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Afghanistan
Two US Service Members Killed In Afghanistan
[ToloNews] Two US service members were killed Wednesday, August 21, in Afghanistan, NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
’s Resolute Support (RS) mission said without giving further details.

According to the US Department of Defense policy, the name of the service member killed in action is being withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin is complete.

The service members death brings to 10 the number of US troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year, compared to 12 in 2018.

On June 25, Army Master Sergeant Micheal B. Riley and Sgt. James G. Johnston were killed in Uruzgan Province by small arms fire while engaged in combat operations, the Pentagon said. That incident is under investigation.

At least 2,300 American soldiers have died and more than 20,400 have been maimed in the country since a US-led coalition ousted the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
in 2001.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:35 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


22 Taliban, Haqqani network militants killed in Special Forces raids and airstrikes
[KhaamaPress] The security forces conducted a series of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s and special operations in various provinces in the past 24 hours killing at least 22 krazed killers.

The military officials said Wednesday the Special Forces killed a Taliban
...Arabic for students...
krazed killer during a patrol in Almar district of Faryab.

The officials further added that the Special Forces killed 5 Talibs and destroyed a weapons cache in Nowzad district of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
The security forces also conducted an airstrike in Kajaki district of Helmand which killed 5 Talibs and destroyed a weapons cache.

Furthermore, the Special Forces arrested 4 Talibs during an operation in sepra district of Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
The security officials also added that an airstrike killed a Haqqani network
...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
krazed killer in Maidan Shahr district of Wardak and a separate airstrike in Achin district of 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..
destroyed a weapons cache.

The security forces also conducted airstrikes in Sholgarah district of Balkh province which killed 10 Talibs.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:33 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Haqqani Network


6 ISIS militants including 2 Pakistani nationals killed in Nangarhar airstrike
[KhaamaPress] An Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
killed six bandidos forces of Evil of 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....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in 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..
province including two Pak nationals.

The informed military sources said Wednesday that an airstrike in Pacher wa Agam district killed six ISIS turbans.

Meanwhile,
...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed his guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread...
the Nangarhar governor’s Office said in a statement that the airstrike was conducted at around 10:40 am local time on Tuesday.

The statement further added that the airstrike also killed two Pak nationals who were fighting in ISIS ranks.

The governor’s office also added that the airstrike destroyed a hideout of the terror group, a Dshk heavy machine gun and an Ak-47 rifle.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:33 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Death toll rises to 80 from suicide attack in Kabul wedding hall
[KhaamaPress] The officials have reported a further rise in death toll from a deadly suicide attack inside a wedding hall in Kabul city.

The Ministry of Interior officials have said several people have succumbed to the injuries to sustained during the bombing on Saturday.

According to interior ministry officials, the death toll has now climbed to at least 80 people after several people succumbed to injuries in the hospitals.

The interior ministry had earlier reported that the bombing had killed 63 people and wounded more than 180 others.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing claiming that the attack killed or wounded at least 400 people.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:32 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Business at the Kabul Family Court Registrar has picked up though.

"Fuck those night long, kaawah fueled fiascos ! And hugging seven hundred people !"
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/22/2019 5:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Why would the taliban bomb a wedding?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 08/22/2019 7:37 Comments || Top||

#3  ISIS, BP. I dunno, except they got something against love too I suppose ?

"A woman doesn't have to be married to keep her ! And at such high expense !"
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/22/2019 7:42 Comments || Top||

#4  it was a wedding where most of the top rung of Shiite Moslems attended

a target that ISIS would go all out to get
Posted by: lord garth || 08/22/2019 11:51 Comments || Top||


14 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Kunduz clash
[KhaamaPress] The security forces killed or maimed 14 Talibs during a clash in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement that the security forces clashed with Talibs in the 3rd district of Kunduz, apparently pointing to 3rd district of Kunduz city.

The statement further added that the security forces killed 7 Talibs during the clash and maimed 7 others.

Furthermore, the interior ministry said the security forces also confiscated a rocket launcher and an M-4 rifle following the clash.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:32 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


AAF, U.S. airstrikes kill at least 18 Taliban militants in Ghazni and Logar: Thunder Corps
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan and U.S. forces conducted separate Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in Pashtun-infested Logar and Ghazni provinces killing at least 18 Talibs.

The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said Tuesday that the U.S. forces killed 6 Talibs by conducting airstrikes in Ghap area of Aab Band district and Gawmeshak area of Qarabagh district.

The statement further added that the U.S. forces also conducted airstrikes in Zarghoon Shahr of Mohammad Agha and Bidak area of Charkh districts of Pashtun-infested Logar.

