The U.S. has described the dry and rugged mountains of northern Somalia as the main hub from which ISIS controls its global operations. Amid an increasing number of U.S. drone strikes and raids supporting the Somali government in the war against ISIS, the United States is now expanding its presence in the port city of Bosaso and effectively building a new military base, which will be used for combat and surveillance operations targeting âterror groupsâ in the region as well enhancing maritime security, according to Somali security officials in Puntland. The CIA will also expand its operations there, the officials said.
Archiv: sources (media stories) / Quellen (Medienberichte)
âPositive understandingâ in Tehran on proposal, but final signing âsubject to considerationâ
There is a positive understanding here in Tehran about this memorandum of understanding.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its spokesperson, told the media this evening that, yes, there is a proposal; it is now under consideration by the supreme leader of Iran, and also the top leaders of the country, and that it might well end in a kind of signing.
But the news about a location and timing are probably speculations at this moment.
Iran offers to move uranium abroad but rejects dismantling nuclear sites: Report
The report said Tehran would hand over nuclear material to a third country, provided it receives guarantees that the stockpile would be returned if talks collapse or if Washington withdraws from any agreement.
Iran also signalled it could gradually reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic in parallel with a lifting of the US maritime blockade, with nuclear issues to be negotiated over a 30-day period.
According to the report, Tehran is prepared to suspend uranium enrichment for a limited time, though for a shorter duration than the 20 years sought by Washington.
U.S. F-15E fighter jet downed over Iran, search for crew underway, sources say
10:53 AM (US time zone)
An American F-15E fighter jet was downed over Iran, U.S. officials confirmed Friday, and a search and rescue effort is ongoing, two sources confirmed to CBS News. The F-15E is flown by a two-member crew.
Earlier Friday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard claimed it shot down a U.S. fighter jet over central Iran.
Your Party under Corbyn to work with Greens on âcoordinated left-flank offensiveâ
(February 26, 2026)
A Jeremy Corbyn-led Your Party will work with the Green party and others to push for a âcoordinated left-flank offensiveâ against Reform and Labour, the Guardian understands.
After winning a comprehensive victory to become the de facto leader of the leftwing startup party on Thursday, Corbyn will seek to rebuild bridges with pro-Gaza communities âalienatedâ by his rival Zarah Sultana, sources close to Corbyn said.
Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources
(today)
The scale of intelligence gathering at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) prompted the US commander of the base, Lt Gen Patrick Frank, to summon an Israeli counterpart for a meeting to tell him that ârecording has to stop hereâ.
Staff and visitors from other countries have also raised concerns about Israel recording inside the CMCC. Some have been told to avoid sharing sensitive information because of the risk it could be collected and exploited.
The US military declined to comment when asked about Israeli surveillance activities. The Israeli military declined to comment on Frankâs demand to halt recording and noted that conversations inside the CMCC are unclassified.
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didnât radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers
For a little under an hour â 41 minutes, according to a separate US official â Bradley and the rest of the US military command center discussed what to do as they watched the men struggle to overturn what was left of their boat, the sources said.
Ultimately, Bradley told lawmakers, he ordered a second strike to destroy the remains of the vessel, killing the two survivors, on the grounds that it appeared that part of the vessel remained afloat because it still held cocaine, according to one of the sources. The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went.
The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale âf**king insane.â
Exclusive: US contractors in Gaza pursued MEE journalist before his killing
Days before, a source for one of Salamaâs major investigations for MEE told him that they had been briefly detained at an aid distribution centre by US security contractors guarding the site.
There, the source said, they had been interrogated about the identity of the reporter behind the story. Salama worked on the story anonymously for security reasons.
âThe source would not have been in contact with me unless they thought something was deeply wrong,â Salama told colleagues at the time.
When asked if he felt safe knowing he was being pursued for his work, Salama replied: âWe journalists are never safe in Gaza.â
Middle East Eye asked Safe Reach Solutions and UG Solutions, the two US security firms working at the aid distribution sites, whether they were involved in the sourceâs interrogation.
MEE also asked if their employees were passing intelligence to Israel on the identity of Palestinian journalists such as Salama.
They had not replied by the time of publication.
