20 killed in huge blast near Syria's Aleppo:
A huge car bomb targeting areas just outside the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo has killed at least 20 people. Security sources said on Thursday that tens of people were also injured in the blast in the Hraytan town, about five kilometers north of Aleppo.
ISIS Executes 3 Assyrian Christians in Hasakah, Syria:
The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) has released another a gory video in which they brutally execute three Assyrian civilians that were taken captive during their winter offensive (February 23rd) in the Khabour River region of the Al-Hasakah Governorate.
Combat report: Russian jets strike 27 terrorist facilities in Syria overnight;
"The [Russian] bombers... targeted eight militant strongholds in the province of Homs. The militant fortifications were completely destroyed by the strikes," said Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry. The Russian planes hit 11 Islamic State training camps in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa
Syria army in 'vast offensive' backed by Russian strikes:
Syria's army announced Thursday a "vast offensive" to wrest back territory from armed opposition groups, as NATO voiced alarm at escalating Russian military activity in the war-torn country.
Fact or propaganda?
Russian Airstrikes Destroy 40% of ISIL's Infrastructure in a Week:
Syria's Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad said that around 40 percent of Islamic State infrastructure in Syria has been destroyed since Russia began its military operation in the country.
Gulf Arabs 'stepping up' arms supplies to Syrian rebels:
Saudi Arabia is responding to the recent Russian air strikes on Syrian rebels by stepping up its supplies of lethal weaponry to three different rebel groups, a Saudi government official has told the BBC.
Russia has ground troop battalion, advanced tanks in Syria: U.S. NATO envoy:
Russia's military build-up in Syria includes a "considerable and growing" naval presence, long-range rockets and a battalion of ground troops backed by Moscow's most modern tanks, the U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Wednesday.
US Defense Chief Warns: Russians Will Die:
Ashton Carter warns that due to its Syria attacks, Russia will in coming days 'begin to suffer casualties,' indicating domestic attacks. "This will have consequences for Russia itself which is rightly fearful of attacks...in coming days, the Russians will begin to suffer from casualties," Carter said at a NATO defense ministers meeting
Ash Carter: U.S. Won't Cooperate With Russia on Syria Strikes :
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition has not agreed to cooperate with Russia in the fight against the Islamic State and no collaboration is possible as long as Moscow continues to strike other targets.
Photos show Russian military trucks on Syria-bound ship:
A ship chartered by the Russian government to make voyages to a government-controlled port in Syria was carrying military trucks when it headed to Syria last month, according to photographs taken as it passed through the Bosphorus Straits.
Pentagon funding bill on Obama's desk: $600 mln to Syrian rebels, $300 mln to Kiev:
Some $600 million has been earmarked for a program to support the "appropriately vetted" Syrian rebels, fighting against both the government in Damascus and Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS and ISIL).
Congress probing U.S. spy agencies' possible lapses on Russia:
Senior U.S. lawmakers have begun probing possible intelligence lapses over Moscow's intervention in Syria, concerned that American spy agencies were slow to grasp the scope and intention of Russia's dramatic military offensive there.
Iraq Gives Up On America And Asks Russia To Rescue It From IS:
"We might be forced to ask Russia to launch airstrikes in Iraq soon," Hakim al-Zamili, chairman of the Iraqi parliament's defense and security committee, told Reuters. "We are seeking to see Russia have a bigger role in Iraq. . . Yes, definitely a bigger role than the Americans."
Mortar attacks kill 27 in Iraq - police :
Twenty seven people were killed in Iraq on Thursday when mortars landed in the provincial capital of Baquba, police and medics said.
In Pictures .. ISIS throws 4 people from high buildings in Iraq because of homosexuality:
The extremist organization in Mosul called the people who gathered in "Bab al-Toub" area to watch the execution of two men under the pretext of homosexuality by throwing them from the roof of a building
NATO Ready to "Defend" Turkey, Send Troops If Needed:
NATO Secretary General: NATO is ready to send troops to Turkey to defend its ally against threats on its southern flank, the head of the US-led alliance said today after violations of Turkish airspace by Russia jets conducting air strikes in Syria.
Saudi-led Attack Kills 30 More Civilians in Yemen::
Saudi-led warplanes struck a wedding ceremony in Yemen Thursday killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens injured in the western province of Dhamar, local press reported on Thursday. In late September, fighter jets struck a ceremony killing more than 135 people, many of them women and children, and injuring dozens of others.
