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Afghanistan
Afghan Air Force conducts airstrikes in Ghazni leaving 18 militants dead
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Air Force carried out Arclight airstrikes as part of the ongoing ’Nejat Operations’ in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, leaving at least 18 snuffies dead.

The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast said the operations are being conducted under the leadership of Thunder Corps commander Gen. Dadan Lawang.

According to a statement released by the Thunder Corps, at least 18 snuffies were killed after coming under airstrikes in Moqor district during the ongoing operations.

The statement further added that a Humvee armored personnel carrier captured by the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
was also destroyed along with some weapons and munitions.

According to Thunder Corps, two commanders of the Nusrat Group of the Taliban were also among those killed.

Ghazni is among the relatively volatile provinces in southeastern parts of the country where the Talibs and terrorist belonging to the other groups are actively operating in some of its districts.

Troops On High Alert In Ghazni, As Periodic Clashes Continue

[Tolo] The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday said the Afghan cops are on high alert in Ghazni city and are trying to minimize security threats against the city.

The ministry’s remarks come after residents reported that festivities broke out on Thursday between security forces and forces of Evil on the outskirts of the city.

The defense ministry also said they will continue their military operations on the outskirts of the city and beyond in order to eliminate the forces of Evil and to ensure the safety of the city.

"Security measures have been taken there, our reinforcement troops are there, and in the areas where we felt there were threats we have launched operations. But our forces are on high alert in Ghazni and our operations are ongoing," interior ministry’s front man Najib Danish said.

Meanwhile a number of Ghazni residents said festivities broke out in some areas on the outskirts of the city on Thursday night and that they are worried that the situation will deteriorate.

Two weeks ago the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
carried out a massive attack on the city and controlled parts of Ghazni for about four days. However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
after a few days security forces pushed the Taliban back from the city.

Ghazni residents said all roads connecting Ghazni to other provinces are not completely secure and that a number of Ghazni people were not able to get back to their city to celebrate Eid.

Avizha Orzhalan said she works in Kabul, but her family lives in Jaghoori. Orzhalan said she had been extremely stressed during the siege of Ghazni as she had not been able to contact her family as all communication networks had been cut.

"Following Ghazni’s collapse, Taliban are in control of roads, they are even in control of the check posts that belonged to the people. When we go they search us and our mobiles and we are facing problems," said Orzhalan.

Meanwhile a number of residents in Ghazni districts also said they are worried about the security situation adding that festivities have flared up in the past few days in some districts.

"Khwja Omari and Khogyani districts are out of government’s control," Fazlullah, a resident of Khawja Omari said.

"Taliban have check points in Khwja Omari district and they travel past the district and police headquarter buildings," Ghulam Rasul, another resident said.

GHAZNI WAR
On August 10, Taliban launched coordinated attacks on Ghazni city, in the center of Afghanistan ‐ 148 kilometers southwest of Kabul.

The attack however lasted for five days during which Taliban took over parts of the city and clashed with Afghan cops.

During the attack, telecom services shut down and people either fled the city or took cover in their homes. However the ones who stayed behind faced a severe lack of water, food and healthcare services.

During the siege, the Afghan interior and defense ministers Wais Ahmad Barmak and Tariq Shah Bahrami held a presser in Kabul and said at least 70 police soldiers were killed in the first four days of the attack.

The defense minister also stated that Pak, Chechen and Arab hard boyz had been fighting alongside the Taliban.

On the corpse count, Bahrami said that about 200 forces of Evil had been killed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336078 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


US airstrikes pound ISIS hideouts in Kunar province
[KhaamaPress] The US forces based in Afghanistan have carried out a series of Arclight airstrikes targeting the hideouts of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in eastern Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
of Afghanistan.

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the latest airstrikes were carried out in Manogi and Narang district.

The source further added that five hard boyz of the terror group were killed after their hideouts were targeting by the unmanned aerial vehicles.

The security situation in eastern Kunar province has started to deteriorate sharply during the recent months amid growing insurgency activities by the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and ISIS bad boys.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336077 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Explosion reported in Jalalabad city in East of Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] An kaboom has taken place in Jalalabad city, the bustling provincial capital 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..
province in East of Afghanistan.

Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the incident has taken place close to a sit-in camp belonging Jawid Zaman whose name was removed from the parliamentary elections.

The provincial public health officials are saying that the dead bodies of two people have been shifted to the hospital along with four others who have sustained injuries in the kaboom.

