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Headline: Israeli Navy takes control of Zaytouna-Oliva flotilla
The Israel Navy took control of the Zaytouna-Oliva flotilla Wednesday which set sail from Barcelona in an attempt to breach the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Commenting on how the incident unfolded, an IDF official said, “the flotilla was stopped without resistance 35 miles from the Israeli coast. There were 13 women aboard and the boat is on its way to Ashdod and will arrive within an hour.” The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit also released a statement on the matter. “In accordance with the decisions of the political leadership and after calls to the Zaytouna flotilla by the navy to stop, which were rejected, sailors from the Navy took control of the boat before it arrived at the Gaza Strip,” the statement read. “The process of taking control was short and resulted in no injuries. The response was implemented after many call to the sailors aboard the flotilla at various distances in the sea. After the sailors indicated that they had no intention to cooperate and to accept the offer to sail to Ashdod, the decision was taken to take control and to prevent it from breaching the legal naval blockade and to divert it to the Ashdod port,” the statement continued.
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4863253,00.html
Headline: U.S. Blasts Israel’s Plan for New West Bank Settlement, Says Netanyahu Broke His Word
The U.S. administration published an unusually harsh statement on Wednesday against a plan to build an alternative settlement for residents of the illegal outpost of Amona. The statement, signed by Mark Toner, deputy spokesman for the State Department, drew an unusual linkage between the signing of the defense aid agreement with Israel and criticism of settlement building. Toner stressed that the U.S. views advancement of the plan as a violation of a commitment by Netanyahu’s government not to establish any new settlements in the West Bank. The State Department’s statement comes against the backdrop of the Civil Administration Planning Commission’s decision last Wednesday to approve a plan for the construction of 98 housing units in the new settlement to be established next to the Shvut Rachel settlement.
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.745959
Headline: IAF strikes Hamas targets after Gazan rocket explodes on Sderot street
Headline: Hamas warns it won’t ‘sit idly by’ as IDF planes strike Gaza
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired a rocket at Sderot on Wednesday morning, setting off air raid sirens and narrowly missing homes. The rocket exploded in a road in the southern town, failing to cause physical injuries, but sending one local resident into shock. Police bomb squad members removed the remains of the projectile from the road, and paramedics treated the shock victim. Following the attack, an ISIS-linked Salafi jihadists in Gaza claimed responsibility. An online statement said the attack was part of the set “jihad against Jews,” and a response to the arrest by Hamas of five Salafi operatives in recent days. The Israel Air Force struck a number of Hamas terror targets in response on Wednesday, launching air strikes in northern and southern Gaza. An additional Hamas target was hit by IDF tank fire in northern Gaza earlier on Wednesday.
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Rocket-alert-sirens-activated-in-southern-Israel-469427
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-warns-it-wont-sit-idly-by-as-idf-planes-strike-gaza/
Headline: ‘Next Lebanon war just a matter of time’
A third war between Israel and Lebanon is just a matter of time, says Brigadier-General Resan Alian. Speaking to Channel 2’s Roni Daniel, Alian, a member of Israel’s Druze minority and a veteran of the Second Lebanon War, warned that another confrontation with Israel’s neighbor to the north was inevitable, adding that even outside forces, like the Hamas terror group, could spark fighting on Israel’s northern border. “Events on other fronts could also spark something,” said Alian. While he is stationed in the north, Alian emphasizes that events on Israel’s southern border have a tremendous impact. “A lot of things in Gaza are relevant to the Lebanese front: Understanding the enemy and who we are dealing with, his fighting techniques and tactics – things that [the enemy] learns and improves upon.” One way or another, he added, a third conflict with Lebanon “is just a matter of time.”
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/218614
Lebanon
Headline: Trouble in jihadist paradise as ISIS, Nusra go to war in east Lebanon
The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) and their former allies from Jabhat Al-Nusra clashed near the Syrian border on Tuesday, resulting in a flurry of skirmishes that accumulated a high death toll for both terrorist groups. According to local reports, ISIS carried out an attack against Jabhat Al-Nusra near the ‘Arsal Barrens on Tuesday; this prompted the aforementioned jihadist group to mount a counter-assault in order to beat back their former allies. While the terrorists were exchanging blows in the ‘Arsal Barrens, the Lebanese Army began to indiscriminately fire rockets and artillery shells at both forces. In addition to the Lebanese Army’s shelling, the Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAYF) reportedly carried out a few airstrikes along the Lebanese-Syrian border, forcing the terrorist groups to disperse after suffering numerous casualties.
