January 18, 2017- Palestinian parties agree to form unity government

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Headline:      Palestinian Official: Two-State Solution Just Pretext for Taking Over Israel [Video]

Headline: Palestinian parties agree to form unity government

The establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank is only a pretext for Palestinians to take over all of Israel, said an official with Mahmoud Abbas’s political party, Fatah. Azzam Al-Ahmad, a Fatah Central Committee member, told an interviewer on official Palestinian Authority (PA) state TV that a Palestinian state would simply be a stepping stone to a Vietnam-style conquest in which “Palestine” would swallow up the entire country of Israel. Meanwhile, The main Palestinian parties on Tuesday announced a deal to form a national unity government prior to the holding of elections, after three days of reconciliation talks in Moscow. “We have reached agreement under which, within 48 hours, we will call on [Palestinian leader] Mahmoud Abbas to launch consultations on the creation of a government” of national unity, senior Fateh official Azzam Al Ahmad told a press conference, speaking in Arabic. After the government is formed, the Palestinians would set up a national council, which would include Palestinians in exile, and hold elections. “Today the conditions for [such an initiative] are better than ever,” said Ahmad. The non-official talks in Moscow began on Sunday under Russian auspices with the goal of restoring “the unity of the Palestinian people”. Representatives came from Fateh, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other factions. Abbas’ secular party Fateh and the Islamist Hamas have been at loggerheads since the latter seized Gaza in a near civil war in 2007.
Jan. 18, 2017

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/82255/palestinian-official-two-state-solution-just-pretext-taking-israel-watch/#CsG7Oigy2B8gqslm.97

http://jordantimes.com/news/region/palestinian-parties-agree-form-unity-government

Headline:   Obama Appoints Anti-Israel Adviser to Holocaust Museum Council

President Barack Obama appointed White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes to a post on the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s council, the White House Reported Tuesday. Rhodes was probed by Congress over revelations that he served in his sensitive position as the president’s most trusted advisor despite the fact that he had not qualified for security clearances based on FBI background checks in 2008. Rhodes, the son of an Episcopalian father from Texas and a Jewish mother, has been attacked by Jewish groups and media outlets over his role in selling the Iran nuclear to the American public. Rhodes admitted to misleading reporters regarding the actual timeline of US negotiations with Iran, saying he used young, inexperienced reporters to create an “echo chamber” in order to sway public opinion (and Democrats on the Hill) in favor of the deal. Rhodes recently raised many eyebrows when he enlightened reporters about the “tens of thousands” of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria: “Again, I think the question is going to be when history looks at these types of decisions, when people look back and they say, you saw tens of thousands of settlements being constructed, you saw as was addressed in the resolution, incitement to violence on the Palestinian side.” And so, in his characteristic manner, President Obama appointed a man with serious integrity issues to be on the board of an institution that deals daily with attacks on it veracity by forces looking to denigrate and deny the memory of the Holocaust.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/obama-appoints-anti-israel-adviser-to-holocaust-museum-council/2017/01/18/

Headline:       Israeli policeman and Bedouin killed during clashes over demolitions

Headline: Israel faces Bedouin population time bomb

Headline: Israeli Arab leaders call general strike for Thursday to protest demolitions

Two people have been killed in southern Israel during a confrontation between police and Bedouin villagers over the demolition of illegally built homes. Police said an officer was killed in a car-ramming attack in Umm al-Hiran, in the Negev desert, and that the Israeli Arab driver of the car was shot dead. They alleged he was active in an Islamist group and might have been influenced by so-called Islamic State. But locals said he just lost control of his car after being shot by police. The BBC’s Yolande Knell in Jerusalem says tensions are running high in the area. Police spokesman Supt Micky Rosenfeld said a local man had driven at speed towards officers deployed during an operation to demolish 15 structures deemed to have been built without a permit on state land. “A vehicle driven by a terrorist from the Islamic Movement intended to strike a number of officers and carry out an attack,” he said in a statement. “The officers responded and the terrorist was neutralised.” The Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement was outlawed in November 2015, after the Israeli government accused it of fomenting a wave of knife, gun and vehicle-ramming attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs that has killed at least 42 people in the past 16 months.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38662190

http://debka.com/article/25890/Israel-faces-Bedouin-population-time-bomb

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Headline:      UN warns against West Bank annexation calls

