KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS TOLD TO STAY HOME – Late reporting and traffic on social media outlets suggest the Taliban may be suspending kindergarten schooling for children. Not long after the Taliban’s Ministry of Education announced it was closing Teacher Training Centers across the country and reassigning the staff members to schools, reports began to arrive that the Ministry of Labor had informed local leaders that kindergarten programs were being shut down. A letter that has been attributed to the Ministry of Labor announced that nearly 500 kindergarten teachers were to be dismissed. We assess this letter is authentic and constitutes a new nationwide policy. Some protests will likely take place as the new policy is put in place.
EUROPEAN UNION DELIVERS ALMOST 100 TONS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES – The EU has been operating its ‘Humanitarian Air Bridge’ since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The flights deliver medication and medical equipment to struggling NGOs and hospitals across the country. The latest flight is the 29th to reach Afghanistan under this program.
DEATH OF TTP LEADER ‘TARIQ’ CONFIRMED IN KUNAR PROVINCE – Previous reporting indicated the notorious mastermind behind multiple terror attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan had been killed in Kunar Province on Tuesday. Confirmation of his death was received on Wednesday. However, there has been no information provided surrounding the circumstances of his killing and who may have carried out the operation. Tariq rose to international prominence after the tragic Dasu Attack in July 2022 where 10 Chinese nationals were killed and another 26 were wounded when their bus was hit by an explosive device.
4 PUBLICLY FLOGGED IN KABUL – 3 men and 1 woman were publicly flogged in the Paghman neighborhood on Wednesday. The four were accused of immorality and received 20 lashes and a one-month prison sentence for their crimes.
CONFLICT TRACKER Kabul: An unidentified Resistance group reportedly assassinated a Taliban official from the 4th Security Area in Kabul yesterday evening, The unidentified Taliban figure was reportedly killed with a knife and then had his vehicle set on fire.
UPDATE: Over 50 Al-shabaab militants, including a top leader killed in an operation by security forces in Lower Jubba. Several other militants captured. pic.twitter.com/WBiWev02BP
At least 50 al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... bandidosgunnies have been killed in a fresh operation at Weelmarow village in Lower Jubba, state media reported, in the latest crackdown targeting the group which has been wreaking havoc in the country for the last 16 years.
The operation, officials said, targeted Weelmarow village which is about 45 kilometers northeast of Afmadow town which falls under Sector II of 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 in Somalia [ATMIS]. Sector II is manned by Kenya Defence Forces [KDF] which has been operating in Lower Jubba.
During the raid, state media reported, 50 al-Shabaab bandidosgunnies were killed with dozens of others arrested by the Danab Special Forces. Furthermore, the Somali National Army [SNA] commandos with the assistance of Jubaland regional forces seized vehicles and weapons during the operation.
"Over 50 al-Shabaab bad boys, including leaders, were eliminated in the Lower Jubba region during a joint operation by security forces and local forces. Among those killed was the head of finance in the WeelMaarow area, targeted in a planned operation by Danab commandos and residents in Weel-Maarow village, approximately 45km northeast of Afmadow town," state media reported.
"The army also captured several militiamen, weapons, and vehicles. The State Media confirmed the operation and received graphic photos," the statement read, in what is a morale uplift ahead of the second phase of operations against al-Shabaab scheduled for the coming days according to Mogadishu.
The operation comes a few days after the international community led by the US Africa Command conducted three Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in the area, killing at least 10 al-Shabaab bad boys. Also, the Somali National Army had previously announced of elimination of 40 al-Shabaab bandidosgunnies in the vicinity of the village.
Al-Shabaab bandidosgunnies are increasingly getting pressure from members of the international community and local troops, forcing a number of them to down their tools and defect to the government. The al-Shabaab group is fighting to topple the fragile UN-backed federal government of Somalia.
