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Blast
at Syria-Turkey border kills
29 rebels:
ISIS, said a “soldier of the
caliphate” detonated a car
bomb as the rebel fighters
were crossing into Syria,
US-based monitor SITE
Intelligence Group reported.
‘20
killed’ in suicide bomb
attack at Syrian refugee
camp, ISIS claims
responsibility;
The attack took place at
Atma refugee camp in the
northwestern province of
Idlib, near the Turkish
border, sources told Anadolu
Agency.
Assad
offers rebels amnesty if
they surrender Aleppo:
Rebels holed up in Aleppo
can leave with their
families if they lay down
their arms, President Bashar
al-Assad said on Thursday,
vowing to press on with the
assault on Syria's largest
city and recapture full
control of the country.
UN
envoy warns east Aleppo
faces 'total destruction';
Staffan de Mistura offers to
personally escort rebel
fighters out of Aleppo to
help save 275,000 trapped
civilians.
Russia is ready to establish
a no-fly zone in Syria:
Igor Morozov, a member of
the Council of the
Federation Committee for
Foreign Affairs, told
Izvestia, other Russian
naval missile systems
operate in Syria as well.
This will allow to establish
a no-fly zone over the
country if necessary.
The
White Helmets Pushing U.S.
Military Intervention and
Regime Change in Syria;
The group is anything but
impartial. The White
Helmets’ leadership is
driven by a
pro-interventionist agenda
conceived by the Western
governments and public
relations groups that back
them.
White
Helmets are AlQaeda?
Video
exposing the White Helmets
NGO AKA the "Syrian Civil
Defence force" US funded,
AlQaeda group in Syria.
Propaganda
alert:
Should The U.S. Double Down
In Syria With A No-Fly Zone?:
The idea, resisted by the
Obama administration, has
been endorsed by Democratic
nominee Hillary Clinton
Propaganda
alert:
Petraeus: Straight-forward'
to ground Assad air force;
Assad and his supporters
"are intent on de-populating
Eastern Aleppo," says Former
CIA Director and Retired
Four-Star General David
Petraeus.
Propaganda
alert: :
John
McCain: Stop Assad Now—Or
Expect Years of War:
Ground the regime’s air
force, create safe zones for
Syrian civilians, and arm
the opposition.
Pentagon Fronts Bomb Buys
For Allies Fighting ISIS:
The Pentagon is buying bombs
for allies to drop on
Islamic State militants,
essentially fronting the
cash to speed up weapons
deliveries, top military
officials said.
Air
strike kills pro-government
fighters in Iraq:
An air strike has killed at
least 20 Iraqi
pro-government Sunni tribal
fighters in an area south of
Mosul, according to the
security forces and a
minister.
Turkish soldiers will stay
on Iraqi soil: Turkish PM:
“Whatever the Iraqi
government in Baghdad says,
the Turkish presence there
[in the Bashiqa region] will
remain for the fight against
ISIL and to make sure that
the demographic structure of
the region is not being
changed by force,”
Upset
with Turkey, Iraq seeks
Security Council session:
Iraq has requested an
emergency UN Security
Council session over the
presence of Turkish troops
in northern Iraq, a Foreign
Ministry spokesman said
Thursday, a development that
could further increase
tension between the two
neighbors.
Canadian special forces have
been in gunfights with ISIS,
general says:
Canada has about 200 special
forces soldiers helping
Kurdish forces fight ISIL in
northern Iraq.
Seven
fighters killed in Yemen
clashes:
Four
rebels and three
pro-government fighters died
on the edge of Taez and Lahj
provinces in fighting for
control of an area
overlooking the strategic
Bab al-Mandab strait, the
officer said.
Yemeni Forces Hit Several
Saudi Bases with Rockets:Yemeni
army soldiers, backed by
fighters from allied Popular
Committees, struck a number
of military bases in Saudi
Arabia’s border region of
Jizan on Thursday in
retaliation against
incessant airstrikes.
White
House: Netanyahu Broke a
Commitment, That's Not How
You Treat Your Friends:
After State Department
issues unusually harsh
statement on Israeli plans
for new settlement for Amona
residents, White House says
action 'undermines the
pursuit of peace.'
Inside Palestine’s Refugee
Camps : Must Watch Video
- With millions of displaced
Palestinians around the
world, hundreds of thousands
are refugees in their own
country—many have lived
packed into these refugee
camps after being ethnically
cleansed from their villages
just miles away.
