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SA Christian Ritscher & senior UNITAD🇺🇳 delegation visited Taza Khurmatu, location of #ISIL's first CW attack in #Iraq🇮🇶, as a part of the Team’s investigation into #ISIL’s Chemical Weapons Program.
More info here👉 bit.ly/3Z6IfRU
SA Christian Ritscher & senior UNITAD🇺🇳 delegation visited Taza Khurmatu, location of #ISIL's first CW attack in #Iraq🇮🇶, as a part of the Team’s investigation into #ISIL’s Chemical Weapons Program.
More info here👉 bit.ly/3Z6IfRU
SA Ritscher & Team visited 2 sites impacted by the attacks & met victims who have lost their loved ones & still suffer multiple long-term effects of the CW exposure. SA Ritscher expressed admiration for the resilience & determination of Taza Khurmatu community despite their pain.
SA Ritscher met Mayor Mr. Hussein Adel & Judge Ali Noaman, who tirelessly support victims & accountability processes, Brig. Gen. Mahmoud Ali & LTC. Raed Ahmed who carried out response & decontamination operations, & Chief of Police Ayoub Shawkat, where court documents r preserved
#BREAKING: Anti-regime protests have started in several neighbourhoods across #Tehran. This video shows people in #TehranPars neighbourhood protesting against #Iran's Islamic Regime tonight.
#Mahsa_Amini #مهسا_امینی
#Mahsa_Amini #مهسا_امینی
#BREAKING: An anti-regime protest starts at Aryashahr neighbourhood of #Tehran. People are protesting against #Iranian regime in several neighbourhoods of Tehran tonight.
#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
#BREAKING: Anti-regime protest starts at #SaadatAbad neighbourhood of #Tehran. People are protesting against #Iranian regime in several neighbourhoods of Tehran tonight.
#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
#BREAKING: #USArmy Special Forces (from Delta Force) carried-out an anti-terrorist operation at #Jarabulus near #Aleppo in Northern #Syria. The operation involved two MH-47Gs (this video) & four MH-60Ms of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Video is for 15 mins ago👇
"Serious concern remains that #Afghanistan may become a safehaven for #alQaida" & others, per @UN_CTED Chair T.S. Tirumurti
He adds that there are also concerns that terror groups in #Africa may try to replicate the #Taliban model
He adds that there are also concerns that terror groups in #Africa may try to replicate the #Taliban model
Indications use of women as suicide bombers "might become a growing trend" per @UN_CTED's Elizabeth Joyce during briefing on South & South-East Asia
In UN #SecurityCouncil on counter-terrorism resolutions, I said:
➡️ Al-Qaida & #ISIL affiliated terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-i-Mohammed, Harakat-ul-Mujahidin continue cross-border attacks on India
➡️ Listed terrorist entities continue to raise funds
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➡️ Al-Qaida & #ISIL affiliated terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-i-Mohammed, Harakat-ul-Mujahidin continue cross-border attacks on India
➡️ Listed terrorist entities continue to raise funds
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In #UNSC meeting, I added:
➡️ Perpetrators of #MumbaiTerrorAttack at large & enjoy state hospitality
➡️ Such States are guilty of double-speak & of supporting terrorism, providing financial assistance & safe havens
➡️ International community must hold such States accountable
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➡️ Perpetrators of #MumbaiTerrorAttack at large & enjoy state hospitality
➡️ Such States are guilty of double-speak & of supporting terrorism, providing financial assistance & safe havens
➡️ International community must hold such States accountable
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Ayatollah Raisi in a phone call with the President of France @EmmanuelMacron: "The Iranian government welcomes the development of relations with France, especially in the economic and trade fields, and we are ready to start comprehensive cooperation with Europe from France”.
"Certainly, the political independence of Iran and France is a valuable resource for establishing a balanced, strong and stable relationship between the two countries, and our common interests in preventing the involvement of external factors in these relations”.
In response to the French President's remarks about the meeting of the heads of Iraq's neighbouring countries in Baghdad, Ayatollah Raisi said, “#Iran has always been by the side of the Iraqi people at different junctures”.
30 years old U.S. Marine Karim Nikoui, originally from #Iran was one of the 13 #USMC members who lost their lives in the #ISIL-K's terror attack at the #Kabul airport, #Afghanistan on 26 August 2021.
Analysis :
#Afghanistan’s #SmallArms Black Market and its threats for Neighboring Countries
From 2001 till 2021, the #US and its allies have delivered billions of dollars of small arms and weapons to the Afghan National Army.
#Afghanistan’s #SmallArms Black Market and its threats for Neighboring Countries
From 2001 till 2021, the #US and its allies have delivered billions of dollars of small arms and weapons to the Afghan National Army.
With the #Taliban overcoming #Afghanistan and capturing the arsenals of the #ANA, the danger of those weapons reaching the black market has been rising. Some of those weapons and kits are much more advanced than Afghanistan’s neighbors.
Here we will talk about the small arms and accessories which have been captured by the Taliban and the samples if they would reach the black market they will play an imminent threat to the security,
#BREAKING: #USArmy 82nd Airborne Division is still sending troops to #Afghanistan. Not only, the number of #US troops there is reduced rather it is increased 3 times. These two #USAF's C-17As (06-6166 & 08-8190) supported by three KC-135R/T tankers are sending 300 more troops.
Two #USAF KC-135R tankers (61-0298 and 63-8045) and an RC-135W Rivet Joint (62-4138) have headed to #Afghanistan to support the evacuation of Afghan & #US citizens from #Kabul airport. It is first time that a Rivet Joint is getting involved in this operation.
Tanker activity in the Al-Dhafra-#Kabul airbridge. Two Al-Udeid based #USAF KC-135Rs are going #Afghanistan while a KC-10A tanker returns to Al-Dhafra.
NEW: Just released @UN report warns of "heightened threats emerging" from #ISIS #alQaida affiliated groups worldwide
"This is especially true in parts of West and East #Africa" per the report, based on member state intelligence
"This is especially true in parts of West and East #Africa" per the report, based on member state intelligence
Superpower or 🤡? "Pakistan’s army & its Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) play key role in Taliban offensive. Without logistical support from Pakistan, the Taliban would be hard-pressed to operate in such a widespread way". epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TheE…
2/usa Superpower or 🤡? "Of course, Pakistan has been the Taliban’s patron since its creation in the 1990s.
It is impossible to defeat the Taliban as long as Pakistan provides sanctuary and safety, training, equipment and funds for the Taliban."..3/
It is impossible to defeat the Taliban as long as Pakistan provides sanctuary and safety, training, equipment and funds for the Taliban."..3/
3/usa #Clownanalysis101 🤡 "Pakistan cannot be defeated, as it is a nuclear-armed State and has the fifth-largest population in world. ...It is curious that Biden has so little to engage with Pakistan. He has yet to talk with Imran Khan." ☝🏼superpower is going to fight #China?😭
#BREAKING: #IRGC's terrorists are playing with fire again! #USMC foiled a drone strike of #IRGC's Kataib Hezbollah at a #USArmy camp in #Baghdad minutes ago. LPWS (Land Phalanx Weapon System) of a C-RAM system shot-down the suicide drone throught its several bursts of fire.
UN Commission of Inquiry report on #Syria finds "Syrians continue to be killed on a daily basis & suffer gross human rights violations, war crimes & crimes against humanity at the hands of all parties"
.@UNCoISyria assessment based on 538 interviews, official documents, photos, videos & satellite imagery, per its report
In NE #Syria, @UNCoISyria found ongoing clashes between #Turkey forces, #PKK & Syrian Nat'l Army "further destabilized the region"
"Security situation also deteriorated" in #DeirEzzor "...where the [#SDF} increased raids & arrests of civilians w/alleged links to" #ISIS
"Security situation also deteriorated" in #DeirEzzor "...where the [#SDF} increased raids & arrests of civilians w/alleged links to" #ISIS
⬇️Thread. Ref @ClaudiaGazzini quote. In reality, HOR/LNA has no issue with revenue sharing but w/ plundering of CBL by #Turkey-backed militias. LNA twice freed the oil crescent from militias and handed its control to #Libya's NOC @mck_beth @patrickwintour
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1) 2016: Jadhran who for years controlled the terminals and blocked exports was forced out by the LNA.
