[Tolo News] Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Thursday said the Taliban ...Arabic for students... has increased their offensives on at least seven provinces following the end of the group’s three-day Eid-ul-Fitr ceasefire.
According to reports, over 90 Afghan security force members have been killed in the past two days in festivities with the Taliban in Badghis, Farah, Faryab and Ghazni provinces.
A number of former military officers have meanwhile criticized President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. for his extended unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban and accused him of not having effective monitoring procedures of gangs in insecure regions in place.
"A ceasefire means we are prepared around the clock and we must closely monitor our enemies in terms of intelligence," said former military officer Atiqullah Amarkhail.
The Taliban resumed attacks on the Afghan forces immediately after their Eid ceasefire ended late Sunday.
The latest in a string of attacks by the Taliban on Afghan forces was in Bala Murghab and Abkamari districts of Badghis on Thursday. At least 40 members of the Afghan cops were killed in these attacks.
"They (Taliban) misused the mercy of the government forces, but the security forces taught them such a great lesson that they had never seen before," said General Fahim Qaeem, the Badghis police commander.
The Taliban have also expanded their attacks in Khwaja Sabz Posh District of Faryab. The Taliban killed at least ten security force members in these attacks.
Reports indicate that the group also launched fresh attacks on Afghan cops in some parts of Farah province over the past two days.
Security forces said at least 18 members of the Afghan police and army were killed in Bala Buluk and Lash Wa Juwayn Districts.
"People are very distressed, the central government should focus on Farah," said Dadullah Qane, a Farah provincial council member.
"Over 12 vehicles belonging to the enemies were destroyed," said Mohibullah Mohib, the front man for Farah police headquarters.
Afghan defense officials meanwhile said security forces have dealt major blows to the group during the recent attacks.
"We have used all our resources to crush the enemies of Afghanistan who are waging war, we killed dozens of krazed killer who violated the ceasefire," said defense ministry front man Mohammad Radmanish.
Violence has also increased in Uruzgan, Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. and Ghazni provinces since Monday, officials said.
On Sunday Ghani ordered an extension of the ceasefire but said security forces must remain on the defensive.
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It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Operation Sinai 2018,..
[AlAhram] Egypt’s military and police forces have killed 32 takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... s and nabbed Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! dozens of suspects in an ongoing crackdown in Sinai, the army said in a statement on Thursday.
The attacks are part of a major security operation, Operation Sinai 2018, which involves the army, navy, air force and police and which was launched in February to target and destroy "terrorist and criminal elements and organizations" in northern and central Sinai, parts of the Nile Delta and the country's Western Desert.
Army forces killed 12 "very dangerous" armed terrorist elements during raids in northern and central Sinai, while police personnel killed 20 others and arrested three, army front man Tamer El-Refaie said.
The armed forces’ front man announced the deaths in a video communiqué published on the Egyptian military's official Facebook page on Tuesday. The statement said the turbans were killed over the past few days.
The air force, which has been conducting Arclight airstrikes in northern and central Sinai since the operation started, also recently destroyed 21 targets and two vehicles loaded with weapons in North Sinai, the front man said.
The Arabic word "takfiri" refers to hardline Sunni Moslems who accuse other Moslems of being infidels, often as a justification for using violence against them.
The deaths bring the total number of those killed since the operation began to more than 300, including at least 37 military personnel, according to calculations based on military statements.
The front man added that nine "very dangerous" turbans and 84 criminal runaways have been arrested in recent days, while 1099 people of different nationalities have been captured while attempting to enter Egypt illegally through the country's western border with Libya.
Forces have also recently destroyed 272 hideouts used by turbans to store weapons in central and northern Sinai, and a weapon cache near the country’s western border.
Military engineers have discovered and destroyed 15 bombs planted to target forces at operation sites, he added.
Security forces have also recently uncovered and destroyed more than two dozen farms used to grow banned narcotics.
[EN.ABNA24] ...that’s Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Nigeria, he converted to Shi'ism after a visit to Iran and now is a fiery Iranian sockpuppet heading the so-called Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). The Nigerian government is holding him pending trial for criminal conspiracy, inciting public disturbance, and murder. His followers, naturally, object ...
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The so-called Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) is facing imminent defeat in east Sweida, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies close-in on the terrorist group’s last positions.
