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Europe
Moroccan migrant waves a Moroccan flag and yells at the Spanish locals in Torre Pacheco in south-eastern Spain to stop hiding behind the police
2025-07-14
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Follow up to this story from yesterday.
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Europe
Spain: Street Battles Between Migrants and Natives After Elderly Man Allegedly Beaten by Moroccan Youths
2025-07-13
[Breitbart] Open combat between native Spaniards and migrant groups broke out over the past two evenings in the Torre-Pacheco municipality following a group of young Moroccan males allegedly beating an elderly man in the area.

Roaming bands of migrants clashed with nationalist anti-mass migration groups in the Murcian municipality of Torre-Pacheco on Friday and Saturday evening, in what has been described as a “spiral of violence” by the local La Verdad newspaper.

According to the paper, various “ultra” right-wing groups organised anti-migration demonstrations on Friday after an attack on an elderly man allegedly at the hands of a group of young Moroccan migrants earlier that day. Tensions broke out after they came in contact with large groups of mostly North African migrants, sparking outright street battles.

There have been claims that the nationalists had organised “hunts” for migrants believed to be involved in the attack; however, there have yet to be any arrests for such activity. Additionally, there have also been claims made on social media of migrants allegedly attacking natives with weapons.

Dozens of police officers were deployed in the municipality to end the conflict, and several officers suffered injuries, including some who were seriously wounded.

Government minister Sira Rego, of the communist United Left party, decried the “racist persecution” of immigrants, saying: “The far right and the right point the finger and their thugs act.”

The president of the residents’ association of Roldán, the largest district in the municipality, Antonio José Martínez, condemned the violence. Still, rather than attributing it to the “far-right”, he blamed a “weariness over the incessant crime rate of the last ten or fifteen years.”

Martínez said that crime in the area has been “increasing and increasing” and that the “unrest is difficult to contain, and that’s why the people rebel.” He warned that if the government fails to address the crime issue in the area, then “worse things” than the recent riots are on the horizon.

The leader of the populist VOX party in Murcia, José Ángel Antelo, recalled that last year, VOX quit the local coalition government with the supposedly centre-right People’s Party (PP) over its agreement with the Socialist Party (PSOE) to distribute illegal immigrants into the region.

“VOX left the government a year ago due to the distribution of illegals. And we proved we were right,” Antelo said. “We will not be complicit in the imported violence promoted and tolerated by PP and PSOE. It’s time to restore peace and security in our neighbourhoods!”

Earlier this week, VOX vowed that if elected nationally, the party would work to deport eight million people from the country, including second-generation migrants “who have not adapted to our customs and who in many cases have also been involved in scenes of insecurity will have to return to their countries.”
Related:
Murcia: 2020-01-08 Afghan men rape 3 US sisters on a new year’s eve in Spain
Murcia: 2017-10-26 After decade in prison for supporting 9/11, Spaniard arrested for recruiting for ISIS
Murcia: 2017-03-04 Gang members charged with killing woman in Satanic ritual
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Africa Horn
Displaced Residents Barred from Returning Home in Recaptured Somali Towns
2025-07-13
[ShabelleMedia] Residents of Sabiid and Caanoole in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region say they have been barred from returning to their homes and farmlands after government and African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
(AUSSOM) forces recently retook the area from al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
Displaced residents told local media they remain unable to access their properties and accused unidentified individuals of deliberately setting fire to their houses.

Community elders said several people from the area were also detained during the recent operations and transferred to the capital, Mogadishu. They urged authorities to allow the displaced to return home and called for an investigation into the arson attacks on civilian homes.

"We are being kept away from our own land and we don’t know who is behind the destruction of our property," one resident told Radio Shabelle, requesting anonymity for safety reasons.

The elders appealed to the federal government to ensure accountability and uphold the rights of civilians affected by the ongoing conflict.

Sabiid and Caanoole were recently recaptured by Somali and AUSSOM forces following an earlier withdrawal.

