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Rebels seize Assad's last stronghold in Idlib
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
U.S. Saw Islamic State Coming, Let It Take Ramadi	13 20:47 JosephMendiola [7]
EXCLUSIVE: Peshmerga hunt down ISIS artillery ace	2 19:06 OldSpook [6]
Baghdad: Iraqi forces have Ramadi 'surrounded'	2 19:08 OldSpook [10]
Police brigadier killed by an IED device in North Sinai	0 [5]
Leading Shebab figure dies in Somalia	0 [5]
Riyadh Announces Death of Two Guards on Yemen Border	0 [13]
US Young Man Arrested over Fake Threat Alerts	0 [8]
Daesh kills 17 Iraqi soldiers	0 [6]
Syrian Army Destroys Terrorist Organizations' Strongholds in Different Areas	0 [10]
Yemeni Army & Popular Committees Advance	0 [13]
Over 32 ISIL Terrorists Killed in Iraqi Army Operations in Samarra	0 [5]
Tunisia arrests 2nd Morocco suspect in Bardo attack: ministry	0 [6]
Lebanon arrests 2 Syrians accused of belonging to ISIS	0 [5]
Rebels seize Assad's last stronghold in Idlib	0 [11]
Seven children hurt in grenade blast	0 [11]
Two Hazara men killed in Quetta	0 [9]
Man gunned down, wife injured in southern Thailand	0 [6]
Syrian army pulls out of Ariha city in north western Syria: state TV	0 [4]
Car bombs outside two Baghdad hotels kill at least 10, Iraqi authorities say	1 04:46 g(r)omgoru [5]
Chief of elite Tajik police unit defects to Islamic State, vows jihad against enemies	1 04:43 g(r)omgoru [6]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran Says Foiled U.S. Cyber Attack on Oil Ministry	4 12:23 g(r)omgoru [3]
Spain gives green light to arms deliveries for Iraqi military	1 08:51 JFM [4]
Egypt extends opening of crossing with Gaza for third day	1 13:56 Pappy [3]
643 civilians and military killed and injured in North Sinai: Health ministry	0 [4]
Top Islamic State figure makes appearance in Ramadi: Residents, expert	0 [1]
China is reason THAAD needs to be considered: U.S. lawmakers	2 01:03 JosephMendiola [4]
Iran Warns against 'Excessive Demands' in Nuclear Talks	1 07:09 Bobby [2]
Libya on verge of economic collapse, U.N. envoy warns	2 11:28 Frank G [9]
UN: Syria forces blamed for 14 attacks on medical facilities	1 05:03 g(r)omgoru [6]
Qadri to come back next month	0 [11]
Senate body urges Afghan govt to hand over Mullah Fazlullah	0 [9]
US training of Syria rebel fighters expands to Turkey	0 [4]
Pro-Israel critics claim Hamas front group nearing coveted UN status	0 [4]
Splintered Nigeria needs a shared vision	1 02:23 g(r)omgoru [6]
UN envoys wants IDF on blacklist with Islamic State	1 02:49 g(r)omgoru [6]
Head of Syria's al-Qaida branch says no plans to attack the West	1 08:03 ed in texas [5]
While D.C. Downplays Risk, U.S. Sees Shocking Rise in Terror Arrests This Year	4 08:05 Procopius2k [6]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Selling the Desert's Water-Conservation Lessons	1 21:36 Frank G [1]
Courtesans and samurai	1 15:51 rjschwarz [2]
Study Predicts Decades Of Global Cooling Ahead	7 19:10 OldSpook [3]
FIFA Has Clinton Foundation Ties; World Cup Host Qatar Gave Millions	2 20:42 Blossom Unains5562 [5]
Russian Opposition Leader's Illness Raises Fears Of Foul Play	2 16:55 Lampedusa Jones6552 [7]
Donetsk chief negotiator could be investigated	0 [3]
Puntland launches Bossaso port expansion project	0 [2]
Love-marriage couple's kin scuffle on court premises	0 [7]
Nawaz, Shahbaz acquitted in old corruption case	0 [7]
Saudi Arabia beheads another Pakistani drug trafficker	1 08:07 ed in texas [8]
Meet the first Muslim judge of California	8 19:28 Secret Master [5]
Bartender sentenced after man drinks 56 shots and dies	7 17:19 Bright Pebbles [7]
Exclusive: Russia masses heavy firepower on border with Ukraine - witness	0 [5]
The US Navy shows off its strange new war-changing ships	8 19:30 JosephMendiola [7]
Baltimore Residents Fearful Amid Rash Of Homicides	14 19:47 Crazyfool [8]
World Cup sponsor logos redesigned to protest labor abuses in Qatar	2 09:44 CrazyFool [8]
UN: Fewer hungry people in the world despite wars, poverty	2 14:22 Bobby [3]
Duncan Hunter accuses Army of retaliation with criminal investigation of whistleblower	5 19:24 OldSpook [4]
Putin rules deaths of Russian troops in 'special operations' a state secret	4 13:04 DarthVader [6]
Czech General Petr Pavel's Bear Warning	2 12:08 charger [1]
New Law Limits What Minnesota Bounty Hunters Can Wear, Drive	2 07:51 Procopius2k [6]
Page 4: Opinion
The Age Of Weather Disinformation	3 13:08 DepotGuy []
Emboldened in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State may be reaching limits of expansion	6 11:52 Rob Crawford [4]
CII's latest remarks	0 [8]
Bloggers in peril	0 [6]
Daska: All that is wrong with Pakistan's police and lawyers	1 09:20 ed in texas [5]
The last example of a party-state	0 [6]
Page 6: Politix
From Eritrean child soldier to Swedish parliamentarian	0 [5]
Government s'mores: Michelle O's food police reinventing campfire treat	7 20:22 JosephMendiola [7]
Ex-US House Speaker Dennis Hastert indicted on bank-related charges	8 20:24 JosephMendiola [11]

    
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                        20:42 Blossom Unains5562

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                        19:47 Crazyfool

                        19:35 JosephMendiola

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                        19:28 Secret Master

                        19:24 OldSpook

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                        18:44 gorb

                        17:34 SteveS

                        17:21 Bright Pebbles

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                        16:55 Lampedusa Jones6552

                        16:53 rjschwarz

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                        16:33 DarthVader

                        16:29 Lowspark 

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Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
6	Govt of Pakistan
4	Govt of Syria
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Hamas
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	al-Shabaab
1	Narcos
1	al-Nusra
1	Boko Haram
1	Arab Spring

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2015-05-29
Rebels seize Assad's last stronghold in Idlib

Thu 2015-05-28
Airstrikes kill at least 80 in deadliest bombings of Yemen war

Wed 2015-05-27
Shiite militia claims ISIS leader killed near Fallujah

Tue 2015-05-26
Suicide bomber blows himself up during Rangers operation in Karachi

Mon 2015-05-25
Syria: IS executes hundreds in Palmyra

Sun 2015-05-24
Prayer leader explodes in mosque

Sat 2015-05-23
Kunar Drone Strike Kills Four Taliban

Fri 2015-05-22
Air strikes kill 15 militants in North Waziristan

Thu 2015-05-21
Kurds advance against Islamic State in northeastern Syria

Wed 2015-05-20
IS Attacks Syria Druze Village, Battles for Palmyra

Tue 2015-05-19
US drone strike in North Waziristan leaves six 'militants' dead

Mon 2015-05-18
ISIS confirms Ramadi capture

Sun 2015-05-17
US special forces kill senior IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

Sat 2015-05-16
Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack

Fri 2015-05-15
Belmokhtar's Jihadist Group in N. Africa Pledges Allegiance to IS

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