Eye on Extremism

June 13, 2023 

Daily Sabah: US Sends Military Supplies To Syrian City Occupied By Terrorist PKK

“The U.S. Army sent a convoy of about 40 vehicles from Iraq to Syria in another sign of support for the terrorist group PKK terrorist group’s Syrian offshoot YPG. The convoy arrived in Hassakeh, a city controlled by the terrorists, on Sunday, the same day the terrorist group fired rockets toward Türkiye on the Turkish-Syrian border, targeting a police station. Anadolu Agency (AA) reported that the convoy entered Hassakeh through the al-Waleed border crossing. The convoy, which dropped by military bases and other U.S. military-related venues in rural parts of Hassakeh, consists of fuel tankers and trucks loaded with munitions. The U.S. left its bases in the region after Türkiye launched its Peace Spring operation in October 2019 against PKK/YPG, concentrating its military near oil fields. It, however, maintained its support to the terrorist group under the guise of a joint fight against Daesh, another terrorist group. U.S. forces are active in Hassakeh, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, in areas occupied by the terrorist group and continuously send supplies to those areas.”

Daily Post: NAF Eliminate Over 100 Boko Haram Terrorists In Mandara Mountain

“Over 100 terrorists from the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād(JAS) Boko Haram faction have been neutralized in the week-long coordinated strikes by the Nigerian Airforce in the fringes of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria. The precise intelligence-led airstrikes conducted by the Air Component, under OPERATION WARUN 3, between June 9 and 11, 2023, in Grazah and Wa-Jahode, in the fringes of the Mandara mountains resulted in the obliteration of the terrorists. Sources told DAILY POST that the first airstrikes were carried out in Grazah in a location administered by the Boko Haram terrorists, which also serves as their meeting point. Ground assessment by sources revealed that the Super Tukano Aircraft scored accurate hits which resulted in the elimination of a number of the Boko Haram unit commanders and high-value fighters while many more who escaped were seriously injured.”

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Iran

Iran International: Iran Hands Over Scores Of Afghan Prisoners To Taliban

“Over 100 Afghans serving prison sentences in Iran were handed over to the Taliban on Sunday. ‘As a result of the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs… 101 Afghan prisoners were transferred again in Nimruz in connection with the agreement reached with the Islamic Republic of Iran,’ said the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry on Monday. Fazl Mohammad Haqqani, Chargé d'affaires of the Afghan Embassy in Tehran told Radio Farda, the Persian Service of Radio Free Europe in Prague that ‘250 to 260 more prisoners will be handed over to the Islamic Emirate at Islam Qala border on Wednesday.’ According to Haqqani, the prisoners were mostly incarcerated on charges of drug trafficking and fighting, but none of them were sentenced to death. Human rights organizations had earlier announced at least six Afghan citizens were executed in Iranian prisons and some more have received the death penalty.”

Iraq

The National: Iraq Calls For Closure Of Al Hol Camp For ISIS Suspects In Syria

“Iraq has called for the closure of a Syrian displacement camp housing tens of thousands of people with suspected links to ISIS, saying that it has become a ‘source for terrorism’. Al Hol camp, named after a town near the Iraqi-Syrian border, is home to people who were taken there after the extremist group's defeat in Syria in March 2019. ‘Ending the issue of Al Hol camp has become a top national interest for Iraq,’ Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Sahhaf said. He called for all countries that have citizens at Al Hol to ‘repatriate them as soon as possible in order to eventually close the camp’ because it had become ‘a dangerous epicentre’ for ISIS gatherings.”

Pakistan

Dunya: CTD Arrests Three Terrorists In Karachi

“The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday nabbed three terrorists in Gulistan-e-Jauhar in an intelligence-based operation (IBO). The CTD authorities said that the terrorists belonged to a banned outfit, adding that they wanted to launch attacks on important installations. ‘They also wanted to attack important personalities,’ the authorities added. The authorities recovered three hand-grenades and six pistols from the arrested terrorists.”

Middle East

Hurriyet Daily News: 12 Terrorists ‘Neutralized’ After PKK Attack On Border

“The Turkish Army ‘neutralized’ 12 terrorists after PKK/YPG terrorists in Syria carried out a rocket attack on the Öncüpınar Border Gate area in the Turkish province of Kilis, the Defense Ministry has stated. No casualties were reported, while a fire broke out in an empty field where five rockets fell in the southern province of Kilis. After the attack, security measures were increased, and a large number of security officials were deployed at the borderline. Upon the Turkish Army’s determination that the area where the rockets were launched was in the rural area of Tal Rifat, terrorist elements in the region were subjected to artillery and multiple rocket launcher fire. In the attack, 12 terrorists were ‘neutralized,’ the Defense Ministry stated on June 12. Five were neutralized on early June 12, and seven others on June 11.”

Africa

AFP News: South Africa In The Spotlight Over Terror Funding

“…Some analysts have suggested that jihadist financing flourished because South African authorities grew complacent at the lack of visible Islamist activity. ‘I don't think South Africa realised it. It was the Americans who said, 'something not okay is going on in your country,’ Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter-Extremism Project think-tank, told AFP. ‘The entire government is now put to task,’ he said. One of the clearest signs something was amiss came in March this year when the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global illicit cash flow watchdog that aims to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing, placed South Africa on its ‘grey list’ over gaps in monitoring and stemming illegal financial activities.”

United Kingdom

BBC: Solihull White Supremacist Jailed For Sharing Extremist Posts

“Richard Osborne posted content targeting Jews and other groups and shared posts aimed at stirring up hatred over sexual orientation, Birmingham Crown Court heard. A shotgun, which he had no licence for, was found under his bed, police said. Osborne was jailed for three years and 10 months on Monday. The 53-year-old used the VK social media platform to post material likely to stir up racial hatred 120 times, the court was told at a previous hearing. He shared the content over nearly 11 months up to January.”

India

Gatestone Institute: China, Pakistan And Turkey Eyeing Kashmir

“… Meanwhile, Pakistan remains a major sponsor of global terrorism. The Counter-Extremism Project reports: "The Pakistani state itself has also used Islamic extremism as a strategic tool to further its interests in the region. "Several Pakistan-based extremist groups, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Harakat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), and Hizb-il-Mujahideen (HM), conduct attacks on Indian targets in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which makes up 45 percent of the overall Kashmir region.”

Good Morning Kashmir: Two Militants Neutralised In J&K’s Kupwara; Operation Continues

“Two terrorists have been neutralised in a joint operation by the army and Kashmir Police on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara. ‘Two (02) terrorists have been neutralised in a joint operation of Army and Kupwara Police in Dobanar Machhal area (LoC) of Kupwara district. Search still continues,’ informed Kashmir Police in a tweet.”

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