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[NYPOST] Two Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, men were busted with a stash of 32,000 fentanyl pills worth $1 million inside a John F. Kennedy Airport hotel this week, authorities said Wednesday.
Roodolph Pierre-Lys, 33, and Uriel Barajas-Valencia, 50, were taken into custody Monday following a multi-agency drug-trafficking probe, New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan said in a blurb.
Authorities said Barajas-Valencia orchestrated the delivery of the deadly pills to New York.
Both men were arraigned Tuesday in Manhattan Criminal Court on first- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and ordered held on $50,000 cash bail or a $100,000 bond, Brennan’s office said.
"In recent weeks, working with our law enforcement partners, we have seized hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills and deprived suppliers of millions of dollars," Brennan said in a statement.
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6 DEAD, 1 INJURED IN KABUL MOSQUE SHOOTING – A man entered the Hazrat Bilal Mosque in Kabul’s ninth Police District on Wednesday morning and opened fire on the congregants who had gathered for prayer. Taliban security forces say the man killed 6 worshippers and wounded another in the attack. Security officials said the attack may have been motivated by a private dispute. The gunman remained at large and security forces were actively canvassing the area to find the shooter. No further information was available.
TALIBAN REQUESTS AFGHANS SHELTERING IN PAKISTAN AND IRAN TO AVOID PROTESTS – The Minister of Refugees and Repatriation made a public call for Afghans in the two neighboring countries to not join in protests (both planned and ongoing). While he stated the Taliban was concerned for citizens’ safety, both Ambassadors from the neighboring countries are thought to have asked for Taliban assistance with controlling domestic issues.
SIM CARDS REPORTEDLY BEING DENIED TO WOMEN IN SOME PROVINCES – We are attempting to confirm reports that select provinces have issued directives to deny the sale of SIM cards to women. Uruzgan Province was the first to report the restrictions and there are rumors that shopkeepers in Panjshir and Takhar are also being pressured to halt sales. There is already a flourishing black market for SIM cards in the country that the Taliban have unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt but the recent edicts will likely inflate prices significantly.
UNHCR ANNOUNCES SEASONAL FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO 400,000 AFGHANS – The program was announced on Tuesday the 22nd and involves a door-to-door assessment program to identify families most in need. We will publish more details on the program as the information is provided.
CONFLICT TRACKER Takhar: A senior Twlibqn leader was shot and killed in Taloqan late yesterday. The gunmen were it identified and escaped on a motorcycle.
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PAKISTAN TO PROVIDE UPDATE ON FATE OF AFGHAN REFUGEES SHELTERING IN THE COUNTRY – The Minister of State for Frontiers is expected to elaborate on a possible extension of the amnesty period for Afghan refugees currently staying in Pakistan.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Taliban ...Arabic for students... security officials said that six people, including a father and his four sons, were killed and one person was injured in an unidentified gunman attack on a mosque in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
The incident took place on Wednesday morning, November 23, in the Hazrat Bilal Mosque in Kabul’s police district 9, according to Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Taliban police chief in Kabul.
The attacker entered the mosque on Wednesday morning at around 6:45 in time for morning congregational prayer, according to a Taliban security official, and fired at worshipers, killing 6 individuals, including 5 members of a family.
According to the preliminary investigations, this incident was sparked by personal animosity, the Taliban official said. He further stated that the relevant security forces were working to identify and apprehend the attacker.
According to local sources, this morning’s armed incident took place as the congregation in the mosque was offering their prayers. They said that the assailant had already vacated his house and escaped the attack site.
With the deterioration of the security situation, such events have been more frequent in Kabul lately as unidentified button men killed the preacher of the Abu Bakr Sediq mosque and a worshipper in Kabul’s Karta-e-Naw area.
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Seems like ceding the entirety of Afghanistan to the Taliban has not resulted in the expected security improvement.
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We can’t do it right with the generals who did it so badly over the past decade, Super Hose, so we’ll have to wait until we have a different kind of commander-in-chief and different generals.