Besides military operations, Somalia is also targeting al-Shabaab financiers and sympathizers across the country on top of blocking taxation channels by the group. Earlier this year, the government successfully closedown at least 250 bank accounts associated with al-Shabaab financiers and 70 mobile money transfer services.
Elite Danab Special Forces have killed masterminds of the most recent bombings in Jubaland, the Ministry of Defence [MoD] has said, just moments after the army launched a raid on Al-Shabaab in Weelmarow village in Lower Jubba region.
In a statement, the Ministry of Defence announced that its operations near Jilib town inflicted losses on Al-Shabaab militants, who have been on the run for the past few days. The militants have also crossed over from Somalia to Kenya given sustained operations within Somalia.
According to the ministry, Al-Shabaab lost masterminds of recent attacks in Jubaland including Farhan and his deputy, Abdi Mahad. The two are linked to waves of attacks targeting Jubaland security forces, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS], and the US Africa Command.
"In a victorious joint operation, our Danab commandos and Jubbaland Deravishes struck hard at Al-Shabaab bases in Weel-Maarow and nearby areas. These locations, only 42 km away from the Jilib district - Alshabaab's stronghold, have been successfully reclaimed," read the message.
"In the operation, we dealt a significant blow to Alshabaab, eliminating members including key leaders and the brains behind Jubaland Bombings, Farhan and his deputy, Abdi Mahad. Our resolve is steadfast, our mission clear - eradicating terror and ensuring a peaceful Somalia."
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A civilian was killed on Tuesday as a result of Saudi bombing on border areas in northern 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... , a security source said.
Saudi artillery launched intense shelling on populated areas in the border district of Shada, which resulted in the death of a civilian, in addition to damage to the property of citizens, according to the source.
The border district of Shada witnessed, since the beginning of last week, violent mostly peaceful missile and artillery bombardment, accompanied by air strikes by warplanes, which left a number of deaths and maimed, as well as material losses in the homes and properties of civilians.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Gunmen, believed to belong to the al-Qaeda organization, launched an attack on Wednesday in 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... Media sources said that "Al-Qaeda" attacked the sites of the First Support Brigade forces in al-Khayala valley in al-Mahfad district, east of Abyan, which resulted in deaths and injuries on both sides.
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[KavkazUzel] The court found Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov, a resident of the Khasavyurt district, guilty of assisting terrorism and participating in the activities of a terrorist organization for transferring a thousand dollars to an IS member and sentenced him to 5.5 years in prison.
A 23-year-old resident of the Khasavyurt district was found guilty of assisting terrorist activities and participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, the department of the Russian Sledkom for Dagestan reported today.
According to the investigators and the court, in October 2015, while on the territory of Dagestan, the defendant participated in the activities of an international terrorist organization, whose activities are prohibited in Russia, by providing funds to assist its members. By a court verdict, he was sentenced to five years and six months in a penal colony.
Convicted Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov transferred $1,000 as aid to members of the Islamic State (IS) international terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation, TASS reported today, citing the agency's press service.
The list of extremists and terrorists on the Rosfinmonitoring website, where Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov is listed, indicates that he was born on November 29, 1999. Therefore, at the time of the crime he was 15 years old.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the court of cassation refused to satisfy the complaint against the sentence of a native of Dagestan, Abdul Akaev, who was convicted of financing terrorism. Akayev transferred money to his brother, not knowing about his involvement in a terrorist organization, the defense pointed out.
[Dawn] Nine Pakistain Army soldiers embraced martyrdom while five bad boyz were potted after security forces retaliated to a "dastardly attack" on the Zhob garrison in northern 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... on Wednesday, the military’s media affairs wing said. For differing values of "embrace"
In a statement issued in the morning, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the snuffies launched the attack in the early hours of Wednesday, following which four soldiers were martyred and five others were maimed.
The terrorists’ initial attempt "to sneak into the facility was checked by soldiers on duty", the ISPR said, adding that they were "contained into a small area at the boundary" in the ensuing exchange of fire.
Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco... three "heavily armed terrorists" were killed and a clearance operation was initiated to apprehend the remaining two bad boys, the ISPR said.
Later, in an update shared at night, the ISPR said the clearance operation had been completed and in total, five turbans have been sent to hell".
However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... it added, the five soldiers who got critically injured earlier while "fighting gallantly" had gave up the ghost and embraced martyrdom.
"Security forces and the nation remain resilient and determined to thwart all such dastardly attempts of the enemy aimed at destroying the peace of Balochistan and Pakistain," the ISPR statement read.
Earlier today, Zhob District Commissioner (DC) Azeem Kakar had told Dawn.com that a woman civilian was also killed after being caught in the crossfire while five other civilians were left injured. The official added that the severely injured were being referred to Quetta.
DC Kakar said that a passenger bus coming from Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... was also caught in the firing. He added that "nothing can be said about the number of attackers", and asserted that all departments were on alert.
INCREASE IN TERROR ATTACKS
Pakistain has seen an uptick in terror activities, especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, after the outlawed TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November last year.
Earlier this month, four security personnel were martyred while a terrorist was killed after police and Levies checkposts in the Dhana Sar area of Balochistan’s Sherani subdistrict came under attack.
A report released this month by think tank Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies said the first half of the current year witnessed a steady and alarming rise in terror and suicide kabooms, claiming the lives of 389 people across the country.
In June, a police official was martyred and two more were maimed in a suicide attack on a police van in Balochistan’s Turbat.
In an earlier incident the same month, two soldiers were martyred after a security forces’ checkpost in the Kech district along the Pakistain-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... border came under attack.
In a presser in June, Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that the security forces conducted 13,619 intelligence operations this year in which 1,172 bad boyz were potted or arrested.
"On a daily basis, over 77 operations are being carried out by armed forces, police, intelligence agencies, and other law enforcement agencies to rid of the menace of terrorism," he said.
DG Sharif added that 95 soldiers embraced martyrdom in these operations.
In Balochistan, a night attack on a Pakistani security post in Zhob resulted in the deaths of 9 police and military personnel with another 15 reportedly injured. Two separate terror groups have claimed credit for the incident.
[IsraelTimes] Yedidya Siani, 22, accused of assault on Paleostinian home containing mother, four children; David Oved, 30, indicted over vandalism at mosque where he allegedly deface Koran books
Two Israelis, one of them an off-duty soldier, were charged with terror offenses Wednesday relating to rioting last month by hundreds of settlers and their supporters as they rampaged through Paleostinian West Bank communities in the wake of a deadly terror attack.
The accused are Yedidya Siani, 22, and David Oved, 30. Oved is from the hardline West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, according to Hebrew media reports that did not give Siani’s place of residence. Siani is a soldier in the IDF.
Previous reports had said that two off-duty soldiers had been arrested over the rioting.
The incitements came following a joint investigation by the Israel Police and Shin Bet security service.
Siani was charged with an act of terror under aggravated circumstances, racially motivated assault that caused injury, and racially motivated rioting and racially motivated vandalism for his part in riots by Jewish Lions of Islam in the Paleostinian village of Umm Safa, which lies north Ramallah.
According to his indictment, filed at the Jerusalem District Court, Siani was one of a gang of masked rioters who attacked the village three weeks ago. He threw stones at Paleostinian residents and caused damage to property, prosecutors said. Then, along with other rioters, he allegedly threw stones at a home. A Paleostinian woman and her four children were inside at the time.
The rioters smashed open the door to the home with an ax and metal clubs and broke in, the indictment said. The mother hid her children in a cupboard and the bathroom, then hid herself in a side room. After the rioters left, Siani set fire to an upholstered chair that was outside the building and then moved it to the doorway, blocking the exit for those inside. As a result, two of the children suffered respiratory difficulties due to smoke inhalation and were taken to hospital for treatment and released on the same day, prosecutors said.
