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Pompeo to Make Historic Visit to Israeli Settlement in West Bank
Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to visit a Jewish settlement in the West Bank and tour the Golan Heights during his scheduled trip to Israel next week, Hebrew-language publication Walla reported on Thursday. Citing both American and Israeli sources, the outlet reported that Pompeo is likely to visit the settlement of Psagot, located just outside of Ramallah, and mark the first time in US history Washington’s top diplomatic official sojourns to disputed West Bank territory under Israel’s control. Pompeo is set to take off on a 10-day diplomatic journey across Europe and the Middle East on Friday and is scheduled to land in Tel Aviv Wednesday afternoon, his office said in a statement.
Nov. 13, 2020
Saudis say they thwarted Iran-backed attack on oil facility near Yemen
Saudi Arabia will strike those who threaten its security, crown prince warns
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack on Armistice Day Ceremony at Saudi Cemetery
Saudi Arabia said early Friday it thwarted an attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels that sparked a fire near an Aramco oil distribution center, involving unmanned boats loaded with explosives dispatched into the Red Sea. Saudi security forces intercepted and destroyed two explosives-packed boats that it said Yemen’s Houthi rebels were using to target a major refinery and terminal in the southern Saudi province of Jizan. The attempted attack took place late Wednesday near an offloading platform and caused the floating hoses that unload oil to catch fire, according to the energy official, who added that the blaze had been brought under control and caused no injuries. There was no immediate acknowledgement from Yemen’s rebels. Meanwhile, ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on an Armistice Day ceremony that was being held at cemetery in the Saudi city of Jeddah on November 11. ISIS’ news agency Amaq said in a statement released on November 12 that the attack targeted the French Consul who was attending the ceremony. Amaq said that attack was a response for the republication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in France.
***Please also see Nov. 11th ETRM report
Foreign envoys attacked in bombing at Saudi cemetery during WWI memorial
Nov. 13, 2020
Russian Missile, Air Strikes Hit Western Outskirts of HTS-Held Idlib City
Outgoing Syria Envoy Admits Hiding US Troop Numbers
A missile struck the western outskirts of the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, which is occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Local sources in the Syrian coast confirmed that the missile was launched from Russia’s Hmeimim Air Base located in southern Lattakia. The missile was likely one of the types that can be launched from the Iskander missile complex, that is known to be deployed in Hmeimim Air Base. The complex can launch a variety of ballistic and cruise missiles. There is still no information on the nature of the target or on the losses inflicted by the Russian strikes. The upcoming few hours may reveal new details. HTS, which is allied to a number of other al-Qaeda-affiliated groups and Turkish-backed factions, maintains a tight grip on Greater Idlib. In the morning, a wave of Russian airstrikes targeted the southern part of the region.
Nov. 13, 2020
Report: Iran’s uranium stockpile 12 times limit set in 2015 nuclear deal
The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, permits Iran only to keep a stockpile of 202.8 kilograms (447 pounds). The findings were revealed in an IAEA report distributed to member countries, but later obtained by the Associated Press. The IAEA’s further found on Nov. 2. that Iran has also broken a uranium enrichment limit. Iran has reportedly enriched uranium to a purity of 4.5 percent, higher than the 3.67 percent allowed under the JCPOA. Iran has openly announced its moves to exceed the limits of the JCPOA following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the JCPOA in 2018 and after the January U.S. strike that killed Iranian Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. In September, after the U.N. declined a U.S.-led effort to extend an Iranian arms embargo beyond its expiration date, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the U.S. would trigger a return to sanctions against Iran. The U.K., France, and Germany argued the U.S. had lost the right to trigger the sanctions snapback after Trump withdrew from the JCPOA, while Pompeo argued that the right to trigger a sanctions snapback was codified in the U.N. resolution that enshrines the JCPOA, for which the U.S. is still a member.
