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Syrian Army cuts all supply lines to ISIL’s last stronghold in southern Syria
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Two dead, one injured in knife attack near Paris	2 16:20 Raj [11134]
Russian military shoots down three jihadist UAVs above Idlib	0 [11128]
Change of plans: Syrian Army to target three major areas in northwest Syria	0 [11126]
Syrian Army cuts all supply lines to ISIL’s last stronghold in southern Syria	0 [11132]
Afghan Commandos storm Taliban hideout in Faryab province	0 [11126]
Kabul Attackers Stationed Near ARG 'Three Days Ahead Of Attack'	0 [11122]
Salahuddin adventures: 7 turbans die tired, Shiite paramilitaries give their all	0 [11126]
IDF arrests two Gazans trying to cross border into Israel	0 [11126]
Afghan sentenced to life for stabbing teenage sister 28 times in Austria ‘honor’ killing	5 15:54 Skidmark [11126]
Saudi 'detains' Mecca imam who 'challenged mixed gatherings'	0 [11123]
German police arrest Russian man over alleged terror bomb plot	0 [11124]
Karachi man sentenced to 10 years in jail for collecting funds for TTP	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
British Airways, Air France to suspend flights to Iran	1 15:57 Skidmark [11126]
Organization Behind Massive ‘SUPER EID' Muslim Celebration at Vikings stadium labeled terrorist	11 20:37 Zenobia Floger6220 [11134]
The war in the desert Why the Sahara is terror's new front line	1 16:21 Woodrow [11129]
UN says it has run out of money for fuel, medicine in Gaza	14 18:31 Rambler in Virginia [11128]
Top Iranian cleric threatens Tehran will target Israel if US attacks	3 11:24 trailing wife [11131]
Russia says over 63,000 troops have fought in Syria	0 [11128]
Mentally ill man pleads guilty to helping radicals in Syria	2 11:13 Skidmark [11127]
US Soldier to plead guilty in terrorism help case	1 16:47 Skidmark [11130]
EU must speed up efforts to save nuclear deal — Iran state TV	1 01:47 Raj [11125]
US pastor’s lawyer plans appeal to Turkish constitutional court	0 [11124]
US, UK, France pledge to act against new Syria chemical attacks	0 [11131]
Top Trump aide turns the screw on Tehran	0 [11126]
Bolton: Turkey can end lira crisis 'instantly' by freeing pastor	1 04:39 Elmerert Hupens2660 [11124]
IS chief urges followers to wage ‘jihad’ in new recording	1 10:39 Frank G [11125]
Rejected asylum seekers denied food in Hungary: HRW; Croatian police beat them at Bosnian border	0 [11129]
Afghanistan 'will not attend' Russia-led peace talks	0 [11127]
Saudi Arabia 'seeks death penalty' for female activist	0 [11126]
Taliban plan to attend Afghan talks in Moscow, says Russia	2 19:46 Frank G [11131]
Kashmir parties support India-Pakistan talks	0 [11125]
Israel opens probe against soldiers who killed two Gaza protesters	0 [11125]
Sri Lanka to end execution moratorium soon, but will send 5 Pakistanis on death row home	0 [11127]
Afghanistan has 'unprecedented' opportunity for peace: US general	0 [11122]
Head of UN Gaza violence probe resigns	0 [11123]
Immigration Watch: Measles cases hit record high in Europe	0 [11124]
Immigrant Watch: Sweden rape: Most convicted attackers foreign-born	4 12:40 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Immigration Watch: Feds: Man charged in Minnesota stabbing was in US illegally	0 [11124]
Immigrant Watch: MS-13 gang member, in US illegally, pleads guilty in brutal quadruple killing	4 10:02 trailing wife [11128]
Immigration Watch: Arrest of illegal immigrant in Mollie Tibbetts murder fuels GOP calls to strengthen laws	0 [11123]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Armed Marshal Mistakenly Taken Off Plane At MSP Airport	2 16:09 Skidmark [11126]
CIA Director Gina Haspel announces new leadership picks	3 11:20 Skidmark [11126]
Israel green lights over 1,000 settlement homes, hundreds more to be marketed	1 11:28 Skidmark [11126]
Morocco king pardons 188 people linked to Hirak protests	0 [11128]
PM Khan reminds nation of the real meaning of sacrifice in Eid message	0 [11128]
Sheikh Rashid accused of manhandling elderly woman, damaging cameraman's phone	0 [11126]
Washington liquor store has private gun club in back: 'Don't think there's anything like this in the country'	2 13:34 g(r)omgoru [11125]
DF-41 to be silo bases in Wuzhai?	0 [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
The Media's Latest Scam: Trump's Going to Be Impeached Because of the Michael Cohen Plea	3 16:52 NoMoreBS [11126]
Our lobbying 'has certainly had an impact' - AfriForum on Trump's land expropriation comments	8 17:17 Besoeker [11132]
Cohen's father said he didn't survive Holocaust to have his name 'sullied' by Trump	16 21:32 Whiskey Mike [11129]
Seamus Bruner: ‘Contracts Flowed from Robert Mueller's FBI to James Comey' at Lockheed Martin	4 23:26 DooDahMan [11131]
What to Make of the Cohen Plea and Manafort Convictions	4 13:31 g(r)omgoru [11128]
6 Takeaways About Paul Manafort And Michael Cohen's Legal Woes	2 19:41 Frank G [11133]
Immigrant Watch: 'Nomad terror' the next big threat?	1 15:07 M. Murcek [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Spot the companies that oppose your values	1 21:58 Woodrow [11124]
Ocasio-Cortez Claims Global Warming Is Killing Americans, Gov Allowing It	7 19:42 Frank G [11130]
Judge Foils 'Deep State Bureaucrats' in Obamacare Case, Demands IRS Return $839M to 6 States	0 [11124]
In case you forgot – Congress paid $17 Million in hush money to protect politicians	3 14:03 49 Pan [11124]
Malcom Turnbull Is Out As Aussie PM	4 21:33 Whiskey Mike [11128]
CNN's April Ryan says Sarah Sanders 'stirred up' threats against her, should pay for Ryan's bodyguard	8 13:22 g(r)omgoru [11124]

    
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7	Islamic State
4	Taliban
4	Moslem Colonists
4	Govt of Iran
3	Hamas
2	Govt of Syria
2	Narcos
2	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	TTP
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	al-Nusra

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Syrian Army cuts all supply lines to ISIL’s last stronghold in southern Syria

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Mon 2018-08-20
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Sun 2018-08-19
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Sat 2018-08-18
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Fri 2018-08-17
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Thu 2018-08-16
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Wed 2018-08-15
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Tue 2018-08-14
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Mon 2018-08-13
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Sun 2018-08-12
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