[Breitbart] U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 12,000 pounds of fentanyl during the first four months of Fiscal Year 23. This nearly equals the nearly 12,500 pounds seized during the entire previous fiscal year.
Between October 1, 2022, and January 31, 2023, CBP officers assigned to ports of entry across the United States seized 12,017 pounds of fentanyl, according to the CBP Drug Seizures Report for January. This compares to 12,493 pounds of fentanyl seized during the entire Fiscal Year 22.
During the month of December 2012, CBP officers seized 6,200 pounds of the deadly drug. One year earlier, officers seized only 523 pounds.
The agency is on pace to shatter last year’s record for fentanyl seizures. The trend does not appear to be letting up. In February, CBP officers assigned to the Port of Nogales seized another 195,000 fentanyl pills and 2.03 pounds of fentanyl powder hidden in a vehicle crossing the border from Mexico.
A few days earlier, officers assigned to the Douglas Port of Entry found another smuggler attempting to enter the United States with 185 packages of blue pills that tested positive for fentanyl. Officials say this equates to approximately 180,000 pills.
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The government has been making busts like this for decades and always making a big deal about it for the media. The numbers are always so huge you just can't imagine how the cartels can keep making money. And yet there is no shortage of fentanyl on the streets and the cartels continue rake in billions. How can this be? Could it be that these huge busts are merely a tax on the cartels, mere drops in the river of drugs flowing into this country? Could it be these busts are nothing but a show the government puts on for the rubes?
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...embrace the power of 'and'
Think of the pols who play the 'soak the rich', take in their donations, and then write loopholes that allow them to stay rich while denouncing them.
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The least costly way to destroy a country is from the inside. It's a long practiced Chinese method. Bribe the leaders to work for you or look the other way. Some smart Chinese guy wrote a book about this a long time ago.
Fentanyl is taking American lives at the same rate as World War 2. Where is the mobilization, the counter attack, the destruction of those that attack us?
[ArianaNews] Police confirmed a sticky bomb exploded against a car in Kabul on Tuesday morning but said there were no casualties.
A number of Kabul residents said the earth-shattering kaboom happened in PD2 near the shrine of Abul Fazl.
Khalid Zadran, the front man of Kabul Police, said that at around 10:30 a.m (local time), a sticky bomb on a car in the second district of Kabul city exploded.
"No one was injured in this incident," Zadran tweeted.
According to him, the police are investigating.
So far, no group has grabbed credit for this explosion.
TORKHAM CROSSING TO REOPEN TODAY – The Ministry of Information announced that a compromise had been reached with Pakistan and the border crossing would reopen today. The truck drivers and pedestrians on both sides of the border have been described as being in a foul mood over the delay and there were some fights reported among truck drivers over who would be given priority to pass through this morning. Police had to intervene in two of the scuffles.
MASS ARRESTS IN PANJSHIR – The Taliban has been active in Dara District and 50 non-combatants were reportedly rounded up and taken into custody. Eyewitnesses say that only men and boys were arrested and a source in the Ministry of Defense stated the operation was a preemptive move to warn other Panjshiris about joining the NRF for the upcoming spring campaign season. The status of those arrested is currently unknown.
TALIBAN WORKING FORMALLY WITH RUSSIA AND IRAN TO SET UP INVESTMENT CONSORTIUM – The Minister of Commerce announced the formal signing of a memorandum of agreement between his office, 14 prominent Afghan businessmen, and a consortium of regional companies valued at over $1 billion dollars. Analysts raised concerns about the banking transfers and whether any may violate sanctions placed on Russia and Iran. Two of the bigger projects being discussed were infrastructure related. The first is a parallel tunnel through the Salang pass and the second was a major water canal that would divert rivers in Panjshir to Kabul.
CLERICAL COUNCILS FORMED IN 3 PROVINCES – After a decree by the Supreme Leader, Provincial leaders are rushing to form clerical councils to provide Sharia interpretations in civil and juridical matters. Badakhshan, Nangarhar, and Ghazni join 16 other provinces that have implemented Akhundzada’s will. The remaining provinces are in the process of establishing their ulemas.
