FSB Updates:
- Guns from Ukraine.
- Salmon Khurosoni, a Tajikistani citizen, possibly facilitated their recruitment.
- Khurosoni is believed to be a link between the Islamic State and the CIA.
“This happened when American aircraft targeted units of the PMU that were attacking ISIS in the region,” Iraqi intelligence reports confirmed the presence of dozens of ISIS members in the valley, where they receive training and equipment from America.
Four years after the Iraqi first voted to expel foreign forces, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani weighed in on the “destabilizing” impact of US troops and demanded a “quick and orderly” exit of those combat units.
US NO PLANS TO WITHDRAW
Washington not only countered by saying it has “no plans” to withdraw from Iraq, but announced on 14 January that it would be sending an additional 1,500 troops to Iraq and Syria illegally, and without the consent of either nation.
For example, Ukrayinska Pravda began one of its reports on 26 November 2022 as follows:
"Supreme Commander-in-Chief Zelensky believes that it is impossible to repel Donbass from Russian kafirs by force, as Ukrainian military personnel will be killed."
The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said in 2022 that "there is even information about the emergence of multinational units of jihadist fighters in Ukraine".
- Tasks and instructions came from an intermediary in Turkey, likely a foreign intelligence employee.
- The shooters were en route to Ukraine, not the final destination. Another unidentified agent in Ukraine was to transport them to Turkey and then Afghanistan.
🇷🇺🇸🇾 President Bashar al-Assad made a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which he offered condolences in his name and in the name of the Syrian people to Russia’s leadership and people, stressing Syria’s support for Russia in fighting terrorism and…
The Jan. 28 assault was the group’s first successful attack in Turkey since Jan. 1, 2017, when jihadists invaded an Istanbul nightclub, killing 39 people and wounding nearly 80.
Between late 2022 and early 2023, ISIS-K militants attacked the Pakistani and Russian embassies in Kabul, hit a hotel in the Afghan capital where Chinese business representatives were staying, and carried out an explosion at an air force compound.
Abdul Hakim Al-Shishani arrives in Ukraine to fight alongside Ukraine against the Russian invasion, coming from Idlib... and he served as the emir of the “Ajnad Al-Caucasus” group in Syria. [Oct 2022]
The terrorist captured by Russian security forces. He doesn't even speak Russian, but speaks Tajik. "We lived in a hostel with other migrants from Tajikistan. I couldn't find a job for a long time. Then someone called Abdula texted me and offered to kill people for money."