[News24] Egypt says security forces have killed 10 militants involved in a bombing that targeted the convoy of Alexandria's former security chief in March.
The Interior Ministry said Thursday that six were killed in a shootout in Beheira province and another four were killed in a clash in Assiut. It says two others were arrested.
The statement presented the raids as recent events without specifying when they occurred. But the ministry had reported the Beheira shootout in March, shortly after the bombing, and a security official confirmed the Assiut raid on Wednesday.
The ministry says the militants belonged to the Hasm movement, a group it considers to be a splinter of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
The official survived the convoy attack, which killed two police.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Egyptian police potted four suspected forces of Evil and captured two others accused of being involved in an attack on a local security chief two days before a presidential election in March, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
Two coppers were killed in Alexandria when a bomb left under a car blew up as the Alexandria police chief, Major General Mostafa al-Nemr, drove past on March 24. He escaped unhurt.
Four members of the group involved in the attack were killed in a shootout with security forces who had raided their hideout in Assiut province, some 464 kms south of Alexandria.
The ministry did not say when the clash took place, but security sources in Assiut said on Wednesday that four suspected forces of Evil had been killed.
A fifth suspect, who authorities said had driven the car used in the attack, was tracked down to a flat in Alexandria and tossed in the slammer Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! , the ministry said. Security forces found a pistol, some ammunition, two detonators and bomb-making materials in the flat.
A second man, suspected of having arranged the vehicle used in the attack, was also arrested in Alexandria, the ministry said.
Authorities blamed the Alexandria attack on the Death Eater Hasam Movement, which emerged in 2016 and has claimed several attacks on security forces and judges, including the fatal shooting of a policeman.
Authorities say the group is the armed wing of the Moslem Brüderbund, but the Brotherhood says it rejects violence.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar ...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... said on Thursday they had taken full control of the eastern Libyan city of Derna from an armed coalition of local fighters and Islamists.
"Thanks be to God, the armed forces control the entire city of Derna," said a statement on Facebook.
Brigades from Haftar’s Libyan National Army launched a ground offensive last month after encircling the city - the last in eastern Libya to elude their control - for around two years.
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[AlAhram] Egypt's security forces killed four and placed in durance vile Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! two members of the terrorist group Hasm, who authorities say were responsible for a failed liquidation attempt on a security chief in the coastal city of Alexandria earlier this year.
The suspects were killed in a shootout during a security raid on an apartment hideout in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, the interior ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
The ministry said that the raid was part of an operation to arrest bully boyz involved in the Alexandria bombing in March ‐ which killed two coppers but failed to kill the city's security chief ‐ two days before the country held its 2018 presidential elections.
The ministry statement added that police arrested the suspect who planted the boom-mobile at the site of the attack. The suspect was in possession of a pistol and kabooms at the time of his arrest, the statement added.
"A security plan designed to track down and prosecute the other members of the terrorist cell... has resulted in identifying one of the terrorists, Moataz Mustafa Hassan, [who was] hiding in an apartment in Alexandria," the statement added.
The ministry said that the suspect, along with other group members, received training abroad in 2017 on using weapons and making bombs.
Another leader of Hasm, which authorities have identified as the armed wing of the banned Moslem Brüderbund group, was also arrested.
In March, authorities announced that police had killed six Hasm members who were involved in the Alexandria bombing.
Hasm has grabbed credit for several attacks on security forces and members of the judiciary since it first emerged in 2016.
[IsraelTimes] Ten suspected jihadists were killed and two tossed in the slammer Book 'im, Mahmoud! in police raids across Egypt as authorities hunted down the perpetrators of a deadly car kaboom, the interior ministry says.
It says said those targeted were members of Hasam, a jihadist group which the authorities have linked to the outlawed Moslem Brüderbund.
They were allegedly involved in a March 24 boom-mobileing on the eve of elections targeting a security chief in Alexandria in northern Egypt that killed two coppers.
Six jihadists were killed and a weapons cache unearthed as security forces raided a hideout in Beheira province, northwest of Cairo, the ministry says. A suspect was arrested in a residential apartment in Alexandria where arms and explosives were also seized. A shootout in Assiut province, south of Cairo, left four other suspects dead, and a Hasam member who had allegedly acquired the car used in the Alexandria attack was also arrested.
The ministry’s statement does not specify when the raids and arrests took place.
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[QZ] The spate of Nigeria’s violent pastoral conflicts is showing no signs of abating.
