#BREAKING Man kidnapped in Wershefana, west Libya. According to @LibyaReview sources the man kidnapped is Nasser Al-Dhawi brother of Moatassim Al-Dhawi (Head commander of the 55 Brigade) Our sources also confirmed Nasser was kidnapped by an armed group from Al-Zawiya. pic.twitter.com/rG5neEW2Gk
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] al-Qaeda faceless myrmidons have on Monday attacked a number of Sufi shrines in the Mudiyah district of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province, southern 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... Local sources in the province reported that al-Qaeda forces placed explosives under the tombs of Sufi scholars Ali bin Hilal and Ubaid bin Ahmed in al-Madara area, and demolished the graves under pretext of them being used for "heresy".
The destruction of shrines in the Mudiyah district is seen by some experts as a declaration of control over the area, after they attacked a number of security forces in March.
In December 2021, bad boy elements of the mercenary unit known as the al-Amaliqa Brigades had already destroyed a tomb and even attacked the historical al-Balkhi Mosque in Hays district of Hodeidah province.
[Dawn] Two Pakistain Army soldiers embraced martyrdom in the Sararogha area of South Wazoo district during a shootout with terrorists, the military's media affairs wing said on Tuesday.
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), armed snuffies attacked the soldiers in the Sararogha area, prompting immediate retaliation from the troops and an intense exchange of fire ensued.
The soldiers, after fighting gallantly among others, bit the dust, the statement said.
The martyred soldiers have been identified as 26-year-old Lance Naik Umar Ali Khan, a resident of Bannu; and 23-year-old Naik sepoy Muhammad Siraj ud Din, a resident of Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... The military said a clearance operation was being carried out in the area.
"Pakistain Army is determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve," the ISPR added.
On April 23, three soldiers were martyred in the Dewagar area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district during an exchange of fire with snuffies from across the Afghan border.
Similarly, in January this year, ten soldiers were martyred after snuffies attacked a security forces' checkpost in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Kech district.
The ISPR had said the "fire raid" by snuffies occurred on the night of Jan 25-26. One terrorist was also killed in retaliatory fire by the forces.
[Dawn] At least four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed while four others were maimed in a suicide kaboom outside the University of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's (KU) Confucius Institute, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident happened as a van, carrying staff members, was about to enter the Confucius Institute, located next to the commerce department.
Television footage showed a white van in flames with plumes of smoke rising from its remains. The windows of nearby buildings were also seen shattered from the impact of the earth-shattering kaboom.
CCTV footage of the attack showed a burqa-clad woman standing outside the entrance of the Confucius Institute. The woman detonated herself just as the van neared the institute's entrance.
Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar confirmed that four people had died. A handout from Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah’s office quoted the IGP as saying that the blast took place at approximately 2:30pm.
The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) grabbed credit for the attack.
A spokesperson for the university confirmed that three of the victims were Chinese nationals. They were identified as Confucius Institute Director Huang Guiping, Ding Mupeng and Chen Sai. The fourth victim was the van’s driver, Khalid.
The spokesperson also identified two of the injured as Wang Yuqing, a Chinese faculty member, and Hamid.
"Academic activities and public dealings will remain suspended at KU on Wednesday (tomorrow) to mourn the loss of the Confucius Institute's faculty members," the spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, SSP East Syed Abdul Rahim Sherazi had hinted that a "couple" of Chinese nationals, who were part of KU faculty, were among the dear departed.
BALL BEARINGS FOUND
Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) official Raja Umar Khattab said that the suicide attack was carried out by a woman, adding that ball bearings were found at the site of the blast.
He said the van was properly guarded as a Rangers team was escorting it which was why an improvised bomb (IED) was not used.
Responding to a question, the CTD official said he did not believe a security lapse was the reason behind the attack since thousands of students were coming and going out of the university and checking each of them was a problem.
Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon said that it was unfortunate that teachers had been targeted. Speaking to the media, he said that four others had been injured, including a Chinese national, a private security guard and a Rangers personnel.
Memon said that a Rangers team was accompanying the Chinese nationals. Asked whether a threat had been issued prior to the attack, the senior officer said that there was "always a threat".
He said tight security arrangements were already in place at the varsity, adding that any lapses would be "revisited". "Give us time to look at the CCTV footage and interview witnesses," he said.
Speaking to the media earlier, DIG East Muqaddas Haider said initial information showed the van was headed to the institute after leaving the hostel.
"The explosion took place at the van's right side at the [institute's] entrance," Haider said, confirming that four people had been killed.
[Rudaw] Seven hideouts belonging to the 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) were destroyed by the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in western Anbar on Monday evening, according to the force’s media, as part of the newly-launched security operations targeting the hard boy group in the west of Iraq.