Backed by their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), the Syrian Arab Army has liberated site after site in the eastern countryside of al-Sweida, which has resulted in the exponential reduction of the Islamic State’s Badiya al-Sham pocket.
The Syrian Arab Army and their allies managed to liberate a dozen towns and hills that were occupied by the Islamic State for nearly four years.
Among the areas liberated by the Syrian Army and their allies over the last week were the following towns and hilltops: Tal Tulaywat, Tal Layla, Tal Ajar, Tal Khunayfas, Tal Aqas, Tal Ali, Tal al-Khayl, Tal Umm Janbiris, Khirbat Ambashi, Khirbat Habiriyah, Mushayrifah, and Tal Marar.
As a result of this massive advance, the Syrian Army has liberated over 650 square kilometers of territory from the Islamic State terrorists.
Following these string of losses to the Syrian Arab Army and their allies, the Islamic State has been forced to retreat to the large al-Safa Canyon in eastern al-Sweida.
It is at the al-Safa Canyon where the Islamic State is expected to make their last stand against the Syrian Army and their allies.
For the Syrian Army, they still need to liberate over 1,000 square kilometers in order to fully clear the Islamic State’s remaining pocket in the eastern countryside of al-Sweida.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... forces claimed this evening that their air defense downed a reconnaissance warplane that belonged to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the southern countryside of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... ’s Jizan region.
According to the Houthi forces’ official media wing, their rocket battalion downed the UAE reconnaissance plane off the Jizan coast of the Red Sea, killing the aircraft’s crew.
The Emirati plane was carrying out a reconnaissance mission along the western coast of both southwest Saudi Arabia and northwest Yemen, when it was allegedly struck by an anti-aircraft missile.
The operation came hours after Houthi forces downed a Saudi-led Coalition spy drone over the al-Daher District of Sa’ada.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... forces launched a big counter-attack in southwest Hodeideh on Thursday, seizing several areas they lost to the Gulf-backed troops this week.
According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their fighters began their counter-attack by storming the Mahlikhi and Majilis areas in southwest Hodeideh.
The Houthi forces managed to retake both of these areas in southwest Hodeideh after a fierce battle with the Yemeni Elite Republican Guard and UAE-backed Southern Resistance Army.
In addition to retaking these sites, the Houthi forces also managed to kill scores of Gulf-backed fighters and seize a large quantity of their weapons that were left behind.
The Houthi forces are attempting to drive back the Gulf-backed troops after spending much of the week on the defensive.
Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... at the Hodeideh Airport front, the Houthi forces announced on Thursday morning that they are once again in full control of the installation.
They denied that the Gulf-backed troops ever seized all of the Hodeideh Airport, despite claims by the Yemeni Elite Republican Guard commander.
The Houthi forces released footage from the airport on Tuesday evening in order to corroborate their claims of being in full control.
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[EN.ABNA24] The Yemeni army forces were able to transfer the fighting from the surrounding areas of Hodeidah Airport to al-Dawar area of Durihaimi district, said a military official.
Military officials said that the army destroyed three military vehicles loaded with militias by explosive devices south of al-Dawar area in the western coast front, confirming the death of all crew members.
The official added that the artillery forces bombed gatherings of the Saudi-backed militias in the west coast, causing massive losses in human and material equipment.
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[EN.ABNA24] Ten citizens were killed and maimed and a number of houses were damaged on Wednesday, by raids of the US-Saudi aggression in Hudaydah city in the west of the country.
On Tuesday, 6 citizens, including 4 women, were killed by an Arclight airstrike on a passenger bus near al-Gharasi tour in the governorate.
On Wednesday, 4 non-combatants were killed and a girl was injured by US-Saudi raid targeted their home in al-Manthar area of al-Hawk district.
These crimes came after the aggression's failure to make progress in the West Coast Frontline and suffered hundreds of dead and maimed and the destruction of dozens of machineries and armored vehicles belonging to them, during the battles of the past days.
The aggression is intended to intimidate citizens in the coastal province of Hudaydah by these crimes so that they can control it after the displacement of its people.
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[Daily Caller] Parveg Ahmed, 22, of Queens, New York, went to Saudi Arabia in order to "celebrate an Islamic religious holiday" but was deported back to the U.S. after he was caught trying to cross the border into Syria in an attempt to join ISIS.