Government troops are engaged in ongoing operations against al-Shabaab, which maintains a presence in parts of Lower Shabelle.
Related:
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Sabiid: 2025-07-01 Somalia: Clashes Erupt in Lower Shabelle Between Government Forces and Al-Shabaab
Sabiid: 2025-06-30 Somali Forces Launch Operations Against Al-Shabaab in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle Regions
Related:
Caanoole: 2025-07-05 Tanzania's Prime Minister steps down ahead of elections
Caanoole: 2025-07-01 Somalia: Clashes Erupt in Lower Shabelle Between Government Forces and Al-Shabaab
Caanoole: 2025-06-30 Somali Forces Launch Operations Against Al-Shabaab in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle Regions
Related:
Lower Shabelle: 2025-07-02 Somali Special Forces Kill Al-Shabaab Commander in Operation
Lower Shabelle: 2025-07-01 Somalia: Clashes Erupt in Lower Shabelle Between Government Forces and Al-Shabaab
Lower Shabelle: 2025-06-30 Somali Forces Launch Operations Against Al-Shabaab in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle Regions
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Africa Horn
Uganda’s Army Chief Accuses U.S. of Secret Talks with Al-Shabaab
2025-07-13
[ShabelleMedia] Uganda’s army chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has accused the United States of secretly negotiating with Somalia-based jihadist group al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
, which he described as a persistent threat to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa.

In a message posted on social media, Gen. Muhoozi questioned the logic of Uganda continuing its 18-year military involvement in Somalia while, according to him, Washington engages in backdoor talks with the same Death Eater group linked to al-Qaeda. He did not provide any evidence to support his claim.

"Why are we still fighting in Somalia when our ally, the United States, is allegedly holding secret talks with al-Shabaab?" Muhoozi wrote. "Uganda has lost many soldiers in the effort to restore peace to Somalia."

The comments come as Uganda remains one of the key contributors to the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
mission in Somalia, now restructured as the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), launched in 2007 to combat al-Shabaab and stabilize the country.

Neither the U.S. government nor al-Shabaab has responded publicly to Muhoozi’s claims.

The United States maintains a military presence in Somalia, including hundreds of troops who conduct Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s targeting al-Shabaab leaders. Washington is also involved in counterterrorism operations against 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....
fighters based in the mountainous Bari region, particularly in al-Miskaad, where recent air raids have been reported.

Uganda was the first country to deploy troops to Somalia under the AU mission in 2007 and continues to hold a major share of the peacekeeping forces, securing key government installations in Mogadishu.

The transition to the new AUSSOM mission faces growing uncertainty due to funding shortfalls after the United States and European donors declined to continue financial support — a move that could threaten the mission’s viability.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Nobel Prize Missed: Why Trump and Netanyahu Didn't Reach an Agreement
2025-07-11
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Leonid Tsukanov

[REGNUM] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has completed a working visit to the United States. His July trip to Washington took place largely behind the cameras, and information about the results of the meetings was given to the press in extremely measured doses.

There were also no promising public statements, without which no major visit by an Israeli prime minister has taken place before. Netanyahu left Washington virtually incognito, without holding a major press approach on the White House lawn.

And while Israeli officials are calling the visit "historic and groundbreaking," both Washington and Tel Aviv appear to have remained unconvinced.

"GREAT VICTORY"
One of the main topics of the Israeli Prime Minister's conversation with US President Donald Trump and other high-ranking American officials was summing up the results of the June "Lion Force" operation against Iran.

Netanyahu expressed gratitude to the Republicans for their determination in the fight against the “Iranian threat” and, as a sign of gratitude for their contribution to the “great victory,” presented Trump with a symbolic gift: a mezuzah (a scroll with text from the Torah in a decorative case for hanging on a door frame. — Ed.) in the shape of a B-2 bomber, made from a fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile.

In addition, the Israeli Prime Minister announced his nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, with the wording “for his significant mediation efforts in resolving the conflict between Iran and Israel.”

This is already the third nomination for the Republican in his new term (previously, the Pakistani government and Republican member of the US House of Representatives Darrell Issa expressed similar intentions ) and the second on the Middle East track; the American leader is already among the favorites in the informal rating of candidates - at least, this is what the Western press is convinced of.

Tel Aviv has found an elegant way to thank the White House for its timely intervention in the recent conflict.

At the same time, Israel felt it necessary to convey its concerns to the United States: the rate of restoration of Iranian nuclear facilities damaged as a result of the joint bombings turned out to be an order of magnitude higher than initially predicted, which means that new preemptive actions may soon be required.

Here, Netanyahu tried to draw attention to himself, convincing Trump to allow Tel Aviv to act against Iran and its regional allies unilaterally, without coordinating new operations.

The US responded to the request in a very vague manner.

On the one hand, Trump praised the Israelis for their persistence and willingness to defend the existing balance of power, promising “full support” and protection.

