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Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab Man Sentence Is Reduced To 15 Years
[RADIOSHABELLE] A 35-year-old man who pleaded guilty to being a member of al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
terror group six years ago, will now serve 15 years in jail after the Court of Appeal quashed a life sentence imposed on him.

Elgiva Bwire Oliacha was lucky that the prosecutor during his trial failed to table in court a P3 form of two victims who suffered grievous harm during the attack at Kaka Bus stage on October 24, 2011.

Guilty
Therefore, judges of the Court of Appeal ruled it is a basic rule of evidence in criminal law that an accused person must not be convicted of a criminal offence unless the court is satisfied that his guilt has been proven beyond reasonable doubt.

Justices Daniel Musinga, William Ouko and Gatembu Kairu noted that there was no proof of the existence or the nature of the injuries sustained by Patrick Ndolo Kanyingi and Justus Makau Mulwa.

They said that from the record, the degree or classification of injuries sustained by the two victims were supplied by the investigating officer and verbally communicated to the court by the prosecutor.

Chief magistrate Grace Ngenye (now a judge of the High Court) had sentenced Oliacha to life imprisonment for grievous harm and additional 15 years for engaging in organised criminal activity by being member of the outlawed terror group.

The court also sentenced him to seven years each for being in possession of firearms, hand grenades and ammunition.

When he first appealed before the High Court, Justice Msagha Mbogholi had directed that the sentences to run concurrently and not consecutively.

Oliach was tossed in the calaboose
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
following the terror attack along Race Course Road in Nairobi. When the police interrogated him, he took him to his house in Kayole, they recovered an AK47 rifle, a sub-machine gun, 2 revolver pistols, 2 automatic pistols, 717 bullets, 1 SNG machine gun magazine and 13 hand grenades.

The court heard that Oliacha converted to Islam in 2005 and immediately tried entering Somalia to join al-Shabaab. His first attempt failed and was returned at the border. He eventually succeeded to cross to Somalia through Liboi, on his second attempt.

He underwent training and was when he was qualified, he was dispatched to Kenya, where he settled in Kayole and started recruiting members.

The prosecution said he was the man who supervised and directed the twin attacks at Race Course Road.

The three judges dismissed other grounds of appeal stating that they were satisfied that Oliacha knew what he was doing as there was no suggestion that he was suffering from any disease of the mind.

He had also faulted the move to conduct proceedings at Nairobi Area police headquarters. "We are unable to find anything of unusual character to make us agree with learned counsel for the appellant that the plea was procured by fear of the environment at the police headquarters. At no stage did the appellant complain of torture or mistreatment by the police. Neither did he exhibit any signs of confusion," the Judges said.

They added that they found nothing objectionable to the holding of the proceedings at the police headquarters and the nature of exhibits required a place with sufficient security and where safety was guaranteed. Oliacha had been charged together with Mr Omar Muchiri Athuman and Mr Stephen Macharia Mwangi, who pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
Posted by: Fred || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Kenya Prevented Major Al Shabaab Attacks, Says Uhuru Kenyatta
[RADIOSHABELLE] President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday praised Kenya Defence Force’s strategies in fighting al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
, saying they had borne fruit because the terror gang had failed to carry out any major attack in the country in the last two years.

He said the troops in Somalia and those deployed to Boni Forest in Lamu had neutralised the terrorist group’s plans in Kenya and the region.

Safe
Speaking during a passing-out parade at the military Recruits Training School in Eldoret, the President said KDF had helped make the country safer.

"Our engagements have indeed degraded al-Shabaab’s ability to attack in Kenya and elsewhere," he said, adding that he was keen on protecting Kenya from any aggression by the group in his last term in office.

"Part of my duty as commander-in-chief is the protection of Kenyans and preservation of Kenya’s integrity under the Constitution and that is why I continue to laud the efforts of the Kenya Defence Forces in their fight against terrorism in Somalia and closer to home as part of the multi-agency force currently in Boni Forest," he added.

Attacks
Kenya sent its troops to Somalia in 2011 following persistent attacks and kidnappings by members of the al-Shabaab.

Since then the group has successfully carried out occasional attacks in Kenya although most have been restricted to counties bordering Somalia, the last being at the Garissa University College in 2015 where 148 people were killed by button men linked to the group.