Nov. 11, 2020
As Ethiopia’s conflict rages, ethnic targeting turns deadly
Ethiopia names new Tigray head as conflict boils
A report that hundreds of civilians were “hacked to death” in the streets of a single town on Monday night has sent already dangerous tensions soaring. Amnesty International confirmed the killings via images and witnesses. Most of the dead were ethnic Amharas, according to a man who helped clear the bodies away and looked at identity cards. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is blaming the massacre on forces loyal to the Tigray region’s government, which his administration regards as illegal after a months-long falling-out. Federal troops’ 10-day push against the northern state has sent refugees flooding into Sudan and raised fears it may suck in Eritrea or weaken an African force opposing Islamist militants in Somalia if Ethiopia diverts troops from there. Abiy accuses the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which rules the mountainous region of more than five million people, of treason and terrorism. They say he has systematically persecuted Tigrayans since taking office in April 2018. The conflict began last week when Abiy says the TPLF attacked a military base, since when his army has been carrying out air strikes and ground combat which the government says has “liberated” west Tigray. The federal government seeks to arrest and replace the regional leaders. On Friday, Ethiopia sought to tighten its grip on the rebellious Tigray region by appointing a new local leader, Mulu Nega, a former Addis Ababa university professor. News also came on Friday that the African Union (AU) had dismissed its security head, an Ethiopian national, after Abiy’s government accused him of disloyalty. The bloc’s chair Moussa Faki Mahamat ordered the removal of Gebreegziabher Mebratu Melese in a Nov. 11 memo seen by Reuters after Ethiopia’s defence ministry wrote with concerns. An AU official confirmed the two letters. The defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Nov. 13, 2020
Russia plans naval base in Sudan
Russia plans to build a naval base on Sudan’s Red Sea coast to resupply its fleet, according to a draft agreement with Khartoum signed off by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The planned deal, published on the Russian government’s website Wednesday, outlines a “logistical support centre” to be set up in Sudan where “repairs and resupply operations and rest for crew members” can take place. Its capacity will be capped at 300 military and civilian personnel and four ships, including nuclear-powered vessels, the text added. The base will stand on the northern outskirts of Port Sudan, according to coordinates named in the detailed document. Russia will also gain the right to transport via Sudan’s ports and airports “weapons, ammunition and equipment” needed for the base to function. The deal is slated to stand for 25 years — as long as neither party objects to its renewal. So far Russian authorities have not named a date for the accord to be signed with Khartoum.
Nov. 12, 2020
Moroccan army launches operation in Western Sahara border zone
Morocco announced Friday that its troops had launched an operation in no man’s land on the southern border of the Western Sahara to end “provocations” by the pro-independence Polisario Front. Rabat said its troops would “put a stop to the blockade” of trucks travelling between Moroccan-controlled areas of the disputed territory and neighbouring Mauritania, and “restore free circulation of civilian and commercial traffic.” In response, the Polisario Front said the three-decade-old ceasefire in the disupted Western Sahara was over . “War has started, the Moroccan side has liquidated the ceasefire,” senior Polisario official Mohamed Salem Ould Salek told AFP, decribing the action by Rabat as an “aggression”. “Sahrawi troops are engaged in legitimate self-defence and are responding to the Moroccan troops,” said Ould Salek, who serves as foreign minister of the Polisario-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Nov. 13, 2020
Understanding the Outcome of the War for Nagorno-Karabakh
The ceasefire continued to hold with no reports of fighting flaring up in Nagorno-Karabakh or the surrounding territory. A delegation from Moscow is in Ankara on Friday to discuss the details of a joint Russian-Turkish ceasefire monitoring center. The deployment of almost 2,000 Russian peacekeepers continues. Stepanakert will remain under the control of Armenian-backed forces under the agreement, while Shusha, which sits around 10 kilometers to the south is controlled by Azerbaijan. Hundreds of Armenian civilians are packing their belongings and leaving parts of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding territories which are to be ceded to Azerbaijan under terms of the peace agreement. Armenian courts on Friday freed a number of opposition leaders who had been arrested and faced a decade in prison for “illegal violent mass disorder,” in relation to the protests which erupted after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced he had signed the peace deal.
Nov. 13, 2020
EU Threatens Sanctions As Belarusian Reportedly Beaten To Death By Security Forces
Belarus tells banks to seize money raised to help out protesters
The European Union has again condemned Belarus’s violent crackdown on protesters since a disputed August election and has threatened to impose more sanctions on the country following the death of a 31-year-old Belarusian citizen who was reportedly badly beaten by masked security forces. The European Union has already imposed sanctions on 55 individuals responsible for violent repression and intimidation, and stands ready to impose additional sanctions. Authorities in Belarus have ordered banks to seize money raised in small donations and paid out as compensation to victims of a police crackdown on protesters. The funds were transferred to people who were beaten or fined after taking part in ongoing demonstrations against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. The BY_help fund, set up by the London-based Belarusian Andrei Leonchik, raised £2m within a few days. But authorities have now ordered banks to freeze any funds transferred by Leonchik, as well as opening a criminal case against him, according to leaked documents. One letter addressed to several Belarusian banks said Leonchik, together with the opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was collecting money “to support protest actions in Belarus” with the aim of toppling the government, and ordered them to freeze funds.
