May 31, 2017- Trump Will Reportedly Keep U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv
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Headline: Trump Will Reportedly Break His Promise and Keep U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to continue the policy of the previous three presidents and sign the presidential waiver delaying the move of the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, according to a report published on Wednesday by CNN. The report cited senior White House officials who said Trump has reached this decision and will sign the waiver before the final deadline midnight Wednesday. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer refused to answer a question on the matter during his televised press briefing on Tuesday. If Trump signs the waiver, he will break an election promise he made to move the embassy to Jerusalem. He will be the second president to break such a promise, after George W. Bush. The waiver has been signed by every U.S. president since 1995, and it is valid for six months at a time. President Barack Obama signed it during the last weeks of his term, and on Thursday it will be half a year since he did so. That means that if Trump does not sign the waiver on Thursday, the U.S. government will be forced, by law, to begin the process of relocating the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Spicer was asked about the issue during his daily press briefing, and despite the fact that the question included the looming deadline, he said that Trump has not yet made up his mind.
May 31, 2017
http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.793001
Headline: Turkey Attempting to Take Over Jordanian Control of Temple Mount
The Jerusalem municipality’s eastern Jerusalem experts have revealed in recent days that Turkey has been competing with Jordan over influence among Arab residents as well as over control of the Temple Mount, Hashiloach—an Israeli journal for thought and policy, created by the Tikvah Fund—reported last week. The city’s experts, David Koren and Ben Avrahami, also revealed that Turkey has begun pouring millions of dollars into non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in eastern Jerusalem, in order to strengthen Ankara’s status among the Arab residents, at the expense of Jordan and Israel. “The growing involvement of the Erdogan regime, which is now the main patron of the Muslim Brotherhood worldwide, shows that the Turkish actions in Jerusalem are part of a wider process of creating regional Turkish hegemony at the expense of other players,” wrote the Jerusalem mayor’s advisers on the eastern part of the city, noting that “the biggest loser from the increased Turkish presence is Jordan, which for many years had enjoyed the status of Custodian of the Holy Places and the protector of the residents of eastern Jerusalem.
May 30, 2017
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/88897/turkey-eclipsing-jordan-arab-claims-old-city-temple-mount/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Gunman opens fire at private school in Saudi Arabia, US embassy says
A disgruntled Iraqi teacher killed two people during a shooting at a private school in Saudi Arabia that is popular with members of the Saudi royal family, according to media reports. The gunman, who was recently sacked his job at the school, shot dead a Saudi teacher and a Palestinian headmaster, according to the 3alyoum website. The headmaster was reportedly also a US citizen. An Asian security guard was also reportedly wounded but no children were present at the time of the shooting. It was not clear if the killer had been apprehended the incident was still “ongoing” as of 3pm local time (1pm UK), according to the US embassy in Riyadh. “There has been a shooting at Kingdom School in Riyadh, shooter still at school. School closed, no children present. Please avoid area,” the embassy said on Twitter.
May 31, 2017
Headline: UAE-backed forces gain control over Aden airport
Forces backed by the United Arab Emirates have taken over the airport in the southern city of Aden, according to Yemeni security officials, further fueling tension between internationally recognized President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the UAE. The officials said that one soldier from among the forces guarding the airport died in clashes Wednesday morning. The officials spoke anonymously as they were not authorized to brief the media. The UAE contributed forces to the Saudi-led coalition that secured Hadi’s return to the country following his exile in 2014. Hadi was originally forced to flee the capital, Sanaa, when it was seized by Shiite rebels, and Aden became his temporary seat of power. However, tensions have grown between Hadi and the UAE over control of Aden’s airport, the main gateway to Yemen’s second largest city. UAE-led forces have made several previous unsuccessful attempts to seize the airport.
May 31, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uae-backed-forces-gain-control-aden-airport-47742701
Egypt
Headline: Three army officers and a soldier killed in western Egypt
Three army officers and a soldier were killed in Egypt’s Western Desert on Wednesday when an explosive belt seized from Islamist militants went off, the military said in a statement. The Egyptian Air Force was conducting reconnaissance over the Bahariya Oasis area when it discovered and fired on two four-wheel drive vehicles transporting militants. As the Egyptian Army was clearing the area and dealing with the weapons and equipment the militants left behind, an explosive belt went off, killing three officers and a soldier. Egyptian security forces have been battling Islamic State, which killed hundreds from the military and police. The insurgency was until recently concentrated in the remote Sinai Peninsula but the militants have extended their campaign to other parts of Egypt.
