Pakistain-based terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... , led by 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks criminal mastermindHafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat. He is periodically placed under house arrest so it looks like the govt is doing something. Once the heat is off they let him go.... , maintain their training camps in some provinces of Afghanistan and some of them are directly under the Taliban ...Arabic for students... 's control, according to a UN report.
The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team cites a UN Member State as saying that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Deobandi group ideologically closer to the Taliban maintains eight training camps in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. , three of which are directly under Taliban control.
India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti, in his capacity as Chair of the Taliban Sanctions Committee, also known as the 1988 Sanctions Committee, transmitted the report to be "brought to the attention of the members of the Security Council and issued as a document of the Council."
The report said that Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Deobandi group led by Masood Azhar ...One of the major players in Pak terrorism. In early 1994, India incarcerated him for his activities. In 1995, foreign tourists were kidnapped in Jammu and Kashmir. The kidnappers included his release among their demands. One of the hostages managed to escape but the rest were eventually killed. In 1999, he was freed by the Indian government in exchange for passengers on hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 that had been diverted to Kandahar. The hijackers were led by Masood Azhar's brother, Ibrahim Athar. Once he was handed over to the hijackers, they fled to Pak territory despite the fact that Islamabad had earlier stated that any of the hijackers would be jugged at the border. The Pak government had also previously indicated that Azhar would be allowed to return home since he did not face any charges there. Shortly after his release, he made a public address to an estimated 10,000 people in Karachi, firing up the rubes against America and India... , is ideologically closer to the Taliban. Qari Ramazan is the newly appointed head of JeM in Afghanistan.
It added that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is described in the previous Monitoring Team reports as having provided finance and training expertise to Taliban operations.
Within Afghanistan, according to one Member State, it is led by Mawlawi Yousuf, the report said, adding that in October 2021, according to one Member State, another LeT leader, Mawlawi Assadullah, met with Taliban Deputy Interior Minister Noor Jalil.
The same Member State reported that in January 2022, a Taliban delegation visited a training camp used by LeT in the Haska Mena district of Nangarhar.
"The group was said to maintain three camps in Kunar and Nangarhar. Previous LeT members have included Aslam Farooqi and Ejaz Ahmad Ahangar (a.k.a. Abu Usman al-Kashmiri), both of whom joined ISIS-K, the report said.
Another Member State said that there was no evidence of the presence of JeM and LeT in the region as a consequence of effective security operations targeting them, according to the report.
The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the Taliban Sanctions Committee is the first report since the August 15 takeover of Kabul by the Taliban.
It notes that the period between then and April 2022 has seen the Taliban consolidate control over Afghanistan, appointing 41 United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... -sanctioned individuals to the Cabinet and other senior-level positions in their de facto administration. They have favoured loyalty and seniority over competence, and their decision-making has been opaque and inconsistent.
The report further said that the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistain (TTP) constitutes the largest component of foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan, with their number estimated to be several thousand.
Meanwhile report also mentions that the change in the name of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine "suggests a refocusing" of the terror group from Afghanistan to Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... , a UN report has said.
The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team submitted pursuant to resolution 2611 (2021) concerning the Taliban and other associated individuals and entities constituting a threat to the peace stability and security of Afghanistan was released on Saturday.
The report said that being subordinate to the al-Qaeda core, the AQIS is maintaining a low profile in Afghanistan, where the majority of its fighters are located. AQIS is reported to have 180 to 400 fighters, with estimates by member states inclining toward the lower figure.
"Fighters included nationals from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Pakistain and were located in Ghazni, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , Kandahar, Nimruz, Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... and Zabul Provinces.
It also added that AQIS capabilities are assessed as "still weakened from losses as a result of the October 2015 joint United States-Afghan raid in Kandahar's Shorabak district. AQIS has also been forced by financial constraints to adopting a less aggressive posture.
It also added that AQIS capabilities are assessed as "still weakened from losses as a result of the October 2015 joint United States-Afghan raid in Kandahar’s Shorabak district. AQIS has also been forced by financial constraints to adopt a less aggressive posture.
As with al-Qaeda core, new circumstances in Afghanistan may allow the group to reorganise itself. The 2020 name change of the AQIS magazine from Nawa-i Afghan Jihad to Nawa-e-Gazwah-e-Hind suggests a refocusing of AQIS from Afghanistan to Kashmir. The magazine reminded its readers that al-Zawahiri ...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra... had called for jihad in Kashmir following the Da’esh Sri Lanka attacks of April 2019, the report said, nine months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August last year.
