Bottom line, there never was going to be peace. Always someone or another will find some reason to break the latest truce-under-negotiation, never getting as far as a proper hudna.
[AnNahar] Armed Death Eaters exchanged fire with soldiers in Mali on Wednesday, plunging peace negotiations into disarray in the first clash this year between government forces and the main Tuareg rebel alliance.
A Malian army colonel said fighters from the Tuareg-led Coordination for the Movements of Azawad (CMA) had ambushed military positions in Lere, a central town near the Mauritanian border.
"Groups of armed Tuareg rebels have been attacking us since 4:00 pm (1600 GMT). We are fighting back and defending our positions," a Malian army colonel told AFP from the scene of the exchange in Lere.
The source said the hard boyz had arrived in several vehicles from the west of the town.
"We are under fire. Everybody is hiding at home. The rebels are shooting, the Malian army too," a local councilor told AFP by telephone as gunshots rang out in the background.
The attacks came on a day of violence which started when unidentified hard boyz opened fire on troops at a national guard camp in northern Mali, killing two soldiers and a child, security sources told AFP.
The gunnies struck at 5:00 am (0500 GMT) in the former Islamist stronghold of Goundam, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the ancient city of Timbuktu, a Malian security source said.
The attack, which has not been claimed, comes a day after the head of MINUSMA, the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... peacekeeping mission in Mali, voiced concerns for the west African nation's fragile grinding of the peace processor.
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On Monday, the pro-government Imghad and Allies Tuareg Self-Defense Group (GATIA) was accused of violating a ceasefire when it seized key rebel positions in the desert town of Menaka, while U.N. vehicles were attacked by rebels on Tuesday.
The situation was calm on Wednesday in Menaka, where GATIA fighters have occupied the town hall, a MINUSMA source said.
Separate MINUSMA sources said hard boyz appeared to have driven from the east ahead of Wednesday's attack in Goundam, adding that they stole cars belonging to the army and the government.
Mali was upended by a coup in 2012 which opened the door for Tuareg separatists to seize the towns and cities of the vast northern desert with the help of several Islamist groups.
The Tuareg were then sidelined by their one-time allies, snuffies who imposed a brutal version of Islamic shariah in the region and destroyed historic buildings and artifacts in Timbuktu.
Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith) took control of Goundam and destroyed shrines in the town of around 20,000, declaring them idolatrous.
The Islamists then pushed south toward Bamako, prompting La Belle France to deploy troops in January 2013 who drove them back into the country's mountains and vast desert, and Mali returned to democracy with the election in August of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
The country remains deeply divided, however, with the impoverished north home predominantly to lighter-skinned Tuareg and Arab populations who accuse the sub-Saharan ethnic groups that live in the more prosperous south of marginalizing them.
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The recent violence comes amid assurances by the CMA that it is committed to a deal to bring stability to Mali.
The government and a coalition of gangs from the north known as the Platform have already signed the peace accord, brokered by Algeria under U.N. auspices over the past eight months.
But the CMA has been holding out ahead of the May 15 deadline, demanding an amendment guaranteeing political recognition for "Azawad", the name used by the Tuareg for the northern part of Mali.
"Unless there is a last-minute change, the CMA will initial the agreement before May 15," a Western diplomat in Bamako told AFP.
"In the interim, the CMA and government will hold direct talks."
The diplomat said 15 heads-of-state had been invited to the finalizing of the accord in Bamako on May 15.
MINUSMA chief Mongi Hamdi said on Tuesday he had met rebel leaders over the weekend in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott who "confirmed their intention to initial the agreement."
But he voiced concerns that "months of intense negotiations involving all parties to put an end to the Malian crisis could be threatened" by renewed violence.
[Libya Herald] A missile has hit a school in Bengahzi’s Majouri district housing refugees from other parts of the country. Five people are reported to have been wounded in the attack last night.
They have been named as Mohamed Ahmed Omar (17 years old), Mohamed Rajeb Mansour (33), Moutaz Mohamed Marja (32), Osama Farhat Masoud (28) and Ali Al-Senussi Hun (18). They were taken to Jalaa Hospital.
