“The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in northwest
Pakistan that left two soldiers and two militants dead. The army said in a
statement that militants opened fire on a security checkpoint Saturday evening
in the Jani Khel area of Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, leading
to a shootout with Pakistani troops. A search operation was underway to track
the militants behind the attack. Taliban spokesman Mohammad Khorasani said in a
statement on the group’s website that the group carried out the ‘joint attack’
in collaboration with another faction of the Pakistani Taliban, the Hafiz Gul
Bahadur group. The militant group has been distancing itself from the Taliban,
also known as TTP, and carrying out attacks independently.”











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June 5, 2023



Associated Press: Pakistani Taliban Claim Attack In Northwest That Left 2
Soldiers, 2 Militants Dead
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“The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in northwest
Pakistan that left two soldiers and two militants dead. The army said in a
statement that militants opened fire on a security checkpoint Saturday evening
in the Jani Khel area of Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, leading
to a shootout with Pakistani troops. A search operation was underway to track
the militants behind the attack. Taliban spokesman Mohammad Khorasani said in a
statement on the group’s website that the group carried out the ‘joint attack’
in collaboration with another faction of the Pakistani Taliban, the Hafiz Gul
Bahadur group. The militant group has been distancing itself from the Taliban,
also known as TTP, and carrying out attacks independently.”



The Guardian: Uganda Says 54 African Union Peacekeepers Killed In Somalia By
Al-Shabaab Militants
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“Fifty-four Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African
Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has said,
in one of the worst recent attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn
country. ‘We discovered the lifeless bodies of 54 fallen soldiers, including a
commander,’ Museveni said in a Twitter post late on Saturday.The toll is one of
the heaviest yet since pro-government forces backed by the AU force known as
ATMIS launched an offensive against al-Shabaab last August. It was also a rare
admission of a major military death toll by African Union members.”






CEP Expert Analysis

* Civilian Counterterrorism Forces and the Fight Against Extremism: A Review
of Nigeria, Somalia, and Burkina Faso
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* Extremism in Erdogan's AKP
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* Security Risks Emanating From Afghanistan
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* Unsolved Murders In Syria's Badia
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* Transnational Linkages Between Violent Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism and
Organized Crime
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Iraq



Iraqi News: SDF Hands Over Dozens Of ISIS Terrorists To Iraq
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“50 Iraqi prisoners belonging to ISIS group and 168 families of ISIS militants
were returned from Syria to Iraq on Saturday, an Iraqi official source
revealed. The source explained that terrorists brought back from Syria will be
interrogated by the Iraqi security and tried in Iraqi courts, AFP reported.
Families of ISIS militants are expected to be sent to a rehabilitation center
south of Mosul, in northern Iraq. These terrorists were being held by the
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Al-Hasakah governorate, northeastern Syria,
according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.”



Turkey



Daily Sabah: Another PKK Terrorist Surrenders To Turkish Authorities
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“Authorities announced Saturday that one member of the PKK terrorist group
has surrendered after long persuasion efforts by security forces in Türkiye’s
eastern province of Hakkari. ‘One male member of the PKK/KCK was convinced to
turn himself into Türkiye. He was brought to Hakkari, reunited with his family
and later taken to the courthouse for legal procedures,’ the city police said.
The incident brought the number of terrorists who surrendered since the
beginning of 2023 to 19. A significant number of suspected terrorists have
begun to abandon the PKK and surrender, but many terrorists lack the courage to
leave the terrorist group out of fear of severe punishment if caught.”



Pakistan



Samaa: Security Forces Gun Down Two Terrorists In North Waziristan
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“According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army troops
effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and sealed all possible escape
routes. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists
who remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces
and killing of innocent citizens, it said. The sanitization of the area was
being carried out to eliminate any terrorists found in the area. The locals of
the area appreciated the operation and expressed their full support to
eliminate the menace of terrorism from the area, ISPR said.”



Middle East



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“Fifty Daesh terrorists and 168 Iraqi members of terrorist families were
repatriated from Syria to Iraq on Saturday, an Iraqi official said. Iraqi
authorities ‘received 50 members of the Daesh from the Syrian Democratic Forces
(SDF),’ said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The SDF are the
Kurds’ de facto army in the area, and led the battle that dislodged Daesh group
fighters from the last scraps of their Syrian territory in 2019. They will ‘be
the subject of investigations and will face Iraqi justice,’ they added.

According to conflict monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights they
were detained in Hasakah, northeast Syria.”



Jewish News Syndicate: Nazareth Resident Indicted For Transferring Millions To
Islamic Jihad
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“Israel’s Southern District Attorney’s Office announced on Sunday it has
filed an indictment against a Palestinian man accused of transferring around 4
million shekels ($1.067) to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist
organization. The money was employed to support the families of the
organization’s members in Israeli prisons and of its terrorists killed while
carrying out attacks, the prosecution said. According to the indictment, Nasim
Nasser from the Gaza Strip, who has been residing illegally in Nazareth since
2019, facilitated the transfer of salaries belonging to Gazan workers in Israel
to their families. In exchange for his services, Nasser took a commission. In
2020, Nasser allegedly entered into an agreement with a Hamas operative to
transfer money to Islamic Jihad’s headquarters in Jenin, intended as a reward
for the families of prisoners and slain terrorists.”



