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16 killed as Syria
presses attack on Damascus
outskirts;
Syrian government forces
have fired rockets at a
rebel-held area on
Damascus's outskirts,
pressing an attack that
began the day before and has
killed up to 16 people, a
medical worker and war
monitors say.
Four Russian
servicemen killed in car
blast in Syria;
The vehicle was blown up as
a vehicular column of the
Syrian troops was moving
from the Tiyas military
airbase towards Homs, the
ministry said.
Trump says he will
create 'safe zones' in Syria
and get Gulf states to pay
for them;
President Trump, said he
wants to establish "safe
zones" in Syria and other
places instead of taking
people into the U.S., and
that the Gulf states would
pay for those safe zones,
saying that "they have
nothing but money."
Le Pen says Assad
only choice in the face of
Islamic State's threat;
"Since we can’t let the IS
to take power, there is no
alternative to Assad," she
stressed. According to Le
Pen, "Assad seems credible
and he is the preferable
choice for France."
Amnesty
International’s Kangaroo
Report on Syria
; Without providing
evidence, Amnesty
International accuses the
highest Sunni religious
leader in Syria, Grand Mufti
Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, of
authorizing the execution of
“ordinary civilians”.
Turkish army says
killed 34 Kurdish militants
in air strikes in northern
Iraq:
Turkish warplanes launched
air strikes against the
outlawed Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) in northern Iraq
on Monday, killing 34
militants in two separate
bombardments, the military
said.
PMUs kill 23
militants in western Mosul,
police advance toward
strategic targets:
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular
Mobilization Units) said
Monday they killed at least
23 Islamic State militants
in western Mosul, while
police forces proceed
towards strategic targets in
the region.
Army says foiled IS
attack in western Anbar,
killed 7 militants:
Iraqi army forces held off
an attack by Islamic State
militants on Monday at
western Anbar, an army
commander said in
statements.
Iraqi forces push
into ISIL-held southern
Mosul:
Troops backed by jets battle
their way to Mosul airport,
as US defence chief arrives
in Baghdad on unannounced
visit.
Several Saudi
Servicemen, Mercenaries
Killed in Yemeni Army’s
Attacks:
Yemen’s army, in retaliatory
attacks against the
Saudi-led coalition forces,
killed three Saudi
servicemen and a number of
mercenaries of the fugitive
former President Abd Rabbuh
Mansour Hadi, a close ally
of Riyadh,
US Hiring
Mercenaries with $1,500
Daily Wages for War in
Southern Yemen: Reports:
Intelligence sources in
Sana'a disclosed that the US
has sent a large number of
mercenaries it has hired on
high wages to the Southern
parts of Yemen to help the
Saudi troops against the
Yemeni forces there.
Senators look to new
sanctions against Iran for
missile development:
"I think it is now time for
the Congress to take Iran on
directly in terms of what
they’ve done outside the
nuclear program," Senator
Lindsey Graham
That shitty little country:
Israel settlements
road to cut through East
Jerusalem:
Hundreds of Palestinians
will be made homeless to
build a road that will only
serve Israeli settlements.
Netanyahu: Israel at
odds with Trump;
Netanyahu told the cabinet
that Israel and the Trump
administration are at odds
over settlement
construction, and that a
joint team led by Israel's
ambassador to Washington Ron
Dermer and Trump's adviser
Jason Greenblatt will seek
to reach understandings on
the subject
Guinea: 5 killed
amid student protests over
teacher strikes:
At least five people were
killed Monday when police in
Guinea clamped down on
hundreds of students who
demonstrated with stones and
sticks amid teacher strikes
that have kept them out of
class for weeks.
Two killed in
clashes between armed forces
in Zliten, northwestern
Libya;
Two people were killed and
over three others were
injured in clashes that
broke out in Zliten city on
Monday afternoon between the
Joint Security Room in
Zliten and another force
South Sudan
suffering 'man-made' famine;
Aid agencies said 100,000
people were affected by the
famine, which threaten to
affect a further one million
people in the coming months.
Pakistan warplanes
pound targets near Afghan
border, kill ‘dozens’ of
militants:
The warplanes targeted
militant hideouts in the
Wucha Bibi area of North
Waziristan, the Pakistani
army said in a statement.
The information could not be
independently confirmed, as
media access to the region
is heavily restricted.
Afghanistan: 10
civilians killed in grenade
attack:
“Unknown men hurled two
hand-grenades into a house
in Badpakh district on
Sunday evening,” the
official said, according to
Xinhua news agency.
YouTube video
captures assassination of
North Korean dictator Kim
Jong Un’s half brother, Kim
Jong Nam:
Closed-circuit security
shows the killing of Kim
Jong Nam last week.
NATO Poking the Bear!Arrival
of U.S. 3,000 troops in
Poland sparks Kremlin's ire;
Some 3,000 U.S. troops,
under a NATO banner, are
arriving in Poland and six
other Eastern European
countries in what a Kremlin
spokesman calls a threat to
Russia's interest and
security.
Global arms trade
reaches highest point since
cold war era:
Middle East almost doubles
weapons imports, as US and
Europe remain the main
suppliers and China joins
top-tier exporters
Poll Suggests Four
NATO States Want Russia to
Protect Them From Security
Threats:
Residents of four NATO
member states would prefer a
military alliance with
Russia, if their countries
were attacked. This is
evidenced by results of a
global survey conducted
among residents of 66
countries
Kremlin rejects
claims Russia had role in
Montenegro coup plot:
Russia has hit out at
allegations that it was
involved in an attempted
coup during Montenegro’s
election last year,
ridiculing them as “absurd”
and unsubstantiated.
Germany to tap
asylum-seekers' phones for
ID checks;
According to a draft of the
bill obtained by Reuters,
officials at the Federal
Office for Migration and
Refugees (BAMF) will receive
legal clearance to scan the
cellphones, tablets and
laptops of applicants for
asylum.
France's Le Pen
narrows gap in presidential
race: poll;
The Opinionway poll of
voting intentions had Le Pen
easily beating her four main
rivals and winning the April
23 first round with a score
of 27 percent to move
through to the two-way
runoff against either Macron
or Fillon.
DHS Memos: Speed Up
Mass Deportations &
Prosecute Parents Who Help
Undocumented Children Enter
U.S.:
Homeland Security Secretary
John Kelly has drafted and
signed sweeping new
guidelines to speed up the
mass deportation of
undocumented immigrants
currently living in the
United States.
Louis
Farrakhan Blasts Trump,
Democrats: Farrakhan warned:
"The forces that killed
(President John) Kennedy,
the same forces that killed
(President Abraham) Lincoln,
the people who really run
the country, are evaluating
Donald Trump right now to
see if he can be controlled
Trump
names H.R. McMaster as
national security advisor;
Speaking to reporters at his
Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm
Beach, Florida, Trump called
McMaster, an expert on
counterinsurgency warfare, a
"man of tremendous talent
and tremendous experience."
Shocking rain damage is
wakeup call to fix ailing
roads, infrastructure,
experts say;
“It’s symbolic that we’re
not paying attention to
infrastructure,” Stone said.
“It’s a symptom of a greater
problem. It all comes down
to neglect.”
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"We
Fight for the
Syrian People"
By President al-Assad
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The policy of
France, that
started from day
one, to support
the terrorists
in Syria, and is
responsible
directly of the
killings in our
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250+ fighters killed
in rebel infighting across
Syria:
According to a Jaish al-Nasr
spokesman, Jund Al-Aqsa
recently executed 11
commanders, 56 fighters and
3 media activists belonging
to JAA in the provinces of
Idlib and Hama.
28 Daesh terrorists'
killed in northern Syria;
The statement said 41 Daesh
targets, including shelters,
had been hit by Turkish Land
Forces while 11 others were
struck by the U.S.-led
coalition.
Iraq launches
offensive on last Islamic
State stronghold in Mosul:
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
announced the start of the
offensive in the northern
city, asking the armed
forces to "respect human
rights" during the battle
and to take care of those
displaced by the fighting.
Islamic State
defense lines in Mosul
Airport collapse amid heavy
fire:
“Dozens of the Islamic
State’s fighters were seen
while fleeing from the
airport, after the
shelling,” the source added
on condition of anonymity.
Blowing Up Houses,
Digging Up Graves:
Local people are purging
every last vestige of the
ISIS's presence: demolishing
terrorists' homes and even
digging up their graves.
Yemen: Heartbreaking
photograph shows baby tied
to bed after airstrike
killed her mother:
A baby girl was so severely
injured after an airstrike
that she had to be tied to a
bed to prevent her touching
her wounds.
Somalia Mogadishu
car bomb: At least 34 people
killed:
The blast - which ripped
through shops and food
stalls - is the first major
attack in the capital since
the election of President
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
earlier this month.
Militiamen kill 25
civilians in ethnic attack
in DR Congo:
An estimated 25 people,
mostly Hutus, have been
hacked to death with
machetes by militiamen from
the Nande ethnic group in
eastern Democratic Republic
of Congo. They were
reportedly beheaded by the
attackers.
11 alledged Afghan
terrorists killed by
Pakistani forces:
At least two soldiers were
also wounded in the gun
battle between the law
enforcers and the
terrorists. The terrorists
were trying to enter Kurram
Agency via Khyber Agency
from Afghanistan when they
were intercepted by the
security forces
Demonizing Russia?:
Russia plotted to
overthrow Montenegro's
government by assassinating
Prime Minister
: An election day coup plot
to attack Montenegro’s
parliament and kill the
pro-Western leader was
directed by Russian
intelligence officers with
the support and blessing of
Moscow, to sabotage the
country’s plan to join Nato.
5 arrested in Kiev
clash between nationalists,
police;
Five people have been
detained and one policeman
injured in a clash between
Ukrainian nationalist
demonstrators and police
outside the presidential
administration building in
Kiev.
Top intel officials
say allegations of Trump
campaign link to Russia
'complete garbage' – Priebus
: "I can assure you, the top
levels of the intelligence
community have assured me
that [the allegation] is not
only grossly overstated, but
also wrong," Priebus said in
an interview with 'Fox News
Sunday.'
Russia Watches U.S.
Reassure Allies, and It's
Disappointed:
“The new American leaders
have started to reproduce
the negatives that
accumulated under the
previous administration.”
In Russia, reality
sinks in after Flynn ouster:
The Russian ruling elite is
attempting to sort out the
implications for itself of
the conflict raging in the
American political
establishment over US
geostrategy.
US Senator Graham
urges more Russia sanctions:
Senator Lindsey Graham
(R-SC) has said that 2017 is
going to be “the year of
kicking Russia in the ass”
as he threatened Moscow with
a new round of sanctions
over Moscow's alleged US
election interference.
Ecuador votes in
crucial general elections;
Voters choose between
socialism or change as they
cast their ballots for
president and 137 members of
national assembly.
What Wikileaks Docs
Say About Ecuador's
Presidential Candidates:
The documents offer a
glimpses of U.S. government
assessments of each
candidate, show the long and
close relationship between
the two most prominent
right-wing candidates and
the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador.
Mexico could end
drug, security co-operation
if Trump pushes trade terms,
Economy Minister warns
; “You cannot ask me to
[accept poor] conditions in
terms of trade and then
request my help to manage
migration issues from other
nations or … the prosecution
of criminal activities and
narcotics.”
Memos signed by DHS
secretary describe sweeping
new guidelines for deporting
illegal immigrants;
New guidelines that empower
federal authorities to more
aggressively detain and
deport illegal immigrants
inside the United States and
at the border.
5 facts about
illegal immigration in the
U.S.;
The origin countries of
unauthorized immigrants have
shifted, with the number
from Mexico declining since
2009 and the number from
elsewhere rising, according
to the latest Pew Research
Center estimates.
#IAmAMuslimToo
protest takes over Times
Square to denounce Trump’s
travel ban -
VIDEOS: "this rally today is
for America. Do you know
why? Because any harm that
happens to the Muslim
community, which is an
integral part of this
nation, is harm [upon] all
Americans."
Trump Agenda Is
Beset by Opposition on Many
Fronts:
The anti-Trump resistance
has helped block his
immigration policy, slow his
health-care agenda and
cabinet nominees, force out
a top adviser and a cabinet
choice, and make many of his
public appearances occasions
for raucous protests.
