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Headline: Trump directly tells Netanyahu to ‘hold off on settlements for a bit’ in Israel
Headline: Trump ‘Looking At Two States & One State’
Headline: US will not insist on two-state solution in Mideast: White House official
Headline: Palestinians enraged by US break from 2-state solution
Headline: UN chief says two-state Mideast solution is the only way
Headline: Trump & Netanyahu agree: Israel-Gulf peace first
Headline: Abbas to Netanyahu: Heed Trump and freeze settlements
President Donald Trump on Wednesday directly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to slow the building of settlements in the West Bank and said he was confident the two nations could come to a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Trump and Netanyahu addressed reporters at a press conference before the two met privately at the White House. A reporter asked whether Trump and Netanyahu were on the same page regarding settlements. “As far as settlements, I’d like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit,” Trump said while turning toward Netanyahu. “We’ll work something out, but I would like to see a deal be made. I think a deal will be made.” In an answer full of twists and turns, Trump wavered on a US commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it “looked like it will be the easier of the two” but that he could “live with” a one-state solution. A senior White House official said the United States would no longer seek to dictate the terms of any eventual peace settlement, but would support what the two sides agree to together. “A two-state solution that doesn’t bring peace is not a goal that anybody wants to achieve,” the official said on condition of anonymity. “Peace is the goal, whether that comes in the form of a two-state solution if that’s what the parties want, or something else if that’s what the parties want.” “That’s going to be up to them, we are not going to dictate what the terms of peace are going to be,” said the official.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-netanyahu-israel-settlements-2017-2
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1054541/middle-east
https://worldisraelnews.com/palestinians-enraged-by-us-break-from-2-state-solution/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4923096,00.html
http://debka.com/article/25927/Trump-Netanyahu-agree-Israel-Gulf-peace-first
http://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-to-netanyahu-heed-trump-and-freeze-settlement-building/
Headline: CIA chief meets Palestinian leader in West Bank
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met secretly with the CIA chief in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said Wednesday, as they expressed concern over the Trump administration’s suggestion that a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel is optional. Mike Pompeo and Abbas held talks Tuesday at the Palestinian government compound in the city of Ramallah, the first high-level contacts between the Palestinian leader and administration officials, said two senior officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters about the meeting. The White House and the CIA declined comment. One of the Palestinian officials said Abbas briefed Pompeo on Palestinian positions ahead of Wednesday’s White House talks between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Palestinian leadership had previously expressed concern it would be sidelined by an administration seen as being closely aligned with Israel. The Palestinians were given a new cause for concern when a White House official told reporters in Washington that the two-state solution — a cornerstone of American diplomacy for more than two decades — was not the only option for resolving the conflict.
Feb. 15, 2017
Headline: Trump Intended to Move Embassy to Jerusalem at ‘12:01, Day One’
President Donald Trump was prepared to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem the moment he took office, but reconsidered after taking into account how it would impact Israel’s relationship with its Arab neighbors, a top Republican official revealed on Monday. Moving the embassy to Israel’s capital had been one of Trump’s strongest campaigning points, and he had planned on making the controversial policy change the first of his presidency, Senator Bob Corker told The Global Politico podcast in an interview, saying, “I think that was going to be their first move at one point.” “At one point they were ready to move the Embassy at 12:01 on January 20th. Maybe 12 and 30 seconds.” Indeed, in the earliest days of his tenure, Trump’s team had already begun making statements on a possible move. However, Corker said, after considering the issue from a different angle, the president chose to hold back in order to better promote Israel’s interests. The Iran deal “brought the Arab community close to Israel. And so there’s a real working relationship there right now” which Trump didn’t want to jeopardize, Corker explained.
Feb. 14, 2017
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/83646/trump-intended-move-embassy-jerusalem-1201-day-one/
Headline: TEMPLE INSTITUTE MAKES HISTORY
Today the Temple Institute unveiled a brand new set of sacred vessels to be used in the Holy Temple: twelve gold-plated silver pans designed to hold the twelve loaves of showbread. The showbread was baked weekly and the loaves were placed in golden pans, which are set on the Showbread Table. The purpose of the specially designed pans is to enable the showbread loaves to maintain their unique shape all throughout the week, according to the Torah commandment. The twelve loaves of Showbread were baked each Friday by a particular Kohanic family, and were placed upon the twelve shelves of the Golden Table of the Showbread on Shabbat. The new loaves were placed as the old loaves were being removed, thereby fulfilling the commandment, “And you shall place showbread on the table before Me at all times” (Ex. 25:30). Now that the Temple Institute has completed the construction of the Golden Table of the Showbread, the two Golden Bezichin (Frankincense holders which were placed on the table) and the twelve Golden Pans, it is our fervent prayer that these vessels will soon be in service in the rebuilt Holy Temple!
Feb. 14, 2017
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150789341114969&id=22738684968
Jordan
Headline: Jordan set to play more important role in Middle East
The meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump will be closely watched in Jerusalem, of course, but just as closely in Amman, less than 50 miles away. Jordan’s King Abdullah has already met the American president, although briefly, and a second one-on-one meeting is scheduled soon. Jordan’s King Abdullah was the first Arab leader to meet with the new president earlier this month when both attended the National Prayer Breakfast. The Palestinians, in contrast, have struggled to make connections with the Trump Administration. Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat told media outlets that the president had rebuffed overtures from Abbas repeatedly, although security officials did meet the Palestinian security chief Majed Faraj last week. The lack of close ties between the Palestinian Authority and Washington makes Jordan nervous as well. About three-quarters of Jordan’s population are Palestinians, while many of the Palestinians who live on the West Bank hold Jordanian citizenship. Jordan has historically played an important role in the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, which have been a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the past. Days later, Netanyahu announced that almost 6,000 new homes will be built in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, another move that Palestinians say takes aim at a future independent Palestinian state. On both of these issues, analysts say, Jordan stepped in to argue the Palestinian case. “I met the King a few days ago and he said he spoke with US officials about the consequences of moving the US embassy (to Jerusalem), and the damaging role of enlarging the settlements,” Oraib al-Rantawi, the director of the Al-Quds Center in Amman, told The Media Line. “The King told the president that these moves could put an end to a viable Palestinian state, which would also affect Jordan’s stability and security.”
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4922861,00.html
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanon PM Hariri stands firm on Assad ‘crimes’
Headline: Lebanese president: Hezbollah needed to counter Israel
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Monday he stood firm against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s “crimes”, at an event marking the anniversary of his father’s assassination that he has blamed on Damascus. Hariri, whose father Rafiq Hariri was killed along with 22 other people in a February 14, 2005 bomb blast on the Beirut seafront, was appointed prime minister in November for a second time, under an arrangement struck with the pro-Syrian Shiite group Hezbollah. “We negotiated and we made compromises to preserve stability” in Lebanon, he said in an address to a packed hall in Beirut. “We have not made, and will not make, any compromise on principles such as the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, on our point of view on Assad’s regime, our stand on illegitimate arms and on Hezbollah’s implication in Syria,” he said to loud applause. The Hague-based tribunal is responsible for trying Rafiq Hariri’s assassination.
Feb. 15, 2017
***Lebanon’s president is firmly a Hezbollah man as seen in the 2nd headline
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/lebanon-pm-stands-firm-assad-crimes-175528793.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanon-needs-hezbollah-to-counter-israel-aoun/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Yemeni officials say Saudi-led airstrike kills 5
At least one Saudi-led airstrike near Yemen’s rebel-held capital killed at least five people on Wednesday, the country’s Houthi rebels and medical officials said. The head of the Houthis’ media office, Abdel-Rahman al-Ahnomi, told The Associated Press an airstrike hit a group of women attending a funeral and a second airstrike hit first responders in Arhab, some 40 kilometers from Sanaa. He said the strikes killed and wounded dozens of people.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4923080,00.html
Egypt
Headline: Can Egypt be the path to peace for the Middle East?
Headline: Egypt Denies Proposing to Give Sinai Land for Palestinian State
In the Middle East, what they say is not what they mean, and what they mean is not what they say. According to The New York Times, US President Donald Trump is “developing a strategy on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict that would enlist Arab nations like Saudi Arabia and Egypt to break years of deadlock.” It would behoove his new foreign policy team to reflect carefully on these words before forging ahead with Middle East diplomacy. The key to any possible path to conflict resolution in this region is to understand the shifting web of “interests” that motivate the players on this chessboard in the sand. During meetings in Egypt and Israel this past week, almost everyone I spoke with cautioned against over-reaching beyond what is possible for the region at this time. The American abstention on UNSC Resolution 2334 has cast a dark cloud. For the first time ever, an Israeli presence over the 1949 armistice line is labeled an internationally recognized illegal act, with the blessing of the United States. What I heard from those on the ground, including an international observer, is that 2334 will become a major obstacle to a two-state solution, the exact opposite of what the Obama administration claimed was their intent.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Can-Egypt-be-the-path-to-peace-for-the-Middle-East-481639
Headline: Syria talks in Astana ‘to be held behind closed doors’
Headline: Syria Peace Talks Delayed Until Thursday
Headline: Turkey, Russia differ on Astana agenda
Kazakhstan said Tuesday that a new round of Astana talks on the Syria conflict led by Russia, Turkey and Iran will take place behind closed doors, as the make-up of any rebel delegation remained unclear. The “closed format” negotiations are set to start Wednesday in the Kazakh capital some three weeks after representatives from Damascus and the armed opposition failed to make a breakthrough at indirect talks in the city. Meanwhile, Jordan will also be represented by a “high level delegation”, Government Spokesperson and Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani said. The meeting — pushed by key regime supporter Moscow — is viewed as a warm-up for UN-led negotiations on the protracted war that are due to begin in Geneva on February 23.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://jordantimes.com/news/region/syria-talks-astana-be-held-behind-closed-doors%E2%80%99
http://www.voanews.com/a/syria-peace-talks-delayed-until-thursday/3725264.html
Headline: Syria war: ‘Dozens killed’ as jihadists clash in Idlib
Dozens of fighters have been killed in clashes between two jihadist factions in northern Syria, reports say. The battles involved Tahrir al-Sham, formerly an al-Qaeda affiliate, and Jund al-Aqsa, regarded as close to so-called Islamic State (IS). UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the fighting was a “war for influence” in Idlib province. Nearly 70 people have been killed in the latest fighting, which began on Monday morning, according to the SOHR and a rebel commander. Tahrir al-Sham has captured six villages from Jund al-Aqsa, the SOHR said. The two sides are also reported to have clashed in the north of neighbouring Hama province. Idlib province, in the country’s north-west, has long been a rebel stronghold, dominated by Ahrar al-Sham and JFS/Tahrir al-Sham. The SOHR said the fighting erupted after Jund al-Aqsa carried out a suicide bombing on Tahrir al-Sham, killing nine people, AFP news agency reported. However, a Jund al-Aqsa commander told the Associated Press that Tahrir al-Sham had attacked his group’s positions first.
Feb. 14, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38966601
Headline: Russian jets pounded rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Deraa
Russian jets pounded rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Deraa on Tuesday for a second day in the first such intensive bombing campaign since Moscow’s major intervention in Syria more than a year ago, rebels and witnesses said. Rebel groups on Sunday stormed the heavily-garrisoned Manshiya district in a battle dubbed “Death rather than Humiliation” saying the campaign sought to obstruct any army attempts to capture a strategic border crossing with Jordan. The army’s control of the rebel held crossing and swatches of territory in the southern strip of the city would sever the rebel link between the eastern and west parts of the city. The Syrian army said the “terrorists” had failed to make gains and its troops had inflicted many casualties. State media said the armed insurgents showered civilian districts of the southern city with mortars, wrecking many homes. The opposition fighters are drawn from both moderate Free Syrian Army groups and members of a newly formed alliance – Tahrir al Sham – spearheaded by a faction that was once al-Qaeda’s official affiliate. A rebel source said there were at least 30 Russian sorties on Tuesday, thwarting further rebel gains in the heavily defended enclave that had allowed them so far to secure significant parts of the Manshiya. “When the regime began to lose control of some areas … the Russian jets began their operations,” said Ibrahim Abdullah, a senior rebel commander.
