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Abdul Karem Ahmed Al Tuwayti Abdul Karem Ahmed Al Tuwayti al-Qaeda Southeast Asia 20031126  
Abdul Khaliq Ahmed Saleh al-Baidhani Abdul Khaliq Ahmed Saleh al-Baidhani al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20050715  
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20031014  
Abou Houdhaifa Ahmed Essaoui Abou Houdhaifa Ahmed Essaoui Armed Islamic Group Down Under 20031028  
Abrar Ahmed Abrar Ahmed Lashkar-e-Taiba India-Pakistan 20060811 Link
Abu Abdullah Ahmed al-Oram Abu Abdullah Ahmed al-Oram al-Qaeda Iraq-Jordan 20050831  
Abu Ahmed Abu Ahmed Palestinian Liberation Front Syria-Lebanon-Iran 20040404  
  Abu Ahmed Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20051101 Link
  Abu Ahmed Al-Badr India-Pakistan 20060903 Link
Afzal Ahmed Afzal Ahmed Islami Jamiat Talaba India-Pakistan 20051227 Link
Ahmed Abahri Ahmed Abahri al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20051118 Link
Ahmed Abdel Fattah Safi Ahmed Abdel Fattah Safi Popular Resistance Committees Middle East 20040207  
Ahmed Abdel Rahman Ahmed Abdel Rahman Fatah Israel-Palestine 20010913  
Ahmed Abdel Razzaq Ahmed Abdel Razzaq Iraqi Insurgency Iraq-Jordan 20040313  
Ahmed Abdel Sattar Ahmed Abdel Sattar al-Qaeda Fifth Column 20031119  
Ahmed Abdel Wahab Ahmed Abdel Wahab Hamas Middle East 20020714  
Ahmed Abdul Karim Al Saadi Ahmed Abdul Karim Al Saadi Usbat Al Ansar Syria-Lebanon 20030716  
Ahmed Abdul Qadoose Ahmed Abdul Qadoose Jamaat-e-Islami India-Pakistan 20030304  
Ahmed Abdul Qudus Ahmed Abdul Qudus al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030325  
Ahmed Abdul Quduse Ahmed Abdul Quduse Jamaat-e-Islami India-Pakistan 20030305  
Ahmed Abdul Rahman Saqer Al-Fadhli Ahmed Abdul Rahman Saqer Al-Fadhli Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah Jamatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060403 Link
Ahmed Abdullah Ali Ahmed Abdullah Ali al-Qaeda Britain 20060830 Link
Ahmed Abdulnabi Ahmed Abdulnabi Yemeni Islamic Jihad Arabia 20030701  
  Ahmed Abdulnabi Aden-Abyan Islamic Army Arabia 20030701  
Ahmed Abed-Rahman Ahmed Abed-Rahman Fatah Israel-Palestine 20011219  
Ahmed Abi-Bakr Ahmed Abi-Bakr Lashkar-e-Taiba? Fifth Column 20030905  
Ahmed Abou Elmaati Ahmed Abou Elmaati al-Qaeda in North America Great White North 20040710 Link
Ahmed Abou al-Baraa Ahmed Abou al-Baraa Salafist Group for Call and Combat Africa North 20060202 Link
Ahmed Abu Hawila Ahmed Abu Hawila Fatah Israel-Palestine 20040213  
Ahmed Abu Kamasha Ahmed Abu Kamasha Janjaweed Africa: Horn 20040626 Link
Ahmed Abu Sajjad al-Gharawi Ahmed Abu Sajjad al-Gharawi Iraqi Insurgency Iraq 20060703 Link
Ahmed Abu-Ali Ahmed Abu-Ali Lashkar-e-Taiba Home Front 20030627  
  Ahmed Abu-Ali al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20040618 Link
Ahmed Abu-Laban Ahmed Abu-Laban Islamic Faith Society Europe 20060209 Link
Ahmed Aishtawi Ahmed Aishtawi Hamas Middle East 20030825  
Ahmed Akkari Ahmed Akkari Islamic Society of Denmark Europe 20060209 Link
Ahmed Al-Dakheel Ahmed Al-Dakheel Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030729  
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi Ahmed Al-Ghamdi al-Qaeda Iraq-Jordan Saudi Deceased Cannon Fodder 20050701  
    one-time medical student and son of a Saudi diplomat. In December 2004, he climbed into a truck in Mosul and blew himself up.
  Ahmed Al-Ghamdi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia Saudi Deceased Cannon Fodder 20030602  
    One of the 9-11 hijackers (flight 175)
Ahmed Alhaznawi Ahmed Alhaznawi al-Qaeda   20020323  
Ahmed Ali Abu Hidrah Ahmed Ali Abu Hidrah Aden-Abyan Islamic Army Arabia 20051125 Link
  Ahmed Ali Abu Hidrah Islamic Army of Aden Arabia 20051125 Link
Ahmed Alnami Ahmed Alnami al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT Saudi Deceased Cannon Fodder 20020318  
    9-11 hijacker
Ahmed Ammar Ahmed Ammar Learned Elders of Islam Europe 20040521 Link
Ahmed Aviti Ahmed Aviti Fatah Middle East 20021230  
Ahmed Ayed Faqih Ahmed Ayed Faqih Islamic Jihad Middle East 20021230  
Ahmed Azzuz Ahmed Azzuz Arab European League Europe 20060603 Link
Ahmed Bahar Ahmed Bahar Hamas Israel-Palestine 20040613 Link
Ahmed Bashir Ahmed Bashir Force 17 Isreal-Palestine 20020430  
Ahmed Bilal Ahmed Bilal al-Qaeda Home Front 20030918  
Ahmed Bile Ugas Ahmed Bile Ugas Al-Itihaad al-Islamiyyah Africa: Horn 20050908  
Ahmed Bin Hamoud Al-Khaldi Ahmed Bin Hamoud Al-Khaldi Al-Mujahidoun Al Jazeera Arabia 20030517  
  Ahmed Bin Hamoud Al-Khaldi Al Muwahidoun Arabia 20030517  
Ahmed Brahim Ahmed Brahim al-Qaeda   20020414  
Ahmed Chowdhury Fares Ahmed Chowdhury Fares Suspects Latin America 20031205  
Ahmed Daud Ahmed Daud Jamatud Dawah Afghanistan/South Asia 20040510 Link
Ahmed Dawud Santos Ahmed Dawud Santos Rajah Sulaiman Movement Southeast Asia 20021008  
Ahmed El Bouhali Ahmed El Bouhali al-Qaeda in Europe Down Under 20050713  
Ahmed Fadel Nazal al-Khalayleh Ahmed Fadel Nazal al-Khalayleh al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq 20060608 Link
Ahmed Fadhil al-Khalayleh Ahmed Fadhil al-Khalayleh al-Tawhid Middle East 20031219  
Ahmed Fathy Mehalba Ahmed Fathy Mehalba al-Qaeda Home Front 20040110  
Ahmed Ghamloush Ahmed Ghamloush Hezbollah Syria-Lebanon 20030922  
Ahmed Ghnaim Ahmed Ghnaim Fatah Middle East 20030629  
Ahmed Haj Ali Ahmed Haj Ali Hamas Middle East 20030527  
Ahmed Hamis Ahmed Hamis Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Middle East 20031029  
Ahmed Hamud Al-Khaldi Ahmed Hamud Al-Khaldi Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20030531  
Ahmed Hannan Ahmed Hannan al-Qaeda USA Home Front 20030603  
  Ahmed Hannan Al-Qaeda Home Front 20021115  
Ahmed Harby Ahmed Harby Islamic Faith Society Europe 20060209 Link
Ahmed Hassan Ahmed Hassan Islamic Jihad Middle East 20030927  
Ahmed Hassan Kaka al-Obeidi Ahmed Hassan Kaka al-Obeidi Iraqi Insurgency Iraq 20060703 Link
Ahmed Haza Ahmed Haza Fatah Middle East 20020725  
Ahmed Hijazi Ahmed Hijazi al-Qaeda Arabia 20050704  
Ahmed Hikmat Shakir Ahmed Hikmat Shakir al-Qaeda Iraq Iraqi At Large 20031115  
    believed to be an al Qaeda operative who abetted the USS Cole bombing and 9/11 plots, among others. Along with 9/11 hijackers Khalid al Midhar and Nawaf al Hazmi, he was present at the January 2000 al Qaeda summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was working there as an airport "greeter"--a job obtained for him by the Iraqi embassy. When he was arrested in Qatar not long after 9/11, he had telephone numbers for the safe houses of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers. He was inexplicably released by the Qataris and promptly arrested again in Jordan as he attempted to return to Iraq.
Ahmed Hilles Ahmed Hilles Fatah Israel-Palestine 20040211  
Ahmed HomoodAl-Khaldi Ahmed HomoodAl-Khaldi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030602  
Ahmed Hossain Ahmed Hossain Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20051229 Link
Ahmed Huber Ahmed Huber Nada Management Organisation Europe 20031205  
Ahmed Hussein Khudayer Ahmed Hussein Khudayer Iraqi Baath Party Iraq 20030407  
Ahmed Ibrahim A. Alhaznawi Ahmed Ibrahim A. Alhaznawi al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20021008  
Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal al-Qaeda Home Front 20030919  
Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi al-Qaeda Home Front 20031117  
Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Ahmed Idris Nasreddin al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20031115  
  Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Malaysian Swiss Gulf and African Chamber Iraq 20031030  
  Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Nasreddin Group International Holding Ltd. Europe 20050701  
    Al Taqwa is an association of offshore banks and financial management firms that have helped al-Qaida shift money around the world
  Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Nascoservice Europe 20050701  
    Al Taqwa is an association of offshore banks and financial management firms that have helped al-Qaida shift money around the world
  Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Amana Holdings Europe 20050701  
    Al Taqwa is an association of offshore banks and financial management firms that have helped al-Qaida shift money around the world
  Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Al Taqwa Bank Europe Nigerian At Large Money Man 20050701  
    Al Taqwa is an association of offshore banks and financial management firms that have helped al-Qaida shift money around the world
  Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Nasco Nasreddin Holding Europe 20050701  
    Al Taqwa is an association of offshore banks and financial management firms that have helped al-Qaida shift money around the world
  Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Nascotex SA Europe 20050701  
    Al Taqwa is an association of offshore banks and financial management firms that have helped al-Qaida shift money around the world
  Ahmed Idris Nasreddin Nasco Investment Europe 20050701  
    Al Taqwa is an association of offshore banks and financial management firms that have helped al-Qaida shift money around the world
Ahmed J. Al-Kandari Ahmed J. Al-Kandari al-Qaeda Arabia 20030601  
Ahmed Jamal Ahmed Jamal al-Qaeda Down Under 20051031 Link
Ahmed Jan Ahmed Jan Jaish-e-Mohammad India-Pakistan 20020224  
Ahmed Javed Khawaja Ahmed Javed Khawaja Jamaat-e-Islami India-Pakistan 20030301  
  Ahmed Javed Khawaja al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030315  
Ahmed Javed Khwaja Ahmed Javed Khwaja al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030527  
Ahmed Jawed Khawaja Ahmed Jawed Khawaja al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030409  
Ahmed Jibril Ahmed Jibril Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- General Command Syria-Lebanon 20031007  
  Ahmed Jibril Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command Syria-Lebanon-Iran 20020619  
  Ahmed Jibril Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command Israel-Palestine 20040424 Link
Ahmed Kabir Ahmed Kabir Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20051206 Link
Ahmed Kaya Ahmed Kaya Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia 20040402  
  Ahmed Kaya Eeman Institute Southeast Asia 20040402  
Ahmed Khadr Ahmed Khadr al-Qaeda Great White North 20030208  
  Ahmed Khadr Human Concern International Great White North 20030208  
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia In Jug 20050912 Link
Ahmed Khalfan Ghilani Ahmed Khalfan Ghilani al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20051206 Link
Ahmed Khawaja Ahmed Khawaja al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030128  
Ahmed Kurad Ahmed Kurad As-Salah Israel-Palestine 20040321  
Ahmed Laidouni Ahmed Laidouni al-Qaeda Europe 20040526 Link
