[ToloNews] At least 67 turbans have been killed in the past 24 hours in operations launched by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in different parts of the country.
Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Friday morning in a statement 67 turbans have been killed in the last 24 hours across the country.
According to the ministry, the operations were launched in 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.. , Ghazni, Paktia, Pashtun-infested Logar, Kandahar, Badghis, Faryab, Baghlan, Balkh and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... provinces.
Along with the AAF and ANDSF, commando forces were also involved in the operations, said the ministry.
Defense ministry said in total 12 joint offensive and clearing operations were launched and the AAF carried out 12 Arclight airstrikes against turbans strongholds and hide-outs.
"In the last 24 hours, ANDSF launched 12 joint offensive and clearing preplanned operations and the Commando forces did 114 special tasks and the AAF did 12 strikes on turbans strongholds in different parts of the country. As a result of these operations, 67 turbans have been killed," read the statement.
Defense ministry statement also said 28 turbans have been maimed in these operations.
AAF targeted turbans strongholds in parts of Ghazni, Farah, Uruzgan, Helmand and Nangarhar provinces, read the statement.
Defense ministry also said a number of bully boy’s weapons and their hide-out have been destroyed in these operations.
[AlMasdar] 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 fired another ballistic missile towards the southern region of 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... this week.
Using their Badr-1 short-range missile, the Houthi forces reportedly fired this projectile towards the Saudi Aramco site in the Najran a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province and a favored target of Houthirocket forces.... region.
No details were released by the Houthi forces regarding the fate of the missile.
The Saudi Ministry of Defense have yet to comment on this latest missile attack by the Houthi forces.
[AlArabiya] 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 Royal Air Defense Force (RAF) on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile fired by 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 ... militia from within the Yemeni territory of Saada province toward the city of Jazan in Saudi Arabia.
According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the front man for the forces of the Coalition in support of legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, said that "the missile was in the direction of the city of Jazan, and was deliberately launched to target civilian and populated areas. The Saudi Royal Air Defense was able to intercept and destroy the missile. "
"No casualties or damage were recorded when the missile was intercepted," he said.
Maliki said that "this act of hostility by the Houthi militia backed by Iran proves the continued involvement of the Iranian regime in clear defiance of UN resolutions No. 2216, and No. 2231, in order to threaten the security of Saudi Arabia and regional and international security. The launch of ballistic missiles towards populated cities and villages is contrary to international law."
He pointed out that "a total of 195 ballistic missiles have been launched by the Houthi militia backed by Iran toward Saudi Arabia so far since the Houthi coup on legitimacy in Yemen."
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The racket of missiles, and impacts
Of pallets of cash, and of bl@ckjacks,
As the joint gently rocked,
Caused an outburst: "I'm shocked
At this breach of the peace!" "Sir, your contracts."
[AlMasdar] 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 announced this afternoon that their troops bombed a UAE command center in western Yemen.
According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion bombed the UAE command center using their Qassef-1 armed drones.
The Houthi forces claimed that they scored a direct hit on the command center after their drones released their bombs on this alleged site.
The UAE’s Ministry of Defense has yet to comment on this latest claim from the Houthi forces.
[AlMasdar] The Saudi-backed forces announced on Thursday that their troops managed to cutoff the key highway between the cities of Hodeidah and Sanaa.
According to the Yemeni Elite Republican Guard’s official media wing, their troops and the Southern Resistance Army captured several points around Hodeidah city, today, forcing 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 to fall back towards the bustling provincial capital.
While no video footage was released to corroborate these claims, if it does indeed prove true, then the Saudi-backed forces will have scored an important advance that could elevate their assault in Hodeidah.
Hodeidah is the last major port that is under the control of the Houthi forces in western Yemen; if lost, the entire northern part of the country will be under a land, air, and sea siege.
[AnNahar] A man drove into a crowd of patrons gathered outside a bar in the southern city of Nimes early Friday, slightly wounding two before hitting a security barrier and being enjugged Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! , witnesses and local officials said.
The 32-year-old suspect, believed to be a local, sped towards a crowd of about 50 outside the bar at around 1:00 am (2300 GMT Thursday), witnesses at the scene told AFP.
However his white Peugeot ran into barriers set up for a popular weekend festival featuring bull-fighting which attracts thousands of people each year.
Several witnesses told AFP that the man shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) during the incident.
A source close to the investigation said the man was not known to police for suspected radicalisation.
The region's public prosecutor Eric Maurel said the suspect tried to flee but was caught and roughed up by the crowd.
He was in a state of "mental confusion" during his arrest and has been hospitalised, Maurel added.
An investigation has been opened into attempted murder.
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Two Islamic State members were arrested, as they were planning to form a terrorist cell, south of Fallujah, a security source from Anbar police said on Friday.