Oct. 4, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/trouble-jihadist-paradise-isis-nusra-go-war-east-lebanon/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudi Arabia starts naval exercises in the Gulf
Headline: Iran tells Saudi navy vessels to avoid its waters
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) warned Saudi naval vessels taking part in military exercises in the Gulf on Wednesday not to get close to Iranian waters, in a sign of heightened tensions between the two regional rivals. Saudi Arabia began naval war games including live fire exercises on Tuesday in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil route.
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4863109,00.html
Headline: Houthi forces destroy 3 Saudi tanks in Najran
Houthi forces carried out a powerful assault in the Najran region of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, striking several of the Saudi-led Coalition’s positions around this desert area. According to Yemen-based Al-Masirah News Agency, the Houthi forces managed to destroy three Saudi tanks in the Najran region on Tuesday, while also killing several Coalition fighters in the process. Pictures from the attack were released by Hezbollah’s media wing, showing the Houthi forces using ATGMs (anti-tank guided missile) to destroy the Saudi tanks.
Oct. 5, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/houthi-forces-destroy-3-saudi-tanks-najran/
Egypt
Headline: Sisi, Bashir sign partnership agreement,15 MoUs in high committee meetings
Headline: Cairo declines to respond to Erdogan saying thaw with Egypt would be ‘unethical’
Headline: Egypt, Russia stand against forceful regime change in Middle East: Parliament
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir signed a comprehensive partnership agreement on Wednesday in Cairo during bilateral high committee meetings, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. Fifteen memoranda of understanding were also signed on the sidelines of the meetings in various fields including commerce, education, tourism, economy, transportation and agriculture. El-Sisi awarded the Sudanese president the Egyptian army’s Order of Honour Star for his participation with Sudanese army units in the 6 October War in 1973 and the War of Attrition after 1967. In opening remarks during the ceremony, El-Sisi said that “a comprehensive strategy between the two countries shall enhance cooperation and further progress in all fields.” He added that Egypt and Sudan face similar regional and international challenges, stressing the importance of cooperation to counter “extremism and terrorism.” This is the first time since 2011, when the committee was founded, that the two presidents have headed its meetings.
Oct. 5, 2016
Syria Headline: Russia deploys advanced anti-missile system to Syria for first time, US officials say
Syria Headline: Russian Army to hold drills in Africa for first time
Russia has deployed an advanced anti-missile system to Syria for the first time, three US officials tell Fox News, the latest indication that Moscow continues to ramp up its military operations in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad. It comes after Russia’s actions led to the collapse of a cease-fire and the cut-off of direct talks with the U.S. While Moscow’s motives are not certain, officials say the new weapon system could potentially counter any American cruise missile attack in Syria. Components of the SA-23 Gladiator anti-missile and anti-aircraft system, which has a range of roughly 150 miles, arrived over the weekend “on the docks” of a Russian naval base along Syria’s Mediterranean coastal city of Tartus, two US officials said. It is the first time Russia has deployed the SA-23 system outside its borders, according to one Western official citing a recent intelligence assessment. The missiles and associated components are still in their crates and are not yet operational, according to the officials.
Oct. 4, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-army-hold-drills-africa-first-time/
Syria Headline: Pentagon paid PR firm $540 million to make fake terrorist videos
The Pentagon paid a UK PR firm half a billion dollars to create fake terrorist videos in Iraq in a secret propaganda campaign exposed by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. PR firm Bell Pottinger, known for its array of controversial clients including the Saudi government and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s foundation, worked with the US military to create the propaganda in a secretive operation. The firm reported to the CIA, the National Security Council and the Pentagon on the project with a mandate to portray Al-Qaeda in a negative light and track suspected sympathizers. Both the White House and General David Petraeus, the former general who shared classified information with his mistress, signed off on the content produced by the agency. The Bell Pottinger operation started soon after the US invasion of Iraq and was tasked with promoting the“democratic elections” for the administration before moving on to more lucrative psychological and information operations. Former employee Martin Wells told the Bureau how he found himself working in Iraq after being hired as a video editor by Bell Pottinger. Within 48 hours, he was landing in Baghdad to edit content for secret“psychological operations” at Camp Victory. The firm created television ads showing Al-Qaeda in a negative light as well as creating content to look as though it had come from “Arabic TV”. Crews were sent out to film bombings with low quality video. The firm would then edit it to make it look like news footage. They would craft scripts for Arabic soap operas where characters would reject terrorism with happy consequences. The firm also created fake Al-Qaeda propaganda videos, which were then planted by the military in homes they raided. Employees were given specific instructions to create the videos. “We need to make this style of video and we’ve got to use Al-Qaeda’s footage,” Wells was told. “We need it to be 10 minutes long, and it needs to be in this file format, and we need to encode it in this manner.” The videos were created to play on Real Player which needs an internet connection to run. The CDs were embedded with a code linking to Google Analytics which allowed the military to track IP addresses that the videos were played on.
