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Afghanistan
Several Killed In Taliban Attack In Ghor: Officials
[ToloNews] At least 15 members of the public uprising forces and non-combatants were killed in a Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
attack in western Ghor province on Friday night, a member of Ghor Provincial Council said on Saturday.

The clash started after a group of Taliban attacked some security outposts in Poshta Noor village inDawlatyar district of Ghor, said Hamidullah Motahid, member of Ghor Provincial Council.

He said that Lal Bahadur Frotan, a tribal elder in the area, and two others were maimed in the attack.

Abdulhaqi Khatibi, front man for Ghor governor, confirmed the incident but said they have not received adequate information about the attack.
He said government forces have been sent to the area.

This comes as a senior Army commander Fawad Andarabi was killed in an operation in Ghor province last week as he was deployed there to ensure the security of Dawlatyar district.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336113 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


NDS Special Forces bust a network of ISIS terrorists in Kabul city
[KhaamaPress] The NDS Special busted a network of ISIS gunnies during an operation in Kabul city.

The National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
in a statement said the NDS Special Forces arrested six ISIS gunnies during the operation.

The statement further added that the detained gunnies were conducting destructive activities including liquidations, kidnappings, arms and explosives smuggling and transportation of ISIS fighters and their families to Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
The National Directorate of Security also added that the NDS Special Forces confiscated some weapons during the operation.

The detained individuals have been identified as Subhan Ahmad son of Khan Jan, Hamdullah son of Ghulam Haidar, Mohammad Younus son of Mohammad Gul, Mohammad Younus son of Haji Babark and Abdul Rashid son of Abdul Aziz.

They were operating under the command of Din Mohammad alias Nawid who is one of the commanders of ISIS terror group operating in urban areas, NDS added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336068 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Afghan Special Forces destroy Taliban headquarters in Kunduz
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces conducted an operation in northern Kunduz province and destroyed a headquarters of Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
The military officials said Sunday that the Special Forces also destroyed explosives and military equipment during the same operation.

The Special Forces also conducted a similar operation in Faryab province and killed 2 Taliban fighters.

According to military officials, the operation was conducted in Pashtun Kot district of the province.

The anti-government armed holy warriors including Taliban have not commented regarding the operations so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336076 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


5 Taliban militants detained, 1 killed in South-east of Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] The security forces carried out separate operations in three provinces in South-east of the country in past 24 hours.

The security forces conducted the operations in Ghazni, Paktiya and Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
provinces.

According to informed military sources, the security forces killed one Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
fighter and detained five others during the operations.

The Special Forces detained 3 Taliban fighters in Andar district of Ghazni.

The Special Forces also detained 2 Taliban fighters in Jaji district of Paktiya.

Furthermore, the security forces conducted an Arclight airstrike in Gomal district of Paktika and killed one Taliban fighter.

This comes as the security situation in some districts of Ghazni, Paktiya and Paktika provinces has tanked during the recent months.

Talibs are active in remote and restive areas of the three provinces and often conduct terrorist related activities.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336086 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


58 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Baghlan: Special Ops Corps
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces conducted an operation in northern Baghlan province inflicting heavy casualties on Taliban militants.

The Special Operations Corps in a statement said Saturday that the Special Forces conducted the operation in Baghlan-e-Markazi district.

The statement further added that the Special Forces killed 30 Taliban militants.

The security forces also wounded another 28 militants during the operations.

In the meantime, the Special Forces destroyed 7 fighting positions of the Taliban during the operation, the statement added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336084 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Why are there any wounded Taliban or ISIS? There should only be deaders.
Posted by: gorb || 06/10/2019 2:22 Comments || Top||

#2  There are hard rules of engagement made by politicians and careerist JAGs. And army regulations (all based on similar training) do not allow creative bending of these rules.

The resourceful and clever soldier can often bend and skate on rules, offing mewling 16 year olds lying in the dust. But men who value their career, and image in the eyes of other men ? They just can't. Also, there are a lot of whiners and rats in every unit who can complain.

In terms of practicality, a blown-up leg, shredded arm or a cracked rib-cage to an enemy is thought a better thing. It won't ever fight again. Some fucker will have to take care of it, it shall make life miserable for its own side. But applied to jihadis this theory falls flat. They want to die. You should not risk leaving any one alive. He alone may kill ten innocents. These days the liberal, life-worshiping nations of the west often allow local allies to do the wetwork for them. They'd rather kill by long-range methods, or proxy. It's true.

