was involved in the operation.

From Rawand's family, 77 people were kidnapped by ISIS, of whom 38 have been freed so far, according to the source.

During its 2014 assault on Shingal, ISIS kidnapped 6,417 Yazidi women and kiddies, many of whom were subjected to sexual slavery and forced labor. Although the group was territorially defeated in Iraq by 2017 and in Syria by 2019, it continues to pose a security threat in the region.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced in April that they had rescued another Yazidi man.

As of now, nearly 2,600 Yazidis remain missing, according to the Office of Rescuing Abducted Yazidis, which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Region Presidency.

Kidnapped at 13, Yazidi woman reunited with family in Duhok

[Rudaw] A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014 has been reunited with her family in Duhok after nearly 11 years in captivity across Syria and Turkey.

Dima A., 24, was abducted from her hometown of Kocho in the Shingal district of northern Iraq at the age of 13, along with eight other family members. Her case is one of thousands in the Yazidi community, which was targeted by ISIS in its brutal campaign of mass abductions and killings.

“That life I lived before was very bad and I saw many types of torture,” Dima said after returning home. “They stole my childhood from me, they stole my dreams and destroyed my life. I won’t forgive them for this. Their fate is with God.”

“Today I am very happy because I have returned to my family after a long time. After nearly eleven years I have returned to my family and homeland,” she said.

During its 2014 assault on Shingal, ISIS abducted 6,417 Yazidi women and children, many of whom were subjected to sexual slavery and forced labor, or forced to marry their captors.

Dima said she was held for three years in Syria and then for seven years in Turkey. Last year, her Saudi Arabian husband tried to take her to Egypt, but they were detained due to problems with their passports and jailed for a year. After their release, she fled and contacted her family.

Her escape and return were coordinated by Abdullah Shrem, a Yazidi rescuer who has helped more than 400 people since ISIS's territorial defeat.

He said a network of friends helped bring Dima across Turkey.

“Through friends, we brought some people from Adana in Turkey to their homes, and then through some people we took them to Gaziantep, and today we brought this one across,” said Shrem. “We thank the government very much for helping us.”

Dima’s return brought relief to her community, many of whom still await news of their missing relatives.

“By God we are very happy and to anyone who helped us, may their homes be blessed,” said Mulka Khidir, a relative of Dima’s. “We hope all our girls will be rescued, they are everywhere - they are in Turkey, in Syria, in al-Hol camp and everywhere.”
Related:
Shingal: 2025-06-22 Suspected Iranian drones, missile fragments fall in Kurdistan Region
Shingal: 2025-05-20 Over 600 IDPs return to Shingal from Duhok: Migration ministry
Shingal: 2025-05-17 Mass grave of suspected ISIS militants found in Shingal

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israel says killed money changer who transferred funds to Hezbollah
2025-06-26
[AnNahar] Israel said it killed Tuesday in south 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....
 the head of a money exchange firm that was allegedly transferring money from 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
to Hezbollah for military purposes.

"Haytham Abdullah Bakri, the head of the ’Al-Sadiq’ Currency Exchange who operated with Hezbollah to transfer funds for Hezbollah terrorist activities, was eliminated by the IDF (Israeli army) in southern Lebanon," the Israeli army said.

"The ’Al-Sadiq’ Currency Exchange serves as a funds storage and transfer mechanism for Hezbollah, for funds originating from the Iranian Quds Force," it added.

"These funds are used by Hezbollah for military purposes including purchasing weapons, manufacturing means, and providing salaries to operatives, and are diverted for terrorist purposes and to finance the continuation of Hezbollah's terrorist activities," the Israeli army claimed.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Cost of damages from Iran war forecast at double October 7 and ensuing attacks
2025-06-26
[IsraelTimes] In numbers released ahead of ceasefire announcement, Tax Authority official predicts claims will likely reach NIS 5 billion as Israel picks up pieces from powerful missile strikes

The cost of property damages from Iranian missile and drone attacks on Israel over the past 12 days is estimated to be around double the sum of claims stemming from the October 7 attack and all 615 days since, the head of the Tax Authority’s compensation department said Monday.

The likely NIS 5 billion ($1.47 billion) price tag calculated by Amir Dahan underlined the destructive power of the few Iranian missiles to make it through Israel’s air defense shield, carrying massive warheads that reduced whole apartment buildings to rubble and sent out blast waves that shattered windows and caused other damage over a wide area.

"These are figures we have never seen for direct property damage," Dahan told the Knesset Finance Committee on Monday.

