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Chlorine gas dropped in rebel-held territory of Idlib, Syria
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Africa Subsaharan
Islamic State, al-Qaeda Support Fuels Attacks in West Africa
[BLOOMBERG] Islamist Death Eater groups in West Africa’s Sahel region
... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas...
are using increased support from al-Qaeda and Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
and enhanced cooperation among themselves to carry out more sophisticated and deadly attacks, according to the chief of United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
mission in Mali.

"When we examine the explosives, the types of mines, shells and weapons they use, our experts tell us that a fairly advanced level of expertise is required that they didn’t have before," the UN special representative in Mali, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, said Friday in an interview in the capital, Bamako.

The Death Eater groups are operating across a semi-arid region stretching along the southern end of the Sahara from Mali to Nigeria. La Belle France has almost 4,000 soldiers in the region, and the U.S. has troops in Niger and is building a drone and airbase in the northern city of Agadez. The UN has more than 13,000 members in its Mali mission, which suffered the greatest loss of life of any of its peacekeeping operations last year.

Despite the increased military involvement by foreign powers and West African armies, the violence shows no sign of abating. The Death Eater’s outside support is probably coming through Libya, Annadif said. They also have acquired funds from kidnappings and trafficking of drugs and migrants colonists seeking to reach Europe.

"What is happening in Libya, what is happening in the Middle East, Syria and Iraq, has an influence," he said. "There is a relationship between what is happening here and what is happening there, through Libya."

A group known as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
The suckulent fruit of the union of splinter factions from Mokhtar Bekmokhtar'sal-Mourabitunes and MUJAO. Once the dust had settled and the smell of gunsmoke had dissipated, they became the Islamic State in Mali, then adopted their present clever name. They are headed by Adnan Abu Walid Saharaoui. It operates along the borders of Burkina Faso
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other...
, Niger, and Mali....

grabbed credit for an attack in October on a joint patrol of U.S and Nigerien forces in which four U.S. soldiers were killed. It mostly operates near the borders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, Annadif said.

The Group for the Support of Islam and Moslems, an affiliate of al-Qaeda formed last year by four local groups and known by the acronym JNIM, operates in northern and central Mali including in the towns of Kidal, Timbuktu and Mopti, Annadif said. The merger has "given an new impetus" to these groups and also explains the rising number of attacks, he said.

Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336091 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Mali/Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen


Bangladesh
Rangpur communal attack: Accused ‘confesses’ to his part
[Dhaka Tribune] A key accused in a case filed in connection with the attack on Hindu houses in Thakurpara village of Sadar upazila reportedly confessed before a Rangpur court on Sunday to his involvement in the incident.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Ariful Islam recorded the statement of Masud Rana, a former union unit president of BNP, under Section 164 after police Sub-Inspector Mohammad Ali, also the case investigation officer, produced him before the court.

Earlier, the court remanded him for five days in police custody after he was jugged
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
from the upazila’s Lalchandpur on January 30.

Hundreds of protestors had held a human chain after blocking the Rangpur-Dinajpur Highway at Paglapir Bazar after Juma prayers on November 10 last demanding punishment of one Titu Roy for his Facebook post defaming Islam and its prophet.

The angry mob later set fire to eight houses at Thakurpara and clashed with police.

Police had opened fire and lobbed teargas shells to disperse the mob, killing a person and injuring 15 others in the process.

Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336083 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Britain
UK court: ISIS-supporting teacher showed terrorist propaganda clips to kids
[EN.ABNA24] A teacher accused of plotting terrorist attacks in the UK has admitted to showing pupils ISIS propaganda videos in class, saying he wanted to give kids a more ’holistic view’ of the group.

Umar Haque, 25, is one of four men accused of plotting one or more terrorist attacks in the UK and is currently on trial at London’s Old Bailey. The men had allegedly identified prominent landmarks in the capital, including Big Ben, Heathrow Airport and the Houses of Parliament for their terror campaign.