Trump Gets Ready to
Pick John Bolton as Advisor;
The Bolton selection is
being pushed by Ted Cruz.
Fact or
fiction?
Mental health professionals
warn Trump is incapable of
being president:
'We fear that too much is at
stake to be silent any
longer', say psychiatrists
Do these opinions originate
from within the deep state?
Understanding
Trump’s narcissism could be
the key to opposing him:
It may be unethical to
declare the new US president
to be mentally ill, but
studying his personality is
both legitimate and
important
Franken: GOP
concerns over Trump mental
health: Video:
Sen. Al Franken (D-Min.)
says President Donald
Trump's behavior is "not the
norm for a human being."
Trump admits false
‘last night in Sweden’ claim
was something he heard
‘broadcast on Fox News’:
Pres. Donald Trump admitted
on Sunday that the terror
attack he said happened in
Sweden on Friday night was
actually something he saw -
but didn’t fully understand
- on Fox News.
Americans brimming
with optimism on the
economy:
A strong majority of
Americans say the U.S.
economy is running strong,
and most believe the upward
trend will continue under
President Trump, according
to a Harvard-Harris poll
Senior Trump
appointee fired after
critical comments
: Craig Deare, whom Trump
appointed a month ago to
head the National Security
Council's Western Hemisphere
division, was on Friday
escorted out of the
Executive Office Building,
where he worked in
Washington.
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41 fighters executed
in Syria:
A Jihadist group has
executed 41 fighters from
al-Qaeda’s former Syria
affiliate and allied
factions in infighting
between the extremists in
Syria’s Idlib province
ISIS claims 30+
Kurdish fighters killed in
northeast Syria:
Using a VBIED (vehicle borne
improvised explosive
device), an Islamic State
terrorist conducted a
suicide attack against a
group of fighters from the
Kurdish-led Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF) near
the city of Al-Shaddad
21 Daesh members
killed in northern Syria:
At least 21 Daesh terrorists
were killed in northern
Syria in the last 24 hours
as part of the ongoing
Operation Euphrates Shield
by Turkish-backed Free
Syrian Army and Turkish
forces, according to a
Turkish General Staff
statement Saturday.
Syrian forces
shelling in northeast
Damascus kills 9:
At least nine people were
killed on Saturday when
government forces launched a
barrage of rockets that hit
a funeral on the edges of
the Syrian capital,
Desperate IS flee as
'crumbling' Raqqa defences
are 'refortified':
Islamic State group
militants are fortifying
their de-facto "capital"
Raqqa, in northern Syria, as
Kurdish-led forces advance
on the city, backed by
US-led coalition airstrikes.
Syria and monitoring
group blast Turkey over
civilian deaths:
The Syrian government and an
opposition monitoring group
condemned Friday what they
called Turkey's "crimes"
against the Syrian people in
the northern town of al-Bab
that is controlled by the
Islamic State group.
East Aleppo
Liberation Testimonies:
Hanano, Mohammed 13yrs old
: Video - 13 year old
Mohammed explains how he
feels now that East Aleppo/Hanano
is liberated from Nusra
Front-led terrorist
occupation. He describes
life under occupation and
tells us that his two
brothers aged 8
Airstrike kills 62 IS
members west of Mosul:
“Today, US-led coalition
warplanes bombarded the
General Hospital building
that was used by the Islamic
State as a headquarters for
foreign immigrants, west of
Mosul.”
U.S.
coalition says Islamic State
command center destroyed in
Mosul;
IS says civilians killed;
The militant group disputed
the assertion, saying in an
online statement that
Friday’s strike killed 18
people, mostly women and
children, and wounded 47.
15 killed in Islamic
State attack west of Mosul
: At least 15 Shia
pro-government fighters were
killed in a Islamic State
attack in Iraq’s northern
city of Mosul, according to
a militia fighter.
Air strike on
mourners at a WAKE in Yemen
kills seven women and a
child
; Her face horribly burned
and body pitted with
shrapnel, Eman’s hands have
had to be tethered to
prevent her from scratching
at her sickening wounds.
Palestinian, 25,
dies after being shot by
Israeli troops on his way to
his last chemo session:
No one bothered to keep the
young Palestinian’s family
informed
Meet the U.S.
Nonprofit That Funds the
Israeli Guards Who Terrorize
Palestinians:
Israeli settlements in the
West Bank are illegal—but
donations to the U.S.
nonprofits that support them
are tax-deductible
Aoun: Israeli
threats to Lebanese
sovereignty will meet
'appropriate response:
Aoun's comments also
followed warnings this week
by the leader of the armed
Lebanese Shi'ite group
Hezbollah, a political ally
of the president, against
any Israeli aggression.
Algerian army kills
14 suspected extremists
killed anti-extremist
operation:
And the defense ministry
says security forces went on
the operations this week in
order bring to an end these
criminal groups and the
plague of terrorism in our
country.
‘Look, They Are
Dying’:
Video Appears to Show
Massacre by Congolese
Soldiers;
Over dozen militants
killed in Pak army attack
near Afghan border;
“15 to 20 terrorists have
been killed and 10 to 12
camps of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(PPP) destroyed in the
attacks launched by Pakistan
army,” according to the TV.
UN condemns killing
of 12 Afghans;
United Nations (UN)
condemned the killing of 12
Afghans, including eight
children returning from
school, by a roadside bomb
in the country’s volatile
east, the latest in a
growing number of civilian
casualties.
The most deadly Isis
attacks in weeks is the one
we've heard least about:
Video - On Thursday night a
suicide attack was made on a
shrine at Sehwan, Pakistan,
killing at least 75 people.
Russia’s Lavrov
announces new Ukraine
ceasefire;
" We have actively supported
this decision and obviously
expressed a conviction that
this time, failure should
not be allowed to take
place," Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said
Russia to recognize
documents issued in
rebel-held east Ukraine:
The decision will enable
people from the conflict-hit
region to travel, work or
study in Russia.
Merkel calls for
joint efforts with Russia to
battle Islamist terrorism:
"The joint fight against
Islamic terrorism is one
area where we have the same
interests and we can work
together," Merkel said in a
speech to the Munich
Security Conference, where
U.S. Vice President Mike
Pence was in the audience.
Pence Contradicts
Trump on Russia, Repeats
Iran Threats;
U.S. Vice President Mike
Pence told world leaders
gathered at the Munich
Security Conference on
Saturday that his
administration will "hold
Russia accountable" and that
Iran is the "leading state
sponsor of terrorism."
Lavrov: NATO expansion led
to tension in Europe
unprecedented in last 30
years :
. “We need to resume [our]
military cooperation. [And
yet] NATO Secretary-General
Jens Stoltenberg, surrounded
by his deputies yesterday,
couldn’t say that NATO is
ready for this. It's sad,”
Lavrov said.
Top 3
lies told by Insane McCain
at the Munich Security
Conference:
At the Munich Security
Conference, US Senator John
McCain (R-AZ) used the stage
to deride President Trump,
tell tall tales about the
Russian aggression, and
declare the West's
superiority over everyone
else.
Wilders vows to
crack down on 'Moroccan
scum':
Dutch anti-Muslim, anti-EU
party leader Geert Wilders
promised to crack down on
"Moroccan scum" who he said
were making the streets
unsafe and urged the Dutch
to "regain" their country as
he launched his election
campaign on Saturday.
Elections In France
- CIA Spies On Political
Parties, NYT Claims
"Russian" Interference;
Wikileaks, February 16,
2017: CIA espionage orders
for the 2012 French
presidential election
Marine Le Pen
'admits' setting up
£6000-a-month fake job in
the EU parliament for her
bodyguard:
It was all part of a
criminal scam worth up to
£300,000 to Ms Le Pen's
far-right National Front
(FN) party that could now
see the 48-year-old jailed
160,000 join
pro-refugee protest in
Barcelona:
Tens of thousands of people
marched through Barcelona on
Saturday urging the Spanish
government to immediately
meet its pledge to take in
thousands of refugees.
Climate Change Is A
Far Bigger Threat To
Wildlife Than We Thought,
Study Says:
A new global analysis finds
nearly half of threatened
mammals are at risk, up from
just 7 percent.
Foreign-Funded NGOs
in Ecuador: Trojan Horse for
Intervention?
NGOs may be seen as
do-gooders, but that's not
always the case. Rich in
resources but export
dependent, authorities are
attempting to manage the
many foreign hands trying to
pull the country's
development in their favor.
TSA Busted In
Massive $100 Million, 40,000
lb Cocaine Smuggling
Conspiracy:
Twelve current and former
TSA officers and airport
staff were indicted for
allegedly trafficking over
20 tons of cocaine — worth
over $100 million — into the
U.S. over an 18-years
timeframe.
Why Do So Many
Americans Fear Muslims?
Decades of Denial About
America’s Role in the World.
Trump Proposes
Checking Chinese Visitors:
Border Protection officials
are proposing to ask Chinese
visitors to disclose their
social media ‘handles’ or
other identifiers on common
social media platforms like
Twitter and Facebook.
Eight people flee
U.S. border patrol to seek
asylum in Canada:
Eight asylum-seekers,
including four children,
barely made it across the
Canadian border on Friday as
a U.S. border patrol officer
tried to stop them and a
Reuters photographer
captured the scene.
First Flight of
Cuban Deportees Arrives in
Havana from US;
More than 680 migrants were
deported to Cuba Friday,
including 117 on a charter
flight from the U.S., the
first arrivals since the end
of the “wet foot, dry foot"
policy which guaranteed
residency to almost every
Cuban who reached U.S. soil.
Rogue Border Agents
Resist Trump Policies:
Some border patrol stations
have been slow to carry out
President Donald Trump’s
immigration enforcement
executive order and instead
have continued former
President Barack Obama’s
“catch-and-release”
policies, according to a
union official.
New U.S. travel ban
to spare green card holders:
Trump official:
Asked whether green card
residency permit holders
would be allowed in, Kelly
said: "It's a good
assumption and, as far as
the visas go, ... if they're
in motion from some distant
land to the United States,
when they arrive they will
be allowed in."
Raucous crowds
overwhelm Reed town hall
meetings:
Huge crowds of raucous
progressives and quieter
conservatives overwhelmed
Rep. Tom Reed's town hall
meetings in Ashville and
Cherry Creek Saturday
morning, with the
progressives repeatedly
interrupting and shouting
down the congressman
Trump reportedly
shouted at CIA director
after hearing intel reports
are being withheld: CBS:
According to previous
reports, intelligence
operatives were said to be
holding back the information
because they believe any
information given to Trump
will find its way to Russia.
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The Deep
State Targets
Trump
By Patrick J.
Buchanan |
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The real crime
is the criminal
conspiracy
inside the deep
state to
transcribe the
private
conversation of
a U.S. citizen
and leak it to
press.
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Lives In
The Balance
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“Far from
promoting
democracy and
security”, this
policy, “ensures
a future of
blunders and
blowback”.
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Syrian Islamists
kills 150 fellow insurgents
as battle becomes more
bloody:
Dozens of those murdered
were members of a Free
Syrian Army (FSA) faction,
it said, citing a pro-al
Qaeda social media outlet.
41
fighters executed in Syria
jihadist infighting: monitor;
A jihadist group has
executed 41 fighters from
Al-Qaeda’s former Syria
affiliate and allied
factions in infighting
between the extremists in
Syria’s Idlib province, a
monitor said on Friday,
February 17.
13 Daesh terrorists
killed in northern Syria:
The statement added that 70
Daesh targets, including
shelters and weapon
emplacements, were hit by
Free Syrian Army (FSA)
fighters with Turkish army
support.
Turkish shelling
'kills 9' in IS-held Syria
town:
Nine civilians were killed
in overnight Turkish
bombardment of a jihadist-held
town in northern Syria, a
monitor said on Friday, but
Ankara said the shelling
killed 13 "terrorists".
Russian strategic
bombers hit ISIS in Raqqa in
coordination with Pentagon;
In October 2015, Russia and
the US agreed to a flight
safety memorandum which
regulates flight paths and
to inform each other of an
emergency situation in Syria
Mattis Not Ready to
Recommend Ground Combat
Troops for Syria, Iraq:
Mattis did not rule out the
possibility but said, "I
first want to talk to the
other allies and we'll
decide where we're going."