Nigeria



Within Nigeria: ’73 ISWAP Fighters’ Surrender To Troops In Borno
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“No fewer than 73 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)
including their family members have surrendered to the troops of sector 1,
operation Hadin Kai, in Borno. Zagazola Makama disclosed that a
counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, 42 of the
insurgents and their family members — comprising four males, 10 females and 28
children from Bula Bello, Zaramari and Garno villages — turned themselves in on
Wednesday. They were received by the troops of 202 battalion of 21 armoured
brigade in Bama. The publication said two males, seven females and nine
children from Ngauri, Siraja and Nbellana villages also surrendered to troops
of the 152 battalion.”



Somalia



Garowe Online: US Military Kills Senior Al-Shabaab Commanders In Somalia
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“For the second time within a week, the US Africa Command has confirmed
firing drones in Al-Shabaab villages within Somalia, with the latest killing of
three Al-Shabaab commanders in interior parts of Jubaland where the second
phase of operations against the group is set to start. According to the US
Africa Command, in a statement, the army conducted the airstrike following a
request by the federal government of Somalia. The airstrike was conducted at
Wayanta neighbourhoods in Jubaland, approximately 60 kilometers southwest of
Kismayo. The commands inital assessment is that no civilians were injured or
Killed, the command said, as an assurance of civilian protection as enshrined
in international law. 'The US Africa Command has been playing an Integral role
in pursuing the Al-Shabaab group within Somalia.”



Africa



Associated Press: At Least 9 Killed In Eastern Congo’s Latest Extremist Rebel
Attack
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“Extremist rebels in eastern Congo killed at least nine people with knives
and guns, a civil society organization said Friday. The attack happened
Thursday evening on the Kyondo-Kyavinyonge road in North Kivu province, said
Meleki Mulala the coordinator for the Congolese civil society group for the
Ruwenzori sector. Civilians were taken from their homes before they were
killed, and many homes were looted, he said. The death toll is preliminary
because some people are missing, Mulala said. He said members of the Allied
Democratic Forces, a rebel organization believed to have ties to the Islamic
State group, carried out the attack. Conflict has simmered for decades in
eastern Congo, where more than 120 armed groups are fighting. Most are vying
for land and control of mines with valuable minerals, while some groups are
trying to protect their communities.”



Africa News: Burkina: 2 Civilians And 50 "Terrorists" Killed In An Attack In
The North
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“’A unit of the 12th Commando Infantry Regiment (RIC), supported by the 2nd
Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR), energetically responded to a complex ambush
on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in the vicinity of Tibou’, a locality located in
the province of Loroum, bordering Mali, indicates the Burkinabè army. ‘The
units, which were escorting a food convoy for the benefit of the people of
Titao, were attacked by a group of terrorists whose number is estimated at
around a hundred,’ the statement continued. ‘The promptness and vigor of the
response created a rout in the ranks of the terrorists who suffered very heavy
losses. At least 50 of them were neutralized’, assures the Burkinabè staff who
specifies that ‘two civilians’ who were part of the convoy were killed. Burkina
has been caught since 2015 in a spiral of jihadist violence that appeared in
Mali and Niger a few years earlier and which has spread beyond their borders.”



United Kingdom



The National: Teenage ISIS Follower Jailed For Life Over Plot To Kill UK
Soldiers And Police Officers
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“A teenage ISIS member has been jailed for life for plotting to kill soldiers
and police officers in the UK. Matthew King, 19, carried out reconnaissance on
police stations, railway stations and an army barracks before he was arrested.
He discussed his plans and shared a "gory fantasy" with an online girlfriend
with whom he struck up an adolescent flirtation, the Old Bailey criminal court
in London heard. In one message he said “I just want to get my hands on an
American marine or British marine” and expressed a desire to “die a martyr”.”



India



The Print: MP: Three 'Members' Of ISIS-Linked Terror Module Remanded In NIA
Custody For 7 More Days
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“A court here on Saturday sent three alleged members of an ISIS-linked terror
module, arrested last week in Jabalpur city of Madhya Pradesh, in the custody
of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) till June 10. Syed Mamoor Ali,
Mohammad Adil Khan and Mohammad Shahid were produced before special judge for
NIA cases Nitiraj Singh Sisodia and the central probe agency sought their
remand for one more week citing the need for further investigation, special
prosecutor Deepesh Joshi told PTI. “The court accepted our plea and sent them
in remand till June 10,” he said. The arrests were made on May 27 during raids
at 13 locations in Jabalpur in an operation with the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of
Madhya Pradesh police. Adil Khan was on the agency’s radar since August 2022,
an NIA official said.”



New Zealand



NE Global: Countering Online Extremism Online: Can New Zealand’s Ardern Make
The Christchurch Call Live Up To Its Potential?
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“…Research from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has identified
significant cases in which extremist content has been uploaded and re-uploaded.
For example, as recently as April 2023, CEP investigators unearthed Twitter
accounts that not only glorified the very horrendous attack that led to the
founding of the Christchurch Call Community but also posted clips from the
attack video itself. Less than three weeks prior, a separate CEP investigation
exposed extremist accounts on Telegram and Instagram that were celebrating the
fourth anniversary of the attack. Researchers also located the full version of
the live-streamed attack video on a library download site.”



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