Afghanistan Daily Evacuation Brief March 8, 2023 [AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS POLISH CITIZENS MISSING IN AFGHANISTAN – Adrian Wojcik and Roman Bielski are presumed to be missing in Eastern Afghanistan after over a week of failed attempts to establish contact with them. Some reports say the two may have been arrested by the Taliban, but no definitive details were provided. It is believed the two were involved in humanitarian work, but it is unclear which organization they may have been working for. WOMEN DEMONSTRATE IN KABUL – A day before International Women’s Day, several female protestors marched on the streets of Kabul. The largest rally took place in the Shahr-e-Naw neighborhood. The protestors chanted slogans opposing the gender apartheid policies put in place by the Taliban. There were a few reports the Taliban attempted to break up the protests using their vehicles. No arrests have been reported yet. EU SANCTIONS 2 TALIBAN MINISTERS – Both the Ministers for Higher Education and for Virtue and Vice were sanctioned by the European Union. All assets in the European Union will be frozen and will be banned from travel. In addition, citizens and entities in the EU will be prohibited from financing either individual. 4.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE RATTLES AFGHANISTAN – It is thought the quake struck in Badakhshan Province and no damage or casualties have been reported. NEXT 24 HOURS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, POSSIBLE PROTEST CRACKDOWN – As today marks Internation Women’s Day, protests are expected in several cities across the country. The police forces have been circulating instructions on how to deal with the protests and these instructions are rumored to have ruled out violence as a means of disrupting the protests. The few international press members who are in the country will be watching events closely. While it sounds as if the Taliban leadership is discouraging a strong police response, things could easily get out of hand. In addition, terror groups may use the opportunity to launch an attack due to the high probability it would get international media coverage. At-risk Afghans are advised to be extremely cautious around any demonstration sites. Remain situationally aware and be prepared to leave the area rapidly should an incident take place. Posted by: trailing wife || 03/08/2023 00:32 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [8 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA Africa Horn Al-Shabaab launches morning raid in Somalia's Jubaland, claims recaptured base [Garowe] al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... , functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... Death Eaters on Tuesday launched a daring attack in Jana Cabdalle, a town located in Jubaland state, reports indicate, in an attack which was direct Dire Revenge following the takeover coordinated by regional troops and the Somali National Army [SNA] last month. The town was captured by the Jubaland Darwish forces last month following an operation that was activated by President Ahmed Islam Mohammed Madobe, the Jubaland leader who has been a champion in the fight against the Death Eaters for the last ten years since his time in Ras Kamboni Brigade. Residents in Bulogudud reported hearing the huge explosion early Tuesday morning and it is believed that the Death Eaters exchanged fire with the Death Eaters who were forcing entry. More often than not, the al-Shabaab coordinate retaliatory attacks in areas that have been liberated by the military. Al-Shabaab group claimed its fighters targeted Jana Cabdalle with the complex attack but until now, the casualty is not known. The group did not disclose the motive of the attack but in most instances, they have been going for innocent civilians, members of the security forces, and in some cases, senior government officials. Jubaland has been closely working with the Somali National Army [SNA], the US Africa Command, and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] which are stationed in Sectors II and VI. The teams are credited for liberating several strategic towns including Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region.... , the regional administrative capital of Jubaland. During the battle last month, Jubaland State announced launching the first of a ’multi-front military offensive’ against al-Shabaab. Jubaland reported that federal and regional forces captured Jana Cabdalle, about 52km northwest of Kismayo town without a fight, and went on to secure the village. Somalia has heightened operations against al-Shabaab for the last seven months, killing about 600 Death Eaters in the process. To further frustrate the attackers, the government has incorporated religious scholars in trying to prevent the radicalization of hopeless youths who are lured into the group. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has also tightened loopholes for al-Shabaab finances with the group losing millions of dollars from banks and mobile money transfer firms associated with them. Business owners who have been remitting taxes to the Death Eaters have also been warned, with some risking cancellation of their licenses. There has been no fighting in the past week, fuelling speculation in Somalia that the offensive has stalled. The government said it was merely observing a pause before launching the next phase of operations. Al Shabaab attacked the base in Janay Abdale, about 60 km (37 miles) to the west of the port city of Kismayu, early in the morning with a car bomb and gunfire, Major Abdullahi Hussein told Reuters from Kismayu. He said al Shabaab had cut communications in the area and that the army had sent reinforcements. The Jubbaland government said regional and national forces had inflicted a “big blow” on al Shabaab but did not provide details. Halima Osman said her husband, who survived the attack and managed to get out of the base, had called her with a colleague’s phone. “He told me they ran into the bush after the bombing and fierce fighting killed many of his friends and the military vehicles were burnt,” she told Reuters. Al Shabaab confirmed it was behind the attack. “We control the base. We took all their weapons,” it said in a statement. Speaking to Radio Shabelle, a resident said that the fight was very intense and lasted for almost one hour. The combined forces managed to successfully repel the ambush. The preliminary reports from the area indicated that the attack resulted in losses on the two warring parties, but the number still remained unclear. Posted by: trailing wife || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [12 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ) Terrorists Impose N2million ‘Fine’ On Zamfara Communities To Allow Them Hold Elections [PUBLISH.TWITTER]

EXCLUSIVE: Terrorists Impose N2million ‘Fine’ On Zamfara Communities To Allow Them Hold Elections, Levy Polling Units N200,000 Each | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/rBgT7rqQaD pic.twitter.com/DmGDJVjUlT

— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 7, 2023 Terrorists, locally dubbed as bandidos, whose activities have recently resumed in the North-West, have imposed a total sum of N2million on residents of Yan-buki, Kadamutsa and Dada communities under the Zurmi local government area of Zamfara State, before they can participate in the Saturday’s elections, SaharaReporters has learnt. Several sources confirmed this on Monday, including a tweet shared by @AM_Saleeem, a northern social media influencer, on Monday afternoon. He wrote, "Bandits have imposed N2million levy each on Yan-buki, Kadamutsa and Dada communities under zurmi LGA, Zamfara State N200,000 for every PU, before they could conduct the gubernatorial election in the above areas. The residents confirmed." Zamfara is one of 31 Nigerian states that will elect new governors on March 11—two weeks after the presidential and National Assembly elections. Zurmi local government area of the state is one of the most attacked areas in the state by faceless myrmidons in recent times. In October, no fewer than ten communities in the Local Government Area were attacked by armed bandidos within a week. The names of the villages affected were given as Yanbuki, Bindin, Kadamutsa, Gidan Zago, Marmaro, Dada, Maduba, Kacha, Huhu, Dangasamu, Hushin Dusti. This made many villagers to desert their homes due to fear of constant attacks. Posted by: Fred || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [15 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS) Arabia At least three separatist militia members killed in Abyan [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least three militia memebers of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), including a senior commander, were killed and four injured on Monday in Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province, south of Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... Media sources close to the STC reported that unknown button men targeted a military vehicle with an bomb in Wadi Omran area of Mudiyah district, leaving 3 dead, including the leader, Ali Aidarous al-Hard, injuring four others, and damaging the vehicle. This came after the STC militia carried out large-scale raids on the villages of al-Jableh area in the same district, under the pretext of searching for wanted persons, and kidnapped nearly 3 civilians from the area. Posted by: Fred || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [16 views] Top|| File under: Southern Transitional Council UAE Sends Intelligence Unit to Support STC Against Saudi Moves in Socotra [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The UAE has sent a team of intelligence to limit the new Saudi activities being made in Socotra archipelago. A source familiar with the matter said that the UAE team, headed by an officer Hamad al-Zaabi, called "Abu Rashid", arrived in the city of Hadibo during the past two days to redeploy the UAE-funded Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia from the Dhalea and Yafaa areas. The sources confirmed that the "Abu Rashid", summoned the so-called police chief, Ali al-Daksami, and the commander of the STC militia, Ali Omar Kafayen, and a number of leaders to brief them on plans to confront the new Saudi moves after establishing a military base in the Muri area