The PMF foiled an attempted ISIS attack in Anbar’s Akaz area on Monday, where a booby-trapped house was set to target the forces’ fighters. The house, along with seven other ISIS dens and hideouts were destroyed by the PMF during the security operation in the area, according to the force.
The third day of Operation Solid Will’s second phase also saw the PMF brigades destroying four ISIS hideouts in Eith area south of Salahaddin in two separate phases, as well as finding two other ISIS dens and detonating an bomb in western Anbar. On Tuesday, a PMF commander in charge of operations in Anbar said the second phase of Solid Will was almost 75 percent complete.
Announced on Saturday, the newest phase of Operation Solid Will seeks to pursue and eliminate remnants of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the western provinces of Iraq, and is conducted under the supervision of the Joint Operations Command with the participation of the Border Guard Command, PMF, Iraqi Special Forces, the Counter-Terrorism Service, and the Rapid Response division,
...not to mention the kitchen sink, because that’s all that’s left ...
a statement from the Iraqi Security Media Cell read.
The operation is the latest extension of its first phase, which targeted ISIS cells in a three-day sweep in the provinces of Salahaddin, Anbar, and Nineveh, and was initiated on March 29. During the mission, 19 ISIS hideouts and six tunnels were destroyed, and numerous stockpiles of weapons and ammunition were discovered, including four Katyusha rockets and RBG7 launchers.
ISIS seized control of swathes of Iraqi land in 2014. The group was declared territorially defeated in 2017 but it continues to carry out bombings, hit-and-run attacks, and abductions across several provinces.
In its propaganda magazine on Thursday, ISIS claimed to have conducted 28 attacks in Iraq from April 14 to April 20, killing and injuring 51 people.
[Rudaw] Renewed Ottoman Turkish bombardment on Tuesday targeted a number of villages in Erbil province's Bradost area as Ankara’s ongoing operation in the Kurdistan Region nears its second week.
"Starting 10:00 am, the Ottoman Turkish army started bombarding some villages of Bradost," Sidakan mayor Ihsan Chalabi told Rudaw’s Bakhtyar Qadir.
There are no reports of damaged material or casualties, he added.
Ankara often bombards the Kurdish mountains under the pretext of targeting suspected Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) bases — a Kurdish gang fighting for greater rights for Kurds in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... with several bases in the Kurdistan Region. Turkey considers the PKK a terrorist organization.
Last week, Turkey marked the start of a new military operation, dubbed Claw-Lock, the offensive aims to target the group’s hideouts and ammunition on Turkey’s border with the Region’s Duhok province.
The Ottoman Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar, on Sunday, said once their recent anti-PKK offense is over, the group will no longer be able to cross Turkey’s borders with Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
Akar claimed that they have "neutralized" 56 PKK fighters since the fresh operation began last Monday. Ottoman Turkish officials use the term "neutralize" to imply surrenders, killings, or capturing. However, ars longa, vita brevis... Turkey has announced the death of six of its soldiers.
The PKK claimed on Monday that they have killed 218 Ottoman Turkish soldiers in Duhok and injured 48 others since the operation began. The group added that it lost 11 fighters in Avashin and Zap areas.
The Ottoman Turkish army has established dozens of outposts in the bordering areas in the Kurdistan Region in pursuit of PKK fighters that have fought Turkey since the 1980s.
Iraq and Tehran have repeatedly called on Ankara to leave the Iraqi land and respect the borders.
[Rudaw] The Ottoman Turkish defense ministry announced on Tuesday that three of its soldiers were killed and four others were maimed after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) carried out a rocket attack against them in Duhok province.
The incident is part of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ’s latest military campaign, dubbed Operation Claw-Lock, which was launched on April 18. The operation targets PKK positions in Duhok’s mountainous areas.
The Ottoman Turkish defense ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the PKK carried out a rocket attack against its troops in the operation’s conflict area, killing three soldiers and injuring four others.
A total of eight Ottoman Turkish soldiers have so far been confirmed dead by the ministry since the operation began. The PKK claims that the number of Ottoman Turkish soldiers is over 250. Both often release exaggerated corpse counts of the other side.
Ankara has claimed the death of 56 PKK fighters so far, while the group has only confirmed 11 deaths among its ranks.
The PKK identified three of its fighters who were killed in the initial days of the operation.
Operation Claw-Lock is the fourth stage of Ankara’s Claw operations against the PKK in the Kurdistan Region, with the first stage starting in 2019.
[Rudaw] Two Iraqi soldiers were killed Tuesday when a jacket wallahwent kaboom! during an army raid targeting 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.... group murderous Moslems north of Baghdad, security sources said.
A trapped murderous Moslem "detonated his explosives belt, killing a major and another soldier, also wounding three others", an interior ministry source told AFP, asking not to be named.