CONFLICT TRACKER Nangarhar: A three-man team ambushed 1 Talib security member in the Khogyano district, killing him in the process. The ALM has stepped up operations in several districts as of late.
NEXT 24 HOURS
TORKHAM TO REOPEN, TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT – Using the recent cross-border incidents at Spin Boldak-Chaman as a guide, we often see a ripple effect after a primary engagement which could mean more shooting today or in the days to come. In addition to the threat of cross-border gunfire, there are reports that many of the truck drivers were jostling to get through the border quickly and some fistfights had been reported along the queue throughout the night. At-risk Afghans planning on visiting Torkham should be aware of the potential for more shooting and there may be disturbances as trucks make a dash for the gate after it opens.
PASSPORT DIRECTORATE EXPECTED TO RELEASE A STATEMENT – Rumors that the Passport Directorate may finally be reopening have been rampant and an announcement should be released to the Bakhtar News Agency sometime over the next twenty-four hours.
BLAST IN KABUL, NO CASUALTIES REPORTED – A magnetic mine damaged a vehicle in Police District 2 yesterday morning near the shrine of Abu Fazl. No casualties had been observed or reported as a result of the blast. It is not clear who may have triggered the explosive device and no group has claimed credit.
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS HAVE DOUBLED IN CHILDREN – Medical professionals blame the severe winter weather and likely nutritional deficiencies brought on by the economic crisis for the problem. Hospitals are facing a lack of beds, pediatric specialists, and medicines to treat the ailment.
KAM AIR SAID IT PLANS TO RETRIEVE THE REMAINS OF THE 18 AFGHANS WHO DIED IN BULGARIA – The victims were discovered in a truck with scores of other Afghans in what authorities have called a ‘human smuggling’ operation gone awry.
TALIBAN WILL CREATE 27 NEW DISTRICTS – The new districts will be located in Helmand, Farah, Baghlan, Faryab, Sar-e-pul, Ghor, Badghis, Paktika, Zabul, Nuristan, and Kandahar. It has been rumored the additions serve no purpose other than to create employment for the Taliban loyalists.
TORKHAM GATE NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING, TRUCKS LINED UP FOR MILES – Local estimates say as many as 6,000 trucks are stacked up behind the border waiting for the crossing to be reopened. Negotiations continued but it was not clear what was holding an agreement up. Pakistani officials attempted to divert some of the cargo traffic to smaller border crossings but drivers feared taking the detour over fears of banditry along the roads.
NEXT 24 HOURS
TORKHAM GATE SECURITY CONCERNS TO LINGER – Even though negotiations have continued, local eyewitnesses say that border forces on the opposing sides have continued to make threatening and aggressive gestures at each other. A late report yesterday said an additional Pakistani checkpoint had been fired on in a neighboring Province but no proof was provided. Still, the crossing could easily devolve into violence. Exacerbating the tensions, many transport drivers who are facing significant losses as their loads of vegetables and perishables expire may choose to demonstrate and cause a commotion on either side of the border. Such actions have notably fomented cross-border altercations on three occasions in 2022. At-risk Afghans are once again advised to remain away from the area until traffic and border operations return to normal.
[ShabelleMedia] More than 80 snuffies died in a military operation in central Somalia as government plans the launch of 2nd phase of an offensive against al-Shabaab ...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them... In a statement, the Federal ministry of information said the opereation took place in the area of Shabeelow between Qaycad and Badawayne in the southern Mudug region.
A combined forces, including foreign soldiers launched the attack on a large al-Shabaab position in the Shabeelow area. The covert operation lasted for more than 10 hours.
The troops taken over the area where al-Shabaab ruled for several years, and it is also said that a number of al-Shabaab fighters have been captured a live, some of them are injured.
On the other hand, the government said that there are 14 fighters who have surrendered to the army in Mudug region, where the SNA and US troops are battling the murderous Moslems.
