[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan military has launched a large scale military operation in nine provinces in northern and northeastern parts of the country to suppress the Taliban ...Arabic for students... , ISIS and other hard boys.
The commander of the 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North Gen. Amanullah Mubin said the operations are jointly being conducted by the Afghan military, Afghan police, and Afghan intelligence operatives.
He said the Afghan military is leading the operations (Nusrat 97) which have been launched with an aim to suppress the anti-government armed hard boy and terrorist groups.
Gen. Mubin further added that the targets have been specified in the Nusrat 97 operations which will be conducted in the areas where Taliban and other bully boyz have destructive activities and presence.
According to Gen. Mubin, four brigades of the Afghan army, two brigades of the public order police and two brigades of the border protection police forces will conduct the operations in cooperation with the national police and intelligence directorates.
He also added that the operations have been launched taking into consideration the growing activities of the Taliban, ISIS and other hard boy and terrorist groups in northern and northeastern provinces of the country.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Militants 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 (ISIS) terrorist group have suffered casualties in the Arclight airstrike conducted in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) said Saturday that five snuffies affiliated with the terror group were killed in Khogyani district.
The source further added that six snuffies affiliated with the terror group were also maimed during the airstrike and some of their weapons and ammunition were destroyed.
The anti-government armed holy warrior and terrorist groups including ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the report so far.
This comes as counter-terrorism operations are underway against the terror group in certain provinces of the country in the North and in the East.
But fewer reports emerge regarding the operations of the ISIS snuffies in Ghazni province although Taliban ...Arabic for students... and snuffies affiliated with the other groups are active in this province as well as the other neighboring provinces in the South.
Earlier, reports had emerged suggesting that the ISIS loyalists are attempting to expand their foothold in Ghazni province with the first signs of the activities of the group noted in Andar district.
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[AlAhram] Islamist Lions of Islam battled for hours on Sunday with 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... troops after exploding a boom-mobile outside their base, Somali police, military and the Lions of Islam said.
Al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... Lions of Islam attacked the African Union (AU) peacekeepers' base in the town Bulamarer, 130 kilometres to the northwest of the capital Mogadishu, around 9 a.m. local time, residents from the area told Rooters.
Since withdrawing from Mogadishu in 2011, the al Qaeda-linked group has lost control of most of Somalia's cities and towns. But it still retains a strong presence in regions outside the capital.
The Lions of Islam initially detonated two suicide boom-mobiles that hit one AU vehicle and one Somali military vehicle, Somali army major Farah Osman, who is stationed near the AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) base, said.
"Then a large number of al-Shabaab fighters began firing from under the trees ... it was a hellish battle," he said, adding there was an unknown number of casualties.
The phone of the front man for the AMISOM force based in Mogadishu was switched off on Sunday and Rooters was unable to reach any other officials from the force for comment.
Abdiasis Abu Musab, a front man for al-Shabaab said 14 of the group's fighters and 59 AMISOM troops were killed in the incident.
A police major stationed in a nearby town also said two boom-mobiles went kaboom! outside the base before the al-Shabaab fighters entered it.
Major Nur Ali told Rooters that Somali and AMISOM forces had attacked al-Shabaab in rural areas near the base on Saturday night. "Then al-Shabaab attacked this morning as a Dire Revenge," he said.
[All Africa] Kenya has suspended the construction of the 700 km security wall at the Mandera-Somalia border to quell tensions.
Governor Ali Roba said the decision came after a consultative meeting with the Somali team led by Gedo Governor Mohammed Mahamud.
"We have agreed to temporarily halt the construction and border securitization pending the fate of about 64 houses that lie directly on the border."
The houses had been marked for demolition to allow the construction.
Roba accused the Somali government of spreading propaganda concerning forceful evictions and the demolition of the houses.
"Our Somali brothers have been misinformed that Kenya is plotting to encroach on their land, a situation that has led to a standoff between KDF personnel supervising the project and residents of Bulahawa."
Mahamud said: "We have agreed to stop the plan and invite both sides to discuss key issues including what effects the fence will have on the people."
The Governor noted the two border communities have co-existed and that separation may result in negative socioeconomic impacts.