On the other hand, Washington is well aware of the growth of revanchist sentiments in Iran - the growing public demand for nuclear weapons and attempts by individual clerics to legitimize the "vendetta" against the initiators of the June campaign. And therefore the White House has not made any specific promises to the public.

The question of whether Netanyahu secured Trump's consent behind the scenes also remains open.

FRIENDSHIP OUTLINE
It is noteworthy that during the extensive work program, the topic of normalizing Israel's relations with Arab countries was barely touched upon, although it was previously considered the "calling card" of the Trump administration. There was almost no talk about new expansions of the "club of friends", limiting themselves to pleasantries addressed to Morocco and the Arabian partners - Bahrain and the UAE.

Neither Washington nor Tel Aviv want to bring the issue to the forefront, since Syria is considered “first in line” for normalization.

The transitional government of Ahmed al-Sharaa is actively making contact with the Israeli authorities and, judging by the latest leaks, is even ready to give up the Golan Heights in exchange for stabilization of the situation.

In support of these aspirations, the US and EU countries have even loosened the sanctions noose around Damascus's neck. However, the general instability of the new Syrian regime and internal strife are preventing rapid progress in the negotiations.

Other potential candidates for a reset – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman – have maintained a marked neutrality and are in no hurry to get closer to Israel even under US pressure for fear of falling into Tehran’s crosshairs.

THE STUMBLING BLOCK CORRIDOR
The situation in the Gaza Strip was much more actively discussed: the parties were unable to finally agree on the outlines of a deal to cease fire in the enclave. Although the White House clearly expected to make a statement about the deal at the end of Netanyahu's visit.

The stumbling block, as expected, was the “Morag Corridor” – a strategic security strip built by Israeli troops along the Egyptian border south of the Palestinian Khan Yunis.

The US is convinced that the deployment of the army in close proximity to Palestinian areas hinders the delivery of humanitarian aid to the enclave and, moreover, endangers American NGO workers, who are now the majority in Gaza, and therefore Israel should leave Morag as a gesture of goodwill.

Tel Aviv does not want to repeat the mistakes of the “first deal,” which was concluded with the mediation of Joe Biden, and counters that “Hamas terrorist agents” will immediately flood into the abandoned security corridor.

The continued presence in the Gaza Strip is explained by the role of “volunteer gendarme” that the Israeli authorities have taken on: they will be ready to reduce the contingent only if the entire leadership of the Palestinian resistance leaves the enclave, and the new leaders undergo “preliminary filtration.”

For these purposes, Tel Aviv is even ready to build a “city within a city” in the Rafah area for interned Palestinians (there are currently about 600 thousand of them). Neither Washington nor its Arab partners from among the “trustees” of Gaza like this option, but no one has yet dared to present an alternative.

"HOME" QUESTIONS
However, some uncomfortable questions got to the Israeli prime minister even in Washington. For example, on the sidelines of a gala reception for leaders of Jewish and Evangelical communities, Netanyahu was asked several times whether the government was going to free the hostages remaining in Hamas captivity.

To which Netanyahu, in his usual manner, reported on “significant progress” and the “imminent release” of the remaining Israelis from captivity.

There is indeed hope for an exchange. American sources regularly announce the imminent trip of Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff to Qatar to give the necessary guarantees to Hamas and monitor the transparency of the deal.

However, given that Whitkoff's trip has already been postponed several times, the White House still has no confidence in the parties' ability to reach an agreement. And three meetings between Netanyahu and Trump (one of which was closed) have not changed the disposition.

A more pressing question was also asked - about the prospects for adjusting the law on the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Israelis (Haredi) into the army. Especially since the authorities announced increased penalties for those who dodge service, including a ban on leaving the country and administrative arrests.

This has increased unrest in the ranks of the conservative parties, which continue to threaten to break up the ruling coalition. The future of the Haredi law is unclear, and Netanyahu has failed to explain in detail how exactly Tel Aviv intends to emerge from the crisis.

Overall, it is noticeable that the Israeli Prime Minister is still more focused on the “external contour,” where he clearly understands the priorities and goals for the near future, while he is not yet ready to closely deal with issues of an internal nature.

This means that Tel Aviv will continue to actively promote stories related to foreign policy (primarily the confrontation with Iran) in order to distract the population’s attention from problems within the country.'

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Group of Europe-based imams visits Israel, bearing ‘message of peace’
2025-07-08
[IsraelTimes] Delegation meets President Herzog; will spend a week touring the country, and meeting military, political and religious authorities, victims of October 7

When Imam Youssef Masbeh introduced himself to President Isaac Herzog on Monday, he could not help but start singing a special chant in Arabic, offering a reinterpretation of the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah.

