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ICE: 104K illegals arrested in fiscal 2020, 185K illegals deported, including 4200 gangsters and 31 terrorists
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ICE: 104K illegals arrested in fiscal 2020, 185K illegals deported, including 4200 gangsters and 31 terrorists


ICE Deports More Than 185K Illegal Aliens, 4.2K Gang Members in 2020
[Breitbart] The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency deported more than 185,000 illegal aliens in Fiscal Year 2020 including more than 4,200 gang members, despite operational disruption caused by the Chinese coronavirus crisis.

Between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020, ICE agents deported 185,884 illegal aliens from the United States. About 64 percent of those deported, 118,949 illegal aliens, had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges against them. Nearly 14,500 illegal aliens deported were family units while a little more than 4,000 were Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs).

The overwhelming majority, 92 percent, of illegal aliens deported from the interior of the U.S. had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges against them at the time of their deportation.

As suspected due to the coronavirus, deportations this year dropped by more than 30 percent compared to Fiscal Year 2019 deportations and more than 27 percent compared to Fiscal Year 2018 deportations.

Of the illegal aliens deported this year, 4,276 were known or suspected gang members and 31 were known or suspected terrorists. This year, ICE’s air travel deportation operation coordinated a record 76 charters to high-risk countries including Jordan, Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Mongolia.

There was a 160 percent increase in total deportations via ICE’s high-risk air travel deportations compared to last year. Likewise, ICE agents deported more than 350 high-profile illegal aliens including Bosnian national Saudin Agani, convicted of aiding a terrorist organization.

Agani is a relative of Bosnian illegal alien Dzenan Camovic, who was indicted this year for ambushing two New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers in June while shouting the phrase “Allahu Akbar.” Justice Department officials have said that Camovic is a supporter of the Islamic State (ISIS).

As President Trump has surged immigration enforcement, President-Elect Joe Biden has promised to halt deportations of illegal aliens — including convicted criminals — and wind down various interior enforcement measures.

Deportations for illegal aliens is a huge cost-savings for American taxpayers, research has found. The taxpayer cost of the roughly 11 million to 22 million illegal aliens living across the U.S. totals nearly $750 billion over the course of a lifetime while each deportation costs just $10,900. This indicates that taxpayers would save about $622 billion over a lifetime if every illegal alien was deported.

ICE Arrests 104K Illegal Aliens in 2020, Including 675 MS-13 Gang Members
[Breitbart] The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrested nearly 104,000 illegal aliens this year, including hundreds of MS-13 gang members who often arrive through the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program.

Between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020, ICE agents arrested 103,603 illegal aliens living in the United States — 90 percent of which had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges against them.

ICE placed detainers on 122,233 illegal aliens this year, which are requests by agents to local law enforcement agencies to hold an illegal alien in their custody until the suspect can be turned over to ICE for arrest and deportation. Sanctuary cities, counties, and states refuse to comply with detainers and instead free illegal aliens back into U.S. communities.

Of those arrested this year, 4,067 were known or suspected gang members. Of those gang members arrested, 675 were associates of the El Salvador-based MS-13 gang, which often traffics its recruits through the UAC program where unaccompanied minors are released into the U.S. interior after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

A total of 34 known or suspected illegal alien terrorists were among those arrested by ICE this year. ICE conducted nearly 24,000 at-large arrests, where agents take illegal aliens who are wanted for crimes or immigration violations into custody.

Vital to ICE’s arresting operations is the 287(g) program, where local law enforcement agencies sign agreements to help agents locate and arrest wanted illegal aliens in a streamlined fashion. ICE signed 150 287(g) agreements with local law enforcement agencies this year.

ICE conducted a number of arrest operations across various states this year including Operation Cross Check XI, which spanned from July to September and netted the arrest of more than 2,700 illegal aliens.

About 85 percent of the illegal aliens arrested in Operation Cross Check XI had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges with more than 5,800 criminal convictions and more than 3,200 pending criminal charges. Some of the convictions included homicide, assault, sex crimes, weapons violations, and robberies.

