[FOX] The U.S. Army soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in an "apparent insider attack" on Saturday has been identified by the Pentagon.
Cpl. Joseph Maciel, of South Gate, Calif., died from wounds sustained during an attack in the Tarian Kowt District of central Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province, according to a Defense Department statement.
Maciel was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Benning, Ga. The task force infantry is deployed in Afghanistan in support of the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, officials said.
"Cpl. Maciel was an excellent Soldier beloved by his teammates and dedicated to our mission," Lt. Col David Conner, Maciel's battalion commander, said. "He will be greatly missed by the entire Black Lion family. Our prayers are with his family and friends during this difficult time."
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Our thanks to young Rightwing, jr. for stepping forward – and for having what it takes. So long as young men and women like your son think this country is worth protecting, we'll be OK.
I seem to recall that Afghan troops are even more likely to suddenly try to massacre in their fellows than to go after foreigners... but that doesn't make it acceptable. Some cultures are much better than others.
[Khaama Press ] One US soldier was killed and at least two others sustained injuries in an apparent insider attack in South of Afghanistan.
"One U.S. service member was killed and two other U.S. service members were maimed during an apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan, July 7," the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... -led Resolute Support Mission said in a statement.
The statement further added that the maimed service members, who are in stable, pH balanced condition, are currently being treated.
No further details have been given regarding the incident and exact location where the attack took place but NATO said the incident is under investigation.
In the meantime, Afghan officials have told AFP that the incident has taken place in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan.
The Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... group issued a statement claiming that the attack was carried out by the Afghan soldiers and as a result four American soldiers were killed and a number of others have sustained injuries.
Uruzgan is among the relatively volatile provinces in South of Afghanistan where the anti-government armed bully boy groups are actively operating in some of its districts and often carry out terrorist related activities.
[Khaama Press] At least sixty four holy warriors were killed or maimed during the ongoing military operations, Walid-9 operations, in three northern provinces.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said the holy warriors were killed or maimed during the operations in Balkh, Faryab, and Baghlan provinces.
According to a statement released by Shaheen Corps, at least 38 holy warriors were killed in total in the past 24 hours in the three provinces while 26 others sustained injuries.
The statement further added that 22 of the holy warriors were killed during the operations in Chamtal district of Balkh where at least 16 others sustained injuries.
According to Shaheen Corps, at least 10 holy warriors were killed and at last 7 others sustained injuries during the operations in Almar district of Faryab province.
Shaheen Corps also added that 6 holy warriors were killed and at least 2 others sustained injuries during the operations in Dahan-e-Ghori of Baghlan province.
Several weapons, munitions, vehicles, and cycle of violences were also destroyed during the operations, the Shaheen Corps added in its statement.
According to Shaheen Corps, the operations are being with the support of the Afghan Air Forces which are providing close-air support to the ground forces.
The anti-government armed holy warriors including Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... bully boyz have not commented regarding the report so far.
[Khaama Press] The Ghazni city in southeastern Ghazni province came under mortar attack amid ongoing high level security meeting, the officials said.
The incident took place before noon time as the defense minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, deputy interior minister, and some other senior officials had participated in a security meeting.
The deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense Gen. Mohammad Radmanish confirmed the incident and said a mortar round has landed away from the provincial government compound.
Gen. Radmanish further added that the attack has not inflicted casualties on the security personnel or civilians.
However, unconfirmed reports indicate that the mortar attack has left at least five people wounded, including security personnel.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban militants have not commented regarding incident so far.
The minister of defense and other senior security officials arrived in Ghazni province earlier today to review the security situation of the province.
Ghazni is among the relatively volatile provinces in southeastern parts of the country but the security situation of the province has sharply deteriorated during the recent months.
[Khaama Press] The Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties during the airstrikes conducted in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan in support of the ongoing operations.
The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in a statement said the airstrikes were conducted in Khumar Khel and Esa Khel areas of Moqor district.
The statement further added that the airstrikes were conducted as part of the ongoing Palang Sahra military operations which are jointly being conducted against the anti-government armed militants.