Ahmed, a U.S. citizen, was also apprehended for posting about his support for the Islamic Extremist group on Facebook. After a search warrant was acquired for his personal computer, additional materials about his attempts to join were discovered.
"... the defendant had viewed or listened to recordings of radical Islamic clerics Anwar al-Awlaki and Abdullah el-Faisal," said the DOJ. "Al-Awlaki was a U.S.-born cleric and prominent leader of the foreign terrorist organization al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who was killed on or about Sept. 30, 2011. El-Faisal, a Jamaican-born cleric, was found guilty in the United Kingdom of, among other things, solicitation to commit murder, for preaching to followers to kill individuals, including Americans, because he deemed them to be enemies of Islam."
Ahmed faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison after decisions are made by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Craig R. Heeren and Margaret E. Lee of the Eastern District of New York with assistance from Trial Attorney Joshua Champagne of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.
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Had to go to a number of sources to find this:
"Ahmed, who is a naturalized [Go figure...] United States citizen originally from Bangladesh, went to Stuyvesant High School and Hunter College for a while, his brother said. He said Ahmed was smart and had worked in a warehouse and as a math tutor."
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Saudi Arabia doesn't have a common border with Syria so there is something missing in this article.
In a sense, it would have been better to let Mr Ahmed get to Syria and join ISIS. If ISIS didn't execute him themselves they would have used him as cannon fodder and we wouldn't have the costs of his care and feeding.
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I thought this was going to be about Jack Dorsey or Mark Zuckerburg.
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Mugshots.com has a photo of the miscreant in a report dated 8/30/2017, adding that he went from the Magic Kingdom to Jordan:
His father said he traveled to Saudi Arabia with Ahmed in June, and then his son left to travel. "We called him and he said he was coming back."
However, the family received a visit from the FBI in June while Ahmed was in Jordan. A law enforcement source said the 22-year-old was initially taken into custody in Jordan. His father sent him a plane ticket and he was released, however, the FBI arrested him Monday.
[DAWN] Activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir called a presser at the 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... Press Club on Wednesday along with the aged father and sisters of Maqsood, the victim of a fake police encounter, which took place on Sharea Faisal in the early hours of January 20.
"I am here today to urge the caretaker government of Sindh to listen to the cries of these innocent souls who lost their lone breadwinner exactly six months ago during a fake encounter on Sharea Faisal, right outside Pakistain Air Force’s Faisal Base. It is with the help of the media that we were able to reach this far," Nasir said, while sharing details of the incident.
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[DAWN] A police constable in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. lost his life on Thursday as unknown motorcyclists opened fire on a police post in the city's suburb of Hayatabad, DawnNewsTV reported.
According to Peshawar police, the incident occurred at around 9:45pm, within the jurisdiction of Hayatabad cop shoppe.
The dear departed official was later identified as Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) Constable Shah Fahad, SP Cantt Wasim Riaz told DawnNewsTV.
The senior police official said that the dear departed was on duty and was also wearing a bulletproof jacket when the firing incident happened.
"It is early to say whether it was an act of assassination or not," said SP Riaz.
Although there has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the city of Peshawar has for decades been a victim of militancy due to its status as a frontline post for the ongoing war against terrorism as well as its proximity to the restless tribal areas and the Pak-Afghan border.
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djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi police forces tossed in the clink Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! Thursday a former Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... provincial ruler in the city of Mosul, also running into facilities belonging to the hard boys.
Saleh Yunis, a colonel in Nineveh police, told BasNews website that forces arrested Mejhem (Abu Seif) al-Barari, a former ruler of the Islamic State in the town of Tel Keif, west of Mosul.
He said troops also ran into three rest houses in a separate raid near Mosul Dam, where diverse munitions were confiscated.
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Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi forces killed three Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... fighters while trying to sneak into Kirkuk province, a security source there was quoted saying on Thursday.
Iraqi website Almaalomah quoted the source saying that Popular Mobilization Forces killed the trio while trying to enter al-Riyadh, a former group stronghold in southwest Kirkuk.
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[IsraelTimes] Border Police forces arrest six Palestinian from Bethlehem who are suspected of repeatedly vandalizing the security fence in the Jerusalem area.
