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Israeli police kill top Hamas commander near Jenin as West Bank assault enters third day
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israeli police kill top Hamas commander near Jenin as West Bank assault enters third day

ABC  

Israeli forces killed a local Hamas commander in the flashpoint city of Jenin on Friday as they pressed a major operation in the occupied West Bank for a third day, the Israeli military said. At least 19 Palestinians were killed in the first two days of the West Bank operation, including the local commander of the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad forces …

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Who was Fuad Shukr, the Hezbollah commander killed by Israel in Beirut?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Who was Fuad Shukr, the Hezbollah commander killed by Israel in Beirut?

Al Jazeera  

Shukr was a founding member of Hezbollah’s armed wing. Over Tuesday night, Israel launched an air strike killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, Lebanon. “Shukr was one of a number of veteran Hezbollah officials who were among the founders of the group’s military wing,” said Nicholas Blanford, an expert on Hezbollah with the Atlantic Council think-tank. Nevertheless, Israeli military …

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Israeli airstrike in Lebanon kills another senior Hezbollah commander
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israeli airstrike in Lebanon kills another senior Hezbollah commander

LA Times  

Hezbollah commander Mohammad Naameh Nasser was killed Wednesday by an Israeli airstrike that hit his car in Tyre, Lebanon. An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed a senior Hezbollah commander as tensions between the two sides continue to boil, a Hezbollah official told the Associated Press. World & Nation Hezbollah vows to intensify attacks against Israel after senior …

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Hezbollah fires 200 rockets at Israel after senior commander killed
6 months, 1 week ago

Hezbollah fires 200 rockets at Israel after senior commander killed

Al Jazeera  

The military confrontation between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah is escalating with both saying they are prepared for war. The Israeli military confirmed on Wednesday it had killed Taleb Abdullah as well as three other Hezbollah fighters in the strike. Aerial footage of Israeli warplanes attacking what the military said was the launch site of the rockets in southern Lebanon’s Yaroun …

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Iraq's pro-Iran Hashed force says 'U.S. strike' kills senior commander
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Iraq's pro-Iran Hashed force says 'U.S. strike' kills senior commander

The Hindu  

A U.S. strike in Baghdad on January 4 killed a military commander of the Hashed al-Shaabi, an ex-paramilitary faction of the grouping said, with an Iraqi security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack. "A drone targeted the logistical support headquarters of Hashed al-Shaabi," mainly pro-Iranian former paramilitary units integrated into the Iraqi armed forces, said the security official. …

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How could the killing of a top Hamas commander affect the war in Gaza?
11 months, 3 weeks ago

How could the killing of a top Hamas commander affect the war in Gaza?

LA Times  

People gather outside a damaged building after an apparent airstrike in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon. The killing of a top Hamas commander in an apparent Israeli airstrike on a Beirut apartment has given Israel an important symbolic achievement in its 3-month-old war against the Islamic militant group. The drone strike on Saleh Arouri, the deputy political head …

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Iran: Twin blasts kill 103 on fourth death anniversary of commander Qasem Soleimani
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran: Twin blasts kill 103 on fourth death anniversary of commander Qasem Soleimani

India TV News  

Iran blast: In a major development, massive explosions killed at least 103 people and wounded dozens near a cemetery in Iran where a ceremony was being held to mark the 2020 death of the country's top commander Qassem Soleimani in a US drone attack, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday. State TV showed Red Crescent rescuers attending to wounded people …

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Russian Black Sea commander seen in video after Ukraine said it killed him
1 year, 2 months ago

Russian Black Sea commander seen in video after Ukraine said it killed him

Al Jazeera  

Viktor Solokov, Moscow’s top admiral in Crimea, was shown in a Russian defence ministry video conference after allegedly being killed in a weekend missile attack. Viktor Sokolov, commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, has been shown attending a meeting a day after Ukrainian special forces claimed he died in a barrage of missiles. Ukraine’s special forces said on …

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Dalam commander among 3 Naxals killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli
1 year, 7 months ago

Dalam commander among 3 Naxals killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli

India Today  

Three Naxalites, including a dalam commander, were killed in an encounter with police's C60 Commandos in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli on Sunday evening. Based on the information, two C60 parties were launched by Gadchiroli police to conduct a search operation in the jungle. READ | 5 of 10 cops killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack were once active as Naxals While the search …

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US military says senior IS commander killed in Syria
1 year, 8 months ago

US military says senior IS commander killed in Syria

Deccan Chronicle  

BEIRUT: A drone strike carried out by the American-led coalition in northwestern Syria has killed a senior member of the Islamic State group who was in charge of planning attacks in Europe, the United States military said Tuesday. The military statement added that his death “will temporarily disrupt the organization’s ability to plot external attacks.” The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for …

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Palestinian militant group: commander assassinated in Syria
1 year, 9 months ago

Palestinian militant group: commander assassinated in Syria

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS — A commander in the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad was killed in Syria on Sunday in what it described as an assassination by Israeli agents. The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad group, said in a statement that Ali Ramzi al-Aswad, 31, was killed Sunday morning in the Damascus countryside in a “cowardly assassination with …

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Jharkhand: Leader of Banned Maoist Group Killed in Gunfight with Security Forces
1 year, 11 months ago

Jharkhand: Leader of Banned Maoist Group Killed in Gunfight with Security Forces

News 18  

An area commander of the banned People’s Liberation Front of India, a splinter group of CPI, was killed in a gunfight between the members of the outfit and security forces in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Vishal Sharma alias Vishal Sahu, who was wanted in several cases and was active in Budmu, Thakurgaon …

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Jammu and Kashmir: JeM commander among five terrorists killed in twin encounters within 12 hours in Pulwama and Budgam
2 years, 10 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: JeM commander among five terrorists killed in twin encounters within 12 hours in Pulwama and Budgam

Firstpost  

Four terrorists have been killed in an encounter in the Naira area of Pulwama district and one terrorist has been killed in the Chrar-i-Sharief area of Budgam Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir: A Jaish-e-Mohammed commander and a Pakistani terrorist among five terrorists associated with terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and JeM were eliminated in two separate encounters with security forces in Pulwama and …

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Afghan Central Bank doubles cap on weekly withdrawals
3 years, 1 month ago

Afghan Central Bank doubles cap on weekly withdrawals

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Central Bank doubled the cap on weekly withdrawals Wednesday, a day after the Taliban government banned all foreign currency transactions. After the Taliban takeover, the U.S. froze nearly $9.5 billion in assets belonging to the Central Bank and stopped shipments of cash. The Jalalabad attack came a day after IS attackers set off an explosion at …

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Top ELN rebel commander dies after bombing, Colombia gov’t says
3 years, 2 months ago

Top ELN rebel commander dies after bombing, Colombia gov’t says

Al Jazeera  

ELN leader Angel Padilla Romero, known by alias Fabian, died in hospital after a military bombing, defence minister says. Angel Padilla Romero, known by his alias Fabian, headed the ELN’s Western Front and died in a hospital in Cali, the country’s third-largest city, Defence Minister Diego Molano told reporters on Tuesday. “We have made the hardest hit against the ELN …

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Philippines: Militant wanted for beheadings, 3 others killed
3 years, 6 months ago

Philippines: Militant wanted for beheadings, 3 others killed

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine troops killed four Abu Sayyaf militants in a gunbattle Sunday in the country’s south, including a commander blamed for beheadings and a suspected would-be suicide bomber, military officials said. That sparked a gunbattle that killed the militants, said regional military commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr. Yadah had been accused by the military of involvement in …

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How did Shopian, Kashmir's apple bowl, turn into a battleground district?
4 years, 6 months ago

How did Shopian, Kashmir's apple bowl, turn into a battleground district?

The Hindu  

Once known for its golden apples, pears and tall mountains, Shopian, the extreme southern district of the Kashmir Valley, is now in news mostly over militancy. Of around 116 militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir so far this year, 28 were killed in encounters in Shopian, including the district ‘commander’ of the Hizbul Mujahideen. Active militants According to the police …

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