[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A factory of the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... faceless myrmidons producing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) was targeted in Arclight airstrikes in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province of Afghanistan, leaving at eight faceless myrmidons dead.
According to the local government officials, the Arclight airstrike was carried out in the past 24 hours in the vicinity of Nahr-e-Saraj district.
The officials further added that the factory was totally destroyed in the Arclight airstrike and those killed in the Arclight airstrikes were the group’s expert in producing IEDs.
The Taliban faceless myrmidons frequently use IEDs as the weapon of their choice to target the security forces and government officials but in majority of such incidents the ordinary civilians are targeted.
The Arclight airstrike on Taliban factory was carried out amid ongoing counter-terrorism operations against the myrmidon groups in this province.
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Ooooohhh, secondaries! Were they preparing another giant truck bomb?
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The officials further added that the factory was totally destroyed in the Arclight airstrike and those killed in the Arclight airstrikes were the group’s expert in producing IEDs.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Several top leaders of the Taliban ...Arabic for students... group were killed during the ongoing clearance operations in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, the commander of the 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan National Army Gen. Amanullah Mubin said.
Speaking during a presser, Gen. Mubin said the operations for the elimination of the murderous Moslems from Imam Sahib district kicked off a week ago and since then at least 77 turbans have been killed.
Gen. Mubin further added that several senior Taliban leaders including Qari Atiqullah, Qari Qudrullah, Gul Wali, Mullah Abdul Rahim, and Shafiqullah were among those killed.
He said at least 110 Taliban turbans were also maimed during the operations and at least 19 hideouts of the group were destroyed.
According to Gen. Mubin, at least eleven vehicles belonging to the Taliban turbans were also destroyed during the operations while a clinic was also damaged.
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[SHABELLENEWS] Military jets, thought to be belonging US air forces have carried out an overnight Arclight airstrike in Southern Somalia, targeting Al shabaab bases, officials and residents said.
The air raid took place in Tooratoorow town, which serves as command and logistics base for Al shabaab in Lower Shabelle region, according to a Somali military officer.
The officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter. There was no immediate confirmation of the casualties on Al shabaab hard boys.
The Arclight airstrike comes hours after Somali, and AU forces backed by US military attacked several Al shabaab positions in the region, seizing Barire, where a Navy SEAL was killed in May.
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[SHABELLENEWS] President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo’s statement on the dawn strike on Alshabab training base near Sakow.
"Earlier today, I authorized our special forces with the support of our international partners to conduct a strike against an al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... training camp near Sakow, Middle Juba region. This was a successful strike which destroyed a key al-Shabaab command and supply hub. This will ultimately disrupt the enemy’s ability to conduct new attacks within Somalia."
"I said when I took office that security will be top priority for my administration. This strike will enhance security and reduce the threats of Alshabab."
"We have long suffered at the hands of Alshabab which is supported by global terror networks. We and our international partners will take every possible precaution to protect our civilian population from harm during these operations while targeting terrorists."
"All of us know somebody from our youth, our village, our families, who has been killed or injured by the senseless violence of al-Shabaab. I have personally met the families and the victims of several Alshabab attacks. For those who have suffered under al-Shabaab, and for the rest of Somalia, I want you to know that we are committed to defeating al-Shabaab and uniting our people."
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[SHABELLENEWS] A massive roadside kaboom struck a military convoy in Mogadishu on Sunday evening, amid a large security sweep ongoing in the seaside capital, witnesses said.
Speaking to Radio Shabelle, a witness said a remote-controlled land mine destroyed two battle wagons near Benadir junction, wounding a civilian woman who was nearby the scene.
"After the IED blast, soldiers on the convoy shot up nearby crowd. I can’t tell you the exact casualties, as a result of the shooting," said a witness who spoke to Radio Shabelle.
No group has yet grabbed credit for the kaboom targeted on the army convoy, but, Police said they believe Al shabaab was responsibility for the incident.
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[SHABELLENEWS] Gunmen believed to be Al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... assassins have bumped off an electoral delegate in Somali capital, Mogadishu on Sunday morning, 4th liquidation in the capital in 48 hours.Ahmed Garfiq, 70, was rubbed out by pistol-wielding men at Suuqa Beerta area in Waberi district early in the morning hours, according to local official Abdiwahab Mohammed.
The Elder was one of the electoral college voted for the Lawmakers of the serving Parliament from HirShabelle, a newly established Federal state in Southern Somalia.
