Rantburg

Today

Sun 01/13/2019

Sat 01/12/2019

Fri 01/11/2019

Thu 01/10/2019

Wed 01/09/2019

Tue 01/08/2019

Mon 01/07/2019

Archives

		556908 articles and 1922968 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 69 articles and 152 comments as of 18:11.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Politix
Turkish-backed rebels surrender last positions in southwest Idlib
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
From Trinidad to Mosul: Why the Caribbean island's young set sail for ISIS territory	1 16:06 newc [11129]
Houthi drone attack hits military base in Yemen	0 [11134]
Over 30,000 Flee Boko Haram Violence in NE Nigeria	0 [11130]
French Fishing Boats Targeted as Migrants Seek Way to Britain	2 06:57 Rob Crawford [11132]
NDS Arrests 11 Militants In Kandahar	0 [11128]
Six Security Force Members Killed In Balkh Clash	0 [11130]
Reporters Without Borders reacts to the killing of a journalist by Taliban	1 11:57 Frank G [11131]
Key Taliban leader surrenders to Afghan forces in Jawzjan province	0 [11135]
30 Taliban, ISIS-K militants killed in separate operations of Afghan and coalition forces	0 [11129]
Operation underway for the arrest of Nahzat-e-Islami leader Abdul Hamid Khurasani	0 [11130]
Belgium charges man with theft of Brussels bombings documents	0 [11135]
Saudi Arabia says six suspects killed in raid on Shiite stronghold	0 [11128]
Bomb blast kills civilian, wounds two others in Kirkuk	0 [11131]
5 Pakistani nationals stranded in Egypt charged with drug smuggling	0 [11131]
Woman killed in 'indiscriminate' shelling by Indian troops across LoC	0 [11128]
Syrian Army kills several Turkish-backed rebels in new attack on northern Hama	0 [11130]
Saudi Coalition capture several sites in central Yemen	0 [11126]
Syrian asylum seeker charged with murder of German that triggered Chemnitz riots	0 [11131]
Lebanese security forces bust ISIS sleeper cell near Syrian border	0 [11127]
Turkish-backed rebels ruthlessly behead Syrian man for allegedly working with gov’t	0 [11131]
Turkish-backed rebels surrender last positions in southwest Idlib	0 [11131]
Jihadist rebels allegedly launch new attack on southern Afrin	0 [11127]
Tunisia convicts dozens of jihadists over teen beheading	0 [11134]
4 held with firearms, bullets in Rangamati	0 [11130]
SDF capture 8 more foreign ISIS fighters	0 [11131]
Page 2: WoT Background
Lawfare: US Muslim group sues to block anti-BDS measure in Maryland	3 19:18 lord garth [11134]
Hamas renews funding for incendiary kite units ahead of expected escalation	0 [11131]
Video emerges of senior Belgian imam praying for Allah to ‘burn Zionists’	0 [11134]
Kazakhstan Says Dozens of 'Hostages' Evacuated from Syria	0 [11127]
Iraqi president meets Pompeo on bilateral relations, anti-terror efforts	0 [11135]
Iraqi PM calls on PUK to lower Kurdistan flag in Kirkuk	0 [11129]
Syrian Kurds intensify talks with gov’t as Turkish operation draws near	0 [11129]
US Coalition claims they captured ’99 percent’ of ISIS-held territories in Syria, Iraq	0 [11132]
UK stops charging forced marriage victims for own rescue	0 [11127]
Anisul: Law will be amended to try Jamaat	0 [11136]
Dhaka protests Naypyidaw’s claim of insurgents’ existence in Bangladesh	0 [11130]
Sudan's Omar al-Bashir vows to stay in power as protests rage	0 [11126]
"Taliban Will Have Role In Afghanistan, But Not Dominant One", Says Iran	0 [11130]
Zeihan: Documents Show Extensive Huawei Ties to Suspected Fronts in Iran and Syria	4 21:09 Frank G [11130]
Palestinian Authority cuts off Hamas lawmakers’ salaries	0 [11128]
Number of foreign troops in Iraq declines every month: PM	0 [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
WSJ: Behind Xi's Bluster Is a Vulnerable China - Trump's policies have America surging, while Chinese growth could slow further still.	11 22:19 newc [11138]
Russian Patriarch Says Smart Phones Are Herald of Antichrist	6 13:29 746 [11134]
Second Thoughts On Pot	5 13:36 746 [11125]
UN Says Saudi Teen Fleeing Family is Refugee, Australia to Consider Settlement	1 12:55 European Conservative [11133]
Australian police investigate suspicious packages sent to diplomatic missions	0 [11129]
Portland State Univ. professor to face discipline for exposing shoddy scholarship	5 09:49 Besoeker [11129]
A U-2 Spy Plane Just Did The Flyover For The College Football National Championship Game	4 09:00 swksvolFF [11137]
Pemra asks TV channels to observe decency in non-news content	0 [11130]
Thirty legendary T-34 tanks returned to Russia by Laos	2 19:31 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11127]
Maduro issues threat to 'interventionist' regional rivals	2 12:48 Whumble Henbane8124 [11132]
New Brazil government drops 'diversity' from school books	6 17:33 JohnQC [11130]
Tesla breaks ground on a 5 billion $ plant in Shanghai	5 16:23 magpie [11131]
Police Seek Male Staffers' DNA At Center Where Patient In Vegetative State Gave Birth	8 16:06 warthogswife [11128]
Hubble losing some vision.	2 22:32 newc [11132]
Baltimore fugitive known by the alias "Doo-Doo Butt" arrested in York County	7 23:51 Flomoting Javiling9013 [11136]
Recession everywhere but the USA?	4 10:54 DarthVader [11125]
Enraged Man Kills Lover For Sipping Jameson Whisky Without His Approval, blames culture	8 23:46 Woozle Hupoluck6070 [11134]
German hacker behind massive political data leak identified	2 09:10 Besoeker [11135]
Calling all divorce lawyers! $$$	15 13:17 Skidmark [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Jacob Wohl on twitter: Sources saying Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will resign tomorrow	10 22:53 Jomogum Bourbon6210 [11137]
WSJ: Return of the Nominations Blockade Democrats lost Senate seats, but they're still blocking appointees.	2 12:46 Bright Pebbles [11132]
Top 10 Things Liberals Will Try To Ban Within The Next Decade	12 22:34 newc [11135]
Cash can beat stocks in returns and happiness	8 21:30 lord garth [11133]
Mark Levin: Trump Speech ‘Outstanding'; Pelosi, Schumer ‘Are Pathological Liars'	1 10:51 JohnQC [11129]
What Tucker Carlson gets about men and women that the rest of the media do not	4 12:01 Bright Pebbles [11130]
General Bell: Military Generals And Globalism - And Response	3 21:10 Frank G [11131]
Page 6: Politix
AOC Trashes ICE Agents Days After She Voted to Fund ICE	2 08:54 SR-71 [11133]
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel tells staff he's being suspended over Parkland response	6 21:24 Anomalous Sources [11139]

