[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Diplomatic sources have revealed that the UAE intends to give Israel a foothold in the Horn of Africa region by sponsoring the establishment of a military base for Tel Aviv in Somaliland ...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells.... The sources told "Emirates Leaks" website that the UAE secretly offered to establish a military and intelligence base for the Zionist entity in Somaliland, with Abu Dhabi providing full financial support for that.
According to the sources, Abu Dhabi convinced the local authorities in Somaliland of the necessity of establishing a military base for Israel in exchange for working with Tel Aviv to officially recognize the state of Somaliland.
The UAE’s move comes as part of a plan to invest in the countries overlooking the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa (specifically Somalia, Djibouti, Æthiopia, and Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... ), in addition to the ongoing conflict in 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... to extend influence over the region surrounding the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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#BREAKING Derna Court sentences former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Ali Al-Habri, to 15 years in prison in the case of the collapse of the Derna Dams. pic.twitter.com/KlbiFlwSaN
Awright, who’s going to pony up to pay Egypt to do something? They’ve got the men, but they haven’t got the money, despite IMF loans and generous donations from the Gulf oil sheikhdoms and Uncle Sugar.
[ARABNEWS] Egypt stressed the importance of supporting Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... and "sparing it the scourge of war," the country’s foreign ministry said on Sunday amid escalating tensions between Israel and the Iran-aligned Lebanese Hezbollah group.
Cairo, a mediator in the ongoing 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 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... war, also warned of the dangers of opening new war front with Lebanon.
Thousands of mourners attended funeral ceremonies on Sunday for the 12 children and teenagers killed by a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as Israel vowed swift retaliation against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the attack on Majdal Shams, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ’ Oct. 7 assault sparked the war in Gaza, which has since spread to several fronts and now risks spilling into a wider regional conflict.
Israeli jets hit targets in southern Lebanon overnight but a stronger response was expected following a meeting of the security cabinet at 6 p.m. (1500 GMT). Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from a visit to the United States and met security officials ahead of the meeting.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Sana’a government, Hussein al-Ezzi, addressed several messages to Western countries warning of the dangers of hostility towards 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... "Sana’a extends the hand of peace and friendship to whoever wants it, and it is undoubtedly open to the whole world except the Zionist entity," al-Ezzi said in a post on his account on the "X" platform.
He advised the West to stay away from hostility to Yemen and respect the will and interests of its people "because it can harm those who harm it for decades to come, and this is something we do not want to happen."
"If you have any problem with Sana’a, you can solve it with understanding. Hostile methods against great people (Yemenis) who represent the spiritual father of humanity are unnecessary," the deputy minister of foreign affairs added.
Al-Ezzi concluded his message by saying, "History must have also told you that Yemen is the graveyard of unjust empires and that the war should not be relied upon because it is essentially a Yemeni game par excellence."
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Would it be considered hostile to glass the whole place and turn it over to the Saudis?
"We need more targets for the Zionists to shoot at, so we don't take the brunt of their fury! Please help!"
[Regnum] Yemen is beginning a new stage of the conflict with Israel, in which there will be no "red lines", and is calling on Arabs and Muslims to unite in this war. This statement was made on July 28 by Ali al-Kahum, a member of the Politburo of the Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) ruling in northern Yemen.
As Ali al-Kahum explained in an interview with RIA Novosti, there will be no peace as long as Israel exists, so the conflict is existential in nature.
“The time has come to unite Arabs and Muslims, to use their capabilities and to stand together in this battle to preserve the identity of Islam and Arabism in the face of the challenges, dangers and projects of the great Satan represented by America and Israel,” al-Kahum noted.
The Houthi representative recalled that the operations to support fighters in the Gaza Strip with the formation of the "Jerusalem axis" made it possible to completely block the ports of occupied Palestine. Al-Kahum emphasized that this is an unprecedented case in modern history.
Since the beginning of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Houthi movement Ansar Allah has repeatedly launched drones and missiles, most of which were shot down by Israeli air defense systems near the city of Eilat on the Red Sea.
On July 19, an explosion occurred in central Tel Aviv in Israel, caused by the fall of an "air target," the IDF confirmed. The Israeli Air Force increased patrols to protect the country's airspace. The explosion occurred near the US consulate, killing one person and injuring ten others.
Yemeni Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria claimed responsibility for the incident. According to Maariv, the IDF did not confirm that the explosion was actually prepared by Yemeni rebels.