Ahmed M. Al-Kandari Ahmed M. Al-Kandari al-Qaeda Arabia 20030601  
Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud Muslim Brotherhood North Africa 20030102  
Ahmed Masoud Ahmed Masoud Aden-Abyan Islamic Army Arabia 20011012  
Ahmed Mefraj Ahmed Mefraj Palestinian Authority Israel-Palestine Palestinian 20020308  
Ahmed Mehdi Ahmed Mehdi al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20050704  
Ahmed Mikati Ahmed Mikati al-Tawhid? Syria-Lebanon 20031223  
Ahmed Mohammad Ibraheem Ahmed Mohammad Ibraheem al-Qaeda Afghanistan 20030925  
Ahmed Mughrabi Ahmed Mughrabi al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Israel-Palestine Palestinian Captured Recruiter 20020527  
    Israel suspects Mughrabi of recruiting the perpetrators of the suicide bombing in Rishon Lezion which killed two Israelis and the March suicide bombing in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Yisrael in which 10 people were killed
Ahmed Muhammad Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali Ahmed Muhammad Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali Iraqi Insurgency Iraq 20060703 Link
Ahmed Mussa Ahmed Mussa Hamas Middle East 20021029  
Ahmed Nacer Ahmed Nacer al-Qaeda Europe 20061002 Link
  Ahmed Nacer Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat Europe 20061003 Link
Ahmed Naveed Khawaja Ahmed Naveed Khawaja al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030409  
Ahmed Nazal Khalayleh Ahmed Nazal Khalayleh al-Qaeda   20020101  
Ahmed Nimir Ahmed Nimir Hamas Middle East Palestinian Big Shot 20030504  
Ahmed Omar Abdel Rahman Ahmed Omar Abdel Rahman al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030302  
Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh Jaish-e-Mohammad Afghanistan/South Asia 20020219  
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh Omar Saeed Sheikh al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia 20040509 Link
  Omar Saeed Sheikh Jaish-e-Muhammad India-Pakistan 20030424  
  Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh Jaish-e-Mohammad India-Pakistan 20050731  
  Omar Sheikh Harkat-ul-Jehad Islamia Afghanistan/South Asia 20020122  
  Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia In Jug 20030502  
  Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh Jaish-e-Muhammad India-Pakistan 20040125  
  Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh Jaish e-Mohammad Britain 20030502  
Ahmed Omar Sheikh Ahmed Omar Sheikh Harkat-ul Ansar India-Pakistan 20020127  
Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia 20050725  
Ahmed Omer Sheikh Ahmed Omer Sheikh al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20060305 Link
Ahmed Ottaman Muhammad Shafik Bader Ahmed Ottaman Muhammad Shafik Bader Hamas Middle East Palestinian At Large 20031202  
    a senior Hamas member who planned, recruited and dispatched terrorists to infiltrate Israeli communities and carry out shooting and bomb attacks against Israeli citizens in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Ahmed Qadoos Ahmed Qadoos Jamaat e-Islami India-Pakistan 20030308  
Ahmed Qorei Ahmed Qorei Palestinian Authority Israel-Palestine Palestinian 20020609  
Ahmed Quddus Ahmed Quddus Jamaat e-Islami India-Pakistan 20030303  
  Ahmed Quddus al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030302  
Ahmed Qurei Ahmed Qurei Fatah Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20051214  
  Ahmed Qurei Palestinian Authority Israel-Palestine Palestinian 20020215  
Ahmed Qureia Ahmed Qureia Palestinian Authority Israel-Palestine Palestinian 20020404  
Ahmed Raad Ahmed Raad Lashkar-e-Taiba Down Under 20051109 Link
Ahmed Raissouni Ahmed Raissouni League for an Islamic Future North Africa 20021130  
Ahmed Rashid Ahmed Rashid Lashkar-e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20060401  
Ahmed Ressam Ahmed Ressam al-Qaeda   Algerian In Jug 20040108  
    Stopped entering the USA from Canada on his way to boom LAX
  Ahmed Ressam al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT In Jug 20020116  
Ahmed Saadat Ahmed Saadat Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Israel-Palestine 20030226  
Ahmed Sadat Ahmed Sadat Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Israel-Palestine 20020429  
Ahmed Saeed Ahmed Saeed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Afghanistan/South Asia 20050921 Link
Ahmed Saeed Abdur Rehman Khadr Ahmed Saeed Abdur Rehman Khadr al-Qaeda Great White North 20040126  
Ahmed Saeed Khadr Ahmed Saeed Khadr al-Qaeda Afghanistan 20020905  
Ahmed Saeed al-Kadr Ahmed Saeed al-Kadr al-Qaeda   20020319  
Ahmed Sahagi Ahmed Sahagi al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20030119  
Ahmed Sahgi Ahmed Sahgi Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia 20031126  
Ahmed Said Abry Ahmed Said Abry Dhinureyin Islamic Foundation East/Subsaharan Africa 20030531  
Ahmed Said Khadr Ahmed Said Khadr Health and Education Project International India-Pakistan 20031015  
  Ahmed Said Khadr al-Qaeda Afghanistan Egyptian-Canadian Deceased 20031017  
  Ahmed Said Khadr Human Concern International India-Pakistan 20031015  
  Ahmed Said Khadr Al Jihad India-Pakistan 20031015  
Ahmed Saker Ahmed Saker Popular Resistance Committees Middle East 20031016  
Ahmed Salim Swedan Ahmed Salim Swedan al-Qaeda Africa: Subsaharan Kenyan At Large Mid-level Hard Boy 20040630 Link
    36-year-old Kenyan on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists.
  Ahmed Salim Swedan al-Qaeda in Africa Africa: East Kenyan At Large Big Shot 20030826  
    At large as of 2005-05-25
Ahmed Sari Hussein Ahmed Sari Hussein Hezbollah Israel-Palestine 20040309  
Ahmed Shah ibn Sharif Ahmed Shah ibn Sharif Jamatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060403 Link
Ahmed Shawqi al-Kubaissi Ahmed Shawqi al-Kubaissi Iraqi Insurgency Iraq 20060703 Link
Ahmed Shibi Ahmed Shibi Fatah Middle East 20021029  
Ahmed Usaid Ahmed Usaid Harakat ul-Mujahideen Fifth Column 20030905  
Ahmed Wahabe Ahmed Wahabe Hamas Great White North 20031211  
Ahmed Wali Al Muqarrab Ahmed Wali Al Muqarrab al-Qaeda Afghanistan 20030925  
Ahmed Walid Raguib al-Baz Ahmed Walid Raguib al-Baz Palestine Liberation Front Iraq 20030320  
Ahmed Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti Ahmed Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti Iraqi Insurgency Iraq 20060703 Link
Ahmed Yassin Ahmed Yassin Hamas Israel-Palestine 20040510 Link
  Ahmed Yassin Islamic Jihad Middle East 20020822  
Ahmed Zaoui Ahmed Zaoui Islamic Front for Salvation Terror Networks 20021217  
  Ahmed Zaoui al-Qaeda   20021214  
  Ahmed Zaoui Armed Islamic Group Terror Networks 20031028  
Ahmed Zarabib Ahmed Zarabib Salafist Group for Call and Combat Africa North 20060202 Link
Ahmed al-Abed Ahmed al-Abed Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Israel-Palestine 20040326  
Ahmed al-Hawashi Ahmed al-Hawashi Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
Ahmed al-Jaabari Ahmed al-Jaabari Hamas Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20051227 Link
Ahmed al-Kalaylah Ahmed al-Kalaylah al-Qaeda Middle East 20021215  
Ahmed al-Khalayleh Ahmed al-Khalayleh al-Tawhid Europe 20030516  
  Ahmed al-Khalayleh al-Qaeda Iraq 20051117 Link
Ahmed al-Khaldi Ahmed al-Khaldi Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20030529  
  Ahmed al-Khaldi Al Muwahidoun Arabia 20030603  
Ahmed al-Najjar Ahmed al-Najjar Egyptian Islamic Jihad Terror Networks 20020912  
Ahmed al-Wash Ahmed al-Wash al-Qaeda Down Under 20040322  
Ahmed bin Hamid al-Khaldi Ahmed bin Hamid al-Khaldi Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
Ahmed bin Hmud al-Khaldi Ahmed bin Hmud al-Khaldi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030531  
Ahmed bin Nasser al-Dekhiel Ahmed bin Nasser al-Dekhiel Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030804  
Ahmed ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Fadli Ahmed ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Fadli al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040424 Link
Akhlaq Ahmed Akhlaq Ahmed Lashkar e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20030831  
Akhlaq Akhlas Ahmed Akhlaq Akhlas Ahmed al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia 20050830  
Al-Iyadyyih Ahmed Mohammed Al-Sayyad Al-Iyadyyih Ahmed Mohammed Al-Sayyad al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030602  
Ali Ahmed Jar Allah Ali Ahmed Jar Allah Yemeni Islah Party Arabia 20030427  
Ali Ahmed Jarallah Ali Ahmed Jarallah Yemeni Islah Party Arabia 20040101  
Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al Bahlul Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al Bahlul al-Qaeda   20040228  
Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al-Bahlul Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al-Bahlul al-Qaeda   20040224  
Ali Youssef Ahmed Moghrabi Ali Youssef Ahmed Moghrabi al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Isreal-Palestine 20020527  
Aref Ahmed Aref Ahmed al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20040304  
Asad Ahmed Munshi Asad Ahmed Munshi Harkat-e-Jehadi Islami India-Pakistan 20020216  
Ashfaq Ahmed Ashfaq Ahmed Lashkar-e-Taiba Down Under 20040418 Link
Atiq Ahmed Atiq Ahmed Jaish-e-Mohammed India-Pakistan 20030901  
Azzam al Ahmed Azzam al Ahmed Palestinian Authority Middle East Palestinian 20020703  
Bashir Ahmed Bashir Ahmed Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi India-Pakistan Pakistani Arrested Tough Guy 20030125  
    charged with murder, terrorism, and conspiracy in connection with the suicide attack which killed 11 French engineers and two Pakistani bystanders in Karachi
Benjamin Ahmed Mahmud Benjamin Ahmed Mahmud al-Qaeda India-Pakistan Arrested Minion 20020614 Link
    Accomplice of Jose Padilla
Bilal Ahmed Bilal Ahmed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20051215 Link
  Bilal Ahmed Jaish-e-Mohammad India-Pakistan Pakistani? Deceased Controller 20020712  
    alias Mehmood Bhai, district commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad. The commander was zapped in a three-hour battle near Handwara township.
Binyam Ahmed Muhammad Binyam Ahmed Muhammad al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20051108 Link
Col. Shawki Abed Ahmed Col. Shawki Abed Ahmed Iraqi Baath Party Britain Iraqi Big Shot 20030424  
    Signed a Jan. 14, 2003, document, written on Republican Guard stationary with its Iraqi eagle and "Trust in Allah," calls for the "Manager of the security department, in the name of President Saddam Hussein, to order a gratuity to be issued to Mr. George Galloway of British nationality in the amount of three million dollars only." The document states that the money is in return for "his courageous and daring stands against the enemies of Iraq, like Blair, the British Prime Minister, and for his opposition in the House of Commons and Lords against all outrageous lies against our patient people...."