Feb. 15, 2017
Headline: U.N. warns of catastrophic dam failure in Raqqa Syria battle
The United Nations is warning of catastrophic flooding in Syria from the Tabqa dam, which is at risk from high water levels, deliberate sabotage by Islamic State (IS) and further damage from air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition. The earth-filled dam holds back the Euphrates River 40 km (25 miles) upstream of the IS stronghold of Raqqa and has been controlled by IS since 2014. Water levels on the river have risen by about 10 meters since Jan. 24, due partly to heavy rainfall and snow and partly to IS opening three turbines of the dam, flooding riverside areas downstream, according to a U.N. report seen by Reuters on Wednesday. “As per local experts, any further rise of the water level would submerge huge swathes of agricultural land along the river and could potentially damage the Tabqa Dam, which would have catastrophic humanitarian implications in all areas downstream,” it said. The entrance to the dam was already damaged by airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, it said. “For example, on 16 January 2017, airstrikes on the western countryside of Ar-Raqqa impacted the entrance of the Euphrates Dam, which, if further damaged, could lead to massive scale flooding across Ar-Raqqa and as far away as Deir-ez-Zor.” The town of Deir-ez-Zor, or Deir al-Zor, is a further 140 km downstream from Raqqa, and is besieged by IS. The U.N. estimates that 93,500 civilians are trapped in the town, and it has been airdropping food to them for a year.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-dam-idUSKBN15U1DZ
Headline: Turkish Army uses ISIS as an excuse to attack Kurdish forces in northern Syria
Headline: Turkish Aggression Against Syrian Kurds Threatens to Halt U.S. Anti-ISIS Operations in Syria
The Turkish Army and their rebel associates have recently intensified their attacks against the Kurdish-led “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) in northern Syria, despite the fact they are nowhere near the front-lines with the Islamic State (ISIS). Turkish-backed rebels boasted on their social media accounts, Tuesday, about targeting the Kurdish forces in the northern countryside of Aleppo. The constant harassment of the Kurdish forces is part of the Turkish Army’s plan in Syria, as their battle with the Islamic State is just a facade that is hiding their true intentions. Fearful of a PKK (outlawed Kurdish group in Turkey) safe-haven in northern Syria, the Turkish Army has shifted their attention to the YPG and SDF controlled towns in the Al-Raqqa, Aleppo, and Al-Hasakah governorates. While no major clashes have begun yet, the Turkish Army and their rebel allies have recently stated they plan on continuing their military operations until they seize Raqqa City. This presents a problem because the SDF is currently involved in a heated battle against the Islamic State forces in the western countryside of Al-Raqqa. Should the Turkish Armed Forces choose to launch this Al-Raqqa offensive, they will no doubt run into the SDF and YPG units that are surrounding the provincial capital.
Feb. 14, 2017
Headline: Suicide bombing kills at least 15 people in Iraq
A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck on Wednesday in Sadr City, a heavily-populated Shia suburb of Baghdad, killing at least 15 and wounding 50, Iraqi security sources have said. The explosion, the deadliest in Baghdad so far this year, targeted a crowded street full of garages and used-car dealers.
Feb. 15, 2017
Headline: Kurdish conference takes place in Moscow
Representatives of Kurdish groups across the Middle East have met in Moscow on Feb. 15 to attend a conference on Kurds and their future. Asya Abdullah, the co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), and Anwar Muslim, the chairman of the Kobane canton inside Syria, attended the conference on the Middle East, along with other representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. People’s Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers from Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province, Osman Baydemir and Dilek Öcalan, also attended the meeting, during which they shared their views over the current status of Kurds and how to tackle the problems they face. Baydemir was a former mayor of Diyarbakır. The conference was held on the 18th anniversary of the capture of the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, by Turkish special forces in Kenya.
Feb. 15, 2017
Turkey
Headline: Fears Grow Over Fairness of Upcoming Election in Turkey
Headline: Top human rights official urges Turkey to ‘change course’
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed into law constitutional amendments aimed at giving him sweeping new powers under an executive presidency. The reforms are deeply divisive, with supporters saying they will strengthen democracy, while critics warn of dictatorship. Turks will decide in a referendum set for April 16. Doubts over its fairness are growing among opponents of the reforms, who claim a crackdown against them already has started. Leading right-wing politician Meral Aksener recently spoke at a rally to oppose the presidential constitutional reforms. The meeting ended up being held in darkness after the electricity to the venue was mysteriously cut. Aksener said she had little doubt the blackout was deliberate, shouting to the audience, “President, what you are afraid of, me as a woman opposing you and your powerful state.” “We look for democracy in darkness and hopefully on April 16th we will find democracy coming out of the ballots,” she later said to reporters.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/fears-grow-over-fairness-as-election-nears-in-turkey/3726046.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article132810194.html
Iran
Headline: Shadowy Iranian general visits Moscow, violating sanctions
Headline: US looks to form Arab alliance against Iran — report
A shadowy Iranian general responsible for the deaths of nearly 500 Americans traveled to Moscow Wednesday to meet with high-ranking Russian officials — a trip that violated multiple United Nations resolutions forbidding him from leaving his country, multiple western intelligence officials with direct knowledge of the visit told Fox News. Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani arrived in Terminal A of Vnukovo airport outside Moscow on Feb. 14 on Mahan Air WD084 at 12:13 p.m. local time and was scheduled to remain in Russia for a few days for meetings, officials said. Soleimani is visiting Moscow to express his displeasure with the Russian government over their relationship with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states, mainly regarding weapons deals and strengthening economic ties, sources told Fox News. “These are two countries that want to cause trouble for the United States, and they’re talking together which means even more trouble for the United States,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, told Fox News’ “Happening Now.” He added, “If there are no consequences to violating sanctions, then they’ll just do more of it.” The CIA would not immediately answer a request for comment. A State Department spokesman said he was unaware of the visit.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-looks-to-form-arab-alliance-against-iran-report/
Libya
Headline: Libya rivals agree to explore ways to end rift: Egypt
Rival powers in Libya have agreed to form a committee to explore amending a UN-backed deal to end the country’s political turmoil, Egypt announced on Wednesday after hosting talks. The head of Libya’s unity government Fayez al-Sarraj and rival army chief Marshal Khalifa Haftar had been in Cairo this week for talks mediated by the Egyptian army. They agreed to set up “a joint committee” to formulate amendments to the deal that set up the unity government, the military said in a statement. Libyan media reported that Sarraj and Haftar did not meet face to face during the talks in Cairo. Sarraj’s UN-backed Government of National Accord has struggled to assert its authority across the North African country since starting work in Tripoli nearly a year ago. Haftar, whose forces control much of the eastern Cyrenaica region, is backed by a parliament based in the east that has refused to pass a vote of confidence in the unity government.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/libya-rivals-agree-to-explore-ways-to-end-rift-egypt-4527227/
Morocco
Headline: Polisario Front insists Morocco must recognize Western Sahara’s independence
The Saharawi liberation movement says it is time Morocco accepted Western Sahara’s independence. The Polisario Front said on Tuesday that since Morocco has rejoined the African Union and accepted the group’s principles, it must recognize Western Sahara or it could face possible sanctions or requests to leave the regional organization. AP news reported that Ahmed Boukhari, Polisario Front’s UN representative said that the independence movement will be watching what Morocco does between now and the next AU summit in July . “If they are going to play games, it’s not against the Western Sahara Republic, it’s against the African Union and they have a right to ask Morocco : Are you a member of our family or not ?” he said. Adding, “if not, there is a possibility of sanctions or even requests to Morocco to get out again.” Meanwhile Morocco says it does not plan to recognize the independence of Western Sahara. The ambassador of Morocco to Russia, Abdelkader Lecheheb, said on Monday. “We will defend our selves from inside the African Union, but this does not mean that we recognize Polisario.”
Feb. 15, 2017
Headline: ‘Polarized & divided’ US may become destabilizing factor for world – EU foreign policy chief
Headline: Military trains for domestic political problems
Headline: Charlie Daniels: It’s Only a Matter of Time Before There Is Blood on the Streets
The US, polarized and divided as never before, could become a destabilizing factor for the rest of the globe unless it stays “domestically strong and united,” Federica Mogherini warned after her first meeting with the Trump administration in Washington. “I have never seen the US so polarized, divided and burdened by conflicts as now. However, the one who would like to play a global leadership role needs to be internally strong, self-confident and cohesive,” the chief of EU diplomacy told Die Welt on Wednesday. Mogherini maintained that the current developments in the US will surely have ramifications on international stability. “If the greatest democracy in the world is beset with tensions of such scale, then it becomes a destabilizing factor for the rest of the globe,” she said. Her interview to Die Welt and leading European newspapers came on the heels of her recent visit to Washington where she met with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s aide and son-in-law Jared Kushner, as well as some other top administration officials.
Feb. 15, 2017
https://www.rt.com/news/377409-us-global-leadership-mogherini/
Headline: Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber targets judges in Peshawar
Headline: Taliban suicide bombing kills 5 in northwestern Pakistan
A suicide bomber from the Pakistani Taliban militant group attacked a van carrying judges in northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, wounding several judges and killing the driver, police said. It was the region’s second attack of the day in a new surge in militant violence. In the Mohmand agency area north of Peshawar, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a government office, killing five people. Security has improved in Pakistan over the past few years but a spate of attacks in recent days, and a threat by hardline militants to unleash a new campaign against the government, has raised fears of bloodshed. “A suicide bomber on a motor bike rammed into an official van in which some judges were traveling,” senior superintendent of Peshawar police Sajjad Khan told journalists. Khan said three female judges and one male judge had been taken to a nearby hospital while the driver of the van had been killed. Earlier in the day Geo TV, citing Khan, said two people had died in the attack but that figure was later revised to one. Mohammad Khurassani, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, said the group was behind the blast and threatened more attacks.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-attack-idUSKBN15U140
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4922779,00.html
Headline:Bahrain Protesters, Police Clash as Island Marks Uprising
Anti-government protesters have clashed with police in Bahrain as they marked the sixth anniversary of the tiny island kingdom’s Arab Spring uprising. Images posted on social media Tuesday showed masked protesters hurling rocks and other projectiles at riot police, who responded with tear gas. Protesters elsewhere were seen marching peacefully through rain-soaked streets carrying the national flag. Large-scale protests led by Bahrain’s Shiite majority erupted on Feb. 14, 2011, demanding political reforms from the country’s Sunni monarchy. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets then, with many occupying a prominent roundabout known as Pearl Square. Authorities backed by forces from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates eventually suppressed the protests. The government later agreed to some reforms, but low-level unrest continues.