Security forces have seen the individuals approach the fence near the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa “several times over the past month,” and proceed to cut communication cables attached to the barrier.
The damage was valued at some NIS 100,000 ($28,000).
One of the suspects, who are not identified by name in the police statement, is an Israeli citizen.
All are members of the Hamas terror group, according to police, and several are also suspected of “additional terror actions.”
The army prevents a large-scale breach of the West Bank’s security fence, arresting some 40 Palestinians who tried to enter Israel near the Palestinian city of Tulkarem a short time ago, the military says.
The suspects have been handed over to the Shin Bet security service for further questioning.
[Jpost] Paleostinians in the isolated enclave express frustration over ongoing divide with Abbas-ruled West Bank.
Undercover Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbung millipede, operatives attacked Paleostinian protesters on Monday during a march held in Saraya Square in the center of Gazoo City.
The demonstration was part of the Prisoners Movement’s initiative to end the division between Hamas, the armed Islamic group that rules the Gazoo Strip, and Fatah, the political party that dominates the Paleostinian Authority in the West Bank.
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[IsraelTimes] In second incident this week, Hebron attacker flees scene; explosives land in adjacent Paleostinian courtyard
An improvised bomb was thrown at Israeli security forces at the entrance of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday night in the second incident this week, police said. The attacker expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after throwing the pipe bomb at a border guard station just outside the tomb. There were no injuries.
The pipe bomb missed its target and fell into a Paleostinian resident’s courtyard adjacent to the security station, police said.
Police said they were searching the area for the perpetrator and had opened an investigation into the incident.
A similar incident took place on Tuesday outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs. There were no injuries when the culprit threw improvised explosives at Israeli border guards outside the flashpoint site. The suspect was not apprehended.
[Ynet] Fifteen fires broke out in the western Negev on Thursday afternoon after a group in Gazoo flew across the border incendiary kites and balloons, setting ablaze trees in the Shokeda Forest and the Be'eri Forest as firefighters scrambled to contain the flames.
The IDF confirmed Paleostinian media reports earlier in the afternoon that Israeli jets shot at a group of incendiary kite and balloon flyers east of Rafah in the southern Gazoo Strip. No one was injured in attack.
The latest fires add to the hundreds that have already swept through thousands of acres of Israeli landscape as tensions between the Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,-ruled enclave and the IDF show little sign of waning.
[Ynet] Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman signed a decree Thursday proclaiming a currency exchange company in Gazoo to be a terror organization. According to the Shin Bet, the company provides significant assistance to Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and is central in providing funding for their terror activities.
[IsraelTimes] Sky Spotter can identify incoming airborne incendiaries, enabling drones to try intercept them, and giving firefighters advance warning; laser system also being developed
Facing a wave of airborne incendiary attacks from the Gazoo Strip, Israel has deployed a system that can spot fire-starting balloons and kites in the sky, track their progress, and then direct firefighters to their landing spots, enabling them to more rapidly extinguish the flames and reduce damage.
Since March 30, Paleostinians in the Gazoo Strip have launched hundreds of kites and helium balloons bearing flammable materials, and occasionally explosives, sparking near-daily fires that have burned thousands of acres of land in southern Israel.
Israeli officials are concerned that if the fire attacks don’t stop ‐ or aren’t foiled ‐ they could push an escalation in violence that would lead to a major military confrontation with terror groups in the Gazoo Strip.
The Sky Spotter system, built by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, has been in operation along the Gazoo border for several days, Hadashot TV news reported Thursday.
Originally developed to counter small drones, Sky Spotter can track the balloons or kites and pinpoint their location, where they are heading, and where they are likely to land. The operators then notify firefighters, who can then try to reach the landing points to put out the flames before they spread.
Sky Spotter can also be used to direct defensive drones that collide in midair with the kites or balloons, bringing them down.
Until now such drones have been flown by army reservists, experts in drone operation, but the system will soon be able to control the drones automatically, directing them to the threats.
The arson assaults, in which Paleostinians launch kites or helium filled balloons carrying flaming material to be blown by the wind into Israeli territory, have devastated large areas. In total, approximately 17,500 dunams (4,300 acres, or nearly 7 square miles) of land have been burned in more than 250 fires over the past two months, more than half of it in nature reserves, according to initial assessments.