The #Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium Wednesday, signaling the religious group’s resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s. pic.twitter.com/Wuh1hGoRDG
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Some would argue that we are equally degenerated because we now have drag queens sex dancing for kindergartners. At another level, would it be ethical to whip the people responsible for sexualizing kids in front of a stadium crowd? I guess I would be against the audience part.
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[ShabelleMedia] Somali government forces fended off an ambush attack against their base by al-Shabaab ...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa... in central Somalia, where the krazed killer group faced an offensive.
The attack sparked a direct shootout between the two sides that ended up in the pushback of the Lions of Islam with army officials saying at least 20 al-Shabaab members are dead.
For its part, al-Shabaab claimed a similar victory over the SNA, adding it killed dozens of soldiers in the skirmish in El-Dheere which straddles the Hiran-Middle Shabelle regions.
The situation has been tense in the area as the army launched a manhunt operation in search of al-Shabaab remnants. There was no independent source confirming both claims.
[ShabelleMedia] Somali security forces backed by international partners early Wednesday killed 49 al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... , functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... bully boyz in a sting operation conducted at a village in the southern region.
The Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism said the joint operation which was conducted at the Bulo-Madina village in the Lower Shabelle region saw several al-Shabaab Lions of Islam escape with serious injuries.
"The Kharijites (al-Shabaab hard boys) who were killed in the Bulo Madina area were preparing conspiracies to harm the Somali people, but they were thwarted and defeated by the intelligence agency and national forces," the ministry said in a statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
It said the latest operation achieved its intended purpose and destroyed battlewagons carrying weapons and the arms store that the Lions of Islam had in that area.
The ministry lauded the Somalis who have joined the fight to liberate the country from al-Shabaab which has engaged the government forces in near-daily attacks.
Somali and 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... peacekeeping forces have also intensified military operations against the bad boys, flushing them into their Lower and Middle Shabelle region bases as part of efforts to stabilize the Horn of Africa nation.
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Probably not a good idea to enrich people to not attack you. I haven’t checked to see what N10M buys you so enrichment might be an over statement of fact.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Leaders of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s leaders are besieging the Saudi forces present in the Saudi-led coalition camp in Aden city, southern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... Military leaders loyal to the STC on Tuesday called on the recruits in their various factions to join the second phase of the escalation against the Saudi forces in Aden by holding a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the coalition forces in al-Buraiqa area, west of Aden.
The southern military leaders put at the forefront of their demands the departure of Moein Abdul-Malik, head of the pro-coalition government, amid accusations to him and several leaders of plundering local revenues in the southern provinces.
Military and political observers believe that the STC’s call for a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Saudi forces in Aden comes in response to the arrest of the STC’s President, Aidarous al-Zubaidi, in Riyadh since the beginning of last October.
This comes in light of the Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... ’s intention to hand over the city of Aden to the forces of "Tariq Afash" in an exchange deal with the UAE to control the city of Ma’rib, which is under the control of the Islah Party Death Eaters loyal to Saudi Arabia, and to end their presence in Taiz.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Armed confrontations renewed on Tuesday, between al-Qaeda and UAE-backed militias in eastern regions of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province, southern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... This was reported by Yemen News Portal, based on testimonies of tribal sources.
Tribal sources said that violent mostly peacefulfestivities broke out between the Security Belt militias affiliated with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) and al-Qaeda elements, on the outskirts of al-Mahfad district.
The sources pointed out that the festivities left maimed from both sides, noting that the confrontations are still continuing until the moment, in south of al-Mahfad, along the areas adjacent to the Ahwar district.
For days, violent mostly peacefulfestivities have been taking place between the two sides in al-Mahfad district, coinciding with a new spread of terrorist organization groups.
The confrontations come in the context of a new escalation in in the province, as mutual mobilizations between Emirati factions on the one hand, and al-Qaeda and Islah on the other.
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Rostov-on-Don found Dzhasur Ismatov, who was detained at the Mineralnye Vody airport, guilty of trying to become a member of a terrorist organization and sentenced him to five years in prison.
The Southern District Military Court has sentenced a resident of the Astrakhan region, Jasur Ismatov, who planned to join the members of a terrorist organization in Syria, the FSB reported.
