COMMUNITIES ACROSS GREAT BRITAIN CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO AID AFGHAN REFUGEES – The British Home Office released figures detailing the number of Afghan refugees currently in the United Kingdom. The move has been seen as a riposte to the criticism mounted by charities and migrant rights groups that contend the government was not doing enough to facilitate asylum for the Afghans. The Home Office says that over 20,000 Afghan refugees have been accepted into Great Britain and provided a detailed location-based demographic map of where they have settled. While the report struck a hopeful tone and implied that things were being handled effectively, migrant-centric NGOs point to the disparity in the numbers of Ukrainian refugees who have been resettled in roughly the same time period (120,000). A looming 1 September deadline for the roughly 7,000 Afghans who are living in government-sponsored hotels could create a crisis as houses for the Afghans have been difficult to secure.
US REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ANNOUNCED IMPEACHMENT EFFORT AGAINST THE US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE – Republican Congressman from Florida, Cory Mills, made the announcement yesterday and claims that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ‘intentionally abandoned American citizens’ during the chaotic withdrawal. It is unclear how much support the effort has in the Congress.
NEW MEDIA LAW SENT TO THE SUPREME LEADER FOR APPROVAL – Details of the new law have not been widely publicized but the basic function of the law is focused on controlling foreign media outlets operating in the country. Basically, any journalists representing a foreign media outlet will be subject to the domestic laws of Afghanistan. Surprisingly, the law actually has broad support among journalists in Afghanistan who say that the lack of any law has led to many difficulties while attempting to report the news, and arrests have occurred when reporters inadvertently stepped over a line. International journalism-centric NGOs take a different view and have expressed early criticism of the forthcoming legislation.
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THREATS MADE AGAINST CHRISTIAN ENCLAVE IN RAWALPINDI – Unconfirmed reports arrived on Friday that some religious leaders in Rawalpindi had called on the Muslim community to form a mob and attack the Christian colony of Bark Khana in the city. It was not immediately clear when the proposed attack would take place, if at all.
[KhaamaPress] On Thursday, the Taliban ...Arabic for students... officially confirmed the death of Hoora Sadat, an Afghan YouTuber, who was killed in Kabul earlier this week.
Khalid Zadran, a spokesperson for the Taliban, said on a social media platform X that the incident occurred three days ago in the Kabul district.
Zadran revealed that authorities have apprehended two individuals, one woman, in connection with the incident.
The Taliban official also added that the investigation into the YouTuber’s death is currently ongoing.
This incident is the most recent one in an unfolding sequence of assassinations witnessed across the country following the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Simultaneously, the persistent and ongoing situation has undoubtedly triggered a heightened concern, bringing urgent attention to the broader context of safety and security prevailing throughout the country.
Sadat’s family denied providing any comments on the matter, respecting their privacy during this difficult time.
She passionately highlighted various social issues in her vlogs, skillfully portraying the details that shape people’s lives and emphasizing how society is deeply connected.
[GOOBJOOGNEWS] The Somali National Army has eliminated over 27 al-shabaab gunnies in a precise operation at Sheikhow farm 16 kilometers from Awdheegle district in Lower Shabelle region.
The operation which was carried out in collaboration with international partners also destroyed the krazed killers’ hideout which was located at the farm.
[GOOBJOOGNEWS] The Somali National Army has liberated Da’ Village at El-Bur district in Galgudud region from the al-shabaab hard boys.
The operation comes following weeks of intelligence gathering and planning which led to the expulsion of the forces of Evil and restoring safety for local residents.
Army officials however added that no casualties were reported on government forces underscoring the efficiency of the national army in the operation to liberate the entire 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... region which has been plagued by insecurity caused by the forces of Evil for years.
BREAKING: Somali army chief Ibrahim Sheikh Muhyadin says SNA forces have taken over Elbur, a town that has been under Al Shabab control since 2017 following Ethiopian troops' departure.