Feb. 14, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/bahrain-protesters-police-clash-as-island-marks-uprising/3723889.html
Headline: Russia tells White House it will not return Crimea to Ukraine
Headline: Russia Deploys Missile, Violating Treaty and Challenging Trump
Headline: Russian spy ship patrols 30 miles off the coast of Connecticut
Headline: Kremlin denies allegations it violated U.S. missile treaty
Russia said on Wednesday it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine or discuss the matter with foreign partners after the White House said U.S. President Donald Trump expected the annexed Black Sea peninsula to be returned. Moscow says an overwhelming majority of Crimeans voted to become part of Russia in a 2014 referendum wanting protection from what the Kremlin cast as an illegal coup in Kiev. Ukraine says the referendum was a sham held at gunpoint after Russian troops illegally annexed the peninsula, that Russia-friendly president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted by people power, and that Moscow should return Crimea. “We don’t give back our own territory. Crimea is territory belonging to the Russian Federation,” Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, told a news briefing on Wednesday. The 2014 annexation prompted the United States and the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia, plunging Western relations with the Kremlin to their worst level since the Cold War. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday that Trump expected and wanted to get along with Russia, but was expecting Moscow to hand Crimea back. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, when asked about Spicer’s comments, said President Vladimir Putin had already explained why Crimeans had turned to Russia. “The theme of returning Crimea will not be discussed … Russia does not discuss its territorial integrity with foreign partners,” Peskov told a conference call with reporters.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-ukraine-idUSKBN15U0U0
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/europe/russia-cruise-missile-arms-control-treaty.html?_r=1
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/15/russian-spy-ship-spotted-near-us/97939010/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-missiles-idUSKBN15U10Q
Headline: China warns U.S. against fresh naval patrols in South China Sea
Headline: China deploying troops at North Korea border after assassination
China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty, responding to reports the United States was planning fresh naval patrols in the disputed South China Sea. On Sunday, the Navy Times reported that U.S. Navy and Pacific Command leaders were considering freedom of navigation patrols in the busy waterway by the San Diego-based Carl Vinson carrier strike group, citing unnamed defense officials. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said tension in the South China Sea had stabilized due to the hard work between China and Southeast Asia countries, and urged foreign nations including the U.S. to respect this. “We urge the U.S. not to take any actions that challenge China’s sovereignty and security,” Geng told a regular news briefing on Wednesday. Meanwhile, The assassination of Kim Jong Un‘s older half-brother at an airport in Malaysia has placed China on alert, and Beijing may have deployed more troops at its border with North Korea in case of a contingency. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters at a regular press briefing on Wednesday that his government is “paying attention to reports” regarding the slaying of Kim Jong Nam, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-china-usa-idUSKBN15U16Y
Headline: Jim Rogers prophesizes death of cash & total govt control of spending
The time will come when you won’t be able to buy a cup of coffee without being traced, warns investment guru Jim Rogers. To control people, governments will increasingly seek to hunt down cash spending, he adds. “Governments are always looking out for themselves first, and it’s the same old thing that has been going on for hundreds of years. The Indians recently did the same thing. They withdrew 86 percent of the currency in circulation, and they have now made it illegal to spend more than, I think it’s about $4,000 in any cash transaction. In France you cannot use more than, I think it’s a €1,000,”said Rogers in an interview with MacroVoices Podcast. “Many countries are already doing this. Some states in the US you cannot make cash transactions above a certain amount. Governments love it. Then they can control you. If you want to go and buy a cup of coffee, they know how many you drink, where you buy them, etc., if they can all put it into electronic formats and they will. The world is all going electronic,” the investor said. According to Rogers, governments will claim they are doing it for the public good, not for themselves. “When it’s done, the governments are going to be very, very happy they are going to say they’re doing it for our own good, this is not them, this is for our good. That they’re doing this, but it’s coming, and it’s going to be a whole different world in which we live. Probably we are not going to have as many freedoms as we have now even though we are already losing our freedoms at a significant pace,” Rodgers told the radio.
Feb. 14, 2017
https://www.rt.com/business/377307-jim-rogers-currency-control-cash/
Headline: World’s 2nd Largest Stockpile Of Gold Leaves The United States
Headline: US Economic Freedom Has Hit a Historic Low
Federal Reserve Bank of New York houses the largest known depository of gold in the world. Late last week the German government moved $13 billion worth of gold from New York to Frankfurt. None of that gold, of course, belongs to the Fed. The Federal Reserve doesn’t own a single ounce of gold. Almost all of that gold is owned by foreign governments and central banks. It’s been that way since the end of World War II—European governments wanted to store their wealth overseas, out of the reach of the Soviet Union. As a kind of professional courtesy among governments and central banks, their gold has been stored for free by the Fed for the last 70+ years. Even after the Soviet Union fell, most governments still chose to keep their gold in New York. It was safe. America was a rich, trusted ally. Why bother moving it? Fast forward a few decades and the world has clearly changed. The US government is in debt up to its eyeballs. It has been caught blatantly spying on its own allies. And it’s much less predictable than ever before. Germany was among the first out the door. Even as early as 2013, the German government announced that they would bring back at least half of their country’s gold reserves (the second largest in the world) by the end of 2020. They’re ahead of schedule. Late last week the German government moved $13 billion worth of gold from New York to Frankfurt. That shipment puts them nearly at their goal, almost four years earlier than planned.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-14/worlds-2nd-largest-stockpile-gold-leaves-united-states
http://dailysignal.com/2017/02/15/us-economic-freedom-has-hit-a-historic-low-what-happened/
Headline: Hate crimes on rise in US for second consecutive year
Headline: ‘Record hate crimes’ after EU referendum
The number of hate crimes committed in the US has risen for the second year in succession, said the Southern Poverty Law Center, which works to combat domestic racism and extremism, in a report issued Wednesday. The Center made a direct connection between the “radical right” and Donald Trump, saying his election as president had “energized” such groups. The annual census found that the rise in extremism posed the greatest threat to the Muslim community, saying that the number of anti-Muslim hate groups almost tripled from 34 in 2015 to 101 in 2016. This growth, the Center said, was “accompanied by a rash of crimes targeting Muslims.” Meanwhile, A majority of police forces in England and Wales saw record levels of hate crimes in the first full three months following the EU referendum, according to new analysis. More than 14,000 hate crimes were recorded between July and September. In 10 forces the number of suspected hate crimes increased by more than 50%, compared to the previous three months. Those 5,468 reports indicated there had been a spike in reports – supporting anecdotal evidence across the country of an increased number of threatening, violent or abusive incidents.
Feb. 15, 2017
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hate-crimes-on-rise-in-us-for-second-consecutive-year-ngo/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38976087
Headline: At least 6 tornadoes cause damage southwest of Houston
Residents of a coastal area southwest of Houston are cleaning up debris after severe storms, including at least six tornadoes, swept through the area. At least six people were injured in Van Vleck, about 70 miles southwest of Houston, by a weak tornado rated by a federal survey team as of EF1 strength with winds of 86 to 110 mph. An EF2 tornado with winds of 111-135 mph caused extensive damage to subdivisions 27 miles southwest of Houston. A weak tornado also was confirmed in Wharton. Elsewhere, more than 3 inches of rain fell in some areas west of Austin, and rain was mixing with snow in the Texas Panhandle, resulting in slick roads and delays in school openings.
Feb. 14, 2017
http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/At-least-6-tornadoes-cause-damage-southwest-of-Houston-413784623.html
Headline: A massive lake of molten carbon the size of Mexico is discovered under the US
A huge well of molten carbon that would spell disaster for the planet if released has been found under the US. Scientists using the world’s largest array of seismic sensors have mapped a deep-Earth area, covering 700,000 sq miles (1.8 million sq km). This is around the size of Mexico, and researchers say it has the potential to cause untold environmental damage. The study, conducted by geologists at Royal Holloway University in London, used a huge network of 583 seismic sensors that measure the Earth’s vibrations, to create a picture of the area’s deep sub surface. What they found was a vast buried deposit of molten carbon, which produces carbon dioxide and other gases, situated under the Western US, 217 miles (350km) beneath the Earth’s surface. As a result of this study, scientists now believe the amount of CO2 in the Earth’s upper mantle may be up to 100 trillion metric tons. In comparison, the US Environmental Protection Agency estimates the global carbon emission in 2011 was nearly 10 billion metric tons – a tiny amount in comparison. The area covered by the study includes Yellowstone National Park, where previous research has uncovered evidence of a supervolcano which could also spell danger for the planet.
Feb. 15, 2017
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Headline: Ahead of Netanyahu-Trump talks, Abbas woos Iran
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has pivoted towards Iran in a move to pre-empt a possibly impending US embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and the friendly talks scheduled to take place in Washington Wednesday, Feb. 15, between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. This is revealed by debkafile’s exclusive intelligence sources.
Our sources report that the Abbas has opened a direct channel of communications between Ramallah and Tehran as a permanent fixture. Fatah Central Committee member Jibril Rajoub is in charge of the Palestinian end of the relationship and will lead the first official Palestinian delegation to Tehran. For some months now, he has served as Abbas’s senior spokesman and the Palestinian Authority’s “foreign minister.” In the third week of January,Rajoub declared: “In our opinion moving the embassy to Jerusalem is a declaration of war on the Muslims.” Two weeks ago, Palestinian and Iranian delegations met secretly for the first time in a European country. Two more encounters followed Abu Mazen’s pro-Iranian shift is intended as a signal to five parties, debkafile’s intelligence sources report: President Trump, the Presidents of Russian and Egypt, the rulers of the Gulf Emirates and King Abdullah of Jordan. He is warning Trump that the US embassy’s relocation to Jerusalem and the strengthening of US-Israeli ties would be countered by a parallel enhancement of Palestinian relations with Tehran. The message to Vladmir Putin is that, even though he is fully engaged in Syria, he can’t afford to abandon the Palestinians; Abdel-Fatteh El- Sisi, the Gulf rulers and Jordan’s monarch are put on notice that if they have a problem with rising Iranian influence in Baghdad, they had better be prepared to find Tehran’s imprint in Ramallah too.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://debka.com/article/25925/Ahead-of-Netanyahu-Trump-talks-Abbas-woos-Iran
Headline: Israel’s president calls for Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria
Headline: Turkey’s Erdogan: Israeli settlement push an ‘absolute provocation’
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin expressed support for officially extending Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria, during his address at the 14th annual Jerusalem Conference sponsored by the Besheva Media Group. “I, Ruby Rivlin, believe that Zion is entirely ours,” he declared, referring to himself by his nickname “Ruby.” “I believe the sovereignty of the State of Israel must be in all the blocs (of Judea and Samaria).” The president’s remarks were made against a backdrop of significant debate between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and many of his coalition ministers with regards as to how to proceed with Israeli policy on Judea and Samaria in the era of President Donald Trump. Rivlin shared what he felt to be some of the ramifications and consequences for Israel in extending sovereignty to Judea and Samaria. “Applying sovereignty to an area gives citizenship to all those living there,” he stressed. “It must be clear: If we extend sovereignty, the law must apply equally to all. There is no separate law for Israelis and for non-Israelis.”
Feb. 13, 2017
https://worldisraelnews.com/israels-president-calls-for-israeli-sovereignty-in-judea-and-samaria/
Headline: Hamas elects new radical leader in Gaza
Yahya Sanwar has been elected to lead Hamas in the Gaza Strip after internal elections were held for the organization’s institutional and leadership positions, according to reports from Al Jazeera. Khalil al-Haya has been chosen to serve as Sanwar’s deputy. Sanwar was on the most senior officials released by Israel in the Shalit deal in which hundreds of terrorists and political prisoners were released in exchange for the return of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. He has developed a reputation as being among the most radical in Hamas, calling since his release for further kidnappings of IDF soldiers, and is thought of as the link between the military and political wing the terror organization. With his ascent to power, Sanwar will take the reins to rule the strip from Khaled Mashal, despite Ismail Haniyeh being slated to fill the top spot. When released from prison in 2011, Sanwar lamented the fact that other prisoners still remained in Israeli jails. “We feel that we left our hearts behind us, we left many prisoners behind. This is a great victory for our people and out resistance.” During the same speech, the stanch Hamas activists called on Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, to undertake fierce efforts to kidnap more soldiers to bring about the release of more Palestinian prisoners. Sanwar, who for a long period of time has been marked as a potential candidate in the elections, represents stark differences from his predecessor Mashal. As far as Sanwar’s new deputy is concerned, Khalil al-Haya has also earned a reputation for being among the more radical elements of Hamas and was a member of the negotiating team in the Shalit negotiations.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4921803,00.html
Headline: We Must Start Building Third Temple Today, Says Temple Experts
A recent video from the Temple Institute concluded unequivocally that the Third Temple will not simply descend from Heaven, begging the question ‘Why don’t Jews begin building today?’ The man in charge of organizing the Third Temple construction thinks he knows what it will take to jump-start the process. Last week, the Temple Institute released the second video in their “Holy Temple Mythbusters” series, titled “Falling from Heaven”. Rabbi Chaim Richman, the institute’s international director, opened the video with the question, “The Bet Hamikdash (Temple) is supposed to come down from heaven: true or false?” Using rabbinic methodology, Rabbi Richman said that it is a Biblical commandment to build a Temple, as clearly stated in the Bible. Like any other commandment, it is incumbent upon the Jews to perform it themselves, and not to wait for God to perform it for them. Rabbi Richman’s conclusion is a challenge to those who maintain that the Third Temple will descend from Heaven, but it is a strong vote of confidence for those who advocate Jews move forward in this endeavor. As the chairman of the Temple Movement, Yaakov Hayman, is organizing the controversial effort towards building the Third Temple.