The last major attack outside North Eastern was at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in September 2013 when its members shot at customers killing dozens.

Last year, the government deployed troops to Boni Forest to flush out a faction of the terror group that was said to have moved there after being kicked out of Somalia.

Peace
On Thursday, the President said efforts of those who have fought in defence of the country would not be forgotten.

"When this entire region is finally at peace, it will be because the men and women of this service fought bravely for peace, for prosperity and for freedom and equality under law," said the President who also paid tribute to those who have died in Somalia, saying they paid the ultimate price while defending their compatriots.

"I stand here today to say that these sons and daughters of Kenya have not fallen in vain. Their sacrifice for our freedom strengthens our resolve to fight the enemy and to destroy him once and for all," said the President.

The Head of State pointed out that the Kenya Defence Forces remained a symbol of the country’s nationhood and a leading example of its unity.

The forces unity and cohesion stand as proof of the greatness that can be achieved when all Kenyans live in harmony, he said and urged the public to emulate the example of the country’s forces who serve the country selflessly and diligently.
Posted by: Fred || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Terrorist organisations in Egypt 2017
[AlAhram] While the number of terrorist attacks dramatically decreased in recent years, terrorist tactics have changed, and these organizations remain a vivid threat to national security.

For several years, Egypt has been the victim of one of the fiercest waves of terrorism in its contemporary history.

It began in August 2012 with the "Ramadan massacre" in Rafah, claiming the lives of 16 soldiers, and reached its highest peak in 2015, which experienced the most terrorist attacks (594) in any single year from 2013 to 2017. In January 2015, alone, there were 124 armed attacks.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Arabia
Muslim World League chief: People must accept religious, intellectual diversity
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Secretary-General of the Moslem World League, Mohammed bin Abdulkarim al-Issa, highlighted the need to abide by effective dialogue. He said that the world today complains about the lack of understanding of God’s will in religious, intellectual, cultural and civilizational diversity, as well as the lack of understanding of the importance of coexistence among each other, as a basic rule for peace and harmony among mankind.

This was part of al-Issa’a speech at the Alliance of Virtue for Common Good conference in Washington, which was attended by 400 religious, political, social, intellectual and governmental figures from around the world.

Issa pointed out that religious and intellectual conflict and the resultant extremism and counter-extremism are not solely the responsibility of those who are mentally kidnapped, as they are merely a herd controlled by wolves.

He considered that the religious texts as well as the constitutional and legal texts can be interpreted and manipulated and be strict in its indications, stressing that all violent actions undertaken under the name of religion is a result of the inaction and neglect of the wise religious men.

Issa explained that religions throughout history have suffered from those who study religious texts by heart without understanding or awareness, and then heads scientific and intellectual fields, which resulted in disaster for the religions and for themselves.

Moral, behavioral values
He stressed that it is important that religious and educational programs should be focused on establishing moral and behavioral values.

The conference ended with a number of recommendations and decisions which included establishing an institution to develop and activate the "Washington Declaration", launch a humanitarian campaign to feed one billion hungry people worldwide, and establish an international multi-religious council of prominent religious men to support mediation and reconciliation, and quick intervention to end war and civil strife.

Posted by: Fred || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  "but not Jooos. They're too icky"
Posted by: Frank G || 02/11/2018 9:20 Comments || Top||


Targeting anti- missile patriot proves Yemen's military superiority: Army spokesman
[SABANEWS.NET] Yemen's front man General Sharaf Luqman said on Saturday that the army's recent successful operation that hit the Saudi-led coalition anti-missile patriot system in Mokha proved the Yemeni military superiority.

In a statement received by Saba, the army front man said the successful operation also proved that Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
owns national experts and experiments that would push the war toward a unique stage that would enhance the military capabilities against the enemy.

"The military operations are underway to defend the Yemeni western coasts and restore situations to the full control," he said.
Posted by: Fred || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Britain
Two Daesh militants should never set foot in UK again: Defense chief
[PRESSTV] Britannia's Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson says two captured ISIS turbans from the United Kingdom should never be allowed to return to their country.

Williamson made the comments on Saturday in an interview with the Sun newspaper after Britannia reportedly stripped El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Amon Kotey of their citizenship.

"I don't think they should ever set foot in this country again," Williamson told the newspaper. "They turned their back on Britannia, our values and everything we stand for ‐ they are the worst of the worst."