Last month, the Government forces, which have been waging a major offensive against the al-Qaeda-linked group since August, took control of Haradhere without any fighting.
Haradhere is a port town 500 kilometers (300 miles) northeast of the capital Mogadishu in central Somalia, and was a key piracy hub and a supply route for al-Shabaab for 15 years.
The army also regain control of large swathes of territory in Hiran and Middle Shabelle regions from al-Shabaab as part of the all-out-war war declared by president Hassan Sheikh.
[Garowe] With the help of the clan militia and international partners, the Somali National Army [SNA] eliminated at least 42 al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... turbans in Southern Somalia on Tuesday, reports indicate, as the national army continued to liberate strategic areas across the country in line with Somali Transition Plan.
The 42 al-Shabaab turbans were killed in Mahaday District in the Southern part of the country, the government said, following special aid by the US Africa Command and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] troops, who have been partnering with local troops in the recent past according to authorities.
The Ministry of Information, which has been giving official updates on the operation against al-Shabaab, said the military first killed at least 27 turbans on Monday night before killing 15 more on Tuesday. The operation against al-Shabaab started over six months ago when Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took over.
After about a 30-hour battle, the ministry further states, several sophisticated weapons and armoured vehicles used by the turbans were recovered by the Somali National Army and have since been taken for ballistic examination. The operation targeted al-Shabaab commanders, the statement added.
"The Somali government is committed to eliminating gunnies in the country," the ministry said, noting that the operation will continue as planned with the main task being killing the commanders or capturing them alive for interrogation and subsequent sentencing.
Heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy... broke out between al-Shabaab and Somali National Army backed by the Ma'awisley clan militia recently in Hiiraan leaving several turbans dead. The militia fighting al-Shabaab were transferred to Mogadishu for advanced treatment after sustaining injuries during the battle.
The US Africa Command has heightened dronezaps in regions still under al-Shabaab dominance with central and southern Somalia being the key targets. al-Shabaab has been working to overthrow the fragile UN-backed federal government of Somalia, but the group has failed to realize the mission due to formidable military resistance.
[Garowe] Elite squad ended al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... siege in Banadir's Abdiaziz residential district, government officials said, following several hours of him battle that left a number of people dead and dozens injured, in the latest attack within Somali cathe capital, Mogadishu.
Reports indicate at least 10 people were killed in the confrontation between the al-Qaeda-linked group and security forces, the government said, with reports further alleging that the hard boyz were targeting residential compounds in their cowardly attacks having suffered losses in ongoing operations across the country.
Some of the targeted homes reports further indicated, were rental houses for maimed pro-government militia attached to the Ma'awisley clan militia, who have been instrumental in the crackdown against al-Shabaab. The clan militia has been working closely with the Somali National Army [SNA] and foreign soldiers.
Also targeted was the residential property of Ali Shaban Ibrahim, the Deputy Speaker of Somalia's Upper House who was fresh from a conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Security officers however, managed to safely evacuate Shaban according to multiple sources.
The residential home belonging to SNA Commander General Garabey, who played an outsized role in the recent offensives in the Hiiraan region, was also targeted by Al-Shabaab hard boyz during the raid. The government believes the hard boyz did due diligence before unleashing in the latest attack.
The four al-Shabaab hard boyz who participated in the raid were killed on spot, the Ministry of Information confirmed in a statement. The hard boyz first activated the raid by detonating a suicide bomb and subsequently, engaged in a series of shootout attempts, attempt according to reports.
According to the government, the shifting of strategy to residential homes is desperate attempts tattemptthe reality that al-Shabaab has lost in the battlefield tussle which is closely supervised by the US Africa Command and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] soldiers.
[Garowe] Three Senegal ... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees... ese United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... peacekeepers serving in Mali were killed, and five others seriously injured, when their vehicle hit an bomb
The incident took place that morning near the village of Songobia, in central Mali, as their supply convoy was heading to its base in Sévaré.
El-Ghassim Wane, the head of MINUSMA, condemned the attack and offered his deepest condolences to the families and colleagues of the dear departed peacekeepers.