Masbeh, who has served as a religious leader in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Norway for 20 years, was part of a delegation of about a dozen imams and Moslem community leaders who were visiting Israel from several European countries, including La Belle France, the United Kingdom, and Italia.

Masbeh also encouraged his colleagues and all those present to join him in singing and dancing, celebrating the moment of togetherness.

"We are all children of Abraham, and I believe the historic progress in our region is a progress of dialogue between Moslems and Jews, and Jews and Moslems," Herzog said. "What you’re doing on this visit, and in your courageous work, reflects the silent majority in the Middle East and around the world who yearn for this kind of shared life."

The delegation was organized by ELNET, an NGO that promotes ties between Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and Israel.

On Monday, the group also held meetings at the Knesset, before heading to Jerusalem’s Old City to visit Moslem, Jewish, and Christian holy sites, including the Temple Mount, where the al-Aqsa mosque compound stands.

The trip will also include a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, meetings with Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef and with IDF Arabic Spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee, and visits with family members of former Bedouin hostages 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...
and Druze victims of the Majdal Shams massacre at the hands of Hezbollah.

Herzog encouraged the visitors to return to their communities with a message of peace.

"Here in Israel, we want peace," he said. "We want to see all our hostages back home, and we want to see an end to the suffering of the people in Gaza, too. We want to see better lives for everyone."

The president also expressed hope that "peace will come with Syria, with Leb
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects....
, inshallah even with Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
, and that we will continue moving forward."

Almost all of the religious leaders were visiting the Jewish state for the first time. For many, being in Jerusalem was especially meaningful.

"I already did my pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, and I was waiting to come to Jerusalem," Ali El Aarja told The Times of Israel.

Based in Turin, Italia, El Aarja serves as the president of the newly established Italian Islamic Confederation (CIIN) and is one of the several members of the delegation originally from Morocco.

On the eve of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Morocco was home to some 270,000 Jews, most of whom emigrated to Israel or La Belle France in the following two decades.

Though only a few thousand Jews remain in the country, over the past 20 years, the authorities have demonstrated growing attention and sensitivity toward its Jewish community.

In 2020, Morocco joined the Abraham Accords, fully normalizing its ties with Israel.

"Morocco is a country open to all religions: Moslems, Christians, and Jews live together, and we hope we can set an example for the world," El Aarja said.

"We are here to send a message of peace," he added. "For our Paleostinian brothers and for our Jewish brothers, we do not want war, we hope we can go back to dialogue."

An ELNET spokesperson told The Times of Israel that participants were selected for the trip in close collaboration with Imam Hassen Chalghoumi, chairman of the Conference of Imams of La Belle France. A Tunisia-born interfaith activist, Chalghoumi has been known to many as "the peace imam" and a steadfast supporter of Israel.

"My message to you is one of deep affection — for you and for your remarkable people," Chalghoumi said, addressing Herzog. "It is a message of brotherhood and solidarity and a heartfelt prayer that the hostages will return home in peace, and that the pain and suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza will come to an end."

The imam stressed that the regional conflict sparked by the Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
atrocities on October 7, 2023, "is not merely a conflict between Israel and Hamas, nor between Israel and Hezbollah—the so-called ’Party of Satan’."

"It is a confrontation between two fundamentally different worlds," Chalghoumi said. "You represent the world of brotherhood, of humanity, of compassion. You stand for the values of democracy and liberty."

According to another member of the delegation, Noor Dahri, founder and executive director of the UK-based organization Islamic Theology of Counter Terrorism, Moslem communities in the Western world often struggle to understand the difference between Islam as a religion and Islamism.

"Extremists are more powerful in Western countries than in the Middle East or in Pakistain because, in the Middle East and Pakistain, there are two types of people — Moslems and Islamists — and Moslems know when an organization is an Islamist organization and they either join it or distance themselves from it," Dahri told The Times of Israel.

"In the West, everything is mixed and people do not know how to make the distinction," he said. "For decades, the majority of mosques have been run by Islamist charity organizations, so they managed to establish deep roots in the Moslem communities, and it’s difficult to root out Islamism from Western-world Islam."

For this reason, Dhari said that bringing imams to visit Israel is a very important initiative.

