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[Regnum] At least four people have died in a mass shooting in the US state of Georgia. This was reported on July 15 by CBS.
It is specified that an unknown person opened fire on people in the city of Hampton, Henry County. The city is located 65 km south of Atlanta. The suspected attacker is still at large and police are looking for him.
County government spokeswoman Melissa Robinson said at least four people were killed in the mass shooting. Information about the injured and dead is being specified.
Earlier, IA Regnum reported that in New York, as a result of a shooting by a man on a scooter, one person died and three were injured. The police detained a 21-year-old man who fired, the actions of the attacker are called accidental.
A shooting was also reported at a nightclub in the US state of Colorado. US President Joseph Biden said after the shooting in Colorado Springs, which killed five people, that the country needs to tighten gun control and ban the sale of assault weapons.
According to Hampton Police Chief James Turner, law enforcement is looking for 40-year-old Andre Longmore -- who is believed to be armed and dangerous. The shootings happened in the city of about 8,500 people, located about 40 miles south of Atlanta.
Officials released few details about the killings. Turner said detectives were investigating at least four scene of the crimes near one another in the same neighborhood. He declined to discuss a possible motive.
The suspect remained on the lam more than five hours after the killings, and authorities vowed to keep searching until he was in jug.
FIREARMS
There is an estimated 434 million firearms in civilian possession. The AR-15 and similar semi-automatics account for about estimated 19.8 million, in common use.
Official government sources indicates from 2012 to 2022, (10 years) includes, Epidemics, a Pandemic, 100's of the Riots and Looting's, only shows there were about 43,200 gun deaths a year in the US with a population of 342,000,000+ people. Or on average 1 on 10,046 chance of death by firearm. Note: this figure also includes justified, police, & self-defense shootings.
VEHICLES
Official government sources estimate 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic accidents in 2021 and US has about 282,366,285 registered vehicles as Dec. 31, 2021. Or, on average 1 in 6,579 chance of death by vehicle. Note: this figure also includes mass transit accidental deaths.
So, in the USA you are 3,467 times more likely to be killed by a vehicle than a firearm.
If a person using the same Official government sources, were to break down the Shooter/Murder vs Victim demographics, and publish it, the data would be called Bias Racist
But hypothetically. even if certain demographic groups were banned from having firearms. We still be back at the same real life fatal logic .
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These non-Caucasian what supremacisses will be the deaths of us all.
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Inside your 43,200 deaths statistic:
75% of the deaths are black, 25% non-white.
54% of the deaths are suicide, 43% murder, 3% other.
Gun deaths/murder have increased 23% since 2019, the onset of the pandemic.
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The gummint has been working on making it illegal to ask a job interviewee about criminal records. Only a matter of time til they get around to making it illegal to report the race of criminals.
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ONLINE CAMPAIGN TO BAN TALIBAN FROM TWITTER LAUNCHED – Several journalists, entertainers, academics, and ordinary people launched a campaign to urge Twitter to ban accounts of the Taliban across its platform. In a jointly signed declaration, the group claims Twitter is being misused by the Taliban to spread disinformation. Those interested in reading the petition and/or supporting the call can access it by clicking HERE. We urge those at-risk Afghans who reside in Afghanistan or the region to hide any information that could identify them if they choose to support the campaign.
PAKISTAN’S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LOOKING INTO CORRUPTION CHARGES IN VISA PROCESS FOR AFGHANS – The panel on Foreign Affairs in the National Assembly took the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Interior, and the Federal Investigative Agency for failing to provide reports on possible corrupt practices in the Pakistan-Afghanistan visa issuance process. The chairman of the committee issued a statement on 14 July that failure to comply with the committee’s requests for information amounts to hiding corruption inherent in the system. The chairman gave the agencies an additional forty-eight hours to provide the requested reports. Based on reports from Kabul, the Pakistan visa process is completely mired in corruption and there are indications that some employees of the embassy are involved in the cash-for-visa scheme that began shortly after the Taliban rose to power. The Taliban have attempted to intervene in the scams being perpetrated on Afghans with regard to visas but do not appear to have done much more than condemn the criminality.