11
killed in Central African
Republic after official
shot:
Mission spokesman said that
calm had returned to
Bangui’s PK5 neighborhood, a
mostly Muslim enclave where
the violence took place. On
Twitter, he said 14 people
were unaccounted for and
might be hiding in fear of
more clashes.
UN
peacekeepers refused to help
as aid workers were raped in
South Sudan – report;
Peacekeeper troops from
Chinain Juba, South Sudan. A
report says they and forces
from other countries
‘underperformed’ during
violence in the city in
July.
Afghanistan: Doctors to flee
Kunduz:
Hospital staff forced to
flee as fighters enter city
where thousands of residents
face water and electricity
shortages.
Demonizing
Russia?
Russia denies drugging US
diplomats;
"We are outraged," Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister
Sergey Ryabkov said, adding
the claim may have been the
work of the US State
Department seeking "revenge"
for the collapse of talks
between the two counties to
address the situation in
Syria.
Germany Considering a Push
for EU Sanctions on Russia
Over Syria;
Initial discussions on how
to force Russia to change
its actions in Syrian civil
war
Kremlin says regrets way
Russia is being used in U.S
election campaign:
Russia and President
Vladimir Putin have become
what it called an
inseparable part of the U.S.
election campaign, saying it
was fed up with Russia
usually being presented in a
negative light.
Norway seeks ban on burqas
in the classroom
: Norway's right-wing
government on Wednesday
announced plans to ban the
full-face Islamic veil from
classrooms and university
lecture halls.
Theresa May trying to
protect soldiers who murder
prisoners and torture
civilians:
“We will never again in any
future conflict let those
activist left-wing human
rights lawyers harangue and
harass the bravest of the
brave, the men and women of
our Armed Forces”.
The
Great Debt Unwind: Business
Bankruptcies Soar 38%;
In August, commercial and
industrial loans outstanding
at all banks in the US fell
for the first time
month-to-month since October
2010, which had marked the
end of the collapse of
credit during the Financial
Crisis.
Hurricane Matthew: At least
100 people killed in Haiti
devastation;
Hurricane Matthew has left
108 people dead in Haiti,
the interior minister has
told AFP news agency. One
local official, speaking to
AFP, said 50 people had died
in the southern town of
Roche-a-Bateau alone.
Two
million are told to flee
deadly Hurricane Matthew:
Hurricane Matthew is
expected to hit southern
Florida late this evening
and move up the East Coast
Neighbor Describes NSA
Contractor’s Arrest:
“I Thought the Third World
War Started”: The Justice
Department charged Martin on
Wednesday morning with
illegally copying and taking
home sensitive government
materials through his job as
a Booz Allen Hamilton NSA
contractor:
Jewish Man Indicted After
Criticizing Israel, U.S. at
Kansas Q&A With Dennis Ross:
If people can be arrested
for asking questions at
library events, 'then I
guess we're going to have to
shut the library down,' says
outraged director about the
May incident.
Charlotte police release
full video of Keith Lamont's
fatal shooting:
Video - WARNING GRAPHIC
CONTENT.F amily insists it
does not show whether the
action was justified as it
fails to reveal if he had a
gun.
'New
low': Dead vets left to
'decompose' in VA morgue for
weeks without burial:
An Illinois Veterans Affairs
hospital already under fire
for excessive wait times,
festering black mold and
kitchen cockroaches faces a
new shame – the bodies of
dead patients left unclaimed
in the morgue for up to two
months without proper
burial, whistleblower
documents allege.
DOJ
Allowed Clinton Aides'
Lawyer to Limit FBI Probe:
Department of Justice
officials allowed Beth
Wilkinson, the lawyer for
two of Hillary Clinton's
aides, to shape the FBI's
investigation into her
handling of email during her
tenure as secretary of
state, including allowing
the aides to destroy
official documents and
laptops
Clinton Campaign Helped
Script Steve Harvey
Interview:
Leaked memo shows questions
were sent to Clinton ahead
of sit-down interview and
Flint water crisis special
Trump’s use of debts and tax
laws spurs concerns about
his methods:No
one knows for sure what
provisions his accountants
used because Trump — unlike
every other major
presidential nominee over
the last four decades — has
refused to release his tax
returns.
Trump
supporters explain how the
election will be “rigged” —
but only if Trump loses:
Emotions are running high
going into the election,
some voters don’t want to
accept their candidates
could lose, and whatever a
candidate says can seriously
influence what his or her
supporters think and say.