No group has grabbed credit for the killing, but, Al shabaab gunnies threatened to target every elder involved in the country’s recent Parliamentary election.
Assailants in Somali capital Mogadishu have shot and killed an electoral delegate who involved in the country’s recent parliamentary election.
Ahmed Abdulkadir Hassan, the elder was gunned down by two men armed with pistols at Hamar-Bille village, in Mogadishu’s Wardhigley district after evening prayers.
The late elder was among the country’s electoral college who elected the current Somali Federal lawmakers from the regional administration of Galmudug, according to the Police.
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[THECABLE.NG] Pally Iriase, deputy whip in the house of representatives, says the bandidos robbing and abducting people in Edo state are Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... bully boyz dislodged from Sambisa forest in Borno state.
Speaking with journalists at the weekend, Iriase said despite the presence of the military in Edo north, the attacks on the locals have increased and nothing is being done to address the situation.
The politician said the residents of the affected areas are not only suffering in silence but are afraid of reprisal attacks "which are often more deadly".
He said the criminals are not herdsmen, owing to the level of their sophistication.
While calling on the security agencies to collaborate in addressing the menace, Iriase expressed fears that if it is not controlled, what is happening in the north-east would become a norm in the south.
"The populace is suffering in silence for the fear of reprisal attacks which are often more deadly, the irony of this situation is that there are army formations at Agenebode, Estako east local government area and Nigogo barracks at Auchi in Estako west local government area," said the politician representing Owan west/east federal constituency of Edo.
"There is also a mobile force formation at Iyamo in Estako west if these security forces are coordinated and work in concert to flush out these bandidos from their camps, security will be restored to their to Edo north. I hereby call on the military and police chiefs in Edo state to clear out these criminal camps before they develop into the safe havens for hard boyz like Boko Haram.
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[THENEWDAILY.AU] Three girls recruited as jacket wallahs have been killed in Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... The girls, believed aged between 11 and 15, were killed trying to carry out attacks for Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... holy warriors, according to Mayo-Sava border region officer Babila Akawa.
Two died when they detonated their explosives after police spotted them crossing the border from Nigeria to Cameroon, Akawa said on Saturday.
Another was killed in the northern border town of Mora as she tried to flee. Two other girls are believed to have escaped.
Cameroonian forces have increased their vigilance after 11 people were killed in twin suicide kabooms last week.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday night tossed in the clink ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... a garments factory owner, said to be a financier, recruiter and a safe house provider of the banned bully boy outfit the New JMB, from Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district.
Imran Ahmed, 37, was the Dawat-e-Ameer (recruiter) of the banned bully boy outfit’s Dhaka Metropolitan (West) Unit. He is the managing director of Jim Tex amd associated with the Sarwar-Tamim Group of New JMB, said RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Mufti Mahmud Khan.
RAB’s Mufti said Imran financed the weapons and explosives procurement of the JMB military unit, paid the passport fees for New JMB members, and also financially supported the families of members who were in prison.
"He gave Junoon Sikdar money and a passport that helped him to escape the country," Mufti said.
Junoon, originally from Comilla and a computer science student in a private university in Dhaka, was arrested by police in 2009 under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
He was again arrested in 2013 for his alleged links with Ansarullah Bangla Team, the offshoot of the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent. A known recruiter of the jihadi group, he was later released on bail and left for Malaysia.
"Imran also provided a safe house in Mohakhali for an escapee called Sajid of the infamous bully boy den of Atia Mahal in Sylhet. Sajid has many aliases, including Kamran, Lal Bhai, Habibur Rahman, Mamun and Rashid. This man is an important person in the bully boy organization having close ties to the central Ameer of New JMB, Abu Muharib," added RAB’s Legal and Media Wing director.
RAB also arrested Imran’s driver and associate Md Shamim Mia, 29, from the same place on Saturday night.
Shamim aided Imran by ferrying various packages and money to members of the New JMB, said RAB.
"After the primary interrogation, Imran has admitted to being part of the bully boy outfit. We have also discovered that he was the recruitment coordinator in 10 districts, including Bogra, Comilla, Cox’s Bazar and Rajshahi," RAB’s Mufti said.
Mufti added that it takes almost 10 years to become an ameer in the banned bully boy organization
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[Daily Caller] London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick touted the diversity of the London attack victims in a Saturday interview with the Associated Press.