Nov. 13, 2020
US piles up record October budget deficit of $284.1 billion
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Admits The Truth: “We’re Not Going Back To The Same Economy”
The U.S. is starting the 2021 budget year the way the old year ended, with soaring deficits. The Treasury Department reported Thursday that the federal government ran up a record October deficit of $284.1 billion, double the red ink of the same month a year ago, as revenues declined while spending to deal with the impact of the coronavirus soared. The October deficit was double the $134.5 billion deficit logged in October 2019. It smashed the previous October record of a $176 billion deficit set in 2009, when the government was spending heavily to lift the country out of a deep recession caused by the 2008 financial crisis. The deficit for the 2020 budget year, which ended Sept. 30, totaled a record $3.1 trillion, breaking the old mark for an annual deficit of $1.4 trillion set in 2009.
Nov. 12, 2020
Lagarde Says Her ‘Hunch’ Is That ECB Will Adopt Digital Currency
Deutsche Bank: Central bank digital currency will replace cash in long term
Federal regulators dispute US pace on national digital currency
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde signaled that her institution could create a digital currency within years in what would be a dramatic change to the euro zone’s financial sector. “My hunch is that it will come,” Lagarde said Thursday during a virtual panel discussion hosted by the ECB. “If it’s cheaper, faster, more secure for the users then we should explore it. If it’s going to contribute to a better monetary sovereignty, a better autonomy for the euro area, I think we should explore it.” The president said it might be two to four years before the project could be launched as it addresses concerns over money laundering, privacy, and the technology involved. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank, the largest banking institution in Germany, is confident that central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, will replace cash in the future. The bank’s research arm, Deutsche Bank Research, published a new report on economic estimations and proposals to assist global economies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Titled “What We Must Do to Rebuild,” the study was released on Nov. 10. In the report, Deutsche Bank states that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the “digital cash revolution.” According to the bank, this revolution will eventually enable CBDCs like China’s digital yuan or Sweden’s e-krona to replace cash in the long term.
Nov. 13, 2020
Measles Cases Reach 23-Year High, Killing More Than 200,000
Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The global total for confirmed measles infections rose to 869,770 last year, the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in a report released Thursday. The number of deaths soared by 50% compared with a low reached in 2016. The percentage of people who have received a first measles shot has stagnated in recent years and the coronavirus pandemic is now lowering vaccination rates by halting immunization campaigns, putting 94 million people at risk, according to the WHO. The situation is like an increasing amount of tinder that could result in a “forest fire,” Natasha Crowcroft, a senior technical officer on measles at the WHO, said on a call with journalists. Nine countries represented 73% of all cases, with large outbreaks occurring in Congo, Madagascar, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, according to Crowcroft. The airborne disease caused 207,500 deaths last year.
Nov. 12, 2020
The Second Lockdown- Live Updates
Puerto Rico gov orders national guard to help enforce curfew
NYC mayor warns parents brace for Monday school closure
NYC’s single-day positivity rate nears school-shutdown threshold
Japan reports record for 2nd day
Elon Musk claims conflicting rapid COVID test results
Indonesia hits new daily record
German government advisor says restrictions can’t be eased yet
Chicago Is Starting Another COVID Stay-At-Home Advisory On Monday
French PM says easing COVID-19 lockdown now would be ‘irresponsible’
Italy could be heading towards new national lockdown as infections rise alarmingly
California, Oregon and Washington issue Covid travel advisory urging 14-day quarantine
5.3 quake shakes Nevada desert between Vegas, Reno
A magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck a remote area of Nevada early Friday a couple hundred miles from downtown Las Vegas, geologists said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was located in a desert area in west-central Nevada about 20 miles southeast of Mina, 120 miles southeast of Reno and 200 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The quake had a depth of nearly 4 miles. The earthquake was followed by dozens of aftershocks, including several with a magnitude of about 3.0, the USGS said. There were no initial reports of damage or injuries.
Nov. 13, 2020
Typhoon “Vamco” strikes the Philippines, leaving a massive trail of destruction
Typhoon “Vamco” — known locally as the Ulysses — struck the Philippines on November 11, 2020, with maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h (96 mph) and gusts to 205 km/h (127 mph). This is the 21st named storm to hit the country this year and the 4th in the past month– after Molave, Etau, and Goni (super typhoon). It is also the 22nd named storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season and the 10th typhoon. Vamco left a massive trail of destruction, millions without power, at least two people dead, 4 missing, and nearly 200 000 displaced. Bicol, the worst affected by Super Typhoon “Goni,” was the first to feel Vamco’s powerful winds and rain. Many people there remain without power with only limited or no telecommunication services after Goni. The storm then battered Calabarzon, Central Luzon, and Metro Manila, unleashing powerful winds and torrential rain that left neighborhoods submerged and people appealing for aid and rescue, the Rappler reports.
Nov. 12, 2020
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