Feb. 13, 2017
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/83576/stop-waiting-third-temple-come-heaven-start-building/
Lebanon
Headline: UN criticizes Lebanon for welcoming Hezbollah terrorists into army
Headline: Hizbullah agrees with U.S. Left that Trump is an ‘idiot’ and urges Americans to take action
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Sigird Kaag, implicitly criticized Lebanon’s president, Michel Aoun, for supporting a military role in the Lebanese army for the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. “UN resolution 1701 is vital for Lebanon’s stability and security,” she wrote on Twitter. “The resolution calls for disarmament of all armed groups. No arms outside control of state.” Contrary to the spirit of Resolution 1701, the Lebanese president Michel Aoun expressed support for Hezbollah assuming a military role on behalf of Lebanon. “(Hezbollah) has a complementary role to the Lebanese army,” he said to the Egyptian TV network CBC on Sunday night. “As long as the Lebanese army is not strong enough to fight Israel, we believe in the need for it to exist.” Israel and Lebanon are still officially enemy states of each other. Lebanon participated with at least 4 other Arab countries (Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq) in invading Israel during the War of Independence between 1948-1949.
Feb. 13, 2017
https://worldisraelnews.com/un-criticizes-lebanon-welcoming-hezbollah-terrorists-army/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Erdogan to consult Saudi leaders on regional issues
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who on Sunday kicked off his three-nation Gulf tour in Bahrain, will arrive in the Saudi capital on Monday for consultations with top Saudi officials on key bilateral and regional issues. “The visit of the Turkish president to the Kingdom comes at a significant time and context,” Turkish Ambassador Yunus Demirer told Arab News on Sunday. “Cooperation between the Kingdom and Turkey is today more relevant and crucial than ever, taking into consideration regional and global challenges. Turkey and Saudi Arabia share identical views on regional issues such as Syria, Iraq and Yemen, as well as issues like terrorism.”
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1053431/saudi-arabia
Headline: Yemen to Never Invite US Ground Troops to Help Resolve Conflict – UN Envoy
Headline: Houthi forces seize town near Saudi border
Yemen has no plans to request US ground troops to fight on its behalf in the country’s civil war, the permanent representative of Yemen to the United Nations, Khaled Alyemany, said on Monday. “We will never invite American soldiers on the ground,” Alyemany stated during an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC. “We will never invite Americans. And Americans, they understand that.” Khaled Alyemany also stated that the administration of former US President Barack Obama and the efforts of former Secretary of State John Kerry caused setbacks to the peace process in Yemen. “The negative impact of Kerry was really devastating because we need now to recover the peace process from the point we had established in Kuwait,” Alyemany said. Alyemany added that the relationship that between Yemen and the Obama administration was deceiving, because it started positively and then created problems.
Feb. 13, 2017
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201702131050637475-us-yemen-troops-alyemany/
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/houthi-forces-seize-town-near-saudi-border/
Headline: Turkish Army ‘close to taking Daesh-held town’-Al Bab, Aleppo province
Headline: Islamic State repels Turkish Army offensive east of Al-Bab city
Turkish troops backed by Syrian opposition fighters have entered the center of the Daesh bastion of Al-Bab and will soon capture it, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. The town in Syria’s Aleppo province is the last stronghold of the militant group in the region, and has also been the target of an assault by Syrian government forces. Erdogan, speaking in Istanbul, said Al-Bab “is now besieged from all fronts.” “Our forces entered the center,” he added, saying it was “only a matter of time” before the alliance of Turkish forces and rebels took control of the town. “Daesh forces have begun leaving Al-Bab completely,” he said. Turkish forces and allied fighters entered Al-Bab for the first time on Saturday, from the west, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based monitor reported heavy clashes inside western Al-Bab on Sunday, as well as on the northern edge of the town, where Turkish forces and rebels were advancing but had not yet entered the town. One Turkish soldier was killed and two soldiers wounded in clashes with Daesh militants, the Turkish Dogan news agency reported.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1053506/middle-east
Headline: Major confrontation brewing if Turkish forces attempt to capture Raqqa
Headline: Turkey’s Erdogan wants to establish a safe zone in the ISIS capital Raqqa
Headline: ISIS launches massive counter-offensive in western Raqqa
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently told journalists in Ankara that his forces will continue their military operations in Syria after they capture Al-Bab. Erdogan specifically stated that his forces will concentrate on Raqqa City, which is currently under the control of the Islamic State (ISIS). However, this presents quite a problem for Erdogan because the quickest way to get to Raqqa City from Al-Bab is through the main highway that flows through Deir Hafer, which is another Islamic State stronghold. The Turkish Armed Forces are currently cutoff from this highway, thanks in large part to the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) recent advances south of Al-Bab. Moreover, the Syrian Arab Army is now pushing towards the village of Al-Sukkariya in order to completely close off the Turkish Armed Forces from the Maskanah Plains of east Aleppo. So with the Aleppo-Raqqa Highway cutoff and Al-Sukkariya soon to be under the Syrian Arab Army’s control, the Turkish Armed Forces and their rebel allies will have to choose an alternative route. This alternative route requires the Turkish Armed Forces to go through the Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) front-lines in northern Al-Raqqa, which is also a much faster route to the Islamic State stronghold. If the Kurdish forces do not voluntarily withdraw from this area in northern Al-Raqqa, a large battle will likely ensue in the weeks following the Turkish Army’s capture of Al-Bab.
Feb. 13, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-launches-massive-counter-offensive-western-raqqa/
Headline: Iraqi military attacks ISIS leader, his fate remains unknown
The Iraqi military has officially addressed the reports on Monday claiming that the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was injured over the weekend in an aerial assault. According to the army’s statement, Iraqi forces were following a convoy that included among others, the leader of the terror organization, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and thus managed to literally blow up a meeting between the leaders of the organization. During the attack, 13 people were killed, but the fate of al-Baghdadi himself remains unclear. According to the Iraqi military’s statement, the terror organization’s leadership was set to convene in a house near the town of Al-Qa’im (Anbar province) which is in the vicinity of the Syrian border. Al-Baghdadi was making his way to the area in order to meet with the organization’s state leaders to discuss the collapse of their influence in the strategic city of Mosul, as well as choose an heir to al-Baghdadi. On Sunday, the American channel in Arabic Alhurra reported that al-Baghdadi was seriously injured in the Iraqi Air Force attack in the western district of Al Anbar. The broadcast was based on a report by an intelligence security official, associated with the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. According to the same official, the authorities received information stating that al-Baghdadi was in Al-Qaim’s al-Sala region on February 9. The information was passed on to the Iraqi Air Force who then executed the attack that injured al-Baghdadi—who was then transferred back to Syria. On Sunday, the Iraqi military stated that the reports regarding al-Baghdadi have yet to be confirmed.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4921977,00.html
Headline: Inter-Shiite tension mounts in Baghdad after clashes
Headline: Iranian Proxies Likely Fire Rockets at Green Zone in Baghdad
Tension between Iraq’s Shiite leaders mounted on Sunday as the toll from protests in central Baghdad on Saturday increased to six killed, five demonstrators loyal to the fiery cleric Moqtada Al Sadr and one policeman. At least 174 other protesters were injured in clashes that pitted police and Sadr’s followers who had gathered to demand an overhaul of a commission that supervises elections, ahead of a provincial poll due in September. The clashes broke out as the protesters attempted to cross the bridge that links Tahrir Square where they had gathered and the heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings, embassies and international organizations. In a statement reacting to the killing of his followers on Saturday evening, Sadr said: “Their blood won’t have been shed in vain.” He promised “peaceful” retaliation.
Feb. 12, 2017
http://jordantimes.com/news/region/inter-shiite-tension-mounts-baghdad-after-clashes
Headline: Iraq Situation Report Feb. 2 – 10, 2017
http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-february-2-10-2017
Iran
Headline: Iran Admits Hosting Russian Bombers Operating in Syria
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani announced that Tehran “will continue” to allow Russian fighter jets to use its airspace for military operations in Syria, Fars reported Saturday. “[The Russians’] use of Iran’s airspace continues because we have a fully strategic cooperation with Russia,” Shamkhani told Fars, and stressed that Iran is ready for any cooperation with Russia on Syria. The Russian fighters’ flights through Iran’s airspace is carried out after complicated planning and coordination with officials in Tehran, according to Shamkhani. He noted that while a number of Russian bombers have recently flown through Iran’s airspace, none landed for refueling. Iranian Defense Minister, General Hossein Dehqan said last November that Russia is free to use the Noje Airbase in Hamadan province for its aerial campaign in Syria if the situation called for it.
Feb. 13, 2017
Afghanistan
Headline: Russia Gathers Stakeholders, Sans US or NATO, for Afghanistan Conference
Russia is hosting a conference in Moscow this week that will bring together Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, India and Iran to discuss a possible solution of the conflict in Afghanistan. This meeting is part of Russia’s effort at playing a more pro-active role in Afghanistan for the first time since its invasion of the country in 1979. Its efforts, however, have encountered controversies at the very outset. The last conference Moscow hosted on Afghanistan in December included only China and Pakistan, prompting a strong protest from the Afghan government. The one this week is more inclusive of the regional stakeholders, but excludes the United States or NATO, leading to speculation that Russia is more interested in undermining the Unites States than in solving the regional problems. At a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, chairman Senator John McCain said Russia is propping up the Taliban to undermine the U.S.
Feb. 13, 2017
Sudan
Headline: South Sudan General Quits Over ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Fears
A South Sudanese general has resigned from the army, accusing the country’s president of “ethnic cleansing.” In a resignation letter seen by AFP on Sunday, Lieutenant-General Thomas Cirillo Swaka said he had “lost patience with the conduct” of President Salva Kiir, who has led the country since its independence from Sudan in 2011. Cirillo, the deputy head of logistics, said that Kiir and the national army—known as the SPLA—had “systematically frustrated the implementation” of a peace agreement struck in 2015 between Kiir and former vice-president Riek Machar. The United Nations and others have warned that the fighting is increasingly proceeding along ethnic lines. Kiir is from the majority Dinka tribe, while Machar hails from the Nuer minority. Dinka make up around one-third of the country’s population, while Nuer constitute around 16 percent, according to the CIA World Factbook. Former U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, writing in Newsweek, warned that forces loyal to both Kiir and Machar had been implicated in “mass atrocities” that were at risk of escalating into genocide.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/south-sudan-ethnic-cleansing-salva-kiir-556043?rx=us
Libya
Headline: Libya unity govt slams creation of rival ‘national guard’
Libya’s UN-backed unity government on Sunday slammed the creation by armed groups of a national guard rival to its own Presidential Guard in the capital Tripoli. The Government of National Accord (GNA) said it considered the creation of the Libyan National Guard to be “an attempt to form a parallel body to the Presidential Guard” it has formed. “These groups and those supporting it are considered to be outlaws,” the GNA said in a statement. “And they will be treated as such by the security and judiciary bodies.” The GNA warned that the formation of a rival guard was an attempt “to lead the capital into bloody armed conflict.” On Thursday, armed groups mostly from the western city of Misrata, announced the creation of the Libyan National Guard” to continue the fight against Daesh, as well as to secure state institutions and diplomatic missions. But they did not say whether or not it would support the GNA, which has struggled to assert its authority across Libya since taking office in the capital last year.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1053421/middle-east
Headline: Athens set for first mosque since Ottoman times
Athens’s half a million Muslims are set to get their first official mosque in more than a century. The city has not had a formal mosque since it drove out occupying Ottomans in 1833, and Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanantidis told parliament last year that it was the only European capital “to be deprived of such a religious space”. For years Muslims have resorted to praying in hundreds of makeshift sites, in crowded basements or dark warehouses targeted by racist attackers. In May, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared building a mosque long overdue. The government, he said, would push ahead “out of respect for the Muslim residents in our capital, but also because we are obliged to actively defend our values.” The new mosque – a 1,000 square meter building without a minaret, split over two levels – is expected to be ready in April in an old naval base in an industrial, rundown part of Athens. “We need the mosque for our new generation, for our youth … to feel equal in law, equal in society,” said Greece’s Muslim Association spokeswoman Anna Stamou, a Greek who converted to Islam.