[Garowe] A senior al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... commander was on Wednesday arrested in Lower Jubba, in yet a milestone in the war against the Somalia-based murderous Moslems, who have been terrorizing people in the Horn of Africa nation, including innocent civilians.
For the past several weeks, Somali National Army [SNA] has intensified its crackdown against the murderous Moslems, who still control large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia. The hard boyz have also intensified attacks in various strategic areas across the country.
State media reported that Mohammed Abdi Mukhtar, a senior al-Shabaab leader who is known within the group [Sakhrawi] to hide his identity, was arrested by the elite Danab Special Forces, who get training from the US Africa Command during an operation in the West of Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region.... According to the military, four of Sakhrawi's bodyguards were killed during his arrest. For a long time, the commander has been evading arrest, despite topo tip-off from the locals who have been working with the military to degrade the murderous Moslems.
The Danab Special Forces have been working closely with the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission [ATMIS] in various operations even in the absence of the US military. The US announced recently that it is dispatching close to 500 soldiers to the Horn of Africa nation.
Last month, members from the SNA's elite commando unit killed 11 al-Shabaab fighters near Kismayo and recovered several weapons, including a PKM machine gun. The military also arrested a number of hard boyz during the crackdown, reports indicate.
The US has announced that its soldiers will be reporting in Somalia soonest to help in the fight against al-Shabaab, in what could tremendously boost efforts by local soldiers. The US has been a traditional partner of Somalia both on matters of security and development.
[Garowe] The war against wildlife and drug trafficking in Kenya was boosted following the recent arrest of one of the notorious suspects, who has been evading police and intelligence teams' radar for a couple of years.
A joint operation conducted by authorities in Kenya and the US led to the arrest of Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh, for whom the US had announced a reward for information leading to his arrest. He was one of the two notorious criminals being sought by the State Department.
Officials in the US say their Kenyan counterparts received information that led to the arrest of Saleh in Garissa County near the Kenya-Somalia border in Liboi. An embassy statement said U.S. and Kenyan law enforcement officials cooperated to apprehend Saleh, The Voice of America reports.
Last Thursday, the US placed $1 million bounties on the information leading to the arrest of Saleh. Another suspect Abdi Hussein Ahmed still remains on the lam but security forces have activated the mission to have him arrested for drug trafficking.
Eric W. Kneedler, chargé d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, said Monday’s arrest of Saleh "would not have been possible without the public’s support. He appealed for information leading to Ahmed’s arrest.
Reports indicate that Saleh is currently held in a cop shoppe within Kenya's capital, Nairobi as authorities process his extradition to the US to face charges. The United States and Kenya are close partners on matters of counterterrorism and economic reforms.
Saleh was arrested back in 2019 for drug trafficking but released on bail, according to the U.S. State Department. A statement said he was a runaway with an outstanding warrant for his arrest. A federal grand jury in New York indicted him in 202, VOA noted.
The two; Saleh and Ahmed, are accused of distribution, transportation, and smuggling of 190 kilograms of rhinoceros horns and 10 tons of elephant ivory from different African countries.
Kenya has been battling to control wildlife and drug trafficking for decades and various operations have led to the arrest and prosecution of dozens of people. The US has been a close partner of Nairobi in fighting such vices which are detrimental to the economy.
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Stavropol resident Anzor Laipanov to five years in prison for recruiting a minor to IS and publicly justifying terrorism.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Anzor Laipanov, a resident of the North Caucasus, accused of assisting terrorist activities and publicly justifying terrorism, the press service of the FSB for the Stavropol Territory reported.
"In 2020, Laipanov persuaded a minor resident of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug to travel to Syria to participate in the activities of the Islamic State international terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation, and also posted publications and images on the social network publicly justifying terrorism," Interfax quoted department's message.
The Stavropol citizen was sentenced to five years in a penal colony, and also deprived of the right to administer websites for a period of one year, Kommersant Rostov-on-Don reported with reference to the department. The UFSB emphasized that the "softness of the sentence" was due to the fact that at the "moment of the crime" Laipanov was a minor, the publication notes.
The Southern District Military Court delivered a verdict in the case today, before that 11 court hearings took place, follows from the case file on the court website. There were no comments from the convict or his official representatives regarding the court verdict.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that in August 2021, a military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a resident of the Stavropol Territory, Ikboljon Shamshidinov, to 10 years in prison , finding him guilty of justifying terrorism and recruiting acquaintances into the ranks of terrorist organizations banned in Russia "Islamic State". and Jabhat al-Nusra.