"In 2021, Ismatov began to correspond with one of the members of the Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham
...formerly Al Nusra, the original Al Qaeda in Iraq and Syria off which ISIS split...
international terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation and was interested in how to get to Syria in order to join it," the press service of the FSB for the Stavropol Territory said. , which Interfax quoted today.
In December 2021, Ismatov was detained by the Federal Security Service for the Stavropol Territory at the Mineralnye Vody airport while trying to fly to Turkey. He was charged with preparing to participate in a terrorist organization and an armed formation. The court sentenced Ismatov to five years in a strict regime colony, with the first two and a half years in prison, the agency said.
As follows from the case file on the court website, the materials of the case against Ismatov were received by the Southern District Military Court on September 23, six court sessions were held, and the verdict was delivered today.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the Southern District Military Court sentenced Nozim Rustamov, a resident of the Astrakhan region, to two years in prison, seeing propaganda of terrorism in a video he posted on the Internet.
.@saltandstraw co-founder Kim Malek is a serial donor to Democrats in Oregon. Democrats oversaw & at times excused (or even encouraged) the public safety issues in Portland in the name of “social justice.” Now the business want to move its headquarters out of state? https://t.co/wBCOcg75NG
Breaking report from @EvaKnott & me: 5 violent #Antifa members in San Diego pleaded guilty to felonies over a violent Antifa conspiracy to assault Trump supporters, journalists, minors, beachgoers & a dog at a riot. They tried hiding their faces in court. https://t.co/naJS1f1hEX
BREAKING: Portland #Antifa "journalist" Darrell Anthony Kimberlin has pleaded GUILTY to felony riot & 2nd-degree criminal mischief for his role in smashing up @ORDems headquarters & multiple businesses. He will have to pay nearly $50k in restitution but receives no prison time. pic.twitter.com/Sa5qTBYA1m
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Is he related to the infamous Brett Kimberlin?
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^ Good question, but this mook is 33 and doesn't seem to jibe with Brett's ability to procreate:
Kimberlin was paroled in 1994, but his parole was revoked in 1997 for submitting a fraudulent mortgage loan application and for failure to pay a civil judgment to victims of the bombings. He completed his prison sentence in 2001.
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Mike Schmidt, the Multnomah County DA, is not far from another election, and will certainly face a recall petition before then. So he's decided on a radical course of action: Putting aside all his principles, he's going to prosecute criminals. It turns out that even Portlanders don't like being robbed and murdered. But everyone knows his heart just isn't in it.
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[GULISTANNEWSTV] Aspecial Terrorist and Disruptive Activity (TADA) court on Wednesday issued a production warrant against Yasin Malik ...chairman of one of the two factions of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. JKLF is a Kashmiri nationalist organization founded in Birmingham, UK in 1977. Branches weren't actually established in Kashmir for another ten years. It has the usual demands for separation of J&K from secular India so it can become an independent Islamic rathole. It seems to have no interest in Pak Kashmir breaking away to join it. In 1994 Malik renounced violence after he was released from jail and from that point he and his organization pursued peaceful means to impose their will on the region... in connection with the IAF personnel killing case. Yasin Malik who heads a banned faction named Jammu and Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... Liberation Front (JKLF) is accused of being involved in the killing of four Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel in Kashmir, in 1990.
Speaking about the judgement, CBI lawyer Monika Kohli informed, "TADA court today issued a production warrant for Yasin Malik, next date of hearing is December 22". The hearing in the case has been adjourned till December 22.
Yasin Malik, who is serving life imprisonment in Tihar Jail in a terror funding case, is an accused in this case along with others. Yasin Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment twice. The NIA had sought the death penalty for the separatist leader who was convicted on May 19 this year.
On January 25, 1990, four IAF employees including Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna were killed by the Lions of Islam of JKLF. Malik was charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before the TADA court in Jammu on August 31, 1990, in connection with the case.
Nirmal Khanna, the wife of Squadron Leader Khanna, has been fighting for justice for her late husband. Notably, back in March 2020, a TADA court observed that there are "sufficient grounds for drawing presumption that the accused Yasin Malik" and others have "prima facie have committed" the offence of killing Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna and three others.