During his trial, Haque ‐ who also faces charges of training children in terrorism at an east London Mosque ‐ said he agreed to show a so-called Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS, ISIS/ISIS) video following a request from one of his students.

He also admitted to being an "official supporter of ISIS" when answering questions about a stash of magazines about the group.

"During my Islamic studies lessons I would always play videos relevant to the topic. It was the end of term. The most well behaved of the class, I told them you can pick a video,"local media cites the defendant as saying.

"I was shocked that he says ’Sir, I want to see an ISIS video.’ I said all right then. It was obviously not a good idea,"said Haque, adding that he played the propaganda video to give a more "more holistic idea of what ISSI are."

At the beginning of the trial, prosecutor Mark Heywood QC said Haque had resolved to "carry out one or more violent attacks in this country, with others if he could." The prosecution said Haque was "fascinated by the warped and extreme ideology of ISIS," the Telegraph reported.

Heywood said Haque’s plans "extended to the recruitment of yet others to the [ISIS] cause. Those others were not grown men, but youngsters. Youngsters aged about 11 to 14."

"His methods were to expose them to information and video recordings and then to have them, in instances, enact scenarios of violent action against the police in this country and other."
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336095 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Europe
Trump Admin Thwarts Irish Effort to Boycott Israel, Criminalize Trade
The Trump administration played a key role in thwarting a recent effort by the Irish government to boycott Israel and make it a crime for Irish citizens to purchase products made in contested areas of the Jewish state, a move that would have severely jeopardized Ireland's trade with the United States, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.

The Irish Parliament was poised last week to pass a major piece of legislation that would make it crime to engage in trade with Israelis. The bill, which was seen as part of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS, would have imprisoned Irish citizens who purchased souvenirs in Israel for a maximum of five years and subjected them to a fine of more than $310,000.

Upon learning of the effort, senior Trump administration officials in the State Department are said to have scrambled to open up channels to Irish leaders in a bid to scuttle the bill and avoid a standoff with the Irish government over the measure.
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Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336098 views] Top|| File under:

#1  imprisoned Irish citizens who purchased souvenirs in Israel for a maximum of five years and subjected them to a fine of more than $310,000

Why do I get the feeling that Irish (government?) really dislikes Israel?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/06/2018 4:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Why do I get the feeling that Irish (government?) really dislikes Israel?
Posted by g(r)omgoru


Perhaps we can find the answer in an examination of history. Let's begin with WWII shall we ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/06/2018 4:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Blaming the the Jooows while the allow their nation to be flooded by moon goddess jihad terrorist, their women and daughters raped, acid attacks happening everyday.

Nice to finally have a non-muslim President who sticks up for Israel, that being said... What's next? Outlawing leprechauns who defaming Moohamman?

Pure genius for a bunch of raging liberal drunks.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/06/2018 5:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Think Shanty Irish Samantha Power or Susan Rice would've objected?
Posted by: Frank G || 02/06/2018 7:02 Comments || Top||

#5  ...given that their Leader was interfering in the election in Israel (Russians meddling, really?), they probably would have had agents lobbying for it not to exclude a little grease to go around.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/06/2018 7:35 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkey arrests hundreds in ongoing crackdown on Afrin critics
[RUDAW.NET] Ottoman Turkish authorities say they have incarcerated
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
573 people for criticizing Ankara's offensive in the Syrian-Kurdish canton of Afrin since Operation Olive Branch began on January 20.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's interior ministry released a statement on Monday saying 449 people have been arrested for allegedly posting "terror propaganda" on social media. It said a further 124 have been detained for participating in protests against the military operation.

"There are laws that prohibit the glorification of terrorism, support for terrorism through propaganda and media. The prosecutors are implementing the laws," Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
's spokesperson, Ibrahim Kalin, told news hounds in Istanbul this weekend.

The Ottoman Turkish government has been criticized for its crackdown on Kurdish political organizations, particularly the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

The crackdown, however, has not been limited to Kurdish entities.

