[Ynet] Taliban militants who have been waging war on the Afghan government for more than a decade on Monday expressed a willingness to soften their position on a range of issues, an apparent shift that could eventually lead to peace talks.
But despite those positive signs following two days of informal talks in Qatar, a wave of Taliban attacks targeting police checkpoints late Sunday night in the remote Afghan province of Badakhshan, killed at least 16 policemen. The insurgents said in a statement to media that the assaults were part of their annual spring offensive, which began late last month.
And on Monday morning, a Taliban suicide bomber struck a bus carrying government workers in the capital, Kabul, killing one person and wounding 13. The Taliban also claimed responsibility for that bombing.
Somalia’s security forces have launched an operation to hunt down perpetrators who masterminded on Sunday’s bomb attack which injured at least 7 people including government officials and soldiers, officials said.
Elwak deputy district commissioner, Farah Mo’alin Bishar told Shabelle Media in Mogadishu that the forces were carrying out security operation which was intended to arrests everyone to be suspected for having links to the deadly attack.
No one claimed the responsibility for the attack that injured at least 7 people including Elwak District Commissioner, Ibrahim who seriously injured on Sunday’s attack in a popular coffee shop in Elwak town.
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BOSSASO, Somalia -- At least two grenade explosions have rocked Gulf of Aden port city of Bossaso on Monday evening according to witnesses, Garowe Online reports.
This city of almost 750,000 is on the Gulf of Aden and is a principal seaport for Puntland. Look at it from a satellite view: a big pile of stone surrounded by a much bigger pile of dirt.
Security sources have confirmed that a civilian bystander died while two others sustained injuries after suspected Al Shabaab gunmen targeted a security checkpoint in new Bossaso neighborhood with hand grenades.
The attack on security forces manning Afar-Irdodka checkpoint follows a string of pre-planned raids by Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab militants in Galgala. Three weeks ago, Al Shabaab gunmen raided a police station in Puntland’s most populous city.
Meanwhile, Al Shabaab fighters have briefly seized army base near Bossaso, killing a soldier and wounding three others.
The deadly assault occurred in Yalho village which lies 50km from the Gulf of Aden port city.
8-member panel of UN experts said in confidential report in late 2014, that ‘catch and release policy’ adopted by Puntland President fuelled upsurge in terror operations.
Puntland Army Chief faulted bad weather and rough topography for retreats on the frontline.
No body claimed the simultaneous grenade attacks and brief seizure but Puntland Defence Forces (PDFs) and militants fought in sporadic battles in Galgala, some 50km southwest of Bossaso.
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[Ynet] Egyptian officials say suspected Islamic forces of Evil have attacked a security forces' base in northern Sinai, near the border with Gazoo. There was no immediate word on casualties.
Security officials say kabooms rocked the Central Security base in the border town of Rafah around noon on Monday after attackers fired mortars targeting the camp. The officials say that fierce festivities are underway between the forces of Evil and security forces. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media. Egypt has been battling an Islamic insurgency in northern Sinai for years, but attacks against the army and police dramatically increased after the July 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. 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.... affiliate based in Sinai has claimed a series of large-scale assaults there.
[AnNahar] Troops killed 28 suspected gunnies during a weekend operation in central Nigeria launched in response to an attack last month which saw six soldiers gruesomely murdered, the military said Monday.
The violence occurred on the border between Plateau and Taraba states, an area plagued by waves of sectarian violence seen as separate from 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... , although the Islamist bandidos Death Eaters have claimed past attacks in the region.
"In our effort to rid the border communities... of incessant killings and brigandage, there was an exchange of fire between troops and murderous Moslems in which lives were lost," military front man Ikedichi Iweha told AFP, referring to Saturday's unrest.
"Twenty-eight members of the militia group bit the dust, one soldier was injured while another is still missing following the battle," he added.
Iweha said the offensive in the districts of Wase and Langtang was launched in response to an April 28 attack by gunnies on troops operating in the area.
"They killed the soldiers, took away their arms, gorged out their eyes, cut their tongues and decapitated their bodies in a most horrible manner," he added.
