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Africa North
Libyan Army Arrests IS Commander in Southern Libya Clashes
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Brother and sister from Kabardino-Balkaria convicted of financing terrorism
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Asker Khamukov to 18 years in prison, and his sister was sentenced to 16.5 years in prison for assisting a terrorist organization.

The "Caucasian Knot" reported that Asker Khamukov was detained on October 7, 2019 in Baksan together with his sister Lianna, who gave birth the next day. Asker's wife was also detained, but she was released from the police on the same day. Brother and sister Khamukov are accused of organizing the financing of terrorist activities.

The case was initiated on September 24, 2019 by the Moscow Department of the TFR. According to investigators, part of the funds to the Khamukovs' accounts came from contractors suspected of involvement in terrorism. The defense insists that there are no grounds for criminal prosecution of the Khamukovs, since there is no evidence  that the One Body Foundation used this money for criminal needs.

The Southern District Military Court today issued a verdict in the case of financing a terrorist organization against Asker and Lianna Khamukov. According to the investigation and the court, in 2013 they joined the structural unit of the Caucasus Emirate*. In 2013, the brother and sister provided the militants with their housing for shelter, food, food, and kept prohibited items and substances at home . In 2015, the defendants organized an online fundraiser and donated 1,402,900 rubles
...at the current conversion rate that’s US$21,920, which doesn’t sound nearly as impressive...
for IS* militants, the press service of the court reported today. 

The court sentenced Lianna Khamukova to 16 years and six months in a penal colony, Asker Khamukov to 18 years in a penal colony of strict regime, he must spend the first four years of this term in prison, the press service of the court said in a message on the Telegram channel.

The criminal case of the Khamukovs was received by the Southern District Military Court on March 11, 2021, 35 court sessions were held. The verdict was announced today, follows from the case card on the court's website. 

There were no comments from the convicts or their official representatives regarding the court verdict. 

Recall that earlier Khamukova’s defenders sought to mitigate the measure of restraint for her, noting that Khamukova is raising young children , for whom proper care is impossible under house arrest. Lawyers Magomed Abubakarov and Ramzan Uzuev urged them to write letters to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee with a request to  stop the criminal prosecution of the Khamukovs. The prosecution, not finding evidence of the guilt of the Khamukovs, can "materialize a secret witness out of nowhere," Ramzan Uzuyev explained to the "Caucasian Knot" at the time.
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  The fat lady yodels an aria
Of [*pop*] Kabardino-Balkaria...
A chorus (muezzins)
Roars, "What? They's not cousins?"
An audience snores in Peoria.
Posted by: Captain Omerens3755 || 05/31/2022 1:04 Comments || Top||

#2  *happy sigh*
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/31/2022 21:08 Comments || Top||


Four residents of Ingushetia convicted of preparing a terrorist attack at the World Cup 2018
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The court sentenced four residents of Ingushetia to lengthy prison terms, finding them guilty of plotting a terrorist attack during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, justifying terrorism, illegal possession of weapons, and membership in the Islamic State**. The convicts themselves stated that they confessed under torture.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 9, 2018, a resident of Ingushetia announced the kidnapping of his cousin, 29-year-old resident of Nazran, Ibragim Aliyev. According to the relative, on the morning of June 8, 2018, security forces searched the man’s house, beat him and took him away in an unknown direction. The relative is sure that a grenade and a homemade bomb were planted on Aliyev. Five days later, the security forces told Aliyev's family that he had been killed while trying to attack the investigator and escape. Ibrahim's brother Bashir Aliyev was also detained.

On July 7, 2018, the security forces handed over the body of a resident of Ingushetia, Ibragim Aliyev, who was killed after being detained, to his relatives after they refused the help of human rights activists in verifying the official version of his death.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced four residents of Ingushetia to various terms of imprisonment - from 18 to 21 years - on charges of preparing a terrorist attack during the 2018 World Cup, Kavkaz. Realii reported today. *.

According to the case file on the website of the Southern District Military Court, Bashir Aliyev, Aslan Bekov, Muslim Galaev and Ruslan Tsitskiev were sentenced today.

Bashir Aliyev and Ruslan Tsitskiyev each received 20 years of strict regime, Aslan Bekov - 21 years, Muslim Galaev - 18 years, Fortanga reported in her Telegram channel. They were convicted of attempting a terrorist attack, justifying terrorism, illegal possession of weapons and membership in the "Islamic state" **, the publication specified.

Two more people appear in the case - Islam Kartoev and Zalimkhan Bogatyrev, Fortanga informed. In February 2020, both Islam Kartoev and Zalimkhan Bogatyrev were sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime.