A second Islamist murderous Moslem was killed when he also tried to set off a suicide bomb in the army operation in the rural area of Tarmiya, the source said.
ISIS overran large swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria in 2014, declaring a "caliphate", before Baghdad declared victory in late 2017 after a grinding campaign. But a low-level jihadist insurgency has persisted, particularly in rural areas north of Baghdad around the city of Kirkuk and in the eastern provinces of Diyala and Salaheddin.
On Tuesday, Iraqi military command front man Yahya Rassoul said "43 Islamic State elements" had been killed in a recent operation in the northern province of Nineveh, of which the former ISIS bastion djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... is the capital.
According to a UN report last year, some 10,000 ISIS fighters remain active in Iraq and Syria.
[IsraelTimes] Military says dozens hurl stones, Molotov cocktails at forces in Aqabat Jabr refugee camp; 11 arrested overnight in raids across West Bank
A Paleostinian man was killed in overnight festivities with Israeli forces near the West Bank city of Jericho, Paleostinian officials said.
According to the Paleostinian Authority’s health ministry, 20-year-old Ahmed Ibrahim Owaidat was critically hurt by Israeli gunfire in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, southwest of Jericho, at dawn. He died several hours later at a hospital, the ministry said.
A military spokesperson told The Times of Israel that during an arrest operation in the camp, festivities erupted, "with dozens of Paleostinians who threw stones, set fire to tires and threw Molotov cocktails at the forces."
"The force responded with riot dispersal means and live fire," the spokesperson said, without directly confirming the dead man was a participant.
In a separate statement, the IDF said 11 Paleostinians suspected of involvement in terror activities were detained across the West Bank.
No soldiers were hurt in the operations, the military said.
Tensions between Israel and the Paleostinians have risen sharply in recent months against the backdrop of repeated terror attacks in Israeli cities that left 14 dead.
Some have been carried out by assailants linked to or inspired by the 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.... group.
Over the same period, 25 Paleostinians have been killed across the West Bank, many of whom were carrying out or attempting to carry out attacks, as Israel has stepped up operations in response to the terror incidents.
[An Nahar] The Israeli army announced Tuesday that it seized weapons on the border with Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ... , after having fired flares overnight over the border area.
"The army overnight detected suspects approaching the security fence from the Lebanese side and scrambled security forces to the location," Israeli army Arabic-language front man Avichay Adraee said in a tweet.
The Israel force discovered two machineguns and around 100 hand grenades, Adraee added.
"We will continue to work against any attempt to violate Israel’s illusory sovereignty or carry out acts of sabotage and smuggling on the border with Lebanon," the front man went on to say.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett later announced that the Israeli forces "foiled an extraordinary arms smuggling operation on the Lebanese border."
He said the forces seized "100 hand grenades that were supposed to be used to stage terrorist operations."
The development comes a day after a rocket was fired at northern Israel from southern Lebanon drawing retaliatory tank fire.
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[BenarNews] Authorities in the Philippines have disbanded about 20 private gangs working for politicians over concerns about potential poll-related violence ahead of the May 9 general election, the national police said Tuesday.
Most of the disbanded armed groups were from an autonomous Muslim region in the south, where some members of gun-for-hire organizations are known to have links to militants.
Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Standing Buffalo watched the circling Commanches and asked himself What would Geronimo do?... the election commission announced it was taking control in another eight municipalities to directly supervise polling officials and oversee security for the upcoming vote.
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[IsraelTimes] Attack would be the 3rd in Russia-dominated airspace in under a month despite tensions over Ukraine; state media says surface-to-surface missiles launched from northern Israel
Four Syrian soldiers were killed and three were hurt in an Israeli strike in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning near the capital Damascus, Syria’s state media said.
It was the third alleged Israeli attack in Syria this month.
The state-run broadcaster said Syrian air defenses responded to the Israeli attack. "Our air defenses confronted an Israeli aggression over the outskirts of Damascus," the SANA news agency said.
Syrian state media quoted an unidentified Syrian military official as saying surface-to-surface missiles were fired from northern Israel at military positions near Damascus.
The official claimed most of the Israeli missiles were shot down and that the Syrian military was still looking into the "results of the aggression."
The Syrian military claims to shoot down incoming missiles after nearly every alleged Israeli strike, which Israeli military officials and civilian defense analysts largely dismiss as empty boasts.
SANA released a video claiming to show an air defense missile streaking through the night sky.
In a later statement, the broadcaster said four soldiers were killed, three were hurt, and "some material losses" were caused.
Syria reported two other Israeli attacks near Damascus earlier this month, including a rare daytime Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... Separately, an Israeli military drone crashed in Syria on Tuesday. The Israeli Defense Forces said the incident was being investigated. No sensitive information was lost due to the crash and there was no risk of intelligence being taken from the device, the army said.
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