Dr. M Khan Mehmoud Ahmed Kathia Dr. M Khan Mehmoud Ahmed Kathia al-Qaeda India-Pakistan Pakistani Arrested Runner 20030409  
    medical doctor suspected of linkages with al-Qaida of Osama bin Laden
Emad Abdelwahid Ahmed Alwan Emad Abdelwahid Ahmed Alwan al-Qaeda North Africa 20021223  
  Emad Abdelwahid Ahmed Alwan Salafist Group for Call and Combat North Africa Yemeni Deceased Big Shot 20030605  
    a leader of the al-Qaida network for northern and western Africa
Farid Ahmed Piracha Farid Ahmed Piracha Jamaat-e-Islami Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051102 Link
Faris Ahmed Jamaan Al-Shuwail Al-Zahrani Faris Ahmed Jamaan Al-Shuwail Al-Zahrani Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Farooq Ahmed Qasid Farooq Ahmed Qasid Lashkar-i-Toiba Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051025 Link
  Farooq Ahmed Qasid Lashkar-e-Taiba Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051031 Link
Faruque Ahmed Faruque Ahmed Harkatul-Jihad Bangladesh 20060411 Link
Fayyaz Ahmed Fayyaz Ahmed Hizbul Mujahideen India-Pakistan 20040118  
Fuad Ahmed Fuad Ahmed Islamic Jihad Middle East 20030113  
Ghaidah Ahmed Souidah Ghaidah Ahmed Souidah al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030602  
Gulzar Ahmed Gulzar Ahmed Jaish-e-Muhammad India-Pakistan Pakistani Front Man 20030708  
    Jaish spokesman in Multan
Gulzar Ahmed Tantrey Gulzar Ahmed Tantrey Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami India-Pakistan 20011213  
Hafez Ahmed Kadir Mainuddin Hafez Ahmed Kadir Mainuddin Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060101 Link
Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Afghanistan/South Asia 20050721  
  Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Jamaat-e-Islami India-Pakistan 20030531  
  Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam (Fazal) India-Pakistan 20020707  
  Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Afghanistan/South Asia Big Shot 20020309  
  Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Pak-Afghan Defence Council India-Pakistan 20020831  
  Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Jamaatud Dawa India-Pakistan 20030718  
Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Sharodi Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Sharodi Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Afghanistan/South Asia Big Shot 20011003  
Hafiz Shoaib Ahmed Hafiz Shoaib Ahmed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20031118  
Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed Taliban Europe 20051005 Link
Hamid bin Ahmed al-Rifaei Hamid bin Ahmed al-Rifaei Islamic Forum for Dialogue Arabia 20011028  
Hanief Ahmed Dar Hanief Ahmed Dar Lashkar-e-Taiba Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051116 Link
Hassan Ahmed Hassan Ahmed Lashkar e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20030608  
Helkoard Ahmed Helkoard Ahmed Ansar Al-Islam Terror Networks 20030505  
Hosssam Ahmed Hammad Hosssam Ahmed Hammad Hamas Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20040602 Link
Hussain Ahmed Hussain Ahmed Harkat-e-Jehadi Islami India-Pakistan 20020216  
Hussam Ahmed Nimer Hamdan Hussam Ahmed Nimer Hamdan Hamas Middle East 20020807  
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmound al Qosi al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20050724  
  Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi al-Qaeda   20040228  
  Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi al-Qaeda   20040224  
Ibrahim Ahmed al-Hamdi Ibrahim Ahmed al-Hamdi Lashkar-e-Taiba Fifth Column 20040117  
Ijaz Ahmed Ijaz Ahmed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20030913  
Imad Nassar Ahmed Amarah Imad Nassar Ahmed Amarah al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraq-Jordan 20050706  
Imam Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari Imam Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind India-Pakistan 20030310  
Imtiaz Ahmed Imtiaz Ahmed Lashkar-e-Taiba Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051116 Link
Imtiaz Ahmed Mujahid Imtiaz Ahmed Mujahid Markazi Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith   20051224 Link
  Imtiaz Ahmed Mujahid Ahle Haidth Youth Force India-Pakistan 20051224 Link
Israr Ahmed Israr Ahmed Tanzeem Islami India-Pakistan 20030908  
  Israr Ahmed Tablighi Jamaat India-Pakistan 20030908  
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20040502 Link
Jameel Ahmed Jameel Ahmed Jamiat-ul-Mujahedin India-Pakistan 20030128  
Jamil Ahmed Jamil Ahmed Jamiat-ul-Mujahedeen India-Pakistan 20030316  
Javed Ahmed Mir Javed Ahmed Mir Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front India-Pakistan 20031120  
  Javed Ahmed Mir Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front India-Pakistan 20051228 Link
Keis Ahmed Nasura Keis Ahmed Nasura Tanzim Middle East 20030114  
Khalid Ahmed Khalid Ahmed al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030926  
Khalil Ahmed Khalil Ahmed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20060223 Link
Khamis Ahmed Ali Khamis Ahmed Ali Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Israel-Palestine Palestinian Deceased Cannon Fodder 20020117  
    Killed in shootout near near the Askar camp
Khorshed Uddin Ahmed Khorshed Uddin Ahmed Jamaatul Mujaheddin Bangladesh Bangladesh 20051225 Link
Khurram Ahmed Khurram Ahmed Hizb ut Tehrir India-Pakistan 20020809  
Latif Ahmed Latif Ahmed Hizbul Mujahideen India-Pakistan 20020326  
Mahdi Ahmed al-Sumaidai Mahdi Ahmed al-Sumaidai Iraqi Insurgency Iraq-Jordan Iraqi 20040628 Link
Mahmoud Diyab al-Ahmed Mahmoud Diyab al-Ahmed Iraqi Baath Party Iraq 20030809  
Mahmud Ahmed Uda Mahmud Ahmed Uda Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Israel-Palestine 20020406  
Majdi Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Khabrani Majdi Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Khabrani al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030607  
Malla Halkord Ahmedi Malla Halkord Ahmedi Ansar al-Sunnah Iraq 20060703 Link
Mansour Mohammed Ahmed Faqih Mansour Mohammed Ahmed Faqih al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031231  
Mansour Muhammad Ahmed Faqeeh Mansour Muhammad Ahmed Faqeeh Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Manzoor Ahmed Chinioti Manzoor Ahmed Chinioti Learned Elders of Islam India-Pakistan 20040221  
Manzoor Ahmed Chinioty Manzoor Ahmed Chinioty Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam (Fazal) India-Pakistan 20020707  
Manzoor Ahmed Ganai Manzoor Ahmed Ganai Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen India-Pakistan 20020603  
Maqsood Ahmed Salfi Maqsood Ahmed Salfi Jamiat Ahle-Hadith India-Pakistan 20020809  
Maulana Ahmed Khan Maulana Ahmed Khan Tanzeem-e-Ittehad-e-Ulema Afghanistan/South Asia 20050829  
  Maulana Ahmed Khan Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl Afghanistan/South Asia 20050829  
Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhanvi Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhanvi Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan India-Pakistan 20030421  
Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Madani Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Madani Jamia Muhammadi Trust Afghanistan/South Asia 20050718  
  Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Madani Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan Afghanistan/South Asia 20050718  
Maulana Nur Ahmed Maulana Nur Ahmed Jamatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060403 Link
Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani Muthidda Majlis-e-Amal India-Pakistan 20020829  
  Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Afghanistan/South Asia 20050715  
  Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani Jamiat-e-Ulema Pakistan India-Pakistan 20060321 Link
  Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal India-Pakistan 20020816  
Maulvi Ahmedullah Maulvi Ahmedullah Taliban Afghanistan 20031220  
Maulvi Wakik Ahmed Mutawakkil Maulvi Wakik Ahmed Mutawakkil Taliban Afghanistan 20040302  
Mehmoud Ahmed Ghaznavi Mehmoud Ahmed Ghaznavi Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan India-Pakistan 20030421  
Mofeed Faisal Ahmed Abduljaleel Farae Mofeed Faisal Ahmed Abduljaleel Farae al-Qaeda Iran 20031107  
Mohamed Ahmed Miftah Mohamed Ahmed Miftah Faithful Youth Arabia 20051206 Link
Mohamed Ahmed Saleh Fulayfel Mohamed Ahmed Saleh Fulayfel al-Qaeda affiliate Africa: North 20050705  
  Mohamed Ahmed Saleh Fulayfel al-Qaeda Africa: North 20050801  
Mohammad Ahmed Mohammad Ahmed al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia 20050906  
Mohammad Jihad Ahmed Jibril Mohammad Jihad Ahmed Jibril Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Israel-Palestine 20020520  
Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Hamas Middle East 20021208  
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Chalabi Mohammed Ahmed Al-Chalabi Takfir wal Hijra Middle East 20031025  
Mohammed Ahmed Salah Felifel Mohammed Ahmed Salah Felifel al-Qaeda Africa: North 20050815  
Mohammed Ahmed al-Chalabi Mohammed Ahmed al-Chalabi Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali Iraqi Insurgency Iraq 20060703 Link
Moinuddeen Ahmed Hameed Moinuddeen Ahmed Hameed al-Qaeda affiliate Home Front 20030905  
Mostaq Ahmed Mostaq Ahmed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20051215 Link
Mousa Ahmed Jaberi Mousa Ahmed Jaberi al-Qaeda Iran 20031107  
Mualana Ahmed Umer Mualana Ahmed Umer Harkat-ul Jihad-e-Islami India-Pakistan 20030327  
Mujeeb Ahmed Mujeeb Ahmed Hizbul Mujahedeen India-Pakistan 20060103 Link
Mukhtar Ahmed Mukhtar Ahmed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Afghanistan/South Asia 20050921 Link
Mullah Wakil Ahmed Mullah Wakil Ahmed Taliban Afghanistan 20031006  
Mumtaz Ahmed Rathore Mumtaz Ahmed Rathore Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front India-Pakistan 20051228 Link
Munir Ahmed Munir Ahmed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20031108  
Mushtaq Ahmed Mushtaq Ahmed Jundullah India-Pakistan 20060315 Link
  Mushtaq Ahmed Hizbul Mujahedin Afghanistan/South Asia 20051003 Link
Mushtaq Ahmed Khan Mushtaq Ahmed Khan Jamaat-e-Islami Afghanistan/South Asia Pakistani At Large 20040610 Link
    MMA provincial naib ameer
Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar Jaish-e-Mohammad India-Pakistan 20020302  
  Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar Al-Omer Mujahideen India-Pakistan 20020727  
Mustafa Ahmed Mustafa Ahmed al-Qaeda   20020605  
Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20030531  
  Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20030306  
  Mustafa Ahmed Hawsawi al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20030624  
  Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawawi al-Qaeda Home Front 20031231  
  Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi Al-Hisawi Co Arabia 20040405  