near Socotra airport. The sources indicated that the Emirati alert in Socotra came in the context of responding to the Saudi moves in the southern provinces, affirming that a UAE-funded commander of the so-called Coast Guard Battalion, Mohammed Ahmed Ali, was entrusted to limit the Saudi activity in the island. The Emirati alert was also response to when last week, Saudi forces returned the former governor of Socotra, Ramzi Mahrous, affiliated with the Islah party, who has fled to Mahra province since the UAE forces took control of Hadiboh in collusion with the Saudi forces in June 2020 Posted by: Fred || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [15 views] Top|| File under: Southern Transitional Council Saudi Arabia arrests influential Yemeni former ally [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Saudi authorities have arrested a Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i security official and placed him in one of its notorious prisons in Riyadh. Media sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday that the arrest came after the official was summoned by the head of the so-called Riyadh-formed Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi. The sources reported the arrested Mufti Suhail Nahayan Samoudah, a security director of Mahrah province, which is under the control of the Saudi-led coalition, has been held since last January. "Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century... took Brigadier General Samoudah, who holds Saudi nationality, to one of its prisons, after he was summoned by al-Alimi, without mentioning the special reasons behind the arrest," the sources added. The sources suggested that the arrest of Samoudah was related to the implementation of the US-Saudi interests in Mahrah province. The Saudi ambassador, Mohammed Al Jaber, one of officials who supported a decision to appoint Mufti Suhail Nahayan Samouda as director of security for Mahrah, after the Saudi forces entered the port of Nishtun and took control of al-Ghaydah airport in mid-July 2018. Posted by: Fred || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia Caribbean-Latin America American tourists killed after being kidnapped in Mexico ID'd as Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown [NYPOST] The two Americans who were found dead in Mexico after being kidnapped at gunpoint during a terrifying shootout between rival cartel gangs have been identified as Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown. A US official familiar investigation confirmed the identities to CNN ...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for... Tuesday. Woodward and Brown had traveled from South Carolina to Mexico with pals Latavia "Tay" McGee and Eric James so McGee could undergo a tummy tuck procedure, relatives said Monday. Shortly after the foursome crossed the border Friday into the crime-ridden city of Matamoros, located in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, they became caught in the crosshairs of a violent mostly peaceful cartel showdown. Harrowing video of the shootout shows the moment the group was forced into the back of a pickup truck in broad daylight after being shot at. McGee and James survived the attack and were rushed Tuesday to Brownsville, Texas in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns. Police said one of the two survivors was severely injured, but didn’t specify whom. McGee’s mother said that her daughter was supposed to get her operation on the day of the kidnapping. After being kidnapped, the foursome was "placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by gunnies." the FBI ...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time... said. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said one individual was in jug on Tuesday. Posted by: Fred || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [22 views] Top|| File under: Narcos Fifth Column Rich New Yorker among protesters arrested in Atlanta 'Cop City' violence [NYPOST] A rich-kid New Yorker is among the nearly two dozen "violent mostly peaceful agitators" charged with domestic terrorism after a protest at the site of a future Atlanta police training facility descended into chaos. Mattia Luini, 30, and his fellow protesters are accused of carrying out Sunday’s "coordinated attack" on the under-construction Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which saw cops pelted with Molotov cocktails and fireworks. Luini, whose late father, Ivan Luini, helped popularize high-end plastic furniture in the US, ...Mr. Luini designed cleverly gorgeous things, relatively inexpensive for high end design — which is not at all the same as affordable. He died in 2006, when our future disingenuous miscreant was 17... was still stuck behind bars as of Tuesday afternoon, online court records showed. His mother, Micaela Martegani, who is involved in the Big Apple’s art world, ...that sounds awfully impressive, but really she indulges herself as a head honcho and curator for an artist-oriented charity... told The Post Tuesday that she’d only spoken to her son briefly since his arrest — and that he’d insisted the violent mostly peaceful incident was "completely random." "We