Troops of the Nigerian military deployed for Operation 'Hadin Kai' on Saturday foiled ambush attacks on some motorists and commuters in the Bama axis of the North-East, PRNigeria reports.
The attacks, which occurred on two highways in Borno State, were staged by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).
It was learnt that the terrorists had first set up multiple checkpoints at Banki Junction on Saturday to aid the abduction of civilians in the Bama local government area of the state.
PRNigeria learnt from a top military intelligence commander that mobile troops of 151 Task Force Battalion, on patrol within the general area, foiled the insurgents' operation immediately after responding to a distress call.
According to the commander, the ISWAP fighters who had held some civilians captive on the road, fled on sighting approaching troops.
The terrorists left their victims behind, he said.
He added that the rear screen of a commercial vehicle was damaged by gunshots, but there was no loss of life.
Similarly, troops of 152 Battalion, on a separate patrol along Bula Yobe-Darel Jamel Road on Saturday, responded to a distress call about another ISWAP attack on motorists.
Meanwhile, in another development, seven Nigerian soldiers survived bomb attacks when they ran into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by ISWAP terrorists along Maiduguri-Damboa Road.
An intelligence source said the troops were on a long-range patrol to protect commuters when the incident occurred.
"The soldiers from the 134 Special Forces Battalion 7 Division Garrison Maiduguri were escorting commuters when their vehicle stepped on the IED planted along the route Delwa-Bulabulin, Damboa Local Government Area on Saturday, February 12, 2022.
"No fatality was recorded during the incident but 7 soldiers sustained injuries and were evacuated to Maiduguri for prompt medical attention."
[Dawn] Two key suspects belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) were arrested in an operation conducted by the security forces in the border town of Chaman on Sunday.
The search operation was conducted on a tip-off about the presence of suspected forces of Evil in the border town.
According to security officials, the suspects confessed that they belong to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and the TTP and were working under a TTP commander who is operating from Spin Buldak, the border district of Afghanistan close to Chaman.
More often spelt Spin Boldak...
"They have confessed to killing Levies Force personnel in Chaman and are also involved in a grenade attack on Levies officials last week," officials said.
Four suicide jackets, 10kgs of kaboom, two hand-grenades, three bundles of prima cards, eight IED controllers, two remote controls, four cells, 10 detonators, 100 rounds of SMG and 90 rounds of pistol, one mixer and one box were seized from the possession of the suspects, they said.
A case was registered against the suspects and they were shifted to an unknown location for investigation.
Shafaq News/ Turkey's warplanes reportedly bombarded sites of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) inside the territory of the Kurdistan Region for the fourth time today, Sunday.
A security source told Shafaq News Agency that the bombardment mainly targeted the vicinity of Mount Qarah in Amedi district, north of Duhok.
The size of the damages was not immediately clear, according to the source.
Turkey has recently intensified its aerial and artillery bombardment on border areas within the Kurdistan Region. Ankara says it is targeting PKK fighters deployed on its borders with the region.
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Shafaq News / The Counter-Terrorism Service announced arresting eight ISIS terrorists today.
The service said in a statement that its forces launched two military operations in al-Anbar and Saladin governorates, where they arrested six terrorists.
According to the statement, another terrorist was ambushed and detained in Babel.
The eighth terrorist was arrested in al-Sulaymaniyah, in cooperation with the Asayish forces.
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Shafaq News/ Iraqi warplanes destroyed a pivotal headquarters of ISIS terrorist group in Kirkuk, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said on Sunday.
The SMC said that the Iraqi F-16 fighter jets bombed a site of the terrorist organization in the Zghaytoun valley, southwestern Kirkuk.
Rudaw spells it Zghitun...
"The airstrike was carried out in accordance with intel provided by the Counter-Terrorism-Services (CTS) in cooperation with the targets designation panel of the Joint Operations Command," the SMC said.
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Shafaq News / Al-Anbar's police command arrested 19 terrorists today, while the Baghdad operations command announced detaining a terrorist and seizing explosive devices north of the governorate.
The police command said in a statement that it will publish a part of the terrorists' confessions, who were involved in many crimes in al-Anbar, in which many were killed and huge parts of the governorate's infrastructure were destroyed.