Unfortunately, the armies of the world have yet to realize that this not a war that will be won if run like an industry. It is not against simple ideology or annexation by conquest or over resources. They haven't fully understood the muslim animal even. Their ancestors had a better idea of the saracen.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/10/2019 4:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Love your hatred engaging rhetoric, Dron.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/10/2019 10:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Love is my middle name.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/10/2019 11:53 Comments || Top||


16 Taliban militants killed; narcotics destroyed in Uruzgan operations
[KhaamaPress] The security forces carried out a series of Arclight airstrikes in southern Uruzgan province killing at least 16 Talibs.

The informed military officials said Saturday that the airstrikes were carried out in Tarin Kot district.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do...
the Afghan Special Forces destroyed 30lbs of illegal narcotics during an operation in the same district.

The Special Forces also arrested a suspected krazed killer during the same operation, the officials added.

The anti-government armed hard boyz including Taliban
...Arabic for students...
have not commented regarding the operations so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336083 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Faryab: kidnap kingpin cut down, Talib judge tied up


Kidnap kingpin shot dead; 4 female hostages freed in Faryab province

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan police forces have killed a kidnap kingpin during an operation in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the police forces also rescued four women who were being kept as hostages.

The operation was conducted in Pashtun Kot district of Faryab province on Friday, the Ministry of Interior added.

The ministry also added that police forces shot the kidnap kingpin dead after he opened fire on them.

The police forces also arrested four accomplices of the kidnap kingpin during the same operation.

This comes as there has been a sharp rise in criminal incidents in key provinces and cities including capital during the recent months.

Meanwhile, the security officials are saying that efforts are underway to curb the activities of the criminal groups.

Taliban’s Kangaroo Court Chief arrested in Faryab province

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan security forces have arrested a notorious Taliban leader Mufti in Faryab province.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Sunday that the security forces arrested Mufti Nasir late on Saturday night.

According to a statement released by MoI, the security forces arrested Mufti Nasir while he was travelling to Jawzjan city for medical care.

The statement further added that the police forces also Mawlavi Hafizullah, one of the accomplices of Mufti Nasir.

The Ministry of Interior also added that Mufti Nasir is a notorious Taliban leader who was in charge of Kangaroo Court of Taliban in Pashtun Kot.

He was also torturing the local residents besides trying people in Kangaroo Courts, MoI said.

The anti-government armed militants including Taliban have not commented regarding the arrest of Mufti Nasir so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336086 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Helmand: turban kaboom stash kaboomed, 3 Talibs toes up


Afghan Special Forces destroy large amounts of explosives, narcotics in Helmand

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces conducted separate operations in southern Helmand province and destroyed large amounts of explosives and narcotics.

“In Nahr-e Saraj district an Afghan special forces operation destroyed a large amount of explosive materials,” the military officials said Saturday.

The sources further added that Special Forces conducted a similar raid in Marjah district and destroyed 250kgs of narcotics.

They also destroyed 2 vehicles and a weapons cache during the same operation.

This comes as the security situation in some districts of Helmand has deteriorated during the recent months.

Taliban militants are active in the restive areas of Helmand and often conduct terrorist related activities.

3 Taliban militants killed, 6 detained in Special Forces raid, airstrike in Helmand

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces killed two Taliban militants during an operation in southern Helmand province.

The military officials said Sunday that the Special Forces conducted the operation in Nahr-e-Saraj district.

The officials further added that the Special Forces also detained six Taliban fighters during the same operation.

Meanwhile, the security forces conducted an airstrike in Musa Qala district and killed one Taliban fighter.

The anti-government armed militants including Taliban have not commented regarding the operations so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336090 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Farah: Emir Dentist kabooms himself, 6 Talibs toes up


Famous Taliban commander Shah Maqsood, alias Dentist killed by own bomb in Farah

An explosion in western Farah province killed a famous Taliban commander Shah Maqsood who was also famous as Dentist.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said Shah Maqsood and one was his accomplices were killed in an explosion triggered by a roadside bomb.

The statement further added that the two men were planting a roadside bomb in Pashtun Kot district when the incident took place.

The Ministry of Interior also added that Shah Maqsood was in charge of a group of 30 militants in Farah province.

