[Breitbart] Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents found a small cache of Mexican cartel weapons on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande. This is the second suspected armed cartel incursion incident in the South Texas border town during the month of August.
As migrant apprehensions surge along the Texas border, law enforcement officers face a growing threat of Mexican Cartel violence in South Texas. Border Patrol officials reported the seizure of two cartel rifles and ammunition found Friday on the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande near Fronton, Texas. There were no arrests made in relation to the incident.
In a Friday morning post on “X,” formerly Twitter, Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez of the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Sector highlighted the seizure and stated, “Our U.S. Border Patrol Agents confront threats daily as they do their best to secure our border. Agents working jointly with our L.E. partners made a significant discovery of weapons and ammunition hidden by criminal organizations near Fronton, TX.”
The Border Patrol released photos of the weapons seizure of two rifles, several rifle magazines, and an ammunition carrier. The weapons appear to be an AR-15 style rifle and a Kalashnikov-style rifle. One photo shows the Kalashnikov rifle submerged in the river. The agency did not provide any other information regarding the multi-agency discovery other than to indicate no suspects were arrested in connection with the finding.
The small border town of Fronton, with a population of 167 residents, has been the scene of other cartel-related border activity in recent months. On Saturday, the images of three suspected Mexican cartel gunmen crossing the Rio Grande were captured by law enforcement cameras, according to Fox News report. One of the men depicted in the images on Saturday appeared to be wearing body armor. The three suspected Mexican cartel gunmen were not arrested despite a coordinated effort by the Border Patrol to locate them.
On Friday, an armed cartel gunmen crossed the Rio Grande with a group of migrants. He allegedly pointed the rifle at members of the Texas National Guard patrolling near the international railroad bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, a law enforcement source told Breitbart Texas. A video shows the gunman returning to Mexico dragging a barrel and carrying the rifle.
In June, Department of Public Safety (DPS) Highway Patrol troopers working in the same area arrested five suspected Mexican cartel members and seized two AR-15 style rifles in the same area. In that incident, DPS Spokesperson Lieutenant Chris Olivarez told Breitbart Texas the men were believed to be connected to the Cartel Del Noreste faction of the Los Zetas cartel.
Olivarez told Breitbart Texas, “One of the men told CID special agents they came under fire from Mexican law enforcement and fled across the Rio Grande.” The men were wearing camouflage clothing, complicating the search to find them in the thick brush along the banks of the river.
In addition to the recent incursions by suspected Mexican cartel gunmen, law enforcement agencies are also dealing with a significant surge in migrant crossings in the area. Weekend migrant apprehension numbers provided by the Border Patrol for the Rio Grande Valley Sector show a nearly 200% increase over the last month. A total of 1647 migrants were encountered during the weekend ending July 8. During the weekend ending August 6, the agency reported migrant encounters had climbed to 4,660.
During the first ten days of August, RGV agents apprehended more than 10,000 migrants, according to a confidential law enforcement source. During the same period, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended more than 6,000 migrants.
Who asked where al-Qaeda went?
[Breitbart] Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 40,000 migrants along the southwest border during the first ten days of August. The Tucson and Rio Grande Valley Sectors reported more than 10,000 each.
Unofficial reports obtained from law enforcement by Breitbart Texas reveal that during the first ten days of August, Border Patrol agents apprehended 39,324 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. This is an average of 5,708 apprehensions per day.
The Tucson and Rio Grande Valley Sectors reported 10,867 and 10,465 migrant apprehensions, respectively. The five Texas-based border sectors accounted for 23,119 of the 39,324 migrant apprehensions.
Following a sharp drop in June, migrant apprehensions reportedly spiked again in July with the arrest of more than 130,000 migrants, the Washington Post reported. If the current apprehension rate in August continues, U.S. Customs and Border Protection could report the apprehension of nearly 177,000 migrants in August.