2018: Jadhran (terror org Benghazi Defense Brigades loyal to S. Ghariani who is banned from UK+Istanbul based) attack Ras Lanuf, LNA recaptures.#Libya
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2018: Jadhran (terror org Benghazi Defense Brigades loyal to S. Ghariani who is banned from UK+Istanbul based) attack Ras Lanuf, LNA recaptures.#Libya
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2)▶️Background on BDP (Jamestown Foundation): bit.ly/2EIm28B
▶️On Ghariani UK ban (Guardian): bit.ly/3fnpmmf
▶️On militia capture of #Tripoli+its institutions (SWP): bit.ly/39McnZY
▶️On militias plundering #Libya's banks (MEE): bit.ly/39VxBow
▶️On Ghariani UK ban (Guardian): bit.ly/3fnpmmf
▶️On militia capture of #Tripoli+its institutions (SWP): bit.ly/39McnZY
▶️On militias plundering #Libya's banks (MEE): bit.ly/39VxBow
#alQaida "further entrenching in regions beyond its historical stronghold in #Afghanistan" per latest @UN report
"It exploits the tarnished #ISIL [#ISIS] brand & societal fractures to enhance legitimacy & gain local traction & recruits" per the report
"It exploits the tarnished #ISIL [#ISIS] brand & societal fractures to enhance legitimacy & gain local traction & recruits" per the report
#alQaida "is covertly active in 12 #Afghan provinces & Ayman al-#Zawahiri remains based in the country" per @UN report based on member state intel
Total number of AQ core fighters in #Afghanistan est. to be 400-600
Total number of AQ core fighters in #Afghanistan est. to be 400-600
#ISIS in the Greater #Sahara "remains the most dangerous group in the tri-border area" per new @UN report "...where it benefits from the support of family members within local communities and reported financial agreements with some armed groups in #Mali"
#Libya ripe for #ISIS exploitation
Member states estimate branch has just 100s of fighters, but "1 Member State put it as high as 1,400" per @UN report
"Persistent lawlessness & preoccupation /interfactional fighting will create opportunities for ISIL-Libya to thrive further"
Member states estimate branch has just 100s of fighters, but "1 Member State put it as high as 1,400" per @UN report
"Persistent lawlessness & preoccupation /interfactional fighting will create opportunities for ISIL-Libya to thrive further"
#ISIS-#Yemen struggling, per @UN member state intelligene
"Besides its weakening military capabilities, the group suffers from a lack of financial resources & struggles to pay fighters.. #ISIL core may lose interest in ISIL-Yemen if it cannot improve its performance"
"Besides its weakening military capabilities, the group suffers from a lack of financial resources & struggles to pay fighters.. #ISIL core may lose interest in ISIL-Yemen if it cannot improve its performance"
#ISIS-#Khorasan - "too soon to discount it as a threat" per latest @UN report
"Although in territorial retreat, #ISIL-K remains capable of carrying out high-profile attacks... It also aims to attract #Taliban fighters who oppose the agreement with the United States"
"Although in territorial retreat, #ISIL-K remains capable of carrying out high-profile attacks... It also aims to attract #Taliban fighters who oppose the agreement with the United States"
#ISIS in #Iraq #Syria "remains resilient" per latest @UN report, calling it "a cause of concern for Member States"
"#ISIL operations have increased in the core conflict zone of Iraq & the Syrian Arab Republic" per the report
"#ISIL operations have increased in the core conflict zone of Iraq & the Syrian Arab Republic" per the report
"Women are the demographic group w/the lowest overall rate of return from the conflict zone in #Iraq & the #Syria|n Arab Republic" in part due to reluctance of countries to repatriate them, per new brief by @UN_CTED on #ISIS
.@UN_CTED analytical brief "identifies an urgent need to develop more gender-sensitive criminal justice responses, as well as alternative approaches to rehabilitation & reintegration outside the criminal justice system" in order to bring back more women from #ISIS in #Iraq #Syria
"Some States routinely investigate all returnees, regardless of gender; some do so on a case-by-case basis; and some do not investigate women, based on the assumptions that they are “victims”" per @UN_CTED brief
#ISIS #ISIL behind a growing number of terror attacks and "absolutely omnipresent online" @UN_CTED Exec Dir. Michèle Coninsx tells @WashInstitute
Concerns about #foreignfighters, families - especially still in #IDP camps - world must act to "not to create another generation of over radicalized persons," per @UN_CTED Exec Dir Michèle Coninsx
In 2015, #Isil took and started destroying #Palmyra in Syria. That was when the so-called world leaders and their same conservative cheerleaders woke up, cried wolf and commissioned more wars. Prior to that, Syrians was slaughtered but none of those people showed as much horror.
SAD that we show more care & protection to objects than we show other humans. An evidence of the absence of humanity. In the current debate, statues have once again proven to matter more than the lives of black people of UK. Shame on our country and its leaders. SHAME!
Today, the same conservative so-called patriotic sects are outraged at statues being destroyed than they have ever been about institutional racism. Because of course, statues matter more than black lives. And that buttresses the point of #blacklivesmatter
NEW: @UN report on #Taliban casts doubt on ability of US-Taliban agreement to succeed
"There are divisions within the group [Taliban], which make compromise with its adversaries difficult, and its messaging remains hard-line" per UN Sanctions Monitoring Team
"There are divisions within the group [Taliban], which make compromise with its adversaries difficult, and its messaging remains hard-line" per UN Sanctions Monitoring Team