He was involved in various terrorist related activities in various parts of Farah province, the Ministry of Interior added.

11 Taliban militants killed, wounded in a clash with the security forces in Farah

[KhaamaPress] A clash broke out between Afghan security forces and Taliban militants in western Farah province of Afghanistan late on Saturdya night.

The 207th Zafar Corps said Sunday that the clash took place in Ziarat-e-Aab Garam Village in Anar Dara district.

The security forces killed 6 Taliban militants and wounded 5 others during the clash, the 207th Zafar Corps added.

The anti-government armed militants including Taliban have not commented regarding the clash so far.

This comes as the security situation in some districts of Farah province has deteriorated during the recent months.

Taliban militants are active in some restive areas of the province and often conduct terrorist related activities.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336075 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  No so much a treatment for an impacted wisdom tooth as a lack of wisdom.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/10/2019 7:55 Comments || Top||


3 suspects held, large amount of explosives destroyed in Ghazni operations
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces have arrested three suspected holy warriors during an operation in Ghazni province.

The informed military sources said Saturday that the suspected holy warriors were arrested in Andar district.

The security forces also carried out an Arclight airstrike in Andar district and destroyed a large amount of explosives.

This comes as the security situation in some districts of Ghazni provinces has tanked during the recent years.

Talibs are active in some areas of province and often conduct terrorist related activities.

In the meantime, the Afghan forces are busy conducting counter-terrorism operations against the anti-government gangs in this province.

The U.S. forces also conduct regular airstrikes in restive parts of the country to suppress Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and other anti-government murderous Moslems.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Afghan forces conducted 78 special operations in past 24 hours: MoD
[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Defense says that Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted 78 special operations in the past 24 hours.

The Ministry of Defense said Friday that the security forces also conducted 10 joint operations during the same operations.

Meanwhile the Air Forces carried out 22 Arclight airstrikes and 44 other air sorties in support of the armed forces.

According to defense ministry, the security forces killed at least 31 murderous Moslems during the same operations and injured 17 others.

The security force also arrested three suspected murderous Moslems during the operations, the ministry fo defense added.

The defense ministry also added that the security forces conducted the operations in Baghaln, ZAbul, Badghis, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Ghor, Kandahar, Wardak, Kapisa, Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
and Nimroz provinces.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336069 views] Top|| File under:


Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Logar operations
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan forces inflicted heavy casualties on Talibs during an operation in central Pashtun-infested Logar province.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said Friday that the operation was conducted in Mohammad Agha district of the province.

The statement further added that the Afghan forces targeted the Lions of Islam in Aab Paran Village of the district.

According to Interior Ministry, the security forces killed 18 Talibs during the operation and maimed 4 more.

The security forces security forces also seized three Ak-47 rifles, 17 munition magazines, 440 ammunition, military uniforms and some other military kits.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336090 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa Horn
Gunmen Kill Local Administrator In Southern Somalia
[RADIOSHABELLE] Unknown assailants have shot and killed a local district official in Jowhar town, located some 90 kilometers northwest of Mogadishu, the Somali capital, witnesses said.

Abdirashid Haji, the deputy administrator of Gambole village in Middle Shabelle region was bumped off inside the city by men armed with pistols who managed to escape the scene.

HirShabelle stat security forces have sealed off the shooting site and launched an investigation into the murder as the killers are on the run.

Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336091 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Al-Shabaab Carries Out An Assault In Jalalaqsi Town
[RADIOSHABELLE] al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
fighters were reported to have attacked a Somali government-controlled town in central Hiran region on Sunday amid ongoing Arclight airstrikes against the holy warrior group.

The attack, according to the residents began with blasts at the city’s main bridge targeting Djibouti troops serving under African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
mission in Somalia [AMISOM].

The two sides engaged in a fierce shootout and have exchanged heavy and small weaponry during the clash, which caused an unspecified number of casualties.

Al-Shabaab said its fighters have killed 13 Djiboutian soldiers and burnt down a battlewagon belonging to the AU peacekeepers. There was no statement from AMISOM confirming or denying the claims.

The latest reports said the situation has returned to normal on Sunday following the attack.

Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336081 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Arabia
Houthis claim multiple drone attacks targeting Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia
[DAWN] Yemen's Houthi rebels launched multiple drone attacks targeting Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, the group's Al-Masirah tweeted on Sunday.

