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The Da Bank of Afghanistan, the Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan, tweeted images of the cash A large package containing around $40 million in cash for "humanitarian aid" was seen on an airport tarmac in Afghanistan, officials there said last week. The money was handed over to the Da Bank of Afghanistan, the Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan, which is headquartered in Kabul. The bank tweeted several images of the cash. One shows packages of U.S. $100 notes bound in plastic... ...In September, the Biden administration announced the creation of a fund to assist the people of Afghanistan, apart from...

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has achieved the unity of the Arab people, and proved that it is their meeting place," Qatar Press Center president Saad Mohamed al-Rumaihi said. He was speaking on the sidelines of a panel discussion on the 'Western campaigns against Qatar and the Arab countries, organised by Qatar Press Center (QPC) in co-operation with Qatar News Agency (QNA) on Sunday. "Today, the entire Arab world, east and west, north and south, stands behind the Moroccan national team. They all support the Lions of the Atlantic and hope that the Moroccan national team will reach the...

The Iranian government is stepping up its efforts to eliminate the opponents of the regime who have fled the country. The Washington Post reports that the Iranians are offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to mercenaries...

India and the US wanted Jaish-e-Mohammed deputy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar to be designated as a ‘global terrorist’ A month after Beijing shielded Pakistan-based deputy leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abdul Rehman Makki, an international terrorist, it has done an encore. It has vetoed a similar joint proposal at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), again by India and the US, to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) deputy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar as a “global terrorist.” He is the younger brother of JeM founder Maulana Masood Azhar, another murderous jihadist. India was understandably incensed at China, castigating it for its “double speak” and...

The July 5, 2022 attempted murder. Gilad Morag, "He concluded that it was a Jew, and hit him in the head with a concrete paver", YNet, Aug 1, 2022:Palestinian terrorist accused of attempted murder at Givat Shmuel bridge. Ahmed Rashdan (33) from the town of Einabus near Nablus, who held a permit to look for work in Israel, is accused of an act of terrorism following the attack on Yitzhak Dahan, 47 years old from Bnei Brak. The indictment states that he left a letter at his home in which he wrote that he must "live or die because of...

In late February, Russian propaganda attempted to instill terror into Ukrainians by claiming that up to 70,000 Chechen fighters were headed to Ukraine to support Russian troops. With a population of about 1.2 million, Chechnya is a Russian republic in Eastern Europe’s volatile North Caucasus region, which saw the rise of jihadist groups in the 1990s. The region’s predominant religion is Islam, which is strictly enforced by government authorities. Chechnya is run by a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who makes sure it remains firmly in the Kremlin’s orbit. The legend of Chechen warriors stretches back nearly 200...

The leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has told a Moscow audience that his country's forces are "finding it difficult" and are fighting a war "against NATO" in Ukraine. A fierce loyalist of Vladimir Putin, the leader of the Caucasus republic, announced his forces had been deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine soon after the Russian president invaded on February 24. -snip- At a filmed educational forum in Moscow, Kadyrov addressed Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine, in which his militias have suffered heavy casualties. "We're fighting not against Ukraine, against Banderites—we're fighting against NATO," Kadyrov told the...

Damasacus (Syria), April 19 (ANI): A Canada-based think tank in its research paper has warned of a greater threat with the Islamist terrorist groups from Syria and Iraq relocating and turning their focus towards the Central Asian state, taking advantage of their relevance as raw materials supplier and their strategic location, that could potentially spill over to Russia and even China...

Ramzen Kadyrov said on his telegram channel that one of his missions was to capture the Chechens fighting for Ukraine and called them "Shaitans". ?Satans) He also said that they are on a jihad mission. The source is his own channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1327 so the knowledge is verified.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Chechnya, said Monday that he was in Ukraine alongside Russian forces who are leading an offensive in the country. Kadyrov...posted a video on Telegram of himself in military uniform studying plans around a table with soldiers in a room. He said in a message that the video had been shot at Hostomel, an airfield near Kyiv....

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Chechnya and bloodthirsty stalwart of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has surfaced in Ukraine fighting alongside invading Russian forces.Kadyrov announced his presence in a Telegram video of himself in uniform and reviewing plans with soldiers. He said the video was from Hostomel, an airfield near Kyiv captured by Russia early in the invasion, which is now into its third week."The other day we were about 20 km from you Kyiv Nazis and now we are even closer," Kadyrov wrote. "We will show you that Russian practice teaches warfare better than foreign theory and the recommendations...