[Rudaw] A roadside kaboomwent kaboom! on a group of Ottoman Turkish soldiers in the country’s Kurdish province of Siirt on Tuesday, killing a soldier and injuring another, state media reported, blaming the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) for the earth-shattering kaboom.
The incident took place in Pervari district while the soldiers were patrolling the area, Anadolu Agency reported, claiming that the bomb was planted by the PKK. Two Ottoman Turkish soldiers were maimed, with one of them succumbing to his injuries.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ’s defense ministry also confirmed the death of one soldier in Tuesday’s incident.
Turkey regularly carries out military operations against the PKK in the southeastern part of the country and in the Kurdistan Region.
The PKK is an gang fighting for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey. It is designated as a terrorist organization by Ankara.
The Ottoman Turkish army has carried out seven stages of a series of military operations, code-named Eren, against the PKK in Kurdish areas.
The operation is named after 15-year-old Eren Bulbul who was killed during a clash between Ottoman Turkish forces and the PKK in Trabzon province on August 11, 2017. According to Ottoman Turkish media, Bulbul had spotted some PKK fighters in his hometown Macka, and subsequently informed the police. When he accompanied the police to the area, he was killed. The PKK confirmed their involvement in the clash, but did not mention Bulbul.
[Rudaw] A senior member of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... 's main opposition party was freed Tuesday on the same day she was jugged Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! following a conviction for having insulted President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... and other public officials.
The sentence against Canan Kaftancioglu, who leads the Republican People's Party (CHP) in Istanbul, also bans her from running in next year's legislative and presidential elections.
On May 12, the Supreme Court ...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations... of Appeals confirmed Kaftancioglu's conviction on three counts including over an anti-Erdogan tweet.
Although her sentence was for four years, 11 months and 20 days, party officials earlier told AFP she would be freed at any time as can happen for sentences shorter than five years.
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Istanbul on May 21 to express their support after the court handed down its sentence.
Kaftancioglu, a doctor by profession, played a key role in the surprise victory of the CHP's Istanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu in 2019 -- the first time Erdogan's party had lost power in Turkey's biggest city for 25 years.
Imamoglu himself will appear in court on Wednesday on charges of insulting public officials. If convicted, he faces up to four years in jail.
Kaftancioglu will attend the hearing, her office said.
Political opponents have accused Erdogan's government of putting pressure on the opposition ahead of next year's vote.
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murderous Moslems were killed in an overnight shootout in Rajpora Awantipora area of south Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... 's Pulwama district, police said on Tuesday.
"AwantiporaEncounterUpdate: 02 #gunnies killed. #Incriminating materials including 02 AK 47 rifles recovered. Search going on, " a police front man said.
In a separate statement, IGP Kashmir identified the slain murderous Moslems as Shahid Rather of Tral and Umar Yousuf of Shopian. "Besides other terror crimes, terrorist Shahid was involved in killing of a woman Mst Shakeela of Aripal and a govt employee/ peon Javid Ahmed of Lurgam Tral," IGP Kashmir said.
The encounter broke out on Monday afternoon after security forces cordoned the area following inputs about the presence of the holy warriors.
Security forces have recovered 44 explosive shells and cases in the last two days in parts of J&K's Rajouri district after which a few suspects have been detained in the matter.
Officials said that a team of police and Armys' Rajouri town regiment raided a scrap dealer shop in main town area on Tuesday from where four empty cases of High Explosive shells were recovered.
They said that some leads were developed during preliminary investigation after which 18 more empty shell cases were found by the security forces.
The joint security forces' team on Wednesday afternoon launched searches in upper Nonial village area of Nowshera and recovered 22 shells most of which were live, an official said.
Three soldiers were maimed after a kaboom inside a private hired vehicle in Sedow area of south Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... 's Shopian district on Thursday, police said.
A police front man while confirming the development said it was being investigated whether the blast was due to a grenade or IED planted inside the vehicle or malfunctioning of battery adding the injured soldiers have been hospitalised.
Quoting sources, news agency KNO identified the three injured soldiers belonging to the 15 Garhwal as Ajab Singh, Parveen singh and Pawan Rawat. The trio was shifted to district hospital Shopian from where they were shifted to 92 base hospital Srinagar, the report said.
A man was shot at by bandidosLions of Islam in Chidren, Keegam area of south Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... 's Shopian district on Wednesday evening, police said.