The two British citizens were members of a ISIS kidnapping cell dubbed "The Beatles" which was notorious for videotaping beheadings. They were involved in the killing of detained Western hostages.

The men were captured in January in eastern Syria by the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are supported by the US.

The two captured men were the last two remaining "Beatles" members who were still on the lam. Mohammed Emwazi, known as "Jihadi John," was killed in 2015 in a dronezap by the US-led coalition claimed to be fighting against ISIS. Another "Beatles" member, Aine Davis, is being imprisoned in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
The US State Department described Kotey, 34, and Elsheikh, 29, as executioners and jailers for ISIS.

Kotey "likely engaged in the group’s executions and exceptionally cruel torture methods, including electronic shock and waterboarding. Kotey has also acted as an ISIS [ISIS] recruiter and is responsible for recruiting several UK nationals to join the terrorist organization," the State Department said in a statement.

"Elsheikh was said to have earned a reputation for waterboarding, mock executions and crucifixions while serving as an ISIS [ISIS] jailer," the statement continued.

According to reports, Britannia is planning to send the two bully boyz to the notorious US military prison Guantanamo Bay or another prison outside of the United Kingdom, where it believes the rules of the Geneva Conventions do not apply.
The Daily Mail adds:
Kotey, a half-Ghanaian, half-Greek Cypriot nicknamed Ringo, and Elsheikh, who fled Sudan with his family aged five and was known as George, had been deprived of their UK passports on national security grounds after they travelled to Syria.

Between 2006 and 2015 at least 81 deprivations of citizenship orders were made including 36 because it was ’conducive to the public good’, but reports have put the number as high as 150 for those fighting with IS.

It means they are not allowed back into the UK. Security sources said UK imported muscle were increasingly having citizenship removed so they did not have to be dealt with in the UK courts if they are captured. Officials fear that if UK jihadis are sent back to Britannia much of the evidence could be inadmissible in the courts, for instance if they had been tortured and mistreated by local forces, and they would be set free on the streets.

A senior US official said Kotey and Elsheikh had provided valuable details about the remaining IS leadership and support structure.
Posted by: Fred || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Mohammed Emwazi, known as "Jihadi John," was killed in 2015 in a dronezap by the US-led coalition claimed to be fighting against ISIS

ahhh yass, Iranian PRESSTV...but it could easily be MSNBC, NYT, WaPoo
Posted by: Frank G || 02/11/2018 9:18 Comments || Top||

#2  "I don't think they should ever set foot in this country again"

Easy enough. Cut off their feet.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/11/2018 11:39 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Nawaz fails to appear before NAB to record statements
[DAWN] Former premier Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...
failed to appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday to record his statements in two supplementary references ‐ al-Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship investments ‐ that are yet to be filed in an accountability court.

Since Sharif did not act on NAB's summons, the Bureau will file the references without his statement and the court will start hearing the case.

A NAB official told DawnNews that if Sharif had been out of the country, the Bureau would have first issued him a notice, reminding him to appear before the court to respond to the charges against him before the body files the references.

But since Sharif was present in the country and still didn't appear before the Bureau before the end of working hours, NAB will now file the references without the former prime minister's statement.

Nawaz was summoned by the Rawalpindi NAB headquarters that is now being headed by Irfan Mangi, a member of the Panama Papers leaks Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed by the Supreme Court to probe corruption allegations against the Sharif family.

Posted by: Fred || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Pro-Pakistan slogans raised in India-held Kashmir's assembly
[DAWN] An Indian politician raised pro-Pakistain slogans in the Jammu and Kashmire Legislative Assembly on Saturday after his counterparts from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allegedly chanted anti-Pakistain slogans in the wake of a suspected hard boy attack on an Indian army camp.

Akbar Lone, a National Conference politician from Sonawari, later accepted that he had raised the slogans because he had been "provoked" by the slogans raised by BJP politicians, the Times of India reported.

"Yes, I said it. It is my personal view, I said it in the house and I don't think anyone should have a problem with it," Lone was quoted as saying by ANI.

Reports suggested that politicians associated with the BJP were raising slogans against Pakistain, accusing it of involvement in the Saturday morning attack on the Sunjuwan army camp in Jammu.