US breached
guidelines and used depleted
uranium in air strikes
against Isis in Syria;
In breach of official
guidelines, the United
States military has fired
thousands of rounds of
depleted uranium (DU) while
fighting Islamic State
(Isis) in Syria.
Iraq:
14 militants killed as
coalition jets pound IED
factory in western Mosul:
The militants were killed in
an airstrike by aircraft
from the U.S-led military
coalition that targeted a
textile factory in al-Somoud
district,
Iraq:
Official: IS kills 8 Iraqi
militia near Tikrit:
The Islamic State group
attacked a battalion of
state-sponsored militia
southeast of Tikrit on
Friday, killing at least
eight militia members, an
intelligence official said.
Iraq: Looting,
Destruction by Forces
Fighting ISIS:
The Iraqi authorities should
investigate allegations of
war crimes and hold those
responsible to account,
Human Rights Watch said.
Attack hits Yemen
mourners, killing 9 women, 1
child: residents:
the Saudi-led coalition
struck a house north of
Yemen's capital where a
crowd of mourners was
gathered, residents said on
Thursday, killing nine women
and a child and injuring
dozens.
UAE says two of its
soldiers killed in Yemen:
General Command of the UAE
Armed Forces offered its
condolences to the family of
the killed
Navy SEAL Raid in
Yemen: Ally of U.S.-Backed
President Killed:
The main figure killed in
last month's U.S. raid in
Yemen targeting al Qaeda was
a tribal leader who was
allied to the country's
U.S.- and Saudi-backed
president and had been
enlisted to fight Yemen's
Shiite rebels
US drone carrying
'top-secret tech' shot down
in Yemen;
Local media released alleged
images of the downed drone
in flames, including
pictures of the GILGAMESH
geolocation system used by
the US military's Joint
Special Operations Command
in its long-running drone
war on Yemen.
Bomb
kills at least five soldiers
in Egypt's Northern Sinai":
At least five soldiers were
killed and two injured on
Friday by a roadside bomb in
Egypt's restive Northern
Sinai where the government
faces an Islamic State-led
insurgency, medics and
security sources said.
US ambassador to UN
contradicts Trump's position
on two-state solution;
Nikki Haley said US upholds
longstanding policy on
Israeli-Palestine conflict,
as French foreign minister
finds Rex Tillerson’s
proposal ‘confusing and
worrying’
Trump nominee for
Israel ambassador heckled,
questioned at Senate:
Trump's nominee apologized
for his stinging criticism
of liberal American Jews and
promised to be less
inflammatory in an official
capacity.
Flynn
Pressured U.N. on Israel
Vote Before Taking Office:
A month before inauguration,
President Donald Trump’s
would-be national security
advisor sought to scupper a
U.N. resolution condemning
Israel.
11
killed as Nigerian troops
repel Boko Haram suicide
bombers;
Battling multiple bombers
strapped with suicide vests,
Nigerian troops and civilian
self-defense fighters on
Friday repelled the fiercest
Boko Haram extremist attack
in months on the key
northeastern city of
Maiduguri.
ISIS
thriving in Libya 6 years
after revolt against
Gaddafi:
Today is the sixth
anniversary of an uprising
meant to usher in a new era
of freedom. Instead, ISIS
thrives in the chaos and
misery of a broken nation
Tunisia army clashes with
militants in mountains, two
killed: ministry:
The operation took place in
Samamma mountains where the
security forces since 2015
have been trying to contain
small brigades of al
Qaeda-linked militants who
have used the remote region
as a base.
Islamic State fighters kill
18 Afghan soldiers in attack
on outpost:
Operations by Afghan troops
backed by international
forces, had killed about 25
Islamic State militants in
two districts of the
province in the past 24
hours.
Apple to start India
manufacturing in coming
months with iPhone SE:
source:
Apple Inc will in the coming
months start assembling its
lower-priced iPhone SE
models at a contract
manufacturer's plant in the
southern Indian technology
hub of Bengaluru
'Donetsk People's
Republic' seeks sense of
nationhood:
Self-proclaimed breakaway
region teaches children
about citizenship and issues
passports as it aspires to
recognition.
Russia’s Putin Leaps
Into World’s Most Admired
Men Top 10:
Putin ranks as the sixth
most admired man in the
world in an annual survey by
pollster YouGov.
NATO to boost naval
presence in Black Sea:
NATO will step up naval war
games and surveillance in
the Black Sea to complement
its increased presence of
land and air forces near a
"more assertive Russia".
WATCH: Mattis Rules
Out Military Collaboration
with Russia
: Before military
cooperation takes place,
Russia must "prove itself"
able to comply with
international law, Mattis
said.
Europe warns US
against hurting cohesion,
favouring Russia:
European leaders Friday
fired a salvo of warnings
against Washington,
cautioning it against
hurting EU cohesion,
abandoning shared values and
seeking a rapprochement with
Russia behind the backs of
its allies.
In case you missed it:
Trump faces American
‘war-making machine’ if he
tries to strike deal with
Russia – Pilger
; “The US’ biggest business
is war. Lockheed Martin and
all other major armament
companies have a great halt
on the US administration, on
the US Congress.
Juncker: EU must
resist US bullying on NATO
spending:
“It has been the American
message for many, many
years,” the European
Commission president said in
a speech on the sidelines of
the Munich Security
Conference Thursday. “I am
very much against letting
ourselves be pushed into
this.”
Wikileaks; CIA
espionage orders for the
last French presidential
election:
All major French political
parties were targeted for
infiltration by the CIA's
human ("HUMINT") and
electronic ("SIGINT") spies
in the seven months leading
up to France's 2012
presidential election.
War criminal:
Tony Blair tells the
people to ‘rise up’ against
Brexit:
The former Prime Minister
says the referendum result
was based on ‘imperfect
knowledge’ and to find a way
to avert the present rush
over the cliff’s edge
Ford sticks with
plan to open two plants in
Mexico;
US car maker Ford is
sticking with a plan to open
two auto-parts plants in
Mexico this year, despite
earlier announcing it had
scrapped plans for a
separate factory there.
Mexican Consulates
Flooded With Fearful
Immigrants;
First came the anxious calls
in the days after the
election of President Trump.
Now, people begin lining up
before 8 a.m. and crowd the
waiting rooms inside the
Mexican Consulate here.
ICE: Raid reports
fake news, Obama grabbed
350% more;
The agency this week said
that had made 683 arrests of
mostly criminal illegal
immigrants, or those with
multiple cases against them
beyond illegally crossing
the border.
Trump
Weighs Mobilizing National
Guard for Immigration
Roundups;
The Trump administration is
considering a proposal to
mobilize as many as 100,000
National Guard troops to
round up unauthorized
immigrants, including
millions living nowhere near
the Mexico border, according
to a draft memo obtained by
The Associated Press.
Homeland Security on AP’s
National Guard: ‘Absolutely
Incorrect’:
The Department of Homeland
Security is roundly
condemning an Associated
Press story that broke
Friday morning about
considering the use of the
National Guard to “round up”
undocumented immigrants.
Here
Is The "Leaked" Memo
Directing The National Guard
To Arrest Illegal
Immigrants: PDF:
Here Is The "Leaked" Memo
Directing The National Guard
To Arrest Illegal Immigrants
Trump
wouldn’t be first president
to mobilize National Guard
for immigration enforcement:
In 2006, former President
George W. Bush called up
6,000 National Guard troops
to California, Arizona, New
Mexico and Texas.Obama said
he would deploy 1,200
National Guard troops to the
U.S.-Mexico border.
Spies Keep
Intelligence From Donald
Trump on Leak Concerns:
U.S. intelligence officials
have withheld sensitive
intelligence from President
Donald Trump because they
are concerned it could be
leaked or compromised,
according to current and
former officials familiar
with the matter.
Scott
Pruitt, Trump's environment
pick, gets Senate approval:
Scott Pruitt
has been a fierce critic of
the agency he will now be
running.
Vice
Admiral Robert Harward turns
down national security
adviser job:
Two sources close to the
situation confirm Harward
demanded his own team, and
the White House resisted.
Trump
Disapproval Reaches New
Heights In Gallup Poll:
56 percent of Americans
disapprove of the job Donald
Trump is doing as President,
according to a Gallup's
daily poll released Friday.
Trump
Team’s Growth Forecasts Far
Rosier Than Those of CBO,
Private Economists:
While there are often
disparities between the
White House and independent
agencies on growth
projections, they are rarely
this large
Pew:
Jews are best-liked
religious group in America:
Atheists and Muslims again
had the lowest ratings.
Atheists ranked at 50
degrees, up from 41, and
Muslims were at 48, up from
40.
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Baghdad car bomb
kills at least 48:
A car packed with
explosives blew up near
car dealerships in the
Shia area of Bayaa in
the south of the city.
More than 50 people were
injured.
14 militants
killed as coalition jets
pound IED factory in
western Mosul:
The militants were
killed in an airstrike
by aircraft from the
U.S-led military
coalition that targeted
a textile factory in
al-Somoud district,
which was used by the
extremist group as a
workshop for
manufacturing explosives
24 civilians
killed in bombing on
Syria town:
Turkish bombardment of
an Islamic State
group-held town in Syria
has killed 24 civilians,
a monitor said on
Thursday, but Turkey's
army said only
"terrorists" died in the
operation.
Fighting
intensifies in Syria's
Deraa:
Heavy Russian attacks
reported after rebels
try to obstruct Syrian
government bid to retake
strategic border
crossing.
The Pentagon is
reportedly considering
recommending ground
troops into Syria to
fight ISIS:
There are currently
hundreds of US troops in
Syria offering training
and assistance to
US-backed local forces
there.
Syria’s Assad
lashes out at France’s
Hollande :
Accusing Francois
Hollande of sponsoring
terror in Syria and
encouraging Western
nations to reset their
relations with his
pariah government, after
six years of civil war.
Nine women and a
child reported killed in
Yemen:
The strike on the house
near Yemen’s capital,
Sana’a, was carried out
by military aircraft
deployed by a Saudi-led
coalition.
Survivors in
Yemen describe horror of
U.S. attack which killed
at least 26:
Human toll included 10
children, 9 women and
U.S. Navy Seal;
Palestinians
tell Trump they are
still committed to
two-state solution;
Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas on
Wednesday demanded a
halt to Israeli
settlement expansion in
occupied territory and
said he was committed to
a two-state solution to
the conflict with Israel
Netanyahu asks
Trump to recognize
Israeli sovereignty over
occupied Golan Heights:
Most of the world
considers the Golan, a
high plateau between
northeastern Israel and
southwestern Syria, to
be occupied by Israel,
which annexed the
territory in 1981
Palestine: Hamas
elects new leader in
uncertain time;
Hamas members in the
Gaza Strip have elected
Yahya Sinwar to head its
Gaza political bureau to
succeed outgoing leader
Ismail Haniya.
Trump shouts
down ultra-Orthodox
reporter who asks about
anti-Semitism:
Queried about bomb
threats against Jewish
centers, president says
he hates the question
and it’s insulting, and
that the journalist is
dishonest
Paperwork
prevents fathers, babies
returning to Israel from
Mexico:
Three single men who had
babies in Mexico through
surrogate mothers were
unable to return to
Israel because the
Mexican Interior
Ministry refused to
issue birth
certificates, Channel 2
reported Thursday.
Chart: Survey
results of Canadian
Attitudes on
Israel/Palestine:
When asked whether they
believe Canada’s
government was biased
towards Israel or
Palestinians, 61% of
respondents said
pro-Israel and 16% said
pro-Palestinian.
Central African
Republic: Rebel group
'killed 32 civilians':The
Union for Peace in the
Central African Republic
(UPC) is said to have
rounded victims up and
executed them.
Suicide bomber
kills at least 72 people
at Pakistan shrine
: Islamic State, the
militant group which has
a small but increasingly
prominent presence in
Pakistan, claimed
responsibility for the
attack on the burial
site of a Sufi saint
Roadside bomb kills 12
in Afghanistan's Paktika
province:
An Afghan official says
at least 12 civilians
were killed and three
others wounded when
their vehicle struck a
roadside bomb in the
eastern Paktika
province.