TERROR ATTACK TARGETS CHINESE WORKERS NEAR GWADAR PORT IN PAKISTAN – The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) reputedly launched a terror attack against a convoy that was transporting over 20 Chinese nationals (engineers) yesterday in Balochistan. The BLA unit that orchestrated the attack is said to be the Majeed Brigade. There are discrepancies about the number of people killed in the incident but both journalists and the government say that no Chinese nationals were killed. At least 2 of the terrorists were killed and at least 1 Pakistani soldier is said to have died from wounds suffered in the exchange of gunfire. There are also disputed reports that some of the terrorists were captured by police. The Chinese embassy released a statement immediately after the attack and reportedly requested a meeting with both the Foreign Minister and the Minister of the Interior.
TALIBAN RAMPING UP PROPAGANDA MESSAGING AS 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES – As the anniversary of the withdrawal approaches, the different ministries across the Taliban government have begun broadcasting curated messages that are clearly intended to paint a very serene picture of life under their rule. The majority of the propaganda appears to be aimed at audiences abroad and many of the claims being bandied about are questionable at best.
PAKISTAN PASHTUN MARCH ON ISLAMABAD SCHEDULED FOR 18 AUGUST – The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement is organizing a march on the Supreme Court in Islamabad that is scheduled to take place at 1500hrs local time on 18 August. The organizers hope to advocate for peace, gain the release of Pashtuns who are serving prison sentences, and highlight other issues the community says it is facing. There is the potential for ethnic violence and the government may attempt to stop/divert the march with force.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN PAKISTAN COULD INVITE BOTH POLITICAL AND TERRORISM VIOLENCE – While no direct threat has been received, it is likely that many groups intend to disrupt celebrations. While a massive police presence has been reported in major cities, they face the daunting task of policing multiple gatherings. At-risk Afghans residing in Pakistan are encouraged to avoid these celebrations in order to avoid any risk of collateral injury.
Meanwhile, in India the security forces are patrolling everywhere to prevent eruptions. But India has enough money to pay them, possibly because they don’t have pet jihadis to support.
[AlAhram] Attacks by Sudanese paramilitaries on Sunday sent hundreds of civilians fleeing a major city in Darfur, residents told AFP as battles against the regular army intensify in the restive western region.
Darfur, as well as Sudan's capital Khartoum, have borne the brunt of nearly four months of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
One resident told AFP hundreds of people have been displaced from Nyala, Sudan's second largest city and capital of South Darfur state, where "rockets are falling on houses".
The war erupted in Khartoum on April 15 between the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, RSF commander Mohammed Hamdan Daglo. At least 3,900 people have been killed nationwide, according to a conservative estimate by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. More than four million people have been uprooted from their homes, according to the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... refugee agency.
Witnesses said on Sunday that RSF paramilitaries had attacked Nyala with "dozens of military vehicles" and that "hundreds of residents are fleeing intense artillery fire".
Fighting in the latest conflict has concentrated on El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, where the United Nations suspects that crimes against humanity have been committed.
Several sources allege there have been massacres of civilians and ethnically motivated killings in Darfur, attributed to paramilitary forces and allied Arab militias. Researchers at Yale University in the United States say that at least 27 villages in Darfur have been razed to the ground by the RSF and its allies since April.
"The ferocity and volume of the violence at least equals the genocide in 2003-2004," Nathaniel Raymond of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health told AFP.
"The RSF and Arab allied militias are moving methodically and quickly without impediment. They chose the time and place and attack to liquidate civilian communities," he said.
Fighting was also reported on Sunday in Khartoum's battle-scarred sister city of Omdurman just across the Nile, where one resident reported "artillery fire".
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Reporting on Darfur is execrable. Note: "Several sources allege there have been massacres of civilians and ethnically motivated killings in Darfur, attributed to paramilitary forces and allied Arab militias."
No mention is ever made of just who the allied Arab militias might be. Al Ahram simply does not want to point out that this is a battle between African and Arab forces.
UPDATE: At least seven Al Shabab militants were killed in an operation carried out near Kismayo, a town lies some 500km south of Mogadishu. https://t.co/ajVPGFR7k8
The specially U.S-trained forces from SNA’s Danab commando brigade raided villages under Janay Abdale in the Lower Jubba region, south of Somalia.
In the operation, the army killed 7 of the fighters of the al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... group, who were at a training base during a shootout that lasted for several hours, according to the residents.