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[AlAhram] The bandidosholy warriors were killed in two separate raids by the Egyptian army in North Sinai, as the armed forces continue their counter-terrorism operations, with two army personnel also killed on duty.
Six "takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... s" were killed by the Egyptian army during two separate counter-terrorism raids in North Sinai during the past week, with one army officer and one soldier killed in ongoing security operations, the military said on Sunday.
In one raid, an army unit destroyed a terrorist hideout, killing one takfiri in an exchange of fire, army spokesperson Colonel Tamer El-Rifaie said on his official Facebook page. Weapons and ammunition were found in the hideout, he added.
In a second raid, Egypt's Second Army Division led a military operation in North Sinai that resulted in the killing of another five faceless myrmidons in an exchange of fire, the military said.
No details were given of the circumstances under which the two army personnel died, nor any information on their identities.
In a video published by El-Refaie, the military provided updates on its ongoing Operation Sinai 2018 counter-terrorism effort, which was launched on 9 February.
The operation targets "terrorist and criminal elements and organizations" in northern and central Sinai, as well as parts of the Nile Delta and the Western Desert, the army said at the start of the operation.
Sunday's updates, which consitute the military's 17th communiqué on the operation, included news of Egyptian air force raids that destroyed a number of hideouts and other structures used by takfiri bandidosholy warriors in North Sinai governorate.
The Arabic word "takfiri" refers to Lion of Islam Sunni Moslems who accuse other Moslems and followers of other religions of being infidels, often as a justification for using violence against them.
The latest communiqué also said that army engineers in North Sinai had discovered and detonated 136 improvised kaboom devices in the past week. The armed forces also managed to destroy takfiri 930 structures, including hideouts, shelters and warehouses containing kabooms.
According to the communiqué, a total of 513 suspected criminals and runaways were enjugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! The border guards and police forces manned more than 600 joint checkpoints on the main highways and the desert roads in North Sinai. The borders guards also discovered and destroyed a tunnel in the border city of Rafah used to smuggle narcotics.
Security and military forces destroyed 84 farms used to produce hashish and marijuana in Central Sinai, according to the communiqué.
On the Egypt's Western borders with Libya, meanwhile, the Egyptian army stopped an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of narcotics. The border guards also prevented 169 people of different nationalities crossing Egypt's borders illegally.
Along the southern borders with Sudan, the border guards also arrested people smuggling both drugs and gold.
During the same period the army prevented 169 people of various nationalities from infiltrating across the western border with Libya, the military said.
Since the campaign was launched, more than 100 jihadists and at least 22 soldiers have been killed, according to official figures.
[SABANEWS.NET] US-backed, Saudi-led aggression coalition’s fighter jets waged on Saturday five raids on Krash district of Lahj province , a local official told Saba on Saturday.
The hostile airstrikes hit Hamalh area in the district.
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[SABANEWS.NET] The heroes of the army and popular committees repelled an infiltration attempt by the US- Saudi-paid mercenaries in al- Qabaytah district of Lahj province, a military official told Saba on Saturday.
Dozens of the mercenaries were killed and injured during the attempt to the infiltration toward the locations of the army and the popular committees in al- Qubaytah in the province, said the official.
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Saudi-paid mercenaries. Mostly, they hang out around targets for incoming missiles. Now they get murdered in some combat action. How much are these guys getting paid?
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If you believe Sabanews the entire population of Saudi Arabia would have been eliminated by now.
[SABANEWS.NET] The army and popular committees carried out on Sunday an offensive against the mercenaries of the US-Saudi- led aggression mercenaries in Qifah, Bayda province, killing dozens, a military official told Saba.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The missile and artillery force of the army and the popular committees hit gatherings of Saudi soldiers and mercenaries in a number of locations in Najran ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , 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.... and Asir, causing direct casualties in their ranks, a military official told Saba on Friday.
The operation took place in the censorship of al- Sudais , Silah , al- Boqa camp ,in Talaa Rejla and the west of the al- Makhrooq in Najran, said the official.
the artillery shelling also fired the mercenaries gatherings in al- Boqaa desert, while Saudi soldier was bumped off in al- Shabaka site including targeting the DShK machine gun of 50 calibre in Shaja and another in al- Shabaka site.