In a separate incident, part of the Children’s Hospital, near Benghazi Medical Centre, has closed after it was hit yesterday by a missile. No one was injured.
Parts of the city continue to suffer what is still being referred to a random rocket attacks said to be from Ansar Al-Sharia. In Buhdeima two people were reported injured in such attacks and one in Salmani. However, many Benghazi residents question the use of the word “random”, saying that the firing by Ansar is deliberate and intended to punish areas for not supporting it.
Benghazi Children’s Hospital attack (Photo: Social media)
Meanwhile, it has been announced that the body of an army sergeant kidnapped on 13 November, has been found just behind was used to be Saiqa Special Force camp in Buatni. The camp was overrun by Ansar and 17 February Brigade last July.
The dead man, a member of the Chemical Weapons Prevention Unit, has been named as Mohamed Al-Amari. Aged 23, he had been married for one month when he disappeared.
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[AnNahar] A leader of the Ugandan rebels accused of slaughtering over 300 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... has been killed in a clash with government forces, authorities said Wednesday.
In overnight fighting between April 24-25, DR Congo soldiers in the restive North Kivu province killed Kasada Karume, number three in the leadership of Moslem rebels the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
"The body of this terrorist, member of the inner circle of ADF, was formally identified by all the (security) services that have his photo," Congolese army front man General Leon-Richard Kasonga said in a statement.
The United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... peacekeeping force in DR Congo MONUSCO said at a Wednesday presser that a rebel leader, who was not named, was killed on April 24 during an ambush against a retreating "gang."
The incident occurred at a rebel camp in Bango that is about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the town of Beni and its surroundings, where over 260 people, mostly civilians, were hacked to death between October and December last year.
Congolese authorities, military experts and the UN blamed the killings on forces of Evil from the ADF, which is based in eastern Congo.
The rebels, who are said to number around 400, have been active in the region since being driven out of their homeland in 1995.
After soldiers seized the rebel camp they also discovered "mass graves where hostages were to be buried, along with maimed people and dependants unable to leave whom the ADF would have executed," Kasonga said.
MONUSCO said it received reports of 47 bodies in five mass graves in Bango and has deployed human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... Sherlocks to the area.
Since the start of the year at least 60 people have died in attacks in and around Beni as well as the Orientale province.
The most recent killings saw 19 people massacred on April 15 in Beni and nine days later five more were killed in the same area.
[ALMANAR.LB] The Saudi warplanes dropped munitions to al-Qaeda gunnies and other gunnies in the Yemeni province of Taiz, according to Al-Manar correspondent.
The Saudi war jets also targeted the residential buildings and civil facilities in Sanaa and Ibb, claiming a number of deaders and causing much destruction.
The Yemeni army, backed by the popular committees, struck the takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... gunnies of al-Qaeda and other militiamen, advancing in Maareb.
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[ALMANAR.LB] The White House has brushed off former President George W. Bush's recent criticisms of the President Brack Obama's foreign policy, saying that al-Qaeda-linked forces of Evil were not in Iraq before the 2003 invasion of the country by Bush. They were there under a different name, sheltered in Iran and harassing the Kurds. The orgaization was named al-Tawhid wal-Jihad and it was occasionally active in Europe. In Jordan he helped found Jund al-Sham, which got him jugged for awhile.
White House front man Josh Earnest"I do think that we've made the case aggressively before, and I think that's backed up by extensive evidence, that there are links between al Qaeda ... and ISIL. And the fact is al Qaeda was not in Iraq prior to President Bush's decision to commit significant American military resources on the ground in that country," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told news hounds on Monday. It's another flat out lie. Zarq built his organization out of at least three separate but kindred groups. In the al-Qaeda chain of command he reported to Abu Zubaida and then, I'm guessing, to Zawahiri.
During a closed-door gathering of Jewish donors over the weekend, Bush said Obama withdrew American troops from Iraq too quickly in 2011 and paved the way for ISIL. He also urged Obama not to remove sanctions imposed against Iran over the country's nuclear program following a possible final agreement.
"In order to be an effective president... when you say something, you have to mean it," Bush said at the Republican Jewish Coalition event in Las Vegas.