Members of the Ottoman Turkish Medical Association (TMA), including its chairman, Dr. Rashit Tukel, were arrested last week on "terrorism charges."
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336077 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkey 'ready' to discuss ties with Netherlands
[AA.TR] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
's Foreign Ministry said Monday Ankara will hold talks with Amsterdam if it takes concrete steps towards normalization of relations.
Erdogan called them Nazis last year.
"At this stage, if the Netherlands shows willingness towards taking concrete steps towards normalization, Turkey is ready to discuss the relations between the two countries," Foreign Ministry front man Hami Aksoy said in a statement.

The Netherlands earlier on Monday formally withdrew its ambassador to Turkey over a 2017 row.

Relations between the two countries soured ahead of a major referendum in Turkey when Dutch authorities canceled the flight permit of a plane carrying Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The Dutch government also expelled Family and Social Affairs Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya from Rotterdam, blocking her from addressing the Ottoman Turkish community in the Netherlands before the April 16 vote.

Dutch withdraw ambassador to Turkey as ties sour

[RAPPLER] Relations have deteriorated in the past months, after Dutch officials barred a Turkish minister from attending a rally in Rotterdam on the eve of the March general elections here
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336083 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Erdogan, Pope talk joint efforts against Islamophobia
[AA.TR] Meeting with Pope Francis on Monday, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
’s president pointed to the harm that would result from the recent U.S. decision on Jerusalem, stressing that it should never be put into practice.

President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
’s one-on-one meeting with Francis at the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican was "extremely amicable," according to presidential sources.

During the meeting, the two leaders discussed Jerusalem, the ongoing refugee crisis, and developments in the Mideast, primarily Syria, as well as terrorism, and interfaith relations, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336077 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Is this pope catholic?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 02/06/2018 3:45 Comments || Top||

#2  No but he is a "Poop" hiding behind Vatican walls built save his city from Islamic invaders. And remember this arse hat?

Posted by: Woodrow || 02/06/2018 5:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Anti-Pope the first.
Posted by: Hellfish || 02/06/2018 13:04 Comments || Top||

#4  The Papacy is not his wheelhouse.
Posted by: newc || 02/06/2018 15:20 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraq releases list of 60 'terror suspects', but does not include Baghdadi
[RUDAW.NET] Iraqi security forces released a list of Iraq's 60 most wanted persons on Sunday for their connections to ISIS, al-Qaeda or members of the late dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath party. The list does not include the ISIS leader Abu Bakir al-Baghadi.

The list is comprised of all Iraqis, with the exception of one Lebanese national, including the daughter of the former Iraqi president Raghad who currently lives in Jordan.

AFP reported that they had access to view the list of terror suspects.

The Lebanese suspect, Maan Bashour, is accused of recruiting fellow citizens to fight in Iraq.

The US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 put an end to the former Iraqi regime.

"It's an old story that dates back to the American invasion of Iraq when we were partisans of the Iraqi resistance," Bashour told AFP. "Yes, we carried out activities against the American occupation."

The list included the names 20 Baathists, 12 al-Qaeda members, and 28 suspected ISIS fighters. However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
the name of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi who declared the so-called caliphate in 2014 was absent from the list.

AFP contacted a senior Iraqi security official but he declined to comment on why al-Baghdadi's name wasn't included.

The ISIS group announced the so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria after they captured Iraq's second-largest city of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
in June 2014. The Iraqi forces, supported by the US-led Global Coalition against ISIS and the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters liberated the city late last year.

The ISIS member's names included on the list are accused of fighting in Mosul, the surrounding Nineveh province in addition to Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
Diyala and Anbar.

AFP reported that the ISIS fighter's names included on the list were accused of murders, bombings, attacks on security forces, and the financing and transport of weapons.

"These are the hard boyz most wanted by the judicial authorities and the security services," the security official said. "This is the first time we publish these names which, until now were secret."
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336095 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Maybe the Iraqis have good info that the galactic overload and caliph of Iraq is Tango Uniform? And they don't want to say too much.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 02/06/2018 10:41 Comments || Top||


Iraqi gov’t confirms US military drawdown following ISIS defeat
[RUDAW.NET] The Iraqi government has confirmed earlier reports that the US military presence in the country will be drawn down following Baghdad's declaration of victory over ISIS in December.