haven’t been able to talk in much detail. He doesn’t know much of what happened," Martegani said. "(Mattia) said it was completely random. I don’t know more than that." Luini had said he was heading to Atlanta over the weekend only to attend a concert and "protest the development of the forest," according to his mom. The problem is that the protests are organized by Antifa, who are incapable of not causing destruction and mayhem — exactly as happened last weekend.Police, however, say he was among those who allegedly staged an attack to protest the $90 million development of the training center — dubbed "Cop City." It wasn’t immediately clear what Luini, who appears to have been raised in New York City, does for a living or if he still calls the Big Apple home. His businessman father, Ivan, was president of the New York-based Kartell US — a high-end Italian furniture company that specialized in plastic design. Courtesy of Omiting Theting7288, Andy Ngo shares aerial footage of attack in Atlanta. (first 21 seconds or so..still worth it) [embedded content] Posted by: Fred || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [17 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM Iraq Three PMF members were wounded in an explosion in Saladin An odd little report. [Shafaq News] On Tuesday, three members of the Iraqi forces were maimed in a blast in Saladin Governorate. A source in the Iraqi police told Shafaq News Agency that an bomb blew up in a car carrying three members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) within the Amerli Lake sector, east of Saladin, causing injuries. Posted by: trailing wife || 03/08/2023 00:08 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies Turkish drone crashes into residential building in Dohuk [Shafaq News] A security source in Duhok reported on Tuesday evening that a drone had crashed onto a residential building in the eastern part of the governorate. The source told Shafaq News agency that a drone, believed to be Ottoman Turkish, crashed this evening onto a house in the village of Balan, located in the Atrosh district. The crash did not result in any injuries, and the security authorities in the governorate have opened an investigation into the incident, according to the source. Posted by: trailing wife || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [12 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte Fight against ISIS is Washington’s only purpose in Iraq: Pentagon chief [Rudaw] The United States’ only purpose in Iraq is its focus on ensuring the defeat of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS), said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin following his arrival in the capital Baghdad on Tuesday, as the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq approaches. Austin is currently on a multi-day tour to Washington partner nations in the Middle East. He kicked off his tour in Jordan on Sunday, meeting with King Abdullah II. The purpose of the defense chief’s visit is to emphasize US’ continued commitment to their partners in the region, according to the Pentagon. After landing in Baghdad, the Austin met with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani and Defense Minister Thabet Muhammad al-Abbasi, reiterating Washington’s commitment to assisting Iraq in eliminating the threat of ISIS. "We are focused on the mission of defeating ISIS [ISIS]. We are here for no other purpose," said Austin in a presser in Baghdad, adding that US troops are ready to remain Iraq upon the invitation of the government. Austin is also set to visit the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil later in the day where he will meet with the Kurdistan Region's President and Commander-in-Chief of the Region's Armed Forces Nechirvan Barzani. The global coalition against ISIS was formally established in October 2014, after ISIS took control of vast swathes of territories in Iraq and Syria. Consisting of 79 nations and five international organizations, the US-led coalition seeks to ensure ISIS’ "enduring defeat." The US security relationship with Iraq fully transitioned into an advising and assisting role in December 2021. There are currently about 2,500 US troops in Iraq, including in the Kurdistan Region. Posted by: trailing wife || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State Israel-Palestine-Jordan Israeli troops kill one six in Jenin raid; Gazans shoot off rockets that miss Israel, hit Gaza [An Nahar] Israeli troops on Tuesday killed one Paleostinian and maimed several others in a raid in the occupied West Bank, the Paleostinian the health ministry said. "Mohammad Wael Ghazzawi, 26, was killed by occupation (Israeli) bullets to the chest in Jenin," the ministry said in a statement, shortly after reporting five people had been maimed. The Israel army said "security forces are currently operating in the Jenin (refugee) camp" in the northern West Bank, but gave no further details. But wait — there’s more! Rocket sirens sound in southern Israel after deadly West Bank raid [IsraelTimes] IDF says failed launch from Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... landed inside the Strip; attempted attack comes after