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Syrian Army foils ISIL breakout attempt in east Sweida
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Another large Syrian Army convoy heads to Idlib frontline	0 [11128]
Syrian Army foils ISIL breakout attempt in east Sweida	0 [11135]
Syrian Army destroys FSA headquarters in northern Hama	0 [11128]
Good morning	7 12:29 trailing wife [11126]
IDF razes home of terrorist who killed Israeli in West Bank settlement	4 08:10 Bright Pebbles [11130]
7 women arrested by Israel for aiding, promoting Hamas in Hebron	1 12:46 Skidmark [11127]
Truce reached after deadly clashes in Libyan capital	0 [11126]
Militants, security personnel among 115 dead, wounded in Faryab clash	0 [11128]
Dozens of insurgents killed in Ghazni, Paktika airstrikes: Thunder Corps	0 [11129]
Diyala dead and other dudes: soldier and 4 workers kaboomed, Diyala free of foreign turbans	0 [11130]
Three Islamic State members arrested in operation, west of Anbar	0 [11129]
Civilian killed in armed attack, south of Baghdad: Source	0 [11126]
Tahrir al-Sham send reinforcements to lines of contact with Syrian army	0 [11128]
Duterte slams IS as military kills seven BIFF rebels	0 [11130]
Nine Maoist militants surrender in Bukidnon	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Syrian gov’t allegedly holds secret meeting with US security officials: Al-Akhbar	6 20:46 Glenmore [11135]
Erdogan statue vandalised after being erected in Wiesbaden	3 13:51 Raj [11128]
Iran says advisers will stay in Syria	0 [11131]
Germany not considering financial aid for Turkey	5 13:52 trailing wife [11131]
UN Court Has No Jurisdiction in Iran Sanctions Case, US Says	0 [11129]
Saudi Arabia says Iran unable to close Strait of Hormuz	1 12:50 Skidmark [11133]
Arab Coalition in Yemen says UN report referred to legal team	0 [11127]
Mattis: Supporting the Arab Coalition in Yemen is the right thing to do	2 12:51 Skidmark [11127]
Salvini and Orban ready anti-migrant fight ahead of EU elections	0 [11128]
Israel developing missiles to hit anywhere in Mideast	1 12:53 Skidmark [11129]
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Houthis may have committed war crimes in Yemen: UN experts	2 15:26 M. Murcek [11129]
Qureshi raises issue of blasphemous contest with Dutch counterpart, asks OIC to convene session	2 12:59 Skidmark [11129]
More conflict in Shingal? Abadi orders 55 Arab families to return	0 [11127]
Thousands of Syrians start returning to Daraya: State media, Moscow wants a million	0 [11129]
150 displaced families repatriated in Kirkuk: Governor	0 [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
CNN's Jeffrey Toobin claimed Trump is racist because Antifa is "widely perceived as an African American organization"	9 20:07 Frank G [11129]
UPenn Women's Center targeted in federal Title IX complaint	1 15:23 Frank G [11127]
Ship of Fools V – Yet Another Greenie Expedition Scuppered by Ice	0 [11126]
UN Appointed Climate Science Team Demands The End of Capitalism	3 15:24 Raj [11125]
South Africa withdraws white farmland redistribution bill six days after Trump warned he was closely studying the situation	1 15:24 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11129]
Commerce Department Revises Second Quarter Growth Up to 4.2%	5 14:45 Frank G [11129]
Vietnam to let traders use yuan along China border	2 12:03 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11126]
Lockheed offers Japan majority of work in plan for new fighter jet	7 17:44 Ebbavirt Clunk4147 [11129]
Senate confirms seven more of Trump's judges	3 18:03 Iblis [11134]
A Brown University Researcher Released A Study About Teens Imitating Their Peers By Turning Trans. The Left Went Insane. So Brown Caved.	8 18:08 Iblis [11132]
[Instapundit] Soros Buys Millions in Facebook, Twitter Stocks After Bashing Tech Companies	2 13:16 Skidmark [11129]
Woman in Dubai lends ‘lover’ $1.3 million, he marries her friend instead	2 17:29 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11127]
Indian police arrest activists, draw ire from Amnesty	2 07:34 Frank G [11128]
Morocco arrests 12 suspects over gang rape	0 [11128]
Venezuelans flee home only to end up homeless in Brazil	2 10:55 Procopius2k [11127]
Human head discovered in Yaounde trash can	1 13:21 Skidmark [11127]
Mattis says US to end suspension of military drills amid North Korea tensions	3 13:22 Skidmark [11132]
Activists urge killer robot ban ‘before it is too late’	6 16:33 Skidmark [11125]
Seven Karachi police officers suspended over links with drug peddlers	0 [11126]
Man chops off foot of minor son in Kasur	5 21:09 Cromoper Gromoger4851 [11129]
North Korea still 'serious and imminent threat': Japan	1 17:37 Cheaderhead [11126]
Pompeo visit scrapped after belligerent letter from North Korea	3 03:21 newc [11126]
Kabul Bank’s former CEO shifted from Bagram prison after Farnood’s death	0 [11128]
Colombia leaves UNASUR to protest inaction on Venezuela	1 07:53 Procopius2k [11128]
Small breasts a ‘physical flaw': Russian ad regulator makes boob in anti-sexist ruling	11 17:35 rjschwarz [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Is a Historic Decision on UNRWA Imminent?	1 14:01 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Jim Brown: Black community 'has a responsibility' to look inward, not blame Trump	4 23:33 Elmomoque Lumumba3794 [11131]
Chicago Cardinal: Global Warming, Migrants Are ‘Bigger Agenda' than Sex Abuse	14 21:24 3dc [11132]
Aluminum Mill to Bring 550 Jobs Back to Kentucky Town Crippled by Free Trade	5 17:57 Iblis [11131]
FBI, DOJ Used Their Own Press Leaks to Further Investigations	6 21:49 Zenobia Floger6220 [11129]
Mexico deal shows Trump's trade strategy succeeding brilliantly	2 16:23 mossomo [11128]
Donald Trump and the Purveyors of Civility	4 13:55 trailing wife [11125]
Is China Repeating Germany's World War I Mistakes?	2 15:16 Dale [11125]
Lahore zoo deaths	3 06:03 Besoeker [11126]
Small Wars Journal: US and Them	5 13:02 Abu Uluque [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Jimmy Carter Calls Trump's First Reaction To McCain's Death ‘A Serious Mistake'	11 22:20 Whiskey Mike [11134]
Why the media, Democrats, and even Republicans are mum about the Chicom spy in Feinstein's office	9 19:18 charger [11133]
Polls Are Just More Media Propaganda	7 21:48 Rob Crawford [11132]
What Happened To The DNC Investigation Of Keith Ellison's Alleged Domestic Abuse?	2 14:05 g(r)omgoru [11127]
H.R. 5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019	9 23:17 USN, Ret. [11129]
96 Percent of Google Search Results for 'Trump' News Are from Liberal Media Outlets	16 17:59 charger [11131]