"The battle against ISIS (ISIS) has ended and so the level of the American presence will be reduced," Iraqi government front man Saad al-Hadithi said, according to AP.

This does not mark the beginning of a complete US withdrawal, al-Hadithi stressed, saying the drawdown is only in its early stages. According to AP, an official close to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said up to 60 per cent of US forces could soon be withdrawn.

According to a Pentagon report in November, there were 8,892 US troops in Iraq as of last September. The planned reduction would leave a force of roughly 4,000.
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336078 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Battle over bodies rages quietly in Iraq's Mosul long after Islamic State defeat
[AOL] The Iraqis who have come home to djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
's Old City knew it would be hard living in the rubble left by the battle against Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
, but there is one aspect of their surroundings they are finding unbearable seven months on.

"I don’t want my children to have to walk past dead bodies in the street every day," said Abdelrazaq Abdullah, back with his wife and three children in the quarter where the holy warriors made their last stand in July against Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition forces.

"We can live without electricity, but we need the government to clear the corpses ‐ they're spreading disease and reminding us of the horrors we've just lived through."

The stench of death wafts from rubble-filled corners in the dystopian wasteland of what was once West Mosul, from rusting cars still rigged with explosives and from homes abandoned as those who could, fled the bloody end of the holy warriors three-year rule.

The corpses lying in the open on many streets are mainly holy warriors from the Lion of Islam Sunni group who retreated to the densely-packed buildings of the Old City, where only the most desperate 5,000 of a pre-war population of 200,000 have so far returned.

Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336085 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Germany Sold Technology to Iran for Use in Syrian Chemical Attacks
[Jerusalem Post] Germany’s Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control approved a license for a company to sell military applicable technology to Iranian companies that subsequently was used in Syrian regime chemical weapons attacks, reported the German publication Bild on Monday.

The German company Krempel, located near the southern city of Stuttgart, sold electronic press boards to Iranian companies that were used in the production of rockets.

The Jerusalem Post reported in 2017 that multiple German intelligence reports revealed that Iran sought chemical and biological weapon technology in the federal republic.

The research of the human rights group, Syrians for Truth and Justice, Bild and the online investigative journalist website Bellingcat, showed photographs of the rocket remains with the company logo of Krempel and the product signature: "Made in Germany."

The rocket debris was found after two poisonous gas attacks were conducted by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. Krempel confirmed the delivery of the electronic technology "Pressspan PSP-3040," an insulating material with a cellulose base used for insulation. The chemical attacks took place on January 22 and February 1. The gas attack in January resulted in 21 injuries, including many children.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/06/2018 02:36 || Comments || Link || [336088 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  And we helped pay for it.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 02/06/2018 9:06 Comments || Top||

#2  After Soetoro's midnight Swiss Fr. and USD donations to Iran, we probably have nothing to discuss with the Germans.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/06/2018 9:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Trump is supposed to be worse than Hitler but Borat Obama... two coats! One afternoon!
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 02/06/2018 10:14 Comments || Top||


For Afrin, locals mobilise to defend against Turkey
[RUDAW.NET] Ammunition belts slung over their shoulders, voices cracking from the chanting, dozens of young Syrian Kurds amassed in Afrin's town square to enlist in the "resistance" movement against a Ottoman Turkish-backed assault.

They wore mismatched military gear, some in jeans and others with scarves wrapped around their faces.

A few admitted it was the first time they had ever touched a weapon, but said they felt compelled to defend their hometown.

"Afrin is where I grew up, just like my parents and my grandparents before me. This is why it's a duty for me to fight for it," says Asmaa, 19.

The first-year journalism student at Afrin University decided last month to leave her studies behind and respond to a call to arms by local Kurdish authorities.

Town officials called for a "mass mobilisation" of civilians to fight an assault by Ottoman Turkish troops and allied rebels on the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Afrin.

