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Hard News
U.S. Plans to Step Up Military Campaign Against ISIS: The Obama administration is preparing to broaden its military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria by increasing the number of Special Operations forces who advise Syrian rebels
In for the kill: 200 troops rushed to Iraq in final battle for key city of Mosul: The troops sent out will consist of advisers, trainers, aviation support crew and security forces. The news comes as members of ISIS's war council and two aides were killed in northern Iraq in a helicopter raid.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/
4 killed in rocket barrage from Syria, including 3 children:" Four people were killed, including three children, in southern Turkey on Monday - the third day of rocket and artillery fire from Syrian government controlled areas - as Syrian rebels launched a new offensive in the country's northwest.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/
Turkey denies claims it fired on fleeing Syrians: Turkey on Sunday denied claims that its military opened fire on Syrian refugees fleeing clashes between Islamic State group jihadists and rebels in northern Syria.
http://www.france24.com/en/
Ankara's anti-Kurd crackdown spills over border onto Syrian civilians (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO): While Ankara claims its ongoing military crackdown only targets terrorists, civilians often fall victim to the offensive - and not just in Turkey's Kurdish-populated provinces, but also across the border in Syria where people suffer from cross-border shelling daily.
https://www.rt.com/news/
'No visa-free travel - no migrant deal,' Turkey tells increasingly wary EU: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has become the latest Ankara official to threaten Brussels with the abandonment of last month's migrant agreement, just as the EU is considering making it easier to revoke the visa-free privileges it promised.
https://www.rt.com/news/
Netanyahu vows that Israel will never give up Golan Heights: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday to declare that Israel will retain full control of the mountainous plateau forever and will never return the strategic highlands to neighboring Syria.
http://tinyurl.com/zhzdsm9
Bomb rips through Jerusalem bus, wounds 21:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/A bomb blast ripped through a bus in Jerusalem Monday and sparked a fire, wounding at least 21 people, Israeli police said, in an apparent escalation in a wave of violence.
Palestine loses $285M per year due to deal: The Palestinian economy is losing hundreds of millions of dollars every year over outdated or insufficiently enforced fiscal agreements with Israel, a World Bank report said Monday.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Sweden's housing minister resigns over Israel comments:
http://www.euronews.com/Sweden's housing minister, Mehmet Kaplan, resigned on Monday partly over comments he made seven years ago comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians to the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany, increasing pressure on an already unpopular government.
Suicide bomber kills four Yemen troops near Aden airport:
http://www.brecorder.com/Four Yemeni soldiers were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a checkpoint near the international airport in second city Aden, home to a growing jihadist presence, a security official said.
Algerian forces kill 14 Jihadists, capture weapons:
http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/Algeria has confirmed that 14 armed militants have been killed since March and a big load of war arsenal discovered in the south-eastern province of El Oued as part of a wide scale counter-terrorism operation.
Eight dead, nearly 20 missing in new refugee boat tragedy off Libya: At least eight African refugees, and possibly as many as 27, died in a new boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a search and rescue organisation said toay.
http://www.themalaymailonline.
UK in talks to deploy up to 1,000 troops to Libya as Hammond arrives in Tripoli : The UK is in talks to deploy as many as 1,000 troops to the war-torn country amid concerns the newly installed unity government is failing to stem the rising tide of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and people smuggling
https://www.rt.com/uk/340064-
Rise in Afghan civilian casualties at hands of government forces: An increasing number of Afghan civilians are killed and injured at the hands of government forces fighting extremist groups, according to the UN.
http://www.theguardian.com/
Russia's military rejects U.S. criticism of new Baltic encounter: Russia's military rejected criticism by U.S. European Command on Sunday that a Russian jet had made aggressive maneuvers near a U.S. reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea, a second incident in the region between the Cold War-era foes in the past week.
http://www.reuters.com/
Brazilian President: Impeachment Process Has No Legal Grounds: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Monday that the procedure of impeachment against her, ongoing in the country's parliament, is devoid of any legal grounds.
http://sputniknews.com/latam/
Brawls, Sermons and Confetti: Brazilian Impeachments Have It All:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/When Brazilian legislators gather to impeach a president, it's anything but a solemn affair. Think Carnival of Brazil.
9/11 families hit Obama for 'siding with Saudi Arabia,' want secret report declassified: Over the past week, families of 9/11 victims have criticized President Obama because of reports stating that his administration is lobbying Congress to block a bill that would allow terror victims to sue foreign governments connected to attacks on American soil.
https://www.rt.com/usa/340109- |