According to Thunder Corps, at least 41 militants were killed and at least 17 others sustained injuries during the airstrikes and military operations.
Two Dshk heavy machine guns installed on pickup type vehcles were also destroyed during the airstrikes along with a rocket launcher and PKM machine gune, Thunder Corps said, adding that the dead bodies of at least three militants were left behind by the other militants.
In the meantime, the Thunder Corps said a militant was killed during a separate clash with the security forces in Khair Kot district of Paktiak province and a Ak-47 assault rifle, a motorcycle, and Pakistani national identity card were also confiscated.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban militants have not commented regarding the report so far.
[Khaama Press] The Afghan military carried out artillery strikes on a gathering of the Taliban militants in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, leaving at least 3 dead.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the military personnel of the 1st Kandak, 4th Brigade of Silab Corps, carried out artillery strikes on a gathering of Taliban in Khogyani district.
The source further added that the artillery strikes left at least three militants dead while seven others sustained injuries.
According to Silab Corps, the militants had gathered in Mamla Bagh area to plan a coordinated attack on security posts when they came under attack.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban militants have not commented regarding the report so far.
Nangarhar has been among the relatively calm provinces since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 but the anti-government armed militants have been attempting to expand their foothold in this province during the recent years.
However, the Afghan armed forces are busy conducting counter-terrorism operations to suppress the militant groups.
The US forces based in Afghanistan also conduct airstrike almost on routine basis to prevent the militant groups expand their foothold in this province.
[Khaama Press] The US forces based in Afghanistan have carried out an airstrike on a hideout of ISIS Khurasan in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, leaving at least four dead.
The provincial government media office in a statement said the airstrike was carried out late on Saturday night in the vicinity of Achin district.
The statement further added that the hideout of the terror group was targeted in Bandar area and as a result at least four ISIS Khurasan militants have been killed.
Several weapons and munitions belonging to ISIS Khurasan militants were also destroyed during the airstrike, the statement added.
In the meantime, the provincial government said at least three Taliban insurgents were killed during an operation of the Special Forces of the Afghan intelligence in Khogyani district.
According to the governor’s office in Nangarhar, the three Taliban militants killed during the operation were the explosives experts and a large quantity of explosives was also destroyed during the operation.
At least two suspects were also arrested during the same operation, the provincial government said, adding that the local residents and security personnel have not suffered any casualty during the airstrike and the operation in Khogyani.
[Libya Observer] Spokesman of al-Bunyan al-Marsous Operation that ousted ISIS holy warriors from Sirte Brigadier Mohammed al-Ghosri said there are many reasons for the return of ISIS holy warriors to the scene, most notably the lack of support for the Sirte Protection and Security Force and the failure of the Presidential Council to provide the potentials needed.
In a statement to Tanasuh TV, al-Ghosri clarified that the lack of support to al-Bunyan al-Marsous and the non-payment of salaries, in addition to the Presidential Council’s indifference to their situation resulted in the return of ISIS activity in the south and central parts of the country.
He further noted that proposals had been submitted to the Presidential Council in order to support al-Bunyan al-Marsous to launch a new military operation against the remnants of ISIS who fled to the southern region.
Al-Ghosri also said that the U.S Africa Command (Africom) support will be required in the coming operation in the event of the Presidential Council’s approval of these proposals.
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I once had my pitchur taken in front of the Paul Bunyan statue in Bemidji.
[Libya Observer] Subul al-Salam Salafist Brigade in Kufra said that it had rescued three citizens from the city who were kidnapped by Chadian rebels.
On its Facebook page, the brigade stated that the liberation operation took place after armed festivities with Chadian groups, which were tracked in the area known as the gate of Kalanga near the Libyan-Chad border.
The brigade announced earlier that it had freed a number of citizens from Kufra who were kidnapped on the Libyan-Sudanese border by button men belonging to a Sudanese opposition movement.
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[Interesting Engineering] A prominent terrorist organization is making environmental headlines rather than the dangerous political ones often associated with them. Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group based out of Somalia with ties to al-Qaeda, reportedly banned the use of single-use plastic bags.