The attacks targeted Saudi drone bunkers and stations in the airport, it added.

Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336084 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
Far-right rally against Muslim community in Germany's Chemnitz
[AlAhram] Tensions rose again Sunday in the eastern German city of Chemnitz, which last year saw days of xenophobic mob violence, after a local far-right group protested against a Moslem community festival.

Dozens of far-right protesters staged a rally, a day after an altercation in which an 18-year-old Syrian man allegedly injured the hand of a 41-year-old German man with a knife.

Police said they were investigating on charges of dangerous assault.

The altercation came after a Moslem community street festival was held Saturday in the city centre, and the local far-right group Pro Chemnitz protested nearby with a BBQ event.

An online video shows the holy warrior group grilling spit-roast pork while attendants yell "this is our city".

Pro Chemnitz later claimed the injured man was one of its "comrades in arms" and posted "breaking news" about the incident on social media along with a generic picture of a bloodied knife.

A local right-wing group then called for the demonstration Sunday, which was joined by some 50 people, according to local daily Freie Presse.

About 60 demonstrators staged a counter-protest and 66 police kept watch, local authorities said, adding that no violence was reported.

Chemnitz earned worldwide notoriety last year after a German man's fatal stabbing sparked mass protests which saw neo-Nazis rampaging through the streets targeting people of foreign appearance.

Defence lawyers for the Syrian man, Alaa Sheikhi, insist he is innocent in the manslaughter trial that is being held in another city of the ex-communist east, Dresden, for security reasons.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336079 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Deport them all
Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442 || 06/10/2019 6:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Far right -so that means anyone not quite Hitler, more like Mussolini, correct?
Posted by: AlanC || 06/10/2019 7:12 Comments || Top||

#3  A little pork-roast won't save Germany from the colonists. The puerile tembels . Guerrilla warfare, hidden from an anti-national State, vicious and deadly. That alone will save your country. If you elect a state that stealthily supports such nationalist activity, even better.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/10/2019 7:33 Comments || Top||

#4  >Chemnitz earned worldwide notoriety last year after a German man's fatal stabbing sparked mass protests which saw neo-Nazis rampaging through the streets targeting people of foreign appearance.

Wasn't that admitted to be a spot of FakeNews?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/10/2019 11:29 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
IEDs used in Ziarat bomb blasts, confirms CTD
[DAWN] QUETTA: Preliminary investigation into the two kabooms that hit as many vehicles in Ziarat on Friday suggested that improvised bombs (IED) were used to carry out the terror attacks which claimed five lives and left 13 people injured.

No group has so far grabbed credit for the attacks.

Both the IEDs were attached to the vehicles with magnet, said the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday.

The CTD has registered two First Information Reports (FIR) of the kabooms on the report of Levies Force, Ziarat. Copies of the FIRs are available with Dawn.

Senior CTD officer Khalil Ahmed while confirming the registration of FIRs said that according to the bomb disposal squad nearly two to three kilograms of explosives were used for the kabooms.

The CTD, which is investigating the Ziarat blasts, said that evidence had been collected from the sites of the blasts. "We are investigating both the incidents," CTD official Ahmed said, adding that in the light of evidence a probe had been launched. But, so far, no arrests had been made.

The first blast took place when a vehicle carrying members of the Bohra community was on its way to the Kharwari Baba shrine, located on the outskirts of Ziarat town, killing three members of a family. The second blast occurred in the evening when a group of Shia Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...
was returning to Quetta after spending the day in Ziarat. The kaboom occurred when the van they were travelling in reached near the Kawas area, resulting in the death of two persons on the spot.

On Saturday, bodies of three victims belonging to one family which included parents and their son were handed over to their relatives for transporting them back to Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
. The bodies of the two victims from the Hazara community were handed over to their family in Quetta. The victims were buried in the Hazara graveyard on Saturday.

Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336085 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Jhangvi


Iraq
Security forces discover unknown body in Baghdad
Baghdad (IraqiNews) An official source informed, on Sunday, that security forces discovered an unknown body, east of the capital, Baghdad.

The source said in a press statement that Iraqi security forces, today, discovered a body of unknown male in an abandoned area, in al-Kamaliyah, east of Baghdad.

The body was shot in the head, the source added without further details.

It is noteworthy that the capital, Bagdad, is witnessing frequent attacks against security forces and civilians, due to the instability in the country.