"Terrorist fired upon one #civilian Farooq Ahmad Sheikh in Chidren, Keegam area of #Shopian.
He got injury in leg & has been shifted to hospital. His condition is stated to be stable," a police front man said.
[IsraelTimes] Incident occurred Monday in the southern Negev desert; defense source says UAV was unarmed, interception coordinated with Egypt.
An unarmed Egyptian drone was intercepted by Israeli fighter jets over the southern Negev desert earlier this week, the Israel Defense forces said Wednesday.
According to the military, the incident occurred Monday near Mount Sagi, situated only a few kilometers from the border with Egypt. The IDF said the unmanned aircraft was monitored as it crossed into Israeli airspace.
The UAV, operated by the Egyptian military to monitor 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.... activity in the northern Sinai desert, apparently ran into technical issues causing the operators to lose contact as it accidentally entered Israeli airspace, a defense source said.
The downing of the aircraft was coordinated with Egypt, the source added. The IDF said the incident was being investigated.
The incident came as Israeli air defenses were on high alert following Iranian threats to respond to the liquidation of a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer.
The military did not say why it kept the incident under wraps for two days, but Army Radio cited Egyptian sensitivities over the matter.
Egypt is battling an Islamic State-led insurgency in the Sinai that intensified after the military overthrew an elected but divisive ...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled... Islamist president in 2013. The hard boyz have carried out scores of attacks, mainly targeting Egyptian security forces and Christians.
In 2018, it was reported that Israeli drones, fighter jets and helicopter gunships carried out more than 100 Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s against Islamic State-affiliated hard boyz over a two-year period in the area, close to Israel’s border.
In May, the Islamic State accused Israel of assassinating a local jihadist group leader in an airstrike.
While security coordination between Jerusalem and Cairo is known to be close, the ties are unpopular in Egypt, despite three decades of official peace. In order to keep the cooperation under wraps, the Israeli aircraft are often unmarked and sometimes use indirect routes in a bid to cover up the origin of the strikes, The New York Times
... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported at the time.
Israeli and Egyptian officials have refused to confirm or comment on the reports.
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Turkish forces shelled on Wednesday villages in the southeastern countryside of Kobani, northern Syria, with heavy artillery.
The shelling affected the villages of Qijkran and Abu Nituna near Kobani Cement Factory, a local source told North Press.
“Approximately, four shells hit the vicinity of the factory,” the source added.
Days ago, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara would soon launch new military operations along its southern borders to create “30-km deep safe zones in response to threats coming from these regions.”
Turkey has recently intensified its attacks by shelling the border villages with heavy weapons to intimidate the population, displace them and replace them with the families of its affiliated armed factions, known as Syrian National Army (SNA).
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) June 1, 2022
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Wednesday it arrested four wanted ISIS cells members, including a leader, in the southern countryside of Hasakah, northeast Syria.
With the support of the Global Coalition, the SDF managed to arrest four wanted ISIS members in the village of Ghariba in the countryside of Markadah, south of Hasakah, a military source in the international coalition told North-Press
“The leader had participated this yera in carrying out terrorist attacks, targeting civilians and security and military forces. He also had connection to other ISIS members who were recently arrested,” the source added.
“The arrested leader had security duties during ISIS control of the region,” the source said.
In a statement, the SDF announced that its forces carried out on Tuesday a sweep campaign to pursue ISIS cells in the town of Markadah, and that they arrested four wanted members of ISIS cells.
The members of the cell were providing ammunition to other cells each consisting of four members.
#Turkey bombs Tel Abyad western countryside in #Syria’s Raqqa after five members of Turkish-backed opposition forces were killed and injured in a blast in Tel Abyad city. #SNAhttps://t.co/Nsj3yPFT1l
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The Turkish forces and their affiliated opposition factions (SNA) bombed on Wednesday villages in the western countryside of Tel Abyad, north of Raqqa, north Syria, with heavy weapons.
Turkish forces and the SNA control the city of Tel Abyad and its eastern countryside, while some villages in the western and southern countryside are out of their control.
The bombing followed the killing and injury of members of the SNA in Tal Abyad, as a result of an explosion in the afternoon hours of Wednesday.
An eyewitness from the western countryside of Tel Abyad told North press that “The Turkish forces targeted the villages of al-Ahmadi, Qartil and the village of Riz, 25 km west of Tel Abyad.
“The Turkish shelling is still ongoing, albeit sporadically, on villages in the western countryside of Tel Abyad,” the source added.
In October 2019, Turkish forces launched a military operation called “Peace Spring” against the majority-Kurdish areas of Tel Abyad and Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) in northeast Syria.