"This is another tragic illustration of the complexity of our operational environment and the sacrifices made by the international community for peace in Mali," he said.
MINUSMA is one of the most dangerous peace operations for "blue helmets". Since its establishment in 2013, 168 peacekeepers have bit the dust in hostile acts.
While renewing MINUSMA's commitment to work for peace in Mali, Mr. Wane recalled that attacks on peacekeepers can constitute war crimes under International Law.
He stressed "the need to do everything possible to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of hostile acts against MINUSMA".
The UN Security Council condemned the attack in the strongest terms. The Council issued a statement calling on the transitional authorities in Mali to swiftly investigate the attack with the support of MINUSMA, and promote accountability by bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Members reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.
They also underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsors of terrorism to justice.
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[KavkazUzel] The special services of Azerbaijan reported on the detention of an accountant of the Islamic State, who had been hiding in different countries for a long time.
The State Security Service of Azerbaijan announced the arrest of a man who is an accountant of the Islamic State* terrorist organization on February 21.
According to the State Security Service, the detainee was hiding for a long time in different countries, informs APA.
On this fact, large-scale operational and investigative measures are underway, writes oxu.az.
Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" wrote that citizens of the country suspected of involvement in terrorism are regularly arrested in Azerbaijan. So, in October 2019, Bahram Gulaliyev, known as Abu Ibrahim Dagestani, was extradited to Azerbaijan from Pakistan. According to the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, he was engaged in the manufacture of explosive devices and trained other militants in Afghanistan in this, and was also engaged in the recruitment of Azerbaijani citizens.
In September 2020, a court in Baku found Gulaliev guilty of teaching militants how to make bombs. Together with him, three more accused of involvement in a terrorist organization were arrested. On August 9, the court upheld the verdict on Azerbaijani citizens sentenced to terms ranging from two and a half to eight years in prison.
In September 2021, Azerbaijani special services detained Mansur Dzhumaev and Nasir Jahangirov on suspicion of involvement in militants .
It should be reminded that the orientalists previously interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" stated that many militants of the "Islamic State"*, including natives of Azerbaijan, moved to Afghanistan after the defeat of the group of militants in Syria and Iraq, but the flow of volunteers recruited by the militants from Azerbaijan itself has already dried up.
[GreaterKashmir ...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.... ] State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Wednesday said that it has arrested three including a woman for smuggling around 24 kilograms of narcotics worth crores of rupees from Pakistain.State Investigation Agency in a statement, as reported by news agency Kashmir Dot Com, said "Targeting the financial networks of terror outfits with an aim to destroy its ecosystem and support structure completely, State Investigation Agency, Kashmir conducted searches on Monday at multiple locations in districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam and Baramulla."
About 04 premises of narco terror suspects in different districts of Kashmir were searched on Tuesday viz residential premises of Abdul Rashid Bhat R/O Padgampora, Awantipora, Danish Farooq R/O Nasrullapora, Budgam, Abdul Rashid Mir R/O Amargrah, Sopore and Ovais Gul Bhat R/O Hardu Akad Anantnag in compliance to search warrant obtained from the Court of Special Judge, designated under NIA Act (TADA/POTA) Srinagar in connection with investigation of case FIR No. 19/2022, U/S 8/21,29 NDPS Act, 13,17, 18, 39,40 UA (P) Act read with section 120-B, 121, 121 A IPC of P/S CI/SIA Srinagar, registered in Police Station CIK (SIA) Kashmir, they said.
The SIA further said that it has learnt that investigation of the case has so far unearthed a narco- terror module that was being operated by proscribed terrorist organizations across the border in coordination with Central Jail Srinagar based handlers.They said that investigations established so far that the syndicate had succeeded in smuggling around 24 kilograms of Narcotics worth crores of rupees from Pakistain, transported it to different places through human couriers, sold it to dealers at different places, collected the sale proceeds, and used a large portion of the proceeds for prohibited activities for supporting and nurturing terror activities. The narcotics proceeds were used for personal financial enrichment of members of the syndicate besides, huge narcotic proceeds were channelized to support and finance terror activities in the valley.