Donald Trump
accuses Russia of taking
Crimea by force:
Trump has accused Russia
of taking Crimea by
force in a series of
tweets seeking to
distance himself from
allegations his team has
links with Russia.
Russia's Lavrov
says 'pragmatic' talks
with U.S.'s Tillerson
did not touch on
sanctions;
"The meeting was
pragmatic,
business-like," Lavrov
said. "We noted the
existence of common
interests, primarily in
terms of the fight
against terrorism."
Defense
Secretary Mattis Tells
NATO Allies to Spend
More, or Else:
NATO countries have
committed to spending 2
percent of their G.D.P.
on the military, but the
only other countries
that meet that criteria
are Britain, Poland,
Estonia and Greece.
War is a racket;
U.S.-based companies
continue to dominate the
defense market:
U.S.- and Western
Europe-based companies
account for 82.4% of
arms sales by the 100
largest military
procurement companies.
France Warns
Russia Over
'Interference' In
Presidential Election
: "We will not accept
any interference
whatsoever in our
electoral process, no
more from Russia, by the
way, than from any other
state," Ayrault told
parliament.
Wikileaks
Exposes CIA Involvement
In French 2012
Presidential Election:
Named as targets are the
French Socialist Party
(PS), the National Front
(FN) and Union for a
Popular Movement (UMP)
together with current
President Francois
Hollande
Anti-police
riots spill over from
Paris suburbs into city
centre:
The riots rocking the
suburbs of Paris since
early February spilled
over onto the streets of
the French capital on
Wednesday evening.
Trump, Like
Obama and Bush, Pursues
'Regime Change' in
Venezuela:
The U.S. government's
targeting of Venezuela's
vice president is just
the latest episode in
ongoing attempts to
subvert Venezuelan
democracy.
A Mexican
populist rises to face
Trump’s America:
López Obrador, 63, can
bring thousands into the
streets on command. His
critics worry that his
penchant for stubborn
resistance could provoke
confrontation with the
United States, while his
fans see him as a
defender of the common
man.
Mexico's
'invisible wall', a
migrant double standard:
There's always been
double talk - it seems
that the Central
American migrants don't
matter, nothing is done
to prevent the same
human rights violations
that Mexican migrants
suffer in the US.
Mother Of 4
Defies Deportation
Order, Takes Sanctuary
In Church:
Jeanette Vizguerra came
to the United States
illegally 14 years ago.
She declined to meet
with immigration
officials in Centennial
on Wednesday because of
fears that she would be
deported.
'Day Without
Immigrants': Protest
closes restaurants in US:
Fine restaurants in New
York, San Francisco and
the nation's capital
closed for the day.
Grocery stores, food
trucks, coffee shops,
diners and taco joints
in places like Chicago,
Los Angeles and Boston
shut down.
Trump Withdraws
Appeal Of Travel Ban
Suspension:
"We are issuing a new
executive action next
week that will
comprehensively protect
our country," Trump
said.
Former CIA
official says having
Trump in the White House
is the gravest threat
since Civil War:
“We’re dealing with a
man in Trump who doesn’t
accept a fact-based
reality
President Donald
Trump Holds a Press
Conference
; An exasperated
President Donald Trump
on Thursday gathered the
media in the White
House's East Room for a
dressing down in which
he claimed that he
"inherited a mess" and
that the "dishonest
media" is not giving his
presidency the credit it
deserves.
Trump goes on
marathon rant against
the media:
Video
Mick Mulvaney
confirmed by Senate as
Trump's budget chief;
Rep. Mick Mulvaney
squeaked through the
Senate on a 51-49 vote.
John McCain, who's
emerging as perhaps the
most vocal Republican
critic of the Trump
administration, opposed
Mulvaney for backing
cuts to Pentagon
spending.
US Congress
Moves to Strip Gun Ban
for Mentally Disabled:
The United States
Congress voted on
Wednesday to block a gun
regulation that would
prevent thousands of
people with mental
disabilities from
purchasing weapons.
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Islamic State
execute 21 civilians in
Mosul, Kirkuk over for
helping police:
The militants drowned 13
civilians to death in
central Mosul over charges
of collaborating with
security forces, a local
source in Nineveh told
Alsumaria News on Wednesday
16 Islamic State
militants killed as blast
rocks southern Mosul camp:
“a mysterious blast took
place inside one of Daesh
(Islamic State) encampment
in al-Hawi, south of Mosul,
leaving 16 militants dead
and others seriously
wounded.”
Iraq: 3 killed, 8
injured in Baghdad
car-bombing:
The bomb, which also left
eight people injured, went
off in an industrial part of
the capital’s southern Bayaa
neighborhood, Baghdad Police
Captain Nazhan al-Khedr told
Anadolu Agency.
Three civilians
killed as IS drones bomb
eastern Mosul market:
The drones targeted a
popular market in Nabi Yunus
district, one neighborhood
retaken during security
campaigns that launched in
October.
24 fighters killed
in clashes in northern Syria:
Turkish airstrikes and
artillery shelling have
killed 17 Daesh terrorists
as part of the operation to
liberate the northern Syrian
town of al-Bab from
terrorists, the military
said Wednesday.
10 ISIL suicide
bombers killed in Syria;
A total of 10 Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
suicide bombers were killed
in fierce clashes with
Ankara-backed Free Syrian
Army (FSA) members during an
attack on a temporary base
belonging to the Turkish
army in northern Syria
Video - Syrian
Government Forces Make
Strides Against ISIS Near
Palmyra
:
Syria talks restart
in Astana as fighting
continues:
Talks to resolve the Syrian
conflict organized by
Russia, Turkey and Iran are
set to begin today in the
Kazakh capital, Astana.
Pentagon confirms
its forces used depleted
uranium in Syria, Iraq:
The report runs contrary to
earlier US claims that it
had never used depleted
uranium in its operation
against the Islamic State in
Syria and Iraq.
Yemeni officials say
Saudi Arabia-led airstrike
kills 5 civilians;
At least one Saudi-led
airstrike near Yemen’s
rebel-held capital killed at
least five people
on?Wednesday, the country’s
Houthi rebels and medical
officials said.
US Ramps Up
Refueling of Saudi Jets To
Assist In Killing Yemeni
Civilians:
Since April 2015, the Air
Force has logged 1,778
tanker sorties for the
operation, Air Forces
Central Command spokeswoman
Capt. Kathleen Atanasoff
told Military.com on Tuesday
Trump Administration
Will Not Insist on Two-State
Solution:
Senior White House officials
signaled the shift in a
briefing to reporters late
Tuesday in advance of the
summit — the two leaders'
first in-person meeting
since Trump took office.
Trump promises
Israel that Iran will never
get bomb;
President Donald Trump
hailed the United States'
"unbreakable" bond with
Israel on Wednesday and
promised Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu that Iran
would never be permitted to
build a nuclear weapon.
Separatists claim to
have killed Angolan soldiers:
Separatists in an exclave on
Africa's west coast ruled by
Angola on Wednesday claimed
to have killed several
Angolan troops in a flare-up
of a long-running
territorial dispute
US kills 18 women
and children in Afghanistan,
UN says:
“How could women and
children be Taliban?”
Majnoon, a resident of
Sangin, who said 11 people
were killed in his brother's
house in a strike on
Thursday, told Reuters news
agency.
Afghanistan: UAE
ambassador killed in
Kandahar bombing:
The United Arab Emirates'
ambassador to Afghanistan,
injured last month in a
bombing while on
a"humanitarian" mission, has
died from his wounds
Beijing Warns
Washington Against Freedom
Of Navigation Patrol In
South China Sea:
Washington should not carry
out any action that
challenges Beijing's
sovereignty and security.
Are the Senkaku
Islands Worth War Between
China, Japan and America?:
President Donald Trump
should never forget these
dangers as he confronts
China’s growing ambition and
power.
Nato told by U.S.
Defence Secretary to
increase military spending
or US will 'moderate its
commitment';
"There is no uncertainty
about America's commitment
to Nato. The president
reassured our Prime Minister
that he is 100 per cent
committed to Nato," he said.
U.S.,
Russian military leaders to
meet in Azerbaijan
-statement;
U.S. Marine Corps General
and Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs Joseph Dunford will
meet with the head of the
Russian army's General Staff
Valery Gerasimov on Thursday
in Azerbaijan, Dunford's
office said in a statement
on Wednesday.
U.S. troops deploy
in Bulgaria as Mattis meets
NATO in Brussels:
U.S. troops deployed in
Bulgaria on Wednesday and
armored vehicles and heavy
equipment are to arrive by
the end of the week under a
planned NATO operation to
support its Eastern European
allies
US troops arrive in
Romania with their tanks:
The US embassy in Bucharest
said on Tuesday that the
troops had arrived in a
Romanian Black Sea port with
tanks and military hardware
as part of a move to help
bolster NATO’s eastern flank
in the face of alleged
"Russian aggression."
Ten Years On,
Germany Comes Round to
Putin's 'Wake-Up Call' in
Munich:
The speech laid out Russia's
concerns about a "unipolar,"
dangerously high-handed
approach to international
relations, disdain for basic
principles of international
law, and the dangers of
rising global inequality.
UK; Jewish Labour
Movement director
investigated for violent
threat:
Labour has investigated the
director of one of its
affiliated pro-Israel
organizations for
“threatening to attack”
another member of the UK’s
main opposition party.
Immigrant Workers,
Families to Protest By
Staying Home:
Organizers in cities across
the U.S. are telling
immigrants to miss class,
miss work and not patronize
businesses Thursday.
Mortgage
Delinquencies Rise Most In 7
Years As Rates Spike:
For the first time since Q1
2013, mortgage delinquencies
rose QoQ in Q4. The jump
from 4.52% (of total loans)
to 4.80% is the largest
since Q1 2010 and hit as
mortgage rates spiked
following President Trump's
election
Americans Just Broke the
Psychologists’ Stress Record:
If misery loves company, it
should be thrilled:
Americans left and right are
under so much stress it's
now registering on the
American Psychological
Association's anxiety meter.
Trump launches
all-out war on his own
intelligence agencies:
Says malicious NSA and FBI
leakers are 'illegally'
giving out classified
information to reporters
'like candy'
Glenn Greenwald; The
Leakers Who Exposed Gen.
Flynn’s Lie Committed
Serious — and Wholly
Justified — Felonies:
News Analysis - The only
reason the public learned
about Flynn’s lie is because
someone inside the U.S.
government violated the
criminal law
Labor Secretary
Nominee Andy Puzder Expected
to Withdraw Nomination
: The head of CKE
Restaurants, which owns
Hardee's and Carl's Jr.,
came under harsh criticism
from Democrats and liberal
groups for his opposition to
raising the minimum wage.
NBC News Appoints An
Iraq War Cheerleader As Its
New President;
Oppenheim defended the Bush
administration for
misleading the public in
order to make the case for
war
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"When they put bombs
in cars and kill people,
they're uncivilized
killers. When we put
bombs on missiles and
kill people, we're
upholding civilized
values. When they kill,
they're terrorists. When
we kill, we're striking
against terror". Norman
Solomon
"Everybody's worried
about stopping
terrorism. Well, there's
a really easy way: stop
participating in it".
Noam
Chomsky
When a man has so
far corrupted and
prostituted the chastity
of his mind, as to
subscribe his
professional belief to
things he does not
believe, he has prepared
himself for the
commission of every
other crime. Thomas
Paine
"He who knows the truth
and calls it a lie is a
criminal". Bertolt
Brecht
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Fighting between
jihadist groups in Syria
kills nearly 70:
Two formerly allied jihadist
groups clash in north Syria
over influence in Idlib
province, nearly 70 fighters
dead
39 Syrian soldiers
killed during IS offensive
in Aleppo;
At least 39 government
soldiers have been killed
over the past 36 hours, when
the Islamic State (IS)
unleashed a violent
offensive on areas under the
government control in
southern countryside of
Aleppo
More unsupported
propaganda
from HRW?
