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Arabia
Search ends for those missing since Yemen’s Houthis sank ship in Red Sea last week
[IsraelTimes] The search for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank a ship in the Red Sea has ended as at least four people are presumed dead and 11 others remain unaccounted for, the private security firms involved say.

The announcement comes as satellite photos show long, trailing oil slicks from where the bulk carrier Eternity C sank, as well as another where the sinking of the bulk carrier Magic Seas by the Iranian-backed Houthis took place.

Both ships were attacked over a week ago by the rebels as part of their campaign targeting vessels over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that’s upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which $1 trillion of goods usually passes a year.

The private security firms Ambrey and Diaplous Group ran the search for those missing from the Eternity C, which had a three-man security team aboard but requested no escort from either the US Navy or a European Union force in the region. The ship came under attack July 7 and faced hours of Houthi assaults by small arms and bomb-carrying drones before ultimately sinking in the Red Sea.

Ten people were recovered alive from the attack, including eight Filipino crew members and a Greek and Indian from the vessel’s security team, the EU’s Operation Aspides said. At least four are presumed to have been killed in the attack, leaving 11 others missing, the EU mission has said.

The Houthis claimed to have taken some mariners after the attack, but have offered no evidence of that. The US Embassy in Yemen said it believed the rebels had “kidnapped” some of the crew.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/14/2025 2025-07-14 00:58 || Comments || Link || [48 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  The ancient Romans had a cure for Mediterranean pirates.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 07/14/2025 9:05 Comments || Top||


Europe
Moroccan migrant waves a Moroccan flag and yells at the Spanish locals in Torre Pacheco in south-eastern Spain to stop hiding behind the police
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Follow up to this story from yesterday.

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Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [46 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


New Gaza-bound boat leaves Italy carrying symbolic aid
[X] Symbolic aid doesn't sound very filling.
You’d think they’d get tired of embarrassing themselves while failing in their stated mission, but they’re definitely in the “No publicity is bad publicity” camp.
A Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
-bound boat carrying pro-Paleostinian activists and humanitarian aid left Sicily on Sunday, over a month after Israel detained and deported people aboard a previous vessel.

The Handala, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, left the port of Syracuse shortly after 12:00 pm (1000 GMT), an AFP journalist saw, carrying about fifteen activists.

Several dozen people, some holding Paleostinian flags and others wearing keffiyeh scarves, gathered at the port to cheer the boat's departure with cries of "Free Paleostine".

The former Norwegian trawler - loaded with medical supplies, food, children's equipment and medicine
… the tradition for that crowd is that the supplies are expired, but they mean well in a symbolic kind of way that doesn’t help their targets at all..
- will sail for about a week in the Mediterranean, covering roughly 1,800 kilometres (1,120 miles), in the hope of reaching Gaza's coast.

In early March, Israel imposed a total aid blockade on Gaza amid an impasse in truce negotiations, only partially easing restrictions in late May.

The boat will make a stop at Gallipoli, in southeastern Italia, where two members of the left-wing La Belle France Unbowed party (LFI) are expected to join.

The initiative comes six weeks after the departure of the Madleen, another ship that left Italia for Gaza transporting aid and activists, including Greta "Pippi" Thunberg
...an autistic sixteen year old Swedish expert on climate change, though I guess she's older now...
Israel authorities intercepted the Madleen about 185 kilometres west of Gaza's coast.

"This is a mission for the children in Gaza, to break the humanitarian blockade and to break the summer silence on the genocide," said Gabrielle Cathala, one of the two La Belle France Unbowed party members set to board the boat on 18 July.

"I hope we will reach Gaza but if not, it will be yet another violation of international law" by Israel, she added.
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Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [55 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  At least 2 dead, 43 missing after ferry sinks near Bali
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/14/2025 8:00 Comments || Top||


France: LGBTQ Activist Accused of Running Darknet Pedophile Ring
[BREITBART] A far-left LGBTQ activist in France is alleged to have been at the heart of an underground pedophile network that drugged and raped children as young as three years old.

Pierre-Alain Cottineau, a former candidate for the far-left La France Insoumise (LFI/France in Rebellion) party during the 2021 regional elections and a former head of an LGBTQ activist group, faces accusations of orchestrating a darknet child rape network.

French newspaper Le Parisien reported having obtained internal communications as well as video footage from Cottineau's group, which the paper described as being ''unbearably violent'' and nausea-inducing.

