[Khaama Press] At least three forces of Evil affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) were killed in an Arclight airstrike in eastern 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.. province of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement said the airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Achin district.
The source further added that a weapons and munitions depot of the terror group was targeted in the airstrike and as a result at least three forces of Evil were killed.
According to the Ministry of Defense, several weapons, munitions, and explosives were also destroyed during the airstrike.
Nangarhar has been among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the anti-government armed forces of Evil have been attempting to expand their insurgency in this province during the recent years.
Militants belonging to the Taliban ...Arabic for students... group as well as the ISIS Khurasan are active in some remote districts and parts of the province.
In the meantime, counter-terrorism involving airstrikes, both from the Afghan and US forces are underway to suppress the activities of the anti-government armed forces of Evil in this province.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... forces have denied reports that the Gulf-backed troops have reached the Hodeideh Airport this afternoon, despite several claims from pro-government media outlets.
According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, there have been no festivities near the Hodeideh Airport or most other places around the Hodeideh Governorate.
The Houthi forces added that the kabooms heard in Hodeideh were a result of heavy Arclight airstrikes from the Saudi-led Coalition.
Earlier today, Sky News Arabia reported that the Yemeni Elite Republican Guard and their allies had reached the southern entrance of the Hodeideh Airport after a fierce battle with the Houthi forces.
Since this report, several pro-government activists have claimed that the Yemeni Elite Republican Guard has seized several parts of the airport, with some even claiming that the entire installation is under their control.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Officers of the Center for Countering Extremism have detained a Syrian resident in eastern Moscow, who is suspected of participating in the hostilities in Syria on the side of the murderous Moslems, a police source informed TASS.
"Employees of the General Administration for Combating Extremism, along with their colleagues from the Center for Countering Extremism and the Criminal Investigation Department have detained a 47-year-old resident of Damascus, who participated in the hostilities in Syria on the side of the murderous Moslems, disseminated propaganda and assisted illegal gangs on the territory of this country," the source said.
The murderous Moslem was detained on Thursday in one of the flats on Amurskaya Street in eastern Moscow.
According to the source, the Syrian resident is suspected of crimes under two articles of the Russian Criminal Code: "Organization of an illegal gang or participation in one" and "Public incitement of terrorist acts, public justification of terrorism or terrorist propaganda".
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[BBC] Paris is to unveil its newly built perimeter defences around the Eiffel Tower to protect against terror threats.
Temporary barriers were placed around the tower in June 2016, and are now being replaced with more permanent measures.
Set to be completed in mid-July, the fences cost nearly €35 million ($40.1m; £30.1m).
More than 240 people have died in terror attacks in France since 2015.
Bernard Gaudillère, president of the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) which runs the iconic monument, said the new walls were "rock-solid for absolute security".
[Ynet] Ottoman Turkish authorities on Thursday detained 18 suspected 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.... members in Istanbul and Izmir, two of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire.... biggest cities, officials said.
In an operation by Turkey's intelligence agency and counter-terrorism police, 10 suspected turbans were detained in the Aegean coastal province of Izmir, a security source said.
Eight more suspects were detained in Istanbul on Wednesday, police said. The suspects were thought be providing financial support to the organization, had travelled to and from conflict zones and been trained to carry out suicide kabooms, it said. It added that three more suspects were still being sought.
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[Rudaw] Three people have been killed and several injured in a shooting incident in the southeast of the country. Conflicting reports of what occurred have emerged.
Members of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), including MP Ibrahim Halil Yildiz, came under attack in Suruc, just across the Syrian border from Kobane on Thursday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
"There are maimed people. First aid has been given to them. There was need for an air ambulance, it has been dispatched," said Turkey's Health Minister Ahmet Demircan, adding that "we will share information as we receive it."
Three people were reportedly rubbed out and at least eight more injured.
Dogan News Agency reported that MP Yildiz was visiting shopkeepers when a heated argument with a group of unidentified persons turned violent.
MP Yildiz escaped the incident unscathed. However his older brother Mehmet Ali Yildiz is among the dead, succumbing to his wounds after arriving at the hospital.
An anonymous source claimed to Anadolu that the attackers were from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Other reports said the group had expressed support for the PKK.
Pro-Kurdish media, however, have blamed Yildiz’s bodyguards for the attack and the deats.
An investigation is ongoing.
Surac is a majority Kurdish town in the Sanliurfa region and the location of the July 20, 2015 bombing which claimed 34 lives and injured roughly 100 people. The bombing was blamed on ISIS.
Voters in Turkey will go to the polls to elect a president and parliament in snap elections on June 24.
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[DAWN] Three soldiers embraced martyrdom in exchange of fire with bandidosDeath Eaters along Pak-Afghan border in Shawal area, of North Wazoo Agency, the military's media wing said.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations, forces of Evil from across the Pak-Afghan border "attempted multiple physical and fire raids on Pakistain Army posts in Shawal". Five bandidosDeath Eaters were reportedly killed in retaliatory fire by the military personnel.