"It’s desperately sad and poignant but among those who died is someone who’s British, there are French, Australian, Canadian, Spanish," Dick declared. "We believe of course that that’s what makes our city so great," she continued, adding "It’s a place where the vast majority of time it’s incredibly integrated and that diversity gives us strength."
Dick’s comments come a week after three Islamic State inspired terrorists mowed down dozens of pedestrians on London bridge before stabbing as many possible. London police extraordinarily were able to neutralize all three of the terror suspects within 8 minutes of receiving their first emergency phone call regarding the incident.
All three of the London attackers had major red flags prior the terrorist attack. Rachid Redouane was denied asylum in the U.K. in 2009 and managed to slip into the country via an immigration loophole. His accomplice partner Khuram Butt was featured in a 2015 documentary titled "The Jihadi’s Next Door" and was known to U.K. authorities. Their final partner Youssef Zaghba was stopped at an Italian airport in 2016 trying to travel to Syria and even told security officers "I’m going to be a terrorist."
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All quite interesting, but no mention of counter-terrorism credentials.
The Evening Standard concluded the interview by saying that Dick is “a thoroughly modern Met Commissioner” – “a police officer who is Oxford-educated, female, gay and experienced in new crimes such as cyber warfare”. Link
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All three of the London attackers had major red flags prior the terrorist attack. Rachid Redouane was denied asylum in the U.K. in 2009 and managed to slip into the country via an immigration loophole. His accomplice partner Khuram Butt was featured in a 2015 documentary titled "The Jihadi’s Next Door" and was known to U.K. authorities. Their final partner Youssef Zaghba was stopped at an Italian airport in 2016 trying to travel to Syria and even told security officers "I’m going to be a terrorist."
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The Home Page of the London Police Department has an Islamic Crescent on the section of the background that is overlaid by the scrolling content on the right of their website.
This can be seen on a slow internet connection when the background loads first before the rest of the home page content is loaded. On a fast 3 or 4G connection you may not be able to see it.
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No messin' with pheasants or fezzes!
What Cressida blesses? Three guesses.
Um... uppity peasants?
Jean Charles de Menezes?
Unpleasant and thespian Prezzes?
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The victims were diverse. The attackers were not. Might be a clue in there somewhere.
A clue indeed and a very obvious one at that. It's chilling how accustomed we've become to people like her refusing to grab these clues. She ignores it, the media ignore it and they all expect the people to ignore it just like the elephant in the room. It's killing your daughters and you won't even talk about it.
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11 June
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11 June
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11 June
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Spanish NGO Boat Brings 391 Migrants From Libyan Coast to Italy
10 June
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Pope Francis Praises Italian President for Generosity in Welcoming Migrants
10 June
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Austrian ‘Migrant Party’ to Stand In National Election
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‘Syrians from Rebel Areas Are Refugees’, Says German Court
9 June
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German Police Chief Claims Asylum Seekers Using Christian Conversion to Avoid Deportation
8 June
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Germany Gives Additional 3.5 Million Euros to Migrants in Libya
8 June
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EU Reassures Turkey over Its Three Billion Euro Migrant Package
6 June
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Asylum Seeker Shot by Police After Stabbing Five-Year-Old to Death
6 June
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6 June
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[DAWN] Three security officials were maimed after an improvised bomb (IED) seemingly targeted their vehicle in the Johan area of Kalat on Sunday, security sources told DawnNews.
An IED planted by the road side in Johan went kaboom! when a security forces vehicle passed by, officials said.
The injured personnel were shifted to Quetta for treatment.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi government troops began Sunday the invasion of western Mosul’s Old City district, the last Is bastion in the region, military media reported.
The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said the army’s 9th division consummated the recapture of Zanjili district from the south, and invaded Bab Sinjar, one of the entrances of the Old City, the medieval area home to the Grand Nuri Mosque, the place where IS supreme leader proclaimed the group’s rule in Iraq in 2014.
Iraqi troops recaptured Zanjili on Saturday and made incursions in neighboring al-Shifa district, killing dozens of militants and destroying several combat equipment. Both were the last regions remaining under IS control around the Old City.
Commanders from the Iraqi leadership and the allied U.S.-led coalition say there are less than 1000 fighters remaining in the Old City, but holding at least 200.000 civilians captives in dire conditions and shooting dead those who attempt to flee.
Iraqi government forces recaptured eastern Mosul in January after three months of fighting, and aimed at the western side of the city starting February 19th.