In one of the bloodiest incidents yet, on Saturday (June 23), more than 200 people were left dead after an attack on villages in Plateau, a state in the country’s middle belt. It follows an earlier attack in January, when 73 people were killed in Benue, another middle belt state, and sparked rhetoric of genocide.
For much of the past two years, recurring pastoral conflict has been a by-product of a tussle for land between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria’s middle belt. Following increased desertification in Nigeria’s north, nomadic herdsmen have journeyed further south to the middle belt for more fertile grazing land for their cattle. But grazing on farmlands destroys livelihoods of farmers and disrupts communities which has led to violent festivities. For their part, Fulani herdsmen have claimed that their cattle are being stolen and that the violence is the end result.
With the government deemed slow to stop the recurring attacks, president Muhammadu Buhari has faced public backlash for his handling of the crisis. Under his watch, pastoral conflicts have grown to become Nigeria’s biggest internal security threat, overtaking Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... Nigeria’s insecurity will again be a key issue for the upcoming election next February along with a sluggish economy. Back in 2015, when Buhari was elected, Nigerians had hoped the former army general would be strong on national security, but the country has seemingly drifted from one security crisis to the next over his tenure. Though Boko Haram’s grip on the northeast has been greatly reduced, there are still intermittent deadly attacks with jacket wallahs in crowded areas. Earlier this month, more than 40 people were killed by six maiden of tender yearss strapped with bombs in the town of Damboa, Borno state, as throngs of Moslems celebrated the end of the Eid al Fitr holiday.
In the absence of decisive action by law enforcement forces, several communities in the region are resorting to self-help, according to a report by SBM Intelligence, a Lagos-based research firm. Crucially, attacks on communities are also worsening the humanitarian crisis in northern Nigeria where thousands remain displaced after years of devastating insurgency by Boko Haram.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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 ... militias in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... have announced the death of a big shot among its ranks, without giving any further details.
The so-called political bureau of the Houthis announced in an obituary that its leader Abdul Nasser al-Junaidi was killed. Junaidi was a member in the delegation in Kuwait negotiations back in 2016.
While the militia did not specify how and when he was killed, sources said that he may have been killed in an air strike by the Arab coalition and which targeted a meeting for senior Houthi leaders at the presidency office in Sanaa early May.
In another military development, around 70 Houthis have been killed recently in confrontations with the Yemeni legitimate forces, the popular resistance units and Arclight airstrikes backed by the coalition at fronts in al-Bayda, west coast, Taiz and north of Lahij, amid a field advancement by the legitimate forces.
Brig. Gen. Abdul Rab al-Subhi, commander of the 117th Infantry Brigade, said: "At least 25 militia members were killed and others maimed during battles in the eastern front of al-Bayda province."
He added that more than "30 militia members were killed in the West Coast Front by coalition air strikes targeting gatherings of the Houthi militias in the eastern districts of al-Tahita, a -Duraiham and Zubaid."
At the same time, fierce fighting continues in the north of Lahij province, where the national Yemeni army forces advanced towards al-Raheda area, southeast of Taiz, after regaining control of sites and highlands in the areas of Qubaytah and Hifan.
A front man for the National Army forces in al-Qubaytah said that the army and the resistance recovered large parts of the northern areas of the province of Lahij, where it took control of a strategic mountain.
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[Rudaw] A Kurdish-German singer has been tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund.... on charges of "propagating for a terrorist organization."
Hozan Cane, whose real name is Saide Inac, 47, was formally arrested on Tuesday, five days after she was first detained.
The terror-related charge was for spreading messages of the PKK on social media, Hurriyet newspaper reported. The PKK is a named terror organization in Turkey.
Cane had come to Turkey "to support HDP’s election campaign, but was detained on June 22," her manager Mehmet Akbas told Rudaw English.
She was initially detained for her social media posts, he explained, but the court’s charges were based on her involvement in the film 74th Genocide of Shingal.
Cane features in the film, carrying a weapon during a scene of the film that looks at ISIS’ attack on Yezidis on 2014, according to ANF news.
She was detained two days before Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary election. The singer had been campaigning on behalf of the pro-Kurdish HDP in Edirne province where HDP’s presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas is in jail on terror charges.
Cane shared videos and photos of her urging people to vote for HDP and Demirtas.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] US authorities are seeking leniency for a Bangladeshi immigrant who joined ISIS in Syria before fleeing home and giving the FBI intelligence about terror threats.
The New York City man, identified only as "John Doe" for security reasons, appeared at a sentencing on Wednesday in federal court.
Prosecutors have described how the man fell under the influence of ISIS recruiters and traveled to Syria in 2014. They say the group gave him a support role until he became disillusioned and secretly reached out to the FBI.