Four residents of Ingushetia, convicted today in court, said earlier that they confessed under torture. In court, Bashir Aliyev stated that the grenades found on him were originally planted on his brother Ibrahim Aliyev, "but after he was killed, [the grenades] were handed over to me. We decided that the dead would no longer be needed, and they certainly wouldn't interfere with the living." Also at the beginning of the trial, all the defendants retracted their confessions. They stated that the security forces beat them to get a confession, Kavkaz. Realii informed.*

The operation against the alleged members of the Islamic State cell**, who, according to the security forces, planned to stage a terrorist attack near the building of the government of Ingushetia during the World Cup and attack law enforcement officials, took place in June 2018 in Nazran.

As a result, three people from the Ayupov family - brothers Umar and Mokhmad and their mother Madina - were killed and their house was destroyed. On the same day, Ibrahim Aliyev was detained in this case. During a search, they found a grenade and components for making an explosive device, which, according to the Aliyev family, were planted. A few days later, relatives were informed that Ibrahim Aliyev had been killed while trying to escape, the publication informed.

Recall that this special operation in Nazran caused indignation among the inhabitants of Ingushetia. Those killed during a special operation in Ingushetia are members of the family of a retired police colonel, none of them had anything to do with the militants and did not shoot at the security forces, local residents said. The security forces claimed that the dead swore allegiance to IS**. The militants killed in Ingushetia were preparing terrorist attacks on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, then head of the republic, said.
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraq
Iraq court sentences ISIS plotter of 2021 Baghdad market bombing to death


An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced to death an ISIS group member convicted of plotting a 2021 bomb attack that killed 32 people in a crowded Baghdad market.

It was the city’s first major suicide bombing in three years that ended a period of relative calm after Iraq declared the defeat of the extremist group in late 2017.

The man, who was not named, was found guilty of planning the January 2021 twin suicide bombing that hit the market at Baghdad’s Tayaran Square and also wounded 110 people.

A Baghdad court has sentenced the attack’s “primary perpetrator,” the Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement.

He had confessed to being part of ISIS since 2012 and to having equipped the two suicide attackers.

In the attack, one man drew a crowd by claiming to feel sick before he detonated his explosives belt, the interior ministry said at the time.

As more people flocked to the scene to help the victims, the second suicide bomber set off his explosives.

Iraq frequently hands down death sentences, usually for terrorism or murder convictions.

Amnesty International’s 2021 death penalty report ranks Iraq near the top worldwide in terms of death sentences and executions.

The London-based rights group recorded at least 17 executions in Iraq in 2021, down from 50 the previous year, but said death sentences “rose more than threefold from 2020.”

In April, eight people were sentenced to death in two trials, four over a car bombing and four for murder.

The last major ISIS attack in the capital came in July 2021, when a bomb ripped through the crowded al-Woheilat Market in the Sadr City suburb, killing more than 30 people.

The ISIS group has “maintained the ability to launch attacks at a steady rate in Iraq, including hit-and-run operations, ambushes and roadside bombs,” a UN report said in January.

Three teenagers and three policemen were shot dead in northern Iraq as they put out a crop fire last week, an attack that officials blamed on ISIS extremists.
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Two Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq


Two Turkish soldiers had been killed in military operations against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkey's Defence Ministry said.

Within a week, Ankara had lost eight soldiers killed in the region.

On Saturday, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed one soldier.

Another soldier was wounded on Friday during the fighting and died in hospital.

Last April, Ankara launched an action called "Operation Claw Lock" to "prevent terror attacks" and ensure border security following an assessment that the PKK was planning a large-scale attack.

Turkey regularly launches air strikes into northern Iraq, a region where it has repeatedly sent commandos to support its offensives.
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Peshmerga thwarts two ISIS attacks east of Saladin


Commander in the Peshmerga forces, Jamal Warani, revealed that two attacks against security patrols were thwarted, between Kifri and Garmyan, and Tuz Khurmatu.

Warani told Shafaq News agency that an explosive device planted on the side of the road was detected on the outskirts of Kifri and Tuz Khurmatu.

He added that the explosive ordnance disposal squads intervened and located another bomb, before dismantling both devices.

Peshmerga units are deployed on the borders separating the Kurdistan Region and east of Saladin governorate, to monitor ISIS terrorists coming from Hamrin and the outskirts of Kirkuk.
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraq Intelligence arrests a terrorist in Nineveh


On Monday, the Iraqi Military Intelligence arrested an ISIS member west of Nineveh.

In a statement, the Agency said that the 15th Division, backed by the ground forces, raided the location of a terrorist in the village of Al-Sumoud in Zummar district, west of Nineveh, and arrested him.