Mustaq Ahmed Mustaq Ahmed Lashker-e-Taiba India-Pakistan 20030101  
Nafiu Baba Ahmed Nafiu Baba Ahmed Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
  Nafiu Baba Ahmed Learned Elders of Islam East/Subsaharan Africa Nigerian Big Shot 20021202  
    secretary general of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria
Naseemuddin Ahmed Naseemuddin Ahmed Kahuta Research Laboratories Afghanistan/South Asia 20040411  
Naseer Ahmed Roohi Naseer Ahmed Roohi Taliban Afghanistan 20030309  
  Naseer Ahmed Rohi Taliban Afghanistan 20030104  
  Naseer Ahmed Roohi Jamiat-ul-Shabab-ul Muslimeen Afghanistan 20020929  
Nasiu Baba Ahmed Nasiu Baba Ahmed Supreme Council for the Implementation of Sharia in Nigeria Africa: Subsaharan 20040219  
Nasser Ahmed al-Fuhaid Nasser Ahmed al-Fuhaid Learned Elders of Islam Arabia 20030529  
Nazir Ahmed Qasid Nazir Ahmed Qasid Lashkar-i-Toiba Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051025 Link
  Nazir Ahmed Qasid Lashkar-e-Taiba Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051031 Link
Nazir Ahmed Yatoo Nazir Ahmed Yatoo Hizbul Mujahedin India-Pakistan 20011214  
Noor Ahmed Noor Ahmed Lashkar e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan Pakistani Deceased Cannon Fodder 20030718  
    Exploded in an attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque that killed 48 people
Omar Ahmed Khadr Omar Ahmed Khadr al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20051111 Link
Ossman Awad Hamid Ahmed Ossman Awad Hamid Ahmed al Qaeda in Iraq Iraq 20051211 Link
Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Qaeda Arabia 20030831  
Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Saudi Princes Middle East 20020723  
Qari Ahmedullah Qari Ahmedullah Taliban Afghanistan/South Asia Afghan Deceased Big Shot 20011006  
    Taliban's intelligence chief
Qazi Ahmed Hussain Qazi Ahmed Hussain Jamat-e-Islami India-Pakistan 20011217  
Qazi Hussain Ahmed Qazi Hussain Ahmed Tehrik Hurmat-i-Quran Afghanistan/South Asia 20050629  
  Qazi Hussain Ahmed Mutthida Majlis-e-Amal India-Pakistan 20060327 Link
  Qazi Hussain Ahmed Muthidda Majlis-e-Amal India-Pakistan 20020829  
  Qazi Hussain Ahmed Jamaat-e-Islami India-Pakistan Pakistani At Large 20050806  
  Qazi Hussain Ahmed Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Afghanistan/South Asia Pakistani At Large 20050715  
Qazi Hussein Ahmed Qazi Hussein Ahmed Supreme Council of Global Jihad Terror Networks 20030813  
  Qazi Hussein Ahmed Jamaat-e-Islami India-Pakistan 20030305  
  Qazi Hussein Ahmed Jamaat-i-Islami Terror Networks 20050729  
Rabee Ahmed Al-Oweiti Rabee Ahmed Al-Oweiti Lebanese Hizbullah Middle East 20021224  
Rabei Osman Ahmed Rabei Osman Ahmed al-Qaeda in Europe Europe 20050716  
Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed al-Qaeda in Europe Europe Egyptian In Jug Mid-level Hard Boy 20040608 Link
    Ahmed was arrested in Italy. Involved in Madrid train bombings.
Rabiah Ahmed Rabiah Ahmed Council on American Islamic Relations Home Front: WoT 20040405  
Raees Ahmed Raees Ahmed Jaish-e-Mohammed India-Pakistan 20030901  
Raheem Ahmed Mohammad Ata Raheem Ahmed Mohammad Ata al-Qaeda Afghanistan 20030925  
Rana Sultan Ahmed Rana Sultan Ahmed Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam India-Pakistan 20040217  
Rashid Ahmed Abdul Malik Rashid Ahmed Abdul Malik Lashkar e-Taiba India-Pakistan Indian? Arrested Tough Guy 20030524  
    picked up in connection with bomb blast on a Karjat-bound train at Mulund railway station that killed 11 people and injured 70 others
Rhuhel Ahmed Rhuhel Ahmed al-Qaeda Britain 20040310  
Rifai Ahmed Taha Rifai Ahmed Taha Egyptian Islamic Jihad Terror Networks 20011111  
Rown lazher Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Rown lazher Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20031210  
Ruhal Ahmed Ruhal Ahmed Taliban Afghanistan/South Asia British Captured Cannon Fodder 20020129  
    from Tipton, West Midlands - was detained in Kandahar after being tricked to leave a hospital where he was holed up with grenades, believing he was to be handed over to the International Red Cross
  Ruhal Ahmed al-Qaeda Britain 20040310  
Sabbir Ahmed Dulal Sabbir Ahmed Dulal Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060321 Link
Saeed Ahmed Saeed Ahmed Kahuta Research Laboratories India-Pakistan 20031231  
Said Ahmed Mohammed Hardan Said Ahmed Mohammed Hardan Fatah Tanzim Israel-Palestine 20040425 Link
Said Saggar Ahmed Said Saggar Ahmed al-Qaeda in Africa Africa: East 20030808  
  Said Saggar Ahmed al-Qaeda Africa: Subsaharan Kenyan In Jug 20031129  
    charged with conspiracy related to the November 2002 car bomb attack that killed 15 people, including three Israeli tourists. They are also charged in connection with a near-simultaneous, but failed, attempt to shoot down an Israeli aircraft taking off from an airport in nearby Mombasa.
Sajjad Ahmed Sajjad Ahmed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi India-Pakistan Pakistani Arrested Tough Guy 20020722  
    planning to assassinate police officers who had been involved in a crackdown against the LJ
Salim Ahmed Hamdan Salim Ahmed Hamdan al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT Yemeni In Jug 20050724  
    former Osama bin Laden driver, confined at Gitmo
Sameer Mohammed Ahmed al-Hada Sameer Mohammed Ahmed al-Hada al-Qaeda Arabia Yemeni Deceased Cannon Fodder 20020213  
    Fumbled a grenade and killed himself in Sanaa.
Sami Ahmed Sami Ahmed Iraqi Insurgency Iraq-Jordan 20040304  
Sarfaraz Ahmed Sarfaraz Ahmed Jamaat-e-Islami Afghanistan/South Asia Pakistani At Large 20050815  
Sarmad Ahmed Sarmad Ahmed al-Qaeda Arabia 20040411  
Sartaj Ahmed Sartaj Ahmed D Company Afghanistan/South Asia 20040405  
Shabbir Ahmed Shabbir Ahmed Lodi mosque Home Front: WoT Pakistani In Jug 20050810  
  Shabbir Ahmed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Afghanistan/South Asia 20040314  
  Shabbir Ahmed al-Qaeda Home Front: WoT 20050810  
Shabbir Ahmed Shah Shabbir Ahmed Shah Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party India-Pakistan 20060919 Link
Shadi Mahmud Ahmed Shurfa Shadi Mahmud Ahmed Shurfa Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Israel-Palestine 20020406  
Shah Ahmed Noorani Shah Ahmed Noorani Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan India-Pakistan 20031212  
  Shah Ahmed Noorani Jamiat ulema-e-Pakistan India-Pakistan 20010927  
  Shah Ahmed Noorani Milli Yakjehti Council Afghanistan/South Asia 20020321  
  Shah Ahmed Noorani Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan India-Pakistan 20040202  
  Shah Ahmed Noorani Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal India-Pakistan 20031212  
  Shah Ahmed Noorani Jamiat Ulema Pakistan India-Pakistan 20020107  
  Shah Ahmed Noorani Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal India-Pakistan 20031118  
Shahbuddin Ahmed Musa Shahbuddin Ahmed Musa Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060211 Link
Shaikh Mohammad Ahmed Shaikh Mohammad Ahmed Harkatul Mujahideen Al Aalmi India-Pakistan 20020709  
Shakil Ahmed Shakil Ahmed Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Bangladesh 20060228 Link
Shamasuddin Ahmed Shamasuddin Ahmed Hizbul Mujahideen India-Pakistan 20020130  
Shamim Ahmed Shamim Ahmed Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Almi India-Pakistan 20040122  
  Shamim Ahmed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20040120  
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Council of Islamic Courts Africa Horn Somali 20060625 Link
Shehzad Ahmed Shehzad Ahmed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20020722  
Sheik Ahmed Abu Halabiya Sheik Ahmed Abu Halabiya Learned Elders of Islam Middle East 20031027  
Sheik Ahmed Al Hawashi Sheik Ahmed Al Hawashi Learned Elders of Islam Terror Networks 20021003  
Sheik Ahmed Salim Swedan Sheik Ahmed Salim Swedan al-Qaeda India-Pakistan Kenyan Controller 20020916  
    said to have purchased the truck used in the bombing of the United States Embassy in Tanzania in 1998
Sheikh Ahmed Lemo Sheikh Ahmed Lemo Learned Elders of Islam Home Front 20020708  
Sheikh Ahmed Saleem Sheikh Ahmed Saleem al-Qaeda India-Pakistan 20061002 Link
  Sheikh Ahmed Saleem Al Qaeda India-Pakistan 20020713  
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Sheikh Ahmed Salim al-Qaeda Terror Networks 20020904  
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan al-Qaeda   20020904  
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Sheik Ahmed Yassin Hamas Middle East Palestinian Deceased Supremo 20030821  
    Founder and spiritual guide of Hamas. Helizapped.
  Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Hamas Israel-Palestine Palestinian Deceased Supremo 20030225  
    Founder and spiritual guide of Hamas. Helizapped.
  Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Islamic Jihad Israel-Palestine-Jordan 20051027 Link
Sheikh Moalim Ahmed Sheikh Moalim Ahmed Islamic Court Africa Horn 20060815 Link
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Afghanistan/South Asia 20050731  
Shuaeb Ahmed Meer Boury Shuaeb Ahmed Meer Boury Ahl-Alhadeeth Central Association in Britain Britain 20030903  
Sidi Ahmed Habiballah Sidi Ahmed Habiballah Salafist Group for Call and Combat North Africa 20030605  
Sultan Hashem Ahmed Sultan Hashem Ahmed Iraqi Baath Party Iraq 20030407  
Sultan Hashim Ahmed Sultan Hashim Ahmed Iraqi Baath Party Iraq 20030919  
Talal Anbar Ahmed Anbari Talal Anbar Ahmed Anbari Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20031207  
Talal ibn Anbar Ahmed Al-Anbari Talal ibn Anbar Ahmed Al-Anbari al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20040424 Link
Talib Ahmed Kareem Talib Ahmed Kareem al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia 20030602  
Tangail Shoeb Ahmed Tangail Shoeb Ahmed Jamaat ul Mojahideen Bangladesh Afghanistan/South Asia 20050927 Link
Tanveer Ahmed Ansari Tanveer Ahmed Ansari Lashkar-e-Taiba India-Pakistan 20060731 Link
Tariq Ahmed Tariq Ahmed Jaish-e-Muhammad India-Pakistan 20021218  
Tariq Ahmed Dar Tariq Ahmed Dar Lashker-e-Taiba Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051116 Link
  Tariq Ahmed Dar Lashkar-e-Taiba Afghanistan-Pak-India 20051113 Link
Tazim Ahmed Tazim Ahmed Hizbul Mujahideen India-Pakistan 20031208  
Usman Ahmed Usman Ahmed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20030913  
Uthman Awad Hamid Ahmed al-Jubouri Uthman Awad Hamid Ahmed al-Jubouri al Qaeda in Iraq Iraq 20051211 Link
Zahoor Ahmed Zahoor Ahmed Jaish-e-Mohammed India-Pakistan 20030901  
Zamir Ahmed Latif Chaabiwala Zamir Ahmed Latif Chaabiwala Lashkar-e-Taiba India-Pakistan 20060731 Link
Zubair Ahmed Zubair Ahmed al-Qaeda Afghanistan/South Asia 20050830  
  Zubair Ahmed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi India-Pakistan 20030913  
Zubair Ahmed Gondal Zubair Ahmed Gondal Islami Jamiat Talba Pakistan Afghanistan/South Asia 20040517 Link

