[Pak Daily Times] A jacket wallah rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into a Turkish embassy car in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least one person inside, the ministry of interior said.
The kaboom struck in the heart of the heavily fortified diplomatic quarter, close to the German, Iranian and Turkish embassies, rattling windows and putting embassy staff on high alert.
"A suicide kaboom targeted a convoy of the Turkish embassy," deputy interior minister General Ayoub Salanghi told news hounds at the site of the blast, adding that the driver of the vehicle had been killed and one person maimed.
The Taliban swiftly grabbed credit, saying it had targeted a convoy of foreign forces causing many injuries. The bully boy Islamist group often inflates casualty claims.
It was the second time an embassy vehicle has been targeted by holy warriors in the capital in recent months, after a British car was attacked by a suicide bomber in November.
One Turkish official reached by phone confirmed the location of the incident, but said he could not provide further details.
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[AnNahar] One person was killed Thursday in a bombing outside a pizzeria in the Egyptian capital as other blasts hit a cop shoppe and offices of cell phone companies, a health official said.
The bomb tore off the legs of the victim who was pronounced dead in hospital, health ministry front man Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told AFP. Two other people were maimed.
The restaurant was next to a branch of the Britannia-based cell phone provider Vodafone.
Two other bombs targeted its offices in another neighborhood and a third bomb went off outside a branch of United Arab Emirates-owned Etisalat, damaging the store fronts but causing no casualties, interior ministry front man Hany Abdel Latif told AFP.
The offices were closed at the time of the kabooms.
Hours later, an kaboom outside a cop shoppe in the north of the capital maimed a police conscript and three passersby, police officials said.
It was not immediately clear why the cell phone companies were targeted, but Abdel Latif said authorities had been on the alert for attacks in the runup to parliamentary elections next month.
Militants have set off dozens of bombs in the capital since the army overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013 and cracked down on his supporters, killing hundreds of protesters in street festivities.
Most of the bombs have been rudimentary and caused no casualties.
But several have killed coppers, including two senior officers killed while attempting to defuse bombs planted outside the presidential palace in June last year.
Those bombs, and several others that killed coppers in Cairo, were claimed by the Ajnad Misr bully boy group.
In the Sinai Peninsula where they are based, Death Eaters who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group have killed scores of soldiers and coppers since Morsi's overthrow.
The Islamic State affiliate in Sinai set up branches in the Nile Delta, targeting police headquarters in Cairo and other cities before police potted and jugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! most of their operatives last year.
Jihadists, who have focused their attacks on security forces, were also believed to be planning attacks on the embassies of countries that have backed the former army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, officials have said.
Sisi was elected to office in May 2014 pledging to eradicate the bully boys, but has had limited success, especially in the Sinai where they are waging an insurgency.
In January, simultaneous boom-mobileings and mortar attacks on security headquarters in the peninsula killed at least 30 people, most of them soldiers.
In October, Death Eaters set off a truck bomb at a military checkpoint in the Sinai and then raided it, killing at least 30 soldiers and seizing heavy weapons.
The military has launched an unprecedented campaign in the rugged peninsula that borders Israel and the Gazoo Strip, deploying thousands of troops and carrying out repeated helicopter strikes against the bully boys.
[ARABNEWS] A Yemeni government front man said on Thursday that the Saudi ambassador to Yemen would re-base his mission to the southern city of Aden, an apparent snub to the newly dominant Shiite Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... faction controlling the capital Sanaa.
Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... joined Western states earlier this month in evacuating its embassy in Sanaa following a power grab by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
The envoy's move to Aden underlines Saudi support for the embattled Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi who fled to Aden last week after the Houthis forced him to step down and held him under house arrest in Sanaa for a month.
But with Hadi gone, the Houthis, whose fighters now control large parts of Yemen, have been struggling to form a new government, and Hadi is seeking to set up a rival power center in Aden with loyalist army units and tribes.
"The Saudi ambassador returned to Aden yesterday, together with GCC Secretary-General Abdullatif Al-Zayani and began today to pursue his mission officially in Aden," said Rajeh Badi, a front man for Hadi's government.
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I said yesterday that the USDOD may be breathing a sigh of relief at news that the Chuuk [Truk] independence vote from the FSM has been delayed - this means China + PLA may also be delayed in getting strategic access or control to the former Imperial Japanese Navy bastion in Chuuk/Truk Lagoon - LOTS OF REEFS, ETC. FOR CHINA TO BUILD IMPROVED ANDOR NEW ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS ON AS LIKE IN THE SCS.