He fiercely denied No, no! Certainly not! accusations circulating in local media that the troops went on a rampage, indiscriminately firing on defenseless civilians in retaliation for the six soldiers' gory deaths.
Plateau state government front man Pam Ayuba said locals on his side of the border were angry their community was targeted in the operation, as the purported gunnies were clearly based in Taraba.
There was no immediate indication as to the identity of the suspected gunnies and it was not clear if they had any connection to Boko Haram.
Iweha said the search for the attackers was ongoing.
Plateau state falls in Nigeria's so-called Middle Belt, where the mainly Christian south meets the majority Moslem north.
Christian-dominated farming communities have clashed with largely Moslem herdsmen of the Fulani ethic group since the turn of the century, leaving thousands dead.
Ayuba said the region on the Taraba border has been peaceful for several years.
Violence by Boko Haram has most heavily been concentrated in Plateau's capital Jos, where churches and markets have been repeatedly bombed.
Most violence in rural areas has been blamed on long-standing sectarian grievances fueled partly by battles over land rights.
A Nigerian military rescue operation ended months of captivity for hundreds of women and children who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram militants, but also resulted in some deaths from a land mine blast or being run over by heavy vehicles, according to survivors.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Sunday the group of 275 rescued last week in northeastern Nigeria arrived at a refugee camp where they will be receiving medical care and trauma counseling.
Several of the women there described what happened after the military arrived to free them. They said some of the women were hiding in bushes where soldiers did not see them, and died when an armored personnel carrier drove through.
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According to some Spanish websites a lot of them are pregnant from their rapers. They are lucky. The Algerian GIA (in French) or IAG (Islamic Armed Groups) made a standard practice to kill captured women when it was discovered they were pregnant. If the Nigearin girls are alive it must be because the Boko Haram people are moderate.
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI—Police in Burundi shot and killed three people Monday in the capital Bujumbura during renewed demonstrations against the president's attempt to extend his rule.
The Burundian Red Cross confirmed the three deaths to VOA's Central African Service. Dozens more people were reported to be wounded when police opened fire on protesters marching in suburbs of Bujumbura.
At least 15 people have been killed in more than a week of protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term in next month's elections. Protesters have vowed to continue street demonstrations until the president changes his mind.
The Saudi-led coalition battling Shi'ite Houthi insurgents in Yemen landed several dozen special forces in Aden Sunday, its first ground deployment in the battle for control of the Arab world's poorest country.
The coalition denied that a major ground offensive is under way, but the special forces engaged in fighting the Houthis at Aden's international airport.
Witnesses said the coalition forces were wearing black military-style clothing and were armed with sophisticated weaponry. Helicopter gunships hovered above their landing area between Aden's al-Mansoura neighborhood and the airport.
In response to KSA attacks, Yemeni tribal fighters managed on Monday to invade the Saudi areas of Jazan and Najran, storming five military posts.
The Yemeni army, backed by the popular committees, controlled most of al-Tawahi area in Aden, defeating the militants.
The Saudi warplanes continued striking the various Yemeni cities, inflicting heavy human and materialistic losses.
Yemen has been since March 26 under brutal aggression by Saudi-US coalition. On April 21, Saudi Arabia declared the end of the aggression, dubbed “Decisive Strom”. However, the Saudi-led warplanes are still conducting airstrikes on several areas across Yemen.
More than 3,500 people were martyred by the Saudi aggression, most of them are civilians. Thousands more were injured.
[Ynet] The United States and its allies staged 22 strikes on 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.... targets in Iraq in a 24-hour period ending on Monday morning, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement.
The air strikes hit near Bayji, Sinjar, Fallujah and other cities and struck tactical units, caches and buildings, the statement said.
There were no air strikes in Syria during that period, the military said.
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(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – A local source in Kirkuk province announced on Sunday that ISIS has executed 24 people, including local officers, in Zab area southwest of the province.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “Today, ISIS executed 24 people from Zab area in Hawija district southwest of Kirkuk.”
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, “Among the executed were members of the Municipal Council of the district,” noting that, “They were kidnapped earlier by ISIS elements.”