Africa Horn
Ex-Somali President Rejects Al-Shabaab Allegations, Cites Security Corruption
2025-05-30
Not so much sympathetic as creating insurance against the possibility that Al Shabaab might win, I suspect. Just like the party in power. It’s the culture, right?
[Garowe] Former Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Wednesday strongly rejected recent government accusations that opposition groups are sympathetic to al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
, dismissing the claims as baseless and politically motivated.

Speaking at a political conference in Mogadishu, Sheikh Sharif said the allegations were an attempt to silence dissenting voices and undermine legitimate political opposition. He accused the federal government of trying to derail dialogue and reconciliation efforts by branding critics as murderous Moslems.

"These accusations are meaningless and only serve to stifle the voice of the people," said the former president, calling for political maturity and openness to dialogue among all stakeholders.

Sharif also sounded the alarm over widespread corruption within Somalia’s security institutions, particularly the armed forces, arguing that it has severely weakened their ability to combat the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab insurgency.

"If corruption within the security sector is not addressed, the country’s stability and development will be at serious risk," he warned.

The former leader urged Somali political actors to come together in open dialogue to find lasting solutions to the country’s worsening political crisis and ongoing armed conflict.

"Dialogue is the only key to saving Somalia," Sheikh Sharif said. "We must all recognise the importance of unity and work towards peace."

He stressed the need for accountable leadership and inclusive governance, saying the Somali people deserve transparency, justice, and political stability.
Such pious sentiments.
Wednesday’s conference also discussed the broader political landscape, including opposition concerns over President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s push for elections without a consensus. Opposition leaders called for a united front to challenge what they described as a unilateral and exclusionary process.

The political climate in Somalia continues to deteriorate as President Mohamud’s term nears its final year, with tensions rising over electoral disagreements and governance challenges.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US reopens ambassador’s residence in Syria, suggests non-aggression pact with Israel
2025-05-30
[IsraelTimes] Raising flag in Damascus, American envoy Tom Barrack says Israel-Syria conflict solvable through dialogue, as Washington rolls back Assad-era sanctions

The US ambassador to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, Tom Barrack, who has also been appointed special envoy to Syria, arrived to inaugurate the residence, Syrian state-run news agency
...and if you can't trust the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
SANA reported.

On Thursday, speaking to Saudi channel Al Arabiya in Damascus, Barrack described the long-standing conflict between Syria and Israel, who have technically been at war since 1948, as a "solvable problem" through dialogue, proposing a "non-aggression agreement" between them.

Rooters reported earlier this week that Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have, in recent weeks, held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region.

Washington hasn’t formally reopened its embassy in Damascus, which closed in 2012 after protests against the government of strongman president Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
were met by a brutal crackdown and spiraled into civil war. Assad was unseated in December in a lightning rebel offensive.

But Barrack’s visit and the raising of the flag were a significant signal of warming relations.

Washington was initially circumspect about Syria’s new leaders, led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former leader of an Islamist bad boy group that the US still lists as a terrorist organization.

However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
US President Donald Trump’s administration, encouraged by two US allies in the region, 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 Turkey, has shown increasing openness to Damascus in recent weeks.

Trump held a surprise meeting with al-Sharaa in Riyadh earlier this month, and the US has begun to roll back decades of sanctions slapped on Syria under the Assad dynasty.

The US State Department posted a statement on X on Thursday attributed to Trump announcing Barrack’s appointment as envoy to Syria.

"Tom understands there is great potential in working with Syria to stop Radicalism, improve Relations, and secure Peace in the Middle East. Together, we will Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!" the statement said.

Barrack thanked Trump in an X post for "your bold vision, empowering a historically rich region, long oppressed, to reclaim its destiny through self-determination."
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Africa Horn
USS Truman Executed Largest-Ever Carrier Airstrike on ISIS in Somalia on Feb 1
2025-05-30
[X]
… from Carrier Air Wing 1 dropped around 125,000 pounds of precision-guided munitions on ISIS cave networks southeast of Bosaso.

Key ISIS figures, including recruiter Ahmed Maeleninine, were killed.
Related:
Ahmed Maeleninine 03/07/2025 U.S. pledges more support to Somalia's Puntland in ISIS war
Ahmed Maeleninine 03/05/2025 Somalia: Puntland forces seize ISIS headquarters in mountains

Ahmed Maeleninine 02/27/2025 Somalia: Puntland Forces Discover ISIS Leadership Bunker in Bold Strike Against Militant Stronghold

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
EU sanctions Syrian militia groups over deadly violence against Alawites
2025-05-29
[IsraelTimes] The EU imposes sanctions on three Syrian militia groups and two of their leaders for serious human rights abuses over their alleged involvement in deadly ethnic violence in March, an official document showed.
All three are units in Turkey’s Syrian National Army.
The Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade, the Hamza Division and the Sultan Murad Division, as well as the heads of the first two kkgroups, were added to Brussels’ sanction list for their “part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community,” the EU’s official journal reads.
Rudaw adds:

“In relation to the wave of violence that took place in Syria’s coastal region in March 2025, the Council has introduced new restrictive measures under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, targeting two individuals and three entities for serious human rights abuses,” the EU Council said in a statement.

Included in the sanctions list are Mohammed Hussein al-Jassim (Abu Amsha) and Seyf Boulad Abu Bakr, the notorious commanders of the Turkish-backed Suleiman Shah Brigade and Hamza Division, respectively, as well as their associated factions and the Sultan Murad Division.

The SNA is a coalition of militias backed by Turkey that have largely been integrated into the Syrian defense ministry. Throughout the course of the Syrian civil war, they have been complicit in attacks on minority communities such as Kurds and Alawites.

The EU accused all three factions of “targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing torture and arbitrary killings of civilians,” stressing that they are “therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses.”

The measures are binding and directly applicable in all EU member states.

In March, violence erupted in Alawite-majority areas after armed groups, many loyal to ousted president Bashar al-Assad, launched attacks on forces allied with the government, prompting Damascus to respond with force.

Around 1,500 people, mainly Alawite civilians, were killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which said most of the casualties were caused by government or government-affiliated forces.

Two weeks ago, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Damascus to exclude those with records of abuse from the Syrian security forces - referring to SNA militants - and said the fighters continue to detain and extort civilians in northern Syria.

Syria’s new authorities have faced backlash, particularly from the Kurds, for appointing militia figures complicit in serious human rights abuses against the community.

Sharaa’s interim government, headed by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, has faced repeated criticism for its treatment of minority groups, with many Syrians and foreign powers fearing it will impose strict religious rule, posing a threat to Kurds, Druze, Christians, and Alawites. The violence heightened concerns over the future of these populations.

On May 20, the EU officially decided to lift all economic sanctions on Syria.

“The Council has also removed 21 entities from the EU list of those subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources,” the Council said on Wednesday. “Several of these entities are banks, including the Central Bank of Syria, or companies operating in key sectors for Syria’s economic recovery.”

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas hailed the decision, saying it comes at a “historic” time to safeguard Syria’s economic recovery.

“The EU has stood with the Syrian people throughout the last 14 years, and it will continue to do so. Today the EU reaffirms its commitment as a partner for the transition,” Kallas said.
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Another 1812. How Russia got Moldova the day before the Patriotic War
2025-05-29
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Igor Ivanenko

[REGNUM] The year 1812 is naturally associated in our historical memory with the First Patriotic War. But on the eve of Napoleon's Great Army's attack on Russia and four months before the Battle of Borodino, our country won a victory on another front.

On March 28, 1812, in Bucharest, the Russian Empire signed a treaty with the Ottoman Empire, according to which the Turks handed over to us the lands between the Dniester, Prut and Danube. The new territory was called "Bessarabia" - now this is Moldova and the southwestern "corner" of the Odessa region. Thus ended the next, eighth Russian-Turkish war - and the same Bonaparte had a significant role in this clash of neighbors.

FRENCH INTRIGUE
At the beginning of the 19th century, Russia, involved in the wars of the European allies with Napoleonic France, did not make plans for Bessarabia. Following the precepts of Grigory Potemkin, our country actively developed trade with the Ottoman Empire.

Order in the south was guaranteed by the Treaty of Jassy in 1791. This treaty was concluded following the results of the previous, 7th Russo-Turkish War and was the fruit of victories of two geniuses of the Catherine era - the commander Alexander Suvorov and the administrator, Prince Potemkin-Tavrichesky. Russia then secured Crimea and Novorossiya for itself and acquired the territory between the Southern Bug and the Dniester, where the "southern capital", Odessa, appeared on the site of the Turkish fortification of Khadzhibey.