I suspect the USDOD is now once again breathing hard on the possibility of IRAN-VS-KSA MILPOL CONFRONTATION in Yemen + Gulf Sheikdoms/Emirates.
The Bammer-supported Iran Nuke Deal repor gives Iran up to 10 years to dev their own NucBomb or NucWeapons - THE RISK OF YEMEN + QATAR ASKING THE ISIS/ISL ANDOR AL-NUSRA TO MIL INTERVENE LOCALLY AGZ THE SHIA HOUTHIS IS MORE REALISTIC IN THE NEAR-TERM.
[M.BBC] Mexican police say they have captured the country's most wanted drug lord, Servando "La Tuta" Gomez.
Mr Gomez, leader of the Knights Templar narco mob, was tossed in the clink Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in Morelia in Michoacan state without a shot fired, police officials said.
Previously a school teacher, he became one of Mexico's most powerful dug lords and took control of Michoacan.
His capture is a coup for the government of Enrique Pena Nieto in its fight against the narco mobs.
A police front man told local media the arrest followed months of intelligence work in the region.
Police reportedly seized nearby properties in the weeks leading up Mr Gomez's capture and arrested several of his associates.
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[TIMESOFINDIA.INDIATIMES] Danish police said they tossed in the calaboose Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! today a third alleged accomplice in the Copenhagen shootings, nearly two weeks after the attacks that killed two people.
The suspect is "charged with complicity in the perpetrator's actions" and will appear before a judge tomorrow for a custody hearing, police said in a statement.
Two other men who allegedly helped gunnies Omar El-Hussein were arrested shortly after the February 14-14 attacks and have been ordered to be detained until March 26.
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Danish police said they arrested Friday a third alleged accomplice in the Copenhagen shootings who was identified by the media as the gunman's brother.
The suspect is "charged with complicity in the perpetrator's actions" and will appear before a judge on Saturday for a custody hearing, police said in a statement.
The man was identified by public broadcaster DR as the 18-year-old brother of gunman Omar El-Hussein, who killed two people in twin attacks in the Danish capital this month.
Two other men were arrested in the immediate aftermath of the February 14-15 shootings accused of aiding the attacker and have been remanded in custody until March 26.
As part of the continuing investigation into the killings, police cordoned off an area near a housing estate in north Copenhagen and used sniffer dogs to search the basement of an apartment block, the tabloid newspaper Ekstra Bladet reported.
The first two suspects were originally charged with helping the gunman get rid of a weapon and providing him with a hiding place, but the charges were amended at a closed-door hearing on Thursday, a lawyer for one of the men Michael Juul Eriksen told AFP.
Eriksen said the charges could not be made public but news agency Ritzau said the men were accused of providing the killer with two guns.
[ARA] On Thursday, a Swedish court sentenced a former Syrian rebel to five year on charges of torturing opponents in Syria.
The charges were based on video footages published online showing the former opposition fighter while assaulting and torturing other Syrians.
Mouhannad Droubi, 28, was jugged Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! after Swedish coppers saw him in the video.
In 2013, Droubi obtained permanent residency in Sweden.
The court said Droubi, 28, was a fighter in the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) at the time the video was taken, while his victim had been connected to the Syrian army.
The Swedish court convicted him of committing a war crime, because of attacking a defenseless enemy.
"This is the first time that we have tried a case related to the conflict in Syria as far as I know, and there are very few war crimes sentences," Swedish prosecutor Henrik Soderman told news hounds in Stockholm.
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[AnNahar] At least six young Canadian men and women from Montreal and its suburbs traveled overseas last month to join the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group, local media reported Thursday.
Some of them, including two young women, were students at Montreal CEGEP College de Maisonneuve.
They flew to Turkey on January 16 with the aim of crossing its border into Syria, the Montreal daily La Presse said.
It is unclear if they reached their final destination.
The father of one of the young men, fearing his son's downward spiral since taking up religious and Arabic studies, seized his passport. But his son reported it lost and obtained a replacement from authorities.
The six are aged 18 to 19 and of Mideast and North African descent.
A spokeswoman for Montreal CEGEP College de Maisonneuve confirmed that three of them had attended the high school last semester, but did not know if they knew each other.
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surely Instanbul should be questioning their visitors more ie confirmation of where they are staying.
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Whew! At least they didn't join some Eveil Terrorist group like the Tea Party or Boy and Girl Scouts! Or (Allan be praised) go work for the Koch brothers or Mr. Walmart!