Feb. 13, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/century-making-athens-set-first-mosque-since-ottoman-163333766.html
Headline: 20,000 in Mexico City protest Donald Trump’s border policies
Headline: Widespread Anti-Trump Protests Take Place Across Mexico
Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Security said about 20,000 people in Mexico City protested against U.S. President Donald Trump, while some also demonstrated against their own President Enrique Peña Nieto. The protesters waved Mexican flags and held anti-Trump signs during the march on Sunday through central Mexico City. Some signs read “Respect Mexico” and “We are all Mexico.” Trump angered many Mexicans by describing some who attempt to illegally enter the United States as “rapists” and “drug dealers” during his campaign for the presidency. Trump has pledged to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and criticizes U.S. companies who outsource jobs to the country. People also protested in several other Mexican cities, such as Tijuana, Monterrey and Morelia. No violence was reported. Trump has repeatedly said Mexico takes advantage of the United States through “unfair” deals, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement. Those comments have not gone unnoticed in Mexico.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/wide-spread-anti-trump-protests-take-place-across-mexico-n719996
Headline: At least 11 killed as army’s clashes with central Congo militia persist
At least 11 people were killed in central Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday in clashes between the army and a militia loyal to a traditional chief killed in fighting with police last year, a local activist said. Monday’s violence occurred near Tshimbulu, the town where the army killed more than 60 militia members in fighting last Friday, Jean Rene Tshimanga, president of the Civil Society of Kasai-Central province, said. “This morning, we learned again that (the militia) attacked the men in uniform (who) repelled them,” Tshimanga told Reuters. He did not know how many of the dead were militia members and how many army soldiers.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4921870,00.html
Headline: Boko Haram ambush kills seven Nigerian soldiers
A Boko Haram ambush in northeastern Nigeria killed seven army recruits and injured 20 more, with three soldiers missing, an army officer said. A convoy of army trucks and buses, carrying about 250 troops, was traveling through Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Thursday when it was attacked by soldiers of the militant Islamist group. A prolonged firefight ended before the army could send reinforcements. The Boko Haram troops stole a variety of military supplies from the convoy before it fled into surrounding foliage, army sources told the Nigerian newspaper Premium Times. They added that one of the missing Nigerian army soldiers is a woman.
Feb. 13, 2017
Headline: Bomb Rips Through Protest Rally in Pakistan, at Least 13 Killed
Police and witnesses in Pakistan say that a suicide bomber detonated a blast at a protest rally in the eastern city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people and wounding around 85 others. Two senior police officers were among the dead and rescue workers feared the toll was likely to increase. The rally was being staged outside the provincial legislature by chemists and pharmaceutical manufacturers who oppose new regulations. Witnesses said the slain police officers were negotiating with protest leaders to seek an end to the rally when the bomb exploded. It was not clear immediately whether a planted device or a suicide bomber conducted the blast. A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the violence in the capital city of the country’s most populous Punjab province. A spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar said one of its suicide bomber carried out the attack. The bomb attack in the second largest Pakistani city came after an overnight roadside bomb killed three soldiers in a volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Feb. 13, 2017
Headline: Protesters Over Corruption in Romania Demand Government Resign
Tens of thousands of Romanians took to the streets Sunday in freezing cold weather, demanding the government resign as they accused it of attempting to water down anti-corruption laws. “Thieves! Resign!” chanted protesters gathered in Victory Square to mark the 13th consecutive day of anti-government demonstrations in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. An estimated crowd of 50,000 protesters took part in the Bucharest march, according to Romanian media reports. Authorities did not give any number of their own. Responding to a call on social media, the protesters held up their mobile phone flashlights against colored pieces of paper, lighting up the cold night air with the blue, yellow and red of the national flag. A huge slogan projected onto a nearby building read “Resist.” Some protesters held up banners with the message “Stop corruption! Fighting for democracy.” Thousands of people also protested in the cities of Cluj, Sibiu, Iasi and Timisoara. The demonstrations, the largest since the ousting and summary execution of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, have continued despite the resignation of justice minister Florin Iordache Thursday.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/protesters-over-corruption-in-romania-demand-government-resign/3720905.html
Headline: PARIS ERUPTS IN VIOLENCE: Many streets are NO-GO ZONES as five suburbs in flames
Five large areas have been reduced to no go areas for the past five nights as masked men cause mayhem on the streets. Now there are fears the fall out from allegations of police brutality could spread all over the country as unrest in the city grows. Residents have been on lockdown as armed police tried to tackle the rioters who have caused millions of pounds of damage. Police were hit with molotov cocktails and the heavy metal balls used in the French game Petanque. And after setting cars and even a disability vehicle on fire the police have been forced to fire live rounds of bullets. A reporter for the French TV company BMTV was also injured after being attacked. The French Government’s response to the latest outbreaks of violence is to put 2,600 cameras on police officers to record them out on the job.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/766635/Paris-riots-theo-immigration-violence-Aulnay-Sous-Bois
Headline: North Korea calls ballistic missile test-fire a success
North Korea says it has successfully completed the launch of a new ballistic missile, according to state media. The Pukguksong-2, previously unpublicized part of its arsenal which North Korean state media described as a medium long-range ballistic missile, was test fired on Sunday under the supervision of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency, KCNA. Kim was present at the site and personally gave the order for the launch, which was the first missile test by Pyongyang since US President Donald Trump took office, KCNA reported. The agency described the missile as a “Korean style new type strategic weapon system.” South Korea and the United States confirmed the launch Sunday. The United Nations Security Council said it plans to hold consultations on an “urgent basis” Monday afternoon regarding North Korea, according to the US Mission to the United Nations. The meeting was requested by the United States, South Korea and Japan — whose Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was visiting President Trump in the United States when the launch occurred. “North Korea’s most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable. North Korea must fully comply with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions,” Abe told a news conference at Palm Beach, Florida.
Feb. 13, 2017
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/11/asia/north-korea-missile/index.html
Headline: Europe Accelerates Move To Begin Elimination Of Paper Money
In the shadow of Donald Trump’s spree of controversial actions, the European commission has quietly launched the next offensive in the war on cash. These unelected bureaucrats have boldly asserted their intention to crack down on paper transactions across the E.U. and solidify a trend that has been gaining momentum for years. The financial uncertainty amplified by Brexit has incentivized governments throughout Europe to seize further control over their banking systems. France and Spain have already criminalized cash transactions above a certain limit, but now the commission has unilaterally established new regulations that will affect the entire union. The fear of physical money flowing out of the trade bloc has manifested a draconian response from the State. The European Action Plan doesn’t mention a specific dollar amount for restrictions, but as expected, their reasoning for the move is to thwart money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Border checks between countries have already been bolstered to help implement these new standards on hard assets. Although these end goals are plausible, there are other clear motivations for governments to target paper money that aren’t as noble. Negative interest rates and high inflation are a deadly combination that could further destabilize the already fragile union in the future. With less physical currency circulating, these trends ensure that the impact of any additional central bank policies will be maximized. If economic conditions deteriorate, the threat of citizens pulling cash out of their accounts and starting a bank run is eliminated in a cashless system. So long as the people’s wealth is under centralized control, funds can be shifted at will to conceal any underlying problems. But the longer this shell game is allowed to persist, the more painful it will be when reality overrides the manipulation.
Feb. 10, 2017
Headline: America’s Biggest Creditors Dump Treasuries in Warning to Trump
In the age of Trump, America’s biggest foreign creditors are suddenly having second thoughts about financing the U.S. government. In Japan, the largest holder of Treasuries, investors culled their stakes in December by the most in almost four years, the Ministry of Finance’s most recent figures show. What’s striking is the selling has persisted at a time when going abroad has rarely been so attractive. And it’s not just the Japanese. Across the world, foreigners are pulling back from U.S. debt like never before. From Tokyo to Beijing and London, the consensus is clear: few overseas investors want to step into the $13.9 trillion U.S. Treasury market right now. Whether it’s the prospect of bigger deficits and more inflation under President Donald Trump or higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve, the world’s safest debt market seems less of a sure thing — particularly after the upswing in yields since November. And then there is Trump’s penchant for saber rattling, which has made staying home that much easier. Nobody is saying that foreigners will abandon Treasuries altogether. After all, they still hold $5.94 trillion, or roughly 43 percent of the U.S. government debt market. (Though that’s down from 56 percent in 2008.) A significant drawdown can harm major holders like Japan and China as much as it does the U.S. Nevertheless, any consistent drop-off in foreign demand could have lasting consequences on America’s ability to finance itself cheaply, particularly in light of Trump’s ambitious plans to boost infrastructure spending, cut taxes and put “America First.” The president has singled out Japan and China, the two biggest overseas creditors, as well as Germany, for devaluing their currencies to gain an unfair advantage in trade.
Feb. 13, 2017
Headline: Juncker says Britain may divide EU over Brexit talks
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he fears Britain will divide the European Union’s 27 remaining members by making different promises to each country during its Brexit negotiations. “The other EU 27 don’t know it yet, but the Brits know very well how they can tackle this,” Juncker told Deutschlandfunk radio. “They could promise country A this, country B that and country C something else and the end game is that there is not a united European front.” Britain will by the end of March trigger formal divorce talks with the EU, a major test for the bloc which is struggling to have a grip on other challenges like keeping Greece in the euro zone, the refugee crisis and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president. To add to all of that, the Netherlands, France and Germany are holding general elections this year, in which populist anti-EU parties are expected to make strong showings. “Now everyone is saying in relation to Trump and Brexit: ‘Now is Europe’s big chance. Now is the time to close ranks and march together,’” Juncker said in the radio interview which will be aired on Sunday. “I wish it will be like this, but will it happen? I have some doubt. Because the Brits will manage without big effort to divide the remaining 27 member states.”
Feb. 12, 2017
February 8, 2017 – Deadly virus causes another mass die-off of endangered Saiga antelopes
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mongolia-deadly-virus-causes-another-mass-die-off-endangered-saiga-antelopes-1605423
February 11, 2017 – 650 pilot whales beached themselves at top of South Island, with 350 dying New Zealand
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/12/more-than-330-pilot-whales-die-in-new-zealand-mass-stranding
February 13, 2017 – Taiwan bird flu culls reach nearly 130,000 as H5N6 cases confirmed
http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-birdflu-taiwan-idUKKBN15S11F
February 13, 2017 – Hundreds of bats ‘cooked’ in trees during New South Wales heatwave
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/02/13/11/32/hundreds-of-flying-foxes-cooked-in-trees-during-new-south-wales-heatwave
Headline: At least 749 earthquakes hit Dardanelles Turkey since Feb 6
At least 749 earthquakes have hit the Marmara province of Çanakkale since Feb. 6, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has stated. The first wave of the earthquakes was recorded on Feb. 6 at 6:51 a.m. in the province’s Ayvacık district with a 5.3-magnitude temblor. That was followed by another one with the same magnitude at 13.58 p.m. on the same day, and the latest major quake occurred in Ayvacık on Feb. 12 with the same magnitude, according to AFAD. A number of buildings in the region were damaged and many locals settled in tent cities set up near the village of Yukarıköy, which was severely damaged by the quakes. AFAD and the Turkish Red Crescent are currently setting up a container city for victims in the area. Schools in the district were also canceled for a week due to the earthquakes. The Çanakkale Governor’s Office announced on Feb. 7 that eight people were injured in the first quake on Feb. 6, five of whom were discharged from hospital and three of whom were in a stable condition.
