“The Palestinian terrorist who carried out a deadly attack in Tel Aviv over the
weekend, killing patrolman Chen Amir, is thought to have infiltrated into
Israel from the West Bank via a gap in the security barrier. According to the
military and Shin Bet security agency’s initial investigation of the attack,
several hours before the shooting on Saturday afternoon, Kamel Abu Bakr, 22,
apparently snuck through the barrier near his hometown of Rummanah, near Jenin.
Abu Bakr, who had been wanted by Israel for a previous shooting attack against
troops in the West Bank, had been hiding in the Jenin refugee camp for at least
the past six months, according to defense officials.”











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Times Of Israel: Terrorist Who Killed Tel Aviv Patrolman Thought To Have Snuck
In Via West Bank Fence
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“The Palestinian terrorist who carried out a deadly attack in Tel Aviv over
the weekend, killing patrolman Chen Amir, is thought to have infiltrated into
Israel from the West Bank via a gap in the security barrier. According to the
military and Shin Bet security agency’s initial investigation of the attack,
several hours before the shooting on Saturday afternoon, Kamel Abu Bakr, 22,
apparently snuck through the barrier near his hometown of Rummanah, near Jenin.
Abu Bakr, who had been wanted by Israel for a previous shooting attack against
troops in the West Bank, had been hiding in the Jenin refugee camp for at least
the past six months, according to defense officials.”



AFP: Niger Junta Accuses France Of Violating Airspace, Freeing Terrorists
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“Niger’s military leaders accused France of breaching a ban on the country’s
air space, a charge that came on the eve of a West African summit following a
coup two weeks earlier. A French military aircraft “deliberately cut off all
contact with air traffic control on entering our air space,” from 6:39-11:15 am
(0539-1015 GMT) on Wednesday, the regime said in a statement read on national
TV. Niger’s new military rulers also accused France, the country’s traditional
ally, of having “unilaterally freed captured terrorists,” a term used for
extremists who have been conducting a bloody eight-year-old insurgency. The
extremists allegedly planned an attack on “military positions in the tri-border
area,” a hotspot region where the frontiers of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali
converge, according to a statement from the National Council for the Safeguard
of the Homeland (CNSP), which seized power on July 26.”



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United States



Boston Globe: West Brookfield Residents Receive Antisemitic Messages From
Neo-Nazi Group, Police Say
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“West Brookfield residents have reported receiving antisemitic messages this
week that are believed to have been sent by a neo-Nazi extremist group,
officials said. Police received reports Tuesday from townspeople who had
received zipper bags “filled with rice, accompanied by offensive content
targeting the Jewish community,” police said in a statement posted to Facebook
on Tuesday. The statement did not describe the antisemitic messages. Police
notified local religious leaders and consulted the Anti-Defamation League of
New England, where staff members worked with police to conclude that the
offensive material “was distributed by the Goyim Defense League, which is
recognized as neo-Nazi extremist group operating nationally,” officials said.”



King 5: Patriot Front-Affiliated Group Suing Seattle-Area Man Over Identity
Reveals
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“…The plaintiffs say Capito had a restraining order filed against him as part
of a domestic abuse petition in 2019 and has been affiliated with the Puget
Sound John Brown Gun Club, a chapter of a national gun-rights club that "seeks
to disrupt fascists and fascist organizations and events," according to the
Counter Extremism Project.”



Syria



Media Line: Recent Islamic State Attack In Syria Suggests Bid For Continued
Relevance
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“…Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project
and former coordinator of a terror monitoring team in the UN Security Council,
told The Media Line that Syria no longer operates as IS’s center of gravity as
it once did. He said that the recent attack in Syria might be a way for the
group to “show [its] relevance” and improve its public image.”



Fox News: Fire Erupts In Northeast Syria's Al-Hol Camp, Home To ISIS-Linked
Individuals
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“A fire broke out Wednesday in a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing
tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State
group causing material damage but no casualties, the camp’s director said. The
Al-Hol Camp holds about 51,000 people, the vast majority of them women and
children, including the wives, widows and other family members of IS militants.
Most are Syrians and Iraqis. But there are also around 8,000 women and children
from 60 other nationalities who live in a part of the camp known as the Annex.
They are generally considered the most die-hard IS supporters among the camp
residents. The camp’s director, Jihan Hanan, told The Associated Press that the
fire broke out in the annex torching 10 tents and reaching a center for an
organization that takes care of children. She added that a container used by
the center was burnt as well.”