Today, there are anywhere between 11 million to 22 million illegal aliens living in the U.S.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/29/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  185,000 down.
19,815,000 to go
Posted by: Gleque Thud7337 || 12/29/2020 1:38 Comments || Top||

#2  My salute to those hard working boys and girls fighting this uphill battle.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/29/2020 8:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Another 99 years or so and we should be at zero
Posted by: Herb Big Foot3421 || 12/29/2020 16:07 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Kabul: VP Saleh to double Kabul police, 2 vehicles kaboomed, 1 toes up


Blast Targets Govt Employees’ Bus in Kabul
[ToloNews] An explosion targeted the employees of the National Statistics and Information Authority in Guzargah area in Kabul's PD7.

Kabul police said that one civilian was killed and five others were maimed in the earth-shattering kaboom. Police said the bomb was placed on a bicycle.

It was the second explosion of the day in Kabul.

In the first explosion, a security force vehicle was hit by a magnetic IED blast in Kabul city on Monday morning, Kabul police confirmed in a statement, adding that the blast caused no casualties.

The incident occurred around 7:50 am local time in the Kolola Poshta area in PD4 of Kabul city as a magnetic IED that was placed on a security forces vehicle went kaboom!, the statement said.

"The blast has no casualties," said Ferdous Faramarz, a front man for the Kabul police, but some eyewitnesses claimed there were casualties.

Faramarz said investigations are ongoing.

No group has yet grabbed credit for either blast.

Saleh: Kabul To Double Police Force
[KhaamaPress] Amrullah Saleh First Vice President announced on Monday that the presidential palace has decided to double the number of local police in Kabul city in a bid to reduce violence, target attacks, and security incidents.

The decision is based on Target killing escalation and attempted assassinations in the capital that sparked outrage among the public.

During the 6:30 a.m. meeting, Saleh said, according to a study, Kabul has the lowest number of police in proportion to the capital’s population.

Security outposts in mountains were handed in the region is handed over to the military, Saleh added.

The decision emerged in a time when residents raised their concerns over increased magnetic IED explosions, assassinations and that they cope with such incidents in a routine manner.

Almost every single day there is an incident of targeted attacks and improvised explosive device blasts in the capital of Afghanistan, such attacking tactics also dominated other parts of the country.

Recently, Freshta Kohistani (Activist), Elyas Dayee (Reporter), Yama Siawash ( Reporter, Advisor), Rahmatullah Nikzad (Freelance reporter), Malalai Maiwand (Journalist), public figures, and some government officials were killed in shooting and IED attacks.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/29/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Fighting Persists in 6 Kandahar Districts: Officials
[ToloNews] Local officials in Kandahar said that festivities have been ongoing in six districts over the last three months, leaving "thousands" of families displaced.

Officials said major changes have been made in the leadership of the army and police in the province, but the security situation has not improved.

"Kandahar is on the verge of collapse. There is corruption in Kandahar," said Gul Ahmad Kamin, an MP.

Arghandab, Zherai, Argistan, Panjwai, Maiwand and Shah Wali Kot were secure districts but are now battlegrounds with heavy fighting between government forces and the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
, local officials said.

"Some officials and politicians contacted district officials, made phone calls and troops left certain areas, and, in some parts, they have made some compromises," said Hashim Alokozai, a senator.

The government appointed Gen. Shafiqullah Rasulzai as the new commander of the Atal Army Corps and Farid Mashal, a close aide to former police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq, as security officer of the provincial police headquarters.

"More changes will also be brought to the security ranks in Kandahar so that we have a security leadership that will continue to do the job responsibly," said Hayatullah Hayat, Kandahar's governor. "There are three reasons behind the lack of progress in areas that have fallen to the Taliban."

"Hundreds of Taliban members, including key members, have been killed. Also, wide areas have been cleared of the Taliban in these districts," said Fawad Aman, a front man for Defense Ministry.

Local officials said the festivities have displaced at least 6,000 families.

"We have not received specific help. We have received some food," said Abdul Qayum, a member of a displaced family.

"There are 6,050 families that have been displaced to the city of Kandahar. They are registered in the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation and have been introduced to non-government organizations," said Dost Mohammad Nayab, head of the refugees and repatriation directorate in the province.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/29/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Taliban Abducts ’15 Passengers’ in Ghazni Province
[KhaamaPress] Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
have kidnapped 15 passengers on the Qarabagh Highway in the Ghazni province on Sunday.

According to the local officials, the Talibs stopped a vehicle carrying 15 passengers.

These abductees were on their way from the Jaghori district to the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province.

On the other hand, Ghazni’s representative in the parliament, Arif Rahmani confirmed to Khaama Press, that Talibs have kidnapped 15 passengers in Qarabagh of Ghazni province.