Feb. 13, 2017
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Another report just came in this evening. February 9, 2017 Local beekeepers and experts said the cold temperatures and heavy snowfall, coupled with prolonged damp conditions in December and January, played a role in the demise of entire beehives across the Willamette Valley. http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35258943-75/bees-are-another-casualty-of-oregons-frigid-winter.html.csp
There is one other item I didn’t talk about in my video 5 days ago or in today’s video that has to do with killing off bees and that is the Deformed wing virus. Click to the link to read about this.
Reports on bees dying off so far in 2017!
January 11, 2017 – U.S. Puts Bumblebee On The Endangered Species List For 1st Time, America. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/11/509337678/u-s-puts-first-bumblebee-on-the-endangered-species-list
February 2, 2017 – Is this the demise of the honeybee? “Commercial beekeepers in the United States have reported deaths of tens of thousands of honeybee colonies. Ninety percent of wild bee populations in the United States have disappeared, according to Target Health, Inc. In the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, bee species have declined considerably, and some have even become extinct.”
February 3, 2017- What would life without bees look like. http://www.care2.com/causes/what-would-life-without-bees-look-like.html
February 7, 2017 – Bumblebees Are Dying Out Because They’re Too Fat to Mate https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/rusty-patched-bumblebee-endangered-species/514388/
February 8, 2017 – Appel column: The bumblebee, now an endangered species
February 8, 2017 – To bee, or not to bee: Will bumblebees become extinct? https://www.rt.com/op-edge/376742-bumblebees-endangered-species-us-bees/
February 8, 2017 – Buzz kill! Scientists baffled as thousands of dead bees wash up along Florida’s west coast beaches stinging beachgoers who step on them
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4204904/Thousands-dead-bees-wash-Florida-s-west-coast.html#ixzz4YFrquVk7
February 9, 2017 – Local beekeepers and experts said the cold temperatures and heavy snowfall, coupled with prolonged damp conditions in December and January, played a role in the demise of entire beehives across the Willamette Valley. http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35258943-75/bees-are-another-casualty-of-oregons-frigid-winter.html.csp
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Other mass die offs of birds, fish, and animals in the first part of 2017.
Jan. 1, 2017 – Scientists Stumped By Thousands Of Dead Fish Off Nova Scotia. http://www.themarshalltown.com/scientists-stumped-by-thousands-of-dead-fish-off-nova-scotia/12982
Jan. 1, 2017 – 5 Humpback whales have washed ashore in recent weeks in Hawaii, America.
Jan. 3, 2017 – Dozens of dead turtles washing up on beaches in Jagatsinghpur district, India. http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2017/jan/03/dead-olive-ridleys-wash-ashore-1555591.html
Jan. 3, 2017 – Dozens of birds fall dead from sky in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, America.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/whitehall/mc-route-22-dead-birds-fall-20170102-story.html
Jan. 4, 2017 – Hundreds of dead fish found in a lake in Bundaberg, Australia. http://www.chinchillanews.com.au/news/hundreds-of-dead-fish-found-in-popular-pond/3128613/
Jan. 4, 2017 – Large number of dead sea birds found washed up in the Bay of Gibraltar, Spain. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elestrechodigital.com%2Fdestacado%2Faparecen-aves-muertas-la-bahia-algeciras%2F&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 4, 2017 – Hundreds of thousands of ducks to be killed due to avian flu across France. http://news.sky.com/story/france-orders-cull-of-ducks-after-severe-bird-flu-outbreak-10718038
Jan. 5, 2017 – 20,000+ chickens killed due to avian flu in Yunlin, Taiwan. https://sputniknews.com/asia/201701051049277072-20000-chickens-killed-taiwan/
Jan. 5, 2017 – 350,000 birds to be killed due to avian flu in Quilpue Chile.
Jan. 8, 2017 – Thousands of fish die suddenly in a dam in East Java, Indonesia. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesindonesia.co.id%2Fread%2F140139%2F20170108%2F121902%2Fribuan-ikan-di-dam-irigasi-karangdoro-banyuwangi-kembali-mati%2F&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 9, 2017 – Thousands of dead fish, plus dead birds found in a quarry lake in Basiglio, Italy. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milanotoday.it%2Fcronaca%2Fpesci-morti-basiglio.html&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 9, 2017 – Hundreds of fish dying in a lake in Pozzuoli, Italy. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnapoli.fanpage.it%2Flago-d-averno-centinaia-di-pesci-morti-colpa-del-freddo-e-dei-gas-vulcanici%2F&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 9, 2017 – 80 swans have died due to avian flu in Dorset, England. http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/80-swans-dead-at-abbotsbury-swannery-as-bird-flu-hits-herd/story-30041645-detail/story.html
Jan. 9, 2017 – Hundreds of dead lobsters, starfish and crabs found washed ashore in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/2017/1/9/large-number-of-sea-creatures-that-washed-up-in-norris-point-lik.html
Jan. 10, 2017 – 700 fish die in a lake, ‘due to drought’ in Sinigo, Italy. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Faltoadige.gelocal.it%2Fbolzano%2Fcronaca%2F2017%2F01%2F10%2Fnews%2Fsinigo-oggi-sopralluogo-della-lav-al-laghetto-1.14690724%3Frefresh_ce&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 10, 2017 – Thousands of fish die in farms, ‘due to flooding’ in Kelantan, Malaysia. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmetro.com.my%2Fnode%2F195864&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 10, 2017- Massive fish kill on NSW mid-north coast likely due to natural causes, Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-11/smiths-lake-fish-kill/8173044
Jan. 16, 2017 – Avian Flu Kills Wild Birds in Uganda, Catastrophe Imminent Ministry Says, Uganda.
http://cdanews.com/2017/01/avian-flu-kills-wild-birds-in-uganda-catastrophe-imminent-ministry-says/
Jan. 12, 2017 – 10,000 birds dead due to avian flu in Odessa, Ukraine. http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=22326
Jan. 12, 2017 – 30+ dead turtles found washed ashore in Chennai, India. http://www.ndtv.com/chennai-news/30-olive-ridley-turtles-found-dead-on-chennai-beaches-1647750
Jan. 12, 2017 – Hundreds of Tons of fish have died in Lake Toba, Indonesia. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdaerah.sindonews.com%2Fread%2F1170197%2F191%2Fratusan-ton-ikan-mati-di-danau-toba-1484153514&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 13, 2017 – Thousands of dead fish wash up along a lagoon in Patagonia. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.minutouno.com%2Fnotas%2F1531343-preocupacion-la-aparicion-peces-muertos-una-laguna-la-patagonia&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 13, 2017 – Thousands of fish die in a lake in St. Petersburg, Florida, America. http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2017/1/12/recent_st_pete_fish_.html
Jan. 14, 2017 – Mass die off of fish in the waters of Wilhelmshausen, Germany. https://www.hna.de/kassel/kreis-kassel/fuldatal-ort83863/raetselhaftes-fischsterben-bei-wilhelmshausen-7246252.html
Jan. 14, 2017 – 430,000 birds to be killed due to avian flu in Southern Bulgaria. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-birdflu-bulgaria-idUSKBN14Y0HY
Jan. 15, 2017 – 10 dead dolphins found washed up, ‘experts baffled’, in Cornwall, England. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2620898/mystery-as-ten-dolphins-are-found-washed-up-along-cornish-coast-within-a-matter-of-days/
Jan. 17, 2017 – Hundreds of dead fish found in a lagoon in Petrolina, Brazil. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fg1.globo.com%2Fpe%2Fpetrolina-regiao%2Fnoticia%2F2017%2F01%2Fcentenas-de-peixes-sao-encontrados-mortos-em-lagoa-de-petrolina-pe.html&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 17, 2017 – Dozens of pelicans are dying in Riviera Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, America. http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/a-st-petersburg-mystery-why-are-pelicans-dying-at-riviera-bay-and-coffee/2309792
Jan. 17, 2017 – Hundreds of dead fish wash up on Hindmarsh Island in Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-17/dead-carp-wash-up-along-hindmarsh-island/8186500
Jan. 17, 2017 – 6,000 turkeys are to be killed due to avian flu in Lincolnshire, England. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-38648058
Jan. 17, 2017 – 81 dolphins (false killer whales) dead after stranding in Florida’s Everglades, America. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-whales-idUSKBN1511IF
Jan. 18, 2017 – 28,000 hens dead due to avian flu in Southern Greece. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalguerrero.com.mx%2Fguerrero%2Fhasta-10-tortugas-muertas-al-dia-encuentran-en-costa-chica%2F&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 18, 2017 – 10 dead turtles are found every day on the coast of Costa Chica, Mexico. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-birdflu-greece-idUKKBN1522A2?il=0
Jan. 19, 2017 – Tens of thousands of dead fish wash up on a beach in Kvarnakershamn, Sweden. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.helagotland.se%2Fsamhalle%2Fmassdod-av-fisk-i-kvarnakershamn-13814651.aspx&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 19, 2017 – Mass death of wild birds reported around Lake Victoria, Uganda. http://www.iwacu-burundi.org/englishnews/bird-flu-in-east-africa-burundi-on-alert/
Jan. 19, 2017 – 3 whales have been found dead during past month in Nayarit, Mexico. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comunicae.com.mx%2Fnota%2Finvestigan-la-muerte-de-las-ballenas-104668%2F&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 20, 2017 – 600,000 chickens killed due to avian flu in Astrakhan, Russia. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Finterfax-russia.ru%2FSouth%2Fmain.asp%3Fid%3D801113&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 20, 2017 – 800,000 ducks killed due to avian flu in Southwest France.
Jan. 21, 2017 – 50,000 fish died due to pollution in a river in Oswestry, England. http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/01/20/hundreds-of-fish-die-in-oswestrys-river-morda-after-chemical-leak/
Jan. 21,2017 – 9 turtles found dead on a beach in Sao Francisco de Itabapoana, Brazil.