In what many have pointed out as ironic, the terrorist group made the ban because plastic bags are "a serious threat to the well-being of both humans and animals," according to the BBC.
This isn't the Islamic extremist group's first environmentally friendly announcement. The group has also barred members from logging rare trees.
However, none of this takes away the fact that Al-Shabaab militants have been accused of and connected to the deaths of thousands of people. They've been on the global watch list for over a decade. The deaths that occurred at the hands of these terrorists include arranging hotel bombings, truck bombings, and stoning a woman to death, according to media sources. In 2017, the terrorist organization was associated with a truck bomb that killed more than 300 people in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu in October.
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Get with the program, Islamo-dudes. Plastic bags was last years boogeyman. This season, it's plastic straws that are going to destroy all life on earth. Try and keep up.
[AlAhram] A member 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... 's security forces and a Bangladeshi resident were killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in Buraidah, a city in Qassim Province north of the capital Riyadh, the state news agency said on Sunday.
"Three gunnies opened fire on the security checkpoint located at Buraidah-Tarafiya road in al-Qassim. The security forces fired back, killing two terrorists, and wounding the third," said a statement published by the state news agency (SPA).
The authorities have begun a criminal investigation, which is still the subject of a security follow-up, and developments will be announced in due course, the statement added.
Qassim is one of the most conservative pockets of the country.
Analysts say many young men from the region joined al Qaeda 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... or Death Eater groups in Iraq.
Attacks on Saudi security forces became more frequent over the past few years after the authorities crushed an al Qaeda insurgency more than a decade ago.
In May 31, local media said two assailants stabbed to death a traffic policeman in the western Saudi Arabian city of Taif and then exchanged gunfire with security forces at a nearby National Guard facility.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Saudi interior ministry spokesperson confirmed that a terror attack involving bandidosbully boyz clashing with security officers on Sunday left two of Lions of Islam dead while one officer and another resident died during the attack.
A statement from the interior ministry said the attack took place at 3:45 pm local time in Buraidah, the capital of al-Qassim Region.
"A security checkpoint on the Buraydah-Tarfiyah road in Qassim region came under fire from three Lions of Islam riding in a vehicle on Sunday afternoon," the ministry said in a statement.
"Two of the bad boyz were potted and a third was maimed and transferred to hospital," it added.
Sgt. Suleiman Abdelaziz Abdel Latif was named as the Saudi fatality wile the ministry said a Bangladeshi resident was also killed, but did not announce his name.
A third attacker was injured during the clash and was transported to hospital.
Authorities said a criminal investigation has been launched into the attack.
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[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish air force strikes on suspected Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in the mountainous north of Duhok Governorate are setting fire to crops, causing many village communities to leave for the cities.
Lands surrounding Ozmana village, part of Doski tribal territory, have been subjected to bombardment twice since 1991 resulting in fires.
"As you can see the bombardment has had huge consequences," Salim Zahir, a resident of Navishke village, told Rudaw.
"It burns the crops and animals’ food. What shall this people do? If it continues like this, I believe people will not endure it. This is not in the interest of the PKK or The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... There are more than 260 villages in both Mangesh and Zawita districts. Many are just 40 kilometers away from the center of Duhok city.
"I hope there are no threats in Nihel, Nerwe, Rekan and Bare Gare regions so that people can have a normal life. This threat may even reach the center of Duhok. It is like a neighborhood in Duhok," Ahmed Haji Ahmed, a local farmer, told Rudaw.
Jalal Ozmani, a villager, has closely observed the bombardment of Ozmana, Navishke, and Ashane villages.
"I came out to the street and noticed where the missile targeted. When it went kaboom! the ground shook and I thought that the shop was collapsed due to the strength of the kaboom. Many kids abandoned the place but I did not," he told Rudaw.
There have been constant clashed between Turkey and the PKK for more than three years. The victims are the inhabitants of bordering area between the Kurdistan Region and Turkey.
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Diyala (IraqiNews.com) A security personnel has been killed in confrontation between Iraqi security troops and Islamic State militants, south of Diyala, local source from the province said on Sunday.