[AnNahar] The United States and Iran have a "mutual interest" in defeating the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group but the long-time foes are not cooperating to do so, Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said Wednesday.
Second Smartest Man in the Room, fer shure.
"They are totally opposed to ISIL and they are in fact taking on and fighting and eliminating ISIL members along the Iraqi border near Iran and have serious concerns about what that would do to the region," Kerry told politicians, referring to IS by another acronym.
"So we have at least a mutual interest, if not a cooperative effort."
Kerry, who has been pivotal to Washington's drive to strike a deal to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, said the United States had not asked Tehran to get involved in the fight against the IS group.
Since last year, the Sunni Death Eater group has waged a brutal offensive in Iraq and Syria, grabbing land and carrying out executions and forced religious conversions.
Washington forged a coalition of Western and Arab nations to confront the Death Eaters, but mainly Shiite Iran is not officially part of the group.
In December, Kerry also denied there was any military coordination with Iran, after the Pentagon said that Iranian jets had deployed against IS fighters in eastern Iraq.
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Not unlike the post-9-11 Washington + OWG Amerika of his Parents, the future Islamic Mahdi 2030-2050 will be as "Unitarian".
Speaking of NOT-UNITARIANISM ...
* GROONG > [Independent.UK] ISIS MAY HAD MADE MANY ENEMIES, BUT IT MAY BE SAVED BY ITS INABILITY TO UNITE.
* WAFF > STRATFOR: TURKEY TO EMERGE AS A MAJOR REGIONAL POWER IN THE COMING DECADE.
* BLOOMBERG > THE COMING CAOS IN THE UK ELECTION [2016].
Arise, Madonna, Arise!
The US-born, US-raised, future UK Queen Madonna, versus the US-born, future US-raised Islamic Mahdi.
Wid Nukes, of course.
D *** NG IT, PERSONALLY I BLAME WILKAT'S CHURCHILL-IAN LOOKING BABY SON = PRINCE OF WALES!
HE'S AS GUILTY AS SPRINGFIELD, USA'S 9-YEAR OLD
MAFIA BOSS BART SIMPSON.
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Ultimately, whether it be Sunni or Shia, their goals are mutual and that is "Islam uber alles." The destruction of the U.S. and Israel is their aim.
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Note the recent Saudi public agreement that Israel can use it's airspace.
The caveat being, they will only consider it if Israel has bmade sufficient progress surrendering to the Palestinians. Bibi is going to have to negotiate hard there -- and he may be the only one capable of it.
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FYI GROONG > THE STRUGGLE OF THE SUPERPOWERS IS FOR SPHERES OF INFLUENCE.
As it was for MAHAN, PRE-N-POST COLD WAR, + now as per OWG GLOBALISM + CO-SUPERPOWERS.
Iff the "American Dream" of the 20th Century is now the "NORTH AMERICAN/AMERIKAN DREAM" of the 21st Century, then IMO by extension the "CO-SUPERPOWER USA = "NORTH AMERICAN/AMERIKAN SUPERPOWER" OR "CO-SUPERPOWER", as Mexico + Canada + Greenland are now "CO-AMERICA/AMERICANS" wid the US.
* MAHA-RUSHIAN LIMBAUGHIAN QUESTIONNE" = can SHIA IRAN, PUTINIST RUSSIA, + RISING CHINA ACCEPT SIMILAR "CO-STATES" IN THEIR REGIONS OR SPHERES???
* TOPIX > [EagleSpeak = National Interest] NEW DOMINO THEORY: [US = US-Allies] HELPING/ASSISTING UKRAINE MAY CAUS RUSSIA TO HELP CHINA TAKE CONTROL OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION.
I don't see Iran asking Sunni rival KSA, Egypt, Jordan, + Turkey to be part of the "Iranian/
Persian Dream" as OWG Globalist "Co-States" in Parity, nor do I see Darth Vlad being willing for GERMANY to go Nukulaar + reassert itself Geopol in parity wid Mama Russia.
just sayin.
* TOPIX, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IS PRO-ACTIVE [Geopol/MilPol-reassertive, aggressive] GERMANY THE BEST FOR EUROPE?
What America = Amerikans are seeing on the MSM-Net instead is more like ... ...
* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > RUSSIA IN THE ARTIC: NEWSWEEK'S NEW "RED DAWN" WARNING.