A military kit of the enemy soldier mercenaries was burned in the desert of al- Ajasher in front of Najran, and an artillery shelling targeted their gatherings in the same area.
In Asir, the artillery force targeted the enemy soldier mercenaries troops in al- Shabaka location , Alab border crossing and beyond the crossing causing direct casualties.
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[AnNahar] Indian forces have killed eight suspected bully boyz in disputed Kashmire, police said Sunday, in some of the fiercest fighting this year in the restive Himalayan region.
A civilian was also killed and four soldiers injured in the region divided between India and Pakistain but claimed in full by both.
Seven bully boyz were killed in a protracted overnight shootout with Indian forces in Dragad south of the capital Srinagar, where helicopters were seen swooping low over the battle zone.
One civilian died and at least fifty were maimed as police fired tear gas and pellet guns to disperse stone-throwing protesters.
Another man, described by Indian authorities as a holy warrior, was bumped off in a brief exchange of fire in a separate district.
Police said security forces were still taking fire from button men in the nearby village of Kachdora.
"It is a massive operation. The fight is still on," inspector-general of police Swayam Prakash Pani told AFP.
Many civilians in Kashmire -- India's only Moslem-majority state -- support rebels who have been fighting for decades for independence or for a merger with Pakistain. Tens of thousands, mostly civilians, have died.
Last year was the deadliest of this decade in the region, with more than 200 alleged bully boyz killed in a counter-insurgency offensive dubbed "Operation All Out".
That upsurge in violence has escalated in 2018, with 46 bully boyz already killed this year.
Last month a three-day skirmish in the forests of northern Kashmire left ten dead -- five unidentified bully boyz and five government forces.
Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – Two people were wounded in a bomb attack that hit northern Baghdad shops early on Sunday, a security source was quoted as saying.
Speaking to Baghdad Today, the source said, “An explosive charge went off near industrial shops in al-Taji district, north of Baghdad.”
“The explosion left two people injured,” he said, adding that ambulances rushed to the blast site and carried the injured to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three people were wounded as a bomb blast targeted a bus in south of Baghdad, a security source said on Sunday.
Speaking to Baghdad Today, the source said, “a bomb, planted under a bus, went off while passing at al-Bayaa’ region, south of Baghdad, leaving three people wounded.”
Security services, according to the source, “transferred the wounded to nearby hospital for treatment.”
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A mass grave containing human remains of 48 civilians was found in Mosul’s Old City, an Iraqi military source said on Sunday.
“Nineveh Operations troops confiscated today a mass grave in al-Midan region in Mosul’s Old City. It included remains of 48 civilians, that had signs of torture. They were executed in a secret prison in the region,” the source added.
“Most of the victims were civil servants and candidates in Nineveh. The bodies were transferred to forensic medicine department in Mosul.”
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Security troops have killed seven militants in an operation carried out in southwest of Mosul, a security source announced on Sunday.
“F16 jets purged, for more than two hours, an area of more than four kilometers in the desert region linking between Qayyarah and Baaj towns,” Cap. Safwan al-Asali, of the Iraqi military, was quoted by news agencies as saying on Sunday.
“Security permissions from the air force operations command indicate killing seven militants and destroying nine tunnels, murdering those who were inside,” he added.
The operation, according to Asali, “depended on intelligence information as it was hard to purge some regions with only the ground troops.”
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Anbar (Iraqinews.com) ‐ Iraqi Special Forces carried out on Sunday an unexpected military operation in Anbar province, managing to kill 10 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.... (IS) bully boys, including a big shot, who is code-named as the IS slaughterer, intelligence sources were quoted as saying.
The sources said, in statements to Shafaq News, that the troops launched the operation after receiving information about a plot by IS snuffies to target security forces in Anbar desert.
"Immediately, the troops geared up to hunt for IS plotters, who took the Anbar desert as a shelter, managing to kill 10 of them," the sources pointed out, noting that among those killed in the operation is "Abu Taha al Tunsi, also known as the IS slaughterer, and nine of his lover companions."
According to the sources, the troops also found a secret tunnel that was used by IS bully boy in Anbar desert.
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[Ynet] Commemorating protesters killed in 1976 riots over expropriation of Arab lands, Arab residents hold a moment of silence in solidarity with Paleostinians rubbed out in Friday's Gazoo border festivities, say they're willing to sacrifice their lives for the 'deaders.'