Adding that these murderous Moslems have previously kidnapped six other passengers, so far they were not released.

Reports indicate, that this is not the first time that Talibs have taken passengers on their way to Ghazni.

Earlier, the murderous Moslems have also kidnapped passengers on the Maidan Wardak and Ghazni highway, specifically in the Jalriz district.

Taliban have not yet commented over the abduction of the passengers.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/29/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


1 cop killed, 3 Wounded in Farah’s Anardara Attacks
[KhaamaPress] At least one policeman was killed in a Taliban
...Arabic for students...
attack in Farah province on Monday morning.

Mohibullah Mohib, a front man to Farah Police HQ, told Khaama Press that prior to the festivities a Humvee type vehicle loaded with explosive wanted to target district police headquarters in Anardara of Faryab province, but exploded before reaching its target.

Mohib Added, following the earth-shattering kaboom, the Taliban initiated their offensives in which a government security member was killed and three others were maimed.

According to the provincial police front man, the incident happened at around 6:30 am on Monday.

Afghan defense forces rebuffed the murderous Moslem’s attack, during the skirmish four Taliban fighters were also killed and eight others were maimed, Mohib added.
At least the ratio of Talib casualties to good guys is leaning in the right direction.
The situation is said to have been under the control of Afghan national security forces.

Taliban have not yet commented on the attack.

This comes as 11 al-Qaeda members and Two Taliban commanders were killed during AAF Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province, MoD stated.

MoD said, the airstrikes took place in the Nawa district of the Helmand province, the fighters killed during the air raid, were involved in training the Taliban affiliated members in making bombs.

Massoud Ahmad an al-Qaeda controller is also among the dead, MoD said in a statement.
Very well done.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/29/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Azerbaijan Says Soldier Killed in Armenian Ambush
[AnNahar] Azerbaijan said Monday that one of its soldiers was killed during a skirmish with Armenian separatists, in an apparent escalation of hostilities underminding a recent Russian-brokered ceasefire.

The defense ministry said in a statement that an illegal group of Armenian fighters in territory adjacent to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region carried out the ambush on Sunday.

"As a result of the attack, a soldier of the Azerbaijan army... was killed," it said, noting another serviceman was maimed but in a stable condition.

A peace deal mediated by Russia ended in early November six weeks of fighting between Azerbaijan and separatists backed by Armenia for control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

More than 6,000 people were killed in the conflict before the peace agreement that saw Armenia cede swathes of territory it had controlled for decades to its longstanding rival.

Azerbaijan said on Monday that six Armenian fighters died in the attack near the village of Agdam, which was captured by Baku's army in November.

The defense ministry vowed to take "decisive measures" if repeat attacks were carried out by Armenian troops.

A Russian peacekeeping force of around 2,000 soldiers deployed to Karabakh as part of the terms of the November accord.

The mission reported earlier this month that one Russian solider died during a mine-clearing operation but says the peace deal is largely holding.

Azerbaijan revealed earlier in December that at least six servicemen had died since the November 10 peace accord was agreed.

Separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh broke from Azerbaijan's control in a war in the 1990s that killed some 30,000 people.

Its declaration of autonomy has not been recognized by any country, including Armenia.
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Europe
Small European Migrant Colonist Roundup
Just the past few days, and just Breitbart, but it gives a sense of what is happening over there. Breitbart’s latest Britain and Europe articles can always be seen here, dear Reader, if you don’t want to wait for someone else to get around to posting articles.
French Muslim Attacked After Posting Christmas Dinner Photo Online
28 December
[Breitbart] A 20-year-old Muslim was subjected to an assault from an acquaintance and several others after he posted pictures of a Christmas dinner on social media and was called a “dirty son of a white man”.

The victim, a resident of the city of Belfort, is also the son of a local police officer and filed a complaint against the individual who made the threats, that are thought to have been motivated by anger at seeing a Muslim celebrating the Christian holiday.

“Dirty son of a white man, son of a snake, son of policemen… I’m going to show you what a real rebeu is,” the message said, newspaper Le Figaro reports.

The term rebeu or beur is French slang denoting a person from a North African migration background who was born in France, and is sometimes used as a pejorative.

After receiving the threat, the victim made arrangements to meet with the acquaintance but was ambushed by a group of five individuals who beat the 20-year-old and threatened him not to complain to the police.