PAKISTAN’S MINISTER OF DEFENSE ISSUES WARNINGS OF POSSIBLE STRIKES – Defense Minister Khawaja Asif spoke at the Express-News show - Center Stage on Saturday and discussed the uptick in terrorist attacks carried out by the TTP. In his remarks, he regretted the government’s decisions to provide shelter to Afghan refugees and blamed the PTI regime for lax security measures which have caused problems for the counter-terrorism apparatus in Pakistan. He was mainly concerned with the ease at which the TTP could infiltrate across the border to carry out terror operations and then return to avoid prosecution by Pakistani forces. The Minister went on to accuse the IEA of failing to abide by its commitments and warned that Pakistan will use all its resources to protect its sovereignty and people.
CONFLICT TRACKER Kabul: An NRF strike team reportedly launched rockets at a Taliban position in the Ghaazah Market area on Friday night. The NRF claimed it inflicted casualties on the Taliban, but did not provide details.
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HEAVY RAINS IN ISLAMABAD-RAWALPINDI SPUR ‘EMERGENCY’ DECLARATIONS – The rains that fell on Saturday in the twin cities forced local emergency managers to deploy emergency vehicles to help drain water that was pooling along roadways. Many of the low-lying neighborhoods in both cities had seen up to 12 inches of accumulated water and the levels could reach as high as 24 inches by the end of today. Emergency crews were working in several areas to help create drainages but are having difficulty due to the significant amount of rain that was dropped in such a short time.
[Garowe] Kenyan security agencies arrested two foreigners in Garissa while on their way to join the al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... terror group in Somalia.
Officials said Tanzanians Abdirahman Shaffi Mkwatili, 25, and Sadam Jafari Kitia, 30 were nabbed on Wednesday in the possession of a notebook scribbled in Swahili that they were using to guide their movement from Tanzania to Jilib.
According to police, the suspects revealed that they were heading to Somalia to join al-Shabaab after being recruited and facilitated by their handlers in Tanzania.
Police said this is a trend that they have noted with recruits traveling to join either al-Shabaab or ISIS, that they are provided with travel arrangements avoiding communications while on the way or asking people about the route to avoid raising suspicion.
Police sources said the arrests come two weeks after three other Tanzanians Abdul Saif Salimu, Zuberi Ngare Mtondoo, and Seif Abdalla Juma, were nabbed in the same area following a report by members of the public.
A Ugandan national was also recently arrested in Liboi on his way to Somalia, with police noting that this was made possible following the collaboration between security agencies and the community.
The security agencies further cautioned Public Service Vehicle operators to be alert and share any information on the movement of suspicious foreigners.
"The ongoing war against terrorism by the security agencies continues to frustrate the recruitment and facilitation of recruits destined to Somalia to join al-Shabaab,"’ a police report said.
Security agencies have increased their surveillance and investigations that of late has seen swift arrests of youth travelling to join terror groups and cells in Somalia.
Some of the foreigners joining the terror groups are usually used as jacket wallahs in various places, officials say.
Kenya has been a victim of such attacks in the past that left many dead.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, another bullet hole appeared in Butch's hat...... a court Friday, July 14 ruled on the case against Mohammed Abdi Ali alias Abu Fidaa, Nuseiba Mohammed Ali, Abdirahman Idriss Hassan, and Salah Mohammed Khalif that they have a case to answer.
The accused persons face various charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) including directing the commission of a terrorist act, recruitment of members of a terrorist group, soliciting for the commission of a terrorist act, collection of information, promoting a terrorist act, organizing a meeting in support of terrorist group and membership of a terrorist group.
The group had been arrested in 2016 and was in jug pending the court hearing.
In the ruling, the court placed Abu Fidaa and Nuseiba on their defense whereas Idriss and Khalif were acquitted under provisions of section 210 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
The defense hearing for the two is slated for August 21 to 25, 2023. The ruling was delivered virtually by chief magistrate Martha Mutuku at the Mombasa law courts.
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[Regnum] At least five people, including a police officer, were killed in an attack on a group of law enforcement officers in Niger, allegedly by militants. On Saturday, July 15, Agence France-Presse reported.