Furthermore, the 203rd Thunder Corps said the airstrikes killed at least 10 Talibs and desroyed a vehicle.

The Afghan Air Force also conducted an airstrike in Sari Qala area of Khogyani district in Ghazni killing two Talibs.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:32 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Afghan Special Forces kill, detain 16 Taliban militants in Logar
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces conducted separate operations in central Pashtun-infested Logar province killing or detaining at least 16 Talibs.

The informed military sources said Wednesday that the Special Forces killed 9 Talibs during a raid in Azrah district of Pashtun-infested Logar.

The sources further added that the Special Forces arrested 5 Talibs during a separate operation in Baraki Barak district of Pashtun-infested Logar.

Furthermore, the Special Forces destroyed a small cache of weapons during the same operation.

The Special Forces conducted a raid in Muhammad Agha district of Loar killing two Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
fighters. The Special Forces also destroyed a small weapons cache.

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:32 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa North
Egypt arrests son of PA official, a BDS activist, for aiding ‘terror group’
[IsraelTimes] Family says Ramy Shaath detained for his criticism of Cairo’s ties with Israel, denies charges against him.

The family of prominent Paleostinian politician Nabil Shaath accused Egyptian authorities on Wednesday of arresting Shaath’s son Ramy last month.

He has been charged with allegedly aiding a terrorist group, but the family says Ramy was targeted because he criticized the Egyptian government’s ties with Israel and the US as part of his role in the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

"Ramy was arrested on Friday July 5th at 12:45 AM, from his home in Cairo," the family said in a statement on Facebook.

"At least a dozen heavily armed security agents stormed and searched his residence without presenting any legal document," they added.

The son of a senior Paleostinian politician and Oslo grinding of the peace processor negotiator, Ramy also entered politics and served as an adviser to Paleostinian Liberation Organization head Yasser Arafat. The 48-year-old has lived since 1977 in Egypt, where he has had citizenship.

His arrest came 10 days after authorities raided 19 businesses allegedly tied to the banned Moslem Brüderbund, accusing them of funding a plot to overthrow the state. Among those also arrested were several prominent secular activists including former politician Zyad el-Elaimy.

After disappearing for 36 hours, Shaath appeared before prosecutors and was charged with aiding a "terrorist group" connected to the same plot, the family said.

"His arrest is a disaster," said his wife Celine Lebrun-Shaath, a French national, who was deported from Cairo shortly after his arrest.
"GTFO"
Speaking to AFP from Gay Paree, where she is working for his release, she said negotiations with Egyptian authorities had not yielded any results, prompting the family to publicize his case.

Shaath has been detained in Tora prison, one of Egypt’s most notorious jails, for around six weeks. His family said they have been able to visit him regularly but are concerned about his health, as he suffers from halitosis high cholesterol.

Shaath is Egypt coordinator of BDS movement against Israel. He has been critical of Egypt’s participation in Washington’s not-yet released Israeli-Paleostinian peace plan. Most recently, he criticized Cairo for sending a mid-level official to a June conference in Bahrain where US President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
’s son-in-law Jared Kushner launched the initiative.

His wife Celine said she felt "powerless... not knowing when I will see him again".

"We want [Egypt] to release Ramy. He has not done anything that he is accused of," she said. "He is being arrested for his peaceful activities."
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Heavy clashes between GNA and LNA forces in the Al-Sabiah area
[EN.ALWASAT.LY] Heavy festivities have been reported and confirmed in the al-Sabiah area south of 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...
, between the forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the forces of the General Command (LNA).

The front man for the GNA's 'Volcano of Anger' operation, Mustafa al-Maji, tells Alwasats: " Our forces are making significant progress are working to control the area," explaining that the forces took control of vital facilities such as the local hospital and the Institute of Aviation in downtown.
"Volcano of Anger, formerly known as Pustule of Pestilence"
He stressed that his forces are advancing cautiously because there are residential neighborhoods in the region.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, the spittle had reached unprecedented levels...
the Media Center for the Karama Operations Room of the LNA, said on its Facebook page that the General Command forces repelled an attack by GNA forces attempting "to advance towards al-Sabiah and causing them losses in equipment and personnel."

Clashes erupted between the LNA and GNA on the fourth of April, south of Tripoli, and resulted in the deaths of 1048, with 5558 maimed.

Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Arabia
Ansarallah forces launch large-scale attack inside southern Saudi Arabia
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ansarallah forces launched a large-scale attack inside the Asir region 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...
this week, targeting a number of sites under the control of the Saudi-led Coalition.

According to the offical media wing of the Ansarallah forces, their troops stormed the Majazah al-Sharqiyah area, where they later captured a number of points from the Saudi-led Coalition.

Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Yemeni govt says will not talk to separatists until standoff ends
[DAWN] Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
's Saudi-backed government said on Wednesday it would not hold talks with southern separatists unless they hand back control of Aden port, after the separatist chief arrived in 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...
to discuss the standoff between the two sides.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


U.S. drone shot down over Yemen - officials
[UK.REUTERS] A U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen’s Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, the second such incident in recent months.

A Houthi military spokesman had earlier said that air defences had brought down a U.S. drone.

The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the drone was shot down late on Tuesday.

This is not the first time a U.S. drone has been shot down in Yemen. In June, the U.S. military said that Houthi rebels had shot down a U.S. government-operated drone with assistance from Iran.

U.S. forces have occasionally launched drone and air strikes against Yemen’s al Qaeda branch, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

The group has taken advantage of a four-year-old war between the Houthi movement and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s Saudi-backed government to try to strengthen its position in the impoverished country.
Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
Migrants on Open Arms ship disembark in Italy after 6 days at sea
[EN.ALWASAT.LY] Eighty-three migrants colonists rescued at sea by the Open Arms disembarked early Wednesday from the charity rescue vessel in Italia's Lampedusa island, television images showed, after Italian justice ordered they be brought ashore.

The boat had spent six days anchored off Lampedusa before a local prosecutor ordered their disembarkment amid a probe of far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for forbidding their entry to port.

Many of them had spent 19 days on board the ship after being picked up while in difficulty trying to make the perilous journey from Libya to Europe
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


The Grand Turk
30 detained in protest over elected Turkish mayors' ouster
[Ynet] Ottoman Turkish media reports say police have used water cannons to disperse crowds protesting a government decision to oust three elected mayors in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
's mainly Kurdish-populated southeast and replace them with government appointees.

The private DHA news agency said at least 30 people were detained in the city of Diyarbakir Wednesday, on the third day of protests over the mayors' dismissal.

The government removed the mayors of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van from office over alleged links to turbans of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, citing ongoing investigations or trials against them.

The mayors, members of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party, or HDP, were elected into office in local elections in March.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


India-Pakistan
Two killed in gunbattle in occupied Kashmir: police
[DAWN] A Kashmiri fighter and a police officer were killed in a gunbattle in occupied Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, Indian police said on Wednesday, as tensions simmered in the besieged territory.

The clash in north Kashmir's Baramulla district was the first to be reported by Indian authorities since New Delhi revoked occupied Kashmir's special status on August 5 and imposed a massive security lockdown on the restive region.

A tweet from Kashmir police said that the dead Kashmiri fighter was identified as a local man "affiliated" with Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
.
Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Taiba


Iraq
Iraqi security forces arrest Islamic State photographer in Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) ‐ The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that its forces arrested 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....
terrorist in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
city.

"Acting on intelligence information, a Nineveh police force arrested an Islamic State member, who was working as a photographer at the terrorist group’s media network," Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, the ministry front man, told the privately-owned IKH News website.

"The arrestee confessed that he was responsible for photographing terrorist acts carried out by IS bandidos forces of Evil in Mosul city and publishing them on the group’s media platforms," the front man said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian tries to strangle off-duty IDF soldier at border crossing, 2 more arrested in West Bank with knives
[IsraelTimes] A Paleostinian man tried to strangle an off-duty IDF soldier at the Allenby Bridge border crossing on Wednesday, the army said.

The soldier, who is a guard at the bridge, the main crossing point between the West Bank and Jordan for Paleostinians, was in civilian clothes when the man tried to strangle him with a cellphone charger cable.

He managed to fight off the attacker, who was then arrested by other forces who ran to help.

The army said there were no injuries and the Paleostinian man was taken for questioning.

There have been several attempted attacks at the crossing in the past.
Ynet adds:
35-year-old Hebron man is arrested after he is subdued by security guards at Israeli-operated Allenby Terminal; footage of the incident appears to show victim with his back to approaching attacker

Palestinian teen detained for trying to enter Jewish settlement with a knife

[Ynet] A Paleostinian teen has been arrested on Wednesday after the security services at the gates of the Karnei Shomron settlement in the West Bank, discovered she was carrying a knife.

Palestinian Arrested After Throwing Rocks, Knife, At IDF Post

[Ynet] A Paleostinian man was arrested by IDF soldiers on Wednesday after he was seen throwing rocks and a knife at a military post Giti junction in the West Bank. The man was taken in for further questioning.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after two rockets hit countryside
[Jpost] IDF fighter jets attacked a number of terrorist targets along 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 early Thursday morning according to the IDF spokesperson.