“Justice has opened an investigation. No place for separatism in our country, no place for racism wherever it comes from,” French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin commented on Twitter.

According to an Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe (OIDACE) report released in July of this year, anti-Christian attacks in France have risen by 285 per cent from 2008 to 2019.

Macron Gave French Muslims Two Weeks to Renounce Political Islam, But Little Progress Made Six Weeks On
28 December
[Breitbart] Muslim groups were given two weeks to sign on to a “Republican values charter” by French President Macron after a series of terror attacks, but six weeks later the groups have yet to agree on and finalise a signed document.

The charter called on Muslim groups to rejected political Islam and reject anti-Semitism, homophobia and other issues frequently observed among those who subscribe to ultra-conservative and radical ideologies of Islam.

The charter refers to political Islam as “the political and/or ideological currents commonly referred to as Wahhabism; Salafism; the doctrine of the Muslim Brotherhood; and more generally any local movement, transnational or international that aims to use Islam to establish a political doctrine,” Le Journal du Dimanche reports.

Three Muslim groups rejected this definition of political Islam, however. One of these, Musulmans de France, is said to have close ties to the radical Muslim Brotherhood.

Another draft of the charter was created by the Turkish-linked Millî Görüş, one of the largest Islamic groups in Europe, which operates in several countries within the European Union.

The first draft was also leaked to the French media and led Franco-Egyptian Muslim activist Marwan Muhammad to call on Muslim groups to reject the charter saying on Twitter, “I invite all mosques, associations and imams to whom there is still a minimum of dignity not to sign this charter, which is nothing less than an act of alienation.”

Mr Muhammed became the executive director of the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) in 2016. Following the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty by a radical Islamist Chechen refugee in October, Presiden Macron ordered the dissolution of the CCIF along with several other Islamist-linked groups.

The CCIF executive director has also been accused of having ties to Islamists himself, including the Muslim Brotherhood.

Other issues have caused conflict with the groups including a debate over apostasy or individuals leaving Islam, which according to the religion is a crime, with some Muslim-majority states such as Iran making leaving Islam punishable by death.

Courtesy of Bobby:
46% of "Swedes" in COVID ICU are "Migrants"
27 December
[Breitbart] A total of 46 per cent of those in ICUs in Sweden are from migrant backgrounds according to a report. Given that Sweden’s foreign-born population is around one-fifth of the total number of residents of the country, the figures suggest that migrants are serious over-represented in coronavirus statistics.

According to a report from Swedish newspaper Expressen, migrants also account for nearly half of those who have died of the Wuhan coronavirus under the age of 65, with native Swedes making up the majority of those over 65 who have fell victim to the disease.

The paper notes several reasons that migrants have been disproportionately affected by the disease such as socio-economic factors as migrants have a much higher unemployment rate than native Swedes, and the paper also lists overcrowding and larger average household sizes. Nevertheless, migrants are much younger, than average, than the broad Swedish population.

After Migrant Camp Burns Down, Hundreds Stuck Out in Balkan Snows
26 December
[Breitbart] Hundreds of migrants on Saturday were stranded in a burnt-out squalid tent camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in the country and temperatures suddenly dropped amid a wintry spell of bad weather.

Migrants at the Lipa camp in northwest Bosnia wrapped themselves in blankets and sleeping bags to protect against biting winds in the region, which borders European Union member Croatia.

A fire earlier this week destroyed much of the camp near the town of Bihac that already was harshly criticized by international officials and aid groups as inadequate for housing refugees and migrants.

Authorities have failed to find new accommodation for the migrants at Lipa, leaving around 1,000 people stuck in the cold, with no facilities or heating and on meager food parcels provided by aid groups.

Bosnia has become a bottleneck for thousands of migrants hoping to reach Western Europe. Most are stuck in Bosnia´s northwestern Krajina region as other areas in the ethnically divided nation have refused to accept them.

To get to Croatia, migrants often use illegal routes over a mountainous area along the border. Many have complained of violence and pushbacks by the Croatian police.

Sweden: Asylum Seeker Interpreter Told Migrant Not To ‘Smear Islam’
26 December
[Breitbart] Interpreters in Sweden for asylum seekers and other migrants have been accused of major misconduct with one interpreter telling an asylum seeker not to “smear Islam.”

Interpreters in Sweden fall into two categories, those with official government authorization and those without, but that authorisation can be stripped in cases of abuse or misconduct as faulty interpretations can greatly affect asylum claims, trials, and other cases.