They estimate hundreds have joined so far -- some deployed to the front lines while others have volunteered for hospital shifts or rescue teams that search for survivors after bombardment.

Asmaa, a black-and-white scarf wrapped around her neck, says she enlisted to take part in the fighting.

"Today, I don't see myself as a student. I see myself as a fighter," she says assertively.

The crowd around her splits into two lines -- one for young men and one for women -- and begin marching through Afrin for an impromptu military parade.

As shopkeepers look on, the youth wave YPG flags and chant, "No to occupation!" and "Long live the heroic resisters!"
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336087 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Manbij Military Council vows to resist possible Turkish invasion
[RUDAW.NET] The Manbij Military Council has vowed to resist any potential Ottoman Turkish military operation on the city. It said any such assault would only destroy its hard won peace and allow terrorist groups to return.

"We would like to let the public know that any possible attack on the city of Manbij will be responded to with the same historic resistance of Afrin, and it will be a harsh lesson for anyone who dares to go forth against Manbij," the SDF-linked Manbij Military Council (MMC) said in a statement on Monday.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
and its proxies in the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) previously tried to take over Manbij, but were stopped by the "resistance and determination of the Manbij Military Council," the statement said.

In early 2017, as part of its Euphrates Shield operation, Ottoman Turkish and FSA forces launched attacks on several villages in the Manbij area. US forces mobilized in the area in a display of support for their allies and the council handed over control of some villages to Syrian state forces to serve as buffer between them and the Ottoman Turkish army.

The MMC condemned Turkey’s ongoing operation in Afrin.

"This aggression that practices ethnic cleansing and mass genocide against our people in Afrin is aimed for producing terrorist groups in areas where there is peace and coexistence," the MMC added.

It called on the international community and human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
groups to oppose aggression against both Afrin and Manbij.
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336081 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Terror Networks
Abbottabad files reveal how Iran, Assad recruited al-Qaeda militants
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Following the events of September 11, 2001, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard helped relocate al-Qaeda members and leadership by providing them with new clothes, shoes, Iranian passports and money.

These details were discovered in a series of letters from the al-Qaeda communication officer Atiyyatullah al-Libi, whose real name is Jamal Ibrahim al-Shtaiwi al-Musrati. He was appointed by the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones...
himself as an al-Qaeda envoy in Iran.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 02/06/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336087 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda

#1  Any one care to guess what the last administration thought about this?
Posted by: AlanC || 02/06/2018 8:18 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2018-02-06
  Chlorine gas dropped in rebel-held territory of Idlib, Syria
Mon 2018-02-05
  Russian, Syrian warplanes unleash all-out attack on ISIS in northeast Hama as army prepares to eliminate pocket
Sun 2018-02-04
  Bomb blast kills top military commander in S. Yemen Zoom
Sat 2018-02-03
  Ahrar Al-Sham’s top commander in northern Idlib has been assassinated
Fri 2018-02-02
  Four Migrants Critical after Being Shot in Calais Brawl
Thu 2018-02-01
  Robert Mueller Requests Postponement of General Mike Flynn Sentencing… It was a set up
Wed 2018-01-31
  Southwest State Confirms The Death Of Burhakabo Military Commander
Tue 2018-01-30
  Iraqi court sentences Al-Qaeda member to death over executing eight civilians in 2007
Mon 2018-01-29
  McCabe Resigns
Sun 2018-01-28
  Top Houthi leader killed in Sanaa by unknown individuals
Sat 2018-01-27
  Taliban kill 40 63 90 95 with ambulance bomb in Afghan capital Kabul
Fri 2018-01-26
  Mosul clean up continues: 21 turbans permanently unwound, 9 more jugged
Thu 2018-01-25
  Double car bombing kills 33 in Benghazi
Wed 2018-01-24
  Two suicide attackers, Islamic State member killed as troops repel attack in Baghdad
Tue 2018-01-23
  1.5K al-Nusra troops surrounded in Idlib

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