The conflict has displaced at least 800.000 civilians since the start of the campaign to retake the city in October, according to Iraqi migration authorities’ figures.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops took over a half of the last district held by the Islamic State near the Old City in western Mosul, an Iraqi officer was quoted saying on Sunday.
Maj. Ali Mohsen, from the Iraqi Federal Police service, told BasNews that security troops took over 50 percent of al-Shifa neighborhood, the last one remaining under IS control adjacent to the Old City, its last entrenchment in Mosul.
Mohsen said forces imposed their control over major alleyways and streets in al-Shifa, and killed three foreign snipers fighting for IS.
He added that forces opened fire at a school in the district where militants were seeking shelter, killing several of them, including the area’s media official. He revealed that IS members were withdrawing towards the Old City.
Hours earlier, the Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said the army’s 9th division consummated the recapture of Zanjili district from the south, and invaded Bab Sinjar, one of the entrances of the Old City. The medieval area is home to the Grand Nuri Mosque, the place where IS supreme leader proclaimed the group’s rule in Iraq in 2014.
Iraqi troops recaptured Zanjili on Saturday and made incursions in neighboring al-Shifa district, killing dozens of militants and destroying several combat equipment. Both were the last regions remaining under IS control around the Old City.
Hawija (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army warplanes destroyed Sunday a convoy of Islamic State vehicles that were leaving Hawija, Kirkuk, towards western desert areas, according to security sources.
Waradana news website quoted the sources saying all on board of the five vehicles were killed in the airstrike.
Meanwhile, Alsumaria News quoted local sources saying that IS members set fire to the house of a fugitive finance official with the group and arrested his family members. The escaped member fled two days earlier with amounts of money that were supposed to be paid as salaries for fighters.
Recent reports have quoted local sources saying IS leaderships were ordering fighters to evacuate to Mutaibija desert region, an area on the borders between Salahuddin and Diyala provinces. Alsumaria News said Saturday that IS arrested 13 of its members for refusing to comply with the evacuation.
Hawija and other neighboring areas in southwest Kirkuk have been under Islamic State control since 2014, when the group emerged to proclaim an Islamic “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria. The group executed dozens of civilians and security members there, forcing thousands to flee homes.
Local tribal leaders and politicians from Kirkuk have recently mounted pressure on the Iraqi government to hasten with invading Hawija, suggesting that its people were experiencing a humanitarian crisis under the group’s rule. The Iraqi government is currently employing the largest portion of its military effort in Mosul, IS’s capital in Iraq where Iraqi commanders said recently they became in control over nearly 90 percent of territory since operations launched to retake the city in October.
Three weeks ago, Alsumaria News quoted sources saying that IS had opened alternative headquarters for its so-called “Nineveh State, “Dijlah State”, “Salahuddin State” and “Diyala State” in Hawija. He said senior leaders had entered the town in armored vehicles after having fled battles with security forces in Nineveh.
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Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Five Islamic State members were killed east of al-Razaza lake, south of Anbar province, a military source from Anbar Operations Command said on Sunday.
“Army troops in coordination with international coalition jets attacked the al-Abar region, east of al-Razaza, south of the province,” the source told AlSumaria News.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said “troops, with support from coalition jets, killed five Islamic State militants.”
Anbar’s western towns of Annah, Qaim and Rawa have been held by the extremist group since 2014, when it emerged to proclaim a self-styled Islamic Caliphate.
Fighter jets from the Iraqi army and the international coalition have regularly pounded IS locations in the province. The Iraqi government plans a military operation to liberate those regions once it finishes its almost eight-month-old campaign to retake the city of Mosul, Islamic State’s largest stronghold in Iraq.
In April, Qutri al-Obeidi, a leader with the paramilitary al-Hashd al-Shaabi troops said IS members were evacuated from Rawa town towards Qaim after the leaders ordered the fighters, along with their families, to leave due to intensified airstrikes.
Earlier in March, reports indicated possible joint operations by the Iraqi and U.S. forces to clear the three towns located near the borders with Syria.
Rawa (IraqiNews.com) Four Islamic State militants were killed on Sunday when Iraqi warplanes pounded their weapons factory in western Anbar, according to a paramilitary leader.
Qutri al-Obeidi, a leader at the Popular Mobilization in Anbar, told Almaalomah website that the warplanes bombarded a booby-trapping and weapons manufacturing workshop in the town of Rawa, west of Anbar.