UPDATE: Several soldiers were wounded in an explosion claimed Al Shabaab before SNA forces managed to take over Elbur town in central Somalia. pic.twitter.com/pthWRUUVVg
BREAKING: Al Shabab claims to have carried out a suicide attack targeting SNA forces while on their way to Elbur town. The group did not say the casualty. No word from @SNAForce over the claims. pic.twitter.com/wxqzs7QGfK
[GOOBJOOGNEWS] Security officers in Lamu, Kenya have launched a manhunt for suspected al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... turbans who tried to force their way into the Juhudi Primary School IDP camp in Lamu West early Thursday before they were repulsed.
The heavily armed holy warriors raided the camp at around 3:30am and started shooting randomly.
A fire exchange that lasted for over ten minutes ensued between the turbans and security forces before they were overpowered and fled into the nearby forest.
The Juhudi Primary School IDP camp borders Boni Forest.
Lamu West Deputy County Commissioner, Gabriel Kioni said Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers, the National Police Service (NPS) officers, and National Police Reservists (NPR) guarding the camp fought and overpowered the attackers whose intention was to enter the camp and harm the IDPs.
"The attackers raided the camp at around 3.30 am but our officers were alert. KDF threw tracer bullets in the air that greatly helped to locate the enemy. There was a fire exchange before the enemy was overpowered and fled into the nearby forest. So far, the area is well guarded and it’s calm," said Mr Kioni.
On July 12 this year, heavily armed turbans tried to force their way into the same IDP camp at Juhudi but NPR officers manning the camp by then managed to thwart the attack.
[AFRICANEWS] A leader of the jihadist group 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.... (EI), the "planner and sponsor" of three deadly attacks in 2018 in the capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , has been captured, the head of Libya's Government of National Unity announced on Thursday evening.
"Our forces apprehended on Tuesday a leader of the terrorist organization Daech (Arabic acronym for EI, ed. note), involved in the planning and command of terrorist acts that targeted our country's institutions and their fallen officials," Abdelhamid Dbeibah, head of Libya's UN-recognized government based in the capital, said in a live TV address.
The operation was carried out jointly by the Radaa (Deterrence) Force and the Rahbat al-Dourou (Shields) Brigade from Tajoura (an eastern suburb of Tripoli), according to the government's media office, which gave no further details on the identity or nationality of the jihadist.
Bummer. Hopefully that information will be released after he’s been thoroughly questioned spilt his guts.
Mr. Dbeibah renewed his government's commitment to "fighting terrorism in all its forms", "prosecuting anyone involved" in terrorist acts, and "strengthening stability throughout the country", despite "difficulties and challenges" to protect Libya from "obscurantists, terrorists, and criminals".
On May 2, 2018, 14 people were killed in a suicide kaboom claimed by the EI against the headquarters of the Libyan High Electoral Commission (HNEC) in Tripoli.
On September 10, 2018, a suicide attack by the jihadist group against the headquarters of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) in the heart of the capital, killed two and maimed ten company staff.
On December 25, 2018, three people, including a Libyan diplomat, were killed in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (EI) group against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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[Regnum] FSB officers detained in Crimea six members of a cell of the Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir
...more formally Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, the Islamic Liberation Party. It’s active in about fifty countries and banned in thirteen or so, claiming about a million followers plus the enthusiastic graduates who moved on to real jihadi groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS. The national emirs report to the global Number 1, Sheikh Ata Abu Rashta (Sheikh Abu Yasin Ata bin Khalil bin Ahmad bin Abdul Qadir al-Khatib Abu Rashta when his mother was thoroughly displeased with him) a Palestinian Jordanian Islamic scholar ...
(an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation).
A wise choice. Would that others were as astute.
This was reported on August 25 at the Center for Public Relations (TsOS) of the FSB.
FSB DETAINED A CELL OF SIX HIZB UT-TAHRIR RECRUITERS IN CRIMEA
“The Federal Security Service, in cooperation with the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops on the territory of the Republic of Crimea, suppressed the activities of a cell of the international terrorist organization (ITO) “Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami” (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation), which consisted of six members of the terrorist structure ", the message says.