"The security forces valiantly repulsed all attempts to overrun posts and inflict major damage," ISPR added.
The soldiers who embraced martyrdom have been identified as Havildar Iftikhar, a resident of Sargodha, Sepoy Aftab from Chitral and Sepoy Usman resident of Gujrat.
The cross-border Death Eater attack comes three days after Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa's Kabul visit, during which he held a one-on-one meeting with Afghanistan's Caped PresidentAshraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. and engaged in delegation-level discussions on issues of bilateral interest.
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[Rudaw] SORAN, Kurdistan Region ‐ Ottoman Turkish jets have bombed areas in Kurdistan’s Qandil and Bradost regions on Friday evening.
"The military aircrafts bombarded Zargali and Kalak Balayan villages, and the mountainous areas of Zargali," Rawanduz mayor Kwestan Ahmed told Rudaw.
The strikes had "created fear among the residents," he added.
Jets also struck in the Sidakan area, north of Rawanduz.
"Hakurk mountains, Gali Rash, and mountainous areas of Shapan village were bombarded," Ihsan Chalabi, the mayor of Sidakan, told Rudaw.
Three fighter jets were spotted in the skies of northern Erbil province and commenced shelling at around 8pm.
Ottoman Turkish forces have pushed at least 30 kilometres into the Kurdistan Region in their military campaign against the PKK, aiming for the group’s Qandil headquarters.
The Ottoman Turkish military claimed on Friday that their jets had "neutralized" 26 PKK fighters in Arclight airstrikes on the Qandil region on Tuesday. The military uses the term "neutralized" to refer to those killed, maimed, or otherwise removed from the battlefield.
"We are bombing Qandil right now," Ottoman Turkish President 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... said in a speech on Friday, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
"We will have further good news for you in following days," he added.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund.... , nine days away from presidential and parliamentary elections, has stepped up its campaign against the PKK. It launched its Qandil campaign earlier this year after military operations in northern Syria. The PKK is labeled a terror organization by Turkey, Europe, and the US.
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[Jpost] A bomb went kaboom! in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem late Wednesday while the bomb was being assembled, Israel Police said after a preliminary investigation.
One person was critically injured in the kaboom and was taken to hospital.
Police said they found further kaboom in the apartment where the kaboom took place and tossed in the calaboose Book 'im, Mahmoud! eight suspects who were taken in for questioning.
"The Israel Police will continue to investigate and act openly and covertly against all those involved and possessing kaboom intended for the preparation of bombs," the police said in a statement.
While leaving at the refugee camp, police clashed with local residents. A police front man said no injuries were reported in the festivities.
Shuafat refugee camp is located behind the West Bank security barrier and Paleostinians have free access into and out of the area.
[Ynet] The IDF has arrested a Palestinian who tried to breach the border security barrier in northern Gaza. Security checks revealed that the suspect was not armed. He has been taken in for questioning.
[Ynet] Security prisoners affiliated with the Fatah movement attacked prisoners on Friday in Nafha Prison. The prisoners involved in the attack were eventually apprehended and returned to their cells as reinforcement units made their way into the Negev-based jail.
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"Shuafat stands out above all for its squalor, its stink and its poor standard of living.
Approximately 80,000 people live in Shuafat and the new neighborhoods that have been built around it, in terribly overcrowded conditions. Most of the new buildings that can be seen from the road leading down toward the Dead Sea were constructed illegally and built very high, with no access roads. This new-old Palestinian city, in a continual state of expansion, is surrounded by walls and fences. While most of the residents have blue Israeli identification cards, only some of them have Israeli citizenship." (JPost)
[IsraelTimes] Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", threats to send 5,000 flaming devices from Gazoo toward Israel fail to materialize, with residents focused on Eid al-Fitr and World Cup games. Army uses new radar system to try to intercept fire kites
As the Hamas terror group threatened to launch 5,000 flaming kites and balloons at Israel on Friday, Israeli children at the Gazoo border countered with an airborne message of peace.
At Kibbutz Nir Am, which has suffered a number of fires sparked by burning kites flown from Gazoo, children and residents launched balloons carrying candy towards the Paleostinian enclave, Hadashot TV news reported. Additionally, kibbutz members on Saturday will replant groves at Nir Am burned by the kites in a message of "they burn and we plant," the network said. Nir Am is one of a number of border communities to have had its fields burned as a result of flaming kites and balloons sent over the border as part of the Hamas-led "March of Return" protests.
Hamas threats to send 5,000 flaming kites and balloons into Israel on Friday largely failed to materialize, with many Paleostinians busy with the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday that caps the fasting month of Ramadan. Eid is traditionally a time of family visits and festive meals, with children getting new clothes, haircuts and gifts.