Oct. 4, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pentagon-paid-pr-firm-540-million-make-fake-terrorist-videos/
https://www.rt.com/usa/361385-pentagon-pr-firm-terrorist-videos/
Syria Headline: Obama administration considering strikes on Assad, again
U.S. military strikes against the Assad regime will be back on the table Wednesday at the White House, when top national security officials in the Obama administration are set to discuss options for the way forward in Syria. But there’s little prospect President Obama will ultimately approve them. Inside the national security agencies, meetings have been going on for weeks to consider new options to recommend to the president to address the ongoing crisis in Aleppo, where Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to perpetrate the deadliest bombing campaign the city has seen since the five-year-old civil war began. A meeting of the Principals Committee, which includes Cabinet-level officials, is scheduled for Wednesday. A meeting of the National Security Council, which could include the president, could come as early as this weekend. Last Wednesday, at a Deputies Committee meeting at the White House, officials from the State Department, the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed limited military strikes against the regime as a means of forcing Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to pay a cost for his violations of the cease-fire, disrupt his ability to continue committing war crimes against civilians in Aleppo, and raise the pressure on the regime to come back to the negotiating table in a serious way.
Oct. 4, 2016
Syria Headline: Dabiq close to COLLAPSE from US-led airstrikes at APOCALYPSE site
ISLAMIC State (ISIS) is close to collapse and may completely crumble as US-led coalition forces move in to bomb the key northern Syrian town of Dabiq, which Daesh believes will be the site of an almighty clash of civilisations. Warplanes have carried out bombing rads on the small town of Dabiq, where ISIS militants are desperately holding out despite the fierce onslaught. Dabiq is of great religious significance to ISIS as it is named in Islamic mythology as the site of an apocalyptic battle between Muslim and Christian armies. Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels captured new areas in Aleppo’s northern countryside earlier this week and the offensive on Dabiq could see the town fall within hours. A spokesman for the Syrian Turkmen rebels, who are involved in the fight to free the town from ISIS, said: “If Dabiq collapses, ISIS will also collapse.” Mostafa Sejari, from the FSA-linked al-Mutasim Brigade, said: “We expect that the battle of Dabiq will be the fiercest ever. “Daesh [ISIS] has brought hundreds of fighters into the area, including their special forces, to confront us. “Daesh has built its myth in Dabiq, exploiting the ignorance and lack of knowledge among people and taking advantage of history and religion to achieve its evil project. “By controlling Dabiq, we break the myth of Daesh and open a road to reach Marea. “Controlling Dabiq is just a matter of time, God willing.”
***see Turkey below
Oct. 5, 2016
Syria Headline: Islamist rebels shell Russian embassy in Damascus
Russian Foreign Ministry said the Russian embassy in Damascus was shelled, today, from a nearby districts controlled by militant groups. The Embassy’s residential complex was partially damaged in the attack. No casualties reported. Two other mortar shells landed near the embassy building. “According to reports, the shelling came from the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, which is under control of the terrorist groups Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Failak ar-Rahman,” the ministry said. Moscow said the shelling is “result of the actions of those who, like the US and some of its allies, provoke the continued bloodshed in Syria and flirt with militants and extremists of all flavors”, vowing to take “all necessary measures” to restore peace and security to Syria.
Oct. 4, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-islamist-rebels-shell-russian-embassy-damascus/
Syria Headline: Large number of Syrian Army reinforcements arrive in Deir Ezzor
A large number of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) reinforcements arrived in Deir Ezzor on Tuesday after completing they completed basic training in rural Damascus. According to a military source from the 104th Airborne Brigade of the Republican Guard, the reinforcements were transported to Deir Ezzor via helicopter; these soldiers were then transferred to the 137th Brigade’s headquarters near Jabal Thardeh. As many as 10 helicopters flew these soldiers to Deir Ezzor on Tuesday, marking the first time since the U.S. Coalition’s bombing that reinforcements were sent to this volatile front in eastern Syria. In the coming days, ISIS is expected to launch another major attack on the Deir Ezzor Industrial District and Military Airport, as they look to tighten the siege on the provincial capital.