A National Conference spokesperson while quoting party president Farooq Abdullah said that Lone's action in the assembly was "unacceptable" and the party "disowns and condemns his remark".

Posted by: Fred || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
The Syria-Iran-Israel Kinetic Exchange: what was learnt

IDF: F-16 appears to have been downed by shrapnel from exploded missile

[IsraelTimes] Military still investigating exact cause of the fighter jet crash to determine if it was indeed brought down by Syrian anti-aircraft fire.

After Iran drone incursion, US says it backs Israel’s right to defend itself

[IsraelTimes] While State Department slams Tehran for its 'malign activities,' Putin tells Netanyahu to avoid triggering a 'new spiral' of clashes.

Iranian UAV that entered Israeli airspace seems to be American stealth knock-off

[IsraelTimes] IAF's second-in-command says drone, which was reportedly similar to aircraft seized by Tehran in 2011, was advanced and based on Western technology. The design for the Saeqeh, which looks something like a miniaturized B-2 bomber, is largely based on an American RQ-170 Sentinel spy drone, one of which Iran claimed to have shot down in December 2011, when it broadcast footage of the recovered aircraft.



Israel caused serious harm to Syria’s air defenses, says IAF second-in-command

[IsraelTimes] The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war in Syria, said Israel targeted the edges of a military air base, called T-4, in the Homs desert near Palmyra, where Iranian and Hezbollah forces are based alongside Syrian troops. The Observatory said the raids resulted in casualties, but didn’t specify. It also said Israeli raids targeted areas in southwestern Damascus, bordering the southern provinces. This was followed by raids on Syrian government posts along the Damascus-Beirut road, close to the border between Syria and Lebanon.

Condition of F-16 pilot in downed jet improves after emergency surgery

[IsraelTimes] Head of Rambam hospital says aviator suffered wounds to chest, abdomen while ejecting from jet; co-pilot set to be released home Sunday.

Iran rejects 'ridiculous' Israeli claim on downing Iranian drone
“Pshaw! And fiddlesticks, too!”
[PRESSTV] Iran has rejected as "ridiculous" claims by the Israeli regime that it had intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria, stressing the Islamic Theocratic Republic's military advisory presence in the Arab country is at the request of Syria’s "constitutional and legitimate" government.

"Claims about the flight of an Iranian drone ... are too ridiculous to be addressed because the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran has advisory presence in Syria at the request of the country's legitimate and constitutional government," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday.

"The government and army of Syria as an independent country have a legitimate right to defend [the country's] territorial integrity and counter any type of foreign aggression," he added.
“How dare they aggress against us by defending themselves!” he added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  The real fight is between IAF - who's been usurping the role of artillery for decades - and the IDF artillery corp (disclosure: I've served in both).
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/11/2018 4:36 Comments || Top||

#2  "F-16 appears to have been downed by shrapnel"
"An initial Israeli Air Force investigation indicated that Saturday’s F-16 fighter jet crash was caused by explosion of an anti-aircraft missile next to the plane, but not necessarily from a direct hit, the army said"

Sounds like their fighter got shot down.
Happens to the best of us.
Posted by: Zebulon and Tenille8254 || 02/11/2018 15:04 Comments || Top||

#3  The Israelis force their enemies to expend not an ounce of capital, but only a part of the interest. Never win that way.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 02/11/2018 16:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Link fixed to Israel caused serious harm to Syria’s air defenses, says IAF second-in-command. My apologies.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/11/2018 19:44 Comments || Top||


Abbas tells India PM he seeks multi-country peace mediation
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
told visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday that he is counting on India’s support for a multi-country sponsorship of any future Israeli-Paleostinian negotiations.
Maybe they could form a quartet?
Such a framework would ostensibly replace Washington’s long-standing monopoly as mediator. Abbas rejected the traditional US role after President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
recognized contested Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December. Trump’s pivot upset Paleostinians who seek the city’s Israeli-annexed eastern sector as a capital.

Abbas has appealed to the international community, including countries in Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and the Arab world, to demand a say in future negotiations, but has so far failed to secure commitments.

European leaders have criticized Trump’s dramatic policy shift on Jerusalem, but appear unwilling to confront Washington over its handling of more than two decades of failed efforts to broker an Israeli-Paleostinian partition deal.