The commander of the 5th unit of the Danab Arab Dheeg Ahmed said that the operation targeted a place where the group was gathering to plan an attack on the military bases.
In addition, Ahmed said that the Danab soldiers and the Jubbaland Darwish forces are carrying out joint operations to drive the al-Shabaab from the remaining areas in Jubaland.
This operation coincides with raids in the areas of Baladul Amin, Baladul Karim, and Bulo Fulay in the Lower Shabelle and Baay regions, killing 41 al-Shabaab fighters on Saturday.
Somali forces have had success against the group. The first offensive against al-Shabaab under Mohamud focused on the Middle Shabelle, Galgadud, and Hiran regions. During that effort, Somali Soldiers with clan militias liberated 80 areas, including Rage-El, a village in the Middle Shabelle region that had been under al-Shabaab control for 13 years.
[ShabelleMedia] The SNA forces carried out a planned operation targeting various centers of the al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... group in Buulo Fulay town of Bay region, Southwest State.
A statement issued by the government said that the SNA targeted administrative offices, a garage for explosives preparation, and a checkpoint manned by al-Shabaab fighters.
During the operation, the federal government said that 23 members of the al-Shabaab group, including senior commanders, were killed and dozens have sustained wounds.
This is the third of its kind this month that the Somali government forces have targeted al-Shabaab centers where the group was preparing explosive vehicles and the other bases.
In August 2022, Mohamud launched a "total war" against al-Shabaab. In the first phase, Somali forces concentrated on the central regions of Hirshabelle and Galmudug ...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth... , supporting local clans that were rebelling against al-Shabaab.
Though the government offensive has weakened al-Shabaab’s hold on territory, it has not stopped the group’s attacks. In 2022, there was a 41 percent increase in al-Shabaab violence targeting civilians.
Al-Shabaab attacks reached their peak in 2011 when the bully boys’ controlled parts of the capital city of Mogadishu and the vital port of Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region.... , now under Jubaland state.
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If the government can secure Kismayo and drive the Shabaab from the Oltre Giuba (and thus the borderland with Kenya), then Shabaab's days are numbered.
[AlAhram] The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali on Sunday said it had brought forward its withdrawal from a base in the north of the country due to deteriorating security conditions.
The MINUSMA force's departure from Ber comes after the Malian army on Saturday said six soldiers died and 24 fighters from "armed terrorist groups" were killed in a skirmish in the area on Friday.
Former rebels from the Tuareg ethnic group also said the army and the Russian mercenary group Wagner attacked their forces in Ber on Friday.
"MINUSMA has brought forward its withdrawal from Ber due to the degradation of security in the area and the high risks that bring for our Blue Helmets," the force said on Twitter, recently rebranded as "X".
It called on "the different actors concerned to abstain from any act that could further complicate the operation".
The number of troops involved or details on the original departure date were not specified.
"MINUSMA has left Ber. The camp is fully occupied" by the Malian army "without incident", a senior local security official told AFP.
The junta, which has ruled Mali since 2020 and pushed the UN Security Council in June to withdraw MINUSMA by the end of the year, has not reacted publicly.
The mission, which had some 11,600 troops and 1,500 coppers in the country, began in 2013 after separatist and jihadist rebellions broke out in northern Mali the previous year.
Its impending withdrawal from all of Mali has exacerbated tensions between the junta and the ex-rebels from the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA). The CMA is an alliance of Tuareg-dominated groups seeking autonomy or independence from the Malian state and which controls vast areas of the north. It said on Saturday that the Malian army was "determined to occupy MINUSMA's holdings at all costs, including those in areas under CMA control", in violation of a 2015 peace deal.
On Thursday, the former rebels announced the departure of all their representatives from the capital Bamako for "security" reasons, further widening the gap with the junta.
The CMA also criticises the military for having approved a new constitution in June, which it says compromises the preace agreement.
Mali's junta has fallen out with former colonial power La Belle France and turned to Russia for political and military support.
The deep security crisis that has engulfed northern Mali since 2012 has spread to the centre of the country as well as neighbouring Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... and Niger.