Jan. 23, 2017 – Thousands of dead herring found washed up in Bjorndal fjord, Norway. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vol.no%2Fnyheter%2Fsortland%2F2017%2F01%2F23%2FFant-tusenvis-av-d%25C3%25B8de-sild-Bj%25C3%25B8rndalsfjorden-14099817.ece&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 23, 2017 – 3,000+ birds killed due to avian flu in Dhaka, Bangladesh http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4148924/Bangladesh-finds-two-outbreaks-H5N1-bird-flu-poultry.html
Jan. 24, 2017 – 12 dolphins have stranded and died this month in Asturias, Spain. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavozdeasturias.es%2Fnoticia%2Fasturias%2F2017%2F01%2F23%2Faparecen-docena-delfines-muertos-va-mes-costa-asturiana%2F00031485198140057665336.htm&edit-text=&act=url
Jan. 24, 2017 – Hundreds of crabs and fish have died in Queensland, Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-24/fish-crabs-die-ward-river-charleville-bribie-island-heat-rain/8206884
Jan. 25, 2017 – Dead turtles found in a dried up dam in Quixada, Brazil
Jan. 25, 2017 – Millions of dead sardines wash up on the coast of Quemchi, Chile
Jan. 26, 2017 – Disease killing hundreds of birds in Washington
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article128959369.html
Jan. 27, 2017 – 3,700 dead birds found in the waters of Sacramento
Jan. 27, 2017 – Dead whales and a dolphin wash up in Baja California, Mexico
Jan. 27, 2017 – Mass sea gull deaths, paralyzations at Port of Tacoma mystify biologists, USA. http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article129218069.html
Jan. 28, 2017 – Over 10,000 pheasants to be killed due to avian flu in Lancashire, England
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/28/officials-confirm-second-bird-flu-outbreak-in-uk
Jan. 28, 2017 – Masses of dead fish washing up again on beaches in Florida
Jan. 29, 2017 – 400 dead monkeys found in the forests of Espirito Santo, Brazil- suspicion of yellow fever
Jan. 30, 2017 – Mass Gull Death at Port Stumps Scientists, USA. https://www.porttechnology.org/news/mass_gull_death_at_port_stumps_scientists
February 3, 2017 – Thousands of dead fish wash up in Porthcawl Harbour, Wales. http://www.glamorgan-gem.co.uk/article.cfm?id=111876&headline=Dead%20fish%20in%20Porthcawl%20harbour%20%E2%80%98not%20pollution%E2%80%99%20says%20council%20watchdog§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017
February 3, 2017 – 1,300 TONS of fish have died suddenly in lake Sebu, Philippines. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/867809/massive-fish-kill-wipes-out-lake-sebus-tilapia-stock
February 3, 2017 – Thousands of dead jellyfish, ‘never seen this many before’, wash ashore in Queensland, Australia. https://www.rt.com/viral/376253-jellyfish-beach-deception-bay/
February 3, 2017 – Hundreds of baby turtles dying due to heat on a beach in Queensland, Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-04/mon-repos-turtles-hurting-in-heatwave-qld/8230036
February 6, 2017 – Thousands of ducks dying from disease in Washington, America. http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article131146839.html
February 6, 2017 – 71,000 chickens killed due to avian flu in Saga, Japan. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/06/national/69000-chickens-culled-saga-farm-bird-flu-detected/
February 6, 2017 – Hundreds of dead sea birds found washed up on the coast of Huanchaco, Peru http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdiariocorreo.pe%2Fedicion%2Fla-libertad%2Ftrujillo-mas-de-200-aves-muertas-en-el-litoral-de-huanchaco-729257%2F&edit-text=&act=url
February 8, 2017 – Hundreds of dead fish found washed up on beach in Piura, Peru. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Felcomercio.pe%2Fsociedad%2Fpiura%2Fpiura-aparecen-cientos-peces-muertos-playa-sechura-noticia-1967034&edit-text=&act=url
February 8, 2017 – 2,500 Saiga Antelopes have died due to disease in Mongolia. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mongolia-deadly-virus-causes-another-mass-die-off-endangered-saiga-antelopes-1605423
February 8, 2017 – 20,000 ducks killed due to avian flu in southern Czech Republic https://www.geo.tv/latest/130294-Czechs-cull-up-to-20000-poultry-as-bird-flu-outbreak-spreads
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Headline: Trump warns Israel: Stop announcing new settlements
The White House warned Israel on Thursday to cease settlement announcements that are “unilateral” and “undermining” of President Donald Trump’s effort to forge Middle East peace, a senior administration official told The Jerusalem Post. For the first time, the administration confirmed that Trump is committed to a comprehensive two-state solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict negotiated between the parties. The official told the Post that the White House was not consulted on Israel’s unprecedented announcement of 5,500 new settlement housing units over the course of his first two weeks in office. “As President Trump has made clear, he is very interested in reaching a deal that would end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and is currently exploring the best means of making progress toward that goal,” the official said. “With that in mind, we urge all parties to refrain from taking unilateral actions that could undermine our ability to make progress, including settlement announcements,” the official added. “The administration needs to have the chance to fully consult with all parties on the way forward.” Trump plans to bring up the peace process in his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House scheduled for February 15.
Feb. 2, 2017
Headline: Rare Red Heifer Eligible for Third Temple Offering Found, And You Won’t Believe Where
A rabbi in a remote region of Mexico he went to a dairy farm to purchase milk, and was shocked when he saw a vital element of the Third Temple right in front of his eyes: a red heifer calmly chewing its cud under the Baja sun. “I’ve grown up with the stories, so I know how rare and valuable the red heifer is,” Rabbi Benny “Bentsion” Hershcovich told Breaking Israel News. “I’ve never seen a red heifer and I never expected to see one. My heart literally jumped when I saw it.” The red heifer, one of the most perplexing Torah commandments, is a necessary element for purifying Jews in order to enable them to do the service in the Temple. Rabbi Hershcovich asked the farmer about the calf. The perplexed Mexican farmer explained that it had been born several months earlier, and that while the color was odd, he considered it to be “just another cow”. The farmer had never heard of the Biblical commandment and did not understand why the rabbi was so excited. Though familiar with the concept of the red heifer – or para adumah in Hebrew – Rabbi Hershcovich felt unqualified to determine whether this particular cow fulfilled the Torah requirements. The laws pertaining to the red heifer are complex and a tiny blemish or a hair of the wrong color can render the cow unfit. This is the statute of the law which Hashem hath commanded, saying: Speak unto B’nei Yisrael, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. Numbers 19:2 “Regardless of its status, just seeing something that was an integral part of the Temple and Jewish history, was really magnificent,” the rabbi said. “I was mesmerized by this simple cow.” A very few candidates for the red heifer have been found. Most have been disqualified due to blemishes or pregnancies. In an effort to reinstate the mitzvah (Torah commandment) of purifying with the red heifer’s ashes, the Temple Institute in Jerusalem last year imported embryos of red angus, a distinctly red breed of cow, and implanted them in Israeli cows at a farm in the Negev. Though several male heifers were born, no reports of pure red heifers have been forthcoming.
Feb. 1, 2017
Saudi Arabia
Headline: US sends Navy destroyer to patrol off Yemen amid Iran tensions -officials
The United States has placed a Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen to protect waterways from Houthi militia aligned with Iran, two U.S. officials said on Friday, amid heightened tension between Washington and Tehran. The USS Cole arrived in the vicinity of the Bab al-Mandab Strait off southwestern Yemen where it will carry out patrols including escorting vessels, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
***See also Iran below
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4917269,00.html
Headline: Al-Qaeda rapidly advance in southern Yemen capturing three towns
Al-Qaeda has captured three towns in southern Yemen days after US airstrikes killed 16 civilians, according to officials. Al-Qaeda captured the towns of Loder, Shaqra and Ahwar in Abyan province. Local sources said the captures were helped by a pullout by forces loyal to the Saudi-backed former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, angry over the late payment of their wages, PressTV reported. Another source said al-Qaeda militants later withdrew from Loder and Shaqra after protest demonstrations by residents who threatened to take arms against the terrorist group, the report continued.
Feb. 3, 2017
Headline: Iran’s New Way of War in Syria
Iran is transforming its military to be able to conduct quasi-conventional warfare hundreds of miles from its borders. This capability, which very few states in the world have, will fundamentally alter the strategic calculus and balance of power within the Middle East. It is not a transitory phenomenon. Iranian military leaders have rotated troops from across the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Artesh, and Basij into Syria in order to expose a significant portion of its force to this kind of operation and warfare. Iran intends to continue along the path of developing a conventional force-projection capability. Iranian military planners deployed thousands of soldiers from across its military branches over a 15-month operation to set conditions for the envelopment and eventual recapture of Aleppo City by pro-Assad forces in December 2016. They reoriented forces that had traditionally focused on defensive operations into an expeditionary force capable of conducting sustained operations abroad for the first time since the end of the Iran-Iraq War. These developments signal a larger strategic shift on the part of Iran’s military leadership toward a more aggressive posture in the region. Iran is finding that asymmetric capabilities designed to deter the U.S. or Israel are insufficient to conduct the more conventional military operations required in Syria and elsewhere. The Iranian military is overcoming significant institutional obstacles to meet these new requirements.
Feb. 3, 2017
Headline: Russia says Damascus embassy came under shell attack
The Russian embassy in Damascus came under shell fire on Thursday and Friday, the foreign ministry in Moscow said, blaming an attack by “terrorists.” One shell fell about 20 metres (yards) from the embassy’s main entrance and the other hit the ground inside the compound, between offices and a residential building, it said in a statement. The shells “did not cause casualties but inflicted material damage,” it said. The ministry said the attack came from a district held by “terrorists” who sought to wreck the truce in Syria and derail Russian-backed efforts for a “political process” leading to lasting peace. “This crime will not go unpunished,” it warned. The embassy came under similar attack several times in late December, but also without suffering casualties.
Feb. 3, 2017
Headline: US Air Force strikes Al-Qaeda rebels in Idlib
On Friday, the U.S. Air Force carried out a powerful strike against a group of jihadist rebels from Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham in the Idlib countryside, killing at least a dozen militants near the town of Sirmeen. No details were given regarding the aircraft or the specific target in Sirmeen; however, all that is known is it was a site with a significant presence of Al-Qaeda linked militants. The U.S. has carried out several attacks against the rebel forces in the Idlib Governorate this year, striking a number of targets along the Turkish-Syrian border.
Feb. 3, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-air-force-strikes-al-qaeda-rebels-idlib/
Headline: Syria Situation Report January 26- Feb. 2, 2017
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Feb%202EDITS%20COT.pdf
Headline: PMU liberates new areas from ISIS just to the west of Mosul
The Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have liberated the villages of Bostan Radif and Um Gharba, as well as the Sherka region, in Iraq’s western Mosul, from ISIS on Friday. The primarily Shi’ite PMU announced on Friday that they would begin operations to cut routes to the ISIS stronghold of Hawija near Kirkuk. The operation involves cutting roads southwest of the Nineveh desert.
Feb. 3, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pmu-liberates-new-areas-from-isis-just-to-the-west-of-mosul/
Turkey
Headline: Cooperation With Russia, Damascus is ‘Turkey’s Only Chance to Avoid War’
In a recent article for the Turkish newspaper Aydınlık, Ismail Hakki Pekin, former chief of the Turkish General Staff Intelligence Department, warned that Turkey is moving step by step to war. In an interview with Sputnik Turkiey, Pekin commented on his assumption, saying that Ankara has found itself in a difficult situation, particularly due to foreign pressure. “The United States and Egypt are trying to force Turkey to make certain concessions, including establishing a Kurdish autonomous region in northern Syria and talks with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) inside Turkey,” Pekin said. According to him, if such a Kurdish entity is established Ankara would be “encircled from the south” and will have to fight a “war on two fronts,” against Daesh in Syria and against PKK inside the country. Pekin underscored that in order to achieve its goal, Washington is providing military and logistical support to the PKK, including supplying heavy weapons, anti-tanks missiles and armored combat vehicles. “For Ankara, the only chance to derail this plan is to establish dialogue with Damascus and boost cooperation with Russia, Iran and Iraq,” he said. Pekin underscored that Turkey should take as soon as possible certain measures to repel the threat.