    
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                        21:24 Gleath Chatch5396

                        21:14 Glenmore

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Who's in the News
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8	Commies
4	Govt of Syria
3	Houthis
3	Islamic State
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Iran
2	Sublime Porte
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Hamas
1	Arab Spring
1	al-Nusra
1	Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Palestinian Authority

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Wed 2018-08-29
Syrian Army foils ISIL breakout attempt in east Sweida

Tue 2018-08-28
Idlib: Nusra arrest 20 ISIS turbans, Gov’t closes key crossing

Mon 2018-08-27
Elite Army units moving to Idlib for major assault

Sun 2018-08-26
John McCain dies at 81

Sat 2018-08-25
Syrian Army launches powerful assault in northern Hama

Fri 2018-08-24
Arab coalition thwarts Houthi boat bomb targeting commercial ships off Yemen

Thu 2018-08-23
Syrian Army cuts all supply lines to ISIL’s last stronghold in southern Syria

Wed 2018-08-22
‘IS militants’ launch attacks in Chechnya; five killed

Tue 2018-08-21
U.S. Rejects Turkey's Offer to ~~Release~~ Ransom Pastor, Report Says

Mon 2018-08-20
‘Allahu Akbar!': Knife-Man Shot Dead After Attacking Spanish Police

Sun 2018-08-19
Yemeni army inflicts heavy casualties on Houthi militants in Taiz

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
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