Jenin anti-terror operation that left six Paleostinians dead A failed rocket launch set off alert sirens in southern Israel during the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning, as security forces were on high alert following a deadly raid against bully boyz in the West Bank. The sirens went off in Nir Am, a kibbutz next to the northern part of Gaza, near the city of Sderot. The Israeli Defense Forces said a rocket that had been fired from Gaza landed within the confines of the Strip. Crude projectiles used by Gaza terror groups sometimes malfunction and fail to make it into Israeli territory. On Tuesday, police in Jerusalem and surrounding areas were put on increased alert amid fears Paleostinians would attempt to exact Dire Revenge for the raid by Israeli troops in Jenin that left six dead. The move was announced hours after Israeli troops entered Jenin and surrounded a house as they hunted the suspected terrorist who killed two Israelis in the West Bank last week. The incursion set off a gunbattle that left six Paleostinians dead, including Abdel Fattah Hussein Kharousha, 49, the wanted terrorist. Kharousha, a Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede, member from the Askar refugee camp near Nablus, opened fire on an Israeli car driving through the northern West Bank town of Huwara on February 26, killing Israeli brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv. The Hamas terror group rules the Gaza Strip. Paleostinian health officials said another 12 people were maimed in the Jenin raid, three seriously. Three Israeli soldiers were maimed, one moderately and two lightly. Troops also raided Nablus, arresting the two sons of the alleged Huwara killer, Khaled and Muhammed Kharousha, the IDF said. According to the Shin Bet, the pair were suspected of planning and helping carry out the February 26 attack in Huwara. US backs Israeli right to self-defense after deadly IDF raid in Jenin [IsraelTimes] US Ambassador Ned Price also expresses concern over latest settler attack in Huwara, but does not urge restraint from Israel; Jordan, PA condemn operation that killed 6, including terror suspect. Six Palestinians were killed in the Tuesday daytime raid, including 49-year-old Abdel Fattah Hussein Kharousha, the Hamas member behind last week’s Huwara terror shooting. The other five were members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups. Twelve other Palestinians were injured, three of whom were seriously, the Palestinian health ministry said. Israel Police said three officers of the elite Yamam counterterrorism unit were wounded during the raid, one of whom moderately and the other two lightly. Posted by: Fred || 03/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11 views] Top|| File under: Hamas Syria-Lebanon-Iran Turkish border guards shoot three in Syria’s Idlib [NPASyria] On Tuesday, three people were shot by Ottoman Turkish border guards in Idlib in western Syria while trying to cross the border into The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... . This is the third case in March. A source in the paramedic team told North Press that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... ’s (HTS, formerly al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) police reported gunshots near the Ottoman Turkish border. Ambulances rushed to the scene and found three men shot in multiple parts of their bodies. All three were taken to Harem Hospital. Another source from HTS’ cop shoppe in the town of Azmarin, western Idlib, said that Maha al-Radad, 34, is still missing and is speculated to be kidnapped by Ottoman Turkish border guards. Her family still awaits to receive information about her. In mid-February, a man and his wife were shot by Ottoman Turkish border guards while attempting to cross into Turkey in north Azmarin. Posted by: trailing wife || 03/08/2023 00:32 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [8 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte Clashes continue in eastern Daraa over drug trafficking [NPASyria] Violent festivities erupted in eastern Daraa region on Tuesday between the Eighth Brigade, affiliated with the military intelligence of Syrian government forces, and armed drug trafficking groups. A local source told North Press, "Clashes erupted after members of the group of Ismael al-Qaddah [leader of a drug ring], nicknamed Smigel, returned to the town of Umm al-Mayathin after leaving it yesterday, following festivities with the Eighth Brigade." The source said that the group of Fayez al-Radi, another leader of a narco mob, arrived at the town to support Ismael al-Qaddah’s group. "Heavy weapons and mortars have been used in the current festivities, setting many houses on fire and injuring several civilians," the source added. Another local source said that a number of button men from al-Qaddah’s group were killed during the festivities, adding that those killed have not been identified yet due to the ongoing festivities. Residents of the town called on conflicting parties to keep their festivities away from the town to avoid endangering civilians, several locals told North Press. 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