Hundreds of people took part in a rally near Umm al-Fahm
...home of the outlawed northern branch of the Islamic Movement, the Israeli branch of the Muslim Brotherhood...
on Saturday marking 42 years since Land Day.
The participants held a moment of silence in solidarity with the Paleostinians killed in Gazoo border festivities the previous day, saying "they died as shahids (deaders)."
The rally was attended, among others, by Arab members of Knesset Ahmad Tibi, Ayman Odeh, Hanin Zoabi, Abd Al Hakeem Haj Yahya, Yusef Jabareen and Jamal Zahalka, as well as former Knesset Member Osama Saadi And other leaders of the Arab public.
The demonstrators in Umm al-Fahm waved Paleostinian flags and shouted, "We will sacrifice our lives for the deaders." Dozens called to take to the streets and demonstrate, saying "the Israeli government is murdering in cold blood. Speeches will not help, only protests blocking roads."
MK Zahalka echoed the demonstrators' invective, calling the state's actions on the Gazoo border a "massacre."
"Israel is executing people to intimidate and scare," he claimed. "We cannot sit and watch it on TV. We must come out and fight in order for Israel to stop the massacre in Gazoo. Every person must participate in this struggle. I suggested blocking roads and there are also other proposals. We will not remain silent."
Mohammad Barakeh, former MK and chairman of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, an organization that represents Arab citizens of Israel at the national level and the body that organized the demonstration, said it is meant to send a message to Israel "that it must stop the massacre" on the Gazoo border.
At the same time as the demonstration in Umm al-Fahm, about 100 people, mainly women, from the Women Wage Peace movement demonstrated at Yad Mordechai Junction, calling to "lift the siege on Gazoo" and chanting, "We will not forgive and will not accept the murder of demonstrators."
Land Day marks events that took place on 30 March 1976 when the Israeli government, headed by Yitzhak Rabin, expropriated Arab lands in the Galilee. In the ensuing confrontations with Israeli security forces, six Arab citizens were killed, about one hundred were maimed, and hundreds of others were tossed in the calaboose Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! Over the years, the day came to symbolize Arab national identity on which Arabs demand rights they say they are deprived of.
[Haaretz] Six Paleostinian demonstrators were maimed during festivities in the West Bank village of Abu Dis. Of the six maimed in the West Bank, five Paleostinians were reportedly hit with rubber bullets and one with live fire.
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[IsraelTimes] An Israeli bus driver was lightly injured after rocks were thrown at his vehicle on Sunday, while driving in the West Bank. The 31-year-old driver had injuries to his chest and cuts to his face from broken glass, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. He was taken to Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus for treatment.
Shortly afterwards, IDF soldiers tossed in the slammer Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! a Paleostinian believed to be responsible for the incident in which the bus windshield was shattered, the army said. A group of soldiers that had been positioned nearby quickly responded to the rock-throwing and arrested the suspect, according to the army. He was brought in for questioning.
The incident occurred on Route 60, north of Ramallah.
[IsraelTimes] A man has been taken to a Jerusalem hospital with light injuries after his car was pelted by stones in the West Bank. The man, 31, has injuries to his chest and cuts to his face from broken glass, the Magen David Adom rescue service says. The incident occurs on Route 60, north of Ramallah.
[Ynet] The IDF nabbed Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! a Paleostinian who tried to cross the Gazoo border fence in the area of Kibbutz Kissufim. The Paleostinian was not armed and was taken for questioning.
[Ynet] During the night between Saturday and Sunday, security forces detained four wanted Paleostinians in the West Bank suspected of terrorist activity and violent disturbances. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said that the four were transferred for questioning.
[Ynet] Three Paleostinians were nabbed Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! on Sunday evening while attempting to cross the border fence from Gazoo into Israel at the southern end of the strip. The three were spotted by IDF forces and were taken in for questioning. They were carrying no weapons.
The army has been preparing for an increase in attempted infiltrations from the Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,-ruled enclave after a series of failed and successful attempts, and heightened tensions following the "March of Return" attended by tens of thousands of Paleostinians on the border on Friday.
The IDF made it a top priority to prevent the successful crossings by Gazooks, while saying that it was endeavoring to keep the number of Paleostinian fatalities to a minimum.