The detainee is “an ISIS member working in the so-called Mutah Division
...I’m not sure what is meant in this context, but mutah is that short duration marriage Muslims are so fond of — by contract only hours or days — that to Western eyes looks like cleric-assisted prostitution...
Wilayat Al-Jazira.
...that’s ISIS’s media department. My confusion is not hereby lessened.
His brother and son had worked with the terrorist organization, but the first was killed, and his son was arrested earlier.
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Five rockets land near Ain Al-Asad Base in Al-Anbar


On Monday, five rockets landed near the Ain al-Assad military base in Al-Anbar Governorate, western Iraq.

A security source told Shafaq News Agency that the rockets were launched from the western side of the Base.

He did not provide further details.

Earlier this year, five rockets landed inside the Base.

Ain Al-Asad is located in Al-Anbar Governorate of western Iraq, approximately 180km west of Baghdad.

The Base hosts Iraqi Armed Forces and Global Coalition forces.

It was the second-largest US military airbase in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

It is worth noting that the foreign military facilities were subjected to repeated targeting in the country.

No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Washington accuses armed Iraqi factions linked to Iran of being behind the attacks, especially following the killing of the Iranian Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, and the deputy head Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, in an American airstrike near Baghdad International Airport.
Al Arabiya adds:
Two Iraqi security officials said the Grad missiles struck inside the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq's western Anbar province and caused minor damages but no casualties.
The Times of Israel adds:
A previously unknown group hostile to the United States’ military presence in Iraq, “International Resistance,” claimed responsibility for the attack on a pro-Iran Telegram channel.
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF: Troops opened fire at Palestinian rioters in southern West Bank, striking one
[IsraelTimes] Army says suspects were throwing stones, Molotov cocktails and burning tires as soldiers operated near village of Hursa; no word on condition of man hit by Israeli fire

The IDF said its troops fired at Paleostinians who were violent mostly peacefully rioting near the southern West Bank village of Hursa late Monday night.

The army said the suspects were throwing stones and Molotov cocktails in addition to burning tires near a military checkpost, as soldiers carried out a nighttime operation. The troops fired at the Paleostinians and hit one of them, according to the IDF.

There was no immediate word on the condition of the suspect, nor as to whether the soldiers had used live fire.

None of the Israeli soldiers were maimed in the incident near Hursa, which lies in Area A of the West Bank. Though the Oslo Accords intended such territory to be under full Paleostinian control, the Israeli army regularly carries out raids in such villages, which it says are aimed at countering terror.

The clash took place as tensions across the Green Line were again charged following Sunday’s controversial Jerusalem Day Flag March, which saw some 70,000 religious nationalists parade through the Old City by way of the Damascus Gate and the Moslem Quarter in celebration of the reunification of the capital. Hundreds of participants were filmed chanting "Death to Arabs," "Muhammad is dead," "May your village burn," and other racist slogans while harassing some of the Paleostinian onlookers. The march took place in the shadow of threats by Paleostinian terror groups, warning they would violent mostly peacefully respond if it went through.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/31/2022 01:42 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russia, Turkey Conduct Joint Patrol West Of Kobani


Russian Military Police (MP) and Turkish forces conducted on Monday a joint military patrol in the western countryside of Kobani, a city in northern Syria.

This is the 100th patrol between the two forces in the region since the signing of the Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreement.

In October 2019, following a Turkish military operation in areas of northeast Syria, the Turkish president signed two ceasefire agreements, one with Russia and the other with the US.

The ceasefire agreements stipulating halt of all hostilities there and the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) 30 kilometers in depth away from the Turkish border in addition to conducting joint patrols with Russia in order to monitor the implementation of the agreements.

The patrol, which consisted of eight Russian and Turkish military vehicles, set off from the village of Ashma, 20 kilometers west of Kobani.

It roamed the villages of Jarqli Fouqani, Qeran, Dikmatash, Khorkhori, Boban and Joul Bek reaching to the village of Tel Sha’ir, 4 kilometers west of Kobani.

The patrol returned to the set off point in Ashma, passing by the villages of Sosan, Kola, Qaraqwi Tahtani, Binder, Mishko, Jebnah, Jarqli Fouqani.

The Turkish military vehicles returned to Turkey through the gate near Ashma, while the Russian military vehicles returned to their position near the town of Sirrin south of Kobani.

On May 23, the 99th Russian-Turkish patrol in the region was conducted in the eastern countryside of Kobani.
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Asayish Arrest Drugs’ Promoters In Raqqa
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


Decapitated Woman; Another Crime In Hawl Camp In Hasakah
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Turkish Forces Pound Assyrian Church In Tel Tamr
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkish Shelling Burns Wheat Crops North Of Aleppo
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkish Drone Kills Person, Injures Three In Qamishli Countryside
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Government Forces Send More Reinforcements To Aleppo Northern Countryside
Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Woman From Deir Ez-Zor Recovers From ISIS Atrocities, ISIS attacks Deir ez Zor checkpoint


Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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