Attention may also have focused on the World Cup in Russia, with two matches featuring Arab teams taking place Friday afternoon as Egypt, without the iconic Mohammad Salah, took on Uruguay and Iran played Morocco.
Nevertheless, incendiary balloons and kites set 11 fires inside Israel, which were extinguished by the fire services and local volunteers.
In light of Hamas’s call for the mass launching of incendiary devices toward Israel, Israeli military aircraft fired warning shots at a group of Paleostinians in Gazoo involved in the launching of burning balloons.
"A short while ago, an aircraft fired warning shots at an incendiary balloon cell and at vehicles in the south of the Gazoo Strip," the military said in a statement.
"The IDF views the use of incendiary balloons and kites with great severity and will operate to prevent their use," the military said.
It was the third time in 48 hours that Israel shot up Gazooks as they attempted to start fires in Israeli territory with airborne arson devices.
There were no reports of injuries in any of the Israeli strikes.
Also Friday Hadashot news reported that Israel for the first time used a new radar to find kites and balloons, which were then intercepted by drones. The radar, initially designed to detect gliders, was calibrated to pick up the kites.
The method of firing warning shots appeared to be a new tactic that the military was looking to adopt in order to counter the threat posed by these kites and balloons, which have burned thousands of acres of farmland, forests and nature reserves in the regions around the Gazoo Strip, according to Israeli officials.
Earlier on Friday, a booby-trapped balloon was flown into Israeli territory, landing on a highway in the Sha’ar Hanegev region. Police sappers were called to the scene and destroyed the balloon and the bomb attached to it in a controlled kaboom, police said.
The military has sought to counter these kites and balloons with teams of soldiers operating drones. Israeli officials have deemed the drone program a success, but it has not provided a perfect solution.
The Tax Authority estimated that the damage so far amounts to upwards of NIS 5 million ($1.4 million).
This was likely the calmest Friday since Gazooks’ launched their weekend fence protests in late March. Several dozen Paleostinians staged protests along the border throughout the day without any unusual events or casualties on either side of the border.
Paleostinians launched several dozen incendiary kites and balloons towards the Gazoo vicinity, causing 11 fires.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Salafist tough guys in northern Hama have launched a new attack on the Syrian military’s positions this afternoon, the National Defense Forces (NDF) reported.
According to the NDF, the Salafist tough guys of Jaish al-Izza launched several missiles towards the Syrian military’s positions at the al-Mayadan District and al-Zaleen checkpoint in northern Hama.
The National Defense Forces added that the attack originated from the town of al-Lataminah, which is Jaish al-Izza’s stronghold in northern Hama.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) alleged on Friday that their troops had killed at least 15 Ottoman Turkish soldiers and rebels in the Afrin region of northwest Aleppo.
"Within the scope of the second phase of the resistance of the Age against the Ottoman Turkish occupation in Afrin, our units carried out a series of military operations against the invasion forces and its mercenaries in the vicinity of Afrin’s Sherawa district and city center, killing at least 15 Ottoman Turkish soldiers and mercenaries."
While the Ottoman Turkish military and their rebel allies control Afrin, there are many YPG sleeper cells that are believed to be located across this region.
Most recently, a group calling themselves "Suqour Afrin" (var. Afrin Hawks) issued a threat to the Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels and their families in Afrin.
Suqour Afrin demanded that the Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels and their families leave Afrin or else they were going to kill them.
Since they made this threat, several rebel fighters have been killed and at least one major field commander has been assassinated.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] A reconciliation delegate was assassinated in the Dara’a Governorate, Thursday, as he was preparing to enter his office near the al-Quneitra provincial border.
According to local repports, Dr. Mousa Qanbas was entering his clinic in Tal al-Harrah, when unknown assailants opened fire on him.
Dr. Qanbas was succumbed to his wounds before he could receive any medical care, a source told al-Masdar.
Militant groups have recently targeted residents and rebel factions for holding reconciliation talks with the government in southern Syria; this has prompted the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to threaten to launch their military operations in Dara’a and al-Quneitra.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has continued their massive build-up of troops in southern Syria, despite warnings from the U.S. State Department.
According to a military source in Damascus, reinforcements from the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Syrian Arab Army made their way from the Homs Governorate to Dara’a this week.
The reinforcements were deployed to the northern part of the Dara’a Governorate and will likely be moved to the Lijat region or lovely provincial capital.
Recently, the U.S. State Department warned the Syrian government against launching their long-awaited southwest Syria offensive.
State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert issued a statement saying that the U.S. will take decisive action against the Syrian government if they violate the de-escalation zone agreement in this part of the country.
The U.S. has no military presence in southwest Syria and should they take military action against the Syrian government, it will likely come from their positions at the Tanf Base in southeast Homs or their large installation in northern Jordan.
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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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[BBC] Paris is to unveil its newly built perimeter defences around the Eiffel Tower to protect against terror threats.
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
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