***See also Libya below
May 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security-military-idUSKBN18R2NU
Syria
Headline: Syria conflict: US sends arms to Kurdish forces fighting IS
Headline:Turkey slams US arming of Kurdish militia as ‘extremely dangerous’
The US says it has started distributing weapons to Kurdish forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Pentagon spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway said the Kurdish fighters had received small arms and vehicles from the US military. The weapons aim to help them drive IS from its Syrian stronghold, Raqqa. Donald Trump this month approved arming fighters from the Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG), drawing strong condemnation from Turkey. Turkey views the Kurdish rebels as terrorists and wants to stop them taking more territory in Syria. It is also worried that the weapons will end up in the hands of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group it has been fighting for decades. The Pentagon has previously said it is “keenly aware” of Turkey’s concerns, and that the US remains committed to “protecting our Nato ally”. However, the US believes the Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will be essential to Raqqa’s downfall.
May 31, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40100917
http://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-slams-us-arming-of-kurdish-militia-as-extremely-dangerous/
Headline:Iranian-backed forces amassing near U.S. training base in Syria
Headline: Powerful pro-Iran Badr Brigades to enter Syria
Hundreds of Iranian-backed militiamen, fighting alongside government troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, are amassing near a U.S.-training base located near the country’s border with Iraq, the Defense Department confirmed Tuesday. Pro-Assad fighters supported by Tehran have begun conducting patrols near the southern Syrian town of At Tanf, which is home to a U.S. training camp for moderate Syrian militias battling the Islamic State, said Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis. American commanders and their Russian counterparts, deployed to Syria in support of the Assad regime, have designated At Tanf and the surrounding areas as a deconfliction zone, which bars any interference by any outside forces of coalition operations within the area. “We continue to see massing [of forces] and we are concerned about that,” Capt. Davis told reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday. “These patrols are unacceptable and threaten coalition forces” operating within the deconfliction zones, he said, adding that American forces would defend themselves, should regime troops attempt to breach the zone.
***See also Iran below
May 31, 2017
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/30/iranian-backed-forces-amassing-near-us-training-ba/
http://debka.com/article/26079/Powerful-pro-Iran-Badr-Brigades-to-enter-Syria
Headline: Russia fires cruise missiles at Islamic State targets from Mediterranean
Russian warship and submarine have fired four cruise missiles from the Mediterranean at Islamic State targets near the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The strike, which Russian news agencies said was the first of its kind since November, was carried out by the frigate “Admiral Essen” and the submarine “Krasnodar,” and targeted militants and equipment in an area east of Palmyra. The defense ministry said the hardware and forces struck had previously been deployed by Islamic State in Raqqa. “All targets were destroyed,” it said in a statement. Russia had warned the United States, Turkey and Israel before launching the missiles, the ministry said. It did not say when the strike took place, but Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had personally told President Vladimir Putin about the military action late on Tuesday.
May 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-idUSKBN18R0IK
Iraq
Headline:Three suicide blasts send Iraq death toll to 42
Headline:ISIS seals off Mosul mosque preparing for last stand
Three suicide bombings in Baghdad and a city to the west have killed at least 42 people, targeting Iraqis breaking their fast and elderly people collecting their pensions, officials said Tuesday. The strikes came as forces fought to retake the last areas held by the Daesh group in their former stronghold of Mosul. The first IS-claimed car bombing struck a Baghdad ice cream shop during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when Iraqis often stay out late shopping or socializing after breaking their daily fast. A second attack claimed by the group targeted the country’s main pension office, while a third bombing was carried out at an army checkpoint in Hit, some 120 miles (200 km) west of Baghdad. The US State Department said in a statement that it condemned the Baghdad bombings in “the strongest possible terms.” “These brutal attacks, whose victims included innocent children breaking the Ramadan fast and elderly Iraqis collecting their pensions, demonstrate once again the wanton savagery of the enemy we face,” spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. The UN called the bombings an “outrage” while Paris turned off the lights of the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday night in tribute to the victims. The bombings in Baghdad come as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last IS-held areas of Mosul, a city that was the jihadist group’s emblematic stronghold.
May 31, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1107801/middle-east
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4969646,00.html
Iran
Headline: A showdown could be looming between the US, Iran, and the Assad regime at the Syria-Iraq border
In April, Syrian rebel fighters and their US special-forces trainers repulsed an ISIS attack in an hours-long battle marked by suicide bombers and coalition airstrikes. The battle took place at al Tanf near the Syria-Iraq border, and the camp there is still used by US and UK personnel to train Western-backed fighters. But with ISIS’ territorial presence in Syria continuing to erode, al Tanf and the area around it — near the intersection of the Syrian, Iraqi, and Jordanian borders — looks to be the site of a potential clash between the US-led coalition, its local partners, and the Assad regime and its partners, backed by Iran. With US-backed forces gearing up to liberate ISIS’ self-proclaimed capital in Raqqa and ISIS losing ground elsewhere in the Syria, combatants in the country are reportedly trying to position themselves to assume control of territory vacated by terrorist group. Recent events in Syria indicate that the Assad “regime and its allies [are] racing to establish an east-west ‘Shiite axis’ from Iran to Lebanon and the United States [is] seemingly looking to cement a north-south ‘Sunni axis’ from the Gulf states and Jordan to Turkey,” Fabrice Balanche, a French expert on Syria and a visiting fellow at The Washington institute for Near East Policy, wrote recently. “What’s left of Islamic State territory is the key part of Iran’s plan to connect Iran to Lebanon,” Firas Abi-Ali, senior Middle East analyst at IHS Country Risk in London, told Bloomberg.