The operation, which was conducted with the support of Turkish-backed factions of the opposition-aligned Syrian National Army (SNA), caused the internal displacement of over 300,000 individuals.
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) June 1, 2022
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied on Wednesday that it targeted the city of Tel Abyad, which is under the control of the Turkish forces and their affiliated opposition factions (SNA) in northern Syria.
The Sere Kaniye and Tel Abyad areas have been under the control of the Turkish forces and the affiliated armed opposition factions since late 2019, after they invaded the area, causing the displacement of nearly 300,000 indigenous people, according to human rights reports.
This came after pro-Syrian opposition websites and pages published news of missile strikes carried out by SDF targeting the center of Tel Abyad city.
Five people were killed on Wednesday afternoon and about twenty others were injured in an explosion in the center of Tel Abyad city. The explosion targeted a military center near Tel Abyad Hospital. Local sources suggested that the targeting was carried out by Russian drones.
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Turkish forces bombed on Wednesday the villages of Awn al-Dadat and Muhsinli, north of the city of Manbij in northern Syria, with mortar shells.
“The bombing started this afternoon and lasted for about two hours,” an informed source from the Manbij Military Council told North Press.
The populated villages were struck with 20, causing a state of panic among the residents, according to the source.
The Turkish bombing coincided with a Turkish drone targeting the village of Arab Hassan with several bombs.
The source did not mention any material damage or causalties.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) liberated Manbij from ISIS rule in 2016, and the city is now under the control of the SDF-aligned Manbij Military Council.
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A drone targeted on Wednesday the medical clinics building in the town of Tel Rifaat in the northern countryside of Aleppo, causing great damage to the building.
The building includes gynecological clinics and pediatric surgery. However, no casualties were recorded because the building was empty, an eyewitness told North Press.
Since early May, the Turkish forces have escalated the shelling of villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo triggering panic and fear among residents in addition to material losses.
On Tuesday, Turkish artillery fired shells on the village of Aqiba, Soghana and Deir Jamal, south of Afrin, according to a local source.
The villages’ residents stayed in the basements, fearing of the heavy shelling, the source indicated.
The town of Tel Rifaat, which embraces part of the IDPs of Afrin region, has been threatened with invasion by Turkey and its affiliated factions since residents of Afrin fled their areas and headed towards the northern countryside of Aleppo amidst successive shelling that the town is witnessing.
Syrian government forces accompanied by Russian forces are running the town of Tel Rifaat and its vicinities, where their posts have been deployed since 2018.
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) June 1, 2022
Turkish forces shelled on Wednesday two villages in the north of Manbij, a city in Aleppo eastern countryside, northern Syria.
Media Center of Manbij Military Council, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said that the Turkish forces shelled the two villages of al-Mehsinli and Awn Dadat with heavy artillery.
The center added that the Turkish forces fired about 14 shells. However, no casualties were reported.
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) June 1, 2022
The Office of Refugees & Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Affairs of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) said on Wednesday that more than 200 families were forced to flee to safe areas, as a result of the Turkish military escalation in northern Syria.
The office said in a statement that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is compromising with the West on launching a military operation in northern Syria in return for agreeing to Sweden and Finland to join NATO.
Since the Turkish President’s threats on May 23, dozens of villages and towns in the northern countryside of Aleppo, and the cities of Kobani and Ain Issa, and reaching the northern countryside of Hasakah, have been subjected to violent bombardment.
The statement said that more than 200 families were forced to flee from their homes, heading to camps of al-Twahina, Tel al-Saman, Newroz and the city of Hasakah.
The office warned that the ongoing escalation exacerbates the humanitarian crisis in the region and increases the burdens of the AANES.
“The timing aims to hit the agricultural season, which is already affected by weather factors. Syria is suffering from a severe shortage of wheat,” the office added.
The office called on the international community and international organizations concerning with human rights to work to stop the Turkish violations. It also called for not turning northeast Syria into a bargaining chip between Turkey and Western countries.
It also called for the opening the Tel Kojer (Al Yarubiyah) crossing border to deliver humanitarian and medical aid to the AANES areas.
Tel Kojer crossing, which is located on the Syrian-Iraqi border, was closed after the veto of Moscow and Beijing in the UN Security Council in early 2020.
The closure of al-Yarubiyah Crossing (Tel Kojer) continues and this prevents the entry of humanitarian aid, which puts humanitarian pressure on the displaced in the AANES areas.
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