According to Dahan, damage claims resulting from ballistic missile attacks from 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
had already reached NIS 4.5 billion ($1.32 billion) as of Monday and were expected to climb by another NIS 500 million. By comparison, Israeli property owners had incurred some NIS 2.5 billion ($735 million) in damage resulting from the October 7 attack and since, including months of heavy fighting in the north.

Some 40,000 property claims over the war have already been filed, a figure that Dahan predicted would likely reach 50,000 or more, including claims from factories still assessing the extent of damage. It was not clear if the forecast was based on a longer timeline for the war, which appeared to end abruptly Tuesday morning following a US-brokered ceasefire.

Despite the higher cost, the number was less than the 70,000 claims filed for damages between October 7, 2023, and June 12, 2025, including by those harmed by attacks from Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
 in 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...
, Hezbollah 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....
 and the Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
According to Israeli figures, Iran fired over 550 ballistic missiles at Israel during the war, though only 31 ballistic missile impacts were reported in populated areas. A single drone also hit a home in Beit She’an, out of around 1,000 launched by Tehran. Shrapnel from missiles and interceptors also caused scattered damage.

Direct hits from Iran on the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa were particularly destructive, Dahan said, without providing specific values.

Of 38,700 claims filed before the rocket barrage Tuesday morning, which destroyed a building in Beersheba and killed four people, some 31,000 claims were made for damage to buildings, 3,700 for vehicle damage, and 4,000 for other property, including furniture and appliances, according to the Tax Authority.

These included some 25,000 claims made in Tel Aviv, 10,800 in Ashkelon, 2,600 in Haifa and Acre, and 94 in Jerusalem, among other districts, according to incomplete Tax Authority data.

For those evacuated from homes damaged by rockets, about 11,000 people have been placed in hotels, and an estimated 4,000 have gone to live with friends and relatives, according to the Federation of Local Authorities.

Owners of properties rendered unusable due to damage from the war will not be liable for property taxes, the Interior Ministry ruled last week.

Israel’s funds for property reparations stood at NIS 9 billion ($2.64 billion) before the start of Israel’s preemptive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 13, Dahan said. It currently has claims on the table of NIS 6 billion ($1.76 billion) from the Iran attack, including NIS 1.5 billion ($440 million) in outstanding claims from October 7 and ensuing fighting.

The Tax Authority has 130 teams of appraisers charged with visiting every site filing a claim, ideally on the day the claim is filed, Dahan said. A new computerized system will allow claimants to upload photos of their damages to receive up to NIS 30,000 ($8,815) within 72 hours, he noted.

Regarding damages to the contents of a home, Israeli law provides that owners can be compensated up to a certain value for different objects. For example, families can be compensated up to NIS 25,187 ($7,400) for damaged furniture and up to NIS 30,914 ($9,084) for electronics and appliances. The Tax Authority offers insurance for higher payouts, at a premium of 0.3 percent of the additional value.

While only 600 Israelis had signed up for this additional coverage before the war, more than 50,000 have joined since the beginning of the Rising Lion operation, according to a report in the Hebrew daily Calcalist.

COMPENSATION FOR BUSINESSES
Economic damage from the war has extended far beyond missile damage, with businesses and schools closed due to restrictions on gatherings.

On Monday, Israel’s Finance Ministry revealed a plan to compensate those affected financially, including grants for businesses and furloughed workers.

Businesses bringing in less than NIS 300,000 ($86,000) a year will be eligible for a fixed business continuity grant "depending on the level of damage to the business," while businesses earning NIS 300,000 to NIS 400 million will be eligible for the reimbursement of 7%-22% of their expenses, "depending on the rate of damage to business turnover, as well as a refund of 75% of salary expenses in relation to the level of damage."

Businesses with an annual turnover of NIS 300,000 to NIS 100 million ($28 million) will have compensation capped at NIS 600,000 ($172,000).

Employees placed on unpaid leave due to the cessation of economic activity during the war will receive payments from the National Insurance Institute and will not be forced to use any of their accrued vacation days.
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Two members of Basayev's gang were sentenced to 21 and 24 years in prison
2025-06-26
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Southern District Military Court sentenced two members of Shamil Basayev's gang,
…Shamil Salmanovich Basayev, also known as Emir Abdullah Shamil Abu-Idrisand by his kunya, “Abu Idris” (1965-2006). Basayev was a Chechen warlord in the post-Soviet Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, which after his death became the Al Qaeda-linked Caucasus Emirate. In 2015 most of the hard boys changed their allegiance to the local Islamic State affiliate, Vilayat Kavkaz, whereupon a majority chose to escape the Spetsnaz hunting them by making hijra to the caliphate in Syria — those that survived the reconquest and the SDF prison camps are about to become the property of the HTS government of Syria, which will be educational, one way or another. Some of Basayev’s projects were the 2004 Beslan school siege and the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis (the Nord-Ost siege)…
Vakhit Khamzatkhanov and Takhir Begeldiev (both are included in the Russian Federation's list of terrorists and extremists), to 21 and 24 years in a strict regime penal colony for participating in an attack on Russian servicemen in Chechnya in 1999. The court hearing was held on June 25.

