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General fined $2,000 for accidental gunshot in Iraq

Edit Toronto Sun 12 Oct 2016
GATINEAU, Que. — Canada’s top special forces soldier has been fined $2,000 after accidentally firing his weapon near another military officer last year. A military judge handed down the punishment after Maj.-Gen ... The case stemmed from an incident in northern Iraq last December, where 170 Canadian special forces are training Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... Jonathan Vance ... Brig.-Gen....

‘As Long As They Are Killing Each Other, We Are Safe’

Edit Politico 12 Oct 2016
Facebook Twitter Google + Email Comment Print. Last spring, I went hiking in the Golan Heights with a group of Israelis who had arranged a break on a hilltop called El Rom ... Story Continued Below ... Getty ... *** ... (Fatah al-Sham, or the Front for the People of the Levant, is, if you will, the Nusra Front 2.0, following the Sunni group’s break from Al Qaeda.) Russia backs the Assad government, which is also, of course, allied with Iran. The U.S....

HRH Princess Hussa bint Salman Guest of Honour at British Embassy Reception

Edit Arabnews 11 Oct 2016
Author. . ARAB NEWS. Tue, 2016-10-11. ID. . 1476137155246287600. RIYADH. Her Royal Highness Princess Hussa Bint Salman Bin Abduaziz was the Guest of Honour at a reception hosted by Mrs ... In her welcoming address, Mrs ... “The Damascene tradition and Levant touch which mark this event are a true reminder of this age-old Arab culture with all its depth and beauty; yet, it also reminds us of the current reality of Syria ... Saudi Arabia. ....

Coalition Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Oct 2016
(Source. US Department of Defense). SOUTHWEST ASIA, Oct. 11, 2016 - U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolveofficials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria ... Strikes in Iraq ... U.S ... (noodl....

Tuesday’s best TV: National Treasure; Damned; Divorce

Edit The Guardian 11 Oct 2016
It’s the final episode of the superb drama about an ageing celebrity accused of rape. Plus Jo Brand’s social-work comedy continues, and Sharon Horgan’s uncomfortably funny show starring Sarah Jessica Parker kicks off. Ambulance. 9pm, BBC1 ... Ben Arnold National Treasure ... After that, he takes a clifftop train ride along the Riviera Di Levante and winds up in Brenner Pass, where one of the world’s longest railway tunnels is being constructed....

140 publishing houses set for Sharjah book fair

Edit Khaleej Times 11 Oct 2016
event and the ... He stressed how this popularity stemmed from passion ... GCC ... Flying the flag for the Levant region at SIBF 2016 are two literary personalities; poet and novelist Charbel Dagher, author of 'Al Qasida Leman Yashtaheeha' (The Poem for Those Who Desire It) and 'Walimat Qamar' (Moons Banquet) and novelist George Yaraq, whose 'Hares Al Mawta' (The Guard of the Dead) was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction ... ....

Turkey kills 38 ISIL militants, rebels advance in Syria

Edit Topix 10 Oct 2016
Some 38 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours, the Turkish military said on Oct. 9, marking an escalation of conflict in the area where Syrian rebels, backed by Ankara, are fighting the jihadists. Supported by Turkish tanks and air strikes, rebels have been pushing towards the Islamic State stronghold of Dabiq in an operation launched in late August ... ....

Counter-ISIL Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Oct 2016
(Source. US Department of Defense). SOUTHWEST ASIA, Oct. 10, 2016 - U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday's strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria ... Strikes in Iraq ... U.S ... (noodl....

Watch's Hillary Clinton full speech in Detroit, after second debate

Edit Detroit Free Press 10 Oct 2016
Hillary Clinton at the Oct. 9, 2016, debate in St. Louis.(Photo. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY) ... Clinton is expect to speak around 2.45 p.m. at what organizers are billing as a voter registration event ... Watch the speech live above ... Levant Brody, 8, of Ann Arbor reads a book while her mother holds their place in line to see Democratic presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton at Wayne State University's Matthaei Athletic Center where was speaking ... x ... x ... ....

Why the New Silk Roads terrify Washington

Edit CounterPunch 10 Oct 2016
Almost six years ago, President Putin proposed to Germany ‘the creation of a harmonious economic community stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok.’ ... In a nutshell. Washington panicked ... Before the Syrian “Arab Spring”, Syrian businessmen were a in Yiwu, south of Shanghai, the largest wholesale center for small-sized consumer goods in the world, where they would go to buy all sorts of products in bulk to resell in the Levant ... ....

Syria ‘Cease-Fire’ Brings U.S. & Russia Closer To War

Edit Boiling Frogs Post 10 Oct 2016
Attack ... In resolution 2254, the UN Security Council reiterated “its call in resolution 2249 (2015) for Member States to prevent and suppress terrorist acts committed specifically by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh), Al-Nusra Front (ANF), and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al Qaeda or ISIL, and other terrorist groups, as designated by the Security Council.”[3]....

Syrian jets pound positions of terrorists in Idlib, Hama, Homs

Edit Press TV 09 Oct 2016
Syrian fighter jets have pounded positions of foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists in three provinces of Idlib, Hama and Homs ... The source said the militants were primarily members of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as the Nusra Front affiliated with al-Qaeda, Jund al-Aqsa (Soldiers of al-Aqsa) and Ahrar al-Sham (Free People of the Levant) terrorist groups ... (Photo by AFP) ... ....

Security Council Fails to Adopt Two Draft Resolutions on Syria, Despite Appeals for Action Preventing Impending Humanitarian Catastrophe in Aleppo (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Oct 2016
(Source ... That draft resolution would have demanded that all parties prevent material and financial support from reaching groups associated with Al-Qaida, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) or Jabhat al-Nusrah ... Statements ... Mr ... Mr ... It was also self-evident that the support programmes of the United States and some Arab countries continued to reach the hands of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) and Al-Nusrah....
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