Syria: Coordinated
Chemical Attacks on Aleppo:
Syrian government forces
conducted coordinated
chemical attacks in
opposition-controlled parts
of Aleppo during the final
month of the battle for the
city
Russian MoD Slams
HRW's 'Amateurish' Claims
Syrian Army Used Chemical
Weapons:
"Such reports, drafted by
amateurs, citing data from
social networks and stories
by unknown anonymous
eyewitnesses by phone,
destroy the already
controversial reputation of
Human Rights Watch,"
Security forces kill
24 IS members after sneaking
into eastern Mosul:
A Counter-Terrorism Officer
announced on Tuesday, that
24 members of the Islamic
State, including two elite
leaders, were killed, after
sneaking into eastern Mosul.
Iraq: Baghdadi
escapes, 13 commanders
killed in bombing;
Iraq fighter jets dropped
bombs on a house in an
orchard, in Anbar province,
believed to be hosting a
meeting of senior members of
the Islamic State, including
its leader Abu Bakr
Baghdadi.
Trump moves spark
Iraqi anger, calls against
future alliance;
Iraqi anger at Washington
comes at a crucial juncture
in a long and often
contentious relationship.
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces are
about to launch an assault
aimed at retaking the
western half of Mosul
Yemen conflict:
Seven Saudi soldiers killed
on border;
At least seven Saudi
soldiers have been killed in
the past week in border
clashes with Houthi rebels,
state media says.
Yemen suicide car
bombing kills three:
officials;
The attack targeted a sports
and culture club in the
Huthi-controlled town of
Radaa, he said, in the
central province of Baida
where Al-Qaeda fighters are
present.
Fact or fiction?
Riyadh recruits 350 Comorian
militias for Yemen war:
Using the Comorian forces is
part of the Israeli-US plan
to recruit military men from
different African countries,
including Senegal, Djibouti
and Eritrea, to fight
against the Yemeni army and
Ansarullah forces.
Turkey: Hundreds
detained over alleged links
to PKK:
Police conducted
simultaneous raids in 37
different provinces and
taken 834 people into
custody, state-run Anadolu
Agency quoted police forces
as saying on Tuesday.
Palestinians in
occupied East Jerusalem
battle for their homes:
Dozens of Palestinian
families live with the
constant threat of eviction
by Israeli squatters groups
in the occupied city.
Israeli president
slams land grab law:
“Israel adopts international
law,” he explained, “which
does not allow a state to
impose its laws on areas not
under its sovereignty. If a
country does such a thing,
it becomes a legal
cacophony. It will cause
Israel to be seen as an
apartheid state.”
US President Donald
Trump sons to launch Dubai
golf course;
DUBAI: US President Donald
Trump's sons are to
inaugurate a branded golf
course in Dubai on Saturday,
the first public launch for
the business empire since
Trump took office in
January.
UN air strikes in
Central African Republic
kill several - militia;
A top militant and three
others were killed in
Central African Republic
when a UN helicopter fired
on fighters advancing
towards the town of Bambari
Congo Police Kill at
Least Four in Dawn Raid on
Separatist
: This adds to wider
tensions across Congo since
President Joseph Kabila
refused to step down after
his mandate expired in
December.
‘Blackwater Air’ Is
Back, and Flying for U.S.
Special Forces:
A corporate descendant of
the notorious guns-for-hire
firm just got a $204 million
contract to support American
troops in Africa.
US
Kills 18 Civilians In
Afghanistan:
“Initial enquiries suggest
that the airstrikes killed
at least 18 civilians,
nearly all women and
children,” the U.N. said in
a statement late Sunday,
referring to its own
investigation.8 Civilians In
Afghanistan:
Afghanistan: 16 ISIS
militants killed in
Nangarhar air and ground
operations;
The provincial police
commandment in a statement
said the militants were
killed in the past 24 hours
in Haska Mina and Kot
districts.
Seven killed in
separate Kashmir clashes:
Pakistani soldiers, Indian
troops and one suspected
rebel killed in separate
incidents in disputed
region.
Kim
Jong-un's half-brother Kim
Jong-nam allegedly
assassinated in Malaysia by
'female North Korean spies
: The women are believed to
be North Korean agents but
have so far been able to
evade a police hunt.
The Coming Showdown
in Okinawa:
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga
arrived at the National
Press Club last Friday to
address the media after
spending three days in
Washington talking about his
opposition to a new U.S.
Marine base on the island.
Trump expects Russia
to return Crimea to Ukraine:
White House;
U.S. President Donald Trump
made it clear he expects
Russia to return Crimea to
Ukraine and reduce violence
in Ukraine, White House
spokesman Sean Spicer said
on Tuesday.
Demonizing Russia?
Russia sends spy ship near
US coast:
The Russian ship was in
international waters, 70
miles off the coast of
Delaware and heading north
at 10 knots, according to
one official. The U.S.
territory line is 12
nautical miles.
Russia "Secretly"
Deploys Banned Cruise
Missile In "Latest Challenge
To Trump";
The deployment of the
missile - which may well be
defensive in light of the
recent build up of NATO
forces on Russia's borders -
could also "increase the
military threat to NATO
nations
Ukraine turns a
blind eye to ultrarightist
militia;
Despite Kiev’s pledge to
rein them in, rogue militias
continue to fight against
Moscow-backed separatists.
Climate change
impact on animals
'under-appreciated': study:
Nearly half of endangered
mammals and a quarter of
birds are already harmed by
climate change -- a much
bigger segment than
previously thought,
researchers have found.
Trump Turns Screws
on Venezuela by Sanctioning
Vice President:
El Aissami is the son of
Syrian and Lebanese
immigrants, El Aissami was a
student leader before
assuming the post of
minister of interior and
justice in 2008 and then
winning the governorship of
Aragua state in 2012.
Sanctioned for
drugs, Venezuela
vice-president slams U.S.
'aggression':
Vice President Tareck El
Aissami on Tuesday called
his blacklisting by the
United States on drug
charges an "imperialist
aggression" in the first
bilateral flare-up under the
administration of U.S.
President Trump.
‘Keep out, CNN’:
Venezuelan President blasts
network for ‘sticking nose
in’:
“CNN, do not get into the
affairs of Venezuelans. I
want CNN well away from
here. Outside of Venezuela.
Do not put your nose in
Venezuela,” Maduro said, as
cited by El Nacional.
30 Tons of
Venezuelan Bolivar Bills
Found Hoarded in Paraguay:
The massive find is the
latest example of the
ongoing of hoarding
Venezuela’s larger notes as
part of the so-called
currency war.
Declassified: How America
Planned to Invade Italy (To
Save It from Russia)::
Some Americans are
remembering that the United
States also fiddled with
elections in numerous
nations during the Cold War,
including Chile, Iran and
Central America.
World’s 2nd largest
stockpile of gold leaves the
United States
: Late last week the German
government moved $13 billion
worth of gold from New York
to Frankfurt.
How Corporate Media
Paved the Way for Trump’s
Muslim Ban:
Over the years, media
unjustifiably reserve the
word “terrorism”—and the
corollary breathless
coverage it
entails—overwhelmingly for
political violence leveled
by Muslims.
Canadian school
district won’t risk field
trips to the U.S. after
Trump’s executive order
: : The local public school
board is cancelling all
student field trips to the
United States because the
current American political
climate is considered too
“unsafe” and unpredictable
to permit cross-border
travel.
Widespread
Anti-Trump Protests Take
Place Across Mexico;
Anti-Donald Trump
demonstrations were held in
18 cities across Mexico on
Sunday, marking the
country's first such
protests since the U.S.
president's inauguration
less than a month ago.
Mexico is ready to
hit the U.S. where it hurts:
Corn.:
Mexico is one of the top
buyers of American corn in
the world today. Mexican
senator Armando Rios Piter,
says he will introduce a
bill this week where Mexico
will buy corn from Brazil
and Argentina instead of the
United States.
Michael Flynn:
Trump's national security
adviser resigns:
Mr Flynn is said to have
misled officials about his
call with Russia's
ambassador before his own
appointment. It is illegal
for private citizens to
conduct US diplomacy.
Contradicting White
House, Ryan Claims Trump
Asked For Flynn's
Resignation:
House Speaker Paul Ryan
(R-WI) said Tuesday that
former National Security
Adviser Michael Flynn was
asked to resign from his
position by the President
Trump knew Flynn
misled officials on Russia
calls for ‘weeks,’ White
House says;
The comments contrast with
the impression given by
Trump on Friday aboard Air
Force One that he was not
familiar with a Washington
Post report that revealed
that Flynn had not told the
truth about the calls.
WikiLeaks: Flynn
Leaving Due to
'Destabilization Campaign'
by Dems:
WikiLeaks on Tuesday blamed
a “destabilization campaign”
by the media and Democrats
for national security
adviser Michael Flynn's
resignation.
Justice Department
warned White House that
Flynn could be vulnerable to
Russian blackmail:
The acting attorney general
informed the Trump White
House late last month that
she believed Michael Flynn
had misled senior
administration officials
about the nature of his
communications with the
Russian ambassador to the
United States
The Leakers Who
Exposed Gen. Flynn’s Lie
Committed Serious — and
Wholly Justified — Felonies:
The only reason the public
learned about Flynn’s lie is
because someone inside the
U.S. government violated the
criminal law by leaking the
contents of Flynn’s
intercepted communications.
Pelosi Calls On FBI
To 'Accelerate' Probe Into
Connections Between WH,
Russia:
"The American people deserve
to know the full extent of
Russia’s financial, personal
and political grip on
President Trump."
In
Final Interview, Defiant
Flynn Insists He Crossed No
Lines, Leakers Must Be
Prosecuted;
Michael T. Flynn said he
“crossed no lines” in his
discussion with Russia’s
ambassador, but ultimately
he was most concerned about
the steady stream of leaks
to reporters based on
classified information.
Russian lawmakers
cry foul over resignation of
national security adviser
Michael Flynn:
“Even a readiness for
dialogue is perceived by the
hawks in Washington as
thought-crime,” Konstantin
Kosachev, chairman of
Russia’s senate foreign
affairs committee wrote.
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At
least 51 dead in northern
Syria fighting;
At least 51 people have been
killed in fighting between
government forces and
Islamic State in northern
Syria over the past two
days, a British war monitor
says.
Turkish military
says it has killed 30 ISIS
militants in Syria:
At least 30 ISIS militants
have been killed by Turkish
warplanes and more than 140
positions belonging to the
group destroyed as part of
the ongoing Operation
Euphrates Shield in northern
Syria, according to Turkey’s
military.
US coalition killing
more civilians than Russia
in Syria: Report:
Conflict monitor Airwars
says shift in balance comes
amid increase in US-led
operations and end of siege
of Aleppo
Al-Bab capture
imminent, Erdogan says:
Turkish troops backed by
Syrian rebel fighters have
entered the center of the
Daesh (ISIS) bastion of Al-Bab
and will soon capture it,
President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said Sunday.
Russia halted Syrian
army, rebel clash in
northern Syria
- : Russia intervened to
halt a clash between Syrian
government forces and
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels,
sources on both sides said
on Friday, the first
confrontation between them
as both sides fight Islamic
State in the area.
U.N. invites warring
Syrian sides to Geneva peace
talks:
The United Nations special
envoy for Syria, Staffan de
Mistura, sent invitations on
Monday for Geneva peace
talks beginning on Feb. 23,
after initial prior
consultations beginning on
or about Feb. 20
Iraqi air force
'kills 77' in strikes aimed
at IS leader Baghdadi:
The Iraqi air force has
killed 13 commanders of
so-called Islamic State in a
strike on a building in Qaim
where leader Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi was thought to
be, a statement said.
Federal Police
repulses IS attack south of
Mosul, 13 militants killed:
“The security forces managed
to repel the attack, as well
as killing 13 members of the
Islamic State, including
Arab and foreign leaders,”
Ahmed added.
Baghdad Tense After
Clashes, Six Killed:
Four of the five protesters
killed were hit by bullets
and the fifth died of
unknown causes,. Most of the
injured were treated for
choking on tear gas, he
said.
School yard bully:
Trump to Iran's
Rouhani: Better be careful:
US President Donald Trump
said on Friday that Iran
President Hassan Rouhani
"better be careful" after
Rouhani was quoted as saying
that anyone who speaks to
Iranians with threats would
regret it.
A warning to Trump?