* TOPIX > [New York Post] BIN LADEN'S TERROR PLANS REVEALED DURING [Naseer]TERROR TRIAL: "FOCUS ON KILLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE".
Schemas for attacking the US White House, Statue of Liberty, + "American Heartland" [Midwest?], + also the UK + Russia + Europe.
All things equal, the ultimate or true aim of the 9-11 + GWOT was its effect-n-consequence on the US + US Power, I.E. THE END OF SAME.
As I've said before, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT 9-11 WAS PLANNED BY OBL SINCE AT LEAST THE LATE 1960's + EARLY 1970's.
I can say something about the US + Other's role in the rise of Saddam + overthrow of the Shah of Iran, etc. but "that's another story", as the saying goes.
* SAME > BIN LADEN WAS [Remained = "Sole"?] AL-QAIDA CHIEF UNTIL HIS KILLING: DOCS.
* RUSSIA TODAY > US INTEL CHIEFS SEE THREATS, DANGERS EVERYWHERE.
[ARABNEWS] A Saudi man described by prosecutors as one of the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest... 's most trusted lieutenants was convicted in a federal court in New York on Thursday in connection with the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Khalid Al-Fawwaz, 52, faces up to life in prison after a jury convicted him on all four conspiracy counts he faced, on their third day of deliberations.
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[Pak Daily Times] KARACHI: Four persons were killed and three others injured in separate violence incidents on Thursday. Saddar Mohammad (45) son of Fateh Mohmmad resident of Bilal Colony was killed in a mob attack near his residential area. The body was brought to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre for his appointment with Doctor Quincy.
Bashir (40) son of Majeed resident of Manghopir was bumped off by unidentified gunnies near German School in Orangi Town. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
Umer Gul (35) son of Shams Tabreez was found dead near Gulzar Masjid. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi
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[IraqiNews.com] Six persons were either killed or injured when a boom-mobilewent kaboom! of southern Baghdad.
Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "A boom-mobilewent kaboom! near al-Mahmoudiya Court in Mahmoudiya district of southern Baghdad to result in killing a person and injuring five others."
[IraqiNews.com] Two non-combatants were killed and eight others injured when a boom-mobilewent kaboom! in southern Baghdad on Thursday.
Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The boom-mobile was parked near the court in al-Mahmoudyia district."
"A security force transported the injured to the hospital for treatment and the dead to the morgue," the source concluded.
[IraqiNews.com] On Wednesday, a source within the police force said, that two civilians have been maimed in a rocket attack that took place in northern Baghdad.
The source stated to IraqiNews, "A Katyusha rocket has fallen in the area of al-Kari'iyat, located in northern Baghdad," pointing out that, "The rocket attack resulted in injuring two civilians in the area."
"The rocket has caused some damage to a house in the area, while the injured were transferred to a near hospital to receive medical treatment," the source added.
[raqiNews.com) The Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that two areas between the provinces of Diyala and Salahuddin have been liberated from the ISIS group control, pointing out that this operation is a starting point for the complete liberation of Salahuddin.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, "The 5th Infantry Division backed by volunteer fighters and Army Aviation managed to purge the regions of Albu Bakr and Albu Awad between the provinces of Diyala and Salahuddin, from the ISIS bandidosbully boyz control."
The statement added that this operation is a starting point for purging all Salahuddin areas.
Noteworthy, the security forces have begun to mass in preparation for the start of a major military operation to liberate Salahuddin province.
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[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi Air Force targeted a meeting for the key terrorist leaders of the ISIL in Anbar.
A statement by the Ministry of Defense received by IraqiNews.com cited "Based on intelligent information, the IAF bombarded the meeting held for the key ISIL leaders at 11:25 a.m. to result in successful results."
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[IraqiNews.com] The ISIL bully boyz detonated a historic mosque in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The ISIL bully boyz detonated al-Khudhir historic mosque in Mosul before the citizens."
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[iol Nuus] Johannesburg - South African intelligence services played an important role in helping arrest Iranian officials in Kenya with explosives, according to a leaked secret report from the SA State Security Agency.
The SSA report of a meeting with senior agents of the Israeli secret service Mossad in Pretoria on October 22, 2012, is one of the hundreds of secret documents from several international intelligence agencies leaked to the news network Al Jazeera.
It began publishing them on Monday, causing a furore in South Africa's intelligence community.
