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Africa Horn
Somali Forces Launch Operations Against Al-Shabaab in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle Regions
[ShabelleMedia] Somali National Army and allied militia forces have launched coordinated operations in the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions targeting al-Shabaab bully boys, military sources confirmed on Saturday.

The security offensive focuses on areas between Ceel Hareeri in Hiiraan and Aadan Yabaal in Middle Shabelle, with particular attention on the Mabaax area, where bully boy activity remains a concern.

Government forces recently regained control of small areas near Aadan Yabaal district and are working to consolidate their hold, aiming to restore state authority in the area.

Simultaneously, operations continue in Middle Shabelle and Lower Shabelle regions as part of broader efforts to weaken al-Shabaab’s presence. The government has reclaimed key localities, including Sabiid and Caanoole, which were long-held by the bully boy group.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Arabia
UAE top court upholds life terms for 24 convicted for ‘terror’ links in controversial mass trial
Do not pass go, do not collect $200. It’s straight to jail for you lot, boys.
[IsraelTimes] The UAE supreme court has jailed 24 people for life after upholding their convictions for “terrorist” links, which had been dismissed following a mass trial criticized by human rights groups.

“The Criminal Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court ruled [on Thursday] to partially overturn the judgment issued by the State Security Chamber at the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal and to reconvict 24 defendants,” the United Arab Emirates’ official WAM news agency reports.

The 24 were originally convicted in a mass trial of 84 people in July last year, most of whom had been behind bars since a similar mass trial of 94 people in 2013, according to human rights groups.

“Following yesterday’s ruling… the total number of convicted individuals in this case has risen to 83 out of 84 referred to trial,” WAM says. Sixty-seven of them were jailed for life.

“The court sentenced the defendants to life imprisonment for collaborating with the ‘Terrorist Justice and Dignity Organisation’, and providing funds to the Al-Islah,”
…translates as The Reform, it is the UAE branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, formed on a core of Egyptian Brotherhooders who fled Nasser’s crackdown in the 1960s. Recruited by the government of one of the emirates as teachers to counter pan-Arab national socialist enthusiasts, they were tapped to run a number of domestic government ministries even as they formed a militant arm to overthrow the government, for which they were banned as terrorists in 2014. This despite two of their number having been involved in 9/11…
WAM adds, referring to a group with ties to the outlawed Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood.

The original 2013 trial of the so-called UAE 94 followed a round-up of dozens of government critics, including activists, lawyers, students and teachers in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings around the region. It was strongly criticized by human rights groups.

In March, the UAE rejected the appeals of 53 of those convicted in the July 2024 trial.

The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court overturned the convictions of the other 24 defendants, but the attorney general sought to reverse that decision, arguing it had been “legally flawed.”

Prominent activist Ahmed Mansoor and academic Nasser bin Ghaith were among those tried last July, Human Rights Watch says.

The UAE, a federation of seven absolute monarchies, prohibits criticism of its rulers and any speech that is deemed likely to spark social unrest.

The Emirati courts have convicted dozens of citizens and Egyptian expats of forming clandestine cells, including Al-Islah.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Houthis Attack Israeli Facility With Rockets, once again missile knocked out of the sky
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
The Houthis continue to blithely mistake intent for occurrence. Allah continues to show favour to Israel over those who consider themselves the Master Religion. Other than shipping continuing to avoid the area, I’m not sure anyone notices that they’re the only ones still trying to help their masters in Tehran.
[Regnum] Fighters from the Yemeni Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) struck a target in the city of Be'er Sheva in southern Israel with a missile, despite a ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Tehran. This was reported on June 28 by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria.

"We carried out a high-quality operation against a sensitive enemy target in Beersheba using a Zulfikar missile, successfully achieving our goal," he wrote on Telegram.

Saria added that the Houthis will continue operations to support the Palestinian people until the Israeli army stops fighting in the Gaza Strip and lifts the blockade on it.

IDF says missile fired by Houthis at Israel apparently downed; no reports of injuries

[IsraelTimes] Yemeni group says it targeted ‘sensitive Israeli enemy target’ in southern city of Beersheba; sirens also sound in Dimona and Arad


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Posted by: badanov || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria Suspected of Justifying Terrorism
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Security forces reported a criminal case against a resident of the Baksan district who, according to investigators, posted videos justifying terrorism on a social network.

A criminal case on public justification and propaganda of terrorism has been opened against a local resident in the Baksan district, the Investigative Committee of Russia for Kabardino-Balkaria reported.
 
A criminal case under the article on public justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is being investigated in the Baksan district. The suspect is a local resident born in 2000.  
  