He said the factory also included underground tunnels linking the area to other nearby workshops.
Anbar’s western towns of Annah, Qaim and Rawa have been held by the extremist group since 2014, when it emerged to proclaim a self-styled Islamic “Caliphate”.
Fighter jets from the Iraqi army and the international coalition have also regularly pounded IS locations in the province. The Iraqi government is expected to aim at those strongholds once the Mosul battle is concluded.
Violence and armed conflicts left 824 Iraqis dead and wounded during the month of May, according to a monthly count by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq which excludes security members deaths
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Commander of Anbar Operations, Major General Mahmoud al-Falahi announced, on Sunday, that a key headquarters belonging to the Islamic State was destroyed by an air strike, south of the province.
Falahi said in a press statement that the international coalition air force managed, today, to destroy a main headquarters belonging to the Islamic State, on the banks of al-Razaza Lake, south of Anbar.
The headquarters included hideouts, and barrels containing explosive materials, Falahi added.
The international coalition air strike killed 7 terrorists inside the headquarters, while security forces seized 6 motorcycles and dismantled 21 improvised explosive devices, Falahi explained.
Noteworthy, Islamic State militants are frequently trying to sneak into al-Razaza Lake, while forces from the army’s 8th brigade manage to foil these attempts.
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(Reuters) Jordan’s army said on Sunday its border guards killed five people who were approaching its frontier from Tanf, a Syrian desert town where U.S. special forces training rebels are based.
The town has been a flashpoint in recent weeks as militias backed by Iran have tried to get near the U.S. garrison, prompting U.S. coalition jets to strike back.
Tanf lies near the strategic Damascus-Baghdad highway that was once a major weapons supply route for Iranian weapons into Syria.
The Jordanian army said it destroyed a car and two motorbikes in the incident.
The army statement did not give any details of the identity of the men and whether they were smugglers or militants in the area where Jordan’s northeastern borders meet both Iraq and Syria.
The statement however said that before the shooting, a convoy of nine cars had approached from the Tanf area but fled after the army fired warning shots.
[SunStar] Two Philippine soldiers were killed, while six others were injured, in a clash with New People's Army insurgents in Davao City, the military said on Sunday.
The Eastern Mindanao Command said in a statement the clash occurred early Sunday at Sitio Bajada, Paquibato District, Davao City. The military said the battle broke out when troops were fired upon while they "were responding to a reported consolidation of NPAs planning to conduct atrocities in Paquibato District."
The clash resulted in the death of two soldiers with six others sustaining injuries.
[Rappler] At least four Maute militants died early Saturday evening after an ambush on a police convoy that was supposed to bring them to Cagayan de Oro City.
According to a police report, the convoy was at the boundary of Balo-i and Pantar towns in the province of Lanao del Norte when they were ambushed by an "unknown group." At least three policemen were reportedly wounded as a result of the ambush.
Four Maute militants were reportedly brought to a nearby hospital for treatment, but pictures taken right after the attack show at least one dead body on a police vehicle.
A source confirmed that the convoy was transporting Maute militants who were arrested Thursday night, along with Farhana Maute, the mother of the Maute brothers who are among the leaders of the attack in Marawi City. Top defense officials confirmed it during a press conference in Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday.
Farhana had been immediately moved out of Lanao del Sur last Friday.
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[Al Jazeera] Iran is sending two warships to Oman before they start their mission in international waters near the coast of Yemen, the country's navy has said.
The Tasnim news agency reported that the two ships, an Alborz destroyer and a Bushehr logistics warship, will depart from the port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday for an overseas mission to Oman and then on to international waters.
"An Iranian naval flotilla will depart to Oman on Sunday and then will go to the north of the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden," the agency quoted the navy as saying.
The Gulf of Aden, which lies between the Horn of Africa and the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is a strategic shipping lane which connects the Indian ocean with the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
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A two ship "flotilla", really?
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How do you keep up with whom to shoot?
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The reporting news agency probably didn't consider the ever-present Iranian tugboat as part of the flotilla, Steven
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The rest of the flotilla is stealthily concealed from infidels.
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[AlManar] The Syrian Arab Army established control over a number of hills and vantage points overlooking Ark gas field northeast of Palmyra city in Homs province, a military source announced on Saturday evening.
The source told SANA that army units, in cooperation with allied forces, continued their operations against ISIL northeast of Palmyra, establishing control over hills and vantage points overlooking Ark gas field, reaching positions 4 kilometers from the field, inflicting losses in personnel and equipment on ISIL terrorists.