Russia floats return to
Iran’s Hamadan air base:
In further sign of Russia's
backing for Iran, Russian
ambassador to Tehran floats
possibility of Russian air
force deployments to Iran
and Russian sales of SU27
fighters to Iran.
A sick joke!
CIA awarded Saudi
prince for fighting
terrorism'
: The award to Saudi
Arabia’s Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Nayef by the
CIA for fighting terrorism
could be a US diplomatic
overture towards Saudi
Arabia, a message to Iran or
a bad joke.
UN chief regrets US
veto of Palestinian as Libya
envoy:
Nikki Haley, US ambassador
to the UN, vetoed the
appointment, saying
Washington did not support
the message the move would
send.
‘We see eye-to-eye’:
Netanyahu enthusiastic on
his way to Washington to
meet Trump
: With things in the
international arena
apparently changing in
Israel’s favor with Obama
gone, PM Netanyahu is
heading to meet his
long-time acquaintance,
Donald Trump,
Israel endorses bill
to mute mosques: Justice
Ministry:
Israeli ministers Sunday
endorsed a contentious draft
bill, which Muslims say is
meant to silence the
traditional call to prayer,
information released by the
Justice Ministry showed.
NFL Players Skip
Trip to Israel to Be 'Voice
for the Voiceless';
Michael Bennett said that he
would not allow Israel to
“use” him to cover up its
abuses against the
Palestinians.
Afghanistan: Officials
Confirmed 22 Killed in US
Air Strikes in Helmand:
Afghan officials confirmed
killing of 22 members of two
families in foreign forces'
airstrikes in Sangen
district of Helmand.
14
killed, over 100 wounded in
Lahore blast;
At least 14 people,
including DIG Traffic Ahmed
Mobeen, were killed and over
100 wounded in a deadly
suicide bombing outside the
Punjab Assembly in Lahore on
Monday, policemen and
rescuers said.
North
Korea claims missile test
success as China rejects US
criticism:
US calls for it to press
Pyongyang to ditch nuclear
programme are pointless
unless Washington looks at
own role, Beijing says
UN
helicopter kills four
militants in CAR:
A UN helicopter fired upon
militants advancing into the
town of Bambari in the
Central African Republic.
MINUSCA troops said that the
militants had crossed a "red
line."
Somaliland agrees to UAE
military base in northern
port:
The parliament of Somaliland
on Sunday approved the UAE
plan. The plan is
controversial and the
neighboring countries of
Ethiopia and Djibouti are
opposed to it, according to
local reports.
Protected Skies:
Russia Installs Three New
Anti-missile Radar Stations:
The radar system tracks all
launches within a 6,000 km
radius ?f Russia's borders
Recently three new radar
stations began operating in
Orsk, Barnaul, and Yeniseysk
Ex-French Economy
Minister Macron Could Be 'US
Agent' Lobbying Banks'
Interests:
Macron has been an
investment banker at
Rothschild bank. Throughout
his career, he has been
acting as an agent of the
big American banking system
The ACLU Is in
Dublin, Ireland, Defending
the Right to Privacy for
Europeans and Americans
Alike;
The breadth of U.S.
government spying is a
problem for companies that
want to move their users’
data from the European Union
to the United States.
Boats, Borders,
Brutality: Australia’s
Refugee Policy:
Australia is one of the
world’s worst offenders when
it comes to the maltreatment
of asylum seekers.,
More Than 650 Whales
Stranded in New Zealand:
More than 650 pilot whales
have beached themselves
along a three-mile stretch
of coastline over two days
on Farewell Spit at the tip
of the South Island.
How Mainstream Media
Got Venezuela's 2014
Violence Wrong:
Three years ago, 43 people
were killed in right-wing
violence in Caracas,
Venezuela, in a carefully
orchestrated campaign to
oust the
democratically-elected
government of President
Nicolas Maduro.
Thousands March
Against Trump in Mexico
City: ‘Pay for Your Own
Wall!’:
Thousands of demonstrators
hoisting signs denouncing
President Trump marched
through central Mexico City
on Sunday, the largest
mobilization so far here
against what many label an
anti-Mexican administration
Refugees cross to
Canada to escape Donald
Trump:
Recently, hundreds of
refugees have crossed the US
border into Manitoba,
braving snow and cold at
great peril.
ICE Arrests 600 in
Week of Immigration Raids:
Last week’s raids, which saw
600 people arrested,
continued the immigration
policies of the Obama and
Bush administrations.
Wave of fear strikes
immigrant communities in
Houston, across Texas:
Border patrol cars circled a
gym parking lot in Sugar
Land. Federal agents
descended on an apartment
complex in northwest
Houston. Teachers in Austin
rode home with students to
make sure their parents had
not been deported during the
school day.
U.S. Army to spend
$300 million on bonuses and
ads to get 6,000 more
recruits:
The Army’s new goal for the
fiscal year is 68,500, up
from 62,500 recruits. The
addition of 6,000 recruits
to the goal makes it the
largest in-year increase in
the history of the
all-volunteer force that
dates to 1973.
As Trust In Michael
Flynn Erodes, Donald Trump
Considers His Options:
White House staffers are
reportedly looking at
possible replacements for
Trump's national security
adviser.
CIA freezes out top
Flynn aide:
The agency denied a security
clearance for a key aide to
the National Security
Adviser — ratcheting up
tensions between Flynn and
the intel community.
Judge Won't Halt
Dakota Access Pipeline
Construction:
A Native American tribe
argued that the pipeline
would desecrate water used
in religious ceremonies.
Mass evacuation
below Oroville Dam as
officials frantically try to
make repairs before new
storms:
Live updates:: More than
100,000 people were told to
evacuate because of a
“hazardous situation”
involving the Northern
California dam's emergency
spillway.
Consumer Spending
"Pothole" Ahead: IRS Refunds
Tumble As New Law Delays
Payments:
A period of consumer
spending, retail sales and
housing weakness may be
imminent, after federal tax
refunds tumbled by 78% in
the early part of February
compared to 2016
$1,084,840,000,000:
Taxes Set Record Through
January; $7,133 Per Worker:
That is up about
$5,616,000,000 in constant
2016 dollars from the
approximately
$1,079,224,000,000 in
constant 2016 dollars that
the Treasury collected in
the first four months of
fiscal 2016.
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Syria: Turkish
forces destroy strategic
Daesh targets in al-Bab:
irstrikes and shellings
carried out by Turkish
military destroyed key Daesh
targets and killed 23 Daesh
terrorists as part of the
operation to liberate the
northern Syrian town of al-Bab
from terrorists, the
military said on Friday.
Syria: Turkish
forces 'push into IS-held
al-Bab';
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels
have captured the western
outskirts of the Syrian city
of al-Bab, held by so-called
Islamic State (IS), reports
say. They have been fighting
to take the city, about 30km
(20 miles) south of Turkey,
from IS since late 2016.
Trump, Erdogan agree
Syria cooperation, CIA chief
visit: Ankara:
In their eagerly awaited
phone call late Tuesday, the
presidents discussed acting
together in Turkey's battle
to capture the Syrian town
of Al-Bab from Islamic State
jihadists and taking the
main IS stronghold of Raqa.
Assad tells Yahoo
News some refugees are
‘definitely’ terrorists:
He said he couldn’t estimate
how many there might be, but
he added that “you don’t
need a significant number to
commit atrocities.
Amnesty
International Claims 13,000
Hanged by Syrian Government.
; Video - Syriana Analysis
addresses the shortcomings
of Amnesty report and
reveals its poor methodology
that does not even meet the
lowest mark of scientific or
legal veracity.
Bush/Blair
legacy continues:
9
killed in car bomb attack in
Baghdad;
The attack occurred in the
evening when a booby-trapped
car detonated at a
thoroughfare in Resalah
district in southwestern
Baghdad, the source said on
condition of anonymity.
Iraq: Suicide
bombings kill five, wound 19
in eastern Mosul:
A man believed to belong to
Islamic State blew himself
up inside the Sayidati al-Jamila
restaurant at lunchtime
Under Trump US Kills
More Civilians in Syria,
Iraq than Russia;
The U.S.-led Coalition
killed significantly more
civilians than it ever has
in Syria and Iraq,
surpassing Russia, whose
civilian casualties have
seen a decline.
Palestinians fear
being sidelined by Trump
White House:
Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas, who spent hundreds of
hours on the phone and in
meetings with U.S.
presidents and secretaries
of state in the past 12
years, has tried
unsuccessfully to reach out
to President Donald Trump.
Bullies will regret
threatening Iranian nation:
President Rouhani;
“The nation will respond
incisively in the face of
threats…. The one, who
proceeds to threaten our
nation and Armed Forces,
should know that our nation
is united and vigilant, and
will stand up to
ill-wishers,”
Hundreds of
thousands rally in Iran
against Trump;
State TV showed footage of
people stepping on Trump's
picture in a central Tehran
street. Marchers carried the
Iranian flag and banners
saying: "Thanks Mr. Trump
for showing the real face of
America.
Trump Intends to
Follow Up Botched Yemen
Military Raid By Helping
Saudis Target Civilians;
Donald Trump’s first
concrete decision as
commander in chief was a
major fiasco that killed
nine children, eight women,
and a U.S. soldier in a
botched raid on al Qaeda in
Yemen.
Yemen rebels call on
U.N. to investigate
bombings, dismiss peace
envoy:
"The United Nations should
take a serious stance
against the foreign
aggression in Yemen and end
the air and naval blockade
imposed by Saudi Arabia,"
the letter quoted Saleh al-Sammad,
a Houthi official, as
saying.
Debunking the Myths
That Underpin Britain's Arms
Exports to Saudi Arabia:
When the UK government is
confronted with the terrible
consequences of its arms
exports, and of its
uncritical political support
for Saudi Arabia, its
responses are as predictable
as they are depressing.
Boris Johnson urged
UK to continue Saudi arms
sales after funeral bombing:
Boris Johnson pressed Liam
Fox to continue exports of
weapons to Saudi Arabia
after the bombing of a
funeral in Yemen last
October that killed more
than 140 people and was
condemned by UN monitors.
Saudi Arabia:
Intensified Repression of
Writers, Activists;
Saudi Arabia has stepped up
arrests, prosecutions, and
convictions of peaceful
dissident writers and human
rights advocates in 2017,
Human Rights Watch said
today.
Over 50 killed by
army in central Congo:
- Democratic Republic of
Congo's army on Friday
killed at least 56 members
of the Kamwina Nsapu militia
in the centre of the country
who were seeking to avenge
the death of their leader,
an opposition politician and
an activist from the area
told Reuters.
Boko Haram kills
seven Nigerian soldiers in
ambush;
- Boko Haram fighters have
killed seven Nigerian
soldiers and wounded 19 more
in an ambush on a road in
the northeastern state of
Borno, the military said on
Friday.
Libya airstrikes
kill two;
Airstrikes carried out by
the Libyan National Army (LNA)
on the Jufra airbase in the
centre of the country have
killed two people and
wounded another 13.
Libya sees new
threat from ISIL after
defeat at Sirte:
ISIL militants have begun
attacks on Libya’s oil and
water pipelines, posing a
deadly new threat to the
country, Libyan defence
officials say.
U.S.Kills At Least
19 Civilians In Afghanistan:
U.S. airstrikes have left at
least 19 civilians dead and
no fewer than 20 wounded in
Sangin district, in
Afghanistan’s Southern
Helmand province, locals
claimed on Friday
11 Civilians Killed
in Fighting in Southern
Afghanistan;
At least 11 members of a
family were killed in
Afghanistan's southern
province of Helmand when a
bomb struck their house
during clashes between
U.S.-supported government
forces and Taliban
insurgents, local officials
said Friday.
Russian foreign
ministry says ready to
cooperate with NATO in
Afghanistan: TASS:
Kabulov said Russia was
concerned about insurgents'
activity in Afghanistan and
it was not the best time for
Washington to withdraw
troops from there.
Senate Foreign
Relations takes hard line on
Russia:
There was bipartisan
agreement, Thursday that the
legislative branch should
take decisive action against
Russia, even if that means
circumventing the White
House’s expressed desire for
a better relationship
between the two nations.