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[Regnum] At least 14 people have died in an attack by gunmen on a village in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), Agence France Presse (AFP) reports, citing local authorities.
The Allied Democratic Forces, also known since 2019 as ISIS’ Central African Province (ISCAP) abuse the civilians in the eastern part of the DRC, but they’ve reportedly been expanding their area of operations...
The attack took place in the province of Kwango, near the border with Angola. According to sources, the militants had machetes and firearms.
AFP noted that the attack followed the recent arrest of police officers. Local authorities are taking steps to bring the situation under control.
As IA Regnum reported, in April militants attacked the village of Musandaba in North Kivu province in eastern DR Congo. As a result of the incident, 22 local residents were killed. The terrorist group "Islamic State" (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) claimed responsibility for the attack . On July 27, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) accused the Rwandan army of violating the state border. The command of the Congolese troops called the actions of the Rwandan side " intervention " aimed at destabilizing and violating the territorial integrity of the republic.
[NYPOST] Upstate Western NY Democratic Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said he’s refusing to accept any more migrants colonists from New York City after two sexual assault incidents occurred at Buffalo-area hotels housing asylum seekers last week.
Poloncarz said his reversal came after learning the facilities are not safe, adding that Erie County’s "trust and good faith has been betrayed."
As is generally the case when the rest of the state deals with The City. Mostly it’s not malice aforethought, just colossal parochialism, as City folk fail to realize that they are not the center of the universe for anyone beyond their borders.
The county executive said DocGo, a contractor hired by the Adams Administration to provide services to the migrants colonists relocated upstate, "may have interfered" with the Cheektowaga police’s investigation in the second assault case.
DocGo had been the subject of complaints even before the latest incident.
"I demanded [New York City] Mayor [Eric] Adams pause all further transportation of asylum seekers to our community until such time as we can resolve all security issues," Poloncarz said during a Saturday presser posted by Spectrum News.
"He agreed and informed me they will not send any additional persons to Erie County at this time. We also discussed the need for a new and improved security plan."
About 540 asylum seekers have been brought to Erie County, and officials are now calling on the asylum seekers to be removed from the hotels.
Authorities said an asylum seeker from the 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... was arrested Friday and is being charged with sex abuse and unlawful imprisonment after allegedly sexually assaulting an employee inside the Best Western hotel in Cheektowaga near Buffalo Airport.
The bust came just days after another migrant from Venezuela ...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south... , who also arrived from New York City, was charged with raping a woman in front of a 3-year-old child, at another Cheektowaga hotel.
"Erie County opened its arms to try to welcome these new Americans. Unfortunately we believe we can’t make the program, as it is presently run, sustainable without significant changes," Poloncarz said.
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[Dawn] Two bad boyz were potted by security forces after they attacked a military convoy in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... ’s Gwadar on Sunday morning, according to the army’s media affairs wing.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the bandidosbandidos hard boys carried out the attack at 10am, using small arms and hand grenades.
"However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... due to the efficient and swift response, two bandidosbandidos hard boys were sent to hell with no harm to any military or civil persons," the statement said, with the military expressing its resolve to "thwart efforts of the enemies of peace and prosperity in the country".
An earlier statement by the ISPR said the operation was launched in the area after the presence of bandidosbandidos hard boys was reported, adding that one bad boy had been killed and three others injured during the exchange of fire with security forces.
Separately, China’s consulate in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... said the attacked convoy was carrying Chinese workers.
"A Chinese convoy from the Gwadar port project
...one of the pearls in China’s Belt and Pearl project to rule the world...
was hit by roadside kabooms and gunfire on its way back to the port area from the Gwadar Airport," it said in a statement on its website, adding that "no Chinese citizens were killed or injured".
According to it, the attack took place at 9:17am.
The consulate asked Pakistain to "severely punish the perpetrators and take concrete and effective measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens, institutions and projects".
The statement said the Chinese consulate general "has activated the contingency plan as soon as possible, reminding local Chinese citizens, enterprises, and projects to be vigilant, upgrade security measures, prevent security risks, and pay close attention to the security situation to ensure safety".