As well as Sky Spotter, testing has continued on a laser system that could be used to shoot down the balloons or kites in flight. Development is advancing, Thursday’s report said, and this system is expected to soon be deployed around Gazoo.
[SunStar] Two New People’s Army militants were killed as Philippine troops overran an NPA camp in the hinterlands of Misamis Oriental, the military said Wednesday.
Military spokesman Franco Nemesio Gacal said the camp the troops overran Tuesday morning is located in Abunda village, Magsaysay. He said the soldiers launched the security operation following the reported extortion activities by the NPA insurgents that resulted in the capture of the camp.
Gacal said around 30 NPA militants abandoned their camp and fled in different directions. He said the military has received a report that two NPA rebels were killed.
[Xinhua] Philippine security forces have rescued two women abducted by Abu Sayyaf terrorists before dawn on Wednesday, a military spokesman said Thursday.
Military spokesman Gerry Besana said the militants were forced to abandon hostages Edelyn Tulawie and her mother Adding Tulawie in a remote village in Talipao town in Sulu province around 6pm on Wednesday.
Besana said troops were immediately sent to the village after residents alerted the authorities about the abduction. While scouring the area, Besana said troops rescued the two hostages in a forested area of the village.
The military said about 20 Abu Sayyaf rebels kidnapped the pair while they were sleeping at their house early Wednesday morning. Talipao town is a known Abu Sayyaf stronghold.
Besana said the Abu Sayyaf are still holding 11 hostages.
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[IsraelTimes] Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Iranian-backed terror group withdrawing to positions 40 kilometers from boundary at Russian request, but Iran refusing to do the same
A Syrian war monitor group said Thursday that Hezbollah units deployed in Syria were pulling back dozens of kilometers from the Israeli border in response to a request from Russia, but that Iran was refusing to do the same with its forces in the area.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing what it described as "reliable sources," said that the Lebanese terror group and its allied button men have begun withdrawing to positions 40 kilometers (25 miles) away for the border, and a similar distance from the Jordanian-Syrian border.
Russia, Iran and its proxy Hezbollah have been providing military assistance to the regime of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... as it battles against rebel groups in a civil war that is in its eighth year.
Israel has repeatedly said it wants Iran and the militias it is backing to withdraw from the border area, and recent media reports have said that Jerusalem had reached an agreement on the matter with Moscow.
The reported Hezbollah retreat came in response to a Russian demand that Iran and Hezbollah pull back, the Observatory said, and was the result of Moscow’s talks with "regional parties."
However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... the report said, Iran is refusing to pull back its own military forces from southern Syria unless there is a corresponding evacuation of US and international coalition forces from the al-Tanf base on the Syrian-Iraqi border. The US and its allies have been backing moderate rebel groups in the civil war as well as carrying out strikes against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group.
Sources told the Observatory that the Russians have given the go-ahead for the Jordanians and Americans to hold talks with "factions" to reach an agreement on south Syria. The report did not specify which of the multiple groups vying for control of the area would be involved in the talks.
The reported development came as the Syrian army intensified its shelling of rebel strongholds in Daraa province, and neighboring Quneitra, in southern Syria.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies have cut all the northern supply lines to the jihadist rebels in northeast Daraa tonight.
According to the National Defense Forces (NDF), the Syrian Army cut all the northern supply lines to the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat 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 .. ... ) in the al-Lajat after another round of firefights in northeast Daraa.
As a result of this advance, the Syrian military is close to besieging the rebel forces near the al-Sweida provincial border.
The Syrian Army is working to isolate the rebels in eastern Daraa in order to force them to surrender.
This isolation tactic has been used at several of the Syrian Army’s fronts and it has been criticized by the international community because of the sieges that are created as a result of this military strategy.
In addition to isolating the jihadist rebels, the Syrian military is using their air force to hammer the eastern countryside of Daraa.
Since the start of this week, the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) has conducted over 60 Arclight airstrikes over the Daraa Governorate.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] A Syrian military source told al-Masdar News that the U.S. Coalition did not bomb their forces in southern Syria tonight.
According to the source, the attack was actually carried out by the US-backed rebels of Jaish al-Mughawir al-Thoura from the al-Tanf area.
Furthermore, the source said the US-backed rebels struck a Syrian Arab Army post at the town of al-Aliyaneh in the southeastern countryside of the Homs Governorate.