No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the incident.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336082 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Horn
Al-Shabab Says It Killed Two AU Peacekeepers In Central Somalia
[RADIOSHABELLE] The al-Qaeda-affiliated Somalia-based Islamic krazed killer group has claimed a kaboom in a town in central Somalia on Friday.

In a statement on pro-Al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
media outlets, the holy warriors said they have killed two peacekeepers from Djibouti, who were serving under the AU Mission in Somalia [AMISOM].

The attack which was used a remote-controlled landmine planted on a key road struck a military convoy carrying Djiboutian forces en route to Jalalaqsi town in Hiran region.

The AU mission is yet to comment on the al-Shabaab claim.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336086 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Al-Shabaab Raids SNA Base Near Baidoa City, Soldiers Killed
[RADIOSHABELLE] At least two government soldiers were killed and several others maimed after heavily armed al-shabab fighters launched dawn attack on a military base in Deynunay locality in Bay region on Saturday.

Col. Abdullahi Mohammed, a soldier among the 60th battalion of Somali Army told Radio Shabelle that two soldiers on their side have been killed during the attack by al-shabab

He seized the control of the base after the government forces were overpowered in a brief shootout that occurred in the area but withdrew after an hour.

A a number of government soldiers sustained injuries after a military vehicle ferrying reinforcement forces to Deynunay was targeted with landmine kaboom near the town.

The maimed soldiers were rushed to Baidoa general hospital where they are being treated.

The situation in Deynunay, about 18Km north of Baidoa in now back to normal as government forces took over the control of the base.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336089 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Egypt police foil attack on North Sinai checkpoint; kill four terrorists: MENA
[AlAhram] Egyptian police have killed four holy warriors who attempted to carry out an attack on a security checkpoint on the coastal highway of North Sinai's El-Arish, MENA state news agency reported on Saturday, citing an informed source.

The source said that the attackers were armed with heavy weapons, including a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

Some of the holy warriors involved in the attack managed to flee the scene.
... as though they had never been...
leaving behind 10 explosive charges that they had planned to use in the attack.

The attackers left behind four automatic weapons, 30 magazines, a number of RPG missiles, three boom belts, a camera, a Motorola communication device and hand grenades, according to the source.

The incident comes amid Egypt's ongoing Operation Sinai 2018, launched on 9 February "to implement the plan of comprehensive confrontation of terrorist and criminal elements and organizations in North and Central Sinai, and in other areas in the Nile Delta and desert areas west of the Nile Valley," according to the Armed Forces.
Ynet adds:
Local media published pictures of at least two men, one lying on an asphalt road and another on the sand, and separate photographs of weapons found on them, including four AK-47 assault rifles, one RPG launcher, gun magazines and what appeared as suicide belts.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336079 views] Top|| File under: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)


Arabia
Yemeni army detonates six mines planted by Houthis in Red Sea
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Yemeni national army backed by the Arab coalition, detonated six mines planted by the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
militias in the international waters of the Red Sea.

A military source in the naval unit in the fifth zone of the Yemeni army said that the military naval teams were able to find six mines near the sea port of Habel in Hajjah governorate, and detonated them, despite the attempt by Houthis to hide them at two meters deep down in the sea.

The Houthis are trying to disrupt navigation in the Red Sea by trying to plant mines that threaten international shipping.

On Thursday, the Arab coalition said that they had thwarted a planned attack by the Houthis who attempted to use a booby-trapped boat on the shores of the port city of Hodeidah.
Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336082 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Iraq
10 Islamic State members killed in Mosul security operation
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Ten Death Eaters of Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
were killed Saturday in a security operation in southern djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, the Security Media Center announced.

"Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
forces, backed by U.S.-led international coalition warplanes, carried out a preemptive security operation in al-Shoura district in southern Mosul, targeting a seven-kilometer-long cave used as a hiding place by IS holy warriors," the center was quoted by Mawzain News as saying in a statement.

"According to intelligence reports, 10 IS turbans were killed in the security operation, which was launched to dry up the resources of terrorism," added the center.

Earlier in the day, five Islamic State Death Eaters were locked away
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
in the eastern side of Mosul.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336079 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Three police personnel wounded in bomb explosion, southwest of Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Three police personnel, including an officer, were maimed in a bomb kaboom, southwest of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
a security source from the province said on Saturday.

In remarks to AlSumaria News, the source said, "a bomb, went off targeting a patrol for the Federal Police in al-Gharib village in Hawija town, leaving three personnel, including a police colonel, maimed."

