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Syria says Israel struck Iranian airbase near Homs - Israel News - Haaretz.com
Reports say Syrian air defenses fired at planes, coming in from Jordan, and heading towards the T4 airbase used by Iran
Jack Khoury
Jul 09, 2018 11:16 AM
▻https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/syria-airstrike-hits-t4-airbase-near-homs-1.6248915

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Syria accused Israel on Sunday of attacking an air force base near Homs known to be housing Iranian forces. This is the third time in a year that Israel has struck the site, according to foreign reports.

The official Syrian news agency SANA said air defenses were activated as warplanes, reportedly coming into the country from Jordan, approached the T4 base near Tiyas. The planes, which were said to be flying at low altitude to avoid detection, passed through the al-Tanaf area, where U.S. forces have a base.

Syria’s state media said that military air defenses thwarted the act of “Israeli aggression.” An army officer in the southern Syrian desert said the air defense system shot down missiles coming from south of the Tanaf region toward the air base. Reports said that around six missiles hit near the base, causing damage, but added that no one was hurt or killed.

The T4 airbase has been reported to have been used by Iranian forces. In April, a senior Israeli official confirmed to the New York Times that Israel had hit the base.

#BREAKING: Reports: Israeli air strike on T4 base in Homs, Syria; Syria TV reports several air defence missiles in response pic.twitter.com/d52NzJ0YxR
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) July 8, 2018

Video of purported attack near Syria’s T4 base

“It was the first time we attacked live Iranian targets — both facilities and people,” said the Israeli military official.

The official said that the armed Iranian drone that entered Israeli airspace a few days prior “opened a new period,” and that “this is the first time we saw Iran do something against Israel — not by proxy." During the attack, Israel killed seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force members, including Colonel Mehdi Dehghan, who led the drone unit operating out of T4, east of Homs.

Two weeks ago, two Israeli missiles struck a target near Damascus International Airport, Syrian state media said.

The target was an arms depot belonging to the Lebanese Shi’ite movement Hezbollah, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. According to the Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV, a source said Syrian air defense systems had intercepted two missiles in addition to the ones fired at the airport.

How deep ties with Pakistan’s military helped Saudi purge | Asia Times
▻http://www.atimes.com/article/deep-ties-pakistans-military-helped-saudi-purge

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Le général pakistanais n’est là que pour arrondir ses fins de mois.

General Sharif had been rumored to be on the verge of quitting the IMAT [Islamic Military Alliance against Terrorism] on the grounds that Riyadh’s demand for ‘Sunni only’ military personnel was “sectarian.” However, these rumors were quashed when he told the Middle East Military Alliance and Coordination Conference last month that it was an “honor for him to be part of Saudi-led Islamic Military Alliance as a commander .

Pakistani officials are at pains to describe General Sharif’s involvement as not being a reflection of Pakistan’s foreign policy. “General Raheel Sharif is leading the IMAT in his private capacity. His decisions do not reflect the official Pakistani policy – although one can understand why any of his actions can be construed as such, and we’re sure he’s perfectly aware of that,” a senior government official told Asia Times.”

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While both civil and military officials maintain that #Pakistan has conveyed its unflinching neutrality to Riyadh, vis-à-vis #Iran, in reality Islamabad is treading a fine line. “Even if the Pakistani troops aren’t physically involved in an attack on Iran – or in Yemen, Qatar or Lebanon – the fact that we are bolstering Saudi defense domestically naturally makes us an integral part of their camp,” a retired Army officer told Asia Times. “When Pakistani troops are positioned to protect areas being shelled by Houthi rebels, they are technically guarding Saudi boundaries, but we’re also clearly picking our side in the conflict.”