The Liaison Information Report by the SSA on the meeting with Mossad describes how senior SSA officials reprimanded the Mossad Africa section chief for bypassing correct procedures when he contacted the SSA director-general directly without properly declaring his status as an intelligence operative. The senior SSA official present demanded that Mossad should in future "show respect for the host country" by handing over his credentials to the South African government. The work of Abba Eban continues, albeit a slower pace.
The death toll from the continuing clashes between Philippine security forces and the Abu Sayyaf militants on the island province of Sulu has soared to 14. Captain Maria Rowena Muyuela also reported that the total number of injured has risen to 35–19 from the Abu Sayyaf and 16 from the elite Army Scout Rangers in the mountains of Patikul, Sulu.
Muyuela said the clashes continued until Thursday morning as the soldiers continued to go after the militants who broke into small groups. She added, "Fierce encounters ensued (starting Wednesday) and the troops were being provided with artillery fire and airstrike support against the bigger number of enemies."
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[ARA] On Thursday, the U.S.-led international coalition's warplanes bombed locations of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group (IS/ISIS) in the vicinity of the town of Tel Temir (50 km west of Hasakah), in northeastern Syria.
Speaking to ARA News in Tel Temir, civil rights activist Omar Khalil said that the coalition's warplanes targeted IS Death Eaters in the Assyrian villages of Aghibish, Hwaijah, Tel Fwaida, and Mount Abdulaziz, without verifying the losses in the radical group's ranks.
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mosul and raqqa must be the priority for isis to lose morale/be on the run.
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[ARA] On Thursday, Lebanese army units clashed with Syrian gunnies in the area of Jurud in the town of Ras Baalbek adjacent to the eastern Syrian-Lebanese border, officials reported.
Military sources told local media that the Lebanese army forces were able to repel an attempted advance by Syrian snuffies after fierce festivities in the Jurud area.
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) confirmed that the army took control of the top of a hill (one of the strategic peaks in the Jurud area) and seized large numbers of weapons as well as ammunition following the gunnies's withdrawal.
The Lebanese army was able to advance in Ras Baalbek towards the Syrian border, and established a number of security checkpoints for the sake of surveillance.
The NNA referred to the army's use of heavy and medium artillery during the military operation, as well as military helicopters which raided the gunnies's major stronghold of Tel Hamra.
On the other hand, al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... Front (Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) in the Kalamoon area --northwest of Damascus-- said that its fighters are still in control of the Tel Hamra in Ras Baalbek in Leb, confirming the Lebanese army's bombing of the region, which caused a number of casualties in the ranks of Hezbollah militia and the pro-Assad soldiers.
Noteworthy, since August 2014, the Lebanese eastern border has seen several battles between fighters of al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front --who are based in Kalamoon area-- and Hezbollah guerrillas backed by pro-Assad army.
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[ARA] After kidnapping hundreds of Assyrian Christians in northeastern Syria, holy warriors of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group (IS/ISIS) reportedly transferred the abductees from Tel Temir to other areas of control in the provinces of Hasakah and Raqqa, military sources reported on Thursday.
Speaking to ARA News, the member of al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... Front (Syria's branch of al-Qaeda) Samir Taji said that the Islamic State group has dispersed the Assyrian prisoners, including women and kiddies, in areas under its control such as Raqqa, al-Hol, Tel Hamis, and Mount Abdulaziz in Hasakah, in northeastern Syria.
"The Assyrian hostages, who were captured after the battles of Aghibish (Assyrian village near Tel Temir) in Hasakah province, reached 250 people. They were first kept in an IS-held detention center near Mount Abdulaziz, before being transferred to other areas," Taji added.
In the meantime, IS-linked media activists reported that the radical group has captured 40 Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and 4 fighters of the Assyrian forces of Sutoro during festivities near Tel Temir on Wednesday.
Local committees documented the number of the missing people from the predominantly Assyrian villages, which is now under the IS control. The main affected villages are Tel Jazeera, Tel Faida, Tel Goran, Tel Hormuz and Tel Shamiram.
The fate of the hostages is still unknown.
Noteworthy, dozens of Assyrian Christian families were displaced from the town of Tel Temir in northeastern Syria following attacks by Death Eaters of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS). The radical group has also bombed the ancient Assyrian church of Qabr Shamiya in the countryside of Tel Temir.
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[Pak Daily Times] KARACHI: Four persons were killed and three others injured in separate violence incidents on Thursday. Saddar Mohammad (45) son of Fateh Mohmmad resident of Bilal Colony was killed in a mob attack near his residential area. The body was brought to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre 
