Syria
Prensa Latina: New Terrorist Attacks Are Reported In Syria
“According to local authorities, the town of Yourin, in the west of Hama province, suffered material damage as a result of attacks carried out by extremists, who used drones and mortars. A rocket attack targeted the town of Nabee Al-Tayeb, where losses were also just material, the sources said. Elite units of the Syrian army were deployed throughout the front line bordering the areas occupied by radicals in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib. The extremists settled in Idlib increased their actions against residential areas located under government control in recent months, launching four drone attacks that claimed the lives of four civilians. The national army managed to liberate 56 percent of Idlib during its operations in 2020, but the jihadists still control the rest, where they hold hundreds of thousands of civilians as human shields.”
Iraq
TRT World: Iraqi Soldier, Daesh Militants Killed In Army Raid
“An Iraqi soldier was killed and an officer wounded during a counter-terrorism raid in Iraq that also killed three suspected Daesh members, Baghdad's security forces have said. Sunday's military operation in Kirkuk province, north of the Iraqi capital, targeted ‘three figures of the terrorist group Daesh in the Turkelan region,’ the security forces said in a statement. After the suspected Daesh members were identified, Iraqi troops approached and a clash erupted, added the statement late Sunday. The militants ‘were surrounded and killed, the explosive belts they were wearing were detonated’, it said.”
Turkey
Daily Sabah: Swiss Tolerance For PKK Terrorist Group Prevails With New Event
“Supporters of the PKK terrorist group have found another platform to raise their voices in Switzerland. Photos and videos shared by media outlets linked to the group show an open-air pro-PKK event taking place in Zurich, a few weeks after PKK supporters hanged an effigy of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and unfurled banners in the city, calling for his murder. In the event, the children are seen singing in a concert as part of a festival dedicated to Sakine Cansız, one of the founders of the terrorist group who was killed in Paris in 2013. Pro-PKK media outlets shared the videos of the concert on a stage adorned with photos of Cansız and Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the terrorist group. Among those who attended the event was Besime Konca, a former lawmaker of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), a pro-PKK party, who is wanted by Türkiye for her links to the terrorist group. Switzerland is among the European countries harboring supporters of the PKK, although it is recognized as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the European Union and the United States.”
Afghanistan
Voice Of America News: Taliban Flaunts Terrorism Commitments By Appointing Al-Qaida-Affiliated Governors
“For more than 15 years, Qari Baryal has been on a special list of Washington’s ‘most-wanted’ Taliban and al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan, accused of carrying out bombing and suicide attacks across the country. Baryal and the militants he oversaw were ‘involved in the supervision of IED [improvised explosive device] production, suicide personnel allocation, and overall attack planning and execution’ in Kabul and surrounding provinces, according to U.S. military reports. In November 2021, two months after U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from Afghanistan, the Taliban appointed Baryal as the governor of Kabul province. In March 2022, he became the provincial governor for Kapisa province, northeast of Kabul. Baryal is among those listed in a recent United Nations report as one of the Taliban’s leaders ‘affiliated’ with al-Qaida. Besides Baryal, Nuristan Governor Hafiz Muhammad Agha Hakeem and Tajmir Jawad, the Taliban’s deputy director of intelligence, are also listed in the report.”
Pakistan
Reuters: Pakistan Summons US Deputy Mission Chief Over US-India Statement
“Pakistan's foreign ministry on Monday summoned the U.S. embassy's deputy chief of mission to express concern over a statement last week by U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that called on Pakistan to ensure its territory was not used as a base for militant attacks. The statement from the United States and India was released after a meeting between the two countries' leaders at the White House on Friday and had received criticism from Pakistan, which called it contrary to diplomatic norms. ‘It was stressed that the United States should refrain from issuing statements that may be construed as an encouragement of India's baseless and politically motivated narrative against Pakistan,’ Pakistan's foreign office said in a statement. ‘It was also emphasized that counter-terrorism co-operation between Pakistan and the U.S. had been progressing well and that an enabling environment, centred around trust and understanding, was imperative to further solidifying Pakistan-U.S. ties.’”
Lebanon
Associated Press: Lebanon’s Militant Hezbollah Group Says It Shot Down An Israeli Drone Near The Southern Border
“Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said its fighters shot down an Israeli drone Monday that was flying near the border and over southern Lebanon. The group gave no further details about the type of drone that it claimed was downed near the village of Zibqine just north of the border with Israel. An Israeli military spokesman said in a tweet that a drone crashed in Lebanon when an Israeli force was performing routine activities. The spokesman, Avichay Adraee, added in Arabic that there were no concerns of information being leaked.”
Middle East
Al Arabiya: Hezbollah Recruited Lebanese Army Soldiers, Infiltrated Surveillance Cameras: Sources
“Lebanon’s Hezbollah has been able to access the country’s surveillance cameras without the knowledge of the Lebanese Army, and the Iran-backed group is recruiting Lebanese soldiers to help it penetrate security apparatuses, according to Western sources. Over the last year, Hezbollah, designated a terrorist group by the United States and most of the Arab world, has infiltrated intelligence equipment of the Lebanese state. Some of the equipment that Hezbollah was able to gain access to illicitly was provided by the US and other Western countries, sources told Al-Hadath. The sources familiar with the situation told Al-Hadath that a Lebanese soldier with the initials H.M. was tasked by Hezbollah to allow the group access to security cameras around the country. Sources told Al Arabiya this soldier’s name was Hamza Msheik.”
Somalia
Garowe Online: ISIS Leaders Captured In Somalia's Puntland
“Security forces in Puntland state have arrested a number of leaders association with the ISIS group, senior officials have confirmed, in the latest wave of operations targeting terrorists in the country, who have been wreaking havoc in the Horn of Africa nation. According to reports, the militants were arrested in Amano within Bulidhidin District
in Bari region, where they are believed to have been planning wave of attacks against security forces and innocent civilians. ISI militants are predominantly in Puntland state. Puntland Police Command said one of the arrested individual was Mohamed Ibrahim Daha, a Sudanese national who has been coordinate attacks in the country. Authorities are yet to identify another foreign national who is believed to be having roots in Syria.”
Europe
Associated Press: Dutch Authorities Detain Father, Daughter On Suspicion Of Funding Palestinian Militant Group Hamas
“Dutch authorities arrested a man and his daughter on suspicion of sending millions of euros to organizations linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, prosecutors said on Monday. The 55-year-old man and his 25-year-old daughter from the town of Leidschendam on the outskirts of The Hague on June 22 were detained on suspicion of breaching sanctions regulations by funding the militant group that runs the Gaza Strip. The public prosecution office said in a statement that the pair are suspected of sending about 5.5 million euros ($6 million) to bodies ‘related to the organization Hamas, which was sanctioned in 2003.’ The father and daughter ‘are also suspected of participating in a criminal organization whose purpose is to support Hamas financially,’ the prosecution statement said. They remain in custody. Their names were not released, in line with Dutch privacy regulations.”
Australia
Daily Mail: Aussie Man Who Fought Alongside Terrorist Group In Syria And Posted About 'Chopping Off Heads' Is Jailed
“A Gold Coast man who fought with a terrorist organisation in Syria will remain behind bars for more than eight years. Agim Ajazi, 34, was sentenced in Brisbane Supreme Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to three terrorism charges linked to his involvement in the Syrian Civil War. An investigation by the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team found that Ajazi had engaged in armed conflict in a bid to overthrow the Assad regime as part of a group aligned with proscribed terrorist organisation Jabhat Al-Nusra. Ajazi was also advocating acts of terrorism in the West.”
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