Two different rockets were launched within hours of each other - one late Wednesday night and one early Thursday morning. Both times the rockets landed in open areas and no injuries were reported.

The first round of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s focused on Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, naval targets, while the second round of attacks were carried out throughout the northern Gaza strip.

The IDF tweeted, "In response to the rocket fired from #Gaza to #Israel, we just struck a number of military targets in a Hamas naval facility in the northern Gaza Strip."

This was the sixth rocket fired from Gaza in the last seven days according to the IDF twitter account.

The IDF report states the troops will continue to stop attempts to harm Israeli civilians and considers Hamas to be the responsible party for what is happening in and around the Gaza Strip.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Open a can of Whoopass every time they send an arson balloon or errant rocket across
Posted by: Frank G || 08/22/2019 7:30 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army completes encirclement of militants, Turkish Army in southern Idlib
Pretty pathetic if your well-armed army with paramilitary auxiliaries can’t win a single battle against the exhausted Syrian army that is barely defeating semi-trained jihadis, even with Russian aid and guidance.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has completely cutoff the gunnies from all supply lines in southern Idlib and northern Hama, a source from the military told al-Masdar this evening.

According to the military source, the Syrian Arab Army forces at the Khan Sheikhoun front has met up with the troops near the town of al-Ta’manah; thus, completing the encirclement of this region in northwestern Syria.

In addition to besieging the murderous Moslems, the Syrian Arab Army has also cutoff the Ottoman Turkish military at the Morek observation post from all of its supply roads.

The Ottoman Turkish military will have to coordinate with their Russian allies because they are allowed access to the Hama-Idlib Highway, per the September 17th, 2018 Sochi Agreement.

At this time, the Syrian Arab Army is still clearing Khan Sheikhoun after entering the city from all axes.

Furthermore, the Syrian military’s 5th Corps and Elite Republican Guard are advancing through the al-Ta’manah area in a bid to secure the town and the remaining points under murderous Moslem control.

As a result of this week’s gains, the Syrian Arab Army has scored a major victory against the jihadist rebels, who previously vowed to defend this region until the last man.

Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Anti-Assad fighters withdraw from key Idlib area
[DAWN] Jihadists and allied rebels withdrew from a key area of northwestern Syria Tuesday, a war monitor said, as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces pressed an offensive against the jihadist-run Idlib region.

Turkey warned Damascus “not to play with fire” after the advance saw government fighters almost encircle a patch of countryside including an important Turkish monitoring post.

After eight years of civil war, the Idlib region on the border with Turkey is the last major stronghold of opposition to Assad’s Russia-backed government.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Two children injured in a mine blast left behind by Daesh terrorists in Deir Ezzor countryside
[SANA.SY] Two children were maimed in a landmine blast left behind by ISIS (ISIS) gunnies in al-Swaiaa village in Bokmal area in Deir Ezzor Eastern countryside.

Head of al-Assad Hospital in Deir Ezzor M’amoun Hiza told SANA news hound that two children , aged ten and eleven years old, were maimed by shrapnel as a landmine from terrorists’ remnants went off in a farmland in al-Swaiaa village east of Bokmal city.

The two injured received the necessary treatment, Hiza said.
Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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Two weeks of WOT
Thu 2019-08-22
  Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
Wed 2019-08-21
  Taliban chief Mullah Haibatullah was the primary target of Quetta bombing
Tue 2019-08-20
  Furniture, books 'torched' at girls school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer
Mon 2019-08-19
  Another prayer leader killed near Quetta
Sun 2019-08-18
  Explosion Targets Wedding Hall In Kabul; Casualties Feared UPDATE: 63 dead, ISIS claims it
Sat 2019-08-17
  Two killed in Pakistan mosque bomb blast
Fri 2019-08-16
  Special Forces arrest Khalifa Daud, Haqqani network’s key member in Kabul
Thu 2019-08-15
  Iraq anti-terrorism troops kill 10 IS militants, capture 5 others in Anbar
Wed 2019-08-14
  On beyond Veritas: Google Insider Turns Over 950 Pages Of Docs And Laptop To DOJ
Tue 2019-08-13
  North Macedonia police find 22 migrants packed into SUV
Mon 2019-08-12
  UAE-backed forces expel Saudi-backed troops from Yemeni Presidential Palace
Sun 2019-08-11
  Southern Transitional Council stages an attempted coup, says Yemeni government
Sat 2019-08-10
  Jeffrey Epstein dead in Arkancide
Fri 2019-08-09
  US slaps Hezbollah financier with 5-year prison sentence, $50m. fine
Thu 2019-08-08
  Clashes erupt between Indian, Pakistani forces in Kashmir

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