According to the investigation, "the suspect created an account on one of the social networks in which he posted publicly available video materials containing statements justifying terrorist activity and promoting the spread of terrorist ideology," the department said in a message on its Telegram channel. 

"The man's actions were identified and stopped by employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic," the investigation added.


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Posted by: badanov || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: WoT
DHS Raids Los Angeles Home Tied to Iranian Smuggling Ring; Terror Watchlist Suspects Arrested
[Townhall] The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) raided a home in Los Angeles this week as part of a sweeping investigation into an Iranian human trafficking ring. The raid, which targeted a suspected safe house tied to a network smuggling Iranian nationals into the U.S., comes amid the ongoing conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States.

Federal agents arrested nine individuals at a San Fernando Valley home in Los Angeles who are reportedly connected to a human smuggling hub tied to national security threats. Seven of them are Iranian nationals who were on the FBI Terror Watchlist and "associates of an Iranian human trafficking network," according to Customs and Border Protection.

“The location has been repeatedly used to harbor illegal entrants linked to terrorism,” CBP wrote on X. “CBP is taking aggressive action to shut down smuggling networks and remove national security threats before they can do harm.”

Border Patrol agents were serving a warrant at the home connected to an investigation into a human smuggling hub when they discovered the Iranian nationals. CBP Assistant Commissioner Hilton Beckham stated that the site in question has repeatedly been used to shelter illegal entrants, including foreign nationals tied to terrorism and listed on the FBI's Terrorist Watchlist. He added that intelligence shows the smuggling network has trafficked individuals from hostile nations like Iran, creating a direct threat to U.S. national security.



Neighbors told CBS News that a new resident moved into the home roughly six months ago, and they were shocked to learn that individuals on a terror watchlist had been living nearby without their knowledge.

The Trump administration has intensified its deportation push against Iranian nationals following President Donald Trump’s strike on Iran’s top three nuclear facilities. In the aftermath, federal agents arrested 130 Iranians across the country, including individuals flagged as terror suspects or listed on watchlists. Additionally, authorities picked up 11 Iranian nationals and one American citizen in coordinated raids across nine cities, citing growing concerns over potential sleeper cells operating within the U.S.
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Posted by: Frank G || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas leader Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa killed in airstrike, IDF says
[NYPOST] Israel's military ''eliminated'' a founding Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
military leader and criminal mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack, Tel Aviv officials said Saturday.

Hakham Muhammad Issa al-Issa
was killed during a targeted Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
on the Sabra neighborhood of 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 a rusty iron fist by Hamas with 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...
City, Israel Defense Forces said.

Al-Issa was one of the final remaining founding members of the terrorist organization's military wing and played a crucial role in the Oct. 7 attack that launched the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

''Issa led Hamas' force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre. As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial & naval attacks against Israelis,'' said an IDF post on X.

''The IDF & [Israel Security Agency] will continue to locate and eliminate all snuffies involved in the October 7 massacre.''

Al-Issa was a ''key source of knowledge'' for Hamas and held a litany of high-ranking positions within the group prior to Oct. 7, including as the Head of the Training Headquarters.

He was pivotal to rebuilding Hamas' organizational systems that were damaged over the last several months.

Issa was also a co-founder of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades' military academy, where he trained thousands of snuffies and influenced the structure of the military wing, the Jerusalem Post reported.

He arrived in Gaza in 2005 from Syria, and was reportedly with his wife and grandson during the strike.

Issa’s death comes just days after the IDF claimed to have killed the leader of a brutal Palestinian jihadist group responsible for the kidnappings and cold-blooded murders of Hamas hostages captured on Oct. 7.

Asaad Abu Sharia
, head of the Mujahideen Brigades, was taken out in a joint operation in Gaza City on Saturday by the Israeli Defense Forces and the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency.

Also, last month, the IDF killed Hamas chief Mohammad Sinwar during an airstrike on a Gaza hospital.

Sinwar was hiding in tunnels beneath the building — and dramatic footage captured the moment IDF soldiers ripped his body from the rubble.


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Posted by: Fred || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IDF says Lebanon drone strike killed intel commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force
[IsraelTimes] Another Hezbollah commander was killed in an Israeli dronezap in southern Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
earlier today, the IDF says.

According to the military, the strike in Mahrouna killed Abbas al-Hassan Wahbi, chief of intelligence in a battalion of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.

Wahbi was involved in efforts to restore Hezbollah’s capabilities as well as transfer weapons, the IDF says.

His actions "constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," the military adds.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



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