    
                23:51 Flomoting Javiling9013

                        23:46 Woozle Hupoluck6070

                        23:38 Zenobia Floger6220

                        22:53 Jomogum Bourbon6210

                        22:34 newc

                        22:32 newc

                        22:31 M. Murcek

                        22:19 newc

                        22:14 crazyhorse

                        21:30 lord garth

                        21:24 Anomalous Sources

                        21:22 Anomalous Sources

                        21:10 Frank G

                        21:09 Frank G

                        21:01 magpie

                        21:00 magpie

                        20:54 DarthVader

                        20:22 Herb McCoy 

                        20:02 Frank G

                        19:37 Rex Mundi

                        19:34 Frank G

                        19:33 Frank G

                        19:32 ruprecht

                        19:32 Frank G

Who's in the News
29	[untagged]
6	Islamic State
5	Taliban
5	Moslem Colonists
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Commies
2	Houthis
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Syria
2	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
2	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Sublime Porte
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Narcos
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Hamas

On Sale now!

A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.

Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...

Steve White

Seafarious

tu3031

badanov

sherry

ryuge

GolfBravoUSMC

Bright Pebbles

trailing wife

Gloria

Fred

Besoeker

Glenmore

Frank G

3dc

Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2019-01-10
Turkish-backed rebels surrender last positions in southwest Idlib

Wed 2019-01-09
Turkish-backed rebels issue urgent plea for help from available forces in Idlib

Tue 2019-01-08
Israel said to block latest Qatari cash transfer to Gaza

Mon 2019-01-07
SDF troops capture ISIS stronghold east of Euphrates

Sun 2019-01-06
Turkey asks US for help in fighting ISIS in Syria

Sat 2019-01-05
Over 500 militants killed as infighting spreads in Syria: Report

Fri 2019-01-04
Niger troops kill more than 280 Boko Haram fighters this week: Government

Thu 2019-01-03
Turkey’s planned invasion impeded by new jihadist offensive in Aleppo

Wed 2019-01-02
Sisi supporters try to amend Egypt's constitution to let him remain in power

Tue 2019-01-01
Iraqi warplanes hit strategic Daesh position in eastern Syria, kills 30 commanders

Mon 2018-12-31
2 killed, dozens wounded in bombing near Philippines mall

Sun 2018-12-30
Morocco arrests Swiss-Spaniard over beheaded tourists

Sat 2018-12-29
Death toll in IED attack on Vietnamese tourists bus in Giza, Egypt rises to four; 10 injured

Fri 2018-12-28
Arab Israeli who glided into Syria to join Islamic State jailed for 3.5 years

Thu 2018-12-27
Israel announces it has found and destroyed another Hezbollah tunnel

Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.

216.73.216.65

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

WoT Operations (25)

WoT Background (16)

Non-WoT (19)

Opinion (7)

Politix (2)