The UN’s envoy for the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, warned Israel against any plans of annexing the West Bank from Palestine on Tuesday while addressing the United Nations Security Council, which met to bring a resolution to stop Israe’s illegal settlement activities. The comments by Mladenov were sparked by several high ranking Israeli ministers calling for the annexation of Palestinian lands. “Calls have been made for the annexation of parts of or the whole of Area C…Such divisive positions risk destroying the prospects for peace,” he stressed.
Jan. 18, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/un-warns-west-bank-annexation-calls/

Headline: Trump UN envoy pick slams settlements resolution as ‘the ultimate low’

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for ambassador to the UN vowed a sharp pivot in US policy at the international body on Wednesday, questioning its bias against Israel and its inability to address the world’s most pressing crises. At her Senate confirmation hearing, Nikki Haley, who currently serves as South Carolina’s governor, slammed the Obama administration for allowing “mistreatment” of Israel in the halls of an organization with a long record of disproportionately targeted the Jewish state. She called a resolution which passed through the Security Council last month condemning Israel’s settlement enterprise– facilitated by a US abstention– “the ultimate low,” a “terrible mistake,” a “kick in the gut” and a message to the world that America’s commitments to its allies ring hollow. The resolution, numbered 2334, suggested that “being an ally of the United States doesn’t mean anything,” Haley told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “I will not go to New York and abstain when the UN seeks to create an international environment that encourages boycotts of Israel,” Haley said. “I will never abstain when the United Nations takes any action that comes in direct conflict with the interests and values of the United States.”
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Trump-UN-envoy-pick-slams-settlements-resolution-as-the-ultimate-low-478855

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Headline:          Third Temple Grows Closer as Sanhedrin Discovers Rare Holy Wine in the Land
Last week, 30 bottles of wine were delivered to the nascent Sanhedrin, setting in place one more necessary element for the Temple service – and one which is specifically mentioned in prophecy as a precursor to the Messiah. In preparation for the Third Temple, Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman for the Sanhedrin, set out to find wine that is kosher for use in the Temple. Wine has special status in Judaism, as it is required for the Sabbath, holidays like Passover, and rituals like weddings and circumcisions. The requirements for wine to be considered kosher for everyday consumption are more stringent than for any food. The process, from crushing the grapes until bottling, must be performed entirely by Sabbath-observant Jews. Grapes are one of the seven species in which Israel is especially blessed. But the fruit has more biblical significance than many realize. The return of grapes to Israel, notably absent during Islamic rule, when alcohol was prohibited, is prophesied by Micah to herald the coming of the Messiah.
Jan. 18, 2017

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/82239/rare-temple-quality-wine-anticipates-messiah-prophecy-paves-way-third-temple/#KKpKezI3GYPkcYjR.97

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Lebanon

Headline:     Israel Steps up Shadow War with Hezbollah

Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) stressed in its annual strategic assessment, released January 2nd, that Hezbollah remains the most serious threat the Jewish state faces. It urged Israel’s intelligence establishment to intensity efforts to block the transfer of advanced weapons systems to Hezbollah — a process that may already be under way with a spate of air and missiles strikes against Syria. The vast majority of the arms supplied to Hezbollah from Iran pass through Syria. Hezbollah, a key force keeping Syrian President Bashar Assad in power amid the war in the country, is reportedly building military bases and seeking to establish a presence in the disputed Golan Heights, a strategic volcanic plateau that overlooks Israel’s agricultural heartland. Iran, Hezbollah’s patron and arms supplier, is listed as the second-ranking military threat by INSS, in part because of its distance from Israel. Combined, Iran and Hezbollah, which serves as the Islamic republic’s strategic arm in the Levant, present a comprehensive threat to Israel that far exceeds any other. This ranges from Iran’s growing ballistic missile force and the nuclear weapons Israel’s military leaders are convinced it will develop in the coming years to Hezbollah’s emerging tactical capabilities. Much of that is due to advanced weaponry it amassed in recent years despite repeated Israeli air strikes against weapons convoys and targeted assassinations in Syria and Lebanon of key figures in acquiring or developing Hezbollah’s firepower. Hezbollah is estimated — largely by Israel — to possess more than 130,000 rockets and missiles, including long-range weapons capable of destroying city blocks. In recent weeks, the covert war between Israel and Hezbollah that has dragged on for five years apparently flared again, possibly this time with higher stakes.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=80866