The investigation established that the convicted men joined the gang of Basayev and Amir Khattab in 1999. In October, as part of a detachment of about 400 militants, they ambushed Russian fighters in the village of Chervlennaya in the Shelkovsky district. In the shootout, 15 Russian soldiers were killed and another 28 were wounded.

Begeldiev and Khamzatkhanov were found guilty under Article 317 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer or military serviceman." Cases were also brought against them under Article 209 ("Banditry") and Article 279 ("Armed rebellion"), but they were dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, in May the FSB published a video of the arrest of four members of the Basayev and Khattab gang, involved in attacks on Russian servicemen in 1999-2000. The operations took place in Stavropol Krai, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Astrakhan Oblast. The detainees were also in an ambush in the village of Chervlennaya. In addition, they participated in a battle with Pskov paratroopers near the village of Ulus-Kert in February 2000.

In October 2024, security forces detained three members of the Basayev and Khattab gang in Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and the Volgograd region. They participated in the militants' attack on the Pskov paratroopers.
Related:
Shamil Basayev 05/28/2025 FSB shows footage of the arrest of four members of Basayev and Khattab's gang
Shamil Basayev 04/24/2025 Astrakhan resident convicted for justifying Beslan school seizure
Shamil Basayev 04/16/2025 Former Basayev hostage involved in Moscow metro niqab conflict

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Africa Horn
People Return to Sabiid and Caanoole as Somali Forces Secure Areas
2025-06-25
[ShabelleMedia] Stability is gradually returning to the Sabiid and Caanoole areas in Somalia’s Shabeelaha Hoose region, following their recent recapture by the Somali National Army (SNA).

Residents who fled amid fighting are reportedly beginning to return to their homes, despite significant damage to local infrastructure.

The bridge linking Sabiid and Caanoole remains destroyed after al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...
 gunnies detonated explosives while retreating from the area. However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
 locals say the damaged bridge has not deterred their return, as they make their way back to their communities peacefully.

Security in the area remains calm, with a strong presence of government forces seen patrolling the towns’ centers. Soldiers are urging residents to remain calm and continue living peacefully in their homes.

Military officials have assured civilians that the Somali National Army will maintain a permanent presence in Sabiid and Caanoole to ensure lasting security.

General Sahal Abdullahi Omar, commander of the Somali Army’s ground forces in the region, praised the troops’ successes in the fight against al-Shabaab. He said efforts are underway to reclaim all territories previously lost to bully boys, including several areas in Sabiid and Caanoole.

"Many areas that were evacuated have now been retaken, marking significant progress in our campaign against al-Shabaab in Shabeelaha Hoose," General Sahal said.

Despite the bully boys’ destruction of the vital bridge, government forces have fully reestablished control over both communities after months of bully boy occupation.

The Somali National Army’s commitment to stabilizing Shabeelaha Hoose appears strong, with ongoing efforts to restore normality and facilitate the safe return of displaced residents.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Caught in the crossfire, Jordan (quietly) shields Israel as Iranian shrapnel rains down
2025-06-24
[IsraelTims] While officially remaining neutral, the kingdom is thought to have a hand in drone and missile interceptions, exposing its unsheltered people to danger from falling debris

For the past 11 days, the kingdom of Jordan has found itself caught in the literal middle of the Israel-Iran
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war, turning its airspace into a battleground where ballistic missiles meet interceptors and drones are knocked out of the sky.

Falling missile debris, interceptor shrapnel, and explosive drones have injured several Jordanians and caused significant property damage around the desert country during the hostilities.

Aside from the physical danger, the conflict has placed Jordan in a precarious position diplomatically. The kingdom is sandwiched between an Israel with which it shares an American patron and discreet security cooperation but little love, and Iran, a somewhat friendly regional power that wields considerable sway. Amman maintains diplomatic ties with both.