"Since October 7, even those Moslems who were previously supportive of Israel and Israelis either turned their backs or kept silent in fear of their life," he said. "Now, this delegation of imams and religious scholars from different Moslem backgrounds has come to Israel to send one message across the Moslem world — that the Jewish nation is not the enemy of Moslems, that the State of Israel is not against Islam, and we Moslems should not have any enmity toward the Jewish people because they are our cousins, and they are fighting against Islamism."
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Africa Horn
Puntland says key ISIS leaders killed in Calmiskaad offensive, new phase underway
2025-07-06
[Garowe] Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
defense forces officials said that seven senior 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) leaders were killed during the latest phase of a military offensive in the Calmiskaad mountains of the Bari region, significantly weakening the group’s presence.

The offensive, known as Operation Hilaac, entered its fourth phase this week after Puntland Counter-Terrorism Forces cleared ISIS fighters from a 420-kilometre stretch of mountainous terrain in northeastern Somalia.

Officials named the bandidos bandidos bully boys killed in Phase 3 of the operation as:

Abdihakim Badiin (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...
), head of policing
Marwan Abdrizk (Tunisia), chief of imported muscle
Barow Abdi Mo'alim (Somalia), administrative head
Ahmed Salah Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
i (Sudan), in charge of religious outreach
Ibrahim Hayyan (Morocco), explosives chief
Dr. Hakeem Ubeyda (Malaysia), head of medical operations
Ahmed Muse Said (Somalia), external relations coordinator
"The Hilaac operation, which started in December 2024, has so far wiped out nearly 85% of ISIS leadership in the region," a Puntland security source told Garowe Online, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
because they were not authorised to speak to the media.

Authorities said Phase 4 of the operation is now underway, focusing on eliminating the remaining ISIS runaways and setting the stage for Operation Onkod, aimed at driving out al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
bandidos bandidos bully boys from the Calmadow mountain range in the neighbouring Sanaag region.

Puntland forces also presented a captured ISIS fighter, identified as Hassan Atar, a Ottoman Turkish national apprehended during recent operations. He is currently in jug and being interrogated.

The oil-rich Puntland state has stepped up counter-terrorism efforts in recent months as ISIS and al-Shabaab compete for influence in the Bari region.
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Puntland: 2025-06-28 Puntland Denies Reports of UAE Missile Installations in Bosaso
Puntland: 2025-06-26 Good Morning
Related:
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Calmiskaad mountains: 2025-05-08 Puntland Acquires Combat Aircraft for the First Time in Anti-Terror Campaign
Calmiskaad mountains: 2025-04-20 Somalia: Puntland forces conquer critical ISIS bases
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Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab seizes key town as Somalia marks 65 years of independence
2025-07-05
[Garowe] Even as Somalia celebrates its 65th independence day, the country continues to lose strategic towns to al-Shabaab
... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
fighters, in yet another indication of struggles on the frontlines over the last three months.

It is not long since the snuffies took over Adan Yabaal town from the Somali National Army (SNA) following confrontations on the frontlines in the country. Somalia has been fighting to restore stability for the last three decades.

According to military reports, the snuffies seized control of the town of El Qohle, located about 13km from Moqokori in Somalia's Hiran region, following weeks of festivities with government troops and allied Mawisley clan militias.

The Macawislay fighters work closely with the Somali National Army and regional forces to bolster security within central and southern regions. The government of Somalia maintains that it is still able to restore order and control in the country.

On Tuesday, al-Shabaab released images purporting to show its fighters in control of El Qohle town, Hiran region. There were no signs of Mawisley militias or the Somali National Army, who were seen within the vicinity of the town.

Military theorists believe that the town is the last defensive position before Moqokori, a strategic logistics base for Somali army units and allied Mawisley militias over the past three years. The snuffies have been fighting hard to retake Moqokori.

The setbacks come as the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) continues with the drawdown of peacekeepers from the country ahead of full exit as part of compliance with the Somali Transition Plan (STP).

Currently, we have about 11,000 soldiers serving in AUSSOM after the reduction from 22,000. However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
the Troops Contributing Countries want this number to be increased, but the US, as one of the major financial partners, is not keen to continue funding the mission.
Related:
El Qohle: 2022-09-30 Somalia: Elder killed in Al-Shabaab ambush as war steps up
Related:
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Moqokori: 2025-06-12 Somali Forces Launch Major Military Push in Middle Shabelle region Tuesday
Moqokori: 2025-06-09 Heavy clashes erupted Saturday in Hiran region as Somali army, local militia battle Al-Shabaab, push continues Sunday
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Hiran: 2025-06-28 NISA and International Partners Conduct Major Raid in Aadan Yabaal
Hiran: 2025-06-21 Dozens of Clan Fighters Surrender to Al-Shabaab in Central Somalia: Sources
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israel says Hezbollah must disarm before any Lebanon peace talks can advance
2025-07-01
[IsraelTimes] Official says Jerusalem pleased with Lebanese effort to disarm terror group, but ‘it will be very hard’; Beirut says it needs US guarantees Israel will fully withdraw from Lebanon

An Israeli official on Monday said that while talks about potential peace deals with both 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 Syria are taking place, Beirut must "finish the issue" of disarming the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group before any normalization can move forward.