According to a report from Swedish television broadcaster SVT, there are high standards to strip the authorization of an interpreter and those that have had their authorization stripped were accused of serious misconduct such as engaging in multiple scams. In one case uncovered by the broadaster, a translator is said to have told off the migrant he was supposed to be translating for after the individual had spoke critically of Islam.

The broadcaster notes that as many as four out of five complaints made against interpreters are usually ignored totally and written off, while those who have their authorization removed are still able to work as interpreters. Some unauthorised interpreters have even received jobs from the Swedish state.

After reviewing cases in which interpreters had been reported for misconduct, the broadcaster found one case in which an interpreter was accused of engaging in 47 fraud scams, another where an interpreter ruined a trial of a person accused of murdering a child, causing a mistrial, and a case of an interpreter linked to an anti-semitic radical Islamist group.

A lack of interpreters following the height of the 2015 migrant crisis may have led to police in the city of Helsingborg having to release a teen who was suspected of murdering another teen because they were unable to find an interpreter in 2017.

While the bar is high for removing authorisation of most interpreters, that was not the case for one interpreter in 2016 who was suspended for criticising mass migration and claiming that Arab migrants lied in order to get asylum in the country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/29/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems


Iraq
US-led Coalition’s convoy targeted in roadside bombing in southern Iraq: report
[AlMasdar] On Monday, Iraqi security sources told al-Sumaria TV said that an improvised bomb (IED) targeted a convoy belonging to the U.S.-led Anti-ISIS Coalition in the Diwaniyah Governorate of southern Iraq.

The security source, who requested anonymity, told al-Sumaria TV on Monday that the convoy belonging to the International Coalition was carrying logistical equipment, when it was targeted by the bomb.

They explained that the convoy was exposed to an bomb on the international road in Diwaniyah Governorate.

The security source did not clarify whether the earth-shattering kaboom had resulted in casualties and losses to equipment.

This latest explosion comes a week after a number of missiles targeted the central part of the Iraqi capital, which is where the famous "Green Zone" area is located.

These Katyusha missiles were reportedly fired from the eastern part of the capital and they were targeting the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Since the missile attack on the Green Zone, the Iraqi security forces have arrested the head of a powerful faction inside the Hashd al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Units) coalition, which operations all over the country.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/29/2020 03:37 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Rockets, drones fly as Gaza terrorist groups hold joint military drill
[JPost] Iran requested that the terror groups carry out the joint exercise to send a message to Israel that any attack could be responded to from all fronts.

Terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip fired a barrage of rockets toward the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday and warned that they would respond to all Israeli action with "full force and unity" as they held a joint military exercise throughout the Strip.

Iran had requested that the Gazan terrorist groups carry out the joint exercise in order to send a message to Israel that any attack would be met with force on all fronts, according to KAN news.

Pictures published by Palestinian media from the beginning of the drill showed the launching of rockets as well as drones belonging to the terrorist groups in the air above the Gaza Strip.

"The occupation leadership must realize that the mere thought of an adventure against our people will be faced with full force and unity, and it will carry many surprises, God willing," said Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesman Abu Hamzah in a speech marking the beginning of the drill.

The spokesman added that the terrorist groups in Gaza "will not allow the Zionist enemy to impose rules of engagement that it does not consent to," adding that "shame agreements and failed normalization ceremonies will not change anything on the ground."

The main groups expected to participate in the drill belong to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Fatah.

Twelve armed groups will participate in the joint drill, which "comes in the context of enhancing cooperation and joint action between the resistance groups to raise their combat readiness permanently and continuously," according to a statement by the Gaza-based Joint Operations Room, a group consisting of various terrorist factions.

According to the groups, the drill aims to send a "message of deterrence" to Israel. "The main message is that the Palestinian resistance groups are ready to respond to any Israeli aggression," a Hamas official in the Gaza Strip told reporters.
Posted by: Frank G || 12/29/2020 06:41 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip fired a barrage of rockets toward the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday

good target choice, it is easy to hit and won't fire back
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/29/2020 12:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Money to burn.
Posted by: Dale || 12/29/2020 14:31 Comments || Top||

#3  They should always test their rockets at night for the entertainment value.
Posted by: jpal || 12/29/2020 17:33 Comments || Top||

#4  I hope all their suicide vests worked.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 12/29/2020 19:26 Comments || Top||

#5  Habibs should be required to test their suicide vests beforehand in their own bedrooms. Helps greatly reduce innocent casualties.
Posted by: jpal || 12/29/2020 19:51 Comments || Top||


Rocket sirens blare in south as projectile fired from Gaza fails to cross border
Perhaps they should stop buying their maps from the BBC.
[IsraelTimes] Alarms wail in Kibbutz Kerem Shalom, days after 2 rockets were fired into Israel, drawing retaliatory Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s.