[IsraelTimes] Some 350 people turn out to demonstrate along Strip's security fence, after Friday's mass march with 30,000 participants
At least 11 Paleostinians were shot and maimed by Israeli troops during fresh violent protests along the Gazoo border on Sunday, Gazoo’s Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",-run health ministry said, two days after the region was rocked by a massive demonstration.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that live rounds were fired at some of the protesters mentioned by the Gazoo health ministry, who it said approached the border fence.
According to the army, some 350 Paleostinians took part in Sunday’s demonstrations throughout the coastal enclave. On Friday, 30,000 joined a Hamas-backed mass march, and further mass protests against Israel are planned for this Friday and future weeks until mid-May, when Israel’s marks its 70th Independence Day and the Paleostinians what they call Nakba Day ‐ the "catastrophe" caused by Israel’s creation.
Protesters on Sunday burned tires and threw rocks at the Israeli troops on the other side of the border. The Israeli soldiers mostly retaliated with tear gas and rubber bullets, but in some cases fired live rounds at those who approached the security fence, the army said.
According to the Hamas-run health ministry, in northern Gazoo, five people were maimed in a protest along the security fence east of Jabaliya; in central Gazoo, one was injured one of Gazoo City and two east of al-Bureij; and in southern Gazoo, two were maimed east of Khan Younis and one near Rafah.
One of the teenagers maimed in Khan Younis was said to be at death's door. A graphic video from the scene appeared to show that he sustained a head wound.
The army confirmed that soldiers fired live rounds at seven of the 11 rioters ‐ five in northern Gazoo and at two in the south.
During Friday’s protests, 12 Paleostinians were rubbed out by IDF troops. Two more, who were armed with AK-47 assault rifles and hand grenades, were killed as they shot up Israeli soldiers and tried to breach the security fence. In addition, one Paleostinian man was killed earlier on Friday morning, before the start of the protests.
The Gazoo health ministry reported that over 1,000 people were maimed during the Friday protests, more than half by Israeli gunfire, the rest from tear gas and rubber bullets. These figures could not be independently verified. Israeli officials said they were inflated.
According to the army, in keeping with its rules of engagement, the Paleostinians who were shot Friday were either attacking IDF soldiers with stones and Molotov cocktails, were actively trying to damage the security fence, or were attempting to place improvised bombs along the security fence, which could later be used in attacks against Israeli patrols.
[IsraelTimes] Despite relative calm on the Gazoo border on Sunday, the IDF is continuing to prepare for more mass protests of the kind seen Friday, erecting new barriers on the border fence to keep Gazooks from being able to sneak into Israeli territory, Channel 10 news reports.
[IsraelTimes] Israel’s military liaison to the Paleostinians on Sunday confirmed that the bodies of two Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",button men who opened fire on IDF soldiers and were rubbed out on Friday were being held by Israel, along with the remains of 24 other slain operatives.
Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the coordinator of government activities in the territories, wrote on his Arabic-language Facebook page that the remains of the 26 Paleostinians would not be released until Hamas returned the two Israeli civilians and the remains of two fallen IDF soldiers that it is currently holding in Gazoo.
The bodies of two IDF soldiers ‐ Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul ‐ are being held by Hamas, along with two live, apparently mentally ill Israeli civilians ‐ Abera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, who entered Gazoo of their own volition in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
On Friday, Mussa’b Saloul and Muhammad Rubaiyah, armed with AK-47 assault rifles and hand grenades, shot up Israeli soldiers and tried to break through the security fence before they were rubbed out by troops. Israeli aircraft also later targeted Hamas positions in the Gazoo Strip.
[CNN Philippines] Two New People's Army militants, and one Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter were killed in separate operations during the Holy Week. A statement from the military said the NPA militants were killed in separate incidents on March 30 in Misamis Oriental and March 31 in Bukidnon.
Military spokesman Eric Vinoya said, "We offer our sincere condolences to the families and relatives on the death of the two NPA terrorists. This could not have happened if they heeded our call of surrender."
He called on NPA rebels to lay down their arms and "return to mainstream society."
Meanwhile, four NPA militants surrendered to authorities in Sultan Kudarat on March 28.