This included footage of a young boy of two or three years old on a leash being anally raped by a group of men in an ''awful orgy''.

The case was initially opened after Dutch police discovered footage of a young girl, likely three or four years old, calling out in French for her mother as a man was anally raping her. Adding to the ''horror'' of the footage, the young girl appeared to suffer from a disability, forcing her to have a gastric tube.

A screenshot of the victim's face was passed to France's Juvenile Office (OFMIN), which specialises in cases dealing with violence against children. A nursery school manager in Couffe said that she knew the identity of the child, a disabled girl who previously was in the care of social services but was later placed in the care of Pierre-Alain Cottineau, who had a daughter in the same class as the girl.

Cottineau was given custody of the girl after a sixty-hour training course and a criminal background check, which apparently did not raise any red flags.

After he was identified as a potential suspect by French police, the far-left activist fled the country to Tunisia, supposedly on vacation; however, according to Le Parisien, the trip appeared to have been ''rushed'', indicating that he may have been tipped off about the investigation.

However, upon the request of the French security services, Cottineau agreed to return to France in September of last year and was indicted for rape and ''torture or barbarism'', a charge typically withheld for the most heinous of crimes.

The report from Le Parisien claimed that alleged co-conspirators, arrested in February, had disclosed to the police that they had seen Cottineau crushing up the tranquillising drug Xanax into yogurt intended for the alleged boy victim.

The paper also claimed to have obtained chat messages from the Darnket group, in which Cottineau is said to have declared, ''I have children available''.

Additionally, Le Parisien claimed that Cottineau's mother told police that when he was 15 years old, after revealing his homosexuality, he had been found to have allegedly sexually assaulted a four-year-old in the care of his family. His mother reportedly informed child protection services; however, it appears that no action was taken and it seemingly did not come up as a red flag when he was given custody of the young disabled girl.
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Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [54 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking


Fifth Column
Nate Friedman: I Exposed More Iran ''Protestors''


From the transcript:
a day after the United States
0:25
struck Iran's nuclear facilities I went
0:28
to a pro-Iran protest in New York City
0:30
to ask people their thoughts on the
0:32
strike i ended up exposing multiple paid
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protesters and an NGO facilitating
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lawlessness all over the country this is
0:40
my biggest exposed video yet welcome
0:42
back to the Nate Freriedman Show

…now here we go again another paid
3:22
protester coming to stop my interview
3:24
although this time he's not just one of
3:26
the workers he is a leader his name is
3:29
David Chung he is the general manager at
3:32
the People's Forum the company
3:33
responsible for organizing these
3:35
pro-Iran protests we know that because
3:38
they literally told us that at the
3:39
previous rally what's the best way that
3:41
people can get involved into organizing
3:42
the protest um in New York the people's
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forum is a great space to get
3:47
politicized to meet people in your
3:49
community to come together now David has
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been a paid protester for a long time
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this is his portfolio that got him
3:56
promoted to be a manager here's him
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yelling to stop NATO here's him yelling
4:00
to release Khalil a man who was the
4:02
spokesperson of an organization at
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Colombia that passed out pro- Hamas
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flyers here is David again wearing a
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safety vest at a protest which is what
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you get to do after you prove yourself
4:13
now David has even been in the
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promotional material for the party of
4:16
socialism and liberation to never stop
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fighting for Palestine as they show
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themselves protesting just one day after
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October 7th now just looking at the
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People's Forum on Glass Door it seems
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managers get paid between $60 to $90,000
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a year and you've just seen what they do
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with their time and it's not as if all
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these protests take place on the weekend
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either if you look on their ex they are
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constantly posting their protests that
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take place during the work week you
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might even see some familiar faces on
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their ex feed but all of this isn't
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about just some manager at a company
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this goes all the way to DC here is
4:51
David with Rashida Talib
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/14/2025 2025-07-14 01:16 || Comments || Link || [73 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  Nice transcript, TW, with time indices. Saved me five minutes!
Posted by: Bobby || 07/14/2025 9:08 Comments || Top||

#2  There’s a Show Transcript button on the Youtube page, Bobby. I clicked on it, because buttons are for pushing. : -)
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/14/2025 9:36 Comments || Top||


California State University professor arrested after attacking federal agents during rescue mission were at least ten children were being held as slaves by human traffickers
[X] A new revelation about the anti-ICE protest during the raid on Newsom donor Glass House Farms, identified as laundering money for the Sinaloa cartel.
…The California Faculty Association falsely claimed he was kidnapped during the federal rescue mission.