(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – On Monday, Iraqi Ministry of Defense said, that the security forces managed to regain control of the main road that links between Baiji and Haditha districts.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “Today, al-Jazirah and al-Badiyah Operations forces backed by volunteer fighters from the tribe of Albu-Nimir had managed to liberate the main road that links between the districts of Baiji and Haditha from ISIS,” pointing out that, “The violent clashes, which broke out between the security forces and ISIS militants, resulted in killing 2 ISIS fighters and the dismantlement of 25 improvised explosive devices, in addition to shelling a number of ISIS rocket launchers in al-Khasfa area in northeastern of Salahuddin.”
(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – On Monday, Iraqi Interior Ministry announced, that 45 terrorists have been killed in an intensive air strike by the army’s air force and the international coalition in the districts of Baiji and al-Sharqat in north of Salahuddin province.
The ministry said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “The army’s air force and the international coalition warplanes carried out an intensive aerial bombing against ISIS sites in north of Salahuddin province,” pointing out that, “The air strike resulted in killing 45 ISIS fighters in the district of al-Sharqat and the areas of Makfoul, al-Mallaha and al-Ba’aji in the district of Baiji.”
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – According to security sources, five unidentified bodies have been found and a civilian and a senior army officer were killed in two armed attacks in two separate incidents in Baghdad, while the security forces managed to liberate a kidnapped person in and arrest his kidnappers.
The sources said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “A security force found an unidentified body in Mansour area southwest of Baghdad, while another force found an unidentified body in Saidiya District south of Baghdad.”
The sources added, “The security force has also found the bodies of two men were shot dead in two separate incidents in Husseiniya area, north of Baghdad.”
The sources also stated, “The body of a man shot dead was found in Diyala Bridge area, southeast of Baghdad,” noting that, “All the bodies were found handcuffed.
(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – On Monday, Salahuddin Provincial Council announced, that Baiji’s oil refinery and the districts of Baiji and al-Dajil are under fierce attacks by ISIS militants.
The deputy president of the security committee in Salahuddin Provincial Council, Khaled al-Khazraji, stated in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “The security campaign to liberate the rest of the areas in Salahuddin province from ISIS’s control is ongoing,” pointing out that, “Baiji’s refinery and the district of al-Dajil are constantly under fierce ISIS attacks .”
Al-Khazraji added, “The forces are not blockaded inside the refinery, but they need reinforecments” calling the army’s air force to deal with the targets in the area of al-Jazirah, and noting that, “The ISIS attacks against Baiji’s refinery and the districts of Baiji and al-Dajil are coming from there.”
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Other statements I have heard say more than 50% of the refinery is held by ISIS.
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Two UN peacekeepers were wounded on Monday when mortar rounds fired from Syria hit their base in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights, an Israeli occupation army spokesman said.UN peacekeepers in Golan
"Mortar shells hit the Golan in Ein Zivan and in the Zivanit UNDOF base. Two UN peacekeeping soldiers were evacuated to Israel for medical care," Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner wrote on his official Twitter account.
Israeli public radio said the two were lightly wounded.
The occupation army said the fire was not deliberately aimed at the Israeli side of the plateau, but was stray fire from the ongoing conflict in Syria between the government and the foreign-backed insurgents.
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Used to be UN Peacekeepers' life around the Zionist entity was simple. You assisted Arab civilians' peaceful protest-against-occupation actions as much as you were able. And, the rest of the time, protested Zionists'---totally unprovoked---attacks on these civilians. What happened? How it all went wrong?
[AnNahar] Gunmen entrenched on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese border reportedly withdrew from their positions as the Lebanese army denied involvement in a gunbattle outside the country's border.
I think this means the Al Nusra/ISIS hard boys.
"Information obtained during the past two days indicates that gunnies withdrew in a limited manner from posts controlled on the outskirts," a source close to Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... said in comments published in An Nahar newspaper on Monday.
The source said that the party "is dealing with the retreat as a tactic... we will not take control of the positions deserted by gunnies without a wide attack that cleanses the area from takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... gunnies."
"They might've booby-trapped the place. It's what they do, ya know -- and none o'us wanna go ta Paradise just yet."