The NPA militants, from Guerilla Front 73, voluntarily surrendered. They were identified as Ariel Udas Apang, Iyoy Lebeg Nayam, Nicanor Nayam Apang, and Ariel Matog Apang.
A statement from the Western Mindanao Command said a BIFF subleader was also killed in an operation in Aleosan, North Cotabato on March 29. Buds Basilan, a bomb expert, was killed during a brief exchange of gunfire after he resisted arrest and engaged the authorities.
Major General Arnel Delavega said authorities had been tracking Basilan and was about to apprehend him when he shot at them. Delavegan said, "Basilan who is under the BIFF's Karialan Faction, was responsible in the manufacture of bombs and IEDs, which affected the areas of Aleosan, Midsayap and Carmen of North Cotabato. His neutralization will definitely weaken his subgroup that is operating mostly in the province."
[Mindanao Examiner] Philippine soldiers captured an Abu Sayyaf commander who was wounded in previous clashes following an assault on his hideout in Sulu province, officials said Sunday. Military spokesman Ronald Suscano said troops captured Walton Juljirin, but five of his followers managed to escape during the fighting on Saturday.
No soldiers were hurt during the brief gunbattle in Taung village in Patikul town where Juljurin was tracked down. Juljurin, whose group was also linked to assassinations of soldiers in the province, was left behind by his men, according to Suscano.
This was confirmed by the battalion commander who said the fighting lasted about five minutes. He said, "Four Abu Sayyaf members were able to escape from the firefight while Walton was left behind due to his ill health condition brought about by infected wound incurred during the previous encounter with the government forces which he participated."
Mateo said villagers tipped off the location of Juljurin’s hideout. He said, "The cooperation of the civilians who reported the armed group’s presence in their area is a strong manifestation that civilians have long been tired of these Abu Sayyaf terroristc activities and now actively helping the military locate them to contribute for the total elimination of all terrorists in Sulu."
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[ALMASDARNEWS] A commander of Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate group Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (better known by its former name, al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) has been gruesomely assassinated by unknown assailants in Idlib province.
The Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham official, identified as Harb Abu Sa’eed, was both a commander and the bad boy group’s treasury chief for financial affairs in Hama province. Two of his bodyguards were killed along with him in the attack.
Reports state that Harb Abu Sa’eed and his attache where bumped off by five masked assassins in the countryside east of the town of Maraat al-Numan.
No information exists on the allegiance of the armed attackers or their motives ‐ all beat feet from the scene of the liquidation without being caught or identified. Often it is the case with such instances that a rival bad boy group or a government sleeper cell was involved.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Confirmed reports have emerged stating that two rebel commanders belonging to Jaish al-Islam ...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful... have been killed in Damascus’ eastern district city of Douma.
The slain rebel leaders have been identified as Jaish al-Islam management chief Abu Ali Idara and treasury chief Abu Omar Maliyah. At the present time, it is unclear how exactly the two krazed killer commanders died.
In an official statement, Jaish al-Islam claimed they were killed in a Syrian Army artillery strike, however local opposition sources are claiming they were assassinated by their own ranks.
If the claims by Douma-based activists are true, then it is possible that a dispute over the recent agreement reached between Jaish al-Islam and the Syrian government may have been the reason for the liquidation of the rebel commanders; however, this is only speculation for now.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Despite the fact that Faylaq al-Rahman (Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... affiliate) rebels operated far away from Douma city in Damascus’ East Ghouta region, it has become apparent that some group’s fighters nonetheless got stranded in the Jaish al-Islam ...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful... stronghold.
In any case, as of Sunday, all Faylaq al-Rahman that found themselves besieged in Douma alongside Jaish al-Islam faceless myrmidons have since been evacuated to Syria’s northern province of Idlib; hundreds of civilians departed with them.
It is unclear exactly how many Faylaq al-Rahman rebels (dozens or hundreds) left Douma, information on this may emerge later.
As for Jaish al-Islam, evacuation of its fighters (i.e. those who have chosen not to reconcile with the Syrian government) to areas of Aleppo province under Ottoman Turkish-backed rebel forces control so far only includes those who are injured; standing faceless myrmidons are yet to depart.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Militants defending Jobar ‐ actually part of Damascus city proper and not the nearby East Ghouta region ‐ resisted countless attacks by the Syrian Army from the earliest years of the Syrian conflict.