For its part, the Baghdad operations command said a terrorist was arrested while trying to enter the governorate. In addition, 15 explosive devices were detonated by the explosive ordnance disposal squads.
Earlier today, the Counter-Terrorism Service announced arresting eight ISIS terrorists today.
The service said in a statement that its forces launched two military operations in al-Anbar and Saladin governorates, where they arrested six terrorists.
According to the statement, another terrorist was ambushed and detained in Babel.
The eighth terrorist was arrested in al-Sulaymaniyah, in cooperation with the Asayish forces.
[JPost] A drone was shot down by the international coalition operating in Iraq after a number of drones were detected flying from Iraq's eastern border towards Erbil on Saturday night, Iraqi media reported on Sunday evening.
According to the reports, the international coalition stated that the drones were threatening its forces in Erbil and that intelligence efforts were ongoing. Iraq's eastern border is shared with Iran, although the reports did not specify if the drones had crossed the border or been launched from within Iraq.
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"Which way did they come in from?"
"The direction of Iran. But there's a LOT of Iraq in that direction, too."
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[IsraelTimes] Four Paleostinians maimed in festivities; troops entered Silat al-Harithiya to demolish floor of home belonging to terror suspect in killing of Israeli yeshiva student.
Israeli troops opened fire on a group of armed Paleostinians during a firefight surrounding the demolition of the home of a terror suspect near Jenin in the West Bank late Sunday, the army said. Paleostinians reported that a 17-year old was killed.
Mohammad Akram Ali Taher Abu Salah, 17, died after being shot in the head by live Israeli fire, according to the Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry. In a statement, the Israeli military said that troops had come under fire and that "soldiers fired at several armed [Paleostinians] who they identified at the scene."
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[IsraelTimes] Police say eight suspects have been arrested in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood for public disorder, as officers brace for more violence.
Two of the suspects allegedly maced passersby, and the others hurled stones, police say.
"In the past day we have witnessed disinformation and misinformation circulating on social media in relation to various events in the area, along with violent mostly peaceful and inflammatory online discourse, and unlawful attempts to ignite the area," police say in a statement.
"The Israel Police will continue to act with determination and with zero tolerance against violence of any kind, violation of public order, and illegal attempts to harm coppers or civilians," the statement adds.
The nationality of the suspects was was not immediately clear.
Right-wing activists plan a protest in the flashpoint neighborhood later this evening.
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces announced yesterday finding the bodies of two smugglers after thwarting an infiltration attempt by individuals and vehicles coming from Syria on Friday.
The Jordanian forces have been implementing intensive searching and inspections along the border strip with Syria where the smugglers’ bodies were found with amounts of narcotics and they were referred to the competent authorities, a military source of the armed forces told media outlets.
On Sunday, the Jordanian army announced confiscating large quantities of drugs, military ammunition and vehicles prepared for smuggling from Syrian border.
The security forces confiscated on Friday amounts of 9,343,000 pills of Captagon, 38,900 tramadol pills, 7,096 handful of cannabis (Hashish), 199 BKCs, 63 Kalashnikov weapons and two vehicles.
In late January, the Jordanian army declared it killed 27 drug smugglers and wounded others to foil attempts of smuggling large quantity of narcotic substances coming from Syria.
In January, Amman informed Damascus of the need to combat smuggling.
In September, al-Hunaiti received Syrian Minister of Defense Ali Ayoub in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
The two parties discussed coordination to ensure the security of the common borders between the two countries, the situation in southern Syria, combating terrorism, and joint efforts to confront cross-border smuggling.
Jordan forces thwarted a smuggling operation of over 15 million of Captagon pills in 2021 and 5,5 million in the first two weeks of 2022.
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday announced that they had arrested a financier in the former Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) capital of Raqqa, who confessed to funding the terrorist organization in a video.
The arrestee, named Mohammed Ahmed Kurz, hails from the city of al-Bab in northern Syria. He says he was coerced under threat to supply ISIS with funds, usually sent from nearby The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... and the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib.
"I started working with Ibrahim [Kurz's associate] in Raqqa in 2021. He tasked me with receiving cheques from Idlib and Turkey and distributing them to ISIS cells in al-Hol camp," said Kurz.
Around 56,000 people live in the notorious al-Hol camp in Hasaka, northeast Syria (Rojava), the majority of whom are women and kiddies accused of being affiliated with ISIS.
