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HTS executes 6 people accused of being ISIS members in Idlib
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
One Dead as Tunisia Security Forces Arrest Migrants	1 10:24 Frank G [11127]
Yazidi leader killed in air strike by Turkey four years after genocide	1 18:23 Roger29 Palms [11131]
IDF kills two Palestinians on the Gaza border	0 [11124]
Eight arrested in West Bank on suspect of terror involvement	0 [11127]
Three people, including security personnel, injured in two bomb blasts in Baghdad	0 [11132]
Islamic State member, who killed seven people, arrested in Diyala: Interior	0 [11126]
Anbar antics: 5 turbans discover joys of Hell, 5 more to explore pleasures of Iraqi prison	0 [11130]
Five Turkish-backed rebels defect to SDF in Manbij	0 [11126]
Syrian Army unleashes powerful attack across Idlib-Hama axis	0 [11126]
Ahrar Al-Sham elects new leader in Syria	0 [11130]
HTS executes 6 people accused of being ISIS members in Idlib	0 [11129]
Puntland Forces Reclaim Town From Al-Shabaab	0 [11128]
Farmajo Shakes Security Chiefs To Ramp Up War On Al-Shabab	0 [11127]
Medical Staff Abandon Hospitals in Cameroon's Troubled Region	0 [11130]
Nigeria: Lai Mohammed Contradicts UN, Insists Nigeria Paid No Ransom to Free #dapchigirls	0 [11125]
Israeli forces shut down Al-Aqsa Mosque compound	3 12:41 jvalentour [11128]
Saudi Forces Arrest Armed 'Extremist' after Gunfight	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Austrian Populist Interior Minister: Criminalise Sharia Law Advocacy	3 16:41 gorb [11129]
UN chief suggests armed forces in Gaza to protect Palestinians	13 19:58 Airandee [11128]
Massachusetts Taxpayers Sue Over Anti-Semitic, Pro-Islam School Lessons	0 [11130]
Darfur Rebels Strengthen Foothold in Libya, Says UN Report	0 [11128]
Yazidi 'ex-Sex Slave' Trapped Both in Iraq and in German Exile	0 [11125]
Mattis Says Further Taliban Assaults Likely in Weeks ahead	0 [11128]
Pace of entry of Middle East refugees slowed drastically under Trump	2 16:50 gorb [11125]
U.S. says redirects Syria funds as allies pony up $300 million	0 [11126]
Egypt to close Rafah border crossing during Eid Al-Adha	0 [11129]
Syriac Christians hold first Lady Day festival since defeat of IS	0 [11129]
Russian MoD shows improvised militant drones used in failed attack n Hmeymim Airbase	0 [11126]
US threatens China with sanctions for Iranian oil imports	0 [11126]
Turkey will respond if US imposes more sanctions, says minister	0 [11125]
Alliance unravels as PPP refuses to vote for Shahbaz	0 [11127]
FO rejects charges Pakistanis aided Taliban in Ghazni	0 [11124]
Mashal promoted to Brigadier General for the bravery in responding to Ghazni attack	0 [11125]
Ghani orders in-depth review of conspiracies surrounding the attack on Ghazni	0 [11127]
Somali Military Court Sentences Soldier To Death For Killing	0 [11124]
Germany reaches deal with Greece to return asylum seekers	0 [11127]
Imran Khan elected as Pakistan's prime minister	0 [11129]
Turkey court rejects US pastor Andrew Brunson release appeal	0 [11125]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visits Ghazni after Taliban siege	0 [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Qatar accuses Saudi Arabia of blocking access to Hajj	0 [11126]
Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Change Lawsuit in Washington State	5 16:53 gorb [11127]
James Mattis: Latin American countries selling out their sovereignty to Russia, China	10 22:27 gorb [11131]
Accused Russian 'agent' seeks donations for defense	3 16:15 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Pres. Trump Cancels 2018 Military Parade, Leaves Door Open for New Date in 2019	4 22:55 Skidmark [11128]
Mattis says he'll dispatch Navy hospital ship to help Venezuelan migrants	6 22:58 Skidmark [11140]
John Elway: Broncos Offered Kaepernick a Contract, He Passed	8 16:17 swksvolFF [11128]
Man Arrested For Murder Of 7-Year-Old Taylor Hayes	4 08:24 Procopius2k [11127]
Police Raid Anti-Pipeline Site, Destroy Their Camp And Send Them Straight To Jail	4 06:54 Frank G [11130]
'Bilawal stole the show': PPP chairman's first parliamentary speech impresses Twitterati	0 [11125]
Zimbabwe: $1m Gold Vanishes From Armoury	4 18:56 Unusosing Gleaper6565 [11132]
People evacuated from rooftops as Kerala floods kill hundreds	0 [11128]
North Carolina police arrest 198 mph 'Hellcat' speeder seen in Facebook video	0 [11124]
Muslim couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake refusal	6 19:56 magpie [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Things got ugly when a Republican strategist accused a former CIA analyst of earning 'more money' with his security clearance	0 [11126]
Satanic temple sparks uproar by unveiling statue of goat-headed, winged creature called Baphomet in Arkansas state capitol	6 18:46 ed in texas [11129]
America's Guns: Secret Pipeline to Syria	3 20:18 TopRev [11128]
New York's 19th Congressional District Resists ‘BLUE WAVE'	0 [11123]
Revoking Security Clearances: The Easy Way out - Larry Klayman believes that Brennan et al. ought to be tried and jailed	0 [11128]
Did James Clapper meet with Bruce and Nellie Ohr?	1 18:13 DooDahMan [11136]
Surprising support for Trump yanking Brennan's security clearance	0 [11129]
John Brennan ~~Was Long~~ Is a Danger to US National Security	2 04:43 g(r)omgoru [11128]
KEK Wars, Part 3	4 19:59 mossomo [11133]
"Did Trump Really Save America From Socialism?" – Cold Fury	9 17:57 Omairong the Slender7093 [11132]
Page 6: Politix
Former U.N. chief and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan died	6 15:21 SteveS [11124]
Sir Ben Kingsley: Another Holocaust Is ‘Going to Come from a Very Surprising Place'	10 19:21 Groling Wholutch5413 [11126]
Michigan lawmaker apologizes for racial slurs against Asian opponent	6 19:27 Vortigern Hupomomble4489 [11130]
Christopher Steele Told DOJ’s Bruce Ohr He Was ‘Afraid They Will Be Exposed’ After Comey’s Firing	3 20:09 TopRev [11131]
Manafort’s Judge Is Under Federal Protection After Wave Of Threats	10 19:26 Jeasing Jeaque5937 [11130]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Banned the Media From Her Latest Town Hall Event	6 19:58 magpie [11129]
President Trump Says He Will Revoke Bruce Ohr's Security Clearance	0 [11124]
Benghazi Hero Destroys 'Kool-Aid Drinker' John Brennan	0 [11127]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
4	Sublime Porte
4	Moslem Colonists
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hamas
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Ahrar al-Sham (Salafists)
1	Human Trafficking