The sheer amount of tunnels and trenches connecting to Jobar from neighboring rebel-held districts meant that Syrian forces could never quite outflank the or surround it; many government troops fell during the battles for the east Damascus suburb.
In the end, a powerful Syrian Army advance from the eastern direction (where defenses were never prepared) threatened to completely overrun myrmidon forces and upon realizing this, forces of Evil capitulated.
On Saturday, the last rebel fighters present in Jobar along with those in Arbeen, Hazzah and Zamalka evacuated towards Idlib province; since then the Syrian Army has assumed full control over the district.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Alikhbaria Syria news channel has released an exclusive video report (below) showing what appears the be the largest rebel tunnel ever discovered in the Syrian War.
The tunnel, located in Damascus’ East Ghouta region, is twenty kilometers long. It connected rebel positions and underground bases throughout the once bully boy-controlled districts of Jobar, Ayn Tarma and Arbeen.
As the video shows, the tunnel is wide enough to allow the Syrian war news hounds drive through it in their van.
One of the people present with the Alikhbaria Syria news team (front passenger seat) was captured by Lions of Islam earlier in the war, only recently being released following the capitulation of rebel forces in East Ghouta. He claims that forces of Evil used civilian and Syrian Army hostages to dig the tunnel.
The tunnel allowed rebels to relocate forces throughout vast areas of East Ghouta without being detected and attacked by Syrian and Russian warplanes.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Earlier reports that Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (better know by its former name, al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) forces evacuating from Damascus’ East Ghouta region took with them tens of rival bully boyz of the Jaish al-Islam ...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful... faction have now been confirmed.
According to reports, the hostages ‐ a total of 21 say sources ‐ had been captured Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham during previous infighting across East Ghouta.
During the evacuation, Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham managed to sneak the hostages on buses bound for rebel-held areas of northern Syria without being detected at first. Later when it became apparent that the al-Qaeda affiliate had Jaish al-Islam prisoners in its possession, violence involving the use of belt bombs was threatened.
The buses carrying the myrmidon prisoners have since arrived at Qalaat al-Mudiq after which Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham loaded them into their own trucks and disappeared to an unknown location in Idlib province (presumably).
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[ALMASDARNEWS] On Sunday, the Syrian Air Force carried out preliminary strikes against besieged rebel forces in the eastern Qalamoun mountains amid early preparations by the Syrian Army to storm the region.
Around half a dozen Arclight airstrikes involving bombs and rockets targeted turban tactical positions and movements across krazed killer-controlled areas of the region, mostly so atop Jabal (Mount) al-Batra.
Earlier it was reported that the Syrian Army had already sent negotiation delegations to eastern Qalamoun to talk with rebel authorities and organize the evacuation and or reconciliation of anti-government fighters.
Reports state that Russian airpower will also participate in support of the Syrian Army anti-insurgency operation when it is launched.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Rival Islamist militias Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (Al-Qaeda affiliate; better known by its former name, al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya have called a temporary truce after six weeks of very violent infighting across northwest Syria.
The first-step ceasefire was announced for 6:00 P.M. this (Sunday) afternoon ‐ it is not known if an indefinite time period exists for the initial halt in hostilities.
Talks between delegations from the warring rebel groups are to begin immediately; here each side will state their terms and conditions for lasting peace. It should be noted that this is not the first time a temporary truce has been called (the last one failing after two days).
Over the last month and a half, Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya have gutted each others’ ranks amid back and forth battles across rebel-held areas of Idlib and Aleppo provinces.
To this effect, hundreds of fighters have been killed and hundreds more maimed again; tens of armored vehicles and trucks have also been destroyed.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian People’s Resistance group claimed their forces carried out an attack on a U.S. base in rural al-Raqqa tonight.
According to the pro-government group, their forces allegedly targeted the US-held Brigade 92 Base that is located just south of the border-town of ’Ayn ’Izza.
The pro-government group claimed that their forces had targeted the Brigade 92 Base with two mortar shells.
In addition to tonight’s attack, the group is vowing to continue targeting US-backed groups until they leave all of the Syrian lands they occupy.
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