Saudi Arabia

Headline:      Yemeni Chief: Our struggle is against Israel, not with Saudi Arabia

The president of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, Saleh al-Samad, said to al-Mayadeen television that all attempts for the Saudi-backed forces to reach the strategic Bab-al-Mandeb Strait has been resisted, and that the mercenaries are fighting with the support of Riyadh and on behalf of Israel. The battle “is not with the mercenaries, nor Saudi Arabia, it is a battle with Israel, primarily,” he claimed. He added that Saudi Arabia is too weak to launch such a wide military campaign against Yemen without Israel’s support, pointing to recent meetings between Saudi officials and a number of Israelis, PressTV reported. He then accused Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemen’s former president who asked Saudi Arabia to launch war on his home country, of attempting to subjugate the Yemeni people by playing the economic card, in an apparent reference to the embargo that had been imposed on Yemen by Riyadh, the report continued.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/yemeni-chief-our-struggle-is-against-israel-not-with-saudi-arabia/

Egypt

Headline:     Egypt Demands Hamas Hand Over Terror Suspects

Egypt has presented Hamas with a list of conditions that must be met before talks in improving relations between the two parties can take place. Egypt has given Hamas a list of 20 suspected Islamic State-affiliated (IS) terrorists it wants Hamas to hand over. Cairo has rejected Hamas’ offer to hand over 2-3 suspects, saying it insisted all of them be handed over to Egyptian authorities for questioning. In addition, Egypt is also insisting Hamas agree to tighten control of the Sinai-Gaza border, especially the network of tunnels it has dug under the border. Egypt has accused Hamas of allowing the gangs that operate the tunnels to work with Islamic State in northern Sinai. It says Islamic State uses the tunnels to smuggle activists into Gaza, and weapons from Gaza to Islamic State.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/egypt-demands-hamas-hand-over-terror-suspects/2017/01/18/

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Headline:         ISIS storms Deir Ezzor in new bid to capture military airport

On Wednesday morning, the Islamic State launched another powerful attack in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) defenses at the Panorama area and Harabish District of the provincial capital. Under heavy bombardment by the Russian Air Force, the Islamic State attempted to seize more territory north of the Deir Ezzor Military Airport in order to completely besiege this installation. Despite sending several waves of combatants towards the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses, the Islamic State was unable to make any important gains near the Panorama Roundabout or Harabish District thus far. According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army in Deir Ezzor has managed to push back all Islamic State militants in the Harabish District, but they are still under heavy assault in the Panorama area. The Syrian Arab Army attempted to reverse the Islamic State’s gains north of the military airport yesterday; however, they were ultimately repelled after a long battle at night.
Jan. 18, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-storms-deir-ezzor-new-bid-capture-military-airport/

Headline:  ISIL’s counter-offensive in western Palmyra (Homs province) ends in disaster

The Islamic State (ISIL) launched a counter-offensive in the western countryside of Palmyra on Tuesday, targeting the areas the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) recently liberated near the Jihar Crossroad. ISIL began the attack by storming the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses near the Jihar Crossroad; this resulted in a fierce battle that would last for three hours on Tuesday. Despite the intensity of the Islamic State attack, the terrorist group was unable to recover any ground near the Jihar Crossroad; instead, they lost two armored vehicles and more than 20 combatants. As a result of this failed Islamic State attack, the Syrian Arab Army launched a counter-assault to advance their front-lines around the Jihar Crossroad and T-4 Pumping Station. So far, the Syrian Arab Army has managed to capture some ground near the T-4 Pumping Station this morning; however, nothing substantial.
Jan. 18, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isils-counter-offensive-western-palmyra-ends-disaster/