The Syrian-Russian warplanes struck a large convoy of ISIL terrorists who were on their Sukhna – Deir Ezzor way from Raqqa, destroying scores of vehicles.
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(Reuters) Turkish-backed rebels fought each other on Sunday in the Syrian town of al Bab in the first bout of rebel fighting since they seized the town this year from Islamic State militants, rebels and witnesses said.
It was not clear what triggered the armed clashes between rival rebel groups who hold sway in the city since it was seized last February from Islamic State militants.
Turkey sent warplanes, tanks and artillery into Syria last year in support of the Arab Sunni rebels, an operation dubbed “Euphrates Shield” which was aimed at driving both Islamic State and Kurdish militia forces away from its border.
Checkpoints were spread by the Turkish-controlled military council that runs the city where thousands of people have been returning in recent months with the gradual resumption of basic services, a resident who was contacted in the city said.
The heavy clashes left several dead and scores injured, another rebel source said.
Rebel infighting has been a major weakness of the revolt against President Bashar al Assad’s rule since its earliest days, with rebel factions divided by both ideology and local power struggles.
In the last few days deadly clashes have also broken out in the town of Maarat al Numan in the northwestern province of Idlib between Tahrir al Sham, a merger of jihadist groups spearheaded by a former al-Qaeda offshoot, and a Western-backed Free Syrian Army group.
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Aleppo (SyriaNews.media) Several members of the Syrian Democratic Forces were either killed or wounded in a landmine explosion, near Barsaya Mountain, west of Azaz, in the northern countryside of Aleppo, Qasioun News reported on Sunday.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out until the early hours of the morning, amid artillery and rockets shelling, while similar clashes took place in the villages of Sheikh Nasser, al-Lelyani, Awn al-Dadat, al-Halonji, al-Kart al-Shagheer, al-Kart al-Kabeer and Albughaz, near al-Bab City, east of Aleppo.
Noteworthy, several clashes are taking place in the villages in the city of Azaz, since the Syrian Democratic Forces captured the city of Tal Refaat and other villages, in February 2016.
[Iran Press TV] The so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has retaken a second district of Syria's troubled and Lion of Islam-held northern city of Raqqah from Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... ISIS terrorists, and launched a renewed assault on a base north of the city as they press ahead with an offensive against the holy warriors.
The US-backed SDF, made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, announced in a statement on Sunday that their fighters "liberated the neighborhood of al-Romaniya on the western front of Raqqah, after two days of continued festivities."
This is the first time that SDF forces have regained control over a western district of Raqqah. The snuffies had earlier seized control of the eastern neighborhood of al-Meshleb
Also on Sunday, SDF forces battled to capture the Division 17 military base and an adjacent sugar factory, which ISISbandidosbandidos Death Eaters have used to repulse approaches into Raqqah.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the fighters sought to dislodge the snuffies from the base, with backing from the US-led coalition purportedly fighting Takfiri ISISLions of Islam in Syria.
"Blasts could be heard throughout the night because of the exchange of fire between the two sides," the Britannia-based monitoring group said.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said ISIS had "heavily fortified" the base, expecting a major SDF offensive.
It is estimated a population of 300,000 civilians are trapped inside Raqqah, including 80,000 displaced from other parts of Syria. Thousands have fled in recent months, and the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) believes about 160,000 people remain in the city.
On June 6, SDF said it had launched an operation aimed at pushing ISIS out of Raqqah.
The city of Raqqah, which lies on the northern bank of the Euphrates River, was overrun by ISISLions of Islam in March 2013, and was proclaimed the center for most of the Takfiris’ administrative and control tasks the next year.
[ARA News] A senior official of the Islamic State (ISIS) radical group was killed along with several other jihadists in an attack by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa city, military sources reported on Sunday.
Abu Khattab al-Tunsi, a Tunisian jihadist and chief of ISIS’ military operations in eastern Raqqa, was killed by the SDF fire.
“At least 12 members of ISIS were killed during clashes with the SDF in the eastern part of Raqqa. Among the casualties was Abu Khattab al-Tunsi,” a spokesman for the SDF confirmed in an interview with ARA News on Sunday.
“The death of al-Tunsi comes as a new blow to the ISIS terror group. He was leading their military operations in the eastern side of Raqqa city,” the Kurdish official said.