Verfahren gegen Correctiv: Die Medienplattform verwickelt sich weiter in WidersprĂŒche
Nach Schravens Drohung stellt sich erstens die Frage: Wenn Correctiv ĂŒber gerichtsfeste Belege verfĂŒgt, wer auf dem Treffen mit welcher wörtlichen Formulierung aufgetreten war â warum finden sich diese wörtlichen Zitate dann nicht in dem Correctiv-Artikel? Bis jetzt wurden sie auch nicht nachgereicht.
Und zweitens: Warum rĂŒckt Correctiv nicht spĂ€testens jetzt damit heraus? Da die eidesstattlichen Versicherungen der Teilnehmer schon Teil des Verfahrens sind, mĂŒsste Correctiv nicht erst bis zur Gerichtsverhandlung damit warten, gleich sieben Teilnehmer des Treffens einer Straftat zu ĂŒberfĂŒhren.
Jordanian military denies participation in US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
(03.01.2024)
The source, as reported by the official Jordanian news agency Petra, stated that „there is no truth to the reports circulated this morning regarding the participation of Jordanian aircraft in the operations carried out by US aircraft in Iraq.“
„the Jordanian Armed Forces – Arab Army respects the sovereignty of brotherly Iraq,“ the source affirmed „the depth of fraternal relations that unite Jordan with all Arab countries.“
âA mass assassination factoryâ: Inside Israelâs calculated bombing of Gaza
(November 30, 2023)
âNothing happens by accident,â said another source. âWhen a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, itâs because someone in the army decided it wasnât a big deal for her to be killed â that it was a price worth paying in order to hit [another] target. We are not Hamas. These are not random rockets. Everything is intentional. We know exactly how much collateral damage there is in every home.â
According to the investigation, another reason for the large number of targets, and the extensive harm to civilian life in Gaza, is the widespread use of a system called âHabsoraâ (âThe Gospelâ), which is largely built on artificial intelligence and can âgenerateâ targets almost automatically at a rate that far exceeds what was previously possible. This AI system, as described by a former intelligence officer, essentially facilitates a âmass assassination factory.â
âA mass assassination factoryâ: Inside Israelâs calculated bombing of Gaza
(November 30, 2023)
âNothing happens by accident,â said another source. âWhen a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, itâs because someone in the army decided it wasnât a big deal for her to be killed â that it was a price worth paying in order to hit [another] target. We are not Hamas. These are not random rockets. Everything is intentional. We know exactly how much collateral damage there is in every home.â
According to the investigation, another reason for the large number of targets, and the extensive harm to civilian life in Gaza, is the widespread use of a system called âHabsoraâ (âThe Gospelâ), which is largely built on artificial intelligence and can âgenerateâ targets almost automatically at a rate that far exceeds what was previously possible. This AI system, as described by a former intelligence officer, essentially facilitates a âmass assassination factory.â
WOW, this might be THE most important piece of journalism on the war on Gaza since it began, by Israeli newspaper @972mag Essentially they confirm, with unimpeachable sourcing, that the killing of civilians was all calculated and intentional.
(30.11.2023)
Their investigation is „based on conversations with seven current and former members of Israelâs intelligence community â including military intelligence and air force personnel who were involved in Israeli operations in the besieged Strip â in addition to Palestinian testimonies, data, and documentation from the Gaza Strip, and official statements by the IDF Spokesperson and other Israeli state institutions.“
Israel installs pumps in Gaza to flood tunnels âno one has been in beforeâ
/December 5, 2023)
âWe are not sure how successful pumping will be since nobody knows the details of the tunnels and the ground around them,â a source told the Wall Street Journal. âItâs impossible to know if that will be effective because we donât know how seawater will drain in tunnels no one has been in before.â
According to the report, US officials were briefed on the plan, but are uncertain about how close Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs government is to implementing it.
Israel-Palestine war: Israel plans to flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas, source says
(25 October 2023)
Middle East Eye cannot independently verify the information in the leak.
„The plan hinges on the element of surprise so as to decisively win the battle, using internationally forbidden gases, particularly nerve gas, and chemical weapons. Large quantities of nerve gas would be pumped into the tunnels,“ the source said.
The source added that the US Delta Force will oversee „large quantities of nerve gas being pumped into Hamas tunnels, capable of paralysing the bodily movement for a period of time between six and 12 hours.
