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Lakhzov Aggregate News Service
Following the lifting of media controls in Lakhzovia non-government news sources have been given the freedom to produce internationally accessible content. The Lakhzov Aggregate News Service seeks to bring you a round up of the latest news from a wide range of Lakhzov outlets.


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Army to be deployed after sarin gas attack
The besieged city of Tamsdin in Transmecuria appeared on Monday to have been hit by a chemical attack as the Khaliniz Brigade puts increasing pressure on a Hand of Emet militiamen who have prevented them from seizing the strategically important area north of Khalin. 

Witnesses report that shelling hit Tamsdin at 3:40am this morning, reportedly spreading sarin gas over the area.

More than 40 civilians from villages downwind of the town, including children and a civil defence worker, were treated in the Medaber Mamul Civil Hospital in Khalin suffering from breathing difficulties and convulsions.

“The deliberate targeting of populated areas happened using artillery launched shells loaded with sarin which has caused an unconfirmed number of deaths” the Lakhzov Emergency Coordination Committee said in a statement released today.  "Today Tamsdin woke up breathing sarin, the Khaliniz Brigades wont stop until we are all dead" said a nurse in Douma. "Only the sun can protect us. The international community has abandoned us." she added in apparent reference to the failure of the international peacekeeping forces to control the deteriorating security situation in the region.

President Kadassa has responded strongly to the latest atrocity "Humanitarian diplomacy seems to be totally impotent, we're getting nowhere," he told reporters in Khalin where he was visiting victims. "We have been clear since the outbreak of this current crisis that we sought only to protect our people from the genocidal intentions of the Utman extremists, and yet the international community in the name of humanitarianism threatened military intervention against us. We were pressured to stand down our military and accept peacekeeping forces, with the assurance that their only intention was to stabilise the situation. As a result we now have a situation where the Khaliniz Brigades are murdering increasing numbers of Lakhzov civilians in indiscriminate, criminal attacks. A red line has been crossed, we no longer accept assurances that the international peacekeepers are able to protect our people and will be taking action to ensure that no such outrage happens again."

A Defence Ministry spokesman said that "the Ministry has been ordered to begin preparations for a military deployment into Transmecuria to bring an end to the threat from the Khaliniz Brigades."

Lakhzovia:


Ministry of Defence announces capture of Achkaerinese soldiers in Transmecuria
The Ministry of Defence announced today that the Lakhzov Defence Force has made a number of arrests of Achkaerinese forces which have penetrated in to Transmecuria. The forces were captured without a firefight and are being held under guard in an undisclosed military barracks.

The arrests come a number of hours after the government announced that it was terminating Achkaerin's peacekeeping role. In a press office statement the government said that it considered Achkaerin to be in part responsible for the sarin attack after having created the conditions that allowed the Khaliniz Brigade to operate freely in the region.

Commenting on the arrests President Kadassa said "I can confirm that we have made a number of arrests of Achkaerinese servicemen discovered operating within Lakhzov territory. The LDF have been tracking the movements of these forces shortly after they arrived in our territory and the soldiers surrendered without incident. They are being well treated pending their deportation to Somerset where the remainder of Achkaerin's forces are situated."

The Ministry of Defence went on to state that while not all Achkaerinese soldiers believed to be in the country have yet been apprehended, it is expected that the remainder will be apprehended and deported in the coming days.

Lakhzovia:


LDF forces approaching Kinere as Utman defensive line collapses


Video: LDF targeted bombing of Utman separatist positions in Tebruk
Kinere, Transmecura – Lakhzov forces are approaching Kinere’s National Highway 4 bridge over the Kinere River 60km east of the city, a bridge that the Khaliniz Brigades attempted, but failed, to damage in a “desperate last act” on Wednesday.

Reports coming out of Kinere indicate the militants are losing numbers and, increasingly, morale as they are trapped in the city, cut off from supply and reinforcement routes, and facing LDF forces advancing from the east and north.

On Wednesday, Lakhzovia’s joint command released a statement declaring that they are in control of the town of Tebruk, putting them in control of the stretch of Highway leading to the 4th bridge, opening up a clear route to the de facto rebel capital.