As of 2018, Baghdad was listed as one of the least hospitable places in the world to live, ranked by Mercer as the worst of 231 major cities as measured by quality-of-life.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336083 views] Top|| File under:


Iraqi troops kill two IS terrorists, destroy seven tunnels in Nineveh
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Iraqi security forces on Sunday killed two 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....
holy warriors and destroyed seven tunnels during a military operation in Nineveh province.

The Iraqi Security Media Cell, in a press statement, said that security forces in the Nineveh Operations Command found seven Islamic State tunnels and a locally-made explosive charge during a military operation in Sheikh Ibrahim town in Nineveh.

The troops are now working on destroying the seven tunnels, the statement read.

In the Old City of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, the troops killed two Islamic State terrorists, include a jacket wallah, during a crackdown to purge the area surrounding the Great Mosque of al-Nuri from Islamic State terrorists.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336069 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Olde Tyme Religion
Preacher in Al Aqsa Mosque goes into tinfoil hat land.
[Twitter] We had a report about two days ago here, now you can see the preacher’s charisma. Or perhaps that’s just spittle.


Posted by: 3dc || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336094 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood

#1  The books behind him look untouched. The mark of a true scholar.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/10/2019 4:16 Comments || Top||

#2  If the mayor of London is collecting a salary, the Brits are already paying Jizya.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/10/2019 7:54 Comments || Top||

#3  And looks like they already have Rome covered.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/10/2019 8:02 Comments || Top||

#4  Tinhat Laughter, OK.
2016 estimate of US Muslim population: ~3 million(3,000,000)
Brigade~5,000

I used my callulater to do the math: 600 brigades
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/10/2019 10:20 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/10/2019 10:22 Comments || Top||

#6  If you do a search "muslims attacking America", google gives you hate-crime against muzz, islamophobia and bearded sasquatches crying to be heard.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/10/2019 10:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Well they'll probably get the 4th item.
Posted by: Hellfish || 06/10/2019 12:06 Comments || Top||

#8  The dude getting a pope bath...the image at first I swear I thought he was reading a newspaper.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/10/2019 15:05 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
ISIS regaining momentum near Palmyra as fighting rages in northwestern Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] 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....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) is regaining its strength near the ancient city of Palmyra, while the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and jihadist rebels trade offensive in northwestern Syria.
Wonder who's paying all those salaries and for all those weapons and all that ammunition?
Speaking to al-Masdar from Damascus city, a military source stated that the Islamic State has recently stepped up their operations in central Syria, targeting the Syrian Army more frequently around the key road between the cities of al-Sukhneh and Palmyra.

According to the source, the Islamic State’s ambushes and raids in central Syria are well-coordinated and proof that the terrorist group possesses the ability to wreak havoc inside the country.

In May, the Syrian Army suffered more than 100 casualties at the hands of the Islamic State in central Syrian. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
it appears that the June casualties may exceed those of May, as the Syrian Army has already lost several soldiers as a result of the terrorist group’s attacks.

With the ongoing battle in northwestern Syria occupying many of the Syrian Arab Army units, there are grave concerns that the Islamic State may take advantage of the situation and launch a wide-scale assault against the government forces.

The Islamic State is estimated to have between 2,000-3,000 fighters in the Badiya al-Sham region of central and eastern Syria; this leaves the terrorist group with more than enough fighters to take over a large part of this desert region.

Should this happen, the Syrian Arab Army may be forced to halt their operations in northwestern Syria in order to stop an Islamic State advance.

Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336074 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Ssssssschomeone sssssschmilessssssch up from Hell at hissssch friendsssssch...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/10/2019 8:54 Comments || Top||

#2  When ISIS gets through sacking Palmyra why don't they go after Istanbul (formerly Constantinople)?

Now that would be interesting.
Posted by: jpal || 06/10/2019 9:57 Comments || Top||


Jihadist rebels behead Syrian soldier in northwestern Hama
[ALMASDARNEWS] The jihadist rebels recently beheaded a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldier that was maimed in an undisclosed area in northwestern Hama.

In the video, the jihadist rebels film themselves beheading the soldier, who was still believed to have been alive prior to the gruesome execution.

The jihadist rebels have released similar footage in the past, with most of their videos taking place in the Idlib Governorate.

Posted by: Fred || 06/10/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336086 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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