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Headline:    Iraq military: Troops have ‘full control’ of eastern Mosul

Headline:  US forces establish 4 military bases in Mosul to oversee operations against ISIS

U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops announced on Wednesday they were in “full control” of eastern Mosul, after routing Islamic State militants from that part of the northern city almost exactly three months since the major operation started. The achievement was a “big victory,” said Iraqi Army Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati, who commands the counter-terrorism forces, describing the success of the Iraqi forces as “unprecedented.” Shaghatai, who spoke to reporters in the town of Bartella, just east of Mosul, said plans were now being drawn up to retake the western part of the city. He did not elaborate on when that part of the operation would begin. Wednesday’s advance came after Iraqi troops over the past days intensified their push into the last IS-held neighborhoods in Mosul’s eastern sector, closing in on the Tigris River, which roughly divides the city. Stiff resistance by the militants, thousands of civilians being trapped in their houses by the fighting and bad weather had in the past slowed the advances of the troops. However, skirmishes and clashes continued in some pockets along the Tigris in eastern Mosul, according to Iraqi special forces Maj. Ali Hussein who said his unit was still pushing into the Ghabat area along the river bank. Small arms fire could be heard and at least one civilian was wounded by mortar fire.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/18/iraq-military-troops-have-full-control-eastern-mosul.html

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-forces-establish-4-military-bases-mosul-oversee-operations-isis/

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Headline:      Russia says joins forces with Turkey to bomb Syria militants

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday Russian war planes had joined forces with Turkish jets to target Islamic State militants holding the town of al-Bab around 40 km northeast of Aleppo. Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, a senior Russian Defence Ministry official, said in televised comments it was the first time the air forces of Russia and Turkey had teamed up in this way. The operation had been conducted in agreement with the Syrian government, he said. Rudskoi said the Russian air force was also providing air support to Syrian government troops who he said were trying to fight off an Islamic State assault around the town of Deir al-Zor. Russian jets were also backing a Syrian army offensive near the town of Palmyra, he said, where he warned Islamic State militants might be planning to blow up more of the ancient city’s historical monuments.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4909361,00.html

Iran

Headline:       Iran Against U.S. Presence At Syria Peace Talks In Astana

Iran says it opposes the United States joining peace talks on Syria to be held in Kazakhstan next week. That goes against the position of the other two organizers of the talks, Russia and Turkey, which have said the new U.S. administration of Donald Trump should be represented at the Astana talks, which begin on January 23. “We have not invited them, and we are against their presence,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on January 17, according to the Tasnim news agency. “At this stage, we must keep the tripartite setup,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told AFP on January 18. “Any enlargement could increase the risk of failure.” Russia, Iran, and Turkey pushed for the peace talks after government forces won a major victory last month in retaking eastern Aleppo, a key rebel stronghold through much of the war.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.rferl.org/a/iran-syria-peace-talks-russia-united-states-turkey/28240876.html

Afghanistan

Headline:     Afghanistan Cannot Be Abandoned To China-Pakistan-Russia Troika In 2017 – Analysis

Headline:  Trump and Afghanistan: The Unwelcome Obligation

Afghanistan seemed to have disappeared from the United States radar in the months to the run-up to US Presidential Elections resulting in a void which the China-Pakistan-Russia Troika has exploited to US disadvantage. Strategically the United States invested heavily in Afghanistan in terms of billions of dollars and thousands of US soldiers lost to Pakistan Army duplicitous double-timing the United States while professing to be a trusted ally of long-standing. In 2017, the United States would be well-advised not to let the China-Pakistan-Russia Trilateral muscle into what rightly deserves to be called United States strategic turf. The US incoming Trump Administration’s highest priority task on assumption of office on January 2017 should be not to abandon Afghanistan .On the contrary the United States should ensure that the machinations of the China-Pakistan-Russia Troika by what initially appears only as a ‘pious’ political intervention is not allowed to morph into an eventual some sort of quasi-military Troika intervention.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.eurasiareview.com/18012017-afghanistan-cannot-be-abandoned-to-china-pakistan-russia-troika-in-2017-analysis/

http://thediplomat.com/2017/01/trump-and-afghanistan-the-unwelcome-obligation/

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Headline:    Mexico violence: Four killed in Cancun gunfight