Speaking to Alghad Press, the sources said, “security troops are in clashes at the meantime against Islamic State cells in the vicinity of Jawad al-Bashu village, at the outskirts of Bahraz town, south of Diyala.”
The confrontations, according to the source, “are still ongoing. Addition security personnel headed to reinforce other troops there.”
The clashes “left a security personnel killed,” the source said, adding the losses among Islamic State is still unknown.
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) A policeman was killed, while another was injured in a bomb blast, south of Diyala, a security source from the province said on Sunday.
Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, “a bomb, placed on the side of the agricultural road, south of Bahraz, went off targeting a police patrol, leaving one personnel killed and another injured.”
Investigations were conducted, the source added.
Earlier today, a security personnel was killed in confrontations between Iraqi security troops and Islamic State militants, at the outskirts of Bahraz.
Diyala (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi police released on Sunday two Filipino women, who were kidnapped yesterday on a road linking the Iraqi capital Baghdad to the Kurdish city of Erbil, a police commander from the province of Diyala was quoted as saying.
The pair were traveling along with three other Filipino nationals on Saturday when their car broke down, Egyptian website Youm7 quoted two security sources as saying.
Tourists? Former ISIS members? The report is remarkably scant of information.
When the two left the car, unidentified men driving a yellow car pulled over and took them into an unknown location.
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Anbar (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State leader has been arrested in an ambush set up in west of Anbar province, the Iraqi Security Media Center said on Sunday.
In a statement, Brig. Gen. Yahia Rasool, the spokesperson for the center, said military intelligence managed to trap a dangerous Islamic State leader after setting up an ambush. He was arrested in al-Tarabsha region in Ramadi.
The militant, according to Rasool, “is one of the militants who planned and carried out several terrorist operations that targeted security troops and civilians.”
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi officer, two soldiers were killed as a bomb targeted their convoy in Anbar province, a security source said on Sunday.
Speaking to Baghdad Today website, the source said, “a bomb targeted an army patrol in al-Nakheeb region in Anbar, leaving a colonel and two soldiers, accompanying him, killed.”
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Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) ‐ An Iraqi criminal court has sentenced an 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.... fighter to death by hanging for killing 16 civilians and standing behind several kabooms in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , a judicial front man was quoted as saying.
"The convict admitted to executing 16 civilians, who were taken captive by Islamic State at a Mosul general hospital, as well as planting 250 explosive charges in Bartella town, about 21 kilometers east of Mosul," Judge Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, the front man for the Supreme Judicial Council, said in a statement.
"The convict also took part in the Islamic State firefight with security forces that lasted 25 days in Ain Al Safra area," al-Birqdar added.
Iraqi courts have sentenced tens of Islamic State members to death over joining the bully boy group.
The exact number of detained Lions of Islam is still unknown, however, it’s estimated to be at thousands. It’s also unclear how many members are likely to face death sentences.
Moreover, the Iraqi government did not provide estimates about number of the foreign detained Lions of Islam or those who have Arab or Iraqi origins.
Iraq’s anti-terrorism law empowers courts to convict people who are believed to have helped jihadists even if they are not accused of carrying out attacks.
Experts estimate that Iraq is holding 20,000 people in jail over suspected IS membership. There is no official figure, according to AFP.
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Mosul (Iraqinews.com) – Up to 27 Islamic State terrorists were killed and five of their hotbeds were destroyed during a military operation in Mosul city.
“Joint troops, backed by Iraqi Air Force, have sealed off a large swath of Badush mountains, west of Mosul, since yesterday and launched wide-scale combing operations to eliminate the growing terrorist threat there,” Ayn al-Iraq News website quoted Major Hammam Salem al-Obeidi as saying.
“The military operation resulted in the killing of 27 IS terrorists and destruction of three tunnels, five hotbeds and two caves that were used by IS militants,” al-Obeidi said.
“The operation against terrorist outposts in Nineveh province is ongoing in coincidence with the military operations in Kirkuk and Salauddin,” al-Obeidi added.
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh Police Command has announced killing an Islamic State senior leader, west of Mosul.