Rocket sirens blared in southern Israel early Tuesday morning for the second time in under a week as a projectile fired at Israel from Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
failed to cross the border.

The alarms went off shortly after midnight in Kibbutz Kerem Shalom, near the southern part of the Gaza Strip and Israel’s border with Egypt.

The Israel Defense Forces said, "One launch was identified from Gaza that did not cross into Israeli territory."

It wasn’t immediately clear if the projectile was a rocket or mortar shell.

On Tuesday morning terrorist groups in the Strip are set to hold a joint military exercise that will include all of the gangs in the territory. The joint drill, which will be led by the Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, 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...
terror groups, will be the first of its kind, the Ynet news site reported.

Terrorists in the Strip are expected to fire rockets into the Mediterranean Sea as part of the exercise, which is set to last around half a day, the report said.
Target-rich environment
On Friday evening, bully boyz in Gaza fired two rockets into Israeli territory that were downed by the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system. The projectiles set off sirens in Israeli communities north of the Strip including Ashkelon, Zikim and Netiv Ha’asara.

Hours later, early Saturday morning, the IDF attacked the Hamas in Gaza in response to the rockets.

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PA arrests Hani Abu Salloum, affiliated with Mohammed Dahlan.


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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russian warplanes launch powerful strikes along Syrian-Turkish border
[AlMasdar] The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a series of heavy strikes over the northeastern countryside of the Latakia Governorate on Monday, hitting a number of sites belonging to the foreigner-led Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP).
... Uighur jihadi group based in Badakshan, Afghanistan and listed under Tehrik-e-Taliban in the Al Qaeda organization table. Their Syria subsidiary currently reports to Al Nusra in the Idlib-Latakia region, where the Russians and Americans take turns shooting them — they’re on their third Number 1 in three years...
Prior to the start of the Russian strikes, their reconnaissance planes were seen flying over the al-Jabal al-Akrad region of northeastern Latakia, as they monitored the jihadist forces moving around the Syrian-Ottoman Turkish border.

According to a military report from the Latakia Governorate, the Russian Aerospace Forces unleashed a powerful attack on the Turkestan Islamic Party’s positions in the Kabani hills, inflicting heavy damage to the aforementioned jihadist group’s dens in this rugged area.

The Russian Aerospace Forces have recently intensified their attacks over the Jabal al-Akrad region of northeastern Latakia, with a high concentration of these strikes targeting the Kabani hills and its surroundings.

Kabani is a strategic town that is under the control of the Turkestan Islamic Party. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has attempted to capture this mountaintop town on several occasions in the past two years; however, all of they have been repelled each timie.

The town’s proximity to the strategic city of Jisr al-Shughour (Idlib countryside) makes Kabani a high priority for the Syrian Army and their Russian allies.

Jisr al-Shughour is strategically located along the M-4 Highway (Aleppo-Latakia Highway) and the city itself is under the control of jihadist groups, who have turned into their primary base inside Syria.
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Ain Issa: Syrian Army deploys to entrance, Turkish-backed forces continue attack, Russian units deploy


Syrian Army deploys to entrance of SDF-held town as Turkish-backed forces continue attack,
[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has deployed troops to the outskirts of a strategic city in the northern region of the Arab Republic, sources from the military said on Monday.

According to the sources, the Syrian Arab Army, along with the Russian military police, deployed its forces to the western outskirts of Ain Issa, which is currently being targeted by the Ottoman Turkish-backed murderous Moslems.

The reports said that the Syrian Arab Army is only deployed to the entrance of Ain Issa; they have not reached an agreement to enter the town, despite preliminary reports on Sunday and Monday.

On Sunday, a military expert told Sputnik Arabic that the Russian Reconciliation Center reached an agreement with the Syrian Democratic Forces to handover the town of Ain Issa to the government and SAA.