“Five have been killed in an alleged jihadist attack in Niger. <…> A police officer and four civilians were killed in a terrorist attack in the southwest of the country ,” the agency said.
According to AFP, the terrorist act took place on Friday afternoon near the border with Burkina Faso, and the police group accompanying the convoy became the target of the attack. In addition to the five dead, another 19 people were injured.
As IA Regnum reported , on June 27, Agence France-Presse, citing its sources, reported an attack by militants in the central part of Burkina Faso, which killed at least 30 soldiers. According to the source, the VDP detachment became the main target of the militants' attack.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Southern Revolutionary Movement on Friday called for overthrow of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) and formation of a "national front" to confront Saudi-led coalition in Aden and the rest of 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... ’s southern and eastern provinces.
"It is required in the southern governorates to overthrow the STC and the coalition of occupation countries and to liberate the south from the Emirati and Saudi occupiers, " Mohammed al-Numani, front man for the Revolutionary Southern Movement forces said in a tweet on Friday.
The formation of "a southern national front to lead the next phase in the southern provinces and solve the problems of the south within the Yemeni national framework", al-Nomani added.
He accused the Arab and international framework of occupying and imposing siege on Yemen in addition to waging war. The war has caused the destruction of life , killed people, deprived 25 million Yemenis access to food and medicine, and more than 4 million children from education.
Al-Nomani affirmed that the coalition has committed massacres and brutal crimes against humanity and still imposing blockade on Yemen amid the failure of international efforts to end the suffering of the Yemeni people.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] An armed gang kidnapped Mohammed Aziz al-Ateeqi, son of the former commander of Ataq axis loyal to Saudi-led coalition along with four of his lover companions last Wednesday while they were passing through Wadi Khora in Markha district of Shabwah province, eastern 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... According to local sources, the gang demanded a large ransom for the release of the abductees, and so far, there has been no agreement between the kidnappers and the families of the abductees.
Shabwah governorate has been witnessing unprecedented chaos and deterioration of security in light of the failure of the pro-coalition governor of Shabwah, to impose the security in the province, as popular demands increased, calling for his dismissal due to its failure in all fields.
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[GEO.TV] A Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, woman who was kidnapped in Mexico last year has been found safe and is returning to the United States.
Monica De Leon Barba, a resident of San Mateo, California, was released by her captors on July 14, according to the FBI. She had been held captive since November 29, 2022, when she was kidnapped while walking her dog in Tepatitlán, Jalisco.
"Our relief and joy at the safe return of Monica is profound," said Robert Tripp, special agent in charge of the FBI's the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... Field Office. "The FBI investigation is far from over, but we can now work this case knowing an innocent victim is reunited with her family."
Monica De Leon Barba, who had moved to Mexico for a job opportunity in photography, is on her way home. Details about her release and the motive behind the kidnapping have not been disclosed. The FBI is collaborating with Mexican authorities to identify the suspects involved.
The safe return of 40-year-old Monica brings hope amidst the security challenges faced in certain regions of Mexico. Law enforcement agencies in Mexico continue to combat criminal organizations and work towards ensuring the safety of citizens and visitors.
"No arrests have been made as authorities continue to search for the suspects," Tripp confirmed.
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[Regnum] On France's national holiday, Bastille Day, police counted 255 reports of car arson, Radio France reported.
According to the Minister of the Interior of France , Gerald Darmanin , this year the holiday was held under the close supervision of the security forces due to the recent unrest in the country.
During the day, the police received data on 255 burned cars. Law enforcement officers made 96 arrests, with 53 in Paris. Seven policemen, gendarmes and firefighters were injured.
“There were festivities, concerts and fireworks all over France, and compared to 2022, the damage has significantly decreased,” Darmanin said.
Today, the French Interior Ministry has mobilized 45,000 police and gendarmes to maintain order.
As IA Regnum reported , France was swept by a wave of riots at the end of June, the reason for which was the murder of a native of Algeria by a police officer in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre.