Turkey



Reuters: Two Killed In Turkish Drone Attacks Against PKK Members In Iraq
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“Turkish drone strikes on Wednesday killed two Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
militants in two separate attacks in Iraq's northern province of Sulaimaniya,
according to Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service and a security source.
The first drone attack targeted a vehicle in a mountain area near Sulaimaniya,
killing one person identified by the Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism
service statement as a “PKK intelligence official”. Two PKK fighters were
seriously wounded in the drone strike. A separate Turkish drone strike targeted
a vehicle, killing one PKK member and wounding two in an area just 10 km (6
miles) from the mountain resort of Dukan, said the Iraqi Kurdistan's
counter-terrorism service statement.”



India



The New Indian Express: 1,050 Militants, 305 Security Men Killed In J&K In
Five Years
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“At least 1,050 militants and 319 security men have been killed in 791
militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir since 2018, as per the
Centre’s data. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were 791
militancy-related incidents including 626 encounters in Jammu and Kashmir from
2018 till July 31, 2023. “In 2018, 228 militancy incidents were reported
followed by 153 in 2019, 126 in 2020, 129 in 2021, 125 in 2022 and 30 till July
31, 2023,” Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in a written
reply. As per the data, in the 791 militancy incident, about 1,050 militants
have been killed with the highest number of 257 militants killed in 2018
followed by 221 in 2020, 187 in 2022, 180 in 2021, 157 in 2019 and 50 till July
31, 2023. The data reveals that from 2018 to July 31 2023, 319 security men
were killed. As per the data, 90 security men were killed in 2018, 80 in 2019,
63 in 2020, 42 in 2021, 32 in 2022 and 11 in 2023.”



Yemen



Asharq Al-Awsat: Yemen Defense Ministry Warns Of Houthi Collusion With ISIS,
Qaeda
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“Yemen’s Defense Ministry has issued a stern warning about the peril of the
ongoing aggressive actions by the Iran-backed Houthi militias against the army.
The ministry called upon the international community to exhibit greater
firmness in addressing the unyielding Houthi obstinacy towards peace. Yemeni
Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Mohsen Mohammed al-Daeri raised the alarm about the
dangerous collusion between the terrorist Houthi militias and the Al-Qaeda and
ISIS organizations with the aim to destabilized liberated regions. He
emphasized that the threat of these militias extends not only within Yemen but
also to the wider region and the world. He made his remarks during a meeting in
the interim capital of Aden on Tuesday with the political division team of the
UN Special Envoy for Yemen.”



Somalia



La Prensa Latina: At Least 6 Dead, 12 Wounded In Bus Explosion In Somalia
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“At least six people were killed and 12 others were wounded after a roadside
bomb hit a passenger bus carrying businessmen on Wednesday in southern Somalia,
the state news agency said. “The explosion was caused by a terrorist attack,”
said Mohamed Ibrahim, the governor of Lower Shabelle region where the attack
occurred, according to Somali National News Agency. “The victims were business
people targeted by the terrorists,” on a road between Marka and Qoryooley
districts of the country, the governor added. Children were also among the 12
injured, who were taken to Shalaanbot hospital for treatment.”



Africa



France 24: Romanian Kidnapped In Burkina Faso Released After 8 Years
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“Iulian Ghergut, now 47, was taken on April 4, 2015, while working in a
manganese mine in northeast Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali and Niger.
“He has been released and is currently safe on Romanian territory,” Romania’s
foreign ministry said in a press release, thanking Morocco for its “important
support”. Romanian president Klaus Iohannis on X, formerly known as Twitter,
welcomed the release of Ghergut and thanked the Romanian institutions and its
“external partners” for their efforts. “I feel like walking to Bucharest just
to see him,” Ghergut’s mother told Romanian channel Digi 24 after learning of
her son’s release through television.”



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