Siani then went on to throw more stones at another home in the village.
Prosecutors asked that both Oved and Siani be held until the end of proceedings.
Attorney Nati Rom of Honenu, representing Oved, complained that his client suffered "emotional and physical abuse" during his investigation by the Shin Bet.
The attorney also said he had not yet received the indictment.
"It is unfortunate to see that the prosecutor’s office and the Shin Bet, who fought to maintain a gag order on the investigation of my client, want to leak the indictment for media purposes," he said in a statement.
In the wake of a deadly Paleostinian terror attack on June 20, in which four Israelis were bumped off by Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,-affiliated terrorists, hundreds of settlers rampaged in Paleostinian towns and villages for five days, setting fire to homes and cars, and even opening fire in some cases. One Paleostinian was killed in unclear circumstances.
The riots have been condemned by politicians, including some from the right-wing coalition, but there has been little clear-cut condemnation from settlement leaders.
The government has pledged to hold those behind the settler rampages accountable. Four Israelis have been held under administrative detention for their involvement. Hundreds were filmed taking part in the attacks.
[IsraelTimes] 3 members of Iran-backed terror group hurt by non-lethal blast; in separate incident, troops fire warning shots at suspects setting fires near Metula
A group of Lebanese suspects, identified as members of the Hezbollah terror group, attempted to damage Israel’s northern frontier border fence on Wednesday afternoon before fleeing after the military set off a non-lethal blast.
The incident, which appeared to be the latest in a series of Hezbollah provocations along the northern border, came on the 17th anniversary of the 2006 Second Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... War between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group.
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that troops had foiled an attempt by a number of unidentified Lebanese suspects to damage the border fence near the northern town of Zar’it. The IDF published a video showing the suspects approaching and touching the barrier before a small explosion was seen.
A security source in southern Lebanon told the AFP news agency that three Hezbollah members were "lightly" maimed in the incident. The IDF claimed it did not know the identity of the suspects, but Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed they were Hezbollah members.
According to Israeli military sources, troops used a non-lethal explosive charge placed there in advance, in order to prevent such incidents of suspects attempting to damage the fence.
Gallant, before departing on an official trip to Azerbaijan, said the IDF "deterred Hezbollah activists with non-lethal means and will continue to guard the security of the State of Israel."
"Anyone who tests us will get a response," he added.
Several hours after the incident, Israeli forces fired warning shots at a group of Hezbollah activists who launched fireworks and set fires near the northern Israeli town of Metula, during a protest to mark 17 years since the month-long Second Lebanon War.
The blazes and warning shots were reported by both local Israeli and Lebanese news hounds. A military source said the fires caused a number of old landmines to explode in the area.
"The IDF will continue to prevent any attempt to violate Israeli illusory sovereignty and damage to the northern security fence," the military said in a statement.
Tensions have increased in recent weeks amid Hezbollah activity along the border, which IDF officials have branded as "provocations."
Two tents manned by armed Hezbollah members were discovered in early June on Israeli territory north of the internationally recognized border (the so-called Blue Line) in the contested Mount Dov region, also known as the Shebaa Farms. One tent was removed after Israel reportedly sent a message to Hezbollah threatening an armed confrontation if it did not remove the outpost soon.
Last week, an anti-tank missile was fired from Lebanon at the contested village of Ghajar, causing no injuries.
The boundary between Israel and Lebanon, known as the Blue Line, is marked with blue barrels along the border and is several meters from the Israeli fence in some areas, which is built entirely within Israeli territory.
The Mount Dov area where the tents were erected, also known as Shebaa Farms, was captured by Israel from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War and later effectively annexed along with the Golan Heights. The Lebanese government says the area belongs to Lebanon.
Israel has relayed requests via the UN to have the tents removed, while in response, Lebanon and Hezbollah have demanded that Israel withdraw from Ghajar.