Israel‘s ‚accidental‘ attack on Egyptian border post met with doubts
(24.10.2023)
An Egyptian retired army officer and an engineer specialised in electronic warfare opined to The New Arab that the attack near the Kerem Shalom area was „not accidental“, as the Israeli defence ministry claimed. Instead, he argued it was related to a „foul play.“
Border Patrol Agents Killed the Uvalde School Shooter. But Why Were They on the Scene?
(May 26, 2022)
A CBP official told Texas Monthly that as emergency calls first came in, four agents with CBPâs Bortac SWAT team were investigating stash houses on the border to the west of Uvalde. The agents immediately responded, arriving at the school just before noon. Bortac (Border Patrol Tactical Unit) is CBPâsâs paramilitary force, an elite group of agents trained to exchange gunfire with cartels.
(…)
In all, as many as eighty CBP agents, including some who were off duty, rushed to the school during and after the shooting.
(…)
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents did not respond to the shooting. ICE agents were on the scene during and after the shooting. The article has been updated.
Border patrol agent drove 40 miles to respond to mass shooting at Uvalde elementary school, sources say
(26.05.2022)
Escalon said Ramos entered the school through an unlocked door. DPS officials said at 11:44 am officers entered the school and came under heavy gunfire from Ramos. (…)
Sources close to this investigation tell KPRC 2 Investigates the Border Patrol agent who is credited with stopping Ramos was eating lunch at the Mill Creek CafĂ© in the town of Leakey when he heard the call go out over his radio. Sources tell KPRC 2 even though the agent was not in uniform, he didnât hesitate to jump into his vehicle and drive 40 miles to Robb elementary. We are told the agent is a member of Border Patrolâs tactical team known as BORTAC.
According to this report, Taliban bought out local Afghan army commanders. Where did the massive cash come from & how did U.S. intel miss info about its flows?
Afghanistanâs military collapse: Illicit deals and mass desertions
(15.08.2021)
The deals, initially offered early last year, were often described by Afghan officials as cease-fires, but Taliban leaders were in fact offering money in exchange for government forces to hand over their weapons, according to an Afghan officer and a U.S. official.
Over the next year and a half, the meetings advanced to the district level and then rapidly on to provincial capitals, culminating in a breathtaking series of negotiated surrenders by government forces, according to interviews with more than a dozen Afghan officers, police, special operations troops and other soldiers.
U.S. Lawmakers Call for Punitive Measures Against Israeli NSO Over Spyware Allegations
Finally, the four House Democrats call to „investigate and assess the possible targeting of American journalists, aid works, diplomats and othersâ with NSO Group‘s Pegasus spyware, determine whether Americaâs national security was harmed, and take steps to protect all Americans, including federal employees, from the threat posed by the growing mercenary spyware industry.“
Brandenburg: Juristische Ohrfeige fĂŒr Polizei und Innenminister wegen Ermittlungen gegen unsere Quellen
Der ehemalige Brandenburger PolizeiprĂ€sident hat Strafanzeige wegen unserer Berichterstattung gestellt, der damalige SPD-Innenminister gab grĂŒnes Licht. Wir hatten Dokumente ĂŒber die Kennzeichen-Scanner veröffentlicht. Die Ermittler wollten sogar den staatlichen IT-Dienstleister durchsuchen.
Netanyahu Ordered Illegal Shredding of Docs at His Office Before Bennett Took Over, Sources Say
The material was kept in safes in the so-called âaquarium,â where prime ministers and their most senior aides sit. Itâs unclear which, or how many, documents were destroyed at Netanyahuâs orders
Journalismâs New Propaganda Tool: Using âConfirmedâ to Mean Its Opposite
Outlets claiming to have âconfirmedâ Jeffrey Goldbergâs story about Trumpâs troops comments are again abusing that vital term.
The Atlantic‘s Trump report: We should know the sources of a story this important
The headline over the bombshell story in The Atlantic magazine exploded on the media and political worlds like a grenade going off in a battle â the kind of headline that would certainly give the presidentâs detractors yet one more reason to detest the man.
âTrump: Americans Who Died in War Are âLosersâ and âSuckersââ