A 17-year-old teenager, driving a car, violated traffic rules, refused to obey a police officer and, according to one version, tried to run over a police officer. Another police officer mortally wounded the driver.
After that, riots began in Paris and a number of other cities in France, accompanied by an attack on security officials, arson of cars and pogroms in institutions and retail outlets.
Severe unrest continued until July 4, and then subsided. On July 5, Darmanen announced that the riots had stopped.
Bastille Day in France is traditionally accompanied by clashes with the police.
[Shafaq News] Eyewitnesses have reported that Ottoman Turkish artillery shelling has resulted in fires breaking out in farms and forests in two villages in northern Iraq's Amadiya district.
The incidents, allegedly caused by Ottoman Turkish forces, were recounted by witnesses who spoke to Shafaq News agency.
According to the witnesses, the shelling took place on Saturday, targeting the villages of Burji and Sarkli. The artillery strikes ignited fires in the surrounding forests and farmlands, posing a significant threat to the residents.
Despite ongoing efforts, the responsible authorities have encountered difficulties in extinguishing the fires, as stated by witnesses. Consequently, the fires continue to burn, exacerbating the situation.
These incidents underscore the escalating tensions in the region attributed to Ottoman Turkish military operations, resulting in collateral damage and environmental hazards for nearby communities. The extent of the damage caused by the fires is yet to be fully assessed.
At the time of reporting, Ottoman Turkish or local authorities have released no official statements regarding the alleged shelling and subsequent fires.
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[IsraelTimes] National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir commends the fact that tonight’s mass protest in Tel Aviv against the government’s judicial overhaul didn’t include the blocking of the city’s Ayalon Highway, as has commonly happened following similar rallies over the past six months.
"Ayalon wasn’t blocked. Heads weren’t broken. Bones weren’t shattered. And the treaty between the police and Israeli citizens wasn’t broken. When there’s a will, it’s possible to protest in a legitimate, dignified way," Ben Gvir tweets.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] In a video Saturday, the Jenin resistance group affiliated with Hamas Qassam Brigades unveiled the anti-armored vehicles explosive it has acquired and used recently during the Zionist regime military raid on the refugee camp.
[IsraelTimes] Group is chased back, does not cross barrier; Hezbollah-affiliated news hound says the 18 people, many of them journalists, joined parliamentarian for tour of border
A group of Lebanese, including a parliamentarian, crossed the border into Israeli sovereign territory on Saturday morning, before being chased back to 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... by the Israel Defense Forces who fired warning shots.
In a statement, the IDF said troops fired warning shots and used riot dispersal means after the group of some 18 people crossed the so-called Blue Line in the contested Mount Dov region. The group walked some 80 meters into Israeli territory but not did not breach Israel’s border barrier.
According to Ali Shoeib, a Hezbollah-affiliated correspondent, a group of journalists had joined MP Qassem Hashem, a member of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party in Lebanon, for a tour of the border area.
The IDF said that it only fired warning shots and used riot dispersal means after the group refused to leave the area. Eventually, they returned to Lebanon.
The incident appeared to be the latest in a series of actions along the northern border, most of them instigated by the Hezbollah terror group, that have raised tensions in recent months.
On Friday, the IDF said troops fired warning shots and used riot dispersal means after a number of Lebanese suspects hurled stones toward the border. The small group eventually left the area, a military spokesperson said.
On Wednesday, the IDF detonated a non-lethal explosive charge after Hezbollah members attempted to damage Israel’s border fence. In another area, Hezbollah activists climbed an Israeli military tower on the border and stole surveillance equipment. And in a third incident Wednesday, IDF troops fired warning shots at a group of Hezbollah activists who launched fireworks and set fires near Metula, during a protest to mark 17 years since the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
Last week, an anti-tank missile was fired from Lebanon at the contested village of Ghajar, causing no injuries. And in another incident last week, dozens of Lebanese soldiers along with some Hezbollah members crossed into Israeli territory without passing the border fence itself, before eventually heading back.
Last month, Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli drone flying over a village in southern Lebanon.
And in early June, two tents manned by armed Hezbollah members were discovered on Israeli territory in the contested Mount Dov region. One tent was removed after Israel sent a message to Hezbollah threatening an armed confrontation if it did not remove the outpost soon.