Ghajar, the only Alawite-majority settlement in Israel, was part of the territory captured from Syria in 1967 and was effectively annexed by Israel in 1981 together with the Golan Heights.
Following the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 and the demarcation of the Blue Line, the village was split in two, with the northern half coming officially under Lebanese control. Israel regained control over the entire village during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, and residents have repeatedly objected to the potential division of the village and annexation of its northern half to Lebanon.
The town remained a closed military zone for more than two decades, with special permission required for nonresidents seeking to enter or exit. In September, with the construction of a barrier north of the village to block the entrance from Lebanon, access restrictions were lifted.
Hezbollah has long been the IDF’s most potent adversary on Israel’s borders, with an estimated arsenal of nearly 150,000 rockets and missiles that can reach anywhere in Israel.
[IsraelTimes] No injuries in attacks carried out by suspects in central West Bank; soldier and officer hurt in separate clash in Turmus Ayya
The Shin Bet security agency said six Paleostinians were charged on Wednesday for a string of shooting attacks in the central West Bank in recent months, none of which caused injuries.
The Shin Bet named the members of the cell as Abdullah Hajj Muhammad, Ibrahim Naasan, Muhammad Hajj Muhammad, Majed Naasan, Ayyub Naasan, and Adb al-Karim Abu Aliya, all from the Paleostinian village of al-Mughayyir.
The six were detained within the past few months following the various attacks, mostly in the area of the West Bank settlement of Shilo. Several firearms used in the attacks were seized.
In one of the attacks, on April 21, Abdullah Hajj Muhammad, Ibrahim Naasan, and Muhammad Hajj Muhammad shot up Israeli troops near the Paleostinian town of Turmus Ayya, the Shin Bet charged.
The agency said the cell purchased firearms from a dealer in the Jenin area and was in contact with "terror elements" in the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip for funding.
The Shin Bet said the button men published claims of their attacks on social media, including footage, under the name of the "Martyr Raed Naasan Group," named after a Paleostinian rioter rubbed out by Israel Defense Forces troops in al-Mughayyir in November 2022.
Indictments were filed against the six, charging them with various terror offenses, after which the Shin Bet released details of the investigation.
During the past year, Paleostinian button men have repeatedly targeted military posts, troops operating along the West Bank security barrier, Israeli settlements and civilians on the roads.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Alamo, Davy was wondering if Buck was okay. He suspected he wasn't... on Wednesday morning, an IDF soldier and a Border Police officer were lightly hurt during festivities with Paleostinians in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya.
The military said troops entered the town to seize some NIS 650,000 ($177,000) in cash, suspected to have been used to fund terror activities.
"During the activity, dozens of Paleostinians gathered in the area and attacked the forces, threw stones, and threw paint bottles," the IDF said.
The IDF said troops responded with riot dispersal means and live fire in the air, and detained two suspects.
One IDF soldier was taken to the hospital in good condition after being assaulted by a Paleostinian, and a Border Police officer was treated at the scene after being hit by a stone, the military said.
Early Wednesday, IDF troops detained nine wanted Paleostinians during raids across the West Bank, with violent mostly peacefulfestivities in some areas, the military said.
The military has been carrying out near-nightly raids in the West Bank for the past year and a half, amid a series of deadly Paleostinian terror attacks.
[NPASyria] On Wednesday, northwest Syria witnessed an exchange of artillery shelling between Syrian government forces and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS), resulting in injuries among the latter.
Sources told North Press that the Syrian government bombarded this evening the villages of al-Bara, al-Mozra, and Hafasraja, south of Idlib in response to an earlier shelling of these areas by HTS.
They added that the government forces also targeted the outskirts of al-Atarib and Kafr Nouran, west of Aleppo, in response to HTS’ shelling of their positions in Base 46, west of Aleppo.