Earnest also tweaked Bush by suggesting Obama was elected primarily as a result of the American public rebuking the Bush administration's foreign policy decisions.
"The fact that President Bush has a different perspective and a different philosophy when it comes to foreign policy, isn't just a well-known difference [between them]," he added. "In the minds of many people, it's the principle reason that President B.O. is sitting in the Oval Office right now.
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#1
good we took saddam and gadaffi out but we should have kept troops in till we got a settled govt.
Afghanistan is all about getting iran and Pakistan to stop meddling.
in my eyes iran and Pakistan are the biggest enemies in the region followed by the gulf states.
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Seems multiple violations of the original cease fire agreement were enough justification. Enough for o'Bill to launch a lot of cruise missiles around too.
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After Iraqis attended the first Popular Arab and Islamic Conference held in Khartoum in April 1991, Abd al-Samed al-Ta'ish, a high ranked Iraqi intelligence agent and 35 other Iraqi intelligence officers arrived in Khartoum in July 1991 and there established a base of operations. Al Ta'ish himself was named Iraq ambassador to the Sudan and served as such until summer 1998. Throughout the period 1991-1996 Iraqi intelligence was in constant contact with Bin Laden. This continued after Bin Laden moved to Afghanistan and even after 9/11.
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Throughout the period 1991-1996 Iraqi intelligence was in constant contact with Bin Laden. This continued after Bin Laden moved to Afghanistan and even after 9/11.
Interesting factoid Clyde. You got any supporting documents, links, etc.? Might be something interesting to toss into my UBL folder.
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Sounds like the White House needs to bone up on its foreign policy.
Earnest also tweaked Bush by suggesting Obama was elected primarily as a result of the American public rebuking the Bush administration's foreign policy decisions.
Ah, when Obama defeated Bush in 2008. Go back to selling Mellow Yellow.
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Earnest also tweaked Bush by suggesting Obama was elected primarily as a result of the American public rebuking the Bush administration's foreign policy decisions.
After 8 years, Iraq was as under control as could be expected. Obama was elected because the liberal desire to allow the first black president, an unknown at that, occupy the oval office in American history, was more compelling than any potential threat to world peace at that time.
Until Obama decided to reverse all of that by arming anyone from Mexican Cartels to the Muslim Brotherhood.
[IraqiNews] On Wednesday, Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced, that the Iraqi security forces managed to kill 14 holy warriors and dismantle 95 IEDs in al-Karma District.
The reconquest of al Karma District proceeds apace on Day 15, with more jihadis killed and more houses cleared.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com "Today, Baghdad Operations Command continued advancing into the district of al-Karma as a part of the operation 'Fajr al-Karma' for the 15th day in a row." pointing out that, "The security forces managed to kill 14 holy warriors and dismantle 95 improvised bombs (IEDs), in addition to treating 21 booby-trapped houses and destroying 2 vehicles that were carrying 37mm machine guns."
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Seems like Iraqi security forces have developed some pretty competent IED dismantlers. Or ISIS is losing their more sophisticated IED builders.
[Rudaw] Intense house-to-house battles and the presence of planted bombs and explosives have halted the Iraqi forces' advance against ISIS snuffies in the city of Ramadi, Anbar province.
Security forces were forced to 40 houses of bombs in order to recapture the city's main bridge in Hoz, an area of central Ramadi. Commanders in the field said they killed 10 ISIS snuffies and captured lots of weapons and ammunition.
"With the help of God, the operations will continue until we liberate the Hoz area as a whole," an officer told Rudaw, adding that 75 bombs and 100 various explosives as well as some heavy weapons, such as anti-aircraft missiles, were found
According to the commanders, the recapture of Hoz is important for security forces because it is close to the provincial building and other government institutions. that ISIS has tried hard to capture.
The Ramadi commanders have decided to continue fighting in order to neutralize threats posed to them by ISIS elements.
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Looking back at the Iraq Invasion, I would say our biggest mistake was not going into Ramadi and Fallujah and kicking the crap out of that town instead of stopping in Baghdad for a bunch of photo ops.