The detainees carried out illegal activities based on the ideas of creating a worldwide caliphate, destroying the institutions of secular society and forcibly overthrowing the current government. Using conspiratorial methods, they spread terrorist ideology among the inhabitants of Crimea and recruited Muslims living in the region into the ranks of a banned organization.
At the places of residence of the detainees, they found and confiscated a large amount of prohibited propaganda materials used by the detainees for terrorist activities of communications and electronic media, as well as a large amount of money intended for a terrorist organization. The investigative department of the regional FSB opened criminal cases.
As IA Regnum reported , in mid-June, law enforcement officers detained an active member of the above-mentioned international terrorist organization in Yugra. The man was charged with recruiting.
In January, a court in Simferopol arrested three people suspected of being members of a cell of an international terrorist organization. Before that, six members of the terrorist cell were detained in Crimea.
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Hizb ut-Tahir (Islamic Liberation Party) founded Palestine 1953 by the scholar, politician and Qadi in Court of Appeals, Jerusalem, Shaykh Taqiuddine an-Nabhani. Began to emerge following the end of the Soviet Union. He fought against Christianity, colonialism, and Arab and Muslim rulers who acted secularly and did not practice strict Islam and belief in dawaa to accomplish the Muslim unification in the Khilafah State.
Well organized in the UK, its propaganda arm noted "The oppressive rulers in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and others have killed dozens of its members. The prisons of Uzbekistan (over 4000), Syria (over 800) numerous numbers in Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia are full of its members. "Whenever there is a Muslim Amir who declares Jihad to enhance the World of All and mobilises the people to do that, the members of Hizb ut-Tahir will respond in their capacity as Muslims in the country where the general call to arms was proclaimed." ("Tajik Government Fears spread of call of Hizb-ut-Tahrir, this was on the Hizb ut-tahir website, at www.hizb-ut-tahir.org, uploaded 31 March 2001.) Nine HUT members shot by firing squad 27 Feb 2003, and lesser sentences in trial of 82 men. In 2000, Tajikistan dozens on trial in 2000 and "charged with illicit activities, including organizations advocating racial, ethnic, and religious bigotry and plotting to overthrow the secular government." The Hizb ut-Tahir movement "is active in various parts of the Islamic world and its clear and stated goal is to resume the Islamic way of life by reestablishing the Islamic State" (For more, see International Crisis Group of USA.)
[AlAhram] More than 300 migrants colonists have arrived on Greek islands, most near the Ottoman Turkish coast, over the past three days in separate incidents reported by the coasties.
On Thursday, the coasties said authorities had found 107 people the previous day on the islands of Samos, Mykonos and the tiny island of Ro, which lies in the Mediterranean off the southern coast of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... Those were in addition to another 109 people whose arrival Wednesday the coasties announced the same day on the islands of Lesbos, Rhodes, Samos and Santorini, while a further 118 arrived Tuesday on the islands of Ro, Rhodes and Lesbos.
Most were picked up near the coastline by coasties patrol boats from dinghies or other vessels provided by smugglers. All were taken to migrant reception centers.
For decades Greece has been one of the preferred entry points into the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... for people fleeing conflict or poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and hoping for a better life in Europe.
More than 14,000 people have reached Greece by land and sea so far this year, according to United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... figures. That’s about a tenth of the total successful Mediterranean crossings, most of which — about 104,000 — were to Italia. Arrivals in Greece for the whole of 2022 totaled 19,000.
In June, a battered fishing trawler heading from Libya to Italia with an estimated 500-750 people on board sank in international waters off southwestern Greece. Only 104 survivors were found, and Greek authorities were heavily criticized for failing to evacuate the vessel in time.
The government has attributed the rise in migrant crossings over the past two months to better summer weather and smugglers taking advantage of an increase in Aegean small boat traffic during the tourist season.