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Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [96 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1 

According to US Code 18-111-B attacking a US Fed LEO gets you up tp 20 years.

Now add in hampering the release of Child Sex Slaves and general population. He'll be lucky to serve 2 days before being xfer'ed to the Prison hospital.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/14/2025 5:18 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Report: ICE Arrests 30K Illegals in June, the Most in at Least Half a Decade
[BREITBART] Some 30,000 illegal aliens were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in June, the most illegals arrested by the agency in at least half a decade, when monthly figures were first made public, a new report states.

The ICE data, obtained by NBC News, found that in June, about 30,000 illegal aliens were arrested by ICE. This is a slight uptick from May, when about 24,000 illegal aliens were arrested by ICE.

The report from NBC News also includes removal and deportation figures, but does not distinguish between the two.

According to the ICE data, more than 18,000 illegal aliens were either deported by ICE agents from the interior of the United States or returned to their home countries by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents while attempting to cross into the United States.

The number of all-important deportations from the interior of the United States is still unknown, as DHS officials say more than 253,000 illegal aliens have been either removed or deported — also not distinguishing between ICE deportations and CBP removals.

ICE agents, thanks to the Trump administration, will get a huge funding boost now that Congress approved the Big Beautiful Bill, which includes $45 billion for more detention space for illegal aliens and nearly $30 billion for ICE to hire more deportation agents.
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Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [49 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF names terror operatives killed in Gaza strikes over past two weeks
[IsraelTimes] A series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip in the past two weeks killed numerous terror operatives involved in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad efforts to regroup, the IDF and Shin Bet announce.

The joint statement says the Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders headed units that worked to rebuild the terror groups’ military wings, including weapon production and military intelligence.

The IDF and Shin Bet name some of the operatives as:

Muhammad Abu Awwad, a senior member of Hamas’s projects and development department in the weapons production headquarters;

Bilal Abu Shikha, a section commander in Hamas’s weapons production headquarters;

Tayseer Shareem, a section commander in Hamas’s weapons production headquarters;

Mundhir Salami, the commander of a weapons production site;

Bilal Musallam, a section commander in Hamas’s military intelligence division;

Rabi’ Mustafa Rabi’ Sukhweil, a “financial operative” in Hamas’s military wing, involved in transferring millions of dollars to the terror group;

Ahmad Abu Shamala, a squad commander in Hamas’s military intelligence division;

Mustafa Dababesh, a deputy head of a department in Hamas’s weapons production headquarters;

and Muhammad Al-Bayouk, a senior member of Islamic Jihad’s weapons production array.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/14/2025 2025-07-14 00:48 || Comments || Link || [44 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Gaza war, regional updates
[X]

IDF admits error in deadly strike on water delivery site as truce talks stay jammed

[IsraelTimes] Israel’s military said Sunday that a strike near a Gaza water distribution point that reportedly killed several children was an accident, as Israeli aircraft pounded targets across the Strip.

The strike, which the Israel Defense Forces attributed to a "technical malfunction," came as negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal continued to stall, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly set to convene top ministers and defense brass in a bid to find a way to break the logjam.

Gazook health officials at al-Awda Hospital said the strike that hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp killed 10 people, including six children.

The IDF admitted it had erred while targeting an operative from the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
terror group.

"Due to a technical malfunction in the munition, it struck dozens of meters away from the intended target," the IDF said, adding that it had opened an investigation and that it "makes every effort to minimize harm to uninvolved civilians."

Ramadan Nassar, a witness who lives in the area, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that around 20 children and 14 adults had been lined up to get water. He said Paleostinians walk some 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) to fetch water from the area.

Water shortages in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
have worsened sharply in recent weeks, with fuel shortages causing desalination and sanitation facilities to close, making people dependent on collection centers where they can fill up their plastic containers.

More than a dozen people were also reported killed near an aid distribution site on Sunday, with eyewitnesses describing shots to victims’ heads and bodies. The Israeli military said its troops had fired warning shots, but that its review of the incident had found no evidence of anyone hurt by its soldiers’ fire.

Negotiations toward a ceasefire in Gaza have stalled primarily over when the war will end and to what extent the IDF will withdraw during the truce.