Al Qaeda was essentially born in Fallujah and we could have prevented a lot of the current grief had we gone in there in the first place while the iron was hot and the Iraqis were on their heels.
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But we did eventually take it. Lots of Sadam's soldiers from his army were holed up there. They were thousands of soldiers and officers that were removed from their post.
[Rudaw] Officials say bombings in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have killed at least eight people.
Police said the deadliest of Wednesday's attacks took place in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Amiriyah, where a bomb went kaboom! in a commercial area, killing three civilians and wounding 12.
Another bomb struck a convoy of Shiite bandidosDeath Eaters in the capital's northern Shula neighborhood, killing two fighters and wounding four. Shiite militias have grown influential recently in the fight against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... Death Eaters.
Police said separate bombings killed three more civilians and maimed 20 in markets in the northern Shaab neighborhood and the eastern suburb of Husseiniyah.
Medical officials confirmed causality figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information to journalists.
[Rudaw] Mainstream Syrian rebels are battling Islamists suspected of links to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group in a southern province near the Israeli-held Golan Heights, with at least 29 people killed in days of festivities, a front man and activists said Wednesday.
The ISIS group is not known to have a significant presence in southern Syria.
However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... Isam al-Rayess, front man for the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... 's Southern Front, said a group known as Jihad Units ambushed some of his fighters in the Quneitra province who were on their way to join an offensive against forces loyal to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... .
He said the Southern Front, a rebel coalition, has long suspected the Jihad Units of being loyal to the Islamic State group. After the ambush, the Islamic forces of Evil raised black flags similar to those carried by the IS group.
Six of the Southern Front fighters were killed in the ambush, al-Rayess said. Soon after, another ambush resulted in the kidnapping of two fighters, he said.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 29 people, including at least nine from the Jihad Units and two Saudi nationals, have been killed in the fighting since Monday.
The rebels have vowed to clear the Jihad Units from the province, and al-Rayess said his men are currently besieging about 200 Jihad Units fighters in a village south of Quneitra.
Fighters from the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... , a hard-line Islamic rebel group, have also joined in the fight against the Jihad Units, al-Rayess said, although there is no coordination.
"We will not allow for the presence of Daesh in the southern front," al-Rayess said in a telephone interview, referring to the IS group by its Arabic acronym. In an offensive last year, the rebels seized most of the Quneitra province, which is also considered a gateway to the capital.
In fighting between rival factions within the anti-regime camp, the Observatory and opposition sources said, 36 people have been killed since Monday on the edge of the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said 31 of the deaths came in fighting in Qahtaniya pitting Jaish al-Jihad, which has pledged allegiance to IS, against Islamists backed by the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front and other rebel forces.
Al-Nusra and its allies have taken several positions from Jaish al-Jihad, the Observatory said.
In nearby Saham Jolan, five al-Nusra fighters including a commander were killed in festivities with al-Yarmuk Martyrs Brigade, another group close to IS, opposition sources said.
Two al-Yarmuk members were killed.
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[AnNahar] Six Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... members have been reportedly killed in an ambush by the Qaeda-linked al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front in Syria's Qalamun region near the border with Leb.
The pan-Arab Al-Jazeera ... an Arab news network headquartered in Qatar, notorious for carrying al-Qaeda press releases. The name means the Peninsula, as in the Arabian Peninsula. In recent years it has settled in to become slightly less biased than MSNBC, in about the same category as BBC or CBS... television said Wednesday the six men were killed when al-Nusra targeted Hizbullah "supply vehicles" in Qalamun.
Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory, Igor and Oleg were discussing what the quickest way might be to deal with the monster... the UAE-based Orient News TV, which opposes the Assad regime, said al-Nusra carried out a "major operation" against a Hizbullah "supply convoy" in the Syrian region.
"Activists reported a huge kaboom against a Hizbullah supply convoy in Qalamun and the loud blast was heard across the region," the TV network said.
In early January, five Hizbullah members and six Nusra turbans were reportedly killed when the al-Qaeda-affiliated group attacked posts controlled by the Lebanese party and the Syrian army in the Qalamun town of Flita.