Unlike the Paleostinians, Jordan does not have deep emotional ties with Iran, however. Instead, it leans more toward the pro-Western camp dominated by Arab Gulf allies that oppose Iran. It is also a staunch partner of the United States, which backs Israel and launched a direct strike on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.

According to Jordanian authorities, seven civilians in the country have been injured due to the hostilities since Israel began attacking Iran on June 13. The toll includes a boy, 5, and a girl, 12, who were maimed when a drone, apparently shot from Iran, crashed near al-Azraq in northeastern Jordan.

Their conditions were not disclosed. According to Jordan’s General Security Directorate, three homes and two vehicles were damaged in the same incident.

On June 14, as Iran barraged Israel with volleys of missiles loaded with massive explosive warheads, "fragments of foreign objects" fell in the southern Irbid suburb of Aydoon, some 25 kilometers (16 miles) from the Israeli border. The pieces slammed into dozens of cars and homes, and left five Jordanians with non-life threatening injuries.

"We woke up in the morning to a strange sound, and saw that fragments had fallen inside the house and shattered glass," Abd al-Rahman al-Radadweh, a resident of Aydoon whose home was hit, told a Jordanian news channel. "My brother, sister, and father were maimed, and two of my cousins were also hurt when the missile fell on their house."

A more serious event, which caused most of the injuries reported so far in Jordan, occurred earlier that week, on June 14, in Aydoon, located in the southern Irbid district near the Israeli border, a day after Israel began its strikes on Iran. According to Jordanian media, "fragments of foreign objects" fell in the area, destroying dozens of cars and homes, and lightly injuring five Jordanians.

Reports of property damage from falling shrapnel and drone interceptions have occurred on a near-daily basis over the war.

In Hatim, north of Irbid, Jordanian media published footage on Sunday showing a home with shattered windows and destroyed furniture, which the homeowner said was caused by nearby "explosions."

These may have resulted from the shockwave of an interception along the Israel-Jordan border.

A day earlier, authorities announced that multiple drones and other foreign objects had fallen in Ramtha, northern Jordan, damaging homes and vehicles, though no injuries or fatalities were reported.

According to a statement by Jordan’s National Center for Security and Crisis Management, which has been monitoring the impact of the conflict, around 100 pieces of shrapnel from drones or missiles landed in Jordan during the first seven days of the war. It did not specify how many of the pieces came from missiles, interceptors, or drones.

MIDDLE GROUND
Since fighting began, Iran has fired some 550 ballistic missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel, the vast majority of which have been intercepted.

Depending on where they are targeting and shot from, the projectiles spend a considerable part of their journey over Jordan, which inhabits as much as a third of the thousand kilometers (some 621 miles) separating Iran from Israel.

Most missile interceptions are thought to take place over Israeli airspace, though Israel says they can also occur outside the country’s borders. Aside from Jordan, shrapnel impacts have also been reported in Iraq and Syria, though on a less frequent basis.

Unlike missiles, about half of the drones, which are slower moving but harder to track, have failed to even make it to Israel’s borders, according to the military. Authorities are largely mum about who is downing them or how.

There is widespread speculation, however, that the Jordanian military is intercepting some of the missiles and drones en route to Israel, with debris from those interceptions causing damage in some instances. However,
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 Jordan has made no official comment in recent days regarding its security actions in response to missile and drone launches from Iran toward Israel beyond announcing the activation of its air defense systems.

The June 13 statement from the Jordanian Armed Forces stated only that air defenses were being deployed in response to drones and missiles entering Jordan’s airspace, without specifying their origin. It emphasized that it would not tolerate violations of its airspace. No further official military updates have been released since then.

Jordan, which has not participated in a military conflict since the 1967 Six Day War, when it fought against Israel, is not accustomed to missile or drone attacks on its territory. While it will sound air raid sirens when foreign threats are detected, the instructions issued to the public are vague, advising citizens only to avoid open spaces. Bomb shelters and reinforced rooms are rare.

Unlike in Israel, schools in Jordan have continued operating as usual, and summer camps have recently begun. Airports and land border crossings have also remained open throughout the past week, with only temporary closures following Israel’s initial strike and the US attack in Iran on June 22th.

Nonetheless, most tourists are staying away while the missiles and drones fly, hurting a key source of income for Jordan.

On June 16, Jordan’s Tourism and Antiquities Minister Lina Annab stated that the cancellation rate for tourist bookings was extremely high, ranging from 70 percent to 100% for reservations in the near term. She noted that such a wave of cancellations was expected, given the current uncertainty and the military escalation between Israel and Iran.