Headline:  Teen shoots four, self at American school in northern Mexico

An attack on the government offices in the Mexican beach resort of Cancun has left four people dead, officials say. Police intervened after gunmen opened fire at the Quintana Roo state attorneys’ office. TV showed footage in which intense gunfire could be heard. One policeman and three suspected attackers died, governor Carlos Joaquin said. Five suspects were arrested. Mr Joaquin described the attack as a reaction by gangsters to his crackdown on organised crime. Meanwhile, A teenage student suffering from depression opened fire at a private American school in northern Mexico on Wednesday, injuring three students and a teacher then shooting himself in what state officials called an unprecedented attack that was caught on security video. Aldo Fasci, security spokesman for Nuevo Leon state, said the 15-year-old student pulled out a handgun inside a classroom at the bilingual Colegio Americano del Noreste and began shooting, leaving three of the victims and himself gravely injured.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38661590

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-shooting-idUSKBN152277?feedType=RSS&feedName=newsOne

Headline:     Mali car bomb ‘kills at least 50 people’ in Gao

Headline:  Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group claims Mali suicide bombing

At least 50 people have been killed in northern Mali in a car bomb attack on a military base, officials say. A vehicle packed with explosives detonated at a camp housing soldiers and members of rival armed groups in the region’s main city, Gao. Mali’s northern desert region has been restive since it was captured by militant Islamists in late 2012. Despite French military intervention in 2013, the region remains tense with sporadic attacks and kidnappings. A source at the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) is quoted by the AFP news agency as saying it was a suicide attack. The victims were involved in conducting patrols in this highly volatile area under a deal backed by the UN in a bid to stop the violence there. Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has declared three days of national mourning in a tweet following the latest attack. The fight against extremist groups is one of the major challenges of Mr Keita’s government. But a new report by Human Rights Watch says the Malian government is not doing enough to protect civilians from the militants.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38663693

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2017/Jan-18/389959-al-qaeda-linked-islamist-group-claims-mali-suicide-bombing.ashx

Headline:     Gambia Declares State Of Emergency As Leader Refuses To Cede Power

Headline:  People Flee Gambia as Presidential Drama Escalates

Two days before Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is supposed to cede power, he has declared a state of emergency in the country. He has refused to step down to make way for Adama Barrow, who won last month’s election. It wasn’t immediately clear what the state of emergency entailed, but the move appeared to make a handover of power even more unlikely. Barrow, a businessman, is scheduled to take office Thursday. But Jammeh has defiantly said he won’t allow that to happen. In a televised speech on Sunday, he said he has filed an injunction to prevent Barrow from being sworn in until a Supreme Court ruling. “Until then, the status quo remains,” Jammeh said, calling on Gambians to carry on with their everyday activities. Any court decision could take months, The Associated Press reports. The chief justice has “recused himself and said he could not rule on Jammeh’s request for an injunction blocking Barrow’s inauguration.”
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/17/510269964/gambia-declares-state-of-emergency-as-leader-refuses-to-cede-power

http://www.voanews.com/a/people-flee-gambia-as-presidential-drama-escalates/3681210.html

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Headline:         Fort Bliss sending 400 U.S. soldiers to Europe in NATO effort

Fort Bliss said it would deploy 400 U.S. soldiers and 24 AH-64 Apache helicopters to Europe in February for a nine-month rotation as part of NATO’s Operation Atlantic Resolve. The troops and helicopters belong to the 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division stationed in Fort Bliss, Texas. “These soldiers will support aviation operations throughout Europe to improve inter-operability and strengthen relationships with allies and partner nations,” Fort Bliss said in a statement. The 1-501st will reinforce the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, from Fort Drum, N.Y., which was the first aviation brigade to support Operation Atlantic Resolve. “We’re looking forward to this exceptional opportunity to work with U.S. Army Europe and our Allies and partners,” Lt. Col. Chris Crotzer, commander of the 1-501st, said in a statement. “We are excited to conduct challenging training with multinational forces across several different countries and to learn about many new cultures while doing so.” In NATO’s Operation Atlantic Resolve, the United States has deployed troops in Europe that will train in Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia for the next nine months as a show of force to directly respond to what the alliance sees as increased Russian aggression.
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/18/Fort-Bliss-sending-400-US-soldiers-to-Europe-in-NATO-effort/2561484744223/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=11