Al-Nusra announced on Twitter at the time that its fighters had planted landmines near posts controlled by Hizbullah and the Lebanese army in the border region.
Flita is just across the Lebanese border from Arsal and is a crossing point which rebels and refugees have used regularly.
Hizbullah has sent fighters across the border to aid Syrian regime troops in Qalamun and in several regions across Syria.
Its involvement helped the Syrian army recapture most of Qalamun from rebel hands.
The Lebanese army for its part has been battling Syria-based turbans from al-Nusra and the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group who are entrenched on the mostly non-existent border between Leb and Syria.
In August, jihadists from the two groups overran the Lebanese border town of Arsal and engaged in deadly fighting with the army. Around 20 troops were killed while at least 35 soldiers and coppers were taken hostage by the retreating krazed killers.
[AnNahar] A potential suicide-bomber was locked away Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! in the northern city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... last week as he was headed to Syria where he was set to prepare himself for carrying out a bombing against a Shiite target in Leb, reported al-Akhbar newspaper on Wednesday.
Arrested by the General Security, Mohammed al-Aqla, 22, said he had joined the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front in Syria.
He was expected to meet up with the group, which would determine the target of his suicide-bombing in Leb.
The suspect confessed to belonging to the group and aspiring to follow in the footsteps of Paleostinian suicide-bombers, Adnan al-Mohammed and Nidal al-Mougheer, who both hailed from al-Bisariyeh camp.
Mohammed had carried the bombing in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut on November 19, 2013 and al-Mougheer had carried out the bombing in front of the Iranian Cultural Center on February 19, 2014.
Al-Aqla hails from the southern town of al-Bisariyeh in the al-Zahrani province.
His family fled the border town of Yarin in the wake of the Israeli invasion of 1978.
It relocated to al-Bisariyeh where he was raised it its Shiite environment, said al-Akhbar.
He was last seen in the area about three weeks ago and his family was informed of his disappearance about a week later.
He failed to complete his school education and worked in construction sites and gardening.
Recently, al-Aqla became closed off from those around him and he spent his time at prayer in the town mosque that is led by Sheikh Ahmed Abid of the al-Jamaa al-Islamiya ...The Islamic Group. Sunni Islamist alignment in Lebanon. The group was founded in 1952 as the Leb branch of the Moslem Brüderbund. Its current leader is Faisal Mawlawi. The party has a military wing known as the al-Fajr Forces. Currently they have 1 seat in the Lebanese Parliament... .
His father, a retired army officer, is not affiliated with any political party, but his relatives are devout Moslems and known for their good ties with al-Jamaa al-Islamiya.
Al-Aqla's case was referred to intelligence directorate for further investigation.
A number of terror suspects have been arrested in recent months. A number of them have confessed to belonging to terrorist groups and of seeking to stage attacks against various targets in Leb, as well as its army.
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Southern Front rebels on Tuesday have attacked an Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... -affiliated group in Quneitra countryside, killing dozens, activists said.
On Monday, Jaysh al-Jihad, an Islamist group that pledged allegiance to ISIS, had ambushed fighters of Suyouf al-Haq brigade near the Occupied Golan Heights, leaving 19 fighters killed.
In response, rebels active in Daraa province have stormed the stronghold of Jaysh al-Jihad in al-Qahtaniya and al-Hamidiya villages, liberating fighters were held captive after the ambush.
Dar al-Adel (The Justice House), powerful judiciary body in Daraa, has called on rebels to fight Jaysh al-Jihad and all groups affiliated to ISIS.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] At least 26 people have been killed and dozens maimed in Syrian air strikes on Aleppo and Idlib northern Syria, activists and monitoring group said Wednesday.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 10 people, including 2 children, were killed in barrel-kaboom on Bennish town in Idlib province.
In Aleppo, Syrian warplane have also stormed the neighborhood of al-Ferdous, killing 12 people, including two children. Another 6 people were killed in Deir Hafer town near Aleppo city, activists said.
Bashir al-Assad's air force has continued the fiercest aerial campaign in months on rebel-held Aleppo and Idlib in response to the remarkable advances achieved by an alliance of Islamist factions called itself ' Fatha Army', a reference to the conquests that spread Islam across the Middle East from the 7th century.