An increase has been observed in attacks on Chinese citizens in Pakistain over the past few years amid a spike in incidents of militancy in the country.
...also an increase in Chinese employees for Chinese projects, one imagines...
In July 2021, 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, had died in a bus attack near the Dasu hydropower plant in the Upper Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
In April last year, three Chinese teachers and their local driver were killed when ajacket wallah'> exploding trollop female suicide bomber had blown herself up at the entrance of the Confucius Institute on the premises of Karachi Univerity.
Five months later, a young Chinese man was rubbed out while a Chinese dentist couple were critically maimed when a man posing as a patient had entered their clinic in a busy commercial area of Saddar in Karachi and opened indiscriminate fire on the victims.
According to the Afghan Digest, the Balochistan Liberation Army unit that orchestrated the attack is said to be the Majeed Brigade.
The 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... Liberation Army (BLA) has asserted responsibility for a suicide kaboom targeting a convoy of Chinese nationals, resulting in the tragic loss of four Chinese citizens and nine Pak soldiers’ lives. In contrast, Pak authorities have dismissed these claims, stating that Pak forces neutralized two bully boyz without causing harm to any military or civilian individuals.
The attack targeted a convoy of Chinese engineers involved in various projects in the Gwadar port city of Balochistan.
In a statement regarding the attack, BLA front man Jeeyand Baloch revealed that the operation ’Zir Pahazag’ persisted for over two hours. A fierce exchange of gunfire and explosion involved the incident.
The statement added that two fighters, "Naveed Baloch alias Aslam Baloch and Magbool Baloch Alias Qayim targeted a convoy of Chinese engineers.
"According to the information received so far, at least four Chinese nationals and nine Pak military personnel were killed, and several were maimed," the statement said.
"This is the preliminary information, and the number of loses could rise," the statement added.
[GEO.TV] A soldier was martyred and four bad boyz were potted while another was apprehended after a shootout in the general area of Charmang of Bajaur district, Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday.
A statement released by the ISPR stated that the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Charmang on the "reported presence of terrorists".
"During the conduct of operation, intense fire exchange occurred between security forces and terrorists," the military's media wing stated.
After subduing the murderous Moslems, the forces apprehended the terrorist who remained alive during the operation.
Weapons, ammunition, and explosives including a boom jacket were also recovered from the terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous "terrorist activities against security forces and killing of innocent citizens, especially suicide kabooms", it added.
The ISPR said that the martyred soldier was identified as Sepoy Muhammad Shoaib, 24.
It further stated that the sanitisation of the area is being carried out to eliminate any Lions of Islam found in the area.
"Security forces of Pakistain remain determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism from Pakistain," it added.
Two members of the Iraqi Army were maimed today, Sunday, in a kaboom that targeted a military patrol in Diyala province.
An anonymous security source informed Shafaq News Agency that an improvised bomb detonated, targeting a patrol from the Diyala Operations Forces' al-Maghaweer Brigade in the al-Bijat area, south of Baqubah (20 kilometers south of Baqubah).
The source added that the earth-shattering kaboom resulted in minor injuries to two soldiers.
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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), believed to be Ottoman Turkish, has reportedly struck an uninhabited area near a resort in Sulaymaniyah, a source revealed on Sunday.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that the allegedly-Ottoman Turkish drone bombed a site in the vicinity of the Gule resort in the district of Penjwen.
"No human casualties have been reported," the source said.
Today's attack follows a series of Ottoman Turkish drone assaults over the past week on both the Penjwen and Dukan districts, which resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries.
Turkish warplanes conducted airstrikes targeting sites affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Duhok.
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Ottoman Turkish warplanes conducted Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s targeting sites affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Duhok.
A source informed Shafaq News Agency that the airstrikes hit locations belonging to elements of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in an area near the town of Dirluk, located within the Amedi district, north of Duhok.
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“I’m a big, scary terrorist — pay attention to MEEEEE!!”
[JPost] Israeli forces opened fire at a Hezbollah terrorist who hurled a Molotov cocktail across the southern Lebanese border into Israel, near Metula, the military said on Sunday evening.