Oct. 5, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/large-number-syrian-army-reinforcements-arrive-deir-ezzor/
Syria Headline: Syrian Army continues wide-scale offensive in West Ghouta
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their wide-scale offensive in the West Ghouta region of rural Damascus on Wednesday after repelling the counter-assault launched by the jihadist rebels last night. Led by the 7th Armored Division and the 42nd Brigade of the 4th Mechanized Division, the Syrian Armed Forces captured several farms surrounding the key town of Deir Khabiyeh, including the sites the jihadist rebels seized during last night’s assault. According to an Al-Masdar field correspondent in Damascus, the Syrian Armed Forces killed several enemy combatants from Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (formerly Al-Nusra Front) and Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham, while also destroying 8 technical vehicles that were armed with a variety of anti-aircraft machine guns. As a result of their advance on Wednesday, the Syrian Armed Forces are now within 500 meters of Deir Khabiyeh, leaving the jihadist rebels with little room to breathe at the aforementioned town.
Oct. 5, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-continues-wide-scale-offensive-west-ghouta/
Syria Headline: Suicide bombing kills 25+ civilians at Hasakah wedding
At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a Kurdish wedding in north-eastern Syria. The bomber blew himself up on Monday night at a hall in Tal Tawil, outside Hassakeh city, reportedly while the bride and groom were exchanging vows. There were conflicting reports about whether the groom was among the dead. So-called Islamic State said one of its militants had attacked a “large gathering” of Kurdish fighters with a machine-gun and and explosive vest. Syria’s official Sana news agency reported that 30 people were killed and 90 others wounded, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 31. The UK-based monitoring group said the groom, Zaradesht Mustafa Fatimi, was among those killed. One relative disputed the report, saying the groom was only lightly wounded but that his father and brother were both killed.
*** see Kurds below
Oct. 4, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/suicide-bombing-kills-25-civilians-hasakah-wedding/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37550119
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news
Iraq Headline: Turkey says it does not aim to be an occupier in Iraq
Iraq Headline: Iraq, Turkey summon each other’s ambassadors in protest
Iraq Headline: PMU hit back at Erdogan’s statement that Mosul should be Sunni-only after ISIS
Iraq Headline: ANALYSIS: Turkey, an occupying power or Iraq’s saviour from IS?
Turkey’s military presence in Iraq is intended for stability at a time when the country is deeply divided and Turkey does not aim to become an occupying force, Turkish deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Wednesday. Turkish forces are at Iraq’s Bashiqa camp, at the request of Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani, to train the local forces, Kurtulmus said. “Turkey will not allow this to become a matter of debate,” he told reporters. Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu ALSO said the Bashiqa camp in Iraq, at the centre of a dispute between the two neighbors, had been set up to train local forces in fight against ISIS and Baghdad knew it had been established. “Bashiqa camp was set up within the knowledge of Iraqi administration,” Cavusoglu told a news conference. “Baghdad officials have visited this camp and have even provided financial support to it in the past,” he said. Turkey and Iraq have summoned one other’s ambassadors in a mounting diplomatic stand-off after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned Turkey that it risked triggering a “regional war” by keeping troops in Iraqi territory. Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Turkeys’ ambassador to Baghdad to condemn allegedly “provocative” comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday about the planned operation to dislodge ISIS militants from the northern city of Mosul, said the ministry’s spokesman, Ahmad Jamal. Yildrim told ruling party legislators in parliament that the Iraqi operation could spark Shiite-Sunni sectarian tensions if the majority Sunni region around Mosul were to be placed under Shiite militia control after the offensive. However, it is still unclear if the Shiite militias, the core of the Iraqi paramilitary forces battling ISIS, will take an essential part in the Mosul operation.
Oct. 5, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraq-turkey-summon-others-ambassadors-protest/
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pmu-hit-back-erdogans-statement-mosul-sunni-isis/
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/analysis-turkey-iraq-kurds-1957820961
Iraq Headline: Iraq Situation Report Sept 20- Oct 3, 2016
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/iraq%20SITREP%202016-10-03.pdf
Kurdish Headline: Syrian Kurdish bloc calls for entry of Peshmerga after Hasakah’s deadly attack
Kurdish Headline: Kurds call for protection from ISIS gas attack in upcoming Mosul offensive
After an ISIS-led deadly attack hit a Kurdish wedding in Hasakah city on Monday, the Kurdish National Council (KNC) asked for the return of 2,000 Syrian Kurds trained as Peshmerga forces in Iraqi Kurdistan. “This perfidious crime shows the importance to protect the Kurdish territories and the security of the people who are living here,” said Kamiran Hajo, chief of the KNC’s Foreign Relations Office. “The KNC is determined to establish this security and to intensify the fight against terrorism. Regarding this, it is indispensable to enable the return of the Peshmerga of Rojava to Syrian Kurdistan to prevent such horrible attacks on civil life,” he said. The Syrian Kurdish Peshmerga were trained by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Iraqi Kurdistan. “We demand the PYD [Democratic Union Party] to dismiss its claim of exclusive control in Rojava and to give the KNC the opportunity to apply its energies even more to protect the Kurdish territories in Syria,” the KNC official stated.