However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
despite this report, a source from the Syrian Arab Army has denied any agreement to handover the town, which was later corroborated by the Syrian Democratic Forces on Monday.

Meanwhile in northern al-Raqqa, the Ottoman Turkish-backed gunnies continued their attacks on the Ain Issa countryside, as their forces heavily targeted the nearby villages of al-Musharifah and al-Jahbah with heavy artillery and rockets.

Should the SDF agree to handover Ain Issa to the Syrian Arab Army, this should end the attacks by the Ottoman Turkish-backed murderous Moslems; however, nothing is guaranteed, as the Syrian Army shares control of Tal Tamr with the SDF in northwestern al-Hasakah, but this has not stopped the gunnies from attacking the area.

Russian army reinforcements pour into northern Syria as Turkish-backed forces threaten key town
[AlMasdar] The Russian Ministry of Defense deployed additional military units to northern Syria, amid tense conditions there, with the intensification of festivities between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and factions loyal to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
The deputy director of the Hmeimim Center for Reconciliation of the Conflicting Parties in Syria, affiliated with the Russian Defense Ministry, Marine Major General Vyacheslav Sitnik, said in a statement issued on Sunday evening:

"With the aim of strengthening efforts to stabilize the Ain Issa region, additional units of the Russian Military Police arrived today."

Sitnik indicated that unstable conditions were recorded in the Ain Issa region, adding that "agreements were reached previously during negotiations with the Ottoman Turkish side on establishing joint Russian-Syrian points."

The deputy director of the Hmeimim Center called on the parties involved in the exchange of fire to stop the escalation.

The Ain Issa region in northern al-Raqqa is witnessing continuous festivities between the Ottoman Turkish-backed factions and the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Turkey has extended its control over an area about 30 kilometers inside northeastern Syria, since the launch of its military operation "Peace Spring" on October 9, 2019.
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Syrian civilians pelt US military convoy with rocks in Qamishli
[AlMasdar] A number of Syrian civilians took to the International Road in the al-Qamishli countryside recently to express their discontent with the American troops, as they were greeted with a great deal of hostility from the locals.

In a video shared on social media, the civilians were filmed pelting the U.S. military vehicles that were traveling through the al-Qamishli countryside of the al-Hasakah Governorate.

As shown in the Twitter video below, the U.S.-led Coalition vehicles can be seen continuing on its way, despite the clear hostility from the local population in the al-Qamishli countryside.

This is not the first time that the U.S.-led Coalition troops have been targeted by rocks from locals in al-Hasakah; they have been subjected to this treatment since their forces withdrew from the Ottoman Turkish border and abandoned posts they shared with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria.

Also facing the wrath of the local population is the Russian Armed Forces, who were the recent recipients of several rocks pelted at their convoy near the town of Ain Issa in the al-Raqqa countryside.

The local populations in al-Hasakah and al-Raqqa have called on both the U.S. and Russian troops to protect them; however, thus far, both forces have refrained from confronting The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
in northern Syria.
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Turkish forces withdraw from military post surrounded by Syrian Army in Aleppo
[AlMasdar] The Ottoman Turkish observation point, which was besieged by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) at the summit of Jabal Andan in the northern countryside of Aleppo, has been abandoned by the Ottoman Turkish Armed Forces after they began their withdrawal process in November.

According to Sputnik Arabic, who visited the site, the last Ottoman Turkish soldiers at the observation post in Jabal Anadan were monitored withdrawing food and water packages from the base and moving toward another site in the areas controlled by their allied holy warriors.

The news hound also monitored the earthen fortifications and mounds that were located inside the outer concrete wall of the point, while some traces of small fires were observed that seemed to have resulted from limited explosions at some sites inside the point, with the aim of concealing their features similar to what Ottoman Turkish forces did before withdrawing from the observation points .

Field sources told Sputnik that the Jabal Anadan point began witnessing the dismantling of its parts about a month ago, and although the dismantling and transfer of equipment were going at a relatively slow pace, the complete evacuation operations ended on Sunday.

The source stated that the Ottoman Turkish withdrawal operations did not witness anything out of the ordinary, as it was carried out in a "smooth" manner and under the direct supervision of the Russian military police, which was accompanying the Ottoman Turkish troops.

With the withdrawal of the Jabal Anadan point, the Tal al-Akhdar point adjacent to the town of al-Eis in the southern countryside of Aleppo has become the only observation point currently surrounded by the Syrian Arab Army.
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