He mentioned that Ibrahim would smuggle explosives from the aforementioned areas and use them to threaten large merchants in Raqqa to supply ISIS for money.
"Ibrahim had planted a bomb under the building in which I resided, and this was one of the bombs he threatened merchants with to fund ISIS," he added.
However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... the SDF claims that Kurz himself led a blackmailing ring in Raqqa, forcing people to finance ISIS cells. The Kurdish-led force says that Kurz was arrested as he received an bomb that was to be detonated in front of a shop in the city.
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in the combing operations carried by #SDF, many #ISIS sleeper cells, who were on the wanted list of SDF for years and were hiding in the area, were arrested.https://t.co/y96fxV6kw8
TEL-TAMR, Syria (North Press) – The SDF combing operations in search of ISIS militants are continuing. There is no specific timetable for ending the security operations, Hussein Salmo, commander of the Military Council of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Jazira region, said on Sunday.
Since last month, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have started extensive combing campaigns in the city of Hasakah and its countryside, following the attack by ISIS militants on al-Sina’a prison, which houses about five thousand members of ISIS, in Hasakah’s Ghweran neighborhood, northeast Syria.
Extensive combing operations within the area have been conducted by the security forces, in search of ISIS members whom the SDF believes participated in the attack on the prison, and a number of them may have escaped from prison during the attack.
“The combing operations are carried out to maintain the security and stability of the region. These operations include the neighborhoods of Hasakah city and its countryside, which extends to the town of Tel-Tamr in the north,” Salmo said.
The commander of the Military Council said that “during the 20-day combing operations, many ISIS mercenaries and its sleeper cells were arrested and many weapons and explosive materials they had were seized.”
“So far, the results of the combing operations are positive,” he added.
Many ISIS sleeper cells, who were on the wanted list of SDF for years and were hiding in the area, were arrested, Salmo said.
“The combing operations are continuing with no specific timetable to finish,” the commander of the Military Council stressed.
AIN ISSA, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the Turkish forces and the affiliated opposition factions bombed the countryside of Tel-Abyad, Ain Issa, and the M4 motorway, north of Raqqa, with missiles and heavy weapons.
Ten villages in the countryside of Tel-Abyad and Ain Issa have been bombed since 1:00 p.m by the Turkish forces and opposition factions,” North Press reported a source from SDF.
According to the source, the villages of zanoubia Sawwan, Um Hwesh, Hoshan, Mu’allaq, Kor Hassan, Khirbat Baqara, Hemar, Nu’et and the M4 motorway, were hit with heavy weapons.
Three shells fell north of the Abu Surra junction, next to a Syrian government military point, west of the town of Ain Issa, the source said.
“Dozens of shells fell on those villages, which are only a few kilometers away from the town of Ain Issa,” local residents said.
The bombing was launched from two Turkish bases in the villages of Salb Qur’an and Dinai, a military source told North Press.
The bombing came in tandem with the flight of Turkish reconnaissance planes over Ain Issa town and its countryside.
A person was killed in the bombing on the M4 motorway. It also caused material damage to the property of the residents of those villages mentioned.
The town of Ain Issa and other areas in north Syria are continuously bombed by the Turkish forces and the opposition factions.
The mutual bombing between the government and the opposition escalated, without changing in the map of control on the ground #Syria’s #Idlib.https://t.co/X5IbPRrxD6
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the de-escalation zones in northwest Syria witnessed military escalation and exchange of shelling between the Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed opposition factions.
The opposition factions’ sites in the towns of Kansafra, al-Bara, Sufuhn, al-Fatira, Benin and Harsh Benin in the Zawiya Mountain area, south of Idlib, were hit with artillery and missiles by the government forces, North Press reported military sources in the opposition.
The bombing resulted in the death of a person in the town of Kansafra, according to the same sources.
The opposition factions’ sites near the towns of San and Madelia, east of Idlib, the town al-Enkawi, west of Hama, were also bombed by the government forces, the sources added.
In Turn, the government forces’ sites in the town of Miznaz in the western countryside of Aleppo, were hit with heavy artillery and missiles by al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room,” the sources added.
Following days of relative decrease in the military actions, the mutual bombing between the government and the opposition escalated, without changing in the map of control on the ground.
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