[Shafaq News] On Wednesday, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) carried out a two-axis security operation in Saladin Governorate to pursue ISIS remnants.
The PMF media official, Ahmed al-Kinani, told Shafaq News agency that the PMF forces "swept" the area within two axes east of the al-Dur district and the outskirts of the Dijla district, southeast of Tikrit ...birthplace of Saddam Hussein... to prevent ISIS from returning to the strongholds.
"All areas in Saladin, considered hotspots, are secured for more than a year," al-Kinani confirmed.
It is worth noting that Saladin Governorate is a part of the so-known "triangle of Death" with Kirkuk and Diyala, where ISIS sleeper cells target civilians and security forces.
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[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday refuted The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ’s claim that dozens of its fighters were killed in the framework of a fresh aerial operation launched by Ankara on Sunday. The SDF added that only one of its members has been killed in the last two days.
Turkey launched an aerial military campaign, code-named Operation Claw-Sword, against the SDF in northern Syria and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region in the early hours of Sunday. Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... has said that his air forces hit 44 SDF targets in Syria and 45 PKK targets in the Region.
Ottoman Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in a video, published by his office on Tuesday, that Ottoman Turkish army has "neutralised" 184 "terrorists" in the framework of the newly-announced operation without elaborating who these people were affiliated to. PKK is an gang fighting for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey but it is regarded as a terrorist organization by Ankara. Turkey also considers Kurdish fighters in Syria as gunnies due to their alleged ties to the PKK.
Turkey often uses the term "neutralise" to refer to combatants killed or injured on the battlefield.
The SDF’s Media and Information department said in a tweet on Tuesday that Akar’s figure was "inaccurate."
"As a result of the latest attacks [by Turkey], one of our fighters, two members of security forces and 11 civilians have been martyred," it said.
Aram Hanna, SDF spokesperson said late Tuesday that most of the Syrian northern areas, controlled by his force, were affected by Ottoman Turkish aerial raids.
The latest Ottoman Turkish operation against YPG comes a few days after a TNT-laden bomb killed six people and injured 81 others. Ottoman Turkish authorities have blamed the YPG and PKK but both groups have denied any responsibility.
Erdogan, who on Monday signaled that a ground operation against SDF in Syria and PKK in Iraq, said on Tuesday that this campaign will take place "soon."
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[IsraelTimes] Lapid, Gantz vow to capture Death Eaters after attacks on busy bus stops that killed teen, maimed more than 20 others; IDF chief cuts US trip short
Police deployed bolstered forces to Jerusalem and other parts of the country Wednesday, while launching a manhunt for a suspected terror cell that detonated bombs at two bus stops in Jerusalem hours earlier, killing a teenager and wounding more than 20 others.
Jerusalem police chief Doron Turgeman ordered that the number of officers across the city be ramped up, especially in crowded areas, police said in a statement.
Authorities aimed to increase the police presence throughout the city to give "a sense of security to all the city’s residents and visitors," the statement said
Earlier, a senior officer said police had raised their level of alert following the bombings.
Police front man Eli Levy said the alert level had been raised nationwide, though the most intense focus remained on Jerusalem.
A 16-year-old yeshiva student, Aryeh Schupak, was killed and 22 people were hurt in the two attacks, including one listed as critical and another three in serious-moderate condition, according to medical officials.
The first explosion occurred close to the main entrance of Jerusalem in Givat Shaul, shortly after 7 a.m., a peak commuter hour. The second blast occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m., at Ramot Junction, where heavily trafficked roads meet, in the capital’s northwest.
Schupak, who was killed in the first bombing, was a dual Israeli-Canadian citizen.
The head of the police operations division said the "two high-quality, powerful bombs [capable of] a high level of damage" were hidden behind the bus stop and in a bush. The remotely detonated devices were packed with nails and ball bearings to maximize casualties, according to police officials.
No group grabbed credit for the attacks, though they were praised by the Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, terror organization.