Trump agrees to
honour 'One China' policy
despite threats:
US President Donald Trump
has climbed down on past
threats and agreed to honour
the so-called "One China"
policy. He backed the
long-standing agreement
during a call with Chinese
President Xi Jinping
President Trump
Praises Japan-U.S. Alliance;
Video - Trump thanked Japan
for "hosting" the U.S.
military, though he did not
mention making them pay more
for U.S. defense as he
mentioned while campaigning
for the presidency.
Fitch: Trump's
economic plans represent a
threat to the world:
Fitch Ratings fired a
warning shot Friday about
President Donald Trump's
economic policies, saying
hard-line stances on trade
and immigration pose
potentially serious problems
for the world.
Foreign Governments
Dump US Treasuries as Never
Before, But Who the Heck is
Buying Them?;
It started with a whimper a
couple of years ago and has
turned into a roar: foreign
governments are dumping US
Treasuries. The signs are
coming from all sides.
Trump signals
support for Ukraine in
letter to Lithuanian
president;
U.S. President Donald Trump
has expressed support for an
undivided Ukraine in a
letter to Lithuania's
president that is likely to
be welcomed in Kiev and by
the NATO alliance.
Trump tells
Ukrainian politician he
won't lift Russia sanctions
: Trump promised a Ukrainian
opposition leader that the
United States won’t lift
sanctions on Russia until it
pulls out of Ukraine,
according to three people
briefed on the meeting.
National security
adviser Flynn discussed
sanctions with Russian
ambassador, despite denials,
officials say:
Michael Flynn privately
discussed U.S. sanctions
against Russia with that
country’s ambassador to the
United States before
President Trump took office
Republicans Demand
Trump Get Tough with Russia;
Sens. John McCain and
Lindsey Graham are leading a
charge to get President
Trump on a war footing with
Russia.
Putin says he’s
ready to meet Trump in
Slovenian capital;
Putin, who is currently
welcoming Slovenian
President Borut Pahor in
Russia on an official visit,
thanked his guest for his
eagerness to host such a
meeting, but said that the
choice of venue did not
depend on Moscow alone.
Peru says wanted
ex-president likely in U.S.,
may flee to Israel:
Peru said on Friday that it
believes the country's
fugitive former president
Alejandro Toledo, wanted in
connection with a
far-reaching bribery probe,
is now in San Francisco,
California and will try to
flee to Israel.
Gitmo Alive: Trump
has no plans to close
notorious prison:
Video - The Trump
administration is reportedly
drawing up an executive
order, which could see
Islamic State terrorists
being housed in Guantanamo
Bay prison.
Canadian woman
denied entry to U.S. after
Muslim prayers found on her
phone:
Alaoui says she was asked
about her thoughts on U.S.
President Donald Trump.
Border agents took her phone
and fingerprints. Later she
was told that her family
wasn't welcome
Trump
not planning to appeal
travel ban ruling to Supreme
Court:
The Trump administration is
not planning to appeal a
temporary hold on the
president's travel ban to
the Supreme Court, a White
House official said Friday.
Trump hints at new
travel order coming next
week;
"We'll be doing something
very rapidly having to do
with additional security for
our country," Trump said
during a joint press
conference with Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
"You’ll see something next
week.”
Fear spreads in L.A.
after immigration ‘raid,’
advocates claim. Officials
say arrests are ‘routine.”:
Immigrant advocate groups
claim that more than 100
people had been taken into
custody by federal
immigration officials in
Southern California Thursday
Protest Erupts in
Downtown L.A. Following
Reports of Immigration Raids
: Those detained were either
people with deportation
orders but no criminal
background or family members
of those sought who were
home during the raids and
told officials they lacked
documentation.
Mexico warns
citizens after US
deportation of undocumented
mother:
Mexico warned its citizens
living in the United States
on Friday to "take
precautions" and remain in
contact with consular
officials a day after the
deportation of an
undocumented mother
following a routine visit
with US immigration
authorities.
Muslim-American
Olympian says she was
detained by Customs;
A Muslim-American Olympic
medalist says she was
detained by Customs for
nearly two hours without
explanation after President
Trump's travel ban was
instituted a few weeks ago.
First They Came For
The Muslims, Then For Me
: Trump has started his
assault on all of us by
attacking them. The racist
travel ban targets Muslims.
The forces of reaction and
barbarism everywhere see
Trump’s attack on Muslims as
their path to power
Trump's
fear-mongering isn't new:
James Bovard;
Obama also frequently
invoked the threat from
terrorism, using it to
create a new prerogative for
presidents to serve as
judge, jury and executioner
for suspected bad guys.
Americans 'Don't
Buy' Media Criticism of
Trump Following Years of
Pro-Obama Bias:
A new survey shows that the
Americans trust President
Donald Trump more than the
news media. According to the
recent findings, 49 percent
of voters think that the
Trump administration tells
the truth.
More Americans
Killed By Police In January
Than Any One Month Since
2015:
Donald J. Trump’s first
month in office ended with
at least 105 people killed
by police, the highest
number of people killed by
U.S. police in any one month
since 2015.
Trump Executive
Order Sets Agenda For Police
To Further Criminalize
Protesters:
This agenda will likely have
a disproportionate impact on
Black Lives Matter
activists, immigrant rights
activists, and Native
Americans engaged in protest
against the Dakota Access
Pipeline.
Protesters block
Education Secretary Betsy
DeVos from entering D.C.
school:
DeVos turned away and left,
ABC7 reporter Sam Sweeney
told us. She did eventually
get into the school, Sweeney
confirmed.
Trump nixes Abrams
for No. 2 State Department
job: sources:
Trump has nixed Elliott
Abrams for the No. 2
position at the State
Department. The Republican
foreign policy veteran had
criticized him during the
election campaign, people
familiar with the matter
said on Friday.
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"A democracy
which makes or even
effectively prepares
for modern,
scientific war must
necessarily cease to
be democratic. No
country can be
really well prepared
for modern war
unless it is
governed by a
tyrant, at the head
of a highly trained
and perfectly
obedient
bureaucracy." -Aldous
Huxley -
"The strength of
a civilization is
not measured by its
ability to fight
wars, but rather by
its ability to
prevent them." -Gene
Roddenberry
"There comes a
point when a man
must refuse to
answer to his leader
if he is also to
answer to his own
conscience. "-Hartley
Shawcross
"Then it must
also be admitted, my
friend, that men who
are harmed become
more unjust.
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US forces killed
11 al-Qaeda operatives
in two air strikes in
Syria says Pentagon
; A Pentagon spokesman,
said a single airstrike
on February 3 killed 10
operatives in a building
used as an al-Qaeda
meeting site.
Several killed
in bomb attack in
Syria's Homs city -
state tv:
Several people were
killed and scores were
injured on Thursday when
an explosive device was
detonated in a busy
residential district in
the western Syrian city
of Homs, state media
said on Thursday.
5 Turkish
soldiers killed in
clashes with Islamic
State in Syria:
Five Turkish soldiers
were killed and 10 were
wounded in clashes with
Islamic State militants
during operations to
seize control of the
northern Syrian town of
al-Bab from the
jihadists, Dogan news
agency reported on
Thursday.
Three killed in
mortar attack on Syrian
Red Crescent in Aleppo:
A suspected rebel mortar
attack struck a Syrian
Red Crescent
distribution centre in
the government-held city
of Aleppo, killing a
volunteer and two
civilians who had come
to seek assistance, the
organisation has said.
3 Turkish
soldiers accidentally
killed in Russian
airstrike in Syria,
Moscow confirms
: A Russian warplane hit
a building housing
Turkish soldiers in Al-Bab
at 8:40 am local time,
the Turkish General
Staff said in a
statement. The soldiers
were taken to hospital.
Moscow mediates
talks between Assad &
Syrian Kurds – Russian
FM:
Lavrov went on to say
that four rounds of
negotiations, had
already taken place
between June and
December in 2016. In
addition, the gatherings
also involved indirect
talks between the two
sides.
Iraq : Hezbollah
leader assassinated in
Basra:
A senior leader within
the Iran-backed Iraqi
Hezbollah militant group
was assassinated last
night in the southern
Shia-dominated city of
Basra according to local
police sources and
social media activists.
Two soldiers killed in
suicide bombing south of
Fallujah:
A security source told
Alsumaria News that a
booby-trapped car driven
by a suicide bomber
attacked the checkpoint
on Fallujah-Ameriyat al-Sumoud
road, causing the
casualties.
32 killed in Yemen
western port clashes:
The deaths occurred as
forces loyal to
President Abedrabbo
Masnour Hadi advanced
into neighborhoods of
Mokha and Houthis
retreated to northern
and western parts of the
town, military sources
said.
Nine young children
killed: The full details
of botched US raid in
Yemen:
Planned for months, it
was decided over dinner.
Trump blasts
John McCain over raid in
Yemen that killed Navy
SEAL
: He's been losing so
long he doesn't know how
to win anymore, just
look at the mess our
country is in
Will
international community
help avert Yemen famine?:
UN says 12 million at
risk of starvation amid
war and more than $2bn
is needed to stop
disaster getting even
worse.
UK government
denies it ignored advice
over Saudi arms sales:Documents
revealed in High Court
detail close nature of
military ties between
London and Riyadh
A warning to
Trump? Russia floats
return to Iran’s Hamadan
air base:
In further sign of
Russia's backing for
Iran, Russian ambassador
to Tehran floats
possibility of Russian
air force deployments to
Iran and Russian sales
of SU27 fighters to
Iran.
Two killed, 12
injured in airstrikes
for Haftar’s forces on
Al-Jufra airbase:
Haftar’s warplanes
bombed Thursday morning
the Al-Jufra airbase
killing two and wounding
12, besides loads of
destruction.
South Africa:
MPs clash as Zuma
delivers state of nation
speech:
Chaos erupts in
parliament and security
forces drag opposition
MPs trying to interrupt
president out of the
chambe
Afghanistan:
U.S. general wants
thousands more troops:
Army General John
Nicholson, who leads
U.S. and international
forces in Afghanistan,
acknowledged Taliban
gains over the past
year, when deployed U.S.
forces were reduced even
as security
deteriorated.
U.S., China
military planes come
inadvertently close over
South China Sea:
A U.S. Navy P-3 plane
and a Chinese military
aircraft came close to
each other over the
South China Sea in an
incident the Navy
believes was
inadvertent, a U.S.
official told Reuters on
Thursday.
President Xi
Jinping of China, Stung
by Trump's Taiwan Call,
Is Said to Shun Talks:
President Trump sent
President Xi Jinping of
China a letter wishing
him a happy Chinese New
Year: Mr. Xi has not
gotten on the phone with
Mr. Trump.
US Ambassador to
UN Blames Russia for new
violence in eastern
Ukraine:
U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations, Nikki
Haley, blamed Russia on
Thursday for the recent
surge of violence in
eastern Ukraine and
warned Ukraine-related
sanctions against Russia
will not be lifted until
Moscow returns Crimea to
Kiev.
Mexican leftist
leader heads to US to
challenge Trump:
- Mexican leftist 2018
presidential hopeful
Andres Manuel Lopez
Obrador plans to visit
the United States on
Sunday to talk with
migrants and Americans
about US President
Donald Trump's
"poisonous" rhetoric.
Trump border
'wall' to cost $21.6
billion, take 3.5 years
to build: internal
report:
The report’s estimated
price-tag is much higher
than a $12-billion
figure cited by Trump in
his campaign and
estimates as high as $15
billion from Republican
House Speaker Paul Ryan
Sioux Tribe Files 1st
Legal Challenge Over
Dakota Access Pipeline
Easement:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers on Wednesday
granted an easement to
the developer of the
four-state crude oil
project, allowing it to
install the final
section of the
1,172-mile pipeline.
US court rules
against Trump travel ban;
A panel of three judges
from the 9th US Circuit
Court of Appeals has
deliberated whether to
block a lower-court
ruling that suspended
the ban and allowed
previously barred
travellers to enter the
US.
SEE YOU IN COURT'
- Donald Trump lashes
out after judges refuse
to reinstate travel ban
White House's own
terrorism list torpedoes
the case for travel ban:
The White House's list
of 78 "major terrorist
attacks targeting the
West" is strikingly
devoid of evidence to
support President
Trump's halt to
immigration from seven
Muslim-majority nations.