One soldier was killed during the attack.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Jordanian Army has reportedly sent a large convoy of tanks and military personnel to the Syrian border tonight.
According to the official media wing of the Tiger Forces, the Jordanian Army was photographed making their way through northern Jordan and taking up positions near the Syrian border
This move by the Jordanian Army comes just days after the Syrian Arab Army moved thousands of military personnel to the al-Quneitra and Dara’a governorates.
With zero hour approaching the Syrian Army’s offensive, the Jordanian military is likely to patrol the border in order to make sure no fighting spills over.
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[Rudaw] Manbij Military Council (MMC) fighters are closely watching Ottoman Turkish patrols across the Sajur River that serves as a demarcation line between them.
"The Ottoman Turkish patrol came to this area yesterday. They remained there for about an hour at their most forward positions. Then they returned. There are no new bases or positions at all," said Hussein al-Rayis of the MMC.
Under an agreement between the US and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , forces of the two nations are conducting independent patrols.
US officials have said that Turkey will not enter the city of Manbij.
"Manbij Military Council is in control of all the area, and so this will just be basically along the northern demarcation line is where the conflict will take to it," coalition spokesperson US Army Col. Sean Ryan told journalists on Tuesday.
An MMC commander, however, says they haven't been able to get a promise from the international coalition concerning the fate of the town.
"The coalition has discussed the guarantees it talks about with us. There are press statements only to calm the situation on the part of the international coalition," said deputy MMC head Abu Ali Najim.
The details of the US-Turkey plan for Manbij have not been publicly released.
For now, a tense quiet prevails over the contested city.
[Rudaw] A top US general visited Manbij on Thursday, assuring the people and local officials that American forces will remain in the city.
"We are staying here to fend off any danger against the city," said US CENCTOM commander, Joseph Votel, according to ANHA news.
Accompanied by members of the Manbij Military Council (MMC), Votel walked around the city, visiting the town’s bazaar and the city’s administration building, holding a meeting with local officials. The US delegation also included Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood, coalition commander Gen. Paul E. Funk, and coalition special operations commander Maj. Gen. Jamie Jarrard.
The visit comes a few days after the start of coordinated patrols by Ottoman Turkish and American forces near Manbij as part of the roadmap agreed by Washington and Ankara.
The American delegation stressed to the MMC that the Ottoman Turkish patrols will remain in areas controlled by Euphrates Shield forces ‐ Syrian militias west of the Euphrates River.
"The patrols aim at preventing violations and direct festivities between the Manbij Military Council and the mercenaries of the Ottoman Turkish occupation," said MMC commander Mohammed Abu Adil, ANHA reported.
In video, Adil could be seen telling Votel that Manbij is more secure than the Euphrates Shield areas: "Compared to neighboring areas like Jarabulus, al-Bab, Azaz, and Afrin, the area that has stability and security is the city of Manbij."
Manbij has become a flashpoint between the US and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , who has demanded that the Kurdish YPG forces must leave the area.
The MMC led operations to liberate Manbij from ISIS in 2016 alongside the YPG-led SDF.
Turkey considers the YPG a branch of the PKK and has threatened to fight the Kurdish force across Rojava, northern Syria.
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[EN.ABNA24] Three Syrian civilians were martyred and two others were maimed due to a terrorist attack with shells on the city of Sweida.
SANA’s news hound in Sweida said that holy warriors positioned in the eastern countryside of Daraa fired three rocket shells on al-Nahda residential neighborhood in Sweida city, claiming the live of three civilians and injuring two others.
A material damage was also caused due to the attack, according to the news hound.
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[EN.ABNA24] Iranian Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Qasem Rezaei said on Thursday that two border guards have been martyred in armed festivities with terrorist and narcos in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, in southeastern Iran.
Rezaei said about 1.1 ton illegal drugs were confiscated by Iran's border guards in two military operations.
The commander added that two assailants were also killed and several others escaped the scene.
He added that the ambushers were seeking to import narcotics from the southeastern borderlines and two regions in Zabul in Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan Province simultaneously and Iranian armed forces clashed with them.
Rezaei said the armed forces also managed to confiscate considerable amount of light and heavy weapons and munitions, military and telecommunication equipment.
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