The sources pointed out that the mutual shelling resulted in four injuries among HTS members in al-Bara and al-Morza, south of Idlib, according to initial reports, while the losses among government forces, if any, are not yet known.
[NPASyria] On Tuesday, a Syrian government officer was killed, and a leader of an Iranian-backed militia survived an liquidation attempt in two separate incidents in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A military source from the Syrian government forces said person or persons unknown, riding a cycle of violence, attacked the residence of Sultan al-Malek, an officer in The 17th Reserve Division of government forces, on the outskirts of the town of al-Mayadin, eastern Deir ez-Zor.
The source told North Press that the assailants killed the officer in his house and then escaped to the desert according to eyewitnesses.
A military source in the Iranian-backed Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas,
...also know as al-Abbas Brigade, a Shia Twelver militia formed in 2012 from Damascenes and Iraqi Shiite refugees to defend the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque and other Shia holy sites in Syria against the anti-Assad rebels, then joined the Assad army’s fight against ISIS...
an Iranian-backed militia, said two unknown assailants, riding a cycle of violence, attacked the vehicle of the leader of Imam Ali Battalions,
...also known as Kata'ib al-Imam Ali, one of the groups in the Iraq’s Iran-controlled Popular Mobilization Forces. Since 2015 they’ve had a contingent helping Assad government forces against ISIS and other rebels...
known as "Ali al-Iraqiya" or "Ali al-Tayyab" in the town of Abu Kamal near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
Iranian-backed militias and the government forces control large areas of the Syrian Desert and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which constitutes a source of concern as it witnesses intensive operations by 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) sleeper cells.
The source told North Press that al-Tayyab heads the special forces of the Imam Ali Battalions. The vehicle’s driver managed to drive away from the road and escape from the button men into the Iraqi territories.
[NPASyria] Ottoman Turkish authorities and the Military Police of the Ottoman Turkish-backed opposition factions, also known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), transferred five detainees from a prison in the city of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) north of Hasakah, northeastern Syria, to another in the city of Sanliurfa in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... An opposition military source told North Press that the detainees were arrested in March when the Military Police and the SNA security apparatus carried out arrests in the village of al-Mabrouka in the countryside of Sere Kaniye.
The Ottoman Turkish forces and their affiliated SNA factions occupied Sere Kaniye and Tel Abyad after the so-called "Peace Spring" military operation in October 2019.
The Military Police investigated the detainees and charged them with being members of a security cell. The detainees include three Kurdish men from Sere Kaniye, they worked as farmers.
The source noted that the Military Police took the detainees to the so-called "Counter-Terrorism Center" in Sere Kaniye, and then the Ottoman Turkish Intelligence forces transferred them at midnight through the Sere Kaniye gate to a prison in Sanliurfa Province, which might put them at risk of long imprisonment.
[NPASyria] Ottoman Turkish border guards arrested on Wednesday at dawn 14 Syrians, including four women with children, while attempting to cross into The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... from the village of Kherbet al-Joz northwest of Idlib, northwest Syria.
An exclusive source told North Press that Ottoman Turkish border guards ignored on purpose the asylum seekers when crossed the border wall so that they could arrest them once they entered Ottoman Turkish territories. They were taken to a supervision post off Kherbet al-Joz.
The source added that there are 14 detainees, including four women with children. Only three women were identified, Lubana Sarmouh, Dima Swaydan, and Inas al-Layez.
In early July, Ottoman Turkish border guards arrested 14 individuals, including three women, while attempting to cross the Syrian-Ottoman Turkish border near the village of Azmarin, west of Idlib.
The Monitoring and Documentation Department recorded that in the first half of 2023, the number of affected Syrian asylum seekers has reached 452 individuals, including 20 children and 26 women. Tragically, 25 people were killed and 121 others were maimed during direct targeting by live bullets while attempting to cross the Syrian-Ottoman Turkish border. In addition, the Ottoman Turkish border guards have assaulted and beat 306 individuals and have used excessive force to prevent them from crossing the border.