Earlier Monday, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that Lebanon and Syria are both prospective candidates to join the Abraham Accords alongside Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco, which normalized relations with Israel in 2020. A deal with Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
was also announced at the time, but is yet to fully materialize.

Both Syria and Lebanon do not recognize Israel and have been technically at war with it since its creation in 1948.

But before peace with Lebanon can move ahead, the Israeli official said, "We need to finish the issue of disarming Hezbollah. It will be very hard. I don’t know if they will succeed."

Still, the official indicated that the Lebanese Armed Forces have demonstrated they are serious about disarming Hezbollah.

"They definitely have limitations that are both subjective and objective, but we are under the impression that they are trying," the official said. "At least most of the army is trying. We see more-or-less effective enforcement, but you see that we are striking almost every day."

"That should say a lot," they said, adding that contacts with the US-led deconfliction mechanism in Lebanon continue "all the time."

Speaking on the issue of Hezbollah’s disarmament, a Lebanese official said Monday that the government seeks guarantees that Israeli forces fully withdraw from Lebanese territory in response to the US’s demand that Beirut formally commit to disarming the terror group.

Lebanese leaders who took office in the aftermath of a war between Israel and Hezbollah last year have repeatedly vowed a state monopoly on bearing arms while demanding Israel comply with a November ceasefire that ended the fighting.

The Lebanese government official told AFP that in a recent visit, US envoy Tom Barrack had presented the demand for Beirut to officially commit to start disarming the Iran-backed group as stipulated in the November agreement, along with a full Israeli withdrawal.

President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and parliament speaker Nabih Knobby Berri

...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
— who is a key Hezbollah ally — "are preparing a response," said the official on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to brief the media.

With Barrack, Washington’s ambassador to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
and special envoy to Syria, expected back in Beirut by mid-July, the Lebanese leaders "will demand a halt to Israeli violations of the ceasefire, Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the release of prisoners [detained during the war] and the demarcation of the border," said the official.

According to the official, Barrack in his June 19 visit also asked that Lebanon work on securing its border with Syria and pursue economic reforms demanded by international creditors.

Aoun and Salam took power early this year as the balance of power shifted following the Israel-Hezbollah war that left the terror group — long an important player in Lebanese politics — severely weakened.

Lebanese authorities say they have been dismantling Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in the south, near the Israeli border.

Israel has continued to strike Lebanon despite the November ceasefire, claiming to hit Hezbollah targets and accusing Beirut of not doing enough to disarm the group.

According to the ceasefire agreement, Hezbollah is to pull its fighters back north of the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Israeli frontier.

Israel was to withdraw its troops from all of Lebanon, but has kept them deployed in five points it deems strategic.

Israel has remained at the five points ever since a ceasefire began on November 27, 2024, halting more than a year of hostilities initiated by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, including two months of full-blown war, during which Israel sent in ground troops across the northern border.

There was no comment from Beirut or Damascus, but the Lebanese government official told AFP normalization was not among the US envoy’s demands.
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Africa North
Malian Army announced that a commander and his bodyguards from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) were killed in the northern Ménaka region
2025-06-30
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] ULULULULULULULU!!!!!

Parachuted in a Syrian CEO? And former Al Qaeda muckety-muck who was jailed in 2005 for leading al Qaeda in Spain? I’m impressed.
Update from DeepNewz at 2:20 p.m. EDT courtesy of Besoeker:
Mali’s armed forces, backed by Russia’s Africa Corps and the Tuareg-led Movement for the Salvation of Azawad, have killed Islamic State Sahel Province commander Abu Dahdah and six of his fighters during an operation in Chamane, about 38 kilometres north of Ménaka. Military statements said the raid took place on 28 June after intelligence indicated the militants planned to address local residents.