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said, "troops cordoned off the kaboom scene and prevented approaching. The maimed were transferred to nearby hospital for treatment."
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336078 views] Top|| File under:


Two IS members wearing badges of paramilitary forces busted in Fallujah
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Two Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
members disguising themselves as paramilitary forces were nabbed
Please don't kill me!
Saturday in Fallujah city in Anbar, a security source was quoted as saying.

The source told BasNews website that "intelligence reports led security forces to arrest two Islamic State members inside a house in al-Shohada district in southern Fallujah."

"The two were wearing badges of the pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces when they were arrested," the source pointed out, adding that a huge sum of money, government IDs and official documents were seized inside the house.

"The security forces transferred the pair into the detention center in Ramadi for interrogation," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336106 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Leftists attacked by settlers near Hebron
[Ynet] Four leftist activists from the Ta’ayush organization were attacked by masked settlers, apparently from the settlement of Mitzpeh Yair. Police said the four were lightly injured and taken to the hospital.
Not a psychiatric one, though
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336077 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Scores of ISIS terrorists killed as Syrian troops liberate several points in southern Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) had a productive day on Friday, as their troops managed to liberate several points after a fierce battle with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS).

Led by their 1st, 3rd, and 10th divisions, the Syrian Arab Army kicked off the day by storming the Islamic State’s positions at the southwestern and northeastern axes of the al-Safa Mountain.

Following an intense battle, the Syrian Arab Army was able to make a significant advance at the southwestern axis of the al-Safa Mountain.

According to a military source inside the Sweida Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) were able to advance at least two kilometers deep into the Islamic State’s lines at the al-Safa Mountain.

The source added that during this advance, the Syrian Arab Army managed to kill at least 30 Islamic State bad boys, while also capturing one terrorist that was trying to escape.

The Syrian Arab Army is now preparing to launch another powerful assault on the Islamic State’s last positions along the strategic al-Safa Mountain the eastern countryside of the Sweida Governorate.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336088 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


ISIS inflicts heavy casualties on Syrian troops as they launch major counter-offensive in southern Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) launched a major counter-offensive, overnight, in the eastern countryside of the Sweida Governorate, a Syrian military source told al-Masdar News this morning.

According to the military source, the Islamic State stormed the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at the southwestern axis of the al-Safa Mountain; this would result in a fierce battle that is still ongoing at the moment.

The source said that the Islamic State managed to drive back the Syrian Arab Army troops from several points they liberated on Friday.

In addition to driving back government forces, the Islamic State also killed and maimed more than 40 members from the Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (NDF).

While ISIS lost more than 30 fighters during the previous battle, they were able to regroup and restore several crucial points they lost to the Syrian Arab Ary.

Intense festivities are now ongoing between the Syrian Arab Army and Islamic State at the southwestern and northeastern axes of the al-Safa Mountain.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336074 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  guessing that the 'Syrian Arab Army' is no more than 40% Syrian at this point

the actual casualties suffered by this Army may be even less than 40% as much of the front line are, per various sources, Shia recruits from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.
Posted by: lord garth || 08/26/2018 12:05 Comments || Top||


Battle for Al-Safa Mountain turns into blood bath as Syrian troops attempt to advance
[ALMASDARNEWS] The battle for the al-Safa Mountain in the Sweida Governorate has turned into a blood bath after several days of intense festivities between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Islamic State (ISIS).

Backed by heavy Arclight airstrikes and artillery, the Syrian Arab Army’s 1st, 3rd, and 10th divisions made anther push to liberate the al-Safa Mountain this weekend.

According to a military source in Sweida city, the Syrian Arab Army managed to fracture the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s positions at the key hilltop of Tal Abu Ghanam.

The source said that the Syrian Arab Army advanced more than 2km past the Islamic State’s lines, while also killing more than 20 terrorist combatants and seizing two large caches of weapons.

However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
the Syrian Arab Army would also suffer heavy casualties during this advance, as the Islamic State refused to surrender any of these areas without a fight.

The Syrian Arab Army is now attempting to secure these recently liberated areas before the Islamic State prepares to launch a big counter-offensive.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336081 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


New protests in Iran as economy heads for collapse
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iran faced new protests on Saturday, with hundreds of truck drivers gathering in front Mashhad city hall in Khorasan province, in protest against the increase in shipping tariff, low fares and the high cost amid the collapse of the economy.