Beyond the Dniester began the lands of the Moldavian Principality, a state with its capital in the city of Iasi (now in Romania). Chisinau was a provincial town, Bender and Akkerman (Belgorod-Dnestrovsky) were Turkish fortresses. In those years, Bessarabia was the name given to the southern steppe part between the Dniester, Prut and Danube rivers - in Tatar, this region was called Budzhak.

The Moldavian rulers, the hospodars, who sat in Iasi were vassals of the Turkish sultan. Just like the hospodars of another trans-Danubian principality, Wallachia, whose capital was Bucharest. But the Treaty of Iasi changed the order beyond the Danube. Moldavia and Wallachia effectively fell into Russia's sphere of influence. By the mid-2000s, the pro-Russian hospodars, Alexander Muruzi and Constantine Ypsilanti, were in power in both parts of what would become Romania.

Turkey and Russia maintained peaceful and almost allied relations. In 1798–1800, a Russian-Turkish squadron under the command of Fyodor Ushakov undertook an expedition to the Greek Ionian Islands, from where the French were expelled.

But the European agenda spoiled everything. On November 20 (December 2, new style) 1805, the famous battle of the "three emperors" took place on the field near Austerlitz: Napoleon's marshals defeated the commanders of the Austrian Emperor Franz II and our Alexander I.

The fact that Russia was drawn into a European war, and that military fortune rarely smiled upon our army at that time, did not go unnoticed by our southern neighbors, Turkey and Persia. The Persian Shah declared war on Russia back in 1804 (this campaign ended in 1813 with the complete defeat of the Persians). And Napoleon's triumph at Austerlitz prompted the Turkish Sultan to begin weaving anti-Russian intrigues.

Relations between France and Turkey were much better than they are today; Paris had been considered an ally of Istanbul since the 16th century. So the Sultan followed the lead of his European partners: in early 1806, Napoleon sent Marshal Horace Sebastiani as ambassador to Istanbul, who convinced Sultan Selim III to remove the pro-Russian rulers of Wallachia and Moldova. This was a flagrant violation of the Treaty of Jassy and a challenge to Tsar Alexander. And when the Turks closed the Bosphorus and Dardanelles to the passage of Russian warships, war became inevitable.

RESETTING THE TRUCE
In November 1806, the Russian army crossed the Dniester and, as if reluctantly, occupied the border fortresses of Khotin, Bendery and Akkerman. The Turks did not offer serious resistance at that time. And Russia acted according to the logic that Vladimir Medinsky recently recalled : at the first stage of the conflict, we offered the enemy to end the war on lenient terms.

Petersburg showed in every way that the presence of its troops in the Bessarabian possessions of the Ottoman Porte and the eastern districts of vassal Moldova was temporary. But gradually the fighting became more intense, and Russia began to consider the Danubian principalities as compensation for the costs incurred.

Moreover, an important part of the Franco-Ottoman military plans was the invasion of the Russian Black Sea region via the Dniester. The full-flowing Danube could have become a much more reliable border line.

The course of the Turkish campaign was again influenced by European affairs. In 1807, Alexander I was forced to sign the Peace of Tilsit with Napoleon. The campaign of 1808-09, which France waged against Austria, did not start very well for Bonaparte. The Emperor of the French, in order to secure the support of his "new friend", Alexander, even supported our claims to Bessarabia, Moldavia and Wallachia. But soon fortune smiled on Napoleon again, and he forgot about his promises to Russia. At the same time, the French still had cordial agreement with the Turks. Our European "ally" continued to support our Asian enemy.

CURATOR OF THE "ISTANBUL PROCESS"
By the beginning of 1811, it became clear that things were heading towards a new direct clash with France. Our country ignored Napoleon's anti-English sanctions - the continental blockade, so the French emperor decided to "punish" Russia. In view of the inevitable war with the first army of Europe, the protracted campaign on the Danube had to be ended.

Mikhail Kutuzov, who arrived in the Danube Army in April 1811, was given a very difficult task: to achieve peace in the shortest possible time with fewer forces than the enemy (45 thousand Russians against 75 thousand Ottomans), and even with territorial gains.

In June–September 1811, Kutuzov carried out the brilliant Ruschuk-Slobodzeya operation, as a result of which the main part of the advancing Turkish group was blocked on the left (Russian) bank of the Lower Danube. Having good connections in Istanbul from his diplomatic work there, Kutuzov promptly began preliminary negotiations with his old acquaintance, the Grand Vizier Ahmed Pasha.

The parties agreed on a new border along the Siret and Danube rivers. In this case, the core of the Moldavian Principality with the cities of Iasi and Galati would come under Russian control. But French intrigues again prevented this from becoming a reality. Napoleon sent a message to the Sultan about his readiness to take back the possessions ceded to Russia by the Ottomans after his victory over Russia and hand them over to restored Poland.

The "too accommodating" group of Turkish negotiators was replaced, and after a pause in the conference, a final agreement was reached on the Prut-Danube demarcation. Kutuzov could not insist on the Siret border, since the French invasion was approaching.

The ratification of the Treaty of Bucharest by Alexander I took place on June 23, 1812. The day before the start of the Patriotic War.

SPECIAL STATUS
Bonaparte was very annoyed by this turn of events - the defeat and withdrawal of the Turks from the war gave Russia new territories. But due to French intervention, Russia was able to annex only the sparsely populated eastern outskirts of the Moldavian Principality, to which the name of its southern "corner" was extended - Bessarabia. The native Moldavian lands, with the bulk of the population of the principality, did not go to the Russian Empire.

Such a course of events will be fatal for subsequent attempts to create a Russian Moldova: Chisinau will never become an equivalent replacement for Iasi.

In the area between the Dniester, Prut and Danube rivers, Russia received a conglomerate of several outlying districts of the Moldavian Principality, former Ottoman fortress cities, and the steppe possessions of the Nogais. The absolute majority of Turks and Nogais left the area between the rivers during the fighting.

Therefore, the question of settling the sparsely populated region with a loyal Christian population immediately arose, as well as the question of local government. Both of them were resolved in the spirit of Catherine II's policy of settling Transnistria, annexed by the Treaty of Jassy in 1791. At one time, the empress ordered that Moldavian boyars with their peasants be attracted to the Dniester "especially near the Moldavian borders, for the most convenient population of these". The boyars themselves were recommended to be appointed to administrative positions.

Moldovans made up a very significant part of the broad stream of immigrants that poured into the Bessarabian region of Russia, formed in 1812, from the Ottoman possessions. In the fifth year of Bessarabia's stay in the empire, the region's population almost doubled, reaching 492 thousand people. Moldovans then made up 78% of the region's inhabitants.

Later, the migration process was balanced by the influx of Slavs from the internal provinces of Russia and from Bulgaria, which was under Turkish rule. At first, the Bulgarians included the culturally close Orthodox Turks - the Gagauz, who had migrated from Dobrudja (the Black Sea coast beyond the Danube). Thus, the Bulgarian city of Bolgrad and Gagauzia appeared in southern Bessarabia.

On the issue of power, two currents immediately emerged - "Moldavian" and "imperial". Moreover, the first included not only ethnic Moldovans. They were united by the perception of the Bessarabian region as a fragment of Greater Moldova.

The "imperialists" advocated the unification of local laws with all-Russian norms and the integration of Moldavian boyars who had entered Russian service into the all-imperial elite.

The "pro-Moldavian" trend was patronized by the actual head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Greek Ioannis Kapodistrias, the future first ruler of independent Hellas. Kapodistrias considered Bessarabia as a base for the fight against the Ottomans in the Danubian Principalities.

But most importantly, Alexander I himself was inclined to favor the special status of Bessarabia. He saw the new territory as an autonomy, similar to the recently created Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Finland. More precisely, such a third "state in personal union" could be Greater Moldova with its center in Iasi.

The Bessarabian region of the time of Alexander I - if we draw a parallel with Soviet history - played the role of Transnistria in 1924-40, where the Bolsheviks created the Moldavian ASSR with the aim of returning the territory between the Prut and the Dniester captured by the Romanians.

In the "Temporary Rules" for the governance of Bessarabia, drawn up by Capodistrias and adopted in 1812, the Regional Council copied the structure of the Divan (government) of the Moldavian Principality. It was specifically stipulated that Moldavian boyars should constitute the majority of its members.

The symbolic special status of the Bessarabian region was confirmed by the coat of arms approved in 1817, on which the imperial double-headed eagle was adjacent to an ox's head - the ancient symbol of the rulers of Moldova.

PUSHKIN'S LAWS
The first civil governor of the region, the Moldavian boyar Scarlat Sturdza, when appointing district police chiefs, emphasized the priority of local laws and customs over Russian ones. The latter were allowed to be addressed only when it was not possible to find the necessary article in the Moldavian codes.

But the laws of the feudal principality were quite archaic, and they had to be modernized on the fly. In 1821, Kapodistrias brought in an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who had been sent into exile to the south to develop a new Civil Code of Bessarabia. The "seconded" official's name was Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.

“I occupied him with translating into Russian the Moldavian laws written in French,” Pushkin’s immediate superior, Infantry General Ivan Inzov, reported to Kapodistrias

The poet's contribution to the drafting of the Moldavian Civil Code was rather symbolic - in essence, the work was done by the Greek scholar, lawyer Pyotr Manega. But Pushkin's Bessarabian impressions gave Russian literature the brilliant poem "Gypsies".

As for the dispute between the supporters of the "Moldavian" and "imperial" paths of development of Bessarabia, the "imperialists" clearly won. The reason was simple - it was necessary to defeat corruption, which, together with the deeply rooted Ottoman administrative customs, interfered with the normal management of the new territory. The Moldavian Sturdza was replaced as governor by the German Ivan (Johann) Harting in order to restore order.

He began the Russification of office work and legal proceedings, and appointed Russian officials to the post of district police chiefs. The dispute was settled in 1823 by Alexander I, who was disappointed with the results of the experiment on broad autonomy for the Kingdom of Poland.

The annexation of the Danubian principalities (including the part of Greater Moldavia that remained abroad) was highly questionable. Later, in the late 1850s, with the help and participation of Western powers, the Moldavian Principality (with Iasi, but without Bessarabia) would unite with Wallachia into a state called Romania.

And in the late 1820s, Bessarabia was united with Novorossiya into a single governorate-general with its capital in Odessa, headed by the viceroy Count Mikhail Vorontsov.

The exiled Pushkin's move from Kishinev to Odessa was connected precisely with these changes in the viceroyal apparatus. The poet, as is well known, did not have a high opinion of the failed capital of the "grand principality of Moldavia": "Cursed city of Kishinev! / The tongue will tire of scolding you. / Someday on the sinful roof / Of your soiled houses / Heavenly thunder will certainly strike..."