The 29-year-old man wept as he apologized to the court for joining the bully boy group. He called it "the greatest mistake of my life."
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[DAWN] Banned Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous banned extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi... (ASWJ) chief Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi has been removed from the Fourth Schedule, it emerged on Thursday.
The Fourth Schedule is a section of the Anti-Terrorism Act under which someone who is suspected of terrorism is kept under observation; it is mandatory for him or her to register his or her attendance with the local police regularly.
The Fourth Schedule also includes elements found to be or suspected to be involved in anti-state activities, delivering hate speeches and/or activists of religious outfits not yet banned but related to militancy in some way.
Punjab's Caretaker Chief Minister Hasan Askari Rizvi confirmed to Rooters that Ludhianvi had been removed from the watchlist, and that his assets would be unfrozen and travel restrictions on him removed.
The National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) has written to the State Bank of Pakistain (SBP) to unfreeze Ludhianvi's assets after Punjab's Home Department removed his name from the Fourth Schedule, a Nacta official told DawnNewsTV.
"The election commission will decide today in a meeting whether his group can contest the election," Prof Rizvi was quoted by Rooters as saying.
Although the ASWJ, a sectarian outfit, has long been banned in Pakistain, nomination papers of a number of election candidates affiliated with it have been accepted, allowing them to contest the upcoming polls.
The most prominent among them is Aurangzeb Farooqui, who is contesting on a provincial as well as a National Assembly seat from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Ludhianvi himself has contested elections in the past and was even briefly declared winner from former NA-89 Jhang after his opponent Sheikh Mohammad Akram was disqualified by an election tribunal in the aftermath of 2013 elections. The Supreme Court had later overturned the order.
The removal of ban on Ludhianvi has emerged just hours after Pakistain was placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 'grey list' a second time for failing to curb terror financing on its soil.
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Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Seven police personnel were killed and injured during confrontations with 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.... , southwest of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... a security source from the province was quoted saying.
Speaking to Shafaq News, the source said, "Troops of the 19th brigade of the Federal Police clashed with Islamic State holy warriors after besieging them in Helwati village in Hawija."
The confrontations between the two sides, according to the source, left seven police personnel killed and injured.
Some Islamic State members were also killed during the festivities, the source said, however, their number is still unknown.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi military has announced killing several 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.... emirs in Arclight airstrikes carried out in three provinces.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the Security Medica Center said "the intelligence of Counter-Terrorism Service provided the U.S.-led Coalition jets with information, through which it managed to destroy targets of Islamic State in Hamreen and the lakes, in addition to underground camps."
The airstrikes, according to the statement, "left several Islamic State emirs killed in addition to destroying a camp and three tunnels, used to carry out operations to target the main roads that link each of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... Diyala and Salahuddin."
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"Emir, it's the new volunteers!
Each shahid stands out from his peers,
A dinar a dozen
Or three for a cousin...
I'm sure they'll make splendid emirs."
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have targeted a fake checkpoint set by 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.... to abduct civilians, near djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , a security source said on Thursday.
"The operation was carried out on the road linking between Hatra and Mosul, based on intelligence information," the source told the Ottoman Turkish Anadolu agency.
"Joint security troops, backed by special combat forces from the Rapid Response (Interior Ministry) managed to kill all of the 17 gunnies before they escape."
Fake identities were possessed by the turbans, the source said, "in addition to possessing developed telecommunications devices and different kinds of weapons."
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Diyala (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi High Judicial Council has announced sentencing three 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, who belong to the so-called Diyala State to death.
In a statement on Thursday, Abdul-Sattar al-Bayraqdar, a spokesperson of the High Judicial Council, said the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad "reviewed a case at which three convicts are accused of joining Islamic State in Diyala State."
One of the convicts, according to the statement, "is the head of a military detachment, while another worked within the military and security departments, and the third was the secretary of the weapon stashes in Diyala State."
The suspects were nabbed Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! with "weapons and TNT substances in their possession."
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[Rudaw] Iraq’s prime minister has ordered counter-terrorism forces to carry out special operations against terror cells, reacting to escalating deadly ISIS attacks on armed forces and civilians.
In a meeting with counter-terror commanders in Baghdad on Thursday, Haider al-Abadi ordered "special and qualitative operations to pursue terrorist cells and retaliate against them," his office detailed in a statement.
There have been multiple reports recently of ISIS Lions of Islam attacking and taking control of villages, killing and abducting civilians and armed forces, and conducting attacks in Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... Diyala, and Saladin provinces and along the Kirkuk-Baghdad road.