Paleostine al-Youm, an Islamic Jihad-affiliated news outlet, quoted a senior Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
official Sunday saying negotiations had reached a critical stage and signaling the Paleostinian group could walk away if the logjam was not cleared in the coming hours.

Channel 12 news reported Sunday that Netanyahu would convene a meeting of senior defense officials and several government ministers that night in a bid to break the impasse, focusing on a new proposal for the troops’ redeployment in Gaza and the direction of talks.

IDF brass has told the government that it is close to achieving the goals of its recent offensive, and US President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
has repeatedly urged an end to the 21-month-old war. Polls show most Israelis support a deal to free the hostages still held by Hamas and end the war.

During his recent visit to Washington, DC, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed optimism about a deal. But in a video posted to social media Sunday afternoon, he blamed Hamas for obstructing an agreement, saying Israel had accepted the outline proposed by Trump’s chief envoy, Steve Witkoff.

"We accepted it, Hamas refused it," Netanyahu said, adding that he "won’t accept" a deal that allows Hamas to stay in Gaza and rearm."

The deal currently being negotiated in the Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i capital would see 10 living hostages released in an initial 60-day stage, along with the remains of 18 deceased captives.

Netanyahu has insisted the war cannot end until Hamas is no longer able to rule Gaza or pose a threat to Israel, vowing to achieve both that goal and the return of all 50 hostages still being held in the Strip.

The IDF is waiting for the government to make a decision regarding the war as the military nears completion of its Gideon’s Chariots offensive, launched in mid-May. In late June, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the military would soon "reach the lines" set by the offensive, in which the IDF aimed to take control of 75 percent of Gaza.

Jordan announced Sunday morning that a local charity had sent 50 trucks of aid to Gaza. The shipment came after the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
announced last week that a deal had been reached to reopen several aid corridors, including humanitarian routes through Egypt and Jordan.

A group of United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
agencies warned, meanwhile, that a fuel shortage had reached "critical levels" in Gaza, threatening aid operations, hospital care and already chronic food insecurity.

On Sunday, in a rare incident, an Israeli soldier driving on a road in Israeli territory near Gaza was lightly maimed by a stray Israeli bullet.

Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 451. The toll includes two coppers and three Defense Ministry civilian contractors.

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Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [45 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Israeli Air Force has used over 120 precision munitions and completely destroyed many underground tunnels inside the Gaza Strip
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

IDF says over 100 terror targets struck over past day; Palestinian media reports dozens of casualties

More than 100 terror targets were struck by the Israeli Air Force in the Gaza Strip in the past day, the military says.

The IDF says the targets included operatives, buildings used by terror groups, weapon depots, tunnels, and other terror infrastructure.

Dozens of casualties were reported by Palestinian media in Gaza over the past day, but there are no immediate tolls from the Hamas-run health ministry or other health authorities.

The strikes come as five IDF divisions, made up of tens of thousands of troops, continue to operate across Gaza.

The military says in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, troops of the Givati Brigade located and destroyed a tunnel, while forces of the 99th Division directed airstrikes on operatives who tried to plant bombs on a road.

In the nearby town of Jabalia, the IDF says troops of the 401st Armored Brigade and elite Multi-Domain unit killed several more operatives, including by directing strikes, and destroyed terror infrastructure.

In the Gaza City neighborhoods of Daraj and Tuffah, troops of the Nahal Brigade killed additional operatives, and the 98th Division operating in the neighborhoods of Zeitoun and Shejaiya directed strikes on operatives and destroyed buildings used by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the IDF adds.
More from the Times of Israel:
The army said Sunday that the Israeli Air Force had hit 150 targets across the enclave in the previous day, targeting Hamas operatives, booby-trapped buildings, weapon depots, anti-tank launch posts and other terror infrastructure.

At least 139 Paleostinians were killed in Gaza between Saturday and Sunday afternoon, according to statistics published by the Hamas-run health ministry, raising the corpse count to over 58,000.

The tolls, which cannot be verified, do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.

Israel says it has killed some 20,000 combatants in battle as of January and another 1,600 bandidos forces of Evil inside Israel during the October 7, 2023 onslaught.

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Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [50 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria says it arrested Hezbollah operative planning terror attacks
[IsraelTimes] The Syrian Interior Ministry announces that it has arrested a Hezbollah operative who was planning terrorist attacks.