Details of the investigation into the bombing were placed under a gag order by a court at the request of police, but officials indicated that searches were underway for the terrorist or Death Eaters behind the attack.
Due to the nature of the attacks, with two near-identical bombs exploding within half an hour of each other at two bus stops, Deputy Commissioner Sigal Bar Zvi said police suspected an organized cell was behind it, rather than just one person.
In recent months, there have been several stabbing and attempted stabbing attacks in Jerusalem, mostly in the Old City. Last month, a Paleostinian gunman killed an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint near Jerusalem.
[IsraelTimes] IDF says Tiran Fero brought back with help of PA after being kidnapped from Jenin hospital in incident that infuriated Druze community and threatened to spiral into major crisis
The body of an Israeli teen that had been snatched by gunnies from a hospital in the West Bank was returned to Israel early Thursday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said, averting a potentially major crisis.
"After efforts by the security establishment in coordination with the Paleostinian Authority, the body of Tiran Fero, the young Israeli killed in a car accident in Jenin, is now being transferred to his family in Israel," the IDF said in a statement at around 5 a.m.
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[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish strikes targeting Kurdish areas in northern Syria continued on Tuesday, on the same day Russia, Iran, and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... issued a joint statement condemning the violation of Syrian illusory sovereignty, including by Israeli attacks, during an ongoing trilateral meeting in Astana.
The representatives of the three countries who are in Astana for talks on Syria said they consider Israeli attacks on the country as "violating the international law, international humanitarian law, illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria."
In the backdrop of the talks, Ottoman Turkish artillery struck the Kurdish city of Kobane, causing severe destruction to civilian infrastructure including a hospital, Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, a Ottoman Turkishdronezap targeted a base used jointly by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US. A front man for the group said that two SDF fighters were killed.
Since the latest surge in hostilities, at least 11 civilians have been killed in the Ottoman Turkish attacks, according to SDF spokesperson Aram Hanna.
Turkey launched a new aerial military campaign, code-named Operation Claw-Sword, against People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region in the early hours of Sunday.
Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... said on Wednesday that Turkey would launch a ground operation in Syria "when convenient," as cited by state media. He warned that the aerial incursion was "just the beginning" during a meeting in Ankara of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... in the statement issued with Moscow and Tehran, Ankara reaffirmed its "unwavering commitment to the illusory sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity" of Syria. There was no mention of Ottoman Turkish military attacks on Syria in the statement.
The three powers agreed that the stability and security of northeastern Syria would be "achieved on the basis of preservation of the illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity."
Russia has called on Turkey to exercise restraint and avoid escalation of tensions in Syria.
Kobane was captured by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) in 2014 but were driven out by the Kurdish forces allied with the United States. The SDF has been a key US ally throughout the war against ISIS and has received extensive military training from Washington. According to the Rojava Information Center (RIC), around 12,000 SDF fighters were killed in the fight against ISIS.
The statement also condemned what they called the "illegal seizure and transfer of oil revenues that should belong to Syria." The Syrian foreign affairs ministry has previously accused the US of "stealing Syrian oil" as Washington backs the SDF which is in control of the areas with the main oilfields.
Ottoman Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been threatening to launch a new military operation in Rojava since May, aimed at creating a 30 kilometers deep "safe zone."
Syria and Russia - the main backer of the regime in Damascus - had both called on Turkey to refrain from launching an operation in the country’s northeast, calling it a violation of Syrian illusory sovereignty. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... Moscow has been distracted by its war in Ukraine.
In an interview with Al Monitor, General Commander of the SDF Mazloum Abdi said that Ottoman Turkish threats are being taken seriously and "unless there is a serious effort to deter Turkey, especially on the part of the United States and Russia" to deter them, escalation is imminent.
The US has also condemned the recent strikes and has urged for de-escalation but Abdi argues these statements are not strong enough in comparison to Ottoman Turkish threats.
"If there is a ground invasion it will be because such permission was accorded or because [Russia and the United States] chose to remain silent," he added.
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[Rudaw] Suspected Ottoman TurkishArclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s targeted Kurdish positions in the notorious al-Hol camp in northeast Syria (Rojava) which houses thousands of families with links to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS), local media reported on Wednesday, adding that a number of families have taken advantage of the situation and fled.