On Tuesday, Syrian raids hit Red Thingy hospital in the neighborhood of al-Sakhour in Aleppo, leaving four maimed, activists said.
The barrel-kaboom on the only active hospital in the eastern district of Aleppo has left major damage as big part of the building had turned to rubble, Zaman al-Wasl news hound said.
In relevant development, Salafist tough guys active in Aleppo have formed a new command room called 'Fatah Aleppo' in step imitates their counterparts in neighboring Idlib province who made remarkable gains started by taking control of Idlib city and most of its countryside.
The new command room, according to source from Fastaqem Kma Amrt, will take advantage of the humiliating defeats of Syria forces in Idlib inflicted by the Army of Fatah, an alliance that includes Nusra, the Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... movement and Jund al-Aqsa.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Army units launched new operations against terrorist positions on Wednesday, killing more murderous Moslems affiliated to ISIL and al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front and other terrorist groups.
Hasaka
An Army engineering unit dismantled a number of bombs planted by murderous Moslems of ISIL in al-Makbara village in the southwest of Hasaka city.
A source at Haska province told SANA that members of the engineering units dismantled twenty bombs, each of 50 kg, which were planted by ISIL members in the houses and the roads of al-Makbara village.
Another army unit ISIL murderous Moslems at the intersection of Rad Shaqra village south-east of Hasaka city. Vehicles equipped with machine guns and the weapons and ammunition the murderous Moslems had with them were destroyed.
Homs
An Army unit eliminated a number of ISIL members in Unk al-Hawa and al-Mazbal in Jub al-Jarrah area in the eastern countryside of Homs.
Several bad boyz were potted and others were maimed during army operations that targeted one of their dens in al-Msheirfa al-Shamalya village.
In the northern countryside of Homs, an Army unit destroyed a machinegun and eliminated the crew manning it during an accurate strike against a den of "al-Nusra Front" in al-Ghanto village in Talbiseh area to the north of Homs city.
Damascus countryside
An Army unit eliminated a number of terrorists, injured others and destroyed hideouts with all the weapons and ammunition inside in al-Khazrajia farms and Ayn al-Bustan village to the north of Sa'sa town in Damascus Countryside.
Army operations targeted the dens of al-Nusra in Hawsh al-Abassa in Khan al-Shih area, killing a number of terrorists, injuring others and destroying their ammo and weaponry.
Daraa
An army unit killed dozens of al-Nusra murderous Moslems and destroyed their vehicles during an operation in al-Nueimeh village in the eastern countryside of Daraa province.
A military source said that other army units carried out operations against terrorist hideouts in the towns of Kafr Shams, Semlin, and Zamrin in the province's northern countryside, resulting in the killing and injuring of murderous Moslems and destroying their weapons and ammo caches.
In the towns of al-Hirak and Basr al-Harir in Daraa's northeastern countryside, the army targeted concentrations of al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations affiliated to it, killing many of their members and destroying their hideouts along with the weapons and ammo inside them.
An army unit carried out a precision operation targeting a gathering of murderous Moslems from al-Nusra and its affiliates in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in Daraa city, killing and injuring a number of them and destroying their weapons and ammo.
Terrorists' pages on social networking sites acknowledged the death of several of their members in Daraa, including Mohammad Adib al-Balkhi and Mohammad Younes al-Fayyad Abazeid.
Quneitra
In the western countryside of Quneitra province, an army unit destroyed terrorists' vehicles and supply lines and killed a number of them in the village of al-Hamidiye, while army operations in the villages of al-Qahtaniye and Rasm al-Shouli in the province's southern countryside resulted in destroying a number of hideouts for al-Nusra murderous Moslems along with the weapons and ammo inside them.
Terrorists' social networking pages acknowledged the death of several of their members including a field commander in al-Nusra called Abu Farah al-Shahil, in addition to Saeed Abdel'ilah al-Jahmani, Hussein Walid al-Sweidani, Alaa Yehea al-Sweidani, Mohammad Taameh Abu al-Sel, Ahmad Hussein, Baha'a Mahed Abu Kharroub, Abdelrahman Seed Ghassab al-Wadi, Tarek Samir al-Faouri, and Yusef Fouad Hoshan.