"The zero hour is yet to be determined... it's close."
Fighters linked 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.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Syrian al-Qalamoun have been allegedly mobilizing and moving closer to the border with Leb ahead of a battle along the country's eastern border.
The Lebanese army frequently festivities with the forces of Evil in their hideouts near the Syria border.
The IS, which controls several areas in Syria and Iraq, aims to spread to Leb as its fighters position in the outskirts of Bekaa towns bordering Syria and the Lebanese army is in adamant efforts to stop their efforts to infiltrate the country.
ISIL and al-Qaeda-affiliate 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 are battling in Qalamoun the regime of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites... and Hizbullah forces alongside each other, with support from some smaller Islamist rebel groups.
Despite ideological similarities, the two groups are opposed and in conflict with each other in other parts of Syria, particularly in the north.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment... the Lebanese army denied any attempt to engage in battles outside Leb's border.
A high-ranking military source told al-Joumhouria newspaper that "the army will not get involved in the much-anticipated al-Qalamoun battle as it will be on Syrian territories."
The source denied any coordination between the Lebanese army and Hizbullah backed by the Syrian forces. It stressed that the Lebanese troops "are fully carrying out their duties along the border to protect the country from the repercussions of the Qalamoun battle."
During the Great Prophet 9 exercises Iran targeted the vessel with a range of offensive equipment including swarms of fast attack craft, anti-ship missiles and ballistic missiles. Strikes were reportedly launched from both Bander Abbas and Jask. Phase 2 of the exercise saw Iranian Special Forces fast-rope from helicopters onto the barge surface and attack the mock-up's superstructure. A final wave included targeting by a suicide vessel and a coastal cruise missile.
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Wonder how they chose the sucker for the suicide mission on their own craft?
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IRAN + IRGC = CHINA + PLAN = still need to strike at any incoming USN CVBG(S) + Other while the latter are still far away.
IMO its one of the reasons, but not the only one, as to why China is doing what she is doing via island reclamations in the South China Sea, i.e. the South China Sea that is directly across from the Northern Philipines, to include the Subic-Manila-Clark Regions, WHERE CHINA NEEDS TO BASE PLA LR AIRPOWER + ASBMS, ETC. TO DETER INCOMING US OR US-LED INTERVENING MILFORS.
DITTO AS PER CHINA GETTING CONTROL OF TAIWAN, GUAM-WESTPAC, + EX-WW2 IJN CHUUK/TRUK LAGOON.
Iran + IRGC = China + PLA = US + USDOD, etc. = all adhere AMAP to the adage of better to fight an Enemy(s) "OVER THERE [Over-The-Horizon], NOT OVER HERE".
Hasakah, Syria – On Monday, shelling renewed by the pro-regime forces on locations of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) in the southern areas of Hasakah city, northeastern Syria.
In an attempt by IS militants to defend their strongholds south of Hasakah, clashes broke out between them and pro-regime armed forces.
Speaking to ARA News in Hasakah, civil rights activist Ahmed Khalil said that fierce clashes continued until Monday midnight between the pro-regime forces and the hardline group, in conjunction with artillery bombardment on the group’s strongholds launched from Kawkab Mount (10 km east of Hasaka city).
“The shelling has been targeting the security cordon in the vicinity of al-Dawoodiya and Rad Shaqra villages since the early morning hours on Monday,” he added. “Some targets, according to locals, were hit directly and caused dozens of casualties in the group’s ranks.”
ARA News could not verify the number of casualties in group’s ranks.
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Urfa, Turkey – Subsequent to clashes with militant fighters of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS), the joint forces withdrew from southern areas of Kobane, northern Syria, Kurdish military sources reported on Monday.
Speaking to ARA News in Kobane, Noureddin Gaban, fighter in ranks of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), said that the joint forces withdrew “tactically” from a location southeast of Sirrin town, after IS jihadists launched an offensive during which various kinds of weapons were used.
“In eastern Sirrin, the clashes currently stopped, while still continue north of the town, amid intense sorties by the U.S.-led coalition’s warplanes,” he added.