In a statement on Sunday, Brig. Gen. Hamad Names al-Jabouri, the commander, said “tribes and residents of Baaj killed Islamic State Wali of Baaj called Ahmed Farhan Hamdan al-Obaidi, known as Abu Aisha al-Turkmani.”
The operation, according to Jabouri, “left one of al-Turkmani’s companions, called Louai Ahmed Shatty, killed.”
Turkmani “is a dangerous militant who killed civilians and looted their properties,” he added.
The two members were killed by tribesmen in Baaj town, west of Mosul.
[IsraelTimes] Move reportedly marks first time the terror group has deployed fighters along security fence since weekly festivities began in March
Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, has reportedly begun returning its security forces to the border between the Gazoo Strip and Israel, the first time the terror organization has done so since the start of deadly festivities in late March.
The forces, part of a Hamas unit tasked with maintaining calm on the border and preventing rocket attacks by "rebellious" terror groups, were deployed on Sunday to at least two different points along the border, Hadashot TV news reported.
The report said the move was likely due to tensions between Hamas and Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... , and was intended to restore Hamas’s control of the border. On Friday, a member of the latter group mistakenly hurled a grenade at a group of Hamas fighters, killing one and injuring several others.
Despite the apparent effort to project calm, a report from the Kan public broadcaster said Hamas has been in a state of heightened readiness over the past month and has stepped up training for its military wing, in case of an armed conflict with Israel.
The Kan report said, however, that Israel’s defense establishment believes Hamas will forgo fighting in favor of improving the humanitarian situation in Gazoo, which faces a lack of electricity, drinking water, and proper sewage treatment.
The Hamas-run healthy ministry says 136 people have been killed since the start of the festivities. Many of those killed have been acknowledged as members of terror groups.
[IsraelTimes] Army says no troops injured in incident at Jit Junction near Nablus; suspect apprehended
A Paleostinian man threw a pipe bomb at an intersection in the northern West Bank Sunday, causing neither injury to nearby Israeli troops nor damage to their post, the army said.
A police sapper was called to the scene in order to disarm the bomb, and the Route 60 highway was temporarily closed in both directions, police said.
The incident took place at the Jit Junction, west of the Paleostinian city of Nablus.
IDF troops launched a search for the culprit, focusing on Nablus, with soldiers checking those entering and exiting the city, as well as sweeping the surrounding area.
A few hours later, security forces locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! a suspect in the attack, and found two additional bombs in his car, the military said.
[IsraelTimes] Firas al-Omari, 46, was convicted of joining Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", and planning a terror attack in the Negev to avenge the outlawing of Northern Branch of Islamic Movement
A court in the southern city of Beersheba on Sunday sentenced an Arab Israeli man to eight years in prison for planning terror attacks against IDF soldiers.
According to the charge sheet, 46-year-old Firas al-Omari from the village of Sandala was the leader of a terror cell that set out to avenge the outlawing of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel in November 2015.
Omari, a member of the Islamic Movement until it was declared an illegal group, joined Paleostinian terror group Hamas, the indictment said. He suggested that a bus stop or army base in the Negev desert would be a fitting target, and the attack was meant to be in the form of gunfire, stabbing or car-ramming.
In a separate offense, Omari was said to have hidden bomb components near his home in early 2016 and illegally possessed a rifle.
After a plea deal, the Beersheba District Court convicted Omari of contacting a foreign agent, membership in a terror group, making purchases for terror purposes, aiding a terror group and conspiracy to help an enemy at a time of war.
Judge Natan Zlotchover on Sunday sentenced him to eight years in prison, a suspended sentence of one year, and a fine of NIS 10,000 ($2,700).
"The offenses of which the defendant was convicted are grave, harm the State of Israel’s security and undermine its very legitimacy," Zlotchover wrote in his ruling, adding that the fact that Omari is an Israeli citizen increased the severity of the crimes.
Omari now has 45 days to appeal to the Supreme Court.
[PhilStar] Thirteen Abu Sayyaf militants surrendered Saturday night to troops in a village in Talipao, Sulu. They surrendered themselves and their firearms and promised to turn over more weapons after the initial processing at the Special Forces headquarters.