Amnesty International Says The U.S.-Supported Coalition In Yemen Is Committing War Crimes:
"The coalition airstrikes investigated by Amnesty International in Sa'da governorate have involved serious violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes," the report, published this month by Amnesty International, reads.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth in Jerusalem:
A Palestinian youth has been shot dead by Israeli forces during a protest in Jerusalem, Palestinian medical sources said.
Palestinian stabs 4 Israelis in Tel Aviv, shot dead at scene:
A Palestinian suspect stabbed four Israelis, including a soldier, in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Israeli police and the army reported, with the attacker shot dead at the scene.
Palestinian seriously wounded by settler fire: Red Crescent:
Jewish settlers shot and seriouslywounded a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank early today,the Red Crescent and witnesses said.
Watch: Journalist hit by stun grenade covering West Bank clashes : Video -
Al Mayadeen TV journalist Hana Mahameed was caught in crossfire Oct. 4 in Jerusalem while reporting clashes in the West Bank, and was injured by a stun grenade.
Obama Approved Israeli West Bank Violence: News Analysis -
Nothing this extreme would be happening without US approval. Make no mistake. Washington fully supports it - daily attacks on defenseless Palestinians, reminiscent of Nazi Germany's Kristallnacht, extreme viciousness, terrorizing an entire population, committing cold-blooded murder and mayhem.
Major oil reserve said found on occupied Golan:
Afek Oil and Gas confirms 'significant amounts' of liquid oil, but quality, quantity and cost-effectiveness of extraction still unknown
Untold Story of British WWII Concentration Camps for Jewish Refugees:
The gruesome and shameful history of British concentration camps for Jewish refugees in Palestine during the Second World War still remains largely unspoken.
Second Saudi juvenile faces beheading, a day after Cameron's questioned over 'squalid' human rights deal:
According to human rights organisation Reprieve, Dawoud al-Marhoon had his death by beheading sentence upheld by the Saudi Specialised Criminal Court.
At least 17 killed in NE Nigeria suicide attacks blamed on Boko Haram:
At least 17 people were killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks in northeast Nigeria Wednesday, as Boko Haram released a new video saying its leader was still alive and in charge of the Islamist"
UN Attack Kills Five DR Congo Civilians: :
Governor Julien Paluku told AFP by telephone that he had just received confirmation from a delegation that visited the scene of Monday's attack that "MONUSCO pounded a village essentially made up of civilians" and that "as of today ... five civilians were killed."
U.S. mulls sailing near disputed South China Sea islands: Pentagon official:
The United States is considering sailing warships close to China's artificial islands in the South China Sea to signal it does not recognize Chinese territorial claims over the area, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday.
NATO to Boost Rapid Response Force in Eastern Europe:
The NATO military bloc announced Thursday that it will boost its Rapid Response Force to 40,000, a ten-fold increase from the original number of troops assigned. NATO had previously agreed to install small headquarters in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania, most countries which share borders with Russia.
Worse than a Pig's Head: David Cameron's Crimes:
Yes, the U.K.'s Prime Minister had intimate relations with a dead pig's head (allegedly). But it gets worse.
UN: Over 150,000 People Murdered in Mexico Since December 2006:
The U.N.'s human rights commissioner said Mexico has a 98 percent impunity rate, while most crimes aren't even investigated.
U.N. chief hails U.S. plan to release thousands of prisoners:
The United Nations secretary-general welcomed on Wednesday a U.S. decision to release some 6,000 federal prisoners to ease overcrowding and provide redress for people who had received disproportionately long sentences for non-violent drug-related offenses.
Volkswagen U.S. chief knew of emissions problems in 2014:
It wasn't until last month that Volkswagen disclosed at a meeting with regulators that software in certain diesel vehicles contained a defeat device, which effectively lowered emissions for testing purposes.
St. Louis Prepares For "Catastrophic Event" As Underground Fire Nears Nuclear Waste Cache:
Beneath the surface of a St. Louis-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by no more than 1,200 feet.
TPP text to finally be made public:
The TPP's text will be made public Nov. 7, or sometime around then, or perhaps a little sooner, according to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.
Memo to progressives: Hillary Clinton is lying to you:
Let's be clear here: Hillary Clinton is lying when she says she's opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. There is absolutely nothing in either her political background or her political history to suggest that she has any real substantive problems with the deal.
Most Americans have less than $1,000 in savings, 1 in 5 have none - survey:
"They likely don't have cash reserves to cover an emergency and will have to rely on credit, friends and family, or even their retirement accounts to cover unexpected expenses."
