Iraq
Iraqi News: SDF Hands Over Dozens Of ISIS Terrorists To Iraq
“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
“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
“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
Arab News: 50 Daesh Terrorists, 168 Family Members Repatriated From Syria To Iraq
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“’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
“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
“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?
“…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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