No damage was done to border infrastructure and no one was injured in the incident, according to the IDF.
[NPASyria] Russian battleships docked in the Syrian coast targeted on Saturday late at night an 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) hideout deep in the Syrian Desert, central Syria, following a recent attack against the Syrian government forces.
The Russian news agency Sputnik Arabic reported, citing a field source, that the attack was conducted through launching a group of precision-strike missiles, which resulted in the destruction of an ISIS hideout located in the desert between the governorates of Hama, central west Syria, and Homs, central the country, after Saturday midnight.
The attack came less than 48 hours after ISIS grabbed credit for an attack against buses of the government forces in the desert of al-Mayadin in eastern Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria. The attack killed 40 Syrian soldiers and maimed more than 10 others.
The attack was carried out "based upon accurate intelligence along with extensive reconnaissance operations conducted by Russian air forces," the source added.
"The concentrated missile attack was done through the platforms of one of the Russian battleships located across the Syrian coast," he stressed.
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I wish they'd pick up on the distinction between a warship and a battleship. Probably too much to ask of desert dwellers.
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Heh, sounds like the qualification for journalist is universal.
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I suspect that this battleship could be sunk with two red plastic pegs.
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I thought Ukraine sunk the closest thing Russia had to a battleship at the beginning of the war. It was called the Moskva and she was sent to the depths of the Black Sea where she remains to this very day.
[NPASyria] Four soldiers of Syrian government forces injured, on Sunday, in a landmine explosion in the village of Ma’ezila, in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.
A source of the government forces in Deir ez-Zor told North Press that four soldiers of Division 17, affiliated with the government forces, were maimed while scouring Deir ez-Zor countryside.
The source said that following the incident, the maimed soldiers were transferred to the city hospital in Deir ez-Zor, and they are in "serious condition".
"Soldiers who participated in the scouring campaign left their weapons and run away, fearing landmines and 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) attacks, the source pointed out.
On August 11, ISIS grabbed credit for an attack against buses of the government forces in the countryside of the town of al-Mayadin, east of Deir ez-Zor. The attack killed 40 Syrian soldiers and maimed more than 10 others.
The Syrian Desert covers nearly half of the area of Syria, and is distributed over the governorates of Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Rif Dimashq, Suwayda and Palmyra.
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 the ISIS sleeper cells.
[NPASyria] Syrian government forces renewed on Sunday shelling on several locations in the countryside of Hama, Aleppo, and Idlib in northwestern Syria, following hours of intense festivities between conflicting parties west of Aleppo.
Military sources from the Syrian opposition told North Press that the government forces targeted residential neighborhoods in the villages of Maarat al-Naasan and Shallakh, east of Idlib, as well as the outskirts of Kafr Nouran, Kafr Amma, and Tadil, west of Aleppo, using heavy artillery shells.
The villages and towns of Sarmada, al-Ankawi, and Duwayr al-Akrad in al-Ghab Plain, located in western Hama, were shelled by the government forces from Jorin military camp.
"The shelling caused material damage to both public and private properties," the sources added.
Northwestern Syria is witnessing an escalation of skirmishes between the government forces, 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) and Syrian opposition factions. These festivities have led to casualties among civilians.
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[NPASyria] Residents of a town in eastern Homs, central Syria, found on Sunday the body of a leader in an Iran-backed militia killed by gunfire.
A source from the Iran-backed Liwa Zainebiyoun militia said that shepherds from the town of al-Sukhna, eastern Homs, found the body of Muntasir al-Daham, 39, a leader in the militia, with bound hands and gunshots to his head.
"Al-Daham is the commander of the special tasks group in the Zainebiyoun, and he is an Iraqi national," the source added.
The pro-Iranian factions and Syrian government forces control vast areas of the Syrian Desert and eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside, which continue to witness increasing activity by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS).
Contact was lost with al-Daham eight days ago, after he left an outpost in Palmyra, in central Homs Governorate, heading to al-Sukhna, according to the source.
No party has grabbed credit for the incident so far.
[NPASyria] Ottoman Turkish forces sent on Saturday a new military convoy consisting of military and logistic equipment to the de-escalation zone in northwest Syria. This came a day after Syrian government reinforcements arrived in the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo.