Also in Esfahan city, truck drivers protested against the low wages and the increase in prices of spare parts

"OUR STATE IS A CENTER FOR THIEVES"
In Ahwaz, hundreds of workers from the companies in the National Steel Group erupted into the streets to protest against delay in their salaries for months, chanting "Our country is the thieves’ center. It has become a model in the world."

The past few days have witnessed protests and strikes by workers, the unemployed and different segments of Iranian society against high prices and inflation amid the continuing collapse of the local currency.

On Friday, workers at the sugar cane complex in Hifat Tabah, northwest of Ahwaz, continued to protest against the non-payment of salaries, workers’ entitlements and insurance.

In the city of Yasuj, in central Iran, owners of kiosks in Friday’s public market gathered on Tuesday in front of the municipality to protest the closure of their stalls, saying that around 4,000 citizens get their income to support their families from selling their goods in this market.

In the city of Chagadak, in the province of Bushehr, southern Iran, hundreds of citizens gathered at night in front of the Water Authority to protest the lack of drinking water in the province, while the water shortage crisis started since 20 days ago.

On Thursday night, citizens gathered in the city of Mariwan to protest against corruption in the municipality as waste fills the streets, burning the garbage containers in protest.

WARNING OF A SEVERE WAVE OF INFLATION
For his part, the former Under-Secretary of the Iranian Economy Ministry, Hussein Samsami, warned that the country will witness a severe wave of inflation in the coming months.

ISNA news agency quoted the former official as saying that "The inflation caused by the establishment of the secondary market for the currency has now started, and the prices of products such as milk, steel, iron, wood and many other materials have doubled," he said.
Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336078 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Never mind, the Europeans are working overtime to make sure these methods don't work and Iran keeps its government of fascist theocrats.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 08/26/2018 1:17 Comments || Top||

#2  The protests are happening everywhere but Tehran, where the police enjoy busting heads: Even in Qom:

The weekend of August 4th-5th saw the fifth and sixth continuous days of protests and clashes with Khomeiniist regime security forces across almost all of Iran. Kazeroun, scene of protest civil disobedience earlier this summer, exploded again, and most notably, large demonstrations have started in Qom, a sacred Shia city, home of the largest hawzeh (seminary) in Iran and to many mullahs, and the birthplace of the 1978-79 Khomeiniist “revolution.”
Posted by: Hupusing Claitch6798 || 08/26/2018 9:32 Comments || Top||


ISIS ‘war crime’ as 27 hostages still being held in southern Syria
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] At least 27 people are being held by ISIS in southern Syria, Human Rights Watch said Saturday as it deplored the hostage-taking as a "war crime".

The group of mostly women and kiddies were kidnapped by ISIS during a massive July 25 assault on the Druze community in Sweida, in which the forces of Evil killed more than 250 people.

They are being held by ISIS to use as leverage in negotiations with the Syrian government and its ally Russia, according to HRW.

"Hostage-taking is a war crime," the rights group said.

"Civilian lives should not be used as bargaining chips," said its deputy Middle East director Lama Fakih.

Of more than 30 people taken hostage in the July offensive, at least two have since died.

A 19-year-old male student was beheaded and a video circulated of the killing, which was not released on the krazed killers' usual channels.

Later in August a 65-year-old woman died, with ISIS reporting she had been unwell.

Additionally, two women were able to escape after being kidnapped from their home, a family member told HRW.

Villagers provided the names of at least 27 people who remain in ISIS captivity, with children as young as seven among them, according to activists in Sweida province.

The province is the heartland of Syria's Druze minority, followers of an offshoot of Shiite Islam who are are despised as heretics by the forces of Evil of ISIS.

ISIS is seeking the release of forces of Evil captured by the government in the neighboring province of Daraa, the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said earlier this month.

The forces of Evil currently hold less than three percent of Syria, after losing swathes of territory to government forces backed by Russian firepower.

But ISIS has proven it is still able to launch deadly attacks, with eight pro-government fighters killed and more than 60 maimed in an overnight raid in Sweida province.

The attack brought to 54 the number of pro-government fighters killed in the past month, while 147 forces of Evil have been killed, the Observatory said.

Since the civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, more than 350,000 people have been killed and millions have fled their homes.
Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336072 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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Thu 2018-08-23
  Syrian Army cuts all supply lines to ISIL’s last stronghold in southern Syria
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  Yemeni army inflicts heavy casualties on Houthi militants in Taiz
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