Three members of the syndicate including a lady have so far been arrested, during the investigation of the case, the SIA said adding that further investigation in the case is continuing.
[Dawn] Security forces killed a terrorist during an exchange of fire in Spinwam area of North Wazoo tribal district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Wednesday.
A blurb issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said a "fire exchange took place between security forces and terrorists" today.
"During intense exchange of fire, one terrorist was killed," the ISPR statement said. It further added that the killed krazed killer was "actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and civilians".
The ISPR statement said the locals in the area "appreciated the response and expressed their full support to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the area".
The exchange of fire comes amid a surge in terrorist activities in the country, especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... provinces, since the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November.
On Feb 3, the ISPR said two bad boyz were potted during an exchange of fire between forces of Evil and security forces in the Esham area of the North Waziristan district.
On February 13, seven TTP Lions of Islam were killed when cops repulsed an attack on a police van carrying three detained Lions of Islam to Bannu from North Waziristan.
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A group of unknown assailants has reportedly killed a military aviator in al-Anbar's district of Fallujah. The victim, according to a source, was Saad Muhsen Marzough al-Dulaimi, a colonel and pilot in the Iraqi airforce. pic.twitter.com/0jC05Y10fu
[IsraelTimes] A Jordanian court sentences three people to death by hanging on charges of belonging to 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.... group and staging two bombing attacks, an AFP correspondent says.
A total of 11 people are handed sentences in the same case, relating to attacks in 2018 that killed six members of the Jordanian security forces.
The court condemns three to death, including one in absentia, over accusations of "involvement in terrorist acts using weapons and explosives that led to the death of one person." The remaining convicts were handed prison sentences ranging between five and 20 years.
Three others, including two women, are acquitted and released.
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[IsraelTimes] Firefights erupt as military surrounds house where senior Lion’s Den member was hiding out with two other button men
Ten Paleostinians were killed as heavy shootouts broke out between Israeli forces and button men Wednesday in Nablus after the military entered the northern West Bank city to arrest a number of terror suspects.
The Paleostinian Authority’s health ministry said that in addition to 11 people confirmed dead, 102 Paleostinians were hurt in the festivities, seven of them seriously. It did not specify the involvement among those killed and maimed.
The ministry identified them as Adnan Saabe Baara, 72, Anan Shawkat Annab, 66, Abdul Hadi Abdul Aziz Ashqar, 61, Mohammad Farid Shaaban, 16, Tamer Nimr Minawi, 33, Mohammad Khaled Anbousi, 25, Musab Munir Awais, 26, Hussam Bassam Isleem, 24, and Mohammad Abdul Fattah, 23, Walid Riyad Dkhail, 23, and Jaser Jamil Qanier, 23.
The Israel Defense Forces said troops had entered Nablus to arrest Isleem, a senior member of the Lion’s Den terror group, who was allegedly the third member of a cell that killed Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch during a shooting attack in October. The other two were detained last week.
A military source told The Times of Israel that soldiers surrounded a home where three suspects, all members of the Lion’s Den terror group, were holed up, demanding they turn themselves in. Officers of the elite police Yamam unit fired missiles at the building, to flush the men out in a technique known as "pressure cooker."
Two of the suspects were killed inside the building, while the third was rubbed out while he tried to escape.
Soldiers later found two firearms and ammunition in the building, the IDF said.
The IDF named the other two Lion’s Den members as Fattah and Dkhail. The military said Fattah was also affiliated with the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... , and all three men had participated in shooting attacks against Israeli forces in the northern West Bank.
Lion’s Den and the Islamic Jihad later claimed six of the fatalities as members.
Clashes erupted elsewhere in the city. The IDF said troops came under "massive gunfire," and responded with live fire at button men.
The IDF was anticipating a response to the deadly raid, a senior military official told news hounds.