#Arabie_saoudite

’Qaeda’ suspects kill army officer in #South_Yemen
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/qaeda-suspects-kill-army-officer-south-yemen

Al-Qaeda suspects on a motorbike shot dead an army officer Thursday in Lahij province of southern Yemen, a local security official said. The gunmen opened fire at Major Bilal Karo near his home in Thalab town, “immediately killing him,” the source said, adding that the militants “suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda” fled on their motorbike. A medical source said Karo’s body was taken to Ibn Khaldoun hospital in the province. #motorbikes in the impoverished country have become a tool for hit-and-run shootings which have killed dozens of officials in past years. read more

#AQAP

#Egypt blocks aid convoy from entering #Gaza
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/egypt-blocks-aid-convoy-entering-gaza

Egyptian soldiers in north Sinai prevented an aid convoy of activists from reaching the Rafah border crossing with the embattled Palestinian Gaza Strip on Saturday, an AFP correspondent said. An army officer at the Balloza checkpoint, one of many along the desert highway to Rafah, told an AFP correspondent that the security situation in the restive peninsula was too unstable to allow the convoy of 11 buses and 500 activists to pass. There was a brief scuffle between some activists and soldiers but no arrests were made. read more

#Israel

Suicide bomber wounds two Yemeni soldiers
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/suicide-bomber-wounds-two-yemeni-soldiers

A suicide car bomber attacked a security intelligence post in southeastern #Yemen on Saturday, wounding two military guards, an official said, accusing al-Qaeda of responsibility. The bombing came hours after gunmen shot dead an army officer as he came out of a grocery shop in Aden, capital of southern Yemen, which has seen a spike in attacks on security forces. In Saturday’s attack, the car exploded at the entrance of the post in a residential neighborhood of Mukalla, the provincial capital of Hadramawt, causing damage to it and other buildings, said a security official. read more

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Iraqi army: Soldiers kill more than 40 rebels near #Baghdad
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/iraqi-army-soldiers-kill-more-40-rebels-near-baghdad

Iraqi security forces killed more than 40 militants on Thursday in #clashes in a town southwest of Baghdad, the interior ministry said in a statement. The firefight in the town of Yusufiyah also left one army officer dead, the statement said, adding that two heavy machineguns, 15 rifles and five grenade launchers were seized, along with other equipment. “Iraqi security forces confronted a failed attempt by ISIS gang members to break into a military camp,” the statement said, referring to the Arabic abbreviation for the powerful Islamic State of #Iraq and Syria jihadist group. read more

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Le comédien britannique John Fortune vient de mourir (31 décembre). Ça peut te sembler anodin, mais remarque bien cette ligne de sa biographie :
▻http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fortune

Along with writing several series for the BBC, in 1982 he appeared in an episode of the BBC sitcom Yes Minister, as an army officer who brings the minister’s attention to British-made weapons getting into the hands of terrorists.

Hum… des armes anglaises qui tombent entre les mains de terroristes… hum hum hum… Alors évidemment, la Syrie, des armes transférées à des terroristes, John Fortune décédé, voilà qui est à première vue totalement fortuit.

Mais le hasard devient troublant : l’acteur indien Farooq Shaikh est mort le 28 décembre.
▻http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bollywood-actor-farooq-shaikh-dies-667827
Et tu sais ce qu’il a fait ?

[he] acted in a Hindi version of the satirical British comedy Yes Minister on Indian television.

Hum hum hum... Voilà qui ferait une très bonne base pour un roman de Tom Clancy adapté au cinéma avec Peter O’Toole. Mais comme par hasard…

#Yemen bans #motorbikes in capital to curb “shoot and scoot” attacks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/yemen-bans-motorbikes-capital-curb-shoot-and-scoot-attacks

Yemen began enforcing a temporary ban on motorbikes in the capital on Sunday to prevent “shoot and scoot” attacks as al-Qaeda suspects on a bike elsewhere killed an army officer. The interior ministry said the ban will last until December 15 and that its aim is to “preserve security and stability” as Yemen undergoes a difficult political transition. An AFP correspondent in Sanaa reported that the ban was being strictly enforced, with no #motorcycles seen on the streets on Sunday. read more

#shoot_and_scoot #Top_News

Militant attack in north #Iraq kills 14
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/militant-attack-north-iraq-kills-14

Militants attacked local government buildings in north Iraq on Wednesday with suicide bombers and mortar fire and clashed with soldiers, leaving 14 people dead, an army officer said. Seven civilians, three soldiers and four militants were killed in the violence in the town of Hawijah, west of Kirkuk, army Staff Major General Mohammed Khalaf al-Dulaimi said. One suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle near a police station while a second blew up another near a local (...)

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