Feb. 3, 2017
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201702031050322430-turkey-war-cooperation-russia/
Iran
Headline: Treasury slaps sanctions on Iran after ballistic missile launch
Headline: Iran to impose legal restrictions on some US entities, individuals
Headline: Trump: New Iran sanctions, USS Cole to Red Sea
President Donald Trump’s administration enacted new sanctions on Iran Friday, the first concrete action after the White House put Tehran “on notice” this week. The Treasury Department said it was applying sanctions on 25 individuals and companies connected to Iran’s ballistic missile program and those providing support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force. That included three separate networks linked to supporting the missile program, which the US opposes. The moves come as punishment for the country’s test launch of a ballistic missile last weekend. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn said the move was “provocative” and in defiance of a United Nations Security Council resolution that bars Iran from taking steps on a ballistic missile program capable of launching nuclear weapons. “They’re not behaving,” Trump said of Iran in the Oval Office on Friday as he signed unrelated executive orders.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4917321,00.html
http://debka.com/article/25915/Trump-New-Iran-sanctions-USS-Cole-to-Red-Sea
Afghanistan
Headline: Attacks in Afghanistan kill 9 policemen, cleric and his wife
An Afghan policeman turned his rifle on his colleagues in a northern province, killing eight, while a gunman in the country’s east fatally shot a cleric and his wife, officials said on Friday. The policemen were killed while they were sleeping in an outpost in the district of Almar in northern Faryab province, according to the provincial police spokesman, Abdul Karim Yuresh. The attack happened on Thursday night and according to the spokesman, a policeman who was on duty opened fire and killed his colleagues, then collected all their firearms and fled the scene — presumably to join the Taliban. The Taliban made no official statement or claim about the attack but Afghanistan has seen several such incidents over the past years. There has been a growing number of cases in which Afghan troops or policemen — or Taliban militants dressed in Afghan uniforms — have turning their guns on their colleagues or U.S.-led coalition partners. Also on Thursday night, in the country’s eastern Paktika province, a gunman killed a cleric and his wife, said Mohammad Alias Wahdat, the provincial governor. Wahdat said the gunman entered the cleric’s home in the Yusof Khail district and shot the cleric and his wife. Two of their children who were in the house survived. Police said it was not clear who was behind the attack and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://gazette.com/attacks-in-afghanistan-kill-9-policemen-cleric-and-his-wife/article/feed/442727
Libya
Headline: U.S. conference on Libya postponed over Trump travel ban: organizers
A high-profile conference on Libya planned for mid-February in Washington has been postponed, the organizers said on Friday, citing U.S. President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Libya, from entering the United States. The Feb. 16 conference titled “Libya-U.S. Relations 2017: New Vision, Hope and Opportunities,” and co-hosted by the National Council on U.S.-Libya Relations, had listed Libyan speakers, including two former prime ministers and the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC). As a result of the executive order, “banning Libyan citizens from entrance to the USA, it will not be feasible for the full complement of speakers, sponsors and guests to be in Washington, D.C., as originally planned,” a statement from the conference organizers said. A new date for the conference would be announced soon. The executive order by Trump comes at a time of uncertainty over U.S. policy in Libya, which remains mired in the chaos that followed the NATO-backed 2011 uprising against long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Feb. 3, 2017
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-conference-libya-postponed-over-trump-travel-ban-231932609.html
Algeria
Headline: Will the Next Arab Revolt Be in Algeria?
A remarkable series of barely noticed counterterrorism operations, labor strikes, and social protests in Algeria in January showed that the North African country may be facing a year of upheaval. Six years after leaders in the fellow North African states of Tunisia and Egypt were ousted, simmering instability in Algeria could lead to the ouster of its longtime president as well. The consequences for the U.S. of a failed Algerian state must not be minimized. The U.S. State Department considers Algeria to be an important counterterrorism partner. First, the military junta imposed a state of emergency on Algeria’s border with Tunisia upon the return of 800 Tunisian jihadists who had been fighting for jihadi groups abroad, including the Islamic State. Second, cities in northwest Algeria and the coastal province of Bejaia experienced several days of labor unrest and riots. It began at the start of 2017, when the regime of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who is nearly 80 years old and has been largely incapacitated by a stroke, implemented a robust austerity plan, cutting spending by 14 percent and increasing taxes on consumer products. In response to the protests, Algeria’s security forces arrested about 100 people, half of whom were under 25. The political and labor disorder has led the regime to call on religious leaders to quell the dissent. The Ministry of Religious Affairs has issued directives to imams to promote in their Friday sermons the maintenance of national stability as a religious duty. Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal warned that the regime will block any attempt aimed at “destabilizing” the country and asserted that the protests “are not related to the Arab Spring.”
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444548/algeria-arab-unrest-growing-stronger
Headline: States Are Cracking Down on the Biggest Protests Since ’60s
Headline: Google cozies to Trump but calls for his impeachment
Republicans in statehouses across the U.S. are devising legal tools to regulate public dissent as demonstrators take to the streets to protest President Donald Trump in waves not seen since the Vietnam War. At least 10 bills to limit protests have been introduced in recent months. North Dakota is considering protection for motorists who unintentionally kill protesters blocking roads. Washington state Senator Doug Ericksen would punish those who “disrupt our economy.” Next week, North Carolina Senator Dan Bishop will call for imprisoning people who intimidate ex-officials, after former Governor Pat McCrory was pursued down a Washington, D.C., alley by a group chanting “Shame!” “That extends over the borderline of decency,” Bishop said in an interview. Though such demonstrators are “constitutionally entitled” to express their views, he said, they aren’t free to threaten violence. Many of the bills, which critics say impinge on constitutional freedoms, were filed before Trump’s election in response to Black Lives Matter and oil-pipeline protests. They’ve gained fresh relevance amid global women’s marches and nationwide airport demonstrations over Trump’s immigration ban. On Wednesday night, black-clad protesters set fires and smashed glass at the University of California at Berkeley, forcing the cancellation of a speech by a conservative writer.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/2/google-cozies-to-trump-but-calls-for-his-impeachme/
Headline: Worst Fighting In East Ukraine Since 2015, 33 Dead This Week
Headline: Trump’s UN ambassador criticizes Russia over Ukraine
International monitors on Friday strongly urged the warring sides in eastern Ukraine to silence their guns as heavy artillery and rocket barrages continued to pummel residential areas. At least 33 people including civilians have been killed and several dozen injured in fighting this week in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russia-backed separatist rebels — the worst violence in the region since 2015. The death toll in the fighting that began in April 2014 has now exceeded 9,800, according to U.N. figures and a tally of recent fighting. “Unacceptable! … Sides have to stop fighting!” the monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation In Europe said on its Facebook page. While the warring sides have regularly exchanged gunfire despite a February 2015 peace deal brokered by France and Germany, this week has seen a sharp spike in hostilities. Fighting has raged around the government-controlled industrial town of Avdiivka, just north of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk, catching residential areas in the crossfire. “We have seen on both sides an incredible amount of cease-fire violations,” said Alexander Hug, deputy head of the OSCE’s monitoring mission. Each side blamed the other for the upsurge of violence, but the Ukrainian military says its troops have gained some ground. Associated Press reporters saw heavy weapons on both sides of the front line, in clear violation of the 2015 peace deal that envisaged their pullback.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/world-news/worst-fighting-ukraine-since-2015
https://worldisraelnews.com/trumps-un-ambassador-criticizes-russia-over-ukraine/
Headline: Mattis warns North Korea of ‘overwhelming’ response to nuclear use
The US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an “effective and overwhelming” response. Mr Mattis spoke in South Korea, where he had been reaffirming US support, before flying to Tokyo. He also reconfirmed plans to deploy a US missile defence system in South Korea later this year. North Korea’s repeated missile and nuclear tests and aggressive statements continue to alarm and anger the region. The US has a considerable military presence in South Korea and Japan, as part of a post-war defence deal. There are just under 28,500 US troops in the country, for which Seoul pays about $900m (£710m) annually. Mr Mattis used his visit to reassure South Korea that the Trump administration “remains steadfast” in its “iron-clad” defence commitments to the region, said the Pentagon. Speaking after talks at the defense ministry with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-koo, Mr Mattis told reporters that “any attack on the United States, or our allies, will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons would be met with a response that would be effective and overwhelming”. North Korea conducted its fifth test of a nuclear device last year, and claims it is capable of carrying out a nuclear attack on the US, though experts are still unconvinced its technology has progressed that far.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38850995
Headline: Russia warns South Korea of consequences if THAAD deployed
Russia’s ambassador to South Korea warned Moscow would take measures if Seoul chooses to go ahead and deploy the U.S. missile defense system THAAD, according to a South Korean newspaper. The joint U.S.-South Korea decision to deploy THAAD was reached in July 2016. Russia has not been as vocal as China in its opposition to the missile defense system, which Beijing claims is being used for monitoring purposes. But on Friday, Ambassador Alexander Timonin told South Korean reporters if the system is placed in position, Russia has no choice but to take steps to ensure its security, Maeil Business reported. “A THAAD deployment may have a dangerous impact on the situation on the peninsula…We regard it as part of the U.S. global missile defense program, which is stationed along the Russian borders and therefore poses a threat to our security,” Timonin said.
Feb. 3, 2017
Headline: CDC Seeks Controversial New Quarantine Powers To Stop Outbreaks
Federal health officials may be about to get greatly enhanced powers to quarantine people, as part of an ongoing effort to stop outbreaks of dangerous contagious diseases. The new powers are outlined in a set of regulations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published late last month to update the agency’s quarantine authority for the first time since the 1940s. The outlined changes are being welcomed by many health lawyers, bioethicists and public health specialists as providing important tools for protecting the public. But the CDC’s increased authority is also raising fears that the rules could be misused in ways that violate civil liberties. The update was finalized at the end of the Obama administration and was scheduled to go into effect Feb. 21. But the Trump administration is reviewing the changes as part of its review of new regulations. So the soonest the changes could go into effect has been pushed to the end of March. With the new rules, the CDC would be able to detain people anywhere in the country without getting approval from state and local officials. The agency could also apprehend people to assess their health if they are exhibiting medical problems such as a high fever, headache, cramps and other symptoms that could be indicative of a dangerous infectious disease. “Because of the breadth and scope of the definition of ill persons, CDC can target a much wider swath of persons to assess and screen,” says James Hodge Jr., a professor of public health law and ethics at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Hodge says the new rules are “really necessary,” given the potential threat that infectious diseases pose. Some others who have studied the issue agree.
Feb. 2, 2017
Headline: Malaria-carrying Mosquitoes Becoming Resistant to Bed Nets in Southern Africa
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are becoming resistant to the insecticide used in bed nets to prevent the disease. Researchers say it is important to stay ahead of the resistance to avoid what they are calling a public health catastrophe. Bed nets treated with inexpensive pyrethroid insecticides are the main defense against biting, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and they have significantly cut down on the number of cases. The World Health Organization reports malaria infected an estimated 212 million people in 2015, killing some 429,000 of them. That reflects a 21 percent drop in the incidence of between 2010 and 2015. But a new study, published in the journal PLoS Genetics, found that the primary mosquito that harbors the parasite in southern Africa, Anopheles funestus, is rapidly becoming resistant to the insecticide. In at least one country, Mozambique, researchers discovered that 100 percent of A. funestus remained alive after direct exposure to the chemical.
Feb. 2, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/malaria-mosquito-resistant-bed-nets-southern-africa/3703847.html
Headline: Yellow fever deaths climb to 60 in Brazil outbreak
The Brazilian government announced Friday that the number of confirmed deaths caused by a yellow fever outbreak has reached 60, while 87 more suspicious deaths are being investigated. In a statement, the Health Ministry said that 53 of the deaths had come in the state of Minas Gerais, where the outbreak started before spreading to other states. Four people have died in Espirito Santo and three more in the state of Sao Paulo. Since the start of the outbreak, 150 deaths were potentially attributed of yellow fever, 60 of which have been confirmed, 87 are still under investigation and three have been eliminated. In total, 921 people have been suspected of being infected, 804 of which happened in Minas Gerais. 702 are being investigated, 161 have been confirmed and 58 have been ruled out. The rise in the number of cases forced the government to dispatch over 8 million doses of vaccine to at-risk states to try and contain the crisis.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/04/c_136029778.htm
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http://www.chronicle.co.zw/sudan-to-demolish-at-least-25-christian-churches/
Headline: Central Italy shakes in new 4.4 magnitude earthquake
In the early hours of the morning, two tremors measuring over magnitude 4.0 were felt in the area between Marche and Umbria. According to Italy’s geology experts, Ingv, the first quake at 4:47am measured a magnitude of 4, and a second, bigger tremblor at 5:10am measured 4.4. The quake had its epicentre close to Monte Cavallo in the Macerata region, 12km away from Preci, Perugia. The epicentre was just 6km deep; quakes closer to the earth’s surface tend to be more destructive, however no further collapses or injuries have been reported. These were the largest of a series of 25 quakes which shook the ground throughout the night. The area has experienced near-constant seismic activity ever since the major quake of August 24th last year.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.thelocal.it/20170203/central-italy-shakes-in-new-44-magnitude-earthquake
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