Oct. 5, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kurds-call-protection-isis-gas-attack-upcoming-mosul-offensive/
Turkey
Headline: Turkish troops clash with ISIS in Syria
A Turkish soldier was killed in northern Syria during a clash with Islamic State (ISIS) militants early on Wednesday. According to the Dogan News Agency the clash occurred in the village of Ziyara, which ISIS attacked and attempted to infiltrate. Three other Turkish soldiers were also wounded in that attack. The Turkish military said its forces killed 18 ISIS militants in the attack. The Turkish Army released a statement saying that Turkish warplanes targeted ISIS forces in the same area in support of its forces on the ground. Also on Wednesday, two Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters were killed fighting ISIS southwest of the border-town of Al-Rai in a separate incident. The killing of the Turkish soldier on Wednesday comes nearly a month after three Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria in early September when ISIS launched “a rocket attack” against two Turkish tanks near Al-Rai.
Oct. 5, 2016
http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/051020161
Headline: Did Turkey abandon Aleppo to fight Syrian Kurds?
A rumored Turkish-Russian deal would give Ankara a free hand to deal with Kurdish groups in the north in exchange for cutting support to rebels in Syria’s second city. Developments on the ground in Syria indicate the possible blossoming of an agreement between Turkey and Russia over the conflict, illustrated by the changing priorities of the government in Ankara. The recent Turkish-led offensive against ISIS inside Syria was not met with any resistance by Russia or the Syrian regime, even though Turkey has been explicitly pro-opposition since the early stages of the revolution in 2011. The offensive was preceded by a Turkish-Russian rapprochement, which has been widely cited to explain Russia’s acquiescence to the military action. Similarly, the recent unprecedented attacks by the Syrian regime and Russia to capture rebel-held eastern Aleppo have not led to an increase in the support provided to rebel groups by their backers, namely Turkey. Although the details of this possible new alliance remain largely unknown, rumors are circulating about a behind-the-scenes agreement between Russia and Turkey that would allow the latter to intervene and check the power of Syrian Kurdish groups in the north in exchange for reducing their support for rebels fighting Assad in Aleppo.
Oct. 5, 2016
Iran
Headline: Report: Secret Obama deal freed up funding early for Iran missile program
The Obama administration forged a secret deal to lift sanctions on an Iranian bank that was a primary funding stream for the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program, a report said. The deal called for the immediate lifting of sanctions on Iran’s Bank Sepah – eight years before the sanctions were scheduled to be lifted under last summer’s nuclear deal, according to an Oct. 4 report by the Washington Free Beacon. The Treasury Department described Bank Sepah in 2007 as the “linchpin of Iran’s missile procurement.” A senior adviser to Congress told the Free Beacon that the Obama administration misled the public to avoid sparking outrage over its decision to drop sanctions on the top funder of Iran’s ballistic missile program. “The Obama administration couldn’t tell the American public that it had just unleashed Iran’s ballistic missile program as one part of an enormous ransom extracted by Iran,” the source said. “So instead they ran to friendly reporters to misleadingly boast about how successful their diplomacy was, while they were bribing Iran with billions of dollars and military concessions to stay at the table.” The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, described the administration’s move as putting Iran’s ballistic missile program “back in business.”
Oct. 5, 2016
Afghanistan
Headline: US Military Conducts Airstrikes in Troubled Afghan City
Headline: World powers pledge $15 bln for Afghanistan, EU seeks peace
Headline: US Service Member Killed in Afghanistan
Headline: Islamic State claims it killed US soldier in Afghanistan
The United States military says it conducted airstrikes in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz Wednesday to defend government forces who are battling resilient Taliban insurgents for a third day in a row. The fighting comes as key international and regional stakeholders met in Brussels on the sidelines of a conference and agreed to renew efforts to promote peace and reconciliation between the Afghan government and the Taliban. The NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan said Wednesday the Afghan government still controls Kunduz and there is sporadic fighting within the city as national security forces continue to secure the area. “U.S. forces today conducted two air engagements to defend friendly forces who were receiving enemy fire and continue to assist [Afghan partners] as needed,” the alliance said in a brief statement.