The attack on Yemen's Hodeida port was a direct response to the Houthi drone strike on Tel Aviv and hundreds of other attacks. Israel will defend itself by any means necessary, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video address to the nation on July 20.
…whose Jewish wife is even farther to the left than he is…
told Israel’s President Isaac Herzog there needed to be "immediate steps" toward a ceasefire in Israel’s conflict with Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... bully boyz 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 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... "The Prime Minister said there must be immediate steps toward a ceasefire, so that hostages can be released and more humanitarian aid can get in for those in desperate need," Starmer’s office said in a statement released on Sunday.
"The Prime Minister reiterated his ongoing support for Israel’s right to self-defense in accordance with international law," the statement said.
Starmer met Herzog in Gay Paree where both were attending the Olympics.
In a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 7 shortly after Starmer took office, he "set out the clear and urgent need for a ceasefire," according to a previous British government statement.
Starmer on Sunday said there was no moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas and expressed his condolences for the deaths of five hostages kidnapped during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 whose bodies had recently been recovered.
About 1,200 people were killed and 250 were taken hostage in the Oct. 7 attack, according to Israeli tallies.
More than 39,000 Paleostinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive in Gaza, according to local health authorities, who do not distinguish between fighters and non-combatants.
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[KavkazUzel] The ban on hijab is unacceptable under Islamic law, and it is recommended to remove the niqab in educational institutions, said the imam-khatib of the central mosque of Nalchik Murad Ulbashev. Outside educational institutions, the niqab can be worn, he emphasized in a sermon published by the Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Vladislav Davankov proposed to give educational institutions the right to ban the wearing of religious clothing, as well as to empower legislative and municipal assemblies to impose a ban on wearing religious clothing in public places. State Duma deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Mikhail Matveyev and Sergei Obukhov also prepared a bill that proposes introducing fines for wearing clothing that conceals the face in public places.
The Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus appealed to the President of Russia and the State Duma with a request not to adopt Davankov's bill banning religious clothing. The muftis of the North Caucasus stated that this decision violates the rights of believers. Commentators on the social network supported their appeal, noting that Davankov's initiative has already caused a split in society .
Wearing the niqab is a custom and not an obligation for Muslim women, the Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria stated after the idea of banning niqabs was supported by the Muslim administrations of Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia.
The sermon of the imam-khatib ( and mam-khatib is the one who leads the joint prayer and conducts the Friday sermon, and also has the art of oral speech and can influence the thoughts and feelings of the mosque parishioners, as stated on the website of the Russian Muslim Spiritual Directorate, - note of the "Caucasian Knot" ) Murad Ulbashev in the central mosque of Nalchik on the topic: "The issue of wearing the niqab" was brought to the attention of "Gazeta Yuga".
The imam stated that there are disagreements among scholars on the issue of niqab. "The Spiritual Administration of our republic also adheres to this opinion, and a person has the right to choose for himself. The only thing I would like to say about niqab is to quote the words of scholars who refute the nonsense that some people are now saying - like, niqab is not a Shariah prescription, but an Arab tradition," his words are quoted in the publication's Telegram channel.
Ulbashev pointed out the inadmissibility of banning the hijab in educational institutions. "Therefore, the muftis of the North Caucasus made an appeal to the president of the country to prevent such laws. Therefore, the recommendation in nature, the request of the spiritual administration, is that our sisters do not wear the niqab in educational institutions until the issue with the hijab is resolved. Outside the educational institution - please. But specifically, when they enter there, the request is that the sisters do not wear the niqab," follows from the video, which was published on the page of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Ulbashev also reminded about the rules of wearing the hijab. "The hijab must be worn as prescribed by Sharia. <...> Previously, only Arab women wore it. Now, unfortunately, among our local sisters, you can see that they wear the hijab and wear pants. Pants with a hijab are not a hijab. Or they wear tight clothes," he added.
[GEO.TV] The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday denied authenticity in the report circulating on social media about Germany handing over of those involved in the attack on Pak consulate in Frankfurt.
When asked whether the suspects involved in the vandalism were handed over to Pakistain, as being claimed in a report on social media, FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch termed the report a "fake news".
Dozens of miscreants had attacked the Pak consulate during a protest in Frankfurt on July 20. Following which, the German police had arrested two suspects.