***See also Syria above
May 31, 2017
Afghanistan
Headline: Kabul blast: Death toll rises to 90, 11 US citizens injured
Nearly a dozen United States citizens were among the 400 people wounded when a massive explosion rocked a highly secure diplomatic area in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 90 people. There were 11 U.S. citizens — all contract personnel — injured in the blast and one Afghan local guard was reported missing, a senior U.S. official told Fox News. Nine Afghan guards working for a U.S.-contracted security company were killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, believed to be caused by a suicide bombing, though both the Taliban and the Islamic State group have staged large-scale attacks in the Afghan capital in the past. The Taliban later Wednesday issued a statement denying any involvement and condemning all attacks against civilians. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban, said the Kabul explosion had “nothing to do with the Mujahedeen of Islamic Emirate,” as the Taliban call themselves. It was one of the worst attacks Kabul had seen since the drawdown of foreign forces from the country at the end of 2014. The bombing also raised serious questions about the Afghan government’s ability to secure the war-battered nation.
May 31, 2017
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/31/blast-in-diplomatic-area-afghan-capital-kills-wounds-50.html
Libya
Headline: Is Egypt bombing the right militants in Libya?
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was quick to launch air strikes on militants in Libya in response to a deadly attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt – but the attacks do not seem to be targeting those responsible. The response was popular with many Egyptians. The country’s state-owned and private news media celebrated it as swift justice, but the president has been vague about exactly who he is attacking. The strikes have been directed at Islamist groups other than Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for Friday’s massacre of dozens in the southern province of Minya, and seem to be intended to shore up Sisi’s allies in eastern Libya. “The attacks in Minya were claimed by Islamic State, and there are Islamic State elements active in Libya, but the reports coming indicate Cairo is targeting other groups,” said H.A. Hellyer, senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council. In any case, analysts say the strikes will not do much against Islamists in Cairo, Sinai and Upper Egypt, where they have had a stronghold since the 1990s and have been attacking tourists, Copts and government officials. Bombing the camps in Libya is seen as a diversion for a failure to defeat Islamists inside Egypt. Egyptian and Libyan officials said strikes had been launched on camps and ammunition stores belonging to the Derna Mujahideen Shura Council (DMSC). Areas targeted include the western entrance to Derna, Dahr al-Hamar in the south, and al-Fatayeh, a hilly area about 20 km (12 miles) from the city. Yet the DMSC has never been involved in attacks outside Libya and in fact mostly limits its activities to Derna, rarely fighting in larger conflicts within Libya, according to Mohamed Eljarh, an Atlantic Council political analyst in Libya. The group has denied taking part in attacks inside Egypt. In fact, many suggest the air strikes had been planned in advance to shore up support for Sisi’s main Libyan ally, Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), and that the Minya massacre was used as a pretext to launch them.
May 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security-analysis-idUSKBN18R2GE
Morocco
Headline:New protests shake Morocco’s restive north
Thousands staged demonstrations for a fifth night running in northern Morocco to demand the release of the leader of a months-long protest movement in the neglected Rif region. The region has been shaken by social unrest since the death in October of fishmonger Mouhcine Fikri, 31, who was crushed in a rubbish truck in the fishing port of Al-Hoceima as he protested against the seizure of swordfish caught out of season. Initial protests triggered a wider movement demanding more development in the region and railing against corruption, repression and unemployment. Nasser Zefzafi, who has emerged as the head of the grassroots Al-Hirak al-Shaabi, or “Popular Movement,” was arrested on Monday after three days on the run.Anti-riot police attempted to disperse the demonstrators, but pulled back following a tense but non-violent standoff. In Rabat, around 200 people staged a sit-in outside the parliament building which was violently dispersed by the police as soon as it began. A similar scenario played out near the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) in Casablanca, where it is believed Zefzafi is being held. Protests were held elsewhere across Al-Hoceima province. State media outlets and politicians have remained largely silent on the events, but the local branches of three parties including the ruling Justice and Development Party issued a joint statement warning of a “serious situation” and criticizing the state’s response.