After nearly a million people entered Greece at the height of Europe’s 2015 migration crisis, the vast majority hoping to move north to wealthier European countries, Greece increased patrols along the sea and land border with Turkey to halt arrivals.
Human rights groups and migrants colonists have denounced the government for carrying out illegal summary deportations of people arriving in the country without allowing them to apply for asylum, an accusation the government strongly denies.
[AnNahar] Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, has said that four Arab Israeli citizens have been arrested in a joint operation with the police and the Israeli army over the possession of a large amount of "high quality" Iranian-made weapons including two bombs.
One of the men had been in contact with an operative of 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... -based Hezbollah, the agency said.
The suspects who were arrested in July were identified as Jalal Khursa, 28, Ahmed Issa, 30, and Muhammed Issa, 39, from Kafr Qasim, and Nuh Assam, 30, from Lod. They were indicted on Thursday on weapons offenses.
The security officials said the weapons were meant to be used to kill a rival gang leader as part of ongoing battles between crime gangs in Arab towns but were obtained using the smuggling routes of "terror organizations."
The investigation revealed that 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... was arming criminal gangs with military-grade bombs, the agency added.
In a raid on a home in Lod, other Israelis who were intending to use one of the bombs were detained. The security services said their investigation revealed that a Hezbollah operative enlisted Israelis to establish and operate a smuggling route for weapons and to disseminate them to criminal gangs, among others.
A Shin Bet official said that "once again the efforts of Iran and its proxy the Hezbollah group attempted to use Israelis in their acts of aggression against Israel."
"This also shows how fine the line is between criminal activity and terrorism," he added.
[IsraelTimes] Police say violence broke out when a man attending Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque refused to undergo a security check; Israeli man detained with knife in Old City
Three coppers and several Paleostinians were lightly injured on Friday as festivities broke out at the entrance to the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem ahead of Moslem Friday prayers at the site, police and Paleostinian media reports said.
According to a police statement, Paleostinians began throwing rocks at police and Border Police by the Old City’s Lions’ Gate after a man undergoing a security check refused to cooperate.
One of the coppers fired a warning shot because he felt he was in danger, the statement said. The officer was later taken to the hospital as a result of injuries to his head and shoulder.
Police sent reinforcements to the area who were searching for the suspects. The man who initially refused to cooperate was arrested at the scene, police said.
Police said they used force and "other means" to disperse the Paleostinians.
Paleostinian media reported that several worshippers were lightly maimed in the festivities, including one person with a fractured foot who was hit by a stun grenade.
Paleostinian officials said some 50,000 people attended Friday prayers.
In a separate incident, police said that they had arrested an Israeli man who was acting suspiciously in the Old City. After carrying out a search on him, he was found to be carrying a knife.
Police then used force to subdue him after he refused to listen to police orders. There were no injuries in the incident, police said.
The motivation of the man, a resident of northern Israel, was not immediately clear.
While the Temple Mount is often a source of tension between Israelis and Paleostinians, the complex has been relatively calm in recent months. Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has visited the compound several times this year, drawing backlash both from the Arab world and the US. However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... mass prayers during Ramadan in April went by without major incidents.
The site is considered the holiest in Judaism, as the location of two biblical temples, while the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Mount is the third-holiest shrine in Islam, turning the area into a major flashpoint in the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict.
Under the status quo, an arrangement that has prevailed for decades in cooperation with Jordan, Jews and other non-Moslems are permitted to visit the Temple Mount during certain hours but may not pray there.
[IsraelTimes] Hamzeh Abu Zeilah alleged to have begun watching content of terrorist group online, and contacted its members via TikTok
A 19-year-old Arab Israeli was indicted for joining 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.... organization, officials said Friday.
According to the State Prosecutor’s Office, Hamzeh Abu Zeila, from Rahat, was arrested last month. Following a joint investigation by the police and the Shin Bet, he was indicted for conspiracy to commit a crime, being a member of and recruiting for a terrorist organization, and contacting a foreign agent.