Reports indicated that German authorities had allowed Afghan nationals to hold a peaceful protest. However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... the demonstration’s participants turned violent mostly peaceful, lobbed stones at the consulate building, and removed the country’s flag, leading to heightened tensions.
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[GEO.TV] A land feud between tribes in the northwestern part of the country has claimed at least 35 lives since its escalation into an armed battles four days ago, officials said Sunday.
Two tribal groups have been fighting since Wednesday, when a gunman shot up a council negotiating a decades-long dispute over farmland, local police official Murtaza Hussain said.
While no one was maimed in that attack, Hussain said it reignited longstanding tensions between the clans who live side-by-side in Boshehra and Malikhel areas of the district of Kurram on the border with Afghanistan.
Hussain confirmed that the conflict had "claimed 35 lives" so far.
"The government and local leaders are attempting to halt the fighting through jirgas (tribal councils), but have not yet succeeded," he said.
Inter-family feuds are common in the country.
However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... they can be particularly protracted and violent mostly peaceful in the mountainous northwestern region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where communities abide by traditional tribal honour codes.
A senior government official from Kurram district, who asked to remain anonymous, also gave a corpse count of 35 but said 151 more people had been maimed.
"All attempts to resolve the conflict have failed," he said.
A police source, who asked not to be identified, said both sides were using automatic weapons and mortars in fighting focussed around the town of Parachinar, which had been blockaded by law enforcement.
"The area is still witnessing festivities involving the use of both small and large weapons," the senior Kurram district official said.
Traffic on the main roads also remained suspended due to the continuing firing.
Kurram is part of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a semi-autonomous area that was merged with KP in 2018.
The move brought the region into the legal and administrative mainstream, although police and security forces frequently struggle to enforce the rule of law there.
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[SHAFAQ] Hundreds of Iraqi women erupted into the streets of Baghdad on Sunday to protest against proposed amendments to the country’s personal status law, expressing particular outrage over provisions that would legalize child marriage.
Demonstrators, including members of women’s rights organizations, gathered in Tahrir Square, carrying signs that read "No to child marriage" and "The era of child brides is over." The protesters denounced the proposed amendments to Law 88 of 1959, arguing that they would roll back women’s rights.
The Iraqi Parliament has been deadlocked over the proposed amendments, with a recent session being adjourned due to disagreements among politicians over the personal status and general amnesty laws.
Aliya Nasif, a member of parliament, warned that the proposed law would legitimize marriages performed by religious officials, leading to a rise in genetic diseases, birth defects, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. The Iraqi Communist Party also condemned the proposed amendments, arguing that they would exacerbate sectarian divisions.
Abdul Sattar Abdul Jabbar, a prominent Iraqi holy man, criticized the sectarian nature of the proposed amendments, accusing Shiite politicians of using the issue for political gain. "They managed to reach an agreement over this but failed when it came to the general amnesty law," he said.
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a few years ago Hawai'i raised the age of consent all the way up to 16; there followed much wailing and gnashing of teeth. It ain't just Mo's followers.
[JPost] Smack-talk from a bankrupt pretend caliphate
Jerusalem and Ankara traded sharp barbs on Sunday, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeming to threaten military action against Israel on Sundays as tensions heated up between the Jewish state and the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah.
Israel in turn warned that his fate could become akin to that of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was executed by hanging.
“Erdogan is following in the footsteps of Saddam Hussein by threatening to attack Israel. He should remember what happened there and how it ended,’ Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, in which he linked a photograph of the two men.
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President Erdogan, Turkey Has A Historical Right To Militarily Intervene, Palestine Was Under Turkish Control For 400 Years (1517-1917) During The Ottoman Empire, However Before The Zionists Colonists Could Claim Palestine To Establish A State Of Israel They First Had To Remove All Remnants Of Turkish Control. There Are Many Articles/Documentaries That Detail How The British/Zionists Covertly Achieved Their Plan To Establish The State of Israel After Seizing Palestine, Eg (Balfour Agreement)
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Turkey chose the losing side in World War I, so they would have lost their empire even if it weren’t already crumbling around them. Had the allies not divided the Turkish rump state from the rest of the empire, Ataturk would never have been able to establish a modern republic, one which has lasted a century, though probably not much longer.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells....
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
[GEO.TV] A land feud between tribes in the northwestern part of the country has claimed at least 35 lives since its escalation into an armed battles four days ago, officials said Sunday.
[SHAFAQ] Hundreds of Iraqi women 