"The resistance in 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... is watching the enemy’s escalating crimes against our people," Abu Obeida, front man of the Gaza-ruling Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, terror group’s military wing, said in a statement.
No Israeli troops were hurt in Wednesday’s raid, which came after a similar daytime operation in Jenin last month when ten Paleostinians, including an elderly woman, were killed amid fierce festivities between Israeli troops and button men.
That raid was met with international expressions of concern and Paleostinian calls for outside intervention. A day later, seven people were rubbed out in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood in the deadliest Paleostinian terror attack since 2008.
[NPASyria] On Wednesday, an ex-member in the Syrian opposition factions was killed by unidentified button men in the western countryside of Daraa, a governorate south Syria.
A local source told North Press that Khaled al-Taani was rubbed out by armed individuals riding a cycle of violence in the town of Sahem al-Golan in Daraa countryside.
Al-Taani had joined opposition factions after defecting from Syrian government forces a year after protests broke out in the governorate in 2011, the source added.
In July 2018, opposition factions and Syrian government forces reached an agreement, mediated by Russia, for the opposition-held areas of Daraa. According to the deal, opposition turbans who agreed to hand over heavy weapons, were handed special cards to protect them from prosecution, and allowed to stay in Daraa. Those opposed to the agreement were forced to leave for Idlib, which 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).
The victim had obtained a settlement card after government forces entered Daraa in 2018 and had not joined military forces affiliated with the Syrian army, according to the source.
Last week, Daraa and its countryside witnessed sporadic attacks by unknown button men leading to the death of four people in various areas of the Governorate.
On Feb. 17, a government soldier was killed by unknown attackers in the city of al-Sanamayn in the northern countryside of Daraa.
[NPASyria] On Wednesday, a car went kaboom!, east of Qamishli, northeastern Syria, after it was most likely to be targeted by a Ottoman Turkish drone.
A local source told North Press that a white car was went kaboom! near the village of Buweira in the eastern countryside of Qamishli.
No casualties have been recorded till the moment of preparing the report.
This comes in tandem with calls by the UN to stop the military actions in Syria and provide humanitarian aid for people affected by the earthquake that hit Syria on Feb. 6.
On Feb. 10, UN Human Rights Chief, Volker turk, called for implementing immediate ceasefire in Syria and full respect of human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... and humanitarian law obligations so help can reach everyone.
On Feb. 16, a civilian was killed and another was injured in a Ottoman Turkish drone attack in the town of Tel Rifaat in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
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[Rudaw] A Ottoman Turkish drone on Wednesday targeted a vehicle in the Kurdish city of Qamishli in northeast Syria (Rojava) while dealing with a catastrophic natural disaster at home, according to a spokesperson for Kurdish forces. A civilian was killed and a member of the local security forces was injured, reported a war monitor.
A destructive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Kurdish city of Kahramanmaras in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... on February 6, with its impact also ripping through neighboring Syria. Several other quakes and thousands of aftershocks have occurred since then, killing nearly 50,000 in both countries.
However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... the humanitarian crisis at home and in Syria has not prevented Turkey from attacking Syrian Kurds. Less than a week after the initial tremors, a Ottoman Turkish drone targeted a vehicle in Rojava’s Kobane city, killing many people.
Farhad Shami, head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said in a tweet on Wednesday that "in a time when the world is busy helping those affected by earthquake[s] in Turkey & Syria, the Ottoman Turkish occupation is escalating against our region."
"Today, a Ottoman Turkish UAV targeted a car east of Qamishlo [Qamishli]. The criminal mentality of [the] Ottoman Turkish regime is more dangerous than the earthquake," he added.
The suspected Ottoman Turkish drone targeted a civilian vehicle, killing a civilian and wounding a commander of the Kurdish internal security forces (Asayish), according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
Ankara considers the People’s Protection Units (YPG), backbone of the SDF, as the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) - gang struggling for the greater rights of Kurds in Turkey.
Ankara has listed both PKK and YPG as terrorist organizations.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
...... the personification of Somali state failure...
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it 
...Arabic for 
...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 
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