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 Israel says is built entirely within Israeli territory.
The Mount Dov area was captured by Israel from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War but the Lebanese government and Hezbollah say the area belongs to Lebanon.
[IsraelTimes] Over 150,000 estimated at main rally in Tel Aviv; Lapid vows not to let coalition ’carry out a hostile takeover of Israeliness’ by passing ’reasonableness’ bill into law
As counted by the organizers or by the police?
Protesters rallied Saturday evening across Israel for the 28th weekend of demonstrations against the judicial overhaul, with political tensions ratcheting up as the coalition speeds ahead with legislation to weaken the courts’ powers.
More than150,000 people attended the main rally on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street, according to data from Crowd Solutions cited by Channel 13 new. Protesters there scrawled "Biden save us" on the road, as they seek to bring international pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition amid growing criticism from the US administration over the judicial shakeup.
[IsraelTimes] A Paleostinian man was detained in the West Bank settlement of Asael on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces said, noting that he was unarmed.
The man was apprehended by a civilian security guard in the community in the South Hebron hills. It was not immediately clear what he was doing there and the military later said he was not carrying a gun or a knife.
The incident sparked a "terror infiltration" alert from the Home Front Command, with residents told to immediately shelter indoors and lock all doors and windows.
They later issued an all-clear.
Hebrew media reports said the Paleostinian man was "neutralized," but did not give any further details.
[NPASyria] Ottoman Turkish forces sent on Friday a military convoy to the western countryside of Aleppo amidst ongoing military tensions in the northwestern de-escalation zone of Syria.
A military source told North Press the convoy consisted of over 15 military and logistical vehicles, including armored vehicles, that entered Syrian territory through Kafer Lusin border crossing and headed towards Ottoman Turkish positions in the western countryside of Aleppo.
The number of Ottoman Turkish military bases and checkpoints deployed on the Idlib frontlines, southwards to Hama countryside, has increased to 23 posts and bases that overlook the strategic M4 and M5 Highways, according to the North Press Agency’s correspondents in the region.
The convoy included eight armored vehicles and trucks, one of which had military bulldozers and the other carried pre-made walls, which is believed to be aimed at "establishing a new military checkpoint on the M4 Highway," according to the source.
The M4 Highway runs from Latakia to Saraqib, southeast of Idlib. It also connects Ariha and Jisr al-Shughur in the southern and southwestern countryside of Idlib. Its length is 120 km. It arrives until Aleppo, and from there, it has been expanded as a two-lane expressway that continues further east into the Iraqi border, ultimately reaching its destination at djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... Ottoman Turkish forces have been sending military reinforcements to Idlib since the beginning of the year, coinciding with military escalation between the government forces and Syrian opposition factions.
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[NPASyria] On Friday, Ottoman Turkish authorities deported 160 Syrian Refugees, including a media activist who the Tel Abyad border crossing in northern Raqqa, northern Syria, which is controlled by the Ottoman Turkish-backed National Army (SNA).
An exclusive source told North Press that the Ottoman Turkish authorities have deported 160 people to Tel Abyad, north of Raqqa, including the media activist Abdulrahman Issa, who has been detained in their prisons since November 2022.
The Ottoman Turkish authorities have intensified the forced deportation of Syrians, as part of what they call voluntary return to safe areas in northwestern Syria, according to media and documentary reports.
On July 13, Ottoman Turkish authorities deported 22 Syrian refugees, including women and kiddies, to areas in Idlib, northwest Syria, via the Bab al-Hawa border crossing.
On July 12, Ottoman Turkish authorities deported 47 Syrian refugees, including 15 women with their children, through the Ras al-Ain border crossing. They were then transferred to a security center of the The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... -backed Military Police in the city to verify their data.
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[NPASyria] On Saturday afternoon, Ottoman Turkish border guards shot at and maimed a 50-year-old man as he was entering his farmland located in western Idlib near the Ottoman Turkish border in northwestern Syria.