Military spokesman Rey Divino Pabayo said the latest surrender was caused by continuous military pressure coupled with allowing Abu Sayyaf members to surrender peacefully and avail themselves of government services. He said, "This is a clear manifestation that we are achieving our goal of clearing Sulu Province from the menace of the ASG through peaceful means by giving them a better option and to reembrace the true essence of Islam."
Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, head of Western Mindanao Command, welcomed the rebels' surrender and vowed to ensure they will get government support packages under the ‘Oplan Balik Loob’ program. He said, "We also urge the other remaining ASG members to do the same because there is nothing more fulfilling than to accomplish our mission without any bloodshed."
Earlier this year, President Rodrigo Duterte visited Sulu and where he met 70 former Abu Sayyaf rebels. He promised to provide assistance for those who voluntarily surrendered.
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[IsraelTimes] Monitoring group says target was a contingent of 'Iranian fighters' in the facility, which has been attacked by the Jewish state in the past
Syrian air defenses were activated near the T-4 air base in central Syria on Sunday night, in response to an Arclight airstrike on the facility, which Syrian state media attributed to the Israeli military.
Syria’s SANA news outlet claimed that the country’s air defenses "damaged one of the attacking aircraft and forced the rest to leave the airspace." The state mouthpiece also said that the air defenses intercepted a number of incoming missiles aimed at the base.
Defense analysts have noted that Syria regularly makes false claims about its air defenses’ success rates.
On Twitter, the Syrian state news outlet acknowledged that the airstrike caused damage to the T-4 air base, located between the cities of Homs and Palmyra.
Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP that the missile bombardment killed an unspecified number of "Iranian and pro-regime fighters" at the T-4 base and was "likely to be Israeli."
In addition to the Syrian army, Iranian fighters and Lebanese Hezbollah troops are also stationed at the air base, according to the Observatory.
An opposition news site claimed nine fighters allied with the Syrian regime had been killed in the strike. The report could not be confirmed.
As a rule, the Israeli military does not comment on its operations abroad.
Syria’s state TV outlet published a video of a flash in the dark sky, claiming it showed the air defenses responding to the bombardment.
According to Syrian news reports, the air defense fire aimed at the Israeli jets included the launch of Russian-made S-200 anti-aircraft missiles.
Israel has attacked the T-4, or Tiyas, air base on multiple occasions.
Israeli defense officials have claimed the base is being used by Iranian forces as part of the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s efforts to entrench militarily in Syria, something Israel has vowed to prevent.
For years, Israel has been waging a quiet campaign against Iranian interests in the country. That campaign came to light and began stepping up considerably in February, when an Iranian drone carrying explosives briefly entered Israeli airspace, before it was shot down, Israel says. Simultaneously, Israel launched a counterattack on the T-4 air base, hitting the mobile command center from which the drone had been piloted.
[AnNahar] Tens of thousands have returned to their homes in southern Syria since a ceasefire deal between regime ally Russia and rebels to end more than two weeks of deadly bombardment, a monitor said Sunday.
The deal was largely holding despite air strikes on two areas that killed four civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said, as rebel evacuations under the deal were postponed.
President's Bashir al-Assad regime is determined to retake control of the key southern province of Daraa bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, seven years after protests there sparked Syria's civil war.
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[FOX] The U.S. Army soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in an "apparent insider attack" on Saturday has been identified by the Pentagon.
[Khaama Press ] One US soldier was killed and at least two others sustained injuries in an apparent insider attack in South of Afghanistan.
[Interesting Engineering] A prominent terrorist organization is making environmental headlines rather than the dangerous political ones often associated with them. Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group based out of Somalia with ties to al-Qaeda, reportedly banned the use of single-use plastic bags. 
...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...
[IsraelTimes] Move reportedly marks first time the terror group has deployed fighters along security fence since weekly 
[PhilStar] Thirteen Abu Sayyaf militants surrendered Saturday night to troops in a village in Talipao, Sulu. They surrendered themselves and their firearms and promised to turn over more weapons after the initial processing at the Special Forces headquarters.