Lt. Governor Blasts
Dallas County Resolution
Welcoming Undocumented
Immigrants:
The resolution calls
immigrants and refugees,
both documented and
undocumented “integral
members of our
community.”
Trump signs
three executive orders
to 'restore safety in
America':
Trump said one would
"break the back of the
criminal cartels that
have spread across our
nation and are
destroying the blood of
our youth." Another
order will has goal of
reducing violent crimes.
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Donald Trump
signs executive order
giving police greater
authority:
“I am directing the
Department of Justice to
reduce crimes and crimes
of violence against law
enforcement officers,”
he said.
Record Number
Renounce U.S.
Citizenship in 2016:
More than 5,000
individuals expatriated
last year, according to
U.S. Internal Revenue
Service data.
Senate Confirms
Jeff Sessions as
Attorney General :
: Sessions, 70, who has
served two decades in
the Senate from Alabama,
was confirmed by a 52-47
vote largely along party
lines after Democrats
raised public opposition
to his confirmation.
Trump says he is
releasing something
'phenomenal in terms of
tax' in 2 to 3 weeks:
The president also said
he is "lowering the
overall tax burden on
American businesses, big
league."
2016 Economy
Matches Worst Year since
Great Recession:
In fact, over the past
50 years, anytime the
economy grew less than
2% in a year, it was
either already in a
recession for part of
the year, or there’d be
a recession the
following year.
Recession 2017?
Things Are Happening
That Usually Never
Happen Unless A New
Recession Is Beginning
Good News:
2 Cities To Pull
More Than $3 Billion
From Wells Fargo Over
Dakota Access Pipeline:
Seattle's City Council
has voted to not renew
its contract with Wells
Fargo, in a move that
cites the bank's role as
a lender to the Dakota
Access Pipeline project
as well as its creation
of millions of bogus
accounts.
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"Whoever controls the media, controls
the mind" - Jim
Morrison
"A nation of sheep will beget a
government of wolves." - Edward
R. Murrow
"It is error only, and not truth,
that shrinks from inquiry."-Thomas
Paine
"Only a free and unrestrained press
can effectively expose deception in
government. And paramount among the
responsibilities of a free press is the
duty to prevent any part of the
government from deceiving the people and
sending them off to distant lands to die
of foreign fevers and foreign shot and
shell." New
York Times Co. v. United States -
US Supreme Court - June 30, 1971
"The free press is the mother of all
our liberties and of our progress under
liberty" - Adlai
E. Stevenson (American
Politician. Governor of Illinois
(1949-53) and Ambassador to the United
Nations (1961-65). 1900 -1965)
"The advancement and diffusion of
knowledge is the only guardian of true
liberty." - James
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Donald Trump
won't be
winning any
wars against
Islamist
terror if he
imagines
dismantling
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Air strikes hit
Syria’s rebel-held Idlib,
around 30 killed:
: At least 30 people
died in air strikes on
the rebel-held Syrian
city of Idlib on
Tuesday, in some of the
heaviest raids there in
months, witnesses and
rescue workers said.
Syria conflict:
Rebel-held Idlib hit by
deadly air strikes
: At least 23 people,
many of them civilians,
have been killed in air
strikes on a rebel-held
city in north-western
Syria, activists say.
Syrian
government, rebels swap
more than 100 prisoners
in Hama:
The Syrian government
and rebel groups swapped
dozens of women
prisoners and hostages,
some of them with their
children, in Hama
province on Tuesday
evening, a monitor and a
rebel official said.
IS bastion in
Syria soon to be
isolated: coalition:
Islamic State's
self-proclaimed capital,
the Syrian city of Raqa,
will soon be isolated
from the rest of the
world, a spokesman for
the US-led coalition
fighting the jihadist
group.
Turkish-led
forces advance into
outskirts of ISIS-held
Syrian city:
The advance threatens an
important ISIS
stronghold, whose fall
would deepen Turkish
influence in an area of
northern Syria where it
has created a de facto
buffer zone.
Turkey dismisses
more than 4,000 public
servants in new decree:
official gazette: Turkey
dismissed 4,464 public
servants, more than half
from the Education
Ministry, in a decree
published on Tuesday,
extending a purge of
state officials
following a failed coup
in July.
Putin ratifies
deal on Turkish Stream
natural gas pipeline
project;
Turkish Stream, will
carry gas from Russia
under the Black Sea to
Turkey’s Thrace region.
One line, is expected to
supply the Turkish
market, while a second
line is set to carry gas
to Europe.
Iraqi army kills
26 militants in Mosul;
In a separate encounter,
Jubouri said, troops
killed five Islamic
State militants who
attempted to sneak into
Rashidya neighborhood,
north of Mosul.
Roadside bomb
kills 2 troops in
western Iraq
: The explosion struck
as a military vehicle
was passing on a highway
in western Ramadi, the
provincial capital of
Anbar province,
Nine young
children killed by U.S.:
The full details of
botched US raid in Yemen:
Following a field
investigation, the
Bureau can today reveal
that nine children under
the age of 13 were
killed and five were
wounded in the raid in
al Bayda province on
January 29.
Yemen reportedly
withdraws permission to
allow US ground missions:
The report said it is
unclear if the Yemenis
were influenced at all
by President Trump’s
travel ban order that
included Yemen on the
list of banned
countries.
Yemen reviews
deadly U.S. raid on
al-Qaeda, but stops
short of issuing ban:
Yemen did not issue an
outright ban on future
American-led missions, a
report said Wednesday.
US Launches
Major War Game Just 50
Miles Off The Iranian
Coast:
This week, the Wall
Street Journal reported
that Trump’s
administration is
actively working to
“drive a wedge between
Iran and Russia.”
Churkin
questions Trump’s
tensions with Iran &
China ;
Churkin pointed to the
active role the Islamic
Republic is playing in
the fight against
Islamic State (IS,
formerly ISIS/ISIL).
Militia chief
among 5 killed in
C.Africa clash:
A militia chief and a
church pastor were among
five people killed in a
clash in Bangui, Central
African Republic's
capital, the UN
peacekeeping force said
Wednesday.
Four guards
killed in Mogadishu
hotel attack:
At least four guards
have been shot dead,
after gunmen attacked an
International Village
Hotel in the capital of
Somalia’s
semi-autonomous Puntland
region.
ICRC: Six Red
Cross aid workers killed
in Afghanistan:
Jowzjan governor blames
ISIL for deadly assault
on convoy carrying
supplies to
snow-storm-hit areas in
country's north.
More than 1,000
feared killed in Myanmar
army crackdown on
Rohingya
- U.N. officials; said
they were concerned the
outside world had not
fully grasped the
severity of the crisis
unfolding in Myanmar's
Rakhine State.
ICRC: Six Red
Cross aid workers killed
in Afghanistan:
Jowzjan governor blames
ISIL for deadly assault
on convoy carrying
supplies to
snow-storm-hit areas in
country's north.
China 'has
prepared for a
preemptive strike
against US military
bases:
China's missile testing
grounds and US military
bases shows a pattern -
all of the missile tests
have been aimed at
destroying US carriers,
destroyers and airfields
in East Asia, the report
said.
China, US should
steer clear of conflict
as ‘neither can afford
it’ – Chinese FM
: Wang said he had a
“suggestion” for his US
colleagues: “Brush up on
the history of World War
II,” he said, as cited
by Reuters.
NATO troops
deploy in Lithuania,
underscoring commitment
to defense;
Germany and NATO on
Tuesday underscored
their commitment to
beefing up the defense
of eastern Europe's
border with Russia as
the first of four new
batallions under the
North Atlantic
alliance's banner
arrived in Lithuania.
Poland wants
nuclear weapons for
Europe:
Jaroslaw Kaczynski,
chairman of Poland’s
ruling Law and Justice
Party (PiS), said Europe
should be a
superpowerwith a nuclear
arsenal to rival that of
Russia
Putin orders
Russia's air forces to
prepare 'for a time of
war'
"Special attention paid
to air defence systems
and readiness to repel
aggression'
May Refuses
Netanyahu’s Anti-Iran
Request:
British Prime Minister
has resisted pressure to
reexamine the viability
of the international
nuclear deal with Iran
from, Benjamin
Netanyahu, who urged her
to follow US President
Donald Trump's example
by imposing fresh
sanctions.
Brexit vote:
Theresa May wins Commons
approval to trigger
Article 50 as Labour's
Clive Lewis resigns
; It was a flawless
night for Theresa May,
as the EU (Notification
of Withdrawal) Bill was
passed by 494 votes to
122 in its original,
unamended form.
Boris Johnson no
longer has U.S.
citizenship - U.S.
Treasury list;
Foreign Secretary Boris
Johnson has given up his
U.S. citizenship, a U.S.
Treasury Department list
showed on Wednesday, a
move the New York-born
politician had said he
would make.
Romania's
Government Survives Vote
of No Confidence Amid
Protests:
Ioana Bran, the
parliamentary secretary
said 161 lawmakers voted
in support of the
motion, short of the 232
votes needed for it to
pass.
Paris protest
after police officer
'raped black man';
Riot police made 24
arrests following a
third night of violence
on a troubled French
housing estate today
(wed) as it erupted in
violence following a
sexual assault on a
black youth worker.
Ireland
Challenges Facebook in
What Could Become a
Landmark Data Case:
Ireland's privacy
watchdog has launched a
bid to refer Facebook's
data transfer mechanism
to the European Union's
top court in a landmark
case that could put the
shifting of data across
the Atlantic under
renewed legal threat.
Can Mexico
afford to tangle with
Trump?:
Stephen Sackur speaks to
the former Mexican
president Vicente Fox:
Companies Plow
Ahead With Moves to
Mexico, Despite Trump’s
Pressure:
Rexnord says moving the
plant to Mexico is part
of a plan to save $30
million annually.
Workers have been
packing up machines
while their
replacements, visiting
from Mexico, learn how
to do their jobs.
Mexico foreign
secretary will meet
Trump Cabinet officials
in DC Wednesday
: : The two
administrations agreed
not to discuss the
border wall in public.
Canada says
would respond if US
imposed new border
tariffs
: Canada strongly
opposes the idea of the
United States imposing
new border tariffs and
would respond
appropriately to any
such move, Foreign
Minister Chrystia
Freeland told reporters
Wednesday.
Activists Plan
Emergency Actions to
Protest Approval of
Dakota Access Pipeline:
On Tuesday the Army
Corps of Engineers gave
notice to Congress that
within 24 hours it would
grant an easement
allowing Energy Transfer
Partners to move forward
with construction on the
Dakota Access Pipeline
Intel to invest
$7 billion in factory in
Arizona, employ 3,000;
The factory will be in
Chandler, Arizona, the
company said, and over
10,000 people in the
Arizona area will
support the factory.
Trump questions
lawmakers' efforts to
curb asset seizures by
police:
President Donald Trump
said on Tuesday there
was "no reason" to curb
law enforcement agencies
that seize cash,
vehicles and other
assets of people
suspected of crimes
Leaks Suggest
Trump's Own Team Is
Alarmed By His Conduct:
“I’ve been in this town
for 26 years. I have
never seen anything like
this,” said Eliot Cohen.
“I genuinely do not
think this is a mentally
healthy president.
Donald Trump's
presidential approval
ratings plunge to new
low:
A new poll suggests that
the New York tycoon, who
assumed the presidency
with the low approval
rating in modern
political history, has
now plumbed a new low.
T.J. Maxx tells
employees to hide Ivanka
Trump merchandise
: Several retailers have
announced that they will
no longer be selling her
clothes, and now the New
York Times reports that
retailers T.J. Maxx and
Marshalls have both
decided to stop making
Trump’s clothes a
featured brand at their
outlets.
Three more
retailers dump Ivanka
Trump’s fashion line
amid ‘lagging’ sales;
Retailers Belk, Jet and
ShopStyle have all
stopped selling Trump’s
fashion line this week,
just days after
retailers Neiman Marcus
and Nordstrom announced
that they would also
stop carrying it.
Army Preps for
Urban Warfare in
MegaCities:
: There will be war in
the streets of America.
Things have been
engineered that way. The
current anger from the
left, who are violently
protesting against
President Trump, is just
one aspect of it.
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