[NPASyria] A driver of a military vehicle belonging to the Ottoman Turkish-backed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), was maimed on Wednesday in an IED explosion in the city of al-Bab east of Aleppo, northwest Syria.
A source affiliated with the SNA told North Press that an IED planted inside a military vehicle belonging to al-Jabha al-Shamiya (Levant Front), a Ottoman Turkish-backed faction affiliated with the Ottoman Turkish-backed Third Legion, went kaboom! in the vicinity of al-Bab.
The explosion occurred near al-Numan checkpoint, resulting in the injury of the driver "Khaled Jalo," and he was transferred to the National Hospital in the city amid a military alert at the scene of the accident, the source added.
Al-Bab city has been under the control of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... and its SNA factions since 2017.
The SNA held-areas continue to witness security chaos with many festivities and recurrent explosions amid the inability of the factions to maintain order.
[NPASyria] As of Tuesday night, a total of 37 individuals have been detained by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS, formerly al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-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 Kilali camp in northern Idlib, northwest Syria, on allegations of inciting protests against the group.
An exclusive source told North Press that the arrests began on Tuesday, July 11, at night when the HTS’ security apparatus raided the Kilali camp.
They arrested 12 women and 25 men, including the elderly, under charges of incitement and participating in anti-HTS protests.
The detainees were taken to the 107 prison in Idlib for investigation amid growing tension and calls for protesting against the arrests in the camp, he added.
HTS has intensified the arrest campaigns in camps in northern Idlib, such as the Kilali, Deir Hassan, Atme, and Harbanush, in addition to the towns of Ariha and Jisr al-Shughur, west of Idlib.
On Tuesday, HTS raided the Kilali camp and arrested 29 individuals, including 10 women, under charges of incitement against the group.
On Tuesday, a group of women organized an anti-HTS protest in the village of al-Sahara in the western countryside of Aleppo to condemn the group’s recent policies and to demand the release of their relatives detained in the group’s prisons.
The HTS, founded in 2017, controls Idlib and the western countryside of Aleppo, using the Salvation Government as a political and administrative umbrella since.
[NPASyria] The General Security Apparatus of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) arrested at dawn on Wednesday three of its officials and security leaders on charges of collaborating with the US-led Global Coalition as a part of a campaign it launched last month in the region.
Exclusive sources told North Press that HTS, under instructions from Shura Council, arrested the official of the Security Oversight and Inspection Office, in addition to the official of the Civil Registry and the Deputy Investigator General in the Criminal Security, along with five other members within the same offices, on charges of providing the Global Coalition with exclusive information on its leaders and members.
Different sources informed North Press that the HTS’ campaigns launched on June 18 have resulted in the arrest of 33 individuals, including five women and eight children, all on the same charges, as well as, 88 leaders and militants so far.
Two days ago, HTS arrested the human resources official in HTS in addition to a military judge in the city of Dana, north of Idlib.
Lately, various areas in Idlib and Aleppo countryside have witnessed protests against the arrests carried out by the HTS.
[NPASyria] On Wednesday, a Syrian government soldier and two other individuals were killed in separate incidents by unknown gangs in the northern countryside of Daraa, southern Syria.
A local source told North Press that "Hazza Adnan al-Zahri was rubbed out by unknown button men riding a cycle of violence in the town of Mahjah in northern Daraa."
The source said that al-Zahri was working within the ranks of a group affiliated with the Military Security branch of the government forces in Daraa.
They also noted that al-Zahri was subjected to an liquidation attempt on April 1, in which he was maimed and hospitalized.
In another context, a another local source told North Press that "both Ahmad Shoukry al-Nassar and Ahmad Mansour al-Sharif were killed after being targeted by unknown button men in the city of Sanamayn in northern Daraa in separate incidents."
The source pointed out that the two individuals who were killed were civilians and not affiliated with any military or security formation.
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