The head of an Iranian-backed militia reacted to Abadi’s order, suggesting a joint deployment of all Iraqi forces.
"The real solution is for the commander-in-chief to activate joint operations and mobilization of the Army, Federal Police, Hashd al-Shaabi, and Counter-Terrorism Service along with the air force to conduct exact surveying and clearance of all the previously cleared areas. We support this," tweeted Qais al-Khazali, head of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, a few minutes after Abadi’s office published the statement.
He made no mention of the Peshmerga forces.
The commander of Diyala operations, however, said they have requested the Peshmerga be included in a joint operation.
"We have requested the joint operations command conduct a military operation with the involvement of Peshmerga in order to strengthen the security of those areas east of Saladin and north of Diyala where ISIS has begun mobilization and activities that recently resulted in killing and abduction," commander Mazhar Azzazi told Rudaw.
He said his command has good cooperation with the Kurdish forces and are awaiting approval from above.
The Peshmerga have not received any notice regarding upcoming operations.
"We have not received anything official regarding launching of joint operation with Iraqi forces so far," Sheikh Jafar Mustafa, commander of 70th brigade of Peshmerga forces, told Rudaw.
If they do receive such a request, they will discuss it with the Ministry of Peshmerga and general commander of Peshmerga, he added.
The area is under is under the control of Iraqi federal forces and Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitaries.
Kurdish leaders and locals have called for the return of the Kurdish force to the areas they left last October when Iraqi forces took control of the disputed areas.
With the fall of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , some ISIS fighters fled to the Hamrin mountains that span the border of Kirkuk and Saladin provinces. The area has long been a favourite of Lions of Islam because it is difficult to secure.
Abadi insisted that ISIS does not control any territory in the country, but are hiding out in the mountainous areas.
As head of the armed forces, Abadi told his counter-terror chiefs that the people of Iraq "have trust" in their abilities.
A day earlier, Abadi had promised to take action to address the security threat after the bodies of eight people, at least six of whom were security force members, were found killed on the Kirkuk-Baghdad Road.
"We have patrols on the road, but as you know snuffies have plans," he said in a presser on Tuesday.
"Large territories in Diyala are currently controlled by ISIS, including areas in Qaratapa, Nada, Naftkhana, Wadi Salab, Sheikh Baba gardens, and Kani Masi. These areas are home to ISIS Death Eaters, and there are no forces there to confront them," Major Ahmad Mustafa, a Peshmerga intelligence officer, had previously told Rudaw.
The area was under control of Peshmerga forces until last October when Iraqi forces took over. There are growing calls for the return of the Kurdish forces or joint cooperation to secure the area.
According to Peshmerga intelligence reports, 85 percent of the Hamrin mountains has fallen to ISIS Death Eaters.
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[THEGUARDIAN] Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has ordered the immediate execution of all convicted jihadists on death row in swift retaliation for 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.... ’s killing of eight captives.
Abadi ordered the immediate execution of "murderous Moslems condemned to death whose sentences have passed the decisive stage", his office said, referring to convicts whose appeals have been exhausted.
More than 300 people, including about 100 foreign women, have been condemned to death in Iraq and 185 to life imprisonment for membership of the Islamic State group, a judicial source said in April. Most of the convicted women are Ottoman Turkish or from former Soviet republics, while a Russian man and a Belgian national are also on death row.
Abadi vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths of the eight Isis captives, a day after their bodies were found along a highway north of Baghdad.
"Our security and military forces will take forceful Dire Revenge against these terrorist cells," he told senior military officials and ministers. "We promise that we will kill or arrest those who committed this crime."
The corpses, found at Tal al-Sharaf in Salahuddin province, were decomposing and had been strapped with explosive vests, the army said.
They included six abductees who had appeared in an Isis video with badly bruised faces. Isis claimed they were Iraqi coppers or members of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force.
In the video, posted on Saturday by the Amaq propaganda outlet of Isis, the jihadists threatened to execute their captives unless Baghdad released Sunni Moslem women held in its prisons within three days.
But Abadi said that autopsies indicated the captives were already dead when the video was posted.
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I doubt this will deter but a few. But, prison costs will be reduced. Body parts, freshly removed, can go to victims, lives will be saved in the future, powdered bones supply phosphate and minerals for organic gardens, vultures, possibly endangered, should see population increases, crowding conditions and costs at prisons should decline, less traffic, less noise, rents may drop as the rental market shrinks, I see nothing but good from this. I know I am very pleased with such practical steps.