Military sources told North Press that a Ottoman Turkish military convoy consisting of 16 military, logistic, and armored vehicles entered through Kafr Lossin border crossing in northern Idlib into Syrian territories. The vehicles headed towards Ottoman Turkish posts in Zawiya Mountain in the south of Idlib.
The convoy included 12 armored vehicles and four trucks loaded with ammunition and logistic supplies, the sources noted.
The Ottoman Turkish reinforcements arrived a day after government forces sent military reinforcement to contact lines with Ottoman Turkish-backed armed opposition, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), 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 — 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 the countryside of Idlib and the southern and western countryside of Aleppo.
On August 7, the Ottoman Turkish forces sent a convoy of military and logistic equipment to the de-escalation zone.
Although the de-escalation zone in northwest Syria is subject to a Russian-Ottoman Turkish ceasefire agreement signed in March 2020, the area witnesses frequent mutual bombardment despite the entry of the ceasefire into force.
In March 2020, Russia and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... reached an agreement in Moscow that stipulated a ceasefire, the establishment of a safe corridor, and the conduct of joint patrols on the M4/Aleppo-Latakia Highway.
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...
[NPASyria] Yaşar Guler, Ottoman Turkish Minister of Defense, said on Saturday that the Ottoman Turkish army will not leave Syria "without guaranteeing the security of its border and the safety of its people."
Guler stressed, in an interview with a Ottoman Turkish channel, that the most important stage of peace in Syria is the making of a new constitution.
"The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... sincerely wants peace. But we have sensitivities. It is unimaginable for us to leave Syria without guaranteeing the security of our border and people. I believe the Syrian president will act more reasonably about this topic," the Ottoman Turkish official said.
He explained that the Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... "is making the effort of making peace in Syria."
Earlier, the Ottoman Turkish president stressed that he was not thinking of withdrawing Ottoman Turkish forces from Syria. Ankara frequently reiterated that they would not accept preconditions that lead to direct negotiations with the Syrian government, including the withdrawal of its forces from Syrian territories.
In December 2022, Russia hosted the first talks in 11 years between the defense ministers of Turkey and Syria. In May, Russia also hosted a quadripartite meeting between the foreign ministers of Syria, Turkey, 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... and Russia in a pursuit of normalizing ties between Damascus and Ankara.
[NPASyria] Turkish border guards assaulted, on Saturday, a group of Syrians after they tried to cross Syrian-Turkish border from the countryside of Afrin Region, northwest Syria.
Local sources from the region told North Press that border guards severely beat 15 people while trying to cross the border near the village of Khazafiya in the town of Sheikh Hadid, northwest Afrin.
The border guards detained the group and handed them over to Sultan Suleiman Shah Division (Amshat) and scars of extensive torture were obvious on the bodies of some of them, the sources added.
Most of those who try to enter Turkish territory resort to dangerous smuggling routes to reunite their families or get a job opportunity to meet their needs, especially in light of poor living and economic conditions people suffer from in northwestern Syria.
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[NPASyria] Ottoman Turkish forces targeted on Sunday military posts of the Syrian government forces in the countryside of Manbij, northern Syria, wounding two soldiers.
A military source within government forces told North Press that Ottoman Turkish forces shelled two of their posts on the outskirts of the villages of Tokhar and al-Jat. The strikes led to the injury of two soldiers who were taken to a hospital.
The source speculated that a Ottoman Turkish drone struck the two posts. He also added they started investigating the incident.
On July 16, a Ottoman Turkishdronezap hit a vehicle in the village of Hassan Agha in south of Manbij city resulting in the injury of one individual.
During the first half of 2023, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... attacked north Syria with 34 dronezaps, leaving behind 73 casualties, killing 44 individuals and injuring 29 others.
[NPASyria] On Sunday, ISIS grabbed credit for an attack on a military vehicle belonging to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in a village in southern Hasakah, northeastern Syria.
This morning, the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) reported that two of their personnel were maimed in an attack on their vehicle on the road linking the city of Hasakah and the town of Hawl, in east of the city.