May 31, 2017
http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-protests-shake-moroccos-restive-north/
Headline: As Venezuela Enters 3rd Month Of Protests, Anti-Maduro Ire Finds New Target
It’s been more than 60 days since Venezuela’s Supreme Court moved to dissolve the country’s National Assembly. The move intended to eliminate a thorn in the side of embattled President Nicolas Maduro was reversed after three days — but its political fallout has now barreled into its third month roiling city streets across the country. In that time, the list of protesters’ demands — from the resumption of local elections to an end to the nationwide food shortage, to even the ouster of Maduro himself — has grown. And the death toll has mounted. As The Associated Press reports, at least 60 people have died in clashes between demonstrators and security forces, and at least 1,000 protesters have been jailed.More than 250 people were injured in Monday’s protests alone, according to the BBC. Lately, the opposition’s ire has affixed to a new target, one outside Venezuela’s borders: Goldman Sachs. Meanwhile, in Venezuela’s city streets, violence between riot police and protesters has shown no sign of relenting. Maduro continues to maintain that the protests are driven by coup-minded opposition leaders and outside powers — foremost the U.S. — seeking to undermine his government.
May 31, 2017
Headline: Philippines urges Islamist rebels to surrender as battle enters 8th day
The Philippine military urged Islamist militants occupying a southern city to turn themselves in on Tuesday, the eighth day of a push by security forces using armored vehicles and firing rockets from helicopters to eliminate the gunmen. The government says it is close to retaking Marawi from the Islamic State-linked Maute group, which seized parts of the city after a failed attempt by security forces to capture Isnilon Hapilon, the militants’ so-called emir of Southeast Asia. “We call on the remaining terrorists to surrender while there is an opportunity,” a military spokesman, Brigadier-General Restituto Padilla, told reporters. As helicopters circled the lakeside city where smoke billowed out of some buildings, troops cleared rebel positions amid explosions and automatic gunfire, moving house by house and street by street.
May 30, 2017
Headline: N. Korea fires ‘Scud-type’ ballistic missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its eastern coast early Monday morning, dealing another blow to efforts by South Korea’s new government to improve inter-Korean ties. The missile, presumed to be a Scud type, was launched eastward from the vicinity of Wonsan, Gangwon Province, at around 5:39 a.m., according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). “The flight distance is around 450 kilometers,” it said. The North’s latest action was immediately reported to President Moon Jae-in, who ordered related government officials to convene a National Security Council meeting, said the JCS. The session started at 7:30 a.m., presided over by Moon’s national security adviser Chung Eui-yong. The U.S. Pacific Command also confirmed the launch occurred near Wonsan Airfield, saying the missile was tracked for six minutes until it landed in the East Sea. Monday’s launch marked the communist nation’s ninth missile test this year and the third since the launch of the Moon administration on May 10, which is seeking to reach out to the communist neighbor.
May 29, 2017
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2017/05/29/0401000000AEN20170529000653320.html
Headline: Cholera outbreak kills 532 in Yemen: WHO
At least 532 people have died since a cholera epidemic broke out in war-torn Yemen one month ago, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In a Twitter post on Wednesday, the WHO said more than 65,300 suspected cases of cholera have been recorded in 253 districts in the country. International organizations — including the WHO, UNICEF and the International Committee of the Red Cross — have recently stepped up the delivery of medical supplies to Yemen, where local health authorities are struggling to cope with the outbreak.
May 31, 2017
http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/190250/cholera-outbreak-kills-532-in-yemen-who
Headline: Severe thunderstorm rattles Moscow, kills at least 16 people
Severe weather sweeping through Moscow, Russia, on Monday resulted in the death of at least 16 people, according to Russian officials. More than 200 other people reported injuries related to the storm, which arrived during the middle of the afternoon when many people were outdoors.The storm is the deadliest to hit the Russian capital since 1998. Wind gusts of 95-110 km/h (59-68 mph) were reported across the city of more than 12 million people.
May 30, 2017
Headline: Deadly Cyclone Mora hits Bangladesh with high winds and rain
Cyclone Mora has hit the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh, killing at least six people. Most of them were killed by falling trees in the districts of Cox’s Bazar and Rangamati, officials told the BBC. Hundreds of houses were fully or partly damaged, the officials said. Significant damage is reported in refugee camps housing Rohingya Muslims from neighbouring Myanmar. The authorities have moved hundreds of thousands of people to shelters.About 20,000 houses in refugee camps for Rohingya were damaged, community leader Abdus Salam told AFP news agency. “In some places, almost every shanty, homemade of tin, bamboo and plastic, has been flattened,” Mr Salam added. “Some people were injured, but no-one is dead [in the camps].” Cyclone Mora made landfall at 06:00 local time (00:00 GMT) between the fishing port of Cox’s Bazar and the city of Chittagong, with winds of up to 117 km/h (73mph), the country’s meteorological department said. It then weakened as it moved north, heading into India.
May 30, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40089409
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