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2018-08-18
HTS executes 6 people accused of being ISIS members in Idlib

Fri 2018-08-17
American Couple Dies Tragically While Biking Through ISIS Territory Trying to Prove Evil Does Not Exist

Thu 2018-08-16
ISIS Killer Caught in Sacramento

Wed 2018-08-15
101st Airborne, US Special Forces Called Into Ghazni Battle

Tue 2018-08-14
Islamic State member sentenced to death over killing security personnel in Nineveh

Mon 2018-08-13
The FBI Finally Makes Peter Strzok Redundant

Sun 2018-08-12
Antifa to Protest ‘Alt-Right’ in D.C.: Abolish ICE, No Borders, Close Prisons

Sat 2018-08-11
Iraqi cleric "Tater" Sadr wins election vote recount

Fri 2018-08-10
Report: Ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas

Thu 2018-08-09
Dozens dead after school bus carrying "children" in Yemen hit by airstrike

Wed 2018-08-08
Israel pounds Hamas after 15 injured in rocket barrage

Tue 2018-08-07
11 Children Rescued From New Mexico Compound Run by Army Muslim Extremists

Mon 2018-08-06
Saudi Arabia declares Canadian ambassador persona non grata, orders him to leave in 24 hours

Sun 2018-08-05
Iran protesters attack religious school in province near Tehran

Sat 2018-08-04
Death Toll Rises To 30 In Bombings On Paktia Mosque

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