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/us-military-conducts-airstrikes-in-afghan-city/3537529.html
http://www.voanews.com/a/us-service-member-killed-in-afghanistan/3536445.html
Libya
Headline: US hits Daesh positions in Libya as air war enters third month
US military aircraft pounded the Daesh terror group positions in the extremists former Libyan stronghold of Sirte over the weekend, as the US air campaign entered its third month, the Pentagon said on Monday. According to the US military’s Africa Command, US pilots conducted 20 air strikes on Sunday alone, most of them against “enemy fighting positions”. When the Pentagon announced its latest front in the war against Daesh on August 1, officials said the campaign to help local forces push the extremists from the coastal city of Sirte would likely be quick, taking “weeks, not months”. The military action followed a request by the UN-supported Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), and President Barack Obama’s administration has stressed that ongoing US involvement would be framed by the interim Libyan government’s needs.
Oct. 4, 2016
http://jordantimes.com/news/region/us-hits-daesh-positions-libya-air-war-enters-third-month
Morocco
Headline: Polisario Front warns it’s closer to conflict with Morocco
The Polisario Front independence movement is warning that it is closer to resuming confrontation with Morocco over the disputed Western Sahara than to peace. Ould Salek, the movement’s foreign relations chief, urgently appealed to the UN Security Council on Tuesday to hold the referendum on the future of Western Sahara promised in a 1991 cease-fire agreement with Morocco. He said “the situation remains very tense, very dangerous” in a buffer strip in southwestern Western Sahara where Moroccan security forces are facing Polisario Front fighters. “Anything can start the confrontation,” Salek warned.
***the Polisario Front is a rebel national liberation movement aiming to end Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4862918,00.html
Headline: EU orders British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims
Headline: U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case
A report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) found there was an increase in hate speech and racist violence in the UK from 2009 to March 2016. Blaming the press, ECRI Chair Christian Ahlund, said: “It is no coincidence that racist violence is on the rise in the UK at the same time as we see worrying examples of intolerance and hate speech in the newspapers, online and even among politicians.” The report makes a whopping 23 recommendations to Theresa May’s Government for changes to criminal law, the freedom of the press, crime reporting and equality law. In a sweeping statement, he said: “The Brexit referendum seems to have led to a further rise in ‘anti-foreigner’ sentiment, making it even more important that the British authorities take the steps outlined in our report as a matter of priority.” The report lays into the British press and urges the government to “give more rigorous training” to reporters. In the 83-page report, the Commission said: “ECRI considers that, in light of the fact that Muslims are increasingly under the spotlight as a result of recent ISIS-related terrorist acts around the world, fuelling prejudice against Muslims shows a reckless disregard, not only for the dignity of the great majority of Muslims in the United Kingdom, but also for their safety.
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration-idUSKCN1231FS
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Headline: Ansar Dine claims series of attacks in northern Mali
Ansar Dine, a largely Tuareg front group for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), has claimed credit for a series of attacks on UN forces yesterday near the town of Aguelhok in the Kidal Region. The strikes included two separate incidents of rocket and mortar shelling and ambushes using improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The first occurrence of shelling occurred with Grad rockets, which targeted the UN base in Aguelhok. The rockets did little damage, but it was reported that one vehicle was destroyed. After the shelling, a Chadian patrol team mounted a combing operation near the area where the shells were fired. Ansar Dine claims that when the Chadian troops were near the area, it ambushed the patrol with an IED. One peacekeeper was killed in the blast, while another died from his injuries later in the day. After the IED, an ambulance belonging to the Chadian contingent at Aguelhok was hit by another IED trying to make its way to the earlier patrol. As this was happening, mortars were again fired into the UN camp. Elsewhere in Mali, suspected jihadists targeted a Malian military checkpoint near Timbuktu today, leaving one soldier dead. Two civilians are also reported to have sustained injuries as a result of the assault. While no group has so far taken responsibility, the Timbuktu Region is the main area of operations for AQIM’s al Furqan Battalion, which is part of its Sahara Emirate.