First visit by India PM
Modi’s visit to the city of Ramallah was the first by an Indian prime minister to an autonomous Paleostinian enclave in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The Indian leader pledged $41 million for a hospital, three schools and other projects in the West Bank. He said India remains "committed to Paleostinian national rights," but stopped short of offering support for Abbas’ political agenda.

Modi’s West Bank visit was seen, in part, as an attempt to compensate the Paleostinians after he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for six days last month, in a reflection of warming ties between Israel and India.

Posted by: Fred || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  Whatever it takes to keep the money coming in, because this is too good a scam to let die just because the Americans have bailed. Sadly for the Paleos, everyone has bigger fish to fry at the moment.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/11/2018 1:25 Comments || Top||

#2  However, India seeks Israeli high tech weapons' system.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/11/2018 4:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Paleos have only problems to sell
Posted by: Frank G || 02/11/2018 9:15 Comments || Top||

#4  Now he can have meetings on his jet.
Just like Clinton.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/11/2018 11:38 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria reportedly under cyber attacking disrupting country's media outlets
[Ynet] The Syrian propaganda minister claimed that several of his country's media outlets were under a cyber attack that was disrupting their activities.

Qualified responders, he added, were working to restore communications.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  That rules the Iranians out -- I think.
Posted by: A. Flavising9759 || 02/11/2018 9:04 Comments || Top||

#2  maybe they just use ComCast?
Posted by: Frank G || 02/11/2018 9:21 Comments || Top||

#3  Waiting for the cable repair guy.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/11/2018 11:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Someone took over the sock drawer, so no sock puppets.
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/11/2018 19:58 Comments || Top||


Government
A budget the likes of which the Pentagon has never seen
Thank goodness the economy is improving, so we can afford overdue spending.
[FoxNews] It's the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That's far more in defense spending than America's two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can foot the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else.

And next year it would rise to $716 billion. Together, the two-year deal provides what Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says is needed to pull the military out of a slump in combat readiness at a time of renewed focus on the stalemated conflict in Afghanistan and the threat of war on the Korean peninsula.

The budget bill that President Donald Trump signed Friday includes huge spending increases for the military: The Pentagon will get $94 billion more this budget year than last -- a 15.5 percent jump. It's the biggest year-over-year windfall since the budget soared by 26.6 percent, from $345 billion in 2002 to $437 billion the year after, when the nation was fighting in Afghanistan, invading Iraq and expanding national defense after the 9/11 attacks.

The extra money is not targeted at countering a new enemy or a singular threat like al-Qaida extremists or the former Soviet Union. Instead the infusion is being sold as a fix for a broader set of problems, including a deficit of training, a need for more hi-tech missile defenses, and the start of a complete recapitalization of the nuclear weapons arsenal.

Every secretary of defense since 2011, when the Congress passed a law setting firm limits on military and domestic spending, has complained that spending caps set by the Budget Control Act were squeezing the military so hard that the number of ready-to-fight combat units was dwindling. Aging equipment was stacking up, troops were not getting enough training and the uncertain budget outlook was clouding America's future.

"I cannot overstate the negative impact to our troops and families' morale from all this budget uncertainty," Mattis said just hours before the House and Senate approved the deal.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/11/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  After 8 years of Obama - just be glad the legislators are exhibiting "common' sense.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/11/2018 4:14 Comments || Top||

#2  You cut back seriously on commitments, particularly to first world nations, your operational costs will go down, making more moneys available for those nagging things like replacement parts, maintenance, training, training, etc.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/11/2018 8:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Don't starve the Military. Make it cheaper.
There is plenty of crap you can cut to make up for it.
Posted by: newc || 02/11/2018 19:09 Comments || Top||

#4  What. Decreasing or well managed?
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/11/2018 19:59 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sun 2018-02-11
  Jaish-e-Mohammad targets sleeping families at Sunjuwan Army camp, kills two soldiers
Sat 2018-02-10
  TTP splinter group chief Khan Said ‘Sajna’ reported killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan
Fri 2018-02-09
  Houthi leader killed in precision strike along with 35 others
Thu 2018-02-08
  US kills more than 100 Assad regime fighters in largest deliberate strike against Syrian government forces
Wed 2018-02-07
  Israelis kill Ahmad Nasser Jarrar, terrorist behind murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevah
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

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