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Gennaio 2017 - page 6

Afghan National Security Forces led mopping-up operations in several areas

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Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) led joint mopping-up operations in the last 24 hours under the code name of Ghobar (7) in relevant areas of Kapisa, Nangarhar and Zabul provinces in which 2 insurgents were wounded and 2 Kalashnikovs were destroyed. Ministry of Defense MoD press office stated BNA that the operations were launched in relevant districts of the mentioned provinces, in which two insurgents were wounded, three detained and a machine gun, a PK gun destroyed. Also 3 various mines were discovered and destroyed and three motorcycles and two communication means were seized.

Someone helped the Reina nightclub attacker from inside the discotheque

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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who attacked Istanbul’s Reina nightclub “definitely” got help from inside the nightclub, a former deputy head of the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) has claimed. He also said such attacks showed serious deficiencies in Turkey’s Intelligence and police agencies. According to him, the militant walked around the streets with a bag that drew attention and was able to arrive in Reina by passing through various check points. The work of the police and Intelligence was significant, but there were gaps and shortcomings. This militant was able to see that gap and carry out the attack. It’s highly probable that it was an ISIL attack, but when you examine ISIL’s emergence in the Middle East it is an open question whether there are possible foreign services connections.

Meeting in Geneva between Turkish and Greek leaders to resume Cyprus reunification talks

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Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders gathered at the U.N. in Geneva on Monday in an attempt to resolve outstanding final issues that could see the island reunified after four decades of division. Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades met for several days of closed-door meetings in Switzerland under the auspices of the U.N.’s Cyprus envoy, Espen Barth Eide. The first day of negotiations will concentrate on issues including governance, property and security according to a Turkish Cypriot official. In remarks made before his departure for Geneva, Akıncı told reporters that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) would continue on its own way if a solution was not reached. Last week, Akıncı urged all parties to work with responsibility to reach a settlement. Reunification talks will be followed by a conference on Thursday. The Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders expected to be joined by the three other states involved in the process, guarantor countries Turkey, Greece, and the U.K. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the Geneva talks with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday. They agreed the upcoming negotiations could be an important opportunity in reaching a final settlement.

51 cases of corruption in state institutions reported in December

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PFT released its monthly report on Sunday that documented 51 cases of corruption during the month of December 2016. The organisation ranks the Ministry of Supply at the top of the list of most corrupt entities in Egypt, with 10 recorded incidents in December. The PFT said in its report that there were fewer incidents of corruption in December compared to November. The PFT recorded 64 cases of corruption in November. Among the incidents monitored in December was a corruption case related to the State Council, in which three officials in the purchasing department were arrested in possession of large sums of money and gold that they received as bribes. The report referred to the State Council officials case as “one of the biggest corruption cases in Egypt.” The report concluded that the Cairo governorate faces the highest number of corruption cases, with 33% of the 51 cases occurring in the governorate.

Global coalition Strikes in Iraq against Daesh

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Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted 11 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

— Near Huwayjah, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL-held building.

— Near Mosul, seven strikes engaged four ISIL tactical units; destroyed a fighting position, a heavy machine gun, seven ISIL-held buildings, four vehicle bombs, a vehicle bomb facility, two weapons caches, three tactical vehicles, a tunnel entrance and a mortar; damaged 18 supply routes; and suppressed two mortar teams and an ISIL tactical unit.

— Near Tal Afar, three strikes destroyed an ISIL-held building and four unmanned aerial vehicle construction facilities.

Task force officials define a strike as one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect. Therefore, officials explained, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against buildings, vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making those targets harder or impossible for ISIL to use. Accordingly, officials said, they do not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike.

Two separate attacks on two North Sinai checkpoints

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The death toll of two separate attacks on two North Sinai checkpoints early on Monday has risen to nine people, with 21 others injured, Egypt’s state-owned MENA reported. According to security sources who spoke with MENA, eight policemen and one civilian were killed while 11 policemen and 10 civilians were injured in the attacks. The first attack took place at El-Matafe checkpoint in Al-Arish city and was executed by around 20 militants who tried to storm the checkpoint using rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), and an explosive rigged car, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior on Monday afternoon. The Ministry said security forces were able to “fight off the terrorist attack,” killing five militants and injuring three others. The statement added that security forces were able to detonate an improvised explosive device planted by the militants. In a separate attack, the Interior Ministry said “another terrorist group” targeted El-Masaeed checkpoint on Egypt’s Ring Road, killing a police conscript during an exchange of fire with security forces.The security forces were currently conducting a combing operation in the vicinity of the area to arrest the culprits. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks. The Egyptian army and police have been battling an entrenched Islamist insurgency for several years in North Sinai.

Iraqi forces advanced against the Islamic State

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Iraqi special forces advanced against Islamic State in Mosul, pushed militants out of another eastern district and edged closer to linking up with army units nearby. The advances took more of eastern Mosul under Iraqi forces’ control a day after the elite units reached the Tigris river for the first time.
The obtainment of the river, which runs through the city centre, would permit to Iraqi forces to begin assaults on western district. The jihadists have fought back fiercely with suicide car bombs and snipers. By using a network of tunnels and operating close to Mosul’s civilian population, the militants slowed Iraqi advances.“They will soon liberate other areas and hopefully finish the eastern side … God willing we will soon announce the liberation of the entire eastern side from Daesh (Islamic State),” Major-General Najm al-Jubbouri said.

100 religious shrines destroyed by the Islamic State group

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“The Islamic State group destroyed and destructed nearly 100 religious shrines, since imposing its control on villages and cities of Iraqi Kurdistan.” declaration of Meriwan al-Naqshabandi, Representative of Sunni Endowment Diwan in Kurdistan.Naqshabandi also declared that all crimes committed by the Islamic State are documented by the concerned committee. He also pointed out that the committee is now documenting and following the situations of women and girls freed from the extremist group.“The majority of cases were transferred to two IDP camps in Dohuk Province, where liberated women are psychologically and physically rehabilitated, in cooperation with global organizations,” Naqshabandi explained.

Iranian Deputy FM says Iran will not tolerate JCPOA breaches by another country

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“We will by no means tolerate it that a country breaches its undertakings regarding the JCPOA under various pretexts,” has said the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi dismissed putting up with violations of the JCPOA commitments by a certain party to the nuclear deal.The Iranian official said that is why Tehran has called for a meeting of the JCPOA joint commission in Vienna to consider Iran’s complaint over a recent US congressional bill extending the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). The upcoming commission will be held in the Austrian capital on Tuesday, after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in December sent a letter to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, coordinator of the JCPO, calling for a session to address the recent US congressional bill.

U.S. forces might partecipate to a South Korean-led operations to kill North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un

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U.S. forces are expected to participate in a South Korean-led operation to kill North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in the event of war, according to military sources Sunday. “The South Korean military will form a special brigade based on that of the U.S. sometime later this year,” said a high-ranking government official on the condition of anonymity, adding that U.S. special agents are expected to be under Korean command during the operation.

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