The ministry names the operative as Mahmoud Fadl, saying he was in possession of ready-to-use explosives that he intended to use for terrorist attacks in the area. According to the statement, Fadl belonged to a Hezbollah cell active in Syria.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/14/2025 2025-07-14 01:28 || Comments || Link || [43 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


IDF seizes 3 tons of arms from ex-Assad regime sites; violence flares in southern Syria: 30 toes up, HTS vows to intervene
[IsraelTimes] Troops locate explosives, rockets at ‘key’ commando bases in operation aimed at keeping arms from being smuggled to Lebanon; deadly clashes break out in Druze area

Israeli troops found more than three tons of weapons while raiding military facilities inside Syria. The sites had been maintained by the deposed Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Trampler of Homs...
regime, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday.

In the raids, which took place over the past week, reservists of the 810th Mountain Regional Brigade located at the peak of Mount Hermon, inside Syria, searched several "key headquarters" formerly belonging to the Assad regime’s commando forces, the IDF said.

The weapons found by troops included anti-tank mines, bombs, and rockets.

The IDF said its operations in the area were intended to prevent weapon smuggling into Leb
...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...
from Syria.

Israeli troops have carried out a number of raids inside Syria in recent weeks, mostly targeting alleged members of Iran-sponsored cells stationed near the Golan frontier.

The military has also carried out Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s aimed at keeping Syrian weapons from falling into the hands of the Islamists who ousted Assad late last year.

The raids were announced as deadly sectarian violence flared in Druze areas of the Syrian side of the Golan, which Israel has previously acted to protect from Islamists.

Clashes broke out between Bedouin tribes and local fighters in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Sunday, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reporting 18 killed in the fighting, including 14 Druze and four Bedouin.

Local outlet Sweida 24 gave a preliminary toll of 10 people killed and 50 maimed across both sides.

The outlet also reported the closure of the Damascus-Sweida highway due to the violence.

The government sent forces to de-escalate the situation.

Sweida Governor Mustapha al-Bakur called on his constituents to "exercise self-restraint and respond to national calls for reform."

Several Syrian Druze spiritual leaders have also called for calm and asked Damascus to intervene.

In April and May, festivities between the new government’s security forces and Druze fighters killed dozens of people, with local leaders and religious figures signing agreements to contain the escalation and better integrate Druze fighters into the new government.

During those festivities, Israel carried out a dronezap on an gang preparing to attack a Druze community near Damascus, and Defense Minister Israel Katz told troops to be prepared to act in Syria in defense of the Druze. Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a message to Syria at the time that Israel "expects it to act to prevent harm to the Druze."

Following the December overthrow of Assad, Syria’s longtime ruler, Israel sent troops into the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
-patrolled buffer zone that separated opposing forces on the strategic Golan Heights, from which it had conducted forays into southern Syria.

Troops have been operating in areas up to around 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) into Syria, aiming to capture weapons that Israel says could pose a threat to the country if they fall into the hands of "hostile forces."

Immediately after Assad’s ouster, Israel also carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria to prevent key military assets from coming under the control of the administration headed by Sharaa.

Officials from Syria and Israel have held discussions over that military presence in recent weeks, and, in June, a senior Israeli official said the sides were in "advanced talks" to end hostilities, even as Jerusalem has taken a cautious approach toward the country’s new Islamist leadership.

The two countries have formally been in a state of war since Israel’s establishment in 1948, and last fought a major conflict in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

A meeting this past weekend in Azerbaijan between Syrian and Israeli officials was reportedly to focus on the IDF presence in Syria. Sharaa, who was in Baku, the capital, to discuss energy cooperation with Azerbaijani leaders, did not attend the meeting with the Israelis.

In addition, on Sunday, the Syrian Interior Ministry announced that it had arrested a Hezbollah operative who was planning terrorist attacks. Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group that is sworn to Israel’s destruction, was a chief ally of Assad’s regime.

The ministry named the operative as Mahmoud Fadl, saying he was in possession of ready-to-use explosives that he intended to deploy for terrorist attacks in the area. According to the statement, Fadl belonged to a Hezbollah cell that was active in Syria.

Damascus vows to intervene as at least 30 killed in armed clashes in Druze city of Sweida

[IsraelTimes] At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured in a preliminary count in armed clashes between local military groups and tribes in Syria’s predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria’s interior ministry says.

The ministry says that its forces will directly intervene to resolve the conflict and halt the clashes.
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Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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