Idleb
A military source said an Army unit targeted a convoy for "al-Fath Army" murderous Moslems on the Bzit -al-Mesherfeh axis in Jisr al-Shughour, destroyed a number of vehicles and killed scores of terrorists.
Several bad boyz were potted and others injured near the National Hospital and at the southern entrance of Jisr al-Shughour city during special army operations.
Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Bugs Moroni was holding Slats from behind while his brother Greasy Thumb was pounding his face into paste ... an Army unit destroyed a convoy of vehicles for murderous Moslems in the area between Jisr al-Shughour and Bashlamoun in Idleb countryside, killing scores of murderous Moslems and wounding others.
Aleppo
Several bad boyz were potted and their weapons and munitions were destroyed during a precision operation by the army which targeted their dens in al-Kalasa, Bustan al-Qassr, Bani Zeid, al-Ashrafia, the Old City, Hanano, al-Sakhour, Bab al-Hadid, Salah al-Dein, al-Amirya and al-Lyramon neighborhoods in Aleppo city.
A military source told SANA that army units carried out intensive operations targeting terrorists' supply lines in the area surrounding al-Malah farms, Tal Rif'at city, Khan al-Asal area, and Kafranton village in the northern countryside of Aleppo province.
The operations resulted in the death of many terrorists, the injuring of many others, and the destruction of their weaponry and ammo.
In the western countryside of Aleppo, the army carried out special operations against the hideouts of al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations in Kafr Naha village and al-Atarib town on Bab al-Hawa road, causing the death of many of their members and the destroying of vehicles equipped with machineguns.
Another army unit destroyed a number of vehicles with all murderous Moslems on board and vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns in Abtin village in the southern countryside of the province.
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I guess the best we can hope for is that everyone in non-Kurdish Syria destroys each other, and Israel, Jordan and Kurdistan pick up the pieces. Could take a while.
[ALMANAR.LB] Security sources told Al-Manar that the General security incarcerated Please don't kill me! at Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... seaport the terrorist Ahmad Al-Masri who was preparing to travel to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... before moving to Syria.
Al-Masri wanted to meet in Syria a number ISIL commanders who were supposed to give him the final instructions about the suicide kaboom which he planned to carry out.
In Tripoli, the General Security also arrested the terrorist Mohammad Kamil Al-Akleh who expressed allegiance to al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front and plotted to meet the group's commanders so that they identify the target of his planned suicide kaboom.
The runaway terrorist ahmad Al-Assir, who led festivities against the Lebanese military in the southern town of Abra in 2013, commanded the terrorist assaults on the Army in Tripoli and is now hiding in the northern Paleostinian camp of al-Baddawi, according to the security sources which referred to the confessions of the arrested terrorist Khaled Hoblos.
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[Ynet] US-led forces targeted Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... bully boyz in Syria with five air strikes from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning and conducted another 16 strikes against the group in Iraq, the US military said on Wednesday. Most of the Syria strikes, four, hit targets near Kobani, where they destroyed Islamic State fighting positions and a vehicle and damaged tactical units. The remaining strike was near Al Hasakah, according to a military statement.
In Iraq, five air strikes near Bayji hit tactical units and destroyed vehicles, a fighting position and a warehouse. Coalition forces also struck near Al Asad, Al Huwayjah, Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids... djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Ramadi and Tal Afar.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[Libya Herald] A missile has hit a school in Bengahzi’s Majouri district housing refugees from other parts of the country. Five people are reported to have been wounded in the attack last night.
[ALMANAR.LB] The White House has brushed off former President George W. Bush's recent criticisms of the President Brack Obama's foreign policy, saying that al-Qaeda-linked 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
... an Arab news network headquartered in Qatar, notorious for carrying al-Qaeda press releases. The name means 
[ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Army units launched new operations against terrorist positions on Wednesday, killing more 
[ALMANAR.LB] Security sources told Al-Manar that the General security 
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[Ynet] US-led forces targeted 