The Bedouin teenager is also accused of trying to recruit others into IS.
Abu Zeila reportedly began watching online content related to IS last year and then swore allegiance to the organization. He then reached out through TikTok to members of the organization abroad who encouraged him to carry out a terror attack against Jews in Israel.
The Bedouin teenager then began praising IS to people around him, and his cousin encouraged him to attack Jews.
IS has recruited members in Israel over the past year. In December, a terrorist responsible for a bombing in Jerusalem was found to be connected to IS; in November, an Israeli Arab teenager was indicted for joining IS and attempting to make a bomb on the organization’s behalf; in October, six men were arrested on for alleged IS ties and for planning to attack a Moslem school in Nazareth.
Last August, three Arab Israelis were arrested for attempting to join the group in Nigeria.
Following a series of terrorist attacks in the beginning of 2022, 43 people in northern Israel were arrested on suspicion of being connected to IS.
Last year, IS called for Arabs in Israel to carry out attacks throughout the country.
When Abu Zaila decided to join ISIS officially, he contacted several ISIS members outside Israel via the internet. In particular, he found them on the organization's TikTok account. They recommended that since he cannot travel to the areas where they are operating, Abu Zaila should carry out an attack within Israel.
The indictment further stated that Abu Zaila expressed an explicit desire to attack Jews during a conversation with his cousin.
He was ultimately charged with contacting a foreign agent, being a member of a terrorist organization and attempt to conspire to commit an act of terrorism.
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[IsraelTimes] Gazook suspects detained in buffer zone while unarmed, having apparently discarded weapons found nearby
Two Paleostinians were detained by Israel Defense Force soldiers while attempting to infiltrate into southern Israel from 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 on Friday morning, the military said.
The IDF said the suspects were unarmed when they were detained, but troops later found two fragmentation hand grenades nearby that the pair had brought into the area.
The military said soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted the pair entering the IDF’s buffer zone in the southern part of the Gaza border, and attempting to cross the security barrier.
Troops dispatched to the scene arrested the pair and handed them over to the Shin Bet security agency for further questioning.
"After scanning the area of the incident, two fragmentation grenades brought by the suspects were found," the IDF said.
Paleostinians in the Gaza Strip frequently attempt to illegally enter Israeli territory, often with hopes of fleeing the beleaguered enclave. Often they are caught before managing to cross Israel’s high-tech series of fences and walls guarding the frontier with Gaza, both above and below ground.
Earlier this week, hundreds of Paleostinians in the Gaza Strip rioted along the Israeli border.
A spokesperson for the IDF told The Times of Israel on Monday that the rioters hurled a number of bombs, and several attempted to break through the security barrier.
IDF forces detained a number of Paleostinians in the area and handed them over to the Shin Bet for questioning, the spokesperson added.
The Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip said 18 people were maimed by Israeli fire during the rioting.
[NPASyria] Daraa Governorate in southern Syria witnessed on Friday anti-government protests in more than 10 towns and cities.
Hundreds of protesters erupted into the streets in anti-government protests in the town of Busra al-Sham, east of Daraa, and rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud demanding the "overthrow of the regime", the immediate release of the prisoners, and the expulsion of Lebanese Hezbollah from Syria, a local source said.
Hundreds of the people of the two cities of Jassem and Tafas protested after the Friday prayers, chanting slogans related to the "unity of the Syrian people", the "overthrow of the regime", and the immediate release of the prisoners, according to local sources.
For a week, anti-government protests have started in Daraa Governorate demanding the improvement of the economic conditions. Later, they have expanded as the protesters are demanding "the overthrow of the regime", the implementation of the UNSC Resolution 2254 and the establishment of a decentralized system, and the retreat from the unjust decisions like the increase of the prices of fuel. However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... the Syrian government is still taking no action.
Also, dozens of the two cities of Nawa and al-Hrak erupted into the streets and protested against the Syrian government, the sources added.