The Mufti of the Chechen Republic has endorsed Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, backed by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, saying that the invaders are “on the path of Allah”. Kadyrov, an Islamist who fought in a jihadist insurrection against the Russian Federation in the mid-’90s but helped to crush a wider insurrection in 1999, ultimately following his father to become Chechnya’s undisputed master under President Putin’s patronage, recently boasted he could muster up to 70,000 fighters to aid the Ukrainian offensive. Following a rally of 12,000 such fighters in the regional capital of Grozny, the strongman announced that...

Morocco's ruling party is conspiring with Israel against Algeria's security and stability, the secretary-general of the Algerian National Liberation Front warned yesterday. Abu Al-Fadl Baadji told reporters that the Makhzen alliance and the Zionist entity aim to "influence Algeria's principled stances in support of just global causes, especially the Palestinian and Saharan issues." Baadji's remarks came during his meeting with the Cuban Ambassador to Algeria, Armando Vergara Bueno. On his part, Bueno stressed that his country was on the "same page as Algeria regarding the Palestinian and Saharan issues, as well as other international and regional matters." He explained that...

This past week, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad was the latest victim of the West’s cancel culture, as she was disinvited from a book event by Canada’s Toronto District School Board. Alongside colonialism, imperialism, and nation-building, “cancel culture” is the latest of toxic Western ideas to be foisted upon the Middle East. This past week, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad was the latest victim of the West’s cancel culture, as she was disinvited from a book event by Canada’s Toronto District School Board. This may sound trivial, but it’s a big deal. Murad is a member...

Sources from the port of Latakia confirmed to Syrian television that the Israeli attack on the port at dawn yesterday, Tuesday, was intended for the shipment of Iranian weapons that arrived at the port and were hidden among food products using a commercial ship that hoisted the Panama flag. Sources noted that the shipment was attacked as soon as it arrived at the container yard at the port and was completely destroyed, noting that three workers were injured.

ISLAMABAD (CNN) -- A tribal leader accused of harboring Al Qaeda militants in Pakistan's western border region was killed Thursday night in a targeted missile strike, according to Pakistan intelligence sources. The Associated Press quoted an army spokesman Friday as identifying the tribal leader as Nek Mohammed, a former Taliban fighter. He was killed late Thursday at the home of another tribal chief, the spokesman said. "We were tracking him down and he was killed last night by our hand," Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan told The Associated Press.

The FBI has arrested a man for allegedly planting bombs outside cellphone stores in Northern Michigan, the agency announced Tuesday. FBI Detroit Division Special Agent Timothy Waters announced that the arrest was made in connection to two incidents in which the man allegedly placed explosive devices outside of a Verizon store in Cheboygan and an AT&T store in Sault Ste. Marie on Sept. 16. Each of the devices was found inside of a US Postal Service box and sealed in black duct tape. The bombs had the letters “CMT” written on them and contained written threats to the comms companies,...

BEIRUT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati has asked his foreign minister to seek clarification from the international community after Israel granted U.S. oilfield services group Halliburton an offshore drilling contract in the Mediterranean. Lebanon and Israel are in dispute over the delineation of their territorial waters in the Mediterranean and negotiations between the old foes could lead to Lebanon being able to unlock valuable gas reserves...

In statement on Friday, September 17th, Osman said that his brother, Liban, became a victim of the “senseless violence” that has negatively impacted “too many families in the ward.” He added: “God willing, my brother will live. Hopefully his wounds will heal and he will be able to resume a close to normal life. But, there are so many wounds that cannot heal and people who lose their lives to violence like he has experienced.” Osman, who was elected to serve in Ward 6 (south Minneapolis) in a special election in 2020, said that his brother was “brutally attacked” and...

New details relating to Friday's attempted stabbing attack have been released, and the terrorist has been identified as Dr. Khazm al-Julani, a doctor of about 50 from one of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods. In footage released by Israel Police, al-Julani can be seen attacking one of the police officers with a knife. The officer reacts by protecting himself and running backwards before opening fire and neutralizing the terrorist. The Border Police who were standing behind the terrorist also drew their weapons .Al-Julani, who served as director of a college for alternative medicine in Jerusalem, did not manage to stab the police...