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Headline:       Britain to leave EU market as May sets ‘hard Brexit’ course

Headline:      World leaders find hope for globalization in Davos amid populist revolt

Headline:      Dimon Says Euro Zone May Not Survive If Concerns Are Ignored

Britain will quit the EU single market when it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday in a decisive speech that set a course for a clean break with the world’s largest trading bloc. Setting out a vision that could determine Britain’s future for generations and the shape of the EU itself, May answered criticism that she has been coy about her strategy with a 12-point plan for what has been dubbed a “hard Brexit”. May promised to seek the greatest possible access to European markets but said Britain would aim to establish its own free trade deals with countries far beyond Europe, and impose limits on immigration from the continent. For the first time, she acknowledged that those measures would require withdrawing from the market of 500 million people, founded on principles of free movement of goods and people. “I want to be clear: what I am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market,” said May, who became prime minister in the turmoil after Britain voted in June to leave the EU. “Instead, we seek the greatest possible access to it through a new comprehensive, bold and ambitious free trade agreement.”
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-may-priorities-idUSKBN1502H2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/17/chinese-president-warns-against-trade-war-in-davos/?utm_term=.532831b8a308

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-18/dimon-says-euro-zone-may-not-survive-without-change-in-direction

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Headline:    New drought strikes millions in Ethiopia, still reeling from El Nino

Millions of Ethiopians face a hunger crisis for a second consecutive year after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s second most populous nation, the United Nations said on Tuesday as it appealed for more than $900 million in aid. A strong aid response to last year’s El Nino-linked drought, has almost halved the number of Ethiopians needing food aid to 5.6 million since mid-2016, but a lack of rains once again threatens the country’s ability to feed itself, it said. “Last year, (we were)… able to mount the biggest drought response operation in global history,” Mitiku Kassa, head of Ethiopia’s National Disaster Risk Management Commission, said in a statement. “Today we need that partnership once again as we face a new drought,” he said, appealing for $948 million in aid. Aid is also being ramped up in drought-hit neighbouring Kenya and Somalia. The United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator in Somalia, Peter de Clercq, warned on Tuesday of “a significant risk of further deterioration to famine”, appealing for $864 million for 3.9 million Somalis. Ethiopia’s latest rain failure has mainly hit southern livestock-herding communities, unlike last year when hunger was worst in the north and west. “The impact is expected to be most dire in early 2017 among livestock, with unusually early migrations, excess mortality rates and extreme emaciation,” the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement.
Jan. 17, 2017

https://www.yahoo.com/news/drought-strikes-millions-ethiopia-still-reeling-el-nino-134921257–spt.html

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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- 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
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Jan. 13, 2017- Thousands of dead fish wash up along a lagoon in Patagonia Argentina
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Jan. 13, 2017- Thousands of fish die in a lake in St. Petersburg, Florida
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
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Jan. 14, 2017-  Bulgaria reports virulent bird flu at over 50 farms, culling 430,000 poultry
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-birdflu-bulgaria-idUSKBN14Y0HY

Jan. 15, 2017- Experts baffled as ten dolphins are found washed up dead along Cornish coast within a matter of days
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
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Jan. 17, 2017- St. Petersburg mystery: Why are pelicans dying at Riviera Bay and Coffee Pot Bayou?
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-  Bird flu found in 6,000 turkey flock at East Lindsey farm close to first outbreak
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-38648058

Jan. 17, 2017- Biologists investigate deaths of 82 stranded dolphins in Florida
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-whales-idUSKBN1511IF

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Headline:   Plague Outbreak Hits Remote Part of Madagascar

Even for Madