UAEがイエメンに設置した秘密刑務所で米国が囚人を尋問

PRESSTV2017/6/22
US interrogates inmates in secret UAE-run jails in Yemen: AP
US forces have been involved in interrogation of hundreds of inmates in clandestine prisons run by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in war-torn Yemen, with reports of brutal torture and abuses at the facilities.

The Associated Press documented at least 18 secret jails across southern Yemen run by the UAE or by Yemeni militia loyal to the former Yemeni government, where prisoners face extreme abuse and torture on a routine basis.

On Wednesday, senior US defense officials confirmed that the American forces have been involved in interrogations of detainees in Yemen but denied any participation in or knowledge of human rights violations.

Several torturing methods are being used at the jails, including the “grill” in which the victim is tied to a spit like a roast and spins in a circle of fire, according to the report.

Former inmates released from one main detention facility at Riyan airport in the southern city of Mukalla, said they were crammed into shipping containers covered with feces and blindfolded for weeks. They said they were beaten, trussed up on the “grill,” and sexually abused.

“The entire place is gripped by fear. Almost everyone is sick, the rest are near death. Anyone who complains heads directly to the torture chamber,” said a former detainee held for six months at Riyan airport.

So far, over 400 men have disappeared after being swept up in Mukalla.

The UAE secret jail network in Yemen was established during former US president Barack Obama’s administration and still continues its operations, according to the report.

In another report on Thursday, Human Rights Watch said the UAE runs two “informal detention facilities” in southern Yemen and has “moved high-profile detainees outside the country,” including to a base in Eritrea.

The New York-based rights group said it had documented 49 cases, including those of four children, who had been “arbitrarily detained or forcibly disappeared,” most of them by UAE-backed forces.

In a statement to the AP, the UAE’s government denied the allegations, saying, “There are no secret detention centers and no torture of prisoners is done during interrogations.”

However, lawyers and families say nearly 2,000 men have disappeared into the clandestine prisons across Yemen. The issue has triggered days of protests by families seeking information about missing sons, brothers and fathers.

Several US defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the AP that American forces participate in interrogations of detainees in Yemen, provide questions for interrogators and receive transcripts of interrogations from Emirati forces.

They said senior US military leaders have looked into the allegations of torture at the clandestine prisons in Yemen, but were satisfied that there was no case of abuse when the US forces were present.

However, a member of the Hadramawt Elite, a Yemeni security force set up by the UAE, told AP that American forces were sometimes only yards away from the scene of torture.

According to international law experts, obtaining intelligence that may have been extracted by torture inflicted by another party is considered as violation of the International Convention Against Torture and constitutes an instance of war crime.

The UAE has served as an ally of Saudi Arabia in the latter’s US-backed campaign in Yemen to restore the impoverished country’s former Riyadh-allied government. The Elite Forces have been fighting in Yemen since the same year to assist the Saudi-led campaign.

According to various reports, Abu Dhabi holds notable sway in southern Yemen and looks to be trying to expand its leverage there by lending its support to southern separatists.

The separatists are led by two pro-Emirati officials of Yemen’s former president Hadi, who have been sacked by him over suspicions of serving the Emirates.

In March 2015, the Saudi regime and its allies began the campaign against Yemen to reinstall its former government. The war has killed over 12,000 civilians. The invasion has been compounded by a Saudi blockade of the country.

US seeks to ‘milk’ terrorism sponsor Saudi Arabia – Iran's Revolutionary Guard media adviser to RT

RT2017/6/22
As the US influence in the Middle East wanes, it increasingly associates itself with dictatorships like Saudi Arabia, whose “dark face” and “role in supporting terrorism is known to everyone in the region,” a high ranking Iranian Revolutionary Guard official told RT.

The United States and President Trump in particular consider only one “dimension” of convergence with Saudi Arabia, ignoring the “ideological and intellectual” challenges and costs such ties entail, media adviser to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRIGC), Commander-in-Chief Hamid Reza Moghadam Far told RT in an exclusive interview.

“That was one of Trump’s senseless moves. He was just seeking to milk this cow and thinking about only business,” Moghadam Far said.

“The first challenge is that Trump goes to such a country as his first trip after being elected… That is the behavior shown towards a dictatorial regime in which democracy is meaningless and no elections take place and the people have no presence on the scene. The next challenge is that they claim that they are combatting terrorism. It is no secret that Saudi Arabia has provided the most support for terrorism.”

The recent naming of Mohammed bin Salman as Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince might be another “outcome of Trump’s visit” amidst internal disputes among Saudi princes and with other Arab countries.

“This replacement is one of the internal political impacts of the [Trump’s] visit on Saudi Arabia. I mean the replacement of the crown prince. But Saudi Arabia is facing certain conditions today that I think the development would create further problems for the country,” Moghadam Far said, pointing out that this decision would hardly be beneficial for the Saudi people.

While the appointment might push Saudi Arabia into further radicalization, it would unlikely lead to an armed conflict with Iran, Moghadam Far believes, as the Saudi army is “not fit for military action.”

“There is no possibly of conflict. Today many Arab countries are complaining about Saudi Arabia’s inexperienced and radical moves. They consider Saudi Arabia as callow,” Moghadam Far told RT.

“A number of inexperienced people who are ruling Saudi Arabia lack the resolve and determination to initiate a war on Iran. They lack the courage and power. I do not think they will come up with such conclusion, even if all global powers support them.”

Saudi Arabia’s policies in the Middle East only bring instability to the region and its alliance with the US only diminishes the already dwindling American power and influence, Moghadam Far believes.

“[The US policies] definitely have a negative effect. What matters more, however, is that the US is not as influential a player as it used to be and it can no longer manipulate regional equations. Today, it does not enjoy such a sway at all and its influence in the region has waned,” Moghadam Far said.

“It now has to associate with countries like Saudi Arabia whose negative role in supporting terrorism, whose dictatorship, and whose dark face is known to everyone in the region.”

Tehran’s recent Iranian missile attack on Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists in Syria should have weakened the resolve of the Saudis and other powers to go to war with Iran. A key “message” of the attack was to clearly demonstrate Iranian military capabilities to those who doubted them, Moghadam Far said.

“In the past, when these missiles were test-fired in Iran, the US and certain western countries used to usually announce that Iran was lying that its launches had been successful and tried to create this impression that Iranians do not have such a capability and their missiles cannot strike their targets with precision,” he said.

The strike also demonstrated Iran’s resolve to fight terrorism, rubbishing usual US accusations that Tehran supports terrorist elements.

“As in the past, whenever Americans want to mount pressure on Iran, impose new sanctions and proceed with an issue in the region and beyond, [the US] accuse Iran of backing terrorism,” Moghadam Far said.

“But I think that today’s conditions are such that the world’s public opinion does not accept this. The world has come to realize that the US, despite leading a coalition against [IS] and terrorism in Syria and Iraq, Syria in particular, does not fight terrorism in practice and is in fact is supporting it… They cannot both take an opposite stance against terrorism and accuse Iran.”

欧州の動きが激しくなっている 2017/6/22

ロンドンでの政府に対する抗議活動の画像です。
FARSNEWS2017/6/21
UK Protesters Target Queen’s Speech to ‘Bring down Government’

労働党党首コービンが女王の演説の際に頭を下げなかったことがネットで論議に。FARSNEWSが画像入りで伝えた意図が難解です。
FARSNEWS2017/6/21
UK Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn Refuses to Bow to Queen

フランスが大統領交代を機に対シリア政策を変更したようです。
RT2017/6/22
France’s Macron sees no ‘legitimate successor’ to Assad, declares terrorism a common enemy in Syria

欧州の政治家が米国の政策に盲従することに慎重になっています。
PRESSTV2017/6/17
Merkel concerned about US bans on Russia, too

ドイツがトルコ・インジルク基地に配備した自国軍戦闘機をヨルダンに移す具体的な動きを開始。トルコのEU加盟はなくなりました。
PRESSTV2017/6/21
German MPs vote for troop withdrawal from Turkish Incirlik base after visitation row with Ankara

ロンドン北部のモスクから出てきた人が車でひかれる白人によるテロ事件がありましたが、犯人は当初、親パレスチナの大会で犯行に及ぶ考えだったとの説が出ています。そうなると、単なるイスラマフォビアではなく、イスラエルが関与していた疑いが出てきます。RTはその点についての言及は避けています。
RT2017/6/21
Pro-Palestinian Muslim rally was suspected Finsbury Park terrorist’s real target
The suspect behind the Finsbury Park terrorist attack may have intended to target a pro-Palestinian march, but got drunk, missed it, and went for the North London worshipers instead.

あなたもネット特派員やってみませんか？

日本のマスメディアは、海外のニュースをほとんど伝えません。伝えてもバイアスが掛かっていて情報を鵜呑みにできません。
フィリッピンのISIS系のテロなどほとんど日本国内では報道されていないのではないでしょうか。

海外のニュースソースから注目される情報を簡単に紹介してください。この記事にあるような一言コメントとソースの明示だけで足ります。関心のある人は、ソースに当たって機械翻訳で意味を取ることができます。元言語不問。

コメント欄に書き込んでください。その際にどんなクレジットをつけるか決めておいてください。ハンドルネームでもかまいません。

ISISがモースルのアル・ヌーリ大モスクを破壊 ISISの敗北宣言

PRESSTV2017/6/21
Daesh blows up Mosul’s iconic al-Nuri Mosque

Daesh has blown up Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, where the terrorist group’s leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi announced the formation of a so-called caliphate after capturing the northern city in 2014.

演説するバクダーディ、FARSNEWSから。


"Our forces were advancing toward their targets deep in the Old City and when they got to within 50 meters (yards) of the Nuri mosque, Daesh committed another historical crime by blowing up the Nuri mosque and the Hadba" minaret, said Nineveh Liberation Operation Commander Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah in a statement released on Wednesday night.

The blasts occurred as Iraq's elite Counter Terrorism Service units had reached within 50 meters of the terrorists.

The terrorists claim that the mosque was destroyed by a US airstrike, but the so-called US-led coalition rejected the claim.
"We did not strike in that area," said US–led coalition spokesman Colonel John Dorrian.

After the army announced that Daesh had destroyed the mosque, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, "It's an official declaration of defeat."

Earlier in the day, Iraqi military officials announced troops has had encircled the mosque -- Daesh’s stronghold in the Old City of Mosul.



次の3枚の画像は、アル・ヌーリ大モスク。Google Earthから。






2017年04月27日
モースルの解放間近　バクダーディがカリフ国設立を宣言したアル・ヌーリ大モスク陥落寸前

イスラエルとシリアのテロリスト戦闘員の間の接触が増加

FARSNEWS2017/6/21
UN Raises Alarm over Rise in Contacts between Israel Troops, Militants in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed concerns about a spike in contacts between Israeli armed forces and militants groups fighting the Syrian government in recent months.

In a report released recently, Guterres warned that the growing interactions between the two sides could lead to escalation and cause harm to members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force deployed to the Golan Heights, presstv reported.

According to the report, UN observers listed 16 meetings between the Israel forces and the Syria militants in the border area, including on Mount Hermon, in proximity to UN outposts in Syria’s Quneitra Province and the Golan Heights, from March 2 to May 16.

“Relative to the previous reporting period, there has been a significant increase in interaction” between Israeli soldiers and individuals from the Syrian side of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, “occurring on four occasions in February, three in March, eight in April and on one occasion in May,” the report said.

In its previous report released in March, the UN listed at least 17 interactions between the two sides between November 18, 2016, and March 1, 2017.

The figures show a significant increase when compared with only two such meetings recorded between August 30 and November 16, 2016.

The report said people likely affiliated with the militant groups, some of them armed, arrived at an Israeli outpost accompanied by mules and were greeted by the soldiers.

“In some instances, personnel and supplies were observed to have been transferred in both directions. On all occasions, the unknown individuals and mules returned to the Bravo (Syrian) side,” it added.

The UN chief said such interactions “has the potential to lead to clashes between armed elements and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces.”

“All military activities in the area of separation conducted by any actor pose a risk to the ceasefire and to the local civilian population, in addition to the United Nations personnel on the ground,” he wrote.

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Israel has been providing terrorists in Syria’s Golan Heights with a steady flow of funds and medical supplies.

Citing militant commanders and people familiar with Israel’s thinking, the paper said Israel’s “secret engagement” in the war aims to install a buffer zone on the Syrian border with elements friendly to Tel Aviv.

The Tel Aviv regime regularly attacks positions held by pro-Damascus forces in Syria, claiming that the attacks are retaliatory.

The Syrian army has on several occasions confiscated Israeli-made arms and military equipment from terrorists fighting the government forces. There are also reports that Israel has been providing medical treatment to the militants wounded in Syria.

In April, Israel’s former minister of military affairs Moshe Ya’alon admitted to a tacit alliance with ISIL, saying the terrorist group had "immediately apologized" to Tel Aviv after firing “once” into Israel.

中東は謎が多い

�@　2016年トルコ未遂クーデターの推進者にUAEアラブ首長国連邦が30億ドルのカネを出していたとトルコの外相が間接的にリーク

�A　対カタール断交問題でエルドアンはカタール全面支持を表明、カタールにあるトルコ軍基地に兵士の配置を急ぐと表明

カタールとトルコは、イスラム同胞団を容認する点で共通点があるが、どういう同盟・対立関係なのかがまったく見えない。

�B　イラクのクルドがイラクからの独立に関する国民投票を2017/9に行う方針を発表。
後にサウジがいてクルディスタンが独立後にはサウジの軍事基地を置くことを目論んでいるとされる。大統領マスウード・バルザーニはサウジから巨額のカネを個人的にもらっていたと伝えられたことがある。

�C　イラクの大統領は、クルドの国民投票計画について時期尚早と発言。急遽サウジ訪問を決める。
Iraqi PM: Kurdish Independence Referendum Decision Untimely
サウジに続いてイラン、クエートを訪問。イランには閣僚5人が随行。

イラクの副大統領がイランを敵視する発言をし、大統領がこの発言は受け入れられないと公言。イラン訪問はこの謝罪か。クエート訪問はカタール問題か。

�D　カタールが米国から戦闘機を120億ドルで購入、カタール問題は終わり？
US sells $12bn worth of fighter jets to ‘terrorist funder’ Qatar

FARSNEWS2017/6/14
UAE Paid $3bn to Finance Coup Attempt in Turkey
Mehmet Acet, a columnist for Yeni Safak daily, announced on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meant the United Arab Emirates when he recently hinted at a Muslim country that spent billions to topple the Turkish government in the coup in July 2016.

Cavusoglu said in recent remarks that a foreign country funneled money to the putschists while making efforts to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“We know that a country provided $3 billion in financial support for the coup attempt in Turkey and exerted efforts to topple the government in illegal ways. On top of that, it is a Muslim country,” the Turkish foreign minister said, as quoted by Acet.

Acet elaborated on his claims in an interview to the Turkish media, saying sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry had confirmed that the country behind the coup was indeed the United Arab Emirates.

“The minister did not name the country. However, sources from the foreign ministry have confirmed that it was the UAE,” Acet told Daily Sabah newspaper.

米ロの軍事的緊張高まる 米国内から懸念の声も

RT2017/6/20
US spy plane carried out ‘provocative turn’ toward Russian fighter jet over Baltic – Moscow

PRESSTV2017/6/21
US at risk of military conflict with Russia, Iran in Syria: Senator
A US senator has warned against the United States' measures in Syria, which is pushing Washington "closer and closer" to a military conflict with Iran and Russia, describing the move as “another mistake on the scope of the Iraq War."

Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy made the comments in an interview with CNN on Tuesday.

"I think we're getting closer and closer to open conflict with Iran and Russia, and the American public needs to know that we're moving very fast toward what could be another war inside the Middle East," Murphy said. "Something by the way that Donald Trump promised he wouldn't do when he ran for office."

The remarks came two days after a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Sukhoi SU-22 aircraft, which was conducting an operation against Daesh terrorists on the outskirts of Syria’s northern city of Raqqah.

The Sunday downing of the Syrian warplane prompted Russia to issue a threat against American airborne assets over Syrian airspace and track all coalition flights west of the Euphrates River.

The Democratic Senator also said that the US president had no authority to act on his own to engage in a war in Syria and that he must gain permission from Congress.

"There's no authorization for military force that Congress has passed that gives the president the ability to take military action against the Syrian regime," Murphy said.

"And we have to understand what we're getting involved in, right. You are not just fighting Bashar al-Assad," he noted. "If you're going to ramp up military activity against Assad, you are also going in against Iran and Russia."

Raising concerns over what he called "a dangerous escalation," the Connecticut senator said it was not in the US interest to get involved in the Syrian war. "That would be another mistake on the scope of the Iraq War.”

Meanwhile, US General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said a day earlier that Washington was working to restore a “deconfliction” line with Moscow intended to avoid mid-air collisions over Syria.

Dunford said the US has "worked through a number of issues" with Russia and that the deconfliction link set up by both sides "has worked very well over the past eight months."

The deconfliction arrangement was first established with Russia in 2015 but was suspended by Russia in April after the United States launched a missile strike on a Syrian military airfield. The line was re-established in May.

The US-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes against what are said to be the positions of Daesh terrorists inside Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate. The coalition has repeatedly been accused of targeting and killing civilians. It has also been largely incapable of fulfilling its declared aim of destroying Daesh.

On the other hand, Russia, along with Iran, has been assisting the Syrian government in its fight against terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the Arab country since 2011. Over the past few months, Syrian forces have made sweeping gains against Takfiri elements, who have lately increased their acts of violence across the country following a series of defeats on the ground.

インドネシア、マレーシア、フィリッピンがテロに警戒を強める

RT2017/6/19
Indonesia, Malaysia & Philippines deploy navy, fighter jets to jointly combat terrorism

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have launched joint operations in the Sulu Sea off the north coast of Borneo, amid fears that the Islamist insurgency in the southern Philippines might spread throughout the region.

The Indonesian military said the joint maneuvers, which began on Monday from Tarakan island in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, were “in the spirit and centrality of ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations], in maintaining stability in the region in the face of non-traditional threats such as piracy, kidnapping, terrorism and other transnational crimes in regional waters,” read a statement to the media as quoted by the Straits Times.

Ministers and top army officials from the three countries, as well as defense ministers from Brunei and Singapore, attended the ceremonies which kicked off the mainly naval-based operation, although land and air forces are taking part as well.

A new Maritime Command Centre (MCC) was also inaugurated at Tarakan, at a ceremony witnessed by officials from all three countries. Tarakan is a port city just south of Borneo and facing the conflict-wracked island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.

Additional command centers are also being planned in Tawau in Malaysia, on Borneo, and in Bongao in the Philippines.

"We see these functioning as a triangle, like a spider's web, where everything inside the triangle will be monitored," Indonesian military chief General Gatot Nurmantyo said as cited by Reuters.

There has been renewed concern over Islamist activity in south-east Asia, particularly after extremists overran the city of Marawi on Mindanao island, Philippines nearly a month ago.

The attack on Marawi was carried out by the IS-affiliated Maute group, which together with other extremist groups like Abu Sayyaf have been carrying out terrorist attacks in the region, as well as other crimes such as hostage-taking, extortion and piracy.

FARSNEWS2017/6/20
Philippine Army Launches New Anti-ISIL Offensive in Marawi
TEHRAN (FNA)- Philippine warplanes bombed ISIL terrorist group positions and ground troops launched a renewed push against the militants holed up in a Southern city.

The country’s military spokesman said the aim of the operation was to wrap up the fighting before the weekend Eid festival, Al Waght reported.

The offensive came amid worry that ISIL reinforcements could arrive after Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Fighting in Marawi City has entered a fifth week, and nearly 350 people have been killed, according to an official count. Fleeing residents have said they have seen scores of bodies in the debris of homes destroyed in bombing and cross-fire.

"We are aiming to clear Marawi by the end of Ramadan," said military spokesman Brigadier-General Restituto Padilla, as army and police commanders met in nearby Cagayan de Oro city to reassess strategy and operations against the militants, who claim allegiance to ISIS terrorist group.

"We cannot definitely say when we could end this because we are fighting door to door and there are booby traps which pose danger to our troops."

The seizure of Marawi has alarmed Southeast Asian nations which fear ISIL terrorist group, facing defeat in Iraq and Syria, is trying to set up a stronghold in the southern Philippines that could threaten the whole region.

Fighting was intense early on Tuesday as security forces made a push to drive the militants, entrenched in Marawi's commercial district, south towards a lake on the edge of the city.

Planes flew overhead, dropping bombs while on the ground, automatic gunfire was sustained with occasional blasts from bombs and artillery. Armoured vehicles fired volleys of shells while the militants responded with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades.

On Monday, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines began joint naval patrols in their region amid increasing threats from militant groups.

The "trilateral coordinated maritime patrol" was launched as authorities tried to stop any fighters from Marawi escaping to Indonesia while posing as refugees, Indonesia's military chief Gatot Nurmantyo said.

Fighting in the predominantly Muslims city of Marawi, 830 kilometers South of Manila started as a response to a botched military operation to capture wanted ISIL ringleader Isnilon Hapilon.

Fighters from the ISIL-affiliated Maute group continue to engage security forces in fierce battles while controlling parts of the city.

RT2017/6/21
ISIS-linked militants storm school, take hostages in south Philippines village

Several residents have reportedly been taken hostage and used as human shields after armed terrorists stormed a village in the Cotabato province of the Philippines, according to local police.

Government troops are now engaging members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) after the terrorists overran the village of Malagakit, located just outside of Pigcawayan town, Chief Inspector Realan Mamon said.

Pigcawayan Mayor Eliseo Garsesa said that about 200 armed men entered the Christian-Muslim village early Wednesday morning. Police earlier estimated that around 300 Islamist fighters raided the locality.

The police chief confirmed that the militants entered the village shortly after 5:00am on Wednesday.

"We can confirm that they occupied a school and there were civilians trapped. We are in the process of determining how many were trapped and their identities," Mamon said, according to Reuters.

The mayor revealed that authorities had received intelligence reports about text message chatter that the “armed groups were coming.” Garsesa, however, said that such messages were common, and it could not always be verified, the Manila Times reports.

The militants are holding 12 hostages – 6 adult males and six children, according to the Manila Bulletin. The ongoing fighting resulted in the wounding of at least one auxiliary force soldier of the armed forces, known as CAFGU.

Government troops managed to push back the initial jihadist attack, but ISIS-linked fighters managed to take at least five people hostage as they retreated, according to a spokesperson for the Army’s 6th Infantry Division.

“But as they (BIFF fighters) were escaping, they took some civilians hostage and [used them as] human shields,” Capt. Arvin Encinas, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

So far, the Philippines Army has been unable to determine whether students and teachers were among the captives.

Mamon, also could not confirm initial reports that students were being held hostage after the terrorists reportedly occupied a local school.

“We are still verifying that report,” Mamon told the Inquirer by telephone.

For almost a month now, the Philippines army has been battling radical Islamist militants in Marawi, the capital of the country’s second largest island, Mindanao.

Apart from the main Maute terror group, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), there are around 20 other foreign and local jihadist cells, including BIFF, operating in Mindanao, Solicitor General Jose Calida revealed on Monday.

“In addition to ISIS-linked local rebel groups, there are also ISIS cell groups that operate all over Mindanao. These cell groups conduct coordinated attacks with the aforesaid rebel groups,” Calida said.

The death toll from the fighting in the Philippines has so far surpassed 300 casualties. Some 225 militants, 59 soldiers and 26 civilians have been killed in the clashes according to official government figures.

On Tuesday, president Rodrigo Duterte warned of a full-scale civil war if the ongoing violence spills into other parts of Mindanao. He urged the local separatist group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which was recently offered some kind of autonomy, to “take care of the area they want” and join the fight against foreign-influenced Maute and other terrorist cells.

“Because if there’s civil war, there would be killings. Here in Mindanao, there are more Christians and they have better guns. They are buying. The rich ones, they’re stockpiling guns,” Duterte said, according to the Inquirer. “That’s what’s dangerous. To prevent a communal war, we really need to stop this.”

ISIS最高幹部の殺害続く

RT2017/6/20
US confirms death of ISIS ‘Grand Mufti’ in airstrike in Syria

US-led coalition forces killed the self-proclaimed chief cleric of Islamic State during an airstrike in Mayadin, Syria at the end of May, the Pentagon has confirmed. The terrorist organization had previously announced the death of Turki al-Binali.

The airstrike took place on May 31, and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) announced al-Binali’s death the next day. The Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) officially confirmed his death on Tuesday.

The Bahraini-born al-Binali was the chief cleric, or “Grand Mufti,” of IS since 2014. As such, he played a central role in recruiting foreign terrorist fighters and provoking terrorist attacks around the world. He also “provided propaganda to incite murder and other atrocities, attempted to legitimize the creation of the ‘caliphate,’ and was a close confidant of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” CJTF-OIR said in a statement.

Al-Binali was considered to be a potential successor for al-Baghdadi, the leader of IS who was reportedly killed in a Russian-led airstrike on Friday, as well as to IS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, who was killed in a Russian airstrike last August.
管理人注：ロシアの発表が6/16の金曜日、殺害は5/28

He also authored a frequently cited biography of al-Baghdadi, and his writings helped lay the religious legal groundwork for Islamic States’ 2014 declaration of a “caliphate” in parts of Syria and Iraq.

Al-Binali was one of three IS officials who were blacklisted by the US Treasury Department last February, along with senior oil official Faysal al-Zahrani and foreign fighter facilitator Husayn Juaythini.

In January 2015, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations declared al-Binali a terrorist. Bahrain stripped him of his citizenship at the same time.

カタール断交問題は隣国によるハッキングから始まった

カタールに対する湾岸諸国の断交、経済封鎖は、カタールの国営通信社が、サウジがイランとの間の緊張を高めているとエミールが発言したとのレポートをウェブサイトに掲載したことに始まりました。

このレポートでは、カタールのエミールがヒズボラやハマスに好意的で、米国についてはトランプを批判しているとしていました。
The report published on Wednesday also said Sheikh Tamim spoke favorably about the Lebanese organization Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas, while criticizing US President Donald Trump and saying he may not serve a full term.

2017年06月05日
ハッキングとフェイクニュースで中東が混乱？　フェイクではないらしい

このリポートは、カタールのエミールが士官候補生の卒業に際してスピーチした内容だというものです。外部のハッカーが書いたとしたら、よく勉強しているねと賞賛に値するポイントを突いたものです。
The allegedly fake report on the website of Qatar News Agency (QNA) cited Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Qatar’s emir, as criticizing the latest increase in tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran, in a speech he gave to graduating military cadets. The emir also reportedly called Iran an "Islamic power'' and said Qatar's relations with Israel were "good."

これをアラビア語のメディアが一斉に報道し、カタールは内容は虚偽でハッキングによるものだとの釈明に終われます。

その後の経過は、サウジなどがカタールと国交断絶、陸路、水路、空路の交通停止の措置を取り、カタールはイランの助けを得て生鮮食料品などの輸入確保に走るとともに、欧州やシアなどに外相が事情説明に出かけています。

クエートがサウジとカタールとの仲介を申し出ます。その際に出されたサウジ側の要求は10項目あるとされていますが、主要なものは一つないしは二つです。
1- Cutting off diplomatic ties with Iran immediately
イランとの外交関係を速やかに絶つこと

2- Stopping the broadcast of Al Jazeera channel
アルジャジーラの放送を止めること（これは良く分かりません。アルジャジーラの放送内容が湾岸諸国に攻撃的だっといっています）

5- Expelling all the members of Hamas group
6- Freezing the bank accounts of Hamas leaders
ハマスのメンバーをすべて追放し銀行口座を凍結すること

9- Expelling Muslim Brotherhood members and all anti-(Persian) Gulf elements
ムスリム同胞団のメンバーを追放すること

10- Stopping the support of terrorist organizations
テロ組織の支援を止めること（サウジが最大の支援国の一つなのに何言ってるんだろうとの印象ですが、支援するグループが違うようです）

サウジとイランは宿敵で、イランは米国主導の経済制裁が解除されて約1年半に石油輸出を経済制裁前の水準まで回復させており、経済的に立ち直りを見せています。

このイランと手を切れというの最大の眼目ですが、ハマスのメンバー追放を加えたことで陰謀の背景がばれてしまいました。背景には、イスラエルがそして米国がいます。

2017/6/20、カタールの検事総長が国営メディアのハッキングは、経済封鎖を行っている隣国の仕業との証拠を得たと発表しました。アクセスしたアイフォーンの電話番号まで把握しているとしています。

アイフォーンでハッキングするとは思えませんから、アクセスに必要なパスワードなどはどこか別の国から得ているのでしょう。米国、イスラエルともにIT大国で特に米国の情報機関はハッキング技術に長けています。

エミールが述べたという内容はあまりにも露骨でそんなことを軍隊内部の場とはいえ言うだろうかという疑問は当初からありましたが、サウジを初めとする湾岸諸国の仕掛けによる事件ということがはっきりしつつあります。

イランは、テヘランのテロの背後にサウジがいると主張し、テロリストに対する報復としてシリア国内のISISの司令部などを弾道ミサイルで攻撃しました。6発発射していますが、開示された画像ではそれらしき建物にミサイルが命中しています。

イランは、この成功を大々的に報じて対サウジ、イスラエル、米国に対する示威効果を確かなものにしようとしています。

このあと、何が続くのか、目が離せません。

カタールの強気はどこまで？

FARSNEWS2017/6/18
Qatari Gov't Receives Iranian President's Message
（略）
Iran has rallied to Qatar’s aid, offering the Persian Gulf state the use of three of its ports to import supplies as its Arab neighbors seek to isolate the emirate.

Qatar’s foreign minister said Doha would be able to import all the goods it needed. He described the de facto blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as “collective punishment”.

“We have been isolated because we are successful and progressive. We are a platform for peace not terrorism,” Sheikh Mohammed told reporters.

Riyadh and its allies earlier this month announced their move to isolate Qatar, accusing the Persian Gulf state of supporting terrorist groups and being too close to Iran, Saudi Arabia’s regional rival.

Turkey also threw its weight behind Doha, fast-tracking plans to deploy extra Turkish troops to Qatar, potentially putting Ankara on a collision course with Riyadh.

Qatar, which hosts the US’s main military base in the Middle East, admits that it supports Islamist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, the Palestinian faction. But it denies it backs terrorism.

The small nation imports virtually all its goods, but Sheikh Mohammed（カタール外相） said that only 16 per cent of food supplies come into Qatar via the countries that have imposed the de facto blockade.

“It’s replaceable and has been replaced in one day,” he said. “They [Qataris] can survive at the same standard forever,” he said.

But he decried the humanitarian cost of Qatar’s neighbors’ actions, which has meant that Saudis, Emiratis and Bahrainis have to leave Qatar in two weeks. Qataris also have the same amount of time to leave those nations.

RT2017/6/19
Qatar will not negotiate with Arab states until economic boycott ends – FM
Qatar says it will not negotiate with Arab states which cut diplomatic and travel ties with it earlier this month unless they reverse their measures, the country's foreign minister said.

"Qatar is under blockade, there is no negotiation. They have to lift the blockade to start negotiations," Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told reporters in Doha, as quoted by Reuters. "Until now we didn't see any progress about lifting the blockade, which is the precondition for anything to move forward."

He went on to state that Qatar "cannot just have (vague) demands such as 'the Qataris know what we want from them, they have to stop this or that, they have to be monitored by a foreign monitoring mechanism."

He said that matters which relate to the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council are subject to negotiation, referring to the body comprising Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman.

"Anything not related to them is not subject to negotiation. No one has the right to interfere in my affairs. Al Jazeera is Qatar's affairs, Qatari foreign policy on regional issues is Qatar's affairs. And we are not going to negotiate on our own affairs," he said.

The reference to Qatar-based Al Jazeera comes after Gulf critics accused the news network of being a platform for extremists – an accusation which the channel has denied.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, the Maldives, and one of Libya's three rival governments severed ties with Qatar earlier this month, over its alleged support of terrorism. Doha has adamantly denied those claims.

Al-Thani called the move a "publicity stunt" on Monday, saying “it is unfortunate that our neighbors have chosen to invest their time and resources in a baseless propaganda campaign.”

Meanwhile, the UAE's minister of state for foreign affairs said on Monday that Arab powers plan to reveal their demands for Qatar in the coming days, and warned that sanctions imposed against Doha could last for years unless those demands are met.

"Qatar will realize that this is a new state of affairs and isolation can last years," Anwar Gargash told reporters in Paris, as quoted by Reuters.

"If they want to be isolated because of their perverted view of what their political role is, then let them be isolated. They are still in a phase of denial and anger," he said.

US President Donald Trump has supported Arab states' sanctions against Qatar, which have disrupted its main routes to import goods by land from Saudi Arabia and by sea from the UAE.

However, Qatar was able to find alternative routes in order to maintain business as usual, and al-Thani says Doha has an alternative plan in case the boycott continues.

"We have a back-up plan which depends mainly on Turkey, Kuwait and Oman," he said. "Iran has facilitated for us the sky passages for our aviation and we are cooperating with all countries that can ensure supplies for Qatar."

RT2017/6/21
Qatar blames news agency hack on ‘neighbors’ who lead economic blockade
The hacking of Qatari state news agency QNA last month was carried out by the same “neighboring countries,” which then used the resulting diplomatic fallout as a pretext to impose an economic and political blockade on Doha, the country’s Attorney General has said.

It is “very clear” that the May 23 hacking attack on QNA originated from countries involved in the subsequent economic and political rift with Qatar, Attorney General Ali bin Fetais al-Marri told reporters on Tuesday, as cited by AFP.

“We have evidence to show that iPhones originating from the countries laying siege to us have been used in this hacking,” Marri said in Arabic, promising to make public a list of specific phone numbers “very soon.”

While refusing to elaborate on which specific countries were involved, Marri did say that more than one entity was behind the hack which allegedly emanated from “neighboring countries.”

“We have enough evidence to point the finger of blame at these countries,” Qatar’s Attorney General said, adding, that internet service providers of the alleged hackers were traced to countries that have since severed ties with Qatar.

“We have sent the information to the countries concerned and we are awaiting their response,” Marri added.

The ongoing Gulf diplomatic crisis was triggered by a May 23 report on the website of the Qatari news agency, which cited the country’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as criticizing Saudi Arabia’s anti-Iranian rhetoric. Qatar immediately claimed the agency’s website and its social media accounts had been hacked by unidentified attackers who then used the access to spread fake news reports.

These reports, Sheikh Tamim said, spoke favorably about the Lebanese organization Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas while criticizing US President Donald Trump and saying he may not serve a full term.

In the wake of what Doha says were fake reports, over a dozen nations, led by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, severed or downgraded diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar, accusing the Gulf kingdom of supporting terrorism.

Qatar has denied being a sponsor of terrorism and has defiantly accepted its economic fate, expressing a readiness to withstand the hardships “forever” as long as other countries do not dictate its domestic or foreign policy.

Doha has also launched its own investigation into the hack. The FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency sent investigating teams to Doha to help with the Qatari probe.

The story was also treated with a familiar spin in the mainstream US media, after CNN, citing unnamed sources, claimed that Russian hackers were behind the QNA cyber intrusion. Moscow denied any involvement, saying that by spreading such unsubstantiated and unattributed reports, US media outlets undermine all their credibility and serve as an instrument of “mass misinformation.”

アルヌスラが サウジがテロリストの支援をやめるとの風説を流し自派への合流を誘う

FARSNEWS2017/6/20
TEHRAN (FNA)- The terrorist groups have intensified assassination operations in Idlib after Doha and Riyadh displayed their differences and darkened relations.

After differences between Saudi Arabia and Qatar surfaced, Abdullah Muhammad al-Muhaysini, the commander and Mufti (religious leader) of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board), called on other terrorist groups to merge with al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) under this pretext that Riyadh wants to withdraw support for the militants and will surrender all of them to the US at the end.

He also asked Yasser Abdolrahim, one of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) commanders, to join al-Nusra but he didn’t comply with the demand.

Abdolrahim escaped an assassination attempt after rejecting al-Muhaysini's proposal and threatened him of revenge.

Field sources also underlined that the terrorist groups in Idlib are facing a deplorable situation as assassinations have increased, adding that al-Nusra is using the darkened ties between Doha and Riyadh and wants to persuade other terrorist groups, including the FSA, to merge with al-Nusra by annihilation of opposition groups.

According to reports, Muhaysini has himself escaped death in two attempted assassinations in recent days, as the assassination operations against terrorist commanders has intensified in Idlib.

News websites affiliated to the opposition groups reported earlier this month that the car carrying al-Muhaysini came under attack near Ma'arat al-Numan in Idlib on June 7 and he received a bullet in his foot.

Ten days later, al-Muhaysini narrowly escaped death in an assassination attempt which resulted in death of one of his bodyguards.

In an attempt to assassinate al-Muhaysini, a suicide bomber blew up himself beside his car near Abuzar Qaffari Mosque in Idlib city center, but the mufti of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at escaped death while his bodyguard was killed.

イランのミサイル命中精度はいかほどか

2017/6/18のイランによる弾道ミサイル攻撃は、6発が発射され、それぞれが別の目標に向けられたようです。一部ドローン画像が出ています。
ひとつは、マヤディーンのISISコマンドセンターを直撃したと書いてあります。

PRESSTV2017/6/19
Iran’s missile killed at least 50 Daesh terrorists: Reports
At least 50 Daesh terrorists, including several high-ranking commanders, were killed when one of Iran’s missiles hit their headquarters in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fired six medium-range ground-to-ground ballistic missiles at Daesh bases in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr on Sunday in retaliation for twin terrorist attacks in the Iranian capital Tehran, which killed 17 people and injured over 50 others.

According to reports, one of the missiles directly hit a Daesh command center in the city of al-Mayadin in Dayr al-Zawr.

Six Libyan Daesh commanders were killed in the attack; two of whom have been identified as Abu Asim al-Libyai and Abdel Kader al-frani, better known as Abu Harith.

照準の右にカプセルのようなものが見えますが、これが飛翔体です。

TEHRAN (FNA)- Footage shows the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' multiple missile strikes at ISIL centers in Syria's Deir Ezzur. [VIDEO]

米国はロシアとの情報ルートを維持する考えと表明

RT2017/6/19
US seeks to keep communication with Russia over Syria ongoing – White House
The US seeks to keep open the communication channels with Russia over Syria but says it retains the right to self defense, according to the White House spokesman. Moscow suspended military cooperation following the US-led coalition’s downing of a Syrian warplane.

“It's important and crucial that we keep lines of communication open to deconflict potential issues,” Sean Spicer told reporters on Monday.

While seeking to keep contacts between the US and Russian military ongoing, the US-led coalition emphasized that it retains the right to “self-defense” amid the news and added tensions, the spokesman added.

Spicer’s statement echoed the comments made earlier on Monday by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Marine General Joseph Dunford, who said the US is working to reestablish communications with Russia in Syria, aimed at preventing possible incidents between the two countries’ troops.

“We'll work diplomatically and military in the coming hours to reestablish deconfliction,” Dunford said at a news conference, adding, that the contacts between Russian forces in Syria and a US air operations center in Qatar were still open as of Monday morning.

Moscow announced on Monday afternoon the decision to pause cooperation with its American counterparts in the framework of the Memorandum on the Prevention of Incidents and Ensuring Air Safety in Syria following the coalition’s downing of a Syrian Su-22 warplane on Sunday.

“In the areas of combat missions of Russian air fleet in Syrian skies, any airborne objects, including aircraft and unmanned vehicles of the [US-led] international coalition, located to the west of the Euphrates River, will be tracked by Russian ground and air defense forces as air targets,” the Russian Ministry of Defense stated, condemning the downing of the Su-22 jet as a “cynical” violation of Syria’s sovereignty.

The US military did not use the communication line with Russia during the attack on the Syrian Su-22, despite the fact that Russian warplanes were in the area during the US strike, the ministry underlined.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov branded the attack on the Syrian jet as an act of aggression which in fact helped the terrorists the US says its trying to destroy.

The US-led coalition shot-down the Syrian Su-22 warplane on Sunday, when it was carrying out operations against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) some 40km from Raqqa, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The US military, however, claimed that the jet “dropped bombs near” US-backed Kurdish SDF militants. The pilot ejected from the plane above IS-controlled territory and is still missing.

The recent developments in Syria, specifically the shooting down the Syrian Su-22 by the US-led coalition, as well as the Iranian missile strike on IS terrorists’ positions, heightens the risk of escalating the Syrian conflict, the UN warned on Monday.

“It does bring up more broadly a deep concern about the risk of possible miscalculation and escalation in the conflict in Syria. We believe that this risk is heightened when efforts to combat [IS] and other listed terrorists groups are not combined with a pursuit of a comprehensive political solution to the Syrian conflict, based on the relevant Security Council resolutions,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary General told reporters at a news briefing.

RT2017/6/20
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has suspended flights over Syria after Russia said it halted sky incident prevention interactions with the US as of June 19, due to the coalition’s downing of a Damascus warplane.

“As a precautionary measure, Australian Defence Force (ADF) strike operations into Syria have temporarily ceased,” Australia’s Department of Defense said in a statement, adding its operations in Iraq would continue as part of the coalition.

“ADF personnel are closely monitoring the air situation in Syria and a decision on the resumption of ADF air operations in Syria will be made in due course.”

“Australian Defence Force protection is regularly reviewed in response to a range of potential threats,” the Department of Defense said.

イランがテヘランテロへの報復としてシリア・デリゾールのISISベースをミサイル攻撃 テロリスト360人殺害

RT2017/6/18
Iran fires missiles against 'terrorist bases' in E. Syria in retaliation for Tehran attacks
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have launched a mid-range ballistic missile attack on terrorist positions in the Syrian province of Deir-ez Zor in retaliation for terrorist attacks in Tehran, Tasnim news agency reports.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have reportedly launched ground-to-ground mid-range ballistic missiles from the western Iranian provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan into the eastern Syrian province of Deir-ez Zor.

“The spilling of any innocent blood will not go unanswered,” Press TV cited a statement by the Revolutionary Guards as saying.

The Revolutionary Guards targeted the bases and headquarters of terrorists that Iran believes to be responsible for the Tehran attacks. The missiles have reportedly killed large numbers of terrorists and inflicted significant material damage, Tasnim said.

The Revolutionary Guards used Zulfiqar solid fuel ballistic missiles, which have an effective range of 700 kilometers, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.

While the Iranian missile strike is a significant military action, its main goal was political, according to Peter Ford, a former UK Ambassador to Syria and Bahrain, who believes the strike will send a clear message to Iran’s enemies in the region.

“Militarily, it’s significant. The strike appears to have taken out quite a number of ISIS fighters and leadership. But the political ramifications are the most important. Saudi Arabia will have received the signal loud and clear,” Ford told RT.

“Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, encouraged by Donald Trump, has thrown down the gauntlet to Tehran and been virtually threatening military moves against Tehran. Well, here’s Tehran’s response: Don’t mess with us, we have a long reach.”



攻撃目標命中の画像が出ました。

PRESSTV2017/6/19
Iran shows strong hand with strike + impact video
Top military officials say missiles fired from Iran at Daesh command centers in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr have found their targets with maximum accuracy.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fired six medium-range missiles which "pounded" the Takfiri group's command headquarters as well as arms and ammunition centers Sunday night, IRGC spokesman Ramezan Sharif said on Monday.

"According to reliable information, the missile operation against Daesh has been successful," he said. The attack, he said, was "only a fraction of Iran's punitive power against terrorists and other enemies."

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Force, said the missiles were fired from the Iranian provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan and flew over Iraq before landing in Syria.

"The UAVs which had been flown from around Damascus to Dayr al-Zawr transmitted the moments of impact to us in Iran," he said, adding "the missiles precisely hit their targets."

According to Fars news agency, which is close to the IRGC, preliminary evidence showed a large number of terrorists had been killed and their weapons destroyed.

The IRGC said the attack, the first of its kind in Iran, was in response to a terrorist operation which claimed the lives of 18 Iranians in Tehran earlier this month.

"Our enemies must know that Tehran is not London and Paris. This was a small job and if they put another foot wrong, more deadly blows will come down on their heads," Hajizadeh said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps launched multiple missile strikes at ISIL centers in Syria's Deir Ezzur to retaliate the June 7 twin terrorist attacks in Tehran. The IRGC said the mid-range missiles were fire from bases in Western Iran. [VIDEO]

FARSNEWS2017/6/19
Qiam missile is also capable of carrying different types of ‘Blast’ and ‘MRV’ payloads, and can destroy a wide range of targets. It can be launched from mobile platforms or silos in different positions and can escape missile defense shields due to its radar-evading capability.

Qiam is also a new type of surface-to-surface and cruise missile of Iran.

RT2017/6/19
Iran warns ISIS of more missile strikes, says op coordinated with Damascus

Tehran has warned ISIS militants that any future attacks on the country will result in powerful strikes against the group. It comes after Iran launched missile strikes on ISIS in retaliation for twin attacks in Tehran earlier this month.

“If they carry out a specific action to violate our security, definitely there will be more launches, with intensified strength,” Gen. Ramazan Sharif of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Monday, according to state television, cited by AP.

The IRGC’s press office had a stern warning of its own to those who threaten Iran’s security.

“The IRGC warns the Takfiri terrorists and their regional and trans-regional supporters that they would be engulfed by its revolutionary wrath and flames of the fire of its revenge in case they repeat any such devilish and dirty move in future,” it said, according to Fars News Agency.

The statements come just one day after the Revolutionary Guards confirmed it had launched strikes in retaliation for twin attacks in Tehran earlier this month, which killed 18 people and left more than 50 others wounded. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.

The Revolutionary Guards said it fired a total of six missiles into Syria’s Deir-ez Zor province on Sunday, from the city of Kermanshah and Iran’s Kurdistan province.

The attack was coordinated with Damascus, according to Sharif.

“The firing of these missiles had previously been coordinated with Syria and the missiles entered the Syrian airspace through Iraq,” he said, as quoted by Tasnim News Agency.

Activists in Syria told AP they had no immediate information on damage or casualties from the strikes, which the Guards claim successfully hit their targets.

Sharif said on Monday, however, that the missiles were not only aimed at sending a message to IS, but also to Riyadh and Washington.

“The Saudis and Americans are especially receivers of this message,” he said. “Obviously and clearly, some reactionary countries of the region, especially Saudi Arabia, had announced that they are trying to bring insecurity into Iran.”

Trump has also referred to the landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers under the Obama administration as “disastrous” and the “worst deal ever negotiated.”

These words prompted Iran’s defense minister to say that Trump’s election had led to “unease,” and that any war with Iran caused by his administration would “destroy” Israel and smaller Gulf states.

The Revolutionary Guards immediately placed blame on Riyadh after the June 7 attacks, with Saudi Arabia rejecting the claims.

The Iranian government has described the attackers as being “long affiliated with the Wahhabi,” an ultraconservative form of Sunni Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia, but has so far stopped short of directly blaming Riyadh.

Meanwhile, tensions between the US and Iran have mounted since President Donald Trump took office, with the two countries imposing sanctions on one another last month.

The president also put Tehran “on notice” in February after it launched a ballistic missile.

FARSNEWS2017/6/19
ISIL's Senior Commander, 360 Terrorists Killed in IRGC Missile Strikes in Deir Ezzur
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior ISIL commander along with at least 360 other terrorists were killed in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s missile attacks on their bases in Deir Ezzur, field sources said.

According to the sources, Sa'ad al-Husseini, nom de guerre Abu Sa'ad, a senior Saudi commander of ISIL was killed in the Sunday evening airstrikes.

Also, early reports confirmed that the missile attacks have inflicted heavy damage on ISIL and killed at least 360 terrorists.

アル・バクダーディは死んだらしい

RTがロシア空軍の爆撃でアル・バグダーディが殺害された模様との情報を流したのは、2017/6/16の朝です。第一報が 07:15でこれは標準時ですから日本時間の16時過ぎ。既に72時間経過です。

RT20176/16Published time: 16 Jun, 2017 07:15
ISIS leader Al-Baghdadi reportedly killed in Russia-led airstrike – MoD

その後世界のメディアがロシア国防省発表をもとに一斉にアル・バグダーディ殺害情報を伝えています。

米国は、この情報を無視するような反応を示しています。

ですが、世界のメディアが一斉に流したこと、ロシア国防省が出した以上、フェイクではないとする見方が強いことからISISのテロリストに恐れと焦燥が強まっているとされています。

"after killing of a leader, the command structure of a formation will collapse too, the analyst predicted that the trend of ISIL's annihilation will be accelerated given the pressure that the terrorist group is bearing in Syria and Iraq"

このような場合には、兵士の戦意低下を防ぐために事実でなければしかるべきところから一刻も早く否定の声明が必要ですが、まだ出ていません。

�@　司令部がなくなったわけですから末端の部隊は状況の変化に対応できません。
�A　もともと爆撃されたラッカの会合は、ラッカからシリア南部へどうやって危険を避けて転進するかという戦略の会議でした。
�B　これまでは米軍からシリア軍の動向に関する情報も入っていたでしょうが、それが有効に使われないことになります。
�C　自陣営の混乱の中、シリア軍が攻勢を強めていることは末端戦力はいやというほどに感じさせられています。
�D　補給が来るのか、賃金が支払われるのか、不安は当然高まるでしょう。

ISISの中枢が機能していないのなら、米国が得意のマスメディアを使ったフェイクニュースでも大きな効果があります。それもありません。ロシアの発表に対する非難も見ていません。

シリアの公共放送がどのように伝えたのか分かりませんが、シリア政府なり軍の独自の見解は発表していないようです。

それはそうでしょう。アル・バグダーディと"high-ranking commanders of the terrorist groups who were part of the so-called IS [Daesh] military council"のメンバーが30人もまとめて消えたわけですから、指揮命令系統は消えたと同然です。

シリア軍は、これに乗じて大攻勢をかけます。当然です。そして、米国やサウジやイスラエルなどの介入を遅らせるためには、アル・バグダーディの死亡は伏せておいたほうが有利です。

ではなぜロシアが5/28の爆撃の成果を6/16になって公表したか？

ISISはシリアだけではありません。イラクはもちろんのこと、イランにもイエメンにもアフガニスタンにも各地でその傘下グループがテロを働いています。それらの勢いをくじくには早く知らしめたほうがよいとの判断があったでしょう。特に、フィリピンです。

ISIS、その後にいて戦略を握っていると見られる米国がどうやって体勢立て直しを図ってくるか、それが当面の注目点です。

米国の戦争屋は、アル・バグダーディかその側近と連絡網を持っているはずです。知っています。ですが、マケインなどもまだ反応を示していません。

動きは今週でしょう。これまでアル・バグダーディが空爆を受けたりした場合には米軍なり米国の情報機関でアル・バグダーディの救急搬送などを担っていたとされます。ですが、今回はその余地はありません。

万一、今回もアル・バグダーディが殺害を免れていたにしても、アル・バグダーディ殺害は戦略的に極めて有効なことが分かりました。必ずやります。シリアかロシアが。

（ここまで初出2017-06-18 20:58:18）

アル・バグダーディの消息に関する続報がありませんが少し振り返るといろいろなことが起きています。

2017/5/18　米国同盟軍がアル・タンフの近くでシリア政府同盟軍を攻撃
2017/5/28　ロシア空軍がISIS幹部の集会場所を爆撃、350人程度を殲滅。
2017/6/6　米国同盟軍がシリア政府同盟軍を攻撃、少なくとも2人のシリア軍兵士が死亡、15人以上が負傷
2017/6/8　米国同盟軍がアル・タンフの近くでシリア政府同盟軍を攻撃
2017/6/16　ロシア国防省がアル・バグダーディの殺害の可能性を公表。
2017/6/17　イラク軍が南部のシリア国境の支配を回復
　　　　　 ロシア空軍がデリゾールでテロリスト180人を殺害
2017/6/18　米国同盟軍の戦闘機がラッカ南部でシリア軍戦闘機を撃墜
2017/6/18夕　イランがテヘランテロへの報復としてシリア・デリゾールのISISベースを弾道ミサイル攻撃　イラン側発表でテロリスト360人殺害と
2017/6/19　ロシア軍が米軍とのシリア空域事故防止相互通報を停止

イラク、シリア内でのISISの劣勢、大打撃が続く中で、米軍が自らシリア軍に対して攻撃を仕掛ける例が増えていることがわかります。2016/9/16のデリゾールでのシリア陸軍への攻撃もISIS側と連携し、ISISテロリストを援護する目的で行われました。

米国は、テロリストの人的損害が大きく、ISISの態勢建て直しのメドがつかない状況でしょう。そのため米軍のISIS管理部門の焦りが大きく時間を稼ぐためにシリア軍を攻撃しています。

米軍が、シリア軍戦闘機を撃墜したのは、クルド主体のSDFをシリア軍戦闘機が攻撃したからだと説明していますが、これは事実に反するようで、クルドに近い人のツイートでこれを否定する声が出てます。

シリア軍は、戦闘機撃墜事件が契機になったのかSDFと激しく衝突しています。この両者の戦闘が強まると対ISISの戦闘に支障が出ますから、米軍は望むところですが、SDFはISISに加えてトルコ、シリアとも闘わなければならなくなります。

ロシア軍が米軍とのシリア空域事故防止相互通報を停止しましたが、これは次にシリア戦闘機が撃墜されるようなことがあればミサイルによる撃墜も辞さないというロシア側の決意表明です。

軍事的な脅しに加えてラブロフが米国はシリアの主権を尊重すべしと米国を批判しています。このような場合、ラブロフは米国のカウンターパートと話をしているのが通常ですから、ただちに米国のシリア軍攻撃が激しくなるとは思いませんが、ティラーソンがトランプを説得して米軍の動きを抑え込めるかは疑問があります。

米国は、ISISを使ってアサド政権を転覆しようとしてきましたが、先行きは思わしくありません。しかし、シリアでロシアの軍事介入に負けたという形になることだけは避けたいと考えているはずですから、状況が悪化すればするほど本音を、本性を出してくるでしょう。

緊張状態が続くでしょう。

シリア政府軍とクルド主体のSDFが初の衝突

FARSNEWS2017/6/19
TEHRAN (FNA)- The first clash between the Syrian army troops and the predominantly Kurdish-led Syrian democratic Forces (SDF) occurred North of the city of Rasafeh after a Syrian air force fighter jet was shot down by the US-led coalition warplanes West of Raqqa.