Oct. 5, 2016
Headline: ISIS appoints new Boko Haram leader to spearhead Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
The disputed leader of Boko Haram knows how to cheat death — and do it in style. After the Nigerian army declared him “fatally wounded” on Aug. 19, Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video last week to mock the government that has claimed to have killed him at least four times already. “To the despot Nigerian government: Die with envy. I’m not dead,” a man purporting to be Shekau says in the video. But if Shekau looks untouchable in the fight against the Nigerian army, he has proved much more vulnerable to threats from within his organization. Less than 18 months after he led Boko Haram into a high-profile partnership with the Islamic State, the Iraq- and Syria-based caliphate shunted him aside in favor of a new representative in Nigeria. In an interview published in the Islamic State’s propaganda magazine in August, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the son of the late Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf, was named the new leader of Boko Haram.
Oct. 5, 2016
Headline: ‘Merkel MUST GO’ Germany in FLAMES as furious locals torch cars and attack mosque
HUNDREDS of furious protesters heckled Angela Merkel in Dresden just days after police cars were set on fire in the city and bombs exploded outside a mosque. Campaigners jeered the German Chancellor as she attended celebrations in the eastern city to mark 26 years since Germany’s reunification. Holding placards reading “Merkel must go”, right-wing protesters also shouted the slogan as Merkel, who has faced criticism for her open-door refugee policy, and President Joachim Gauck arrived for the celebrations and greeted spectators. Graffiti declaring “All of Dresden hates the police” has been sprayed in a street near the scene of the arson. Dresden is the birthplace of the anti-Islam Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) group. The grassroots movement, whose weekly rallies attracted around 20,000 supporters at their height at the start of 2015 held a rally in the city today. Protesters blew whistles and shouted ‘Traitors’ and ‘Get out’ as the German Chancellor arrived in Dresden.
Oct. 4, 2016
Headline: Russia begins evacuation of FORTY MILLION PEOPLE in huge drill
Headline: 40 Million Russians To Take Part In “Nuclear Disaster” Drill, Days After US General Warns Of War With Moscow
The huge four-day “civil defence” drill has set alarm bells ringing in Washington and London, with tensions already high over disagreements in Syria. Following a breakdown in communication between the USA and Russia, the Kremlin has now organised the huge emergency practice drill – either as a show of force or something more sinister. The drill will prepare Russian citizens for “large natural and man-made disasters”, according to the country’s Ministery for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disaster. The ministry revealed 40 million civilians, 200,000 emergency rescuers and 50,000 units of equipment are involved in the war game, which is running from October 4 to October 7. A spokesman said in a statement: “The main goal of the drill is to practice organisation of management during civil defence events and emergency and fire management, to check preparedness of management bodies and forces of civil defence on all levels to respond to natural and man-made disasters and to take civil defence measures.” They explained the scheme would be divided into three stages: awareness, planning and evacuation.
Oct. 5, 2016
Headline: Two Russian bombers blast across Europe – causing FOUR countries to scramble fighter jets to intercept them
FOUR European countries were forced to scramble fighter jets after two Russian Blackjack bombers blasted across the continent, it has been revealed. The UK, Norway, France and Spain all intercepted the TU-160 planes as they made a daring flight from Norway to northern Spain and back. During the flight, the bombers swooped across the top of Scotland, before skirting the west coast of Ireland, completing their route near northern Spain. Spanish media has reported it is the furthest south such an operation has had to take place – while the frequency of Russian bombers being intercepted by Nato aircraft has significantly increased. Although the incident occurred on September 22, the full details only emerged following an statement from the French Ministry of Defence. According to the statement, the two bombers were first detected by Norway, which scrambled two F-16 jets to accompany them to the north of Scotland – where they were then intercepted by RAF Typhoon aircraft. French Rafale fighter planes then picked up the bombers after they skirted Ireland’s west coast, before Spain sent two F-18 jets to intercept the Russian planes north of Bilbao. The RAF has confirmed that the Russian jets did not enter UK airspace at any point.
Oct. 5, 2016
Headline: Mysterious paralysis-causing syndrome appears to be on the rise – CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating a dangerous health condition, acute flaccid myelitis, which appears to be on the rise with 50 new cases. The illness can cause temporary or permanent paralysis in severe cases. “We continue to receive reports of sporadic cases of Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). From January 1 to August 31, 2016, a total of 50 people in 24 states across the country were confirmed to have AFM,” said the CDC on Monday. “AFM is a rare illness that anyone can get. It affects a person’s nervous system, specifically the spinal cord. AFM can result from a variety of causes, including viral infections.” AFM causes damage that can result in temporary or permanent paralysis in severe cases. The CDC said the syndrome has a variety of causes, including enterovirus D68.