Decades later, Chisinau would become a thriving Novorossiysk city, one of the important centers of the south, adorned with a monument to Pushkin by Alexander Opekushin, a "twin" of the Moscow monument. But that's a completely different story.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria's Sharaa launches ''battle for reconstruction'' in Aleppo
2025-05-29
[NEWARAB] Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Tuesday urged Syrians to join the "battle for reconstruction" as he spoke at an event in the northern city of Aleppo, which has been heavily damaged in regime bombing during the war.

The event, titled "Aleppo, the Key to Victory", was held at the Aleppo Citadel's amphitheatre to mark the "victory of the Syrian revolution" and the city's liberation from Assad regime control.

Aleppo was the first city to fall in a rebel offensive in November and December, which eventually led to the collapse of the former regime and flight into exile of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
"Oh, great Syrian people, the battle of reconstruction has just begun. Let us all join hands and seek God's help to create a bright future for a venerable country and a deserving people," al-Sharaa said.

"Our war with the tyrants has ended and our battle against poverty has begun."

The interim president paid tribute to the sacrifices of the people of Aleppo, which fell to rebel forces for the first time in December 2024 - shortly before the Assad regime's collapse.

Parts of Aleppo, particularly a former rebel stronghold in the city's east, were destroyed in regime offensives and years of regime bombing.

Abeer Fares, an official in the Public Relations Office of the Political Affairs Department, told The New Arab's Arabic-language sister site, al-Araby al-Jadeed, that the event was not only a celebration of Aleppo's liberation but also a way of raising support for the families of those killed in the uprising from the city.

The event was also attended by figures who took part in the Syrian revolution and have now joined the state's security apparatus. Among them was Mohammed Fawaz Qalb, a fighter from Hayaat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
's (HTS) elite Red Headbands Brigade which participated in Aleppo's liberation.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rojava, Damascus reach agreement on al-Hol camp
2025-05-28
[Rudaw] The Kurdish authorities and the Syrian interim government have reached an agreement to empty the notorious al-Hol camp from Syrians and return them to their homes, a Kurdish official said on Monday.
Lovely. And how will HTS keep them from returning to jihad?
The official Facebook page of the Kurdish-led Democratic Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (DAANES), on Monday cited Sheikhmous Ahmed, who oversees all internally displaced persons (IDP) and refugee camps in Rojava, as saying that a meeting was held between Rojava and Damascus officials earlier in the week. They agreed to "establish a joint mechanism for evacuating Syrian families from al-Hol camp and returning them to their original areas."

A delegation from the US-led global coalition against 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) also took part in the meeting.

A delegation from the Syrian government visited al-Hol camp on Saturday, according to local media. The delegation consisted of ten people and was the first visit to the camp by the interim government. They were also joined by representatives from the US-led global coalition against ISIS.

Ahmed was possibly referring to the same delegations.

Syrian interior ministry spokesperson told Rudaw on Saturday that as per the landmark agreement between Mazloum Abdi, chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in March, Damascus will assume the control of all areas in Rojava, including al-Hol camp.

He added that they want to ensure the al-Hol camp is no longer a source of unrest and extremism. "Now, it will become a comprehensive societal rehabilitation dossier targeting the victims and families of individuals who joined ISIS," he said.

Al-Hol camp in Hasaka province is infamous for its squalid conditions and has been branded a breeding ground for terrorism. Iraqis and Syrians make up the majority of the nearly 40,000 ISIS-linked people who have been held at the camp since the defeat of the group in 2019. There are also people in the camp from around the world who had traveled to join the so-called ISIS caliphate.

The DAANES in January announced that its doors are open to the "voluntary return" of Syrians in the camp to their hometowns. Iraq has been repatriating its nationals in groups, putting them through a rehabilitation program before they return to their original homes.
Related:
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israel and Syria holding face-to-face meetings at border to calm tensions
2025-05-28
[IsraelTimes] Syrians represented by border governor Ahmad al-Dalati, Israel by unnamed security officials; talks are on ‘absence of war,’ not normalization, for now

Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region between the two longtime foes, five people familiar with the matter said.

The contacts mark a significant development in ties between states that have been on opposite sides of conflict in the Middle East for decades, as the US encourages the new Islamist rulers in Damascus to establish relations with Israel and Israel eases its strikes on Syria.

They also build on back-channel talks via intermediaries since Salafist tough guys Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
toppled Syrian strongman Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Horror of Homs...
in December, said two Syrian and two Western sources, as well as a regional intelligence source familiar with the matter.

The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject for two nations with no official ties and a history of enmity. The direct talks and their scope have not been previously reported.

On the Syrian side, the sources said contacts have been led by security bigshot Ahmad al-Dalati, who was appointed governor of the province of Quneitra, which borders the Golan Heights, after the fall of Assad.

Earlier this week, Dalati was also put in charge of security in the southern province of Sweida, home to Syria’s Druze minority.

Rooters could not determine who participated on Israel’s side, though two of the sources said they were security officials.

Three of the sources said there had been several rounds of in-person meetings in the border region, including in territory controlled by Israel.

Israel’s foreign ministry and Syrian officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Earlier this month, Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa confirmed indirect talks with Israel that he said were aimed at calming tensions, a striking admission that followed a Rooters report that the UAE was mediating such talks.

Israeli military operations in Syria have escalated since Assad’s fall, with Jerusalem saying it will not tolerate an Islamist hard boy presence in southern Syria.

Israel has bombed what it says are military targets across the country, and Israeli ground forces have entered southwestern Syria, where they are currently stationed in a number of outposts in a buffer zone in the Golan Heights.

The Jewish state has also cautioned against swift recognition of the new government in Syria, expressing deep skepticism about Sharaa, who until recently had a $10 million bounty on his head from the US.

But the strikes and the criticism have subsided in recent weeks.

On May 14, a meeting between US President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
and Sharaa in Riyadh upended decades of US Syria policy, and signaled to Israel’s government that it should work to reach understandings with Sharaa.

The regional intelligence source described Trump’s engagement with Sharaa as a pivotal part of a realignment in US policy that upset Israel’s post-Assad strategy of exploiting Syria’s fragmentation.

TENSIONS DOWN IN SWEIDA
The relative calm in May has also seen a reduction in tensions around Sweida, which saw days of bloody festivities between Druze armed factions, some of which have Israeli backing, and Sunni Moslem fighters last month.

Amid the violence, Israel had launched a series of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s, including one just outside the presidential palace overlooking Damascus, which it framed as a warning over threats against the Druze, a minority group with communities in Syria, 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....
and Israel.

While the direct talks are currently focused on joint security, such as preventing conflict and reducing Israeli incursions into Syrian border villages, two of the sources said they may help pave the way for broader political understandings.

"For now, they are about peace, as in the absence of war, rather than normalization," said the person familiar with backchannel talks.

Trump indicated after meeting Sharaa that the Syrian leader was willing to eventually normalize ties with Israel, while adding that it would take some time.

Sharaa has not commented on the statement, saying instead that he supported a return to the terms of a 1974 ceasefire agreement that created a UN buffer zone in the Golan Heights.

Syria’s new rulers have made repeated efforts to show they pose no threat to Israel, meeting representatives of the Jewish community in Damascus and abroad and detaining two senior members of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
terror group, which participated in the October 7, 2023, Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
-led attack on Israel.

Additionally, Paleostinian sources said on Friday that several Iran-backed Paleostinian terror groups had left Syria altogether under pressure from the new regime.

A letter sent by Syria’s foreign ministry to the US State Department last month, seen by Rooters, said "we will not allow Syria to become a source of threat to any party, including Israel."

Israel has so far treated such statements with intense suspicion, due to the new leadership’s roots.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza reports American company’s distribution complex destroyed, food packages looted; Gaza was overexcited — distribution quickly recommenced, 95 aid trucks entered Strip
2025-05-28
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Gazans overrun Strip’s new aid center; operator says distribution has resumed - over 400,000 meals thus far
[IsraelTimes] IDF confirms it fired shots into air, not at center itself; US-backed aid group says centers have given out 8,000 food boxes; UN says mechanism far from reaching aid targets

Thousands of Paleostinians on Tuesday overran one of the newly established aid distribution sites in southern 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...
’s Rafah, only hours after the military announced the new aid mechanism, backed by Israel and the United States, began operating for the first time.

Footage posted to social media showed crowds surging into the area and taking boxes of food.

The IDF, which secures the area around the facility, confirmed that troops fired warning shots outside the compound, but denied reports claiming it opened fire from a helicopter or towards the center itself.

A military source said an Israeli Air Force helicopter was operating over the sea at the time of the incident, but not anywhere close to the distribution site.

Asked about the overrun of one of GHF’s Rafah distribution sites by thousands of Palestinians on Tuesday, the US official downplays the incident, insisting that it lasted 20 minutes.
"Control over the situation was established, food distribution operations are expected to continue as planned, and the safety of IDF troops was not compromised," the military added.

According to Paleostinian reports, the American security personnel charged with securing the area expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. There were no reports of casualties in the incident.

The newly created Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sought to downplay the incident, saying that its American security subcontractors fell back in order to allow "a small number" of people to take food.

"The needs on the ground are great. At one moment in the late afternoon, the volume of people at the SDS was such that the GHF team fell back to allow a small number of Gazooks to take aid safely and dissipate," GHF said in a statement.

Before the break-in, GHF said that "approximately 8,000 food boxes have been distributed so far. Each box feeds 5.5 people for 3.5 days, totaling 462,000 meals."

GHF claimed its operations have returned to normal.

The military announced earlier that two out of four of the recently established sites began operating for the first time, initially delivering food packages to thousands of Paleostinian families.

However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
an Israeli security official also tried to downplay the incident, telling the Ynet site that none of the aid had been looted.

The newly opened aid centers are operated by the GHF, an American organization that is backed by Israel, designed to bypass the UN and traditional aid agencies in a bid to keep the supplies away from Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
The UN and other international organizations withheld much-needed backing of the GHF, arguing that its aid initiative violates humanitarian principles by requiring Gazooks to walk long distances in order to receive aid and limiting distribution to southern Gaza, a move that would forcibly displace the Paleostinian population.

Footage purportedly shows thousands of Paleostinians overrunning one of the aid distribution sites in southern Gaza's Rafah a short while ago.

Three of the distribution sites are located in the Tel Sultan area of southern Gaza’s Rafah, while the fourth is in the Netzarim Corridor area, south of Gaza City. The two sites that began operations on Tuesday are in Rafah.

"The establishment of the distribution centers took place over the last few months, facilitated by the Israeli political echelon and in coordination with the US government," the IDF said in its first official comment on the aid sites.

"This process coincided with an ongoing dialogue and cooperation with the IDF, through the Southern Command and COGAT, as well as international aid organizations, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and the American civilian security company," it said.

The IDF said it will "continue to facilitate humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip, while making every possible effort to ensure that the aid does not reach the hands of the Hamas terrorist organization."