Abu Dahdah, a Moroccan national
…not the Syrian gent of the same name?
also identified as Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, was described as the group’s explosives expert and deputy to senior ISSP leader Abu Algabas. Local sources link him to a recent high-profile assault in Bani Bangou across the Niger border. He previously served prison time in Spain for his alleged role in al-Qaeda’s 9/11 plot, according to Africa Corps accounts.
So the same gentleman, just a different birthplace. Got it.
In a separate development the same day, the Malian military reported that Boubacar Ibrahim—widely known as Oubel—and ten of his fighters surrendered with their weapons in Lellehoye, Ansongo circle. The back-to-back blow underscores growing pressure on Islamic State affiliates operating in Mali’s northeast.

Related:
Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas 04/29/2008 Funding charges for Spain's al Qaeda chief
Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas 12/20/2007 UK: Freed Guantanamo man arrested at Spain's request
Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas 04/26/2007 Moroccan wins case against extradition


Related:
Menaka: 2024-05-21 Black flags over the Dark Continent. Who is the Russian Afrika Korps fighting with?
Menaka: 2023-01-18 UN: Al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorist groups driving insecurity in Mali
Menaka: 2022-08-01 At least 16 killed in attacks in NE Mali
Related:
Salvation of Azawad: 2022-09-11 At Least 45 Persons Killed In Mali As ISIS Jihadists Attack Community
Salvation of Azawad: 2018-12-14 Several dozen killed near Mali's border with Niger
Salvation of Azawad: 2018-09-26 At least 12 dead in Mali attack near Nigeria
Related:
Abu Dahdah 12/20/2007 UK: Freed Guantanamo man arrested at Spain's request
Abu Dahdah 07/02/2007 Algerian security forces kill Ali Abu Dahdah
Abu Dahdah 06/01/2006 Spain acquits Sept 11 suspect of conspiracy charge


Related:
Ansongo: 2023-11-21 Mali: Minusma hands over 9th base to authorities
Ansongo: 2023-10-29 MINUSMA pull out from northern Mali enters new phase amid intensifying fighting
Ansongo: 2021-03-22 ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing 33 Malian Soldiers
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line on June 28 (updated)
2025-06-29
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:35 Footage of the work of our FPV operators who destroy enemy expensive drones in the area of ​​the state border.

20:35 North scouts detect location of enemy artillery guns in the vicinity of the village of Morocha (Sumy region). Enemy artillerymen attempted to provide support to their assault groups in the Pavlovka area.

The coordinates were transmitted to the Severyan FPV operators, who carried out a targeted strike, destroying the enemy howitzer.

19:45 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced northeast of Mirnograd and are fighting for the settlements of Razino and Novotoretske, –MAP.

19:07 Volchansk. Fighters of the 128th Motorized Rifle Brigade have crossed the Seversky Donets and advanced in Volchansk. At the moment, the key battle in the city is beginning - for the grain elevator. Whoever has control over this industrial zone has control over most of the city, -MAP.

19:03 Novopavlovskoe/Dnepropetrovskoe direction.

After taking Shevchenko, units of the Vostok group continue their offensive to the south and north.

In the direction of Kamyshevakha, enemy strongholds have been occupied in several areas.

Northwest of Shevchenko, our units advanced to the junction of anti-tank ditches.

To the north, our units have advanced from Fedorovka to Karl Marx (Mirny) and are attacking in the direction of Vozdvizhenka and Maliyevka.

On the right bank of the Sukhie Yaly River, the settlement of Krasnaya Zvezda (Chervona Zirka) has been liberated, and the area between the rivers and the Volchya River is being cleared.

Information is coming in that our units have driven the enemy out of the village of Dachnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

18:04 Minor correction of the LBS west of Volchansk, –MAP.

17:45 Velikomikhailovskoye direction. Advance of the Russian Armed Forces northwest of Shevchenko to the DPR border, – MAP.

16:49 Servicemen of the communications unit of the "East" group of forces are modernizing UAV.

FPV drones, improved by military personnel in this laboratory, are used to lay communication lines, deliver communications equipment to forward positions, and deploy a network of repeaters.

15:43 In Sumy Oblast, a MaxxPro armored combat vehicle and a Humvee of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed, – video.

15:26 Crew of the 152mm Msta-B gun of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed Observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region.

15:21 The Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlement of Zirka, – MAP.

15:01 Missile strike on hangars with Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs in the area of ​​the settlement of Kanevskoye, Zaporizhia region, – video.