The Syrian army and SDF forces reportedly engaged in fierce clashes North of al-Rasafeh city and in areas surrounding Shavihayan and Jaydeen villages.

The Syrian troops tried to rescue the pilot of the Syrian air force's fighter jet, Ali Fahd, after his plane was shot down by the US-led forces, but they faced the US-backed forces.

In a relevant development on Sunday, the Syrian army backed by the country's air force continued its military operations in the Western part of Raqqa, after capturing ISIL's last bastion in Eastern Aleppo and has recaptured several districts in recent days.

The predominately SDF also intensified attacks on ISIL's defense lines in Raqqa from three directions to oust Takfiri terrorists out of the group's self-proclaimed capital.

Damascus announced in a statement on Sunday that the US-led coalition has shot down one of its fighter jets during a mission in Raqqa countryside.

According to the statement, the warplane was carrying out operations against ISIL in the countryside of Raqqa when it was targeted, leading to a crash and the loss of the pilot, who is currently missing.

“This attack comes at a time when the Syrian Arab army and its allies are advancing in the fight against ISIS (ISIL or Daesh) terrorists who are being defeated in the Syrian desert in more ways than one,” the statement read.

The statement stressed that although such attacks seek to undermine the Syrian armed forces’ struggle against terrorism, they will not be deterred in fighting for stability and security in the Syrian Arab Republic.

FARSNEWS2017/6/19
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Kurdish political analyst disclosed that Syria's fighter jet downed by the US-led coalition warplanes in Raqqa had not targeted any position of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa.

"The phrase used by the US shows that the Syrian warplane had not tried to hit the SDF positions and therefore the Damascus government's version of the story about the attacks on ISIL's positions is correct," Member of the Syrian Democratic Council Rizan Hadu said.

He said it is at this point that the US cannot make any lame excuses as it is trying to deteriorate the relations between the Syrian army and the SDF. "This issue will have negative effects on the conditions of Qamishli, Aleppo and Afrin and it will cause the Syrian army and the SDF to enter a marginal war which will be harmful to the war on terrorism.

Hadu also reiterated that Syria has the right to tell all sides that its strategy in fighting terrorism would never allow it to be a Troy horse to allow the US or any other side to use it in order to enter Syria.

Damascus announced in a statement on Sunday that the US-led coalition has shot down one of its fighter jets during a mission in Raqqa countryside.

※　 Syrian Civil War Map‏ @CivilWarMap　21:22 - 2017年6月19日
The Syrian Government Pilot is in custody and being treated by the SDF. Location unkown.

※　 Gilgo‏ @agirecudi 26分26分前
The pilot was on a mission to bomb ISIS but gets captured by SDF
Besides, I am sure SAA is relieved he is in SDF custody...

ロシア軍が米軍とのシリア空域事故防止相互通報を停止

RT2017/6/19
Russian military halts Syria sky incident prevention interactions with US as of June 19 – Moscow

The Russian Defense Ministry announced it is halting cooperation with its US counterparts in the framework of the Memorandum on the Prevention of Incidents and Ensuring Air Safety in Syria following the coalition’s downing of a Syrian warplane.

事前航行通報が撃墜のために使われかねないわけですから当然です。

上の記事の続き
The ministry has demanded a thorough investigation by the US military command into the incident with the Syrian government military jet, with the results to be shared with the Russian side.

“In the areas of combat missions of Russian air fleet in Syrian skies, any airborne objects, including aircraft and unmanned vehicles of the [US-led] international coalition, located to the west of the Euphrates River, will be tracked by Russian ground and air defense forces as air targets,” the Russian Ministry of Defense stated.

Downing the military jet within Syrian airspace “cynically” violates the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic, Russian military said.

The actions of the US Air Force are in fact “military aggression” against Syria, the statement adds.

The ministry emphasized that Russian warplanes were on a mission in Syrian airspace during the US-led coalition’s attack on the Syrian Su-22, while the coalition failed to use the communication line to prevent an incident.

“The command of the coalition forces did not use the existing communication channel between the air commands of Al Udeid Airbase (in Qatar) and the Khmeimim Airbase to prevent incidents in Syrian airspace.”

The ministry considers the move “a conscious failure to comply with the obligations under the Memorandum on the Prevention of Incidents and Ensuring Air Safety in Syria,” and is thus halting cooperation with the US within the memorandum framework as of June 19, the statement concluded.

ロンドン高層住宅ビル火災で正義を求める抗議者がケンジントンの役所に押しかける 死者推定58人

ロンドン　グレンフェルタワーの火災による死者が79人になりました。メイは辞任が避けられない情勢です。

ロンドンのグレンフェルタワーの火災による多数の犠牲者発生で当局に対する怒りが高まっています。スプリンクラーもなく防火資材も使われていなかったとの指摘が出ています。

RT2017/6/16
Protesters demanding justice after the deadly Grenfell Tower inferno have attempted to storm Kensington Town Hall.

役所の前で抗議者が抗議の声を上げる中で、RTの取材者が暴力を受け、抗議者と警官がそれをさえぎってくれたとあります。こういう場には工作員がつき物です。
RT2017/6/17
Ruptly producer attacked & violently kicked at Grenfell fire protest in London
A producer of RT’s Ruptly video agency has come under a vicious attack while covering a heated rally outside the Kensington Town Hall following the Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 30. He says protesters and police helped shield him from the violent group.

イスラエルが秘密裏にシリアのテロ戦闘員を支援

PRESSTV2017/6/19
Israel secretly aiding Syria militants: Wall Street Journal

Israel has been providing Takfiri terrorists in Syria’s Golan Heights with a steady flow of funds and medical supplies as part of Tel Aviv’s involvement in the bloody conflict, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The paper, citing half a dozen militant commanders and three persons familiar with Israel’s thinking, said Israel's “secret engagement” in the war aims to install a buffer zone on the Syrian border with elements friendly to Tel Aviv.

The report quoted prominent Israeli journalist and analyst Ehud Ya’ari as saying that Israel’s operation in the occupied Golan Heights started under former minister of military affairs Moshe Ya’alon.

Israel, the Journal said, established a special military unit in 2016 to oversee and coordinate the transfer of aid to militants. According to the report, the aid helps pay salaries of the terrorists and buy weapons and ammunition.

“Israel stood by our side in a heroic way,” a spokesman for the militant group Fursan al-Joulan, Moatasem al-Golani, said, adding “We wouldn’t have survived without Israel’s assistance.”

The commander identified by the nom de guerre Abu Suhayb who leads the terrorist group told the Journal that he receives about $5,000 a month from Israel.

Fursan al-Joulan which has approximately 400 militants in Quneitra province situated in the Golan Heights said at least four allied militant groups also receive Israeli aid.

Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria after the 1967 Six-Day War and later occupied it in a move that has never been recognized by the international community.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Tel Aviv regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri militant groups wreaking havoc in Syria.
A picture shows a damaged street in the Daesh terrorist group's Syrian bastion of Raqqah after the neighborhood was seized by US-backed Kurdish militants on June 14, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Last April, Syrian officials and locals confiscated a vehicle loaded with Israeli-manufactured weapons bound for Daesh terrorists in the Arab country’s southern province of Suwayda. The vehicle was heading to the eastern Badiya desert from eastern Dara’a Province.

Israel has been treating the wounded militants from Syria in its medical centers and hospitals since the outbreak of the conflict in March 2011. Syrian sources have frequently reported that after receiving treatment at the Israeli hospitals, the militants return to Syria to continue their acts of sabotage and terror.

Israel has spent millions of dollars for the treatment of militants injured in fighting with Syrian government forces, documents from Israeli hospitals have shown.

The regime has also carried out multiple attacks on Syrian government positions since the militancy erupted in 2011. Damascus says the raids aim to help Takfiri militants fighting against government forces.