Images showed aid boxes included bags of rice and dried beans, as well as flour, oil, salt, and canned vegetables, many of them in Israeli packaging.

"I am so scared because they said the company belongs to Israel and is a mercenary, and also because the resistance [Hamas] said not to go," he said in a message on the chat app WhatsApp.
Even before the chaos on Tuesday, Paleostinians voiced wariness over the new program.

"As much as I want to go because I am hungry and my children are hungry, I am afraid," said Abu Ahmed, 55, a father of seven. "I am so scared because they said the company belongs to Israel and is a mercenary, and also because the resistance [Hamas] said not to go," he said in a message on the chat app WhatsApp.

Hamas, which has in recent months faced protests by many Paleostinians who want the devastating war to end, has warned residents against accessing GHF sites, saying Israel was using the company to collect intelligence information.

"Do not go to Rafah... Do not fall into the trap... Do not risk your lives. Your homes are your fortress. Staying in your neighborhoods is survival, and awareness is your protection," a statement published by the Hamas-linked Home Front said.

"These schemes will be broken by the steadfastness of a people who do not know defeat," it added.

"Before the war, my fridge used to be full of meat, chicken, dairy, soft drinks, everything, and now I am begging for a loaf of bread," Abu Ahmed told Rooters via a chat app.

As the mechanism began operations, Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (OCHA), said the GHF was a distraction from what is needed, such as the opening of crossing points.

Additionally, Juliette Touma, communications director of the UN Paleostinian refugee agency, said the UN does not know what is being distributed.

"We don’t have any information," she said. "We know what’s needed, we know what’s missing, and we are very, very far from that daily target."

Senior US official hails GHF, blasts UN for refusing to get behind aid distribution effort
[IsraelTimes] The Trump administration hails the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, while blasting the UN for refusing to cooperate with the group’s new aid distribution initiative, hours after thousands of Palestinians overran one of its sites in Rafah.

“Aid is getting to the people in need, and through their secure distribution system, Israel is kept safe and Hamas empty handed,” says a statement to reporters attributed to a senior administration official.

The official appears to cite GHF’s figures, stating that roughly 8,000 boxes of food have been distributed in the foundation’s first two days of operation, with each box feeding 5.5 people for 3.5 days, totaling 462,000 meals.

The Trump official says GHF is managing to operate in Gaza, despite attempts by Hamas to place blockades on aid trucks. “GHF is a threat to Hamas’s longstanding system of looting the assistance intended for the people of Gaza.”

“The UN and other aid agencies were wrong to criticize,” the senior Trump administration official says, making no mention of Tuesday’s mass-looting incident in one of the two distribution sites GHF has begun to operate. “These organizations echoed Hamas talking points rather than praising those who are delivering results.”

While GHF was only registered this year, the Trump official says the project was born during the Biden administration but was dropped due to “bureaucratic incompetence.”

The Trump administration was impressed by the idea, though, and got behind it. “We support bold, out-of-the-box efforts to make life better for Gazans. GHF is doing exactly that. And we’re proud to back their incredible mission,” the official says.

US will renew push for countries to fund GHF once it demonstrates results — official
[IsraelTimes] The Trump administration plans to renew its push for countries and international organizations to fund the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation once its new aid distribution initiative proves to be a success, a US official tells The Times of Israel. The US official acknowledges that European countries and other nations approached earlier this month about backing GHF did not respond “favorably.”

“Countries are used to doing what they have always done,” the US official says.

However, the US official is unfazed by the initial negative response from countries, who have refrained from bankrolling GHF to date.

“The United States is a leader in innovation and once GHF works, others will want to share in its success,” the official adds.

Asked about the overrun of one of GHF’s Rafah distribution sites by thousands of Palestinians on Tuesday, the US official downplays the incident, insisting that it lasted 20 minutes and that over 400,000 meals were fed as a result of the foundation’s work.
Twenty minutes? Golly.

Israel says 95 trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Tuesday
[IsraelTimes] The Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announces that 95 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip today.

Israel resumed aid deliveries to Gaza last week, after a pause since March 2. Since then, 755 trucks of aid have entered the Strip.

Today’s trucks include food, medical equipment, and pharmaceutical drugs, COGAT says.

The aid underwent an inspection first by Israeli authorities before entering Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Earlier, COGAT said some 400 truckloads of aid were awaiting collection on the Gazan side of Kerem Shalom.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian forces arrest suspected ISIS cell near Damascus
2025-05-27
[Rudaw] Syrian security forces arrested members of a suspected 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) cell near the capital Damascus, state media reported on Monday, saying the Death Eaters were planning to destabilize the region.

"We carried out a qualitative and precise security operation yesterday, which resulted in the arrest of a number of members of this cell, and a quantity of light, medium, and heavy weapons were seized," Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said, citing the interior ministry.

The Death Eaters were planning to use the weapons to "destabilize security and stability in the region," SANA said about the operation, carried out in a Damascus suburb.

ISIS attacks in Syria have largely been focused on the Kurdish-held regions of north and east Syria, but attacks on the new Damascus-affiliated authorities are rare.

ISIS rose to power and swept through swathes of Syria in a brazen offensive in 2014, declaring a so-called "caliphate."

But the Death Eaters were territorially defeated in 2019 as local Syrian and Kurdish fighters, supported by a US-led international coalition, clawed back territory from the group.

In a landmark Riyadh meeting, US President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
earlier this month called on Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa to "help the United States to prevent the resurgence of ISIS," according to a White House Statement.

ISIS has continued to carry out attacks on Kurdish-led forces. On Monday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the de facto army of northeast Syria (Rojava), said that it thwarted an ISIS attack in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province, which injured a civilian.

Last week, an ISIS attack in Deir ez-Zor killed one SDF fighter and injured another.

Two days prior, the SDF captured an ISIS cell in Deir ez-Zor. The raid followed another operation where 10 ISIS suspects were captured in the same province after an SDF fighter was killed and three were maimed.
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Africa Horn
Villa Somalia under fire over alleged misuse of donated military helicopters
2025-05-27
[Garowe] Authorities in Mogadishu may find it difficult to explain the circumstances surrounding the alleged misuse of helicopters donated to the Somali National Army (SNA) for operational and logistical support in the ongoing war against al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
While details remain limited, multiple sources have implicated Villa Somalia—the presidential palace—in what appears to be a developing scandal that may trigger audit investigations and renewed scrutiny from international donors.

According to confidential sources, helicopters intended for the Somali National Army [SNA] have allegedly been rented out as private charters to military officials and personnel from other security sectors. This practice reportedly involves aircraft donated by international partners, raising serious concerns over transparency and accountability.

The rental fees for these flights are said to range between $5,000 and $8,000 per trip, covering personnel transport, medevac, and rescue operations. If confirmed, the scandal could test the integrity of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's administration, particularly as it depends heavily on international support in the fight against terrorism.

Somalia reportedly received six Bell 412 helicopters between 2023 and 2024 from Italia and other partner nations as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen its counter-terrorism capabilities. However,
a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package...
sources allege that Villa Somalia registered the aircraft under a private company named Gem-Tech, managed by Ahmed Nur—a close associate of President Mohamud.

After registration, the helicopters were repainted and marked as belonging to the Somali Air Force (SAF), yet continue to operate under the call sign "6-Oscar," which is typically reserved for civilian aircraft. This discrepancy has raised further questions about the opacity of their operations and potential misuse.

These allegations surface amid a broader climate of uncertainty surrounding 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).

The mission’s future is now in doubt after the United States signaled plans to suspend its funding until the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
and other donors contribute matching amounts. The U.S. has historically played a leading role in financing and supporting AUSSOM, including training elite units such as the Danab Special Forces.

The funding freeze follows long-standing concerns over misuse of resources in Somalia’s security sector. Former U.S. President Donald Trump
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had withdrawn American troops over what he labeled "resource wastage," though they were later redeployed by President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
"Somalia and its international partners are facing a serious reckoning," said security analyst Abdisalam Guled.

"The AUSSOM mandate is due to expire within weeks, and there’s little likelihood of an extension given the financial shortfalls. Embassies and international bodies are slowly scaling back their presence in a quiet, gradual withdrawal. The question now is: what’s next for Somalia?"

Concerns over the potential misappropriation of donated equipment and other public resources could further erode donor confidence at a time when al-Shabaab is regaining momentum in central regions.

Villa Somalia has not officially responded to the allegations. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, no stranger to controversy, has previously dismissed accusations involving his family in corruption and questionable business dealings as politically motivated "witch-hunts" orchestrated by the opposition.
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Syrian authorities appoint security chiefs in 12 provinces, Rojava chiefly excluded
2025-05-26
[Rudaw] The Syrian interior ministry announced on Sunday the appointment of commanders for internal security agencies in a dozen provinces. The move is part of the interim authority’s broader effort to restructure the country’s security and military institutions following the ouster of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
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’s regime. Notably, the appointments largely excluded Kurdish-held areas in northeast Syria (Rojava).

The ministry published the names and photos of 12 officers of various senior ranks, including brigadier generals and colonels, on its account on X. It announced their appointment as heads of internal security leadership in 12 out of Syria’s 14 provinces.

However,
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no details were provided regarding the selection criteria or background of the appointees.

Notably, several of the newly-assigned officers are believed to have previously served in Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS), which spearheaded the offensive to topple the Baathist regime in early December.

Meanwhile,
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the provinces of Hasakah and Raqqa, located in northeast and north Syria respectively, were conspicuously absent from the list of appointments. These regions remain under the control of the Kurdish-led Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES).

Despite negotiations between DAANES and the new leadership in Damascus, the two sides have yet to reach a final agreement with regards to the future governance and security arrangements in these strategically significant territories.

In addition to the provincial security shake-up, the interior ministry also announced the appointment of six deputy interior ministers, assigned to oversee security, civil, and administrative portfolios.

The new efforts are seen as part of a broader strategy to consolidate governance structures under the transitional authority led by Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Sharaa, a former HTS figurehead, assumed the presidency in January after his group led the offensive to oust Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad.

Shortly after assuming power, the new leadership dissolved the Syrian army and all intelligence and security agencies affiliated with the previous regime, signaling a drastic break from the Assad-era security architecture.

However,
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the Damascus authorities’ push for reform has not been far from controversy.

In late December, military promotions approved by the new authorities included at least six foreign bully boys, which drew sharp criticism both domestically and internationally.

The presence and promotion of imported muscle among Damascus’s forces has stood out as a contentious issue, particularly in light of Syria’s ongoing reintegration into regional diplomacy.

Earlier this month, during a meeting with Syria’s interim President in Riyadh, US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
urged Sharaa to "expel all foreign terrorists" as a precondition for full normalization. The demand came shortly after Trump had announced his intent to lift sanctions imposed on Syria.

Observers note that Sharaa is increasingly facing a difficult balancing act. While dependent on foreign snuffies who fought alongside opposition groups, he also confronts international pressure to exclude them and the refusal of many of their home countries to accept their return.
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