The Islamic State group carried out an offensive stretching from the village of Mitras to the areas near Jalabiya in the southeastern countryside of Kobane, during which fierce clashes broke out between the group’s militants and the Kurdish YPG forces.
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Damascus, Syria – On Monday, a twin bomb attack hit the district of Rukn al-Din northern the capital Damascus, targeting senior officer in the Syrian regime’s army, causing panic among security forces who closed the entrances and exits of the neighborhood.
Media activist Zain al-Dimashqi told ARA News in Damascus that the two bomb attacks in Rukn al-Din targeted the head of Logistics and Supply Branch in the Syrian regime’s army, Major General Mohammed Eid.
“At least one person was killed, and five others were injured as a result of attacks,” the source added.
Local sources said that one of the bodyguards of General Mohammed Eid was killed in the attack and two others were reportedly injured, including Eid himself –who was accordingly transferred to Tishreen Military Hospital in Damascus.
Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate 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 grabbed credit on Monday for a suicide kaboom hours earlier on a regime-controlled neighborhood in Damascus, the group said via Twitter.
The article also has a series of claims and counterclaims of what did or did not happen, and who said so. Ynet adds:
The army source told state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
the security forces had killed all the members of "a terrorist group" in the bustling Rukn al Din district during a chase after a jacket wallahwent kaboom!.
The source did not say whether there were any casualties but a resident contacted by Viber said the army had sealed off the main streets of the congested part of the capital adjacent to key government installations and embassies.
Security forces detained scores of people after the kaboom rocked the dense residential and commercial quarter, which is a main crossroad of the city and is home to many Syrian Kurds.
The Syrian army killed 20 terrorists and wounded 50 others as it targeted their remnants in al-Jibba and Assal al-Ward barrens in Qalamoun after their attack on its posts had failed.
Well-informed sources told Al-Manar that a state of disarray and confusion prevailed among the terrorists, and their commanders trade accusations of treason and cowardice.
Killed TerroristsThe Syrian army and its allies had frustrated an attack that was carried out by the militant groups in the barrens of al-Jibba and Assal al-Ward in Qalamoun as the military units ambushed the terrorists, killing or wounding dozens of them.
Security sources told Al-Manar that a number of terrorists were killed or wounded and their vehicles were destroyed as they attempted to attack the military posts of the Syrian army in the barrens of al-Jibba and Assal al-Ward in Qalamoun.
The Syrian army and armed forces units assumed operations in pursing, targeting, killing terrorists and destroying their equipment and ammunition on Monday across the country.
In Damascus, the Syrian authorities killed all members of a terrorist group while pursuing them at the east of Rouken-Eddin neighbourhood in Damascus, while one of its suicidal blew himself up, a military source told SANA.
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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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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[Ynet] Taliban militants who have been waging war on the Afghan government for more than a decade on Monday expressed a willingness to soften their position on a range of issues, an apparent shift that could eventually lead to peace talks.
A Nigerian military rescue operation ended months of captivity for hundreds of women and children who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram militants, but also resulted in some deaths from a land mine blast or being run over by heavy vehicles, according to survivors.
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI—Police in Burundi shot and killed three people Monday in the capital Bujumbura during renewed demonstrations against the president's attempt to extend his rule.
The Saudi-led coalition battling Shi'ite Houthi insurgents in Yemen landed several dozen special forces in Aden Sunday, its first ground deployment in the battle for control of the Arab world's poorest country.
(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – On Monday, Iraqi Ministry of Defense said, that the security forces managed to regain control of the main road that links between Baiji and Haditha districts.
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – According to security sources, five unidentified bodies have been found and a civilian and a senior army officer were killed in two armed attacks in two separate incidents in Baghdad, while the security forces managed to liberate a kidnapped person in and arrest his kidnappers.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
During the Great Prophet 9 exercises Iran targeted the vessel with a range of offensive equipment including swarms of fast attack craft, anti-ship missiles and ballistic missiles. Strikes were reportedly launched from both Bander Abbas and Jask. Phase 2 of the exercise saw Iranian Special Forces fast-rope from helicopters onto the barge surface and attack the mock-up's superstructure. A final wave included targeting by a suicide vessel and a coastal cruise missile.