A local source told North Press that Riyad al-Kanou, 52, was shot by Ottoman Turkish border guards while checking his land, adjacent to the Ottoman Turkish border near the town of Harem in western Idlib.
The source added that "al-Kanou was taken to Harim Hospital at death's door."
He stated that the Ottoman Turkish observation tower opposite the town of Harem shot the man with several bullets, one of which hit his body, despite knowing that he was there to check his land.
Hundreds of farmers who own lands adjacent to the Ottoman Turkish border have since refrained from checking their lands out of fear of being targeted by Ottoman Turkish border guards, who continue to directly shoot civilians.
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[NPASyria] An officer of 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) was shot by unidentified button men in Jisr al-Shughur, in western Idlib, this afternoon, 24 hours after the liquidation of an HTS security official by unknown attackers operating under the name of Saraya Dir’ al-Thawra.
A source confirmed to North Press that the button men targeted Abu Jabir al-Deiri, the officer in charge of HTS patrols in Jisr al-Shughour, while he was in his military vehicle, which resulted in his injury with varying degrees of severity.
After taking the injured to Jisr al-Shughur hospital, the HTS’ General Security Apparatus cordoned off the site and began inspecting identities and vehicles.
On Friday, a top HTS security official named Ibrahim Mahmoud al-Ali, known as Abu Sahib Sarmin, was killed by unknown button men carrying the banner of Saraya Dir’ al-Thawra.
[NPASyria] Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS – formerly al-Nusra Front) arrested on Saturday at dawn dozens of people living in camps in al-Roj Plain area, west of Idlib Governorate, northwestern Syria, following the killing of one of its security bigshots on Friday.
An exclusive source told North Press that the HTS’ general security apparatus arrested 37 individuals in camps in the al-Roj Plain.
Ibrahim Muhammad al-Ali, aka Abu Suhaib Sarmada, a security official from HTS, was killed near the camps. The assailants have not been identified so far.
A banner with the words "Revolutionary Shield Brigade" was laid next to the body of Sarmada. The Revolutionary Shield Brigade is not well known in the region.
The region continues to experience high military alert and intensive HTS patrols.
[NPASyria] The number of detainees has risen to 48, including women, on Saturday, as a result of a security campaign launched by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the Sahl al-Rouj (al-Rouj plain) in western Idlib, following the liquidation of a top security official of the HTS.On Friday, a top HTS security official named Ibrahim Mahmoud al-Ali, known as Abu Sahib Sarmin, was killed by unknown button men carrying the banner of a group called Saraya Dir’ al-Thawra.
A source told North Press that the campaign, which started early on Saturday, has so far resulted in the arrest of 48 people, including five women, on charges of participating in security operations against the HTS in Sahl al-Rouj.
The source indicated that the security campaign will continue until the cell that targeted the official is found, amid fears of using the incident as a pretext to carry out "Dire Revenge arrests."
Earlier today, an HTS officer was shot at and maimed by unidentified button men in Jisr al-Shughur, in western Idlib.
[KhaamaPress] The United States is increasing its use of fighter jets in the critical Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizure.
Washington is becoming more concerned about the strengthening relations between Iran, Russia and Syria throughout the Middle East, the US media outlets said.
The US will send F-16 fighter jets to the Gulf this weekend to support the A-10 attack aircraft that have been patrolling for over a week; the official told news hounds at the Pentagon.
The decision comes after 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... tried to seize two oil tankers last week as it attempted to fire at one of them near the Strait.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again... The US military’s most recent statement comes just a few weeks after it sent a fleet of F-22 Raptors to the Middle East due to Russia’s risky and improper behaviour over Syria.
"A-10s have been flying over the Strait of Hormuz and the broader [Gulf] areas for about a week and a half now. Moreover, we are starting to fly f-16s this weekend, as well, to further robust that presence," the official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , told news hounds.
The increased air presence will provide the US "really good visibility" over the ships in the area, their cargo, and their owners. Moreover, the official added that it enables us to evaluate whether vessels might be in danger.
The official declined to provide more details but insisted that the US would not cede any land and keep carrying out anti-ISIS Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in the country’s western region.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...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...
[NPASyria] On Friday, 
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
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