ISIS-linked Amaq agency released a statement saying that ISIS operatives detonated an IED with an SDF vehicle on the Hawl route on Saturday.
The statement claimed that the earth-shattering kaboom resulted in killing two SDF members and completely destroying the vehicle.
ISIS has recently stepped up attacks against SDF outposts in spite of the repeated anti-ISIS campaigns launched by the SDF with the support of the US-led Global Coalition.
[NPASyria] On Sunday, 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) launched a campaign of raids and arrests in the town of Maarrat Misrin in the northern countryside of Idlib. The operation resulted in the arrest of 18 individuals on charges of espionage.
An exclusive source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, 18 individuals were arrested today by the HTS in the Western Neighborhood in Maarrat Misrin. Among those detained were four employees from the Civil Affairs Directorate and an employee from the Transportation Directorate, both of which are affiliated with the HTS’ Salvation Government.
The source said that the arrests were carried out on charges of collaborating with the Syrian government, adding they were transferred to Investigation Center 107, in the city of Idlib.
The source indicated that the arrests campaign came after the HTS closed of entrances to the Western Neighborhood of Maarrat Misrin by setting up checkpoints at the southern and northern entrances to the neighborhood.
[An Nahar] Violent explosions were heard from missile stockpiles of pro-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... militias east of Syria's capital Damascus before dawn on Sunday, a war monitor said.
Residents of the Damascus region heard the blasts which came from "the warehouses of pro-Iran militias" in a mountainous area east of the capital, said the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria.
"We don't know if it was from an air strike or ground operation," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
Inshallah. God wills it — who are you to question his choice of the instrument executing his will, O observatory head?
During more than a decade of war in Syria, neighboring Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters, as well as Syrian army positions.
Syria's official news agency SANA said during the night that "the sounds of explosions" had been heard on the outskirts of Damascus.
Four Syrian soldiers and two Iran-backed fighters were killed last Monday in pre-dawn Israeli air strikes near Damascus, the Observatory said at the time, in the latest deadly Israeli air raid to hit war-torn Syria's capital.
The air strikes targeted Syrian regime forces, as well as military positions and weapons depots used by gangs supported by Tehran, the monitor said.
With Iranian as well as Russian support, the government of Syria's Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... has clawed back much of the territory it had lost to rebels early in the conflict, which broke out in 2011 and has pulled in foreign powers and global jihadists.
Israel rarely comments on strikes it carries out on targets in Syria, but it has repeatedly said it would not allow its arch foe Iran to expand its footprint there.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The militants carried out a terrorist attack on August 13 at the Shah Cherakh mosque in Iran. As a result, one person died and eight others were injured, said Yadollah Bueli, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Fars province.
“As a result of the incident, one person has been killed and eight others injured or injured so far. All of them were delivered to treatment centers,” he said.
Earlier, the IRNA agency informed that at least four people were killed as a result of the attack. According to the Tasnim agency, two militants tried to enter the territory of the mosque, one of them was detained, and the search for the second continues. Bueli said that law enforcement officers found a firearm in the detained man. Initially, the Iranian media reported four dead, but later officially it became known about one dead.
As reported by IA Regnum, the attack on the Shah Cherakh mosque also took place in October 2022. Three intruders opened fire there. During the attack, 13 people were killed and 45 were injured.
A mass shooting in October at the revered shrine left 13 people dead and 30 maimed, in an attack later claimed 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.... group Death Eaters. 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... hanged two men in public over the October attack, the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website reported last month, identifying them as Mohammad Ramez Rashidi and Naeem Hashem Qatali, but not revealing their nationalities.
"It happened around 19:00 local time (15:30 GMT) ... an armed terrorist entered the Shrine area and started shooting ... he was arrested," said Mohammad Hadi Imaniyeh, the governor of Fars province.
"One person was killed in the attack."
At least seven people were wounded, including two workers at the shrine and two pilgrims, and shops in the area had been closed. State TV said the shrine area had been cordoned off by security forces.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine, which state news agency IRNA said had been carried out by terrorists.
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...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 
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[Regnum] The militants carried out a terrorist attack on August 13 at the 