Oct. 5, 2016
https://www.rt.com/usa/361617-cdc-afm-acute-flaccid-myelitis/
Headline: Mass protests make Polish govt reconsider blanket abortion ban
Nationwide demos staged by women in Poland against a proposal for a blanket abortion ban may have achieved their goal, with a Polish minister admitting the protests gave authorities some “food for thought.” “I’d like to reassure those who fear that abortions in Poland will be completely banned. The total abortion project certainly won’t pass. Abortions will stay in place for women who were raped or whose life or health is in danger,” Jaroslaw Gowin, Poland’s Minister of Science and Higher Education, said on Wednesday on Radio Koszalin, according to Polish Radio’s IAR news agency. The mass protest, dubbed “Black Monday,” saw some 100,000 women taking to the streets in various Polish cities, including Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw and others. The protests “gave us food for thought and certainly taught us humility,” Gowin said, also noting that the rallies couldn’t have gone unnoticed. The protesters included women who supported the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) in last October’s election, which is a worrying factor for the Polish government. “They could lose the two sections of the electorate that helped them succeed,” said Aleksander Smolar, a liberal political analyst with the Stefan Batory Foundation, according to Reuters. Nearly half of the country’s population supported Monday’s protests, an opinion poll carried out for the liberal OKO.press showed.
Oct. 5, 2016
https://www.rt.com/news/361715-poland-abortions-ban-reconsider/
Headline: Christians fear displacement from Old City Damascus: activists
A Syrian Christian opposition group has voiced fears that the Bashar al-Assad regime is seeking to displace Christians from the historic center of Damascus, known popularly as the Old City. In a statement issued Sunday, the Syrian Christians for Peace warned of the “deliberate and systemic [efforts] to displace the remaining Christians from the Old City of Damascus.” The humanitarian organization—which seeks to challenge the narrative of Christian support for the regime—said that the government was purposely ruining the “security and moral” situation of Christian quarters in the Old City in a bid to “prompt [Christians] to sell their homes.” “The Syrian Christians for Peace condemns the deliberate disregard for the values and ethics of the Christian-majority areas of Damascus, especially in Bab Touma,” the statement also said. The Syrian Christians for Peace claimed that Christian residents have been complaining that their neighborhoods have transformed into “hotbeds of immorality,” in reference to the large number of bars and nightclubs opened in the past months in the residential areas, which the group said was “violating the sanctity and security” of the historic neighborhoods in central Damascus. The Syrian Christians for Peace called on “all Christian clergymen to take a firm stand against these practices and to stop favoring an authoritarian regime that killed more than half-a-million [people], displaced ten million and destroyed half the country.”
Oct. 5, 2016
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Headline: Hurricane Matthew damage said the worst since 2010 earthquake
Headline: Typhoon Chaba batters South Korea; 3 dead
A United Nations official said yesterday that Hurricane Matthew has created the biggest humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the devastating earthquake of January 2010. Deputy Special Representative for Haiti Mourad Wahba said in a statement that 10,000 people were forced from their homes into shelters and communications systems have been knocked out in the country’s hard-hit south-western peninsula. Wahba said officials have received reports of destroyed houses and overcrowded hospitals and shortages of fresh water. The hospital in the city of Les Cayes, he said, had its roof blown off. Damage appeared to be widespread, but because of poor communication, blocked roads and washed-out bridges the full extent of the damage was not immediately clear, nor was the number of deaths.
***ETRM has supported Pastor Josue in Haiti for years. He was able to get us a message this morning on his Facebook page: Josue Michel By the grace of God, our little village titanyen is safe. Please, pray for Haiti south, the hurricane give so much damage there
Oct. 5, 2016
https://www.facebook.com/househopeorphanage/?fref=ts
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4863046,00.html
Headline: Analysts reveal shock SUNSPOTS discovery
Analysis of the sun has revealed that there has been a sharp decrease in the amount of sunspots this year. Sunspots release solar flares and vast amounts of magnetic energy. For the fourth time this year, the sun has gone blank, which has led some experts to believe that a new Ice Age is on the horizon and could hit us by 2019. According to SpaceWeather.com, the occurrence of a spotless sun is going to become more regular. It said: “There will be lots of spotless suns. “At first, the blank stretches will be measured in days; later in weeks and months. “The current blank spell is the fourth such interval of 2016, so far.” Meteorologist Paul Dorian believes that this is indicative behaviour of an approaching Ice Age.
Oct. 5, 2016
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/717559/Earth-ICE-AGE-sun-goes-blank-sunspot
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