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Terrorists’ Maldives Commander Killed in Clashes with Gov’t Forces in Southwestern Damascus

Terrorists’ Maldives Commander Killed in Clashes with Gov’t Forces in Southwestern Damascus

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TEHRAN (FNA)- A number of terrorists of Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at or the Levant Liberation Board), including a Maldivian commander, were killed in the Syrian Army attacks in Southwestern Damascus, social media activists said on Monday. The activists said that a number of Al-Nusra members were killed in heavy fighting with the army men […]

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Maldivian jihadist killed in Syria

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Insurgents in Syria — A Maldivian jihadist has been killed whilst fighting in the ongoing civil war in Syria, a source confirmed to Mihaaru on Sunday. Reportedly the 25-year-old departed to Syria earlier this year. He was a native of Naivaidhoo in Haa Dhaal atoll, and resided in Hulhumale before he left. The source told […]

Maldivians getting trained to use weapons in jihadi wars

Maldivian who returned from the war: it was a propaganda

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The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 18th October 2017. The following is a loose translation: In Malé, he was a bright young man. He was among the top ten Maldivian A-Level achievers. He even won a scholarship to study abroad. The young man who rarely went outside started visiting his neighbourhood […]

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Court frees three local men caught leaving for Syria

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Some Maldivian Jihadists pictured in Syria The Criminal Court on Sunday freed three Maldivian men who were caught at the Turkish border while en route to join the Syrian civil war. The state had charged Ahmed Latheef from Maamendhoo in Laamu atoll, Ahmed Suhail Moosa from Gahdhoo in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll and Munawar Abdullah from […]