Anti-government protests erupted in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in front of al-Omeri Mosque chanting slogans of the "overthrow of the regime", local sources said.
Hundreds demonstrated in the town of Inkhil, north of Daraa, and the town of al-Muzayrib and the village of Sahem al-Golan in the west of Daraa, in addition to the towns of al-Tiba and al-Jiza, east of Daraa, demanding the "overthrow of the regime", locals told North Press.
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[NPASyria] On Friday, Ottoman Turkish authorities handed over more than 250 Syrian refugees to the opposition-held areas in northwest Syria in continuation of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... ’s plan to change the demography of northern Syria.
An exclusive source told North Press that the Ottoman Turkish authorities handed over the Military Police, a faction affiliated with Ottoman Turkish-backed armed opposition, known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), more than 100 refugees including 23 women with their children through Tel Abyad border crossing in the north of Raqqa, northern Syria.
The city of Tel Abyad with its countryside have been under the Ottoman Turkish occupation since 2019 following a military operation dubbed "Peace Spring" launched by the Ottoman Turkish forces and their affiliated SNA factions to push away the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) under the pretext of "protecting the Ottoman Turkish national security."
The source also said the authorities deported other 150 refugees including 39 women with their children to Idlib Governorate through Bab al-Hawa border crossing.
Idlib Governorate is under the control 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, 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 its political wing, the Salvation Government, and the SNA factions with its political wing the Interim Government.
The authorities took the refugees’ iris scans and fingerprints to prevent them from entering Turkey, the source added.
By deporting the refugees, Turkey aims at changing the demography of the region, since it sends the refugees from other parts of Syria to the north after it completes building settlements in areas such as Afrin.
An exclusive source told North Press that the number of deportees in August through the crossings of Bab al-Hawa, Baba al-Salama, and Tel Abyad surpassed 12,000.
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[NPASyria] Four members 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, 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) were killed and five others were maimed on Friday after the Syrian government forces shelled their vehicle in Aleppo western countryside in northwest Syria.
The government forces targeted the vehicle with a missile in the vicinity of the village of Kafr Taal, west of Aleppo, killing four members of the HTS and wounding five others, a military source from the HTS told North Press.
In response, the HTS shelled the government sites on the M4 Highway near the city of Saraqib, east of Idlib, the village of Kafr Nable and al-Bara in the south, and the Regiment 46 in the west of Aleppo, the source said.
The HTS, rebranded in 2017, controls the city of Idlib and west of Aleppo Governorate, under the guise of the so-called "Salvation Government".
The government forces shelled the towns and villages of Kansafra, Maarat al-Naasan, Majdaliyah, and al-Bara in the south of Idlib. They also fired shells at the vicinity of the village of Kafe Nouran and Darat Izza road in the west of Aleppo, without reports on casualties, the source added.
For the past few days, the de-escalation zone has witnessed a military escalation and intense mutual shelling between the HTS and the government forces. Russian warplanes also intensified their Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on the region over the past three days.
[IsraelTimes] Official says pair caught at Beirut airport confessed to ’carrying out certain operations inside 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... Lebanon said Friday it had arrested two alleged Israeli spies at Beirut International Airport as they tried to leave the country.
Major General Elias al-Bisari, Lebanon’s chief of public security, said the pair were "carrying out certain operations inside Lebanon and tried to exit through the airport and were arrested."
He added that "based on investigations and confessions, they were transferred to the competent military judiciary, and we will announce at a later stage the details about this cell that posed a threat to Lebanon."
He offered no further details.
Lebanon claims to arrest Israeli spies and spy networks from time to time. The veracity of such claims cannot be established. Lebanese security services have arrested dozens over the years on suspicions of collaborating with Israel, with some receiving jail terms of up to 25 years.
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...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
...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...
...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 
[NPASyria] Daraa Governorate in southern Syria witnessed on Friday anti-government protests in more than 10 towns and cities.
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
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