In the meantime, ISIS militants launched an offensive on the SDF headquarters in northern Raqqa.
“The group launched several mortar shells on the SDF security checkpoints in the villages of al-Kleb and Shahir north of Raqqa in the midnight on Sunday,” local media activist Shero Ahmed told ARA News.
“The bombardment caused the injury of at least six SDF fighters, who are being treated by the medical team in northern Raqqa,” the source reported.
This comes after the US-backed SDF troops launched a major operation to liberate the city of Raqqa from ISIS radicals. On Tuesday, the SDF announced the official start of the operation to liberate the city of Raqqa from Islamic State’s (ISIS) militants.
The SDF forces have liberated several neighborhoods in Raqqa city since Tuesday.
Raqqa has been known as a de facto capital for the ISIS self-proclaimed Caliphate since the summer of 2014.
The Kurdish-Arab-Christian alliance of SDF has been isolating Raqqa since November 2016, when the US-backed alliance launched the so-called Euphrates Wrath Operation.
On 13 April, the Syrian Democratic Forces launched the fourth phase of the Euphrates Wrath Operation against Islamic State’s extremists to clear out the northern countryside of Raqqa.
During the first phase of Euphrates Wrath, which began on November 6, 2016, the SDF liberated roughly 560 km² in Northern Raqqa.
On 10 December, 2016, the SDF launched the second phase of the Euphrates Wrath, during which it captured over 2500 km² in Western Raqqa.
On 4 February, 2017, the Syrian Democratic Forces launched the third phase of the Euphrates Wrath Operation, and liberated dozens of villages in Eastern Raqqa from ISIS jihadists.
The campaign is ultimately aimed at liberating the city of Raqqa from ISIS extremists.
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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraq’s Ministry of Defense said Sunday that army forces had run into a prison in Mosul where Islamic State militants had used lock up women from the Yazidi religious minority.
The prison was found at the 17 Tamuz (July 17th) district in western Mosul, one of the districts which Iraqi forces have recaptured from the militants since it launched an offensive in February to retake the western side of the city.
Iraqi forces are currently besieging IS members in western Mosul’s Old City, the place from where the group first declared the establishment of an Islamist “caliphate” in 2014. Troops have discovered several mass graves of Iraqi citizens and security members, as well as prison facilities where IS has tortured on locked up Iraqis from all ethnicities and religious identities.
Many Yazidis, whose beliefs combine elements of several Middle Eastern religions, were persecuted and held in Mosul by Islamic State, which considered them devil-worshippers.
At least 9,900 of Iraq’s Yazidis were killed or kidnapped in just days in an Islamic State attack in 2014, according to a rare study that documented the number of Yazidis affected.
About 3,100 Yazidis were killed – with more than half shot, beheaded or burned alive – and about 6,800 kidnapped to become sex slaves or fighters, according to the report published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Medicine.
Popular Mobilization Units, the paramilitary force fighting IS alongside the government, said a few weeks ago they had liberated Yazidi habitats west of Mosul.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants kidnapped 60 families from western Mosul district, a source from Federal Police said on Sunday.
“As the group retreated in al-Shifa district, the militants kidnapped 60 families from the district while the security troops were advancing,” Col. Khodeir Saleh told BasNews.
“The abducted families were taken to the Old City and prevented from fleeing toward the troops,” he added.
Federal Police forces, according to Saleh, “besiege the region from all sides. 27 militants were killed in al-Shifa district during the confrontations.”
Earlier on Saturday, the Iraqi government forces recaptured Zanjili district in western Mosul, leaving only one district of al-Shifa in Islamic State’ grip before reaching its strategic stronghold in the Old City neighborhood.
News reports mentioned that dozens of civilians were killed either during the battles or while fleeing over the past few days. Number of the victims has not been identified yet.
IS fighters have both shot at and executed civilians attempting to flee areas under their control, according to aid groups and security officials who also said that civilians are being used as human shields.
The eastern side of Mosul city was liberated in January after three months of battles. Another offensive was launched in February to liberate the western flank of the city.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[SunStar] Two Philippine soldiers were killed, while six others were injured, in a clash with New People's Army insurgents in Davao City, the military said on Sunday. 
[Rappler] At least four Maute militants died early Saturday evening after an ambush on a police convoy that was supposed to bring them to Cagayan de Oro City.
[Iran Press TV] The so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has retaken a second district of Syria's troubled and