The airstrikes targeted the vicinity of the camp on Wednesday afternoon and resulted in a number of families fleeing, triggering an ensuing combing operation by internal security forced (Asayish) attempting to arrest those who have fled, Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) also reported the attack, calling the situation in al-Hol a "state of chaos" and stressing that ISIS-linked families are attempting to flee.
The airstrikes follow the launching of a fresh Ottoman Turkish aerial operation, dubbed "Claw-Sword," targeting positions of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region.
Dozens of Ottoman Turkish drones and airstrikes have struck positions of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) since Wednesday morning, incurring numerous fatalities and dealing heavy material damages as hostilities in northern Syria surge, according to SOHR.
On Wednesday, a Ottoman Turkishdronezap targeted a Kurdish office inside a base jointly operated by the SDF and Russian troops, killing an SDF fighter and wounding a further four, including a Russian soldier.
Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... said on Wednesday that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... would launch a ground operation in Syria "when convenient," warning that the aerial incursion was "just the beginning" during a meeting in Ankara as Ottoman Turkish artillery strikes targeted the Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria, causing severe destruction to civilian infrastructure including a hospital.
At least eleven civilians have been killed by Ottoman Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria since Ankara launched the aerial offensive on Sunday, according to data sent to Rudaw English by the Rojava Information Center (RIC), while the SDF report a higher casualty figure at over 15.
Ottoman Turkish airstrikes have also targeted oil fields in Rojava, which are the Kurdish administration’s main sources of income. ANHA on Wednesday said that Ottoman Turkish warplanes targeted an oil field in Tirbespiye town, resulting in the field engulfing in flames.
Ankara says that the latest operation is aimed at targeting YPG and PKK positions in northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region. The YPG is a Kurdish force that is the backbone of the SDF but alongside the PKK is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey.
The SDF arrested thousands of ISIS fighters along with their wives and children when they took control of the group's last stronghold in Syria in March 2019. Many of these people were taken to al-Hol and Roj camps. The notorious al-Hol camp in Hasaka province - the larger of the two - houses around 56,000, according to UN figures. The camps also witness regular crimes and killings at the hands of ISIS cells roaming in the facility and is labeled as a "ticking time bomb" by authorities, who describe the situation in the camp as "very dangerous."
Ottoman Turkish strikes Wednesday targeted Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria's al-Hol detention camp, home to over 50,000 people including relatives of suspected jihadists, Kurdish forces and a war monitor said.
"Ottoman Turkish planes targeted the (Kurdish) Asayesh security forces with five strikes inside the camp," said Farhad Shami, a front man for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Neither source immediately reported casualties.
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[Rudaw] A deadly Ottoman Turkishdronezap against a base used jointly by Kurdish and American forces in northeast Syria did put US troops in danger after all, Central Command said Wednesday.
The dronezap, against a base north of the city of Hasakeh on Tuesday, killed two fighters belonging to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
Centcom had on Tuesday released a statement saying that the strike had not put US personnel in danger.
"We have received additional information that there was a risk to US troops and personnel," Centcom said in a new statement to AFP on Wednesday, without elaborating.
The SDF said that the base was used to plan and execute joint operations against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... , a jihadist group that a Washington-led international coalition helped Kurdish-led forces vanquish in northeastern Syria in early 2019.
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Syria: very rare assassination targeting a high-ranking IRGC Officer. Yesterday Colonel Dawood Jafari was killed by a roadside IED in area of Damascus. Advisor, he took part in arrest of US soldiers in 2016 in the Persian Gulf. Finger pointed at Israel. https://t.co/eOSTGLVPrRpic.twitter.com/gn7FaGlFAq
Explosion in Syria has killed official with Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard
Officer killed has been identified as 'military adviser' Colonel Davoud Jafari
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Jafari was a drone and air defense expert adding that he was killed along with his Syrian guard when the roadside bomb struck their car in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab
Statement from feared Iranian unit warned Israel will answer for the 'crime'
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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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...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