The Khaliniz caused a “drastic loss of life” in Tebruk after they embedded themselves within civilian infrastructure and attempted to use the town's civilian population as human shields. Coalition spokesperson Col. Juz Doriyan described it as a “Desperate act as they continue losing ground, and another addition to the long, and growing, list of Khaliniz war crimes.”

The Lakhzov Defence Forces are also largely in control of the districts of Atibaa 1 and 2, and Rifaq in northeastern Transmecuria, according to the military’s statement.

Fighting was ongoing in isolated pockets elsewhere in eastern Transmecuria as small cells of Khaliniz clash with Emetist Militiamen it has been reported.

The Hand of Emet also reported they liberated three villages north of the strategic town of Vilniz, some 400km west of Khalin. Prior to this the Emetist force had not reported any gains in territory for at least one week.

Since the launch of the military offensive Lakhzov forces have progressed rapidly with a heavy concentration of force to push in to the heart of the Utman rebel territory – this rapid advance has been supported by extensive aerial and artillery bombardment – a tactic that has rapidly depleted the Khaliniz capability to operate leaving them increasingly thin on the ground.

"We have worn down the terrorist organization with this type of advance," Col Doriyan said “The Khaliniz are now withdrawing their remaining fighters from the front lines to concentrate them in Kinere.”

Reports coming out of the city confirm that the group is worn down.

Militants wounded in the fighting are no longer receiving health care, the Kinere Eye, a historian and blogger from the city who has been detailing Khaliniz rule in Kinere, reported. “Khalib decided to let them die of their wounds,” he stated using a derogatory name for the group, adding that 36 militants have died without medical treatment.

The Kinere Eye also reported that militants in the eastern half of the city number about 2,000 and have begun the process of embedding themselves among civilian infrastructure but detailed that some were trying to smuggle their families across lake Kinoros and escape themselves.

One militant swore in front of other fighters that “he will not fight anymore, and escaped afterwards,” the Kinere Eye reported. Another fighter “shot himself in the foot to avoid fighting.”

The LDF spokesperson said they are not seeing a lot of defections from the Khaliniz but stated that the group is directionless. “The Khaliniz have realised that they no longer have anywhere to run to. Their seizure of power in a coup and subsequent use of chemical weapons on a civilian population left them isolated from those in the international community who had been supporting the Utman separatist movement. I think they understand that their rebellion is over and know they are soon to die; they are resigned to this fate but wish to go out fighting.”

Lakhzovia:


Liberation of Kinere imminent announces LDF
During the recent days, the Lakhzov Army has made significant progress liberating Kinere from terrorists. With the LDF claiming that now is a turning point of the battle for the city.

“Utman forces in Transmecuria have lost some 60 percent of the territory they once controlled” an LDF spokesman said on Wednesday. “Over the past several days, the Lakhzov military has turned the tide in the battle for the besieged city. Over the past day, thanks to very well prepared and careful actions of Lakhzov servicemen, the situation has drastically changed. Nearly half of the territory of Kinere’s eastern part occupied by militants over the past year has been completely liberated," he said.

“The battle for Kinere has entered the decisive stage”, said President Kadassa "All the signs are that a turning point has been reached in the battle of Kinere. During the recent days, the LDF has cut a group of terrorists in the eastern suburbs in two parts and then destroyed the northern part of this group. The frontline in Kinere was reduced. Our forces which are currently attacking the rest of the militants from the east and north will further intensify combat actions," he told a press conference.

There are indications that the capture of the remainder of the city is imminent with the number of civilians leaving eastern Kinere and militants laying down arms significantly increasing. The terrorists appear to be increasingly disorganized and can no longer control the civilian population. Previously, they prevented people from leaving the city by shooting at them and planting mines along the evacuation corridors. Now, there are an increasing number of militants who want to surrender to government forces.

One expert on international security has said that the all the signs point to the imminent collapse of Utman resistance. According to him, now the terrorists understand that "resistance makes no sense." The expert also suggested that the militants are unlikely to retake control over Kinere from government forces.

"I don’t think they have forces to recapture Kinere. They received reinforcements from the hill country, but the route has been cut off by LAF aircraft strikes. Now, there is no area when the rest of the So-called opposition forces could take hold," he concluded.

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