Jordan’s media, which is tightly controlled by the kingdom, has downplayed reports of damage from Iranian attacks or Israeli interceptions, with even incidents involving injuries not receiving prominent coverage.

In official communications, Jordan has attempted to remain neutral, primarily issuing warnings about regional escalation. This appears to reflect fears that a broader regional conflict could severely impact Jordan. At times, however, Jordan’s official statements have also included harsh criticism of Israel.

Immediately following Israel’s surprise attack on Iran, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the attack, calling it "a violation of international law." It also joined 20 other countries across the Middle East and North Africa in signing a declaration against the Israeli strikes on Iran.

On June 17, King Abdullah of Jordan publicly addressed the Iran-Israel conflict for the first time, telling the European Parliament that "the attacks on Iran risk escalating tensions in the region and beyond... When Israel expanded its offensive to include Iran, there is no telling where these boundaries of this battleground will end." He called Israel’s actions "a threat to people everywhere."

Amman was less vehement on Sunday, after American bombers struck Iranian nuclear sites, with the Foreign Ministry saying it was "closely monitoring with great concern the consequences of the attack on Iranian nuclear facilities." It called for an end to the war and a return to negotiations to reach a political solution on Iran’s nuclear issue.

The comments and lack of coverage reflect the tightrope being walked by Jordan’s King Abdullah, who is seeking to protect the kingdom’s citizens and its pro-Western national security interests behind the scenes, while being careful in public to avoid appearing too closely aligned with Israel.

Ties between Amman and Jerusalem were already chilly before being frayed to their breaking point by war in Gazoo
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. Amman’s cold stance toward Israel is also likely a product of Jordan’s demographics — unofficial estimates suggest that around 60% of the population has Paleostinian roots.

WHO’S BEING DEFENDED?
Unlike other Arab countries in the region, Jordan’s mainstream outlets have not conducted public opinion polls or aired man-on-the-street interviews to gauge public opinion on the war between Israel and Iran or Jordan’s role in it.

Online, though, the military’s interceptions are a hot topic. While some believe Jordan is just protecting its airspace, others see the moves as de facto assistance to Israel.

"The message is clear: Jordan is not a playground for conflicts," one Jordanian said in a video shared online. "It is a sovereign state with institutions and an army — it is not run by groups who act based on fluctuating sentiments."

Another Jordanian woman wrote on X in support of the military’s actions: "The Jordanian army doesn’t shoot down drones or missiles arbitrarily. It intervenes when these objects go off track... posing a real threat to Jordanian lives." "Blowing them up in the sky is the right and necessary decision, because it prevents them from exploding in full force over populated areas."

On TikTok, one man asked if Jordanians wouldn’t be safer if the missiles and drones were allowed to continue on to their targets.

"In all the recent days of war, no Iranian missile or drone has fallen naturally [on Jordan], but dozens have been shot down over Jordanians’ heads," he opined. "People have been injured and property damaged — all supposedly to protect Jordanian citizens. I ask logically — what’s safer for Jordanians: to let them pass, with almost zero chance of falling, or to intercept them and increase the risk of fallout?"

With America joining the war, some Jordanians now have a new concern: radioactive fallout from attacks on nuclear sites.

In one video that has gone viral in recent days, a Jordanian doctor told his countrymen they did not need to rush out to buy iodine. Online, claims circulating on social media had suggested stockpiling the element as protection against clouds of radioactive fallout from Iran that some Jordanians now fear will be headed their way.
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Iraq
Suspected Iranian drones, missile fragments fall in Kurdistan Region
2025-06-22
[Rudaw] A suspected Iranian drone crashed in the Makhmour district of Nineveh province on Saturday. Separately, a fire broke out in Sulaimani province and officials suspect it was caused by drone or missile fragments.

"At around 1:00 pm, a fire broke out near Sheikh Mansourian village and we haven't been able to control it," Kamaran Abdullah, the administrator of Khalakan sub-district, told Rudaw. Khalakan is located near Dukan Lake.

Abdullah said locals and officials searched for the source of the fire with no luck and have speculated that "a drone or missile fragment has fallen," causing the blaze, though this has not been confirmed.

Separately, a drone crashed in the Makhmour district of Nineveh province.

Ghazi Faisal, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) Makhmour office, told Rudaw that the drone crashed without any explosion.

"We suspect it's an Iranian drone. We have informed the Iraqi forces and they went to retrieve it," he said.
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The Kurdistan Region and Iraq lie under the flight path of Iranian drones and missiles aimed at Israel. There have been multiple reports of drones and debris falling from the sky, sometimes sparking fires.
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