13:51 After the liberation of the village of Zaporozhye and the subsequent rapid advance on Yalta, the assault aircraft of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, without slowing down, burst in to Chervona Zirka and drove the enemy out of the settlement. Thus, the territory between the rivers Volchya and Mokrye Yaly came under the complete control of the "Vostok" group.

13:36 Destruction of the 34th Separate Air Defense unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the Kh-35 in Kherson, – video.

12:38 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of June 28, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Andreyevka, Kondratovka, Mogritsa and Maryino in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udy and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 155 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five cars, three field artillery pieces and an ammunition depot.

Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airmobile, two assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Olgovka, Sobolevka, Senkovo ​​in the Khar'kov region and Karpovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle and a UK-made Snatch armored combat vehicle, six vehicles and three artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved their position along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Reznikovka, Zvanovka, Pleshcheyevka, Ivanopolye and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 175 soldiers, two pickup trucks and a field artillery gun.

Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of two mechanized, assault, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Popov Yar, Novoekonomicheskoe, Krasnoarmeysk, Petrovskoye, Dimitrov, Mayak and Muravka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 505 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, two cars and two field artillery pieces.

As a result of decisive actions, units of the "East" military group liberated the settlement of Chervona Zirka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Malinovka in the Zaporizhia region and Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, eight cars, three artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka, Kazatskoye and Novotyaginka in the Kherson region.

Up to 75 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, four vehicles, two field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation damaged ammunition and material depots, workshops for the production and assembly of long-range strike unmanned aerial vehicles, storage sites for unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment points of armed formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.

Air defense systems shot down six guided aerial bombs and 252 unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

663 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

66058 unmanned aerial vehicles,

612 anti-aircraft missile systems,

24,069 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1572 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems,

26,719 field artillery pieces and mortars,

37,392 units of special military vehicles.

12:04 Units of the "East" group of forces as a result of decisive actions released settlement of Chervona Zirka, Donetsk People's Republic.

10:51 From 8:00 Moscow time to 10:30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Two UAVs each over the territories of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions,
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.

10:34 From 06.45 Moscow time to 08.00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Four UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

10:29 Iskander strike on workshop where drones were made for the Ukrainian Armed Forces –VIDEO

09:45 FPV drones calculations of the "East" group of forces destroyed Hexacopters of the Baba Yaga type of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction carried out a targeted strike on a fortified dugout of nationalists.

FPV drone operators of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a 155mm M-114 howitzer near the village of Serebryanka.

08:49 Servicemen of the separate engineering and sapper battalion of the "West" group of forces continue demining roads in the Krasnolimansky direction.

07:32 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:➡️

Np Shevchenko released➡️

Advance in the Kamenskoye area

Expansion of the control zone in the Shevchenko-Volnoye Pole area

Adjustment of the control zone in favor of our forces in the Glushkovka area

Adjustment of the control zone in favor of our forces in the Elizavetovka area

07:16 From 23:30 Moscow time on June 27 to 06:45 Moscow time on June 28, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 31 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

Nine UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Five UAVs over the territory of the Smolensk region,
Five UAVs over the waters of the Black Sea,
Two UAVs over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov,
One UAV over the territory of the Oryol region,
One UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV over the territory of the Krasnodar region.

06:08 Servicemen of the Vostok group of forces during the clearing of a forest belt discovered a cache of Western-made weapons left behind by retreating Ukrainian militants.

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Home Front: Politix
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is ‘mad as a bag of cats' over SCOTUS ruling says Republican senator: ‘That's a good thing'
2025-06-29
[The Grio] In her 22-page dissent, Justice Jackson warned, "The Court’s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law."

U.S. Senator John Kennedy, R-La., praised the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that blocks nationwide injunctions, potentially paving the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to eliminate birthright citizenship and other executive policies.

The 73-year-old lawmaker said he was "proud" of the 6-3 decision from the conservative majority of the court, which limited lower courts to injunctions for any said policy only in a plaintiff’s jurisdiction.

"The Supreme Court has turned the universal injunctions into fish food, as well it should have," Kennedy told Fox News’ Harris Faulkner. "There’s no basis in statute. There’s no basis in Supreme Court precedent. There is no basis in English common law for universal injunctions."
Related:
Ketanji Brown Jackson 06/28/2025 Supreme Court Nukes Nationwide Injunctions Against Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
Ketanji Brown Jackson 06/28/2025 Supreme Court Legalizes Trump Presidency
Ketanji Brown Jackson 06/27/2025 In Historic 6-3 Supreme Court Decision, 3 Justices Ruled To Be Morons

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