[IsraelTimes] IDF says a tank fired at two suspects who attempted to infiltrate into Israeli territory; Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,-run health ministry reports one succumbed to injuries
A Paleostinian teenager the army said was shot while trying to breach the Gazoo security fence died of his wounds on Thursday afternoon, according to the Hamas-run Gazoo health ministry.
Before dawn on Thursday, Abdel Fattah Abu Azoum, 17, and another Paleostinian man attempted to break through the security fence east of Rafah in southern Gazoo, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
"During the night, IDF troops spotted two Death Eaters crawling toward the security fence in an attempt to infiltrate into Israeli territory from the southern Gazoo Strip," the army said in a statement.
In response, the tank fired toward them and "prevented the infiltration attempt," the army said.
According to the Gazoo health ministry, Azoum sustained a serious head wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead several hours later.
The Paleostinian Quds news outlet initially reported that the two were seriously injured by the tank fire. Other Gazoo-based news sites reported that only one of the suspects was maimed.
The military said that when troops later searched the area, they found a number of Molotov cocktails.
[IsraelTimes] 'This has become a real war,' says Israeli resident, adding that volunteers are working around the clock to help authorities locate blazes
About 20 fires in Israeli territory were started on Thursday by incendiary balloons and kites sent from the Gazoo Strip, in another day of hard work for firefighters struggling to deal with the Paleostinian tactic.
The blazes were sparked during the afternoon and early evening in the Eshkol, Sdot Negev, and Shaar Hanegev regions, engulfing communities in smoke, charing nature reserves, and killing many animals in what has lately become a daily routine.
A suspected bomb was also found in Israeli territory, attached to a balloon, police said, adding that sappers had been called in to neutralize the device.
"This has become a real war," a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri said of the fires, which in the last few months have burnt more than 30,000 dunam (7,400 acres) of land near the border with the Paleostinian enclave.
The man, who didn’t identify himself, told the Ynet news site that local security volunteers in communities near Gazoo are actively helping authorities by taking turns keeping watch for fires and quickly directing firefighters to the area.
"We are all committed to this, because if we don’t do it, nobody will," he said. "We are making use of all our farming tools and vehicles to stop the fires from spreading."
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A barrage of Russian air strikes on rebel-held areas of southern Syria killed 22 civilians on Thursday, a monitoring group said, most of them in a single battered town.
"At least 35 Russian air strikes hit the town of al-Mseifra," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"One of them hit a basement where people were taking shelter, killing 17 civilians, including five children," the Britannia-based monitor said.
The Observatory says it determines who carried out particular strikes based on the type of aircraft and munitions used, the locations and the flight patterns.
The hospital in al-Mseifra had been put out of service by Russian strikes on Tuesday night, the Observatory said.
Another five non-combatants were killed in other rebel-controlled areas of Daraa, the main province in southern Syria.
"This is the highest toll since the escalation began on June 19," said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
Government forces have been ramping up their bombardment of rebel-held areas of the south since June 19, and allied Russian warplanes carried out their first raids on the region in a year on June 23.
In July last year, Russia, the United States and Jordan had agreed on a de-escalation zone for rebel-controlled parts of the south.
After that, Russian warplanes- active in Syria since 2015- had refrained from bombing rebel positions in the region.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Sources revealed to Al Arabiya news channel that a 12-hour ceasefire in Daraa province in southern Syria has been reached between Russia and some armed factions, starting at midnight local time.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella grabbed the cocoanut cream... the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that air strikes on rebel-held areas of Daraa province led to the killings of 46 civilians, among them children.
Amid intensifying its military actions in southern Syria supported by Russia, the Syrian regime’s military jets bombarded in the last few days many villages in the province.
The human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... observatory said that the Syrian regime’s forces and allied militias have succeeded in advancing towards eastern Maliha and southern Maliha amid intense festivities in an attempt by the rebels to re-take the area.
Sham news agency also reported that the military central operation room in southern Syria warded off intrusion attempts by Bashir al-Assad’s forces and allied Hezbollah militias towards a military air defense base in western Daraa.
Earlier, the UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura expressed his concerns towards the Syrian regime’s attack on Daraa, warning of a repeated scenario similar to what happened in eastern Ghouta and Aleppo.
"We at the Security Council will not allow that this is a repeated scenario of what happened in eastern Ghouta or Aleppo where we lost a lot of lives, and it seems we are going towards this scenario in the South," De Mistura said on Wednsday.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
[DAWN] Banned 