“Troops of Fallujah police department raided Jubeil and al-Shuahadaa districts, south of the city, after information showed that two militants were planning to form a terrorist cell to target security forces,” the source told Almaalomah website.
“Security troops transferred the militants, under tight measures, to a detention cell for investigations,” the source added.
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Four people were wounded as a booby-trapped motorbike exploded, west of Anbar province, an official said on Friday.
Speaking to AlSumaria News, Ahmed al-Duleimi, mayor of Qaim town, said, “a booby-trapped motorbike, parked in al-Karabla region in Qaim town, exploded in the evening, leaving four people injured.”
Security troops, according to Duleimi, “cordoned off the blast scene and transferred the wounded to hospital for treatment.”
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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A mass grave, composed of human remains of Islamic State leaders, has been found, south of Mosul, an official from the media department of Nineveh Operations Command said on Friday.
Speaking to BasNews, Col. Saleh Sheef, said “security troops found 23 bodies of Islamic State leaders, south of Mosul. Their identity cards and positions within the group was found in their possession.”
The group, according to Sheef, “executed the leaders due to their reluctance and fleeing battles against security troops.”
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Defense Ministry has announced arresting two Islamic State members in an ambush, south of Mosul.
In a statement on Friday, the ministry said “the military intelligence managed, through an ambush, to arrest two militants in al-Jedeida village in Hammam al-Alil region, south of Mosul.”
The militants, according to the statement, “are wanted for judiciary and were extradited to authorities in question.”
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[IsraelTimes] Three Paleostinians were spotted crawling towards the Gazoo border fence in the early hours of Friday morning before they threw a pipe bomb at soldiers patrolling the area, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The troops, who were not hit by the bomb and sustained no injuries, responded by firing at the Paleostinians, the army said in a statement.
[IsraelTimes] 12,000 Paleostinians rally at border; soldiers attacked with grenades, bombs and rocks; 30 protesters reported injured; 2 fires sparked in Israel by arson balloons
Around 12,000 Paleostinians participated in weekly demonstrations along the Gazoo Strip’s border with Israel Friday evening. The army said rioters burned tires and hurled rocks at Israeli soldiers, who responded according to open-fire regulations.
In several incidents, grenades and bombs were hurled at the troops. Shrapnel from one pipe bomb lightly injured an IDF officer who was treated at the scene. In response the military said an aircraft and a tank struck two Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", posts.
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[AlMasdar] The Russian Air Force has completely shifted their attention from the Idlib Governorate to eastern Syria.
Led by the Sukhoi jets, the Russian Air Force has been hammering the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in eastern Syria for 72 hours straight.
These Russian airstrikes in the Al-Safa and Badiya Al-Sham regions have paved the way for the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies to advance through the Islamic State’s well-fortified defenses.
With the uncertainty surrounding the Idlib offensive, the Russian Air Force has spent the last few days launching airstrikes across the vast desert region of Syria.
This desert region is filled with Islamic State terrorists that escaped the Deir Ezzor, Homs, Al-Raqqa, and Al-Sweida governorates.
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The fun starts when the Russian Air Force bombs a Turkish supported militia.
[AlMasdar] The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) is in serious trouble in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, as they find themselves under a heavy attack from the Syrian military and Russian forces.
Led by their Elite Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army has managed to liberate a large chunk of the Islamic State-occupied pocket in western Deir Ezzor after launching this surprise operation earlier this week.
With help from the Russian Air Force, the Syrian Arab Army has liberated several points from the Islamic State this week, forcing them to fall back towards the T-3 Pumping Station near the Homs provincial border.
As a result of this advance, the Syrian Arab Army has nearly split the Islamic State’s pocket in half, while also shrinking it considerably over the last 72 hours.
According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army should be able to clear this entire pocket within a week, as the Islamic State continues to fall back in the Badiya al-Sham region.
...in As Suweida governorate.
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[AlMasdar] (5:00 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) continued their military campaign against the Turkish-backed rebels this week, targeting a number of the latter’s troops around the Afrin region of Aleppo.
According to the YPG’s official media wing, their sleeper cells managed to kill at least a half dozen Turkish-backed rebels in the Afrin region in 24 hours.
Below is the official statement:
On September 13th, YPG targeted a joint patrol of Turkish soldiers and its jihadist mercenary allies on the road between the Tirinde neighborhood and the al-Maqla area, near the Afrin city center. As a result, two of the Ahrar al-Sham mercenaries, one of them called Mustafa Muhammad Ali, were killed, while three Turkish soldiers and one mercenary were wounded.
On the same day, YPG targeted a patrol of mercenaries of the so-called Military Police in the Tirinde neighborhood in the center of Afrin. As a result, two mercenaries were killed and four wounded.
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[AlMasdar] (5:00 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) continued their military campaign against the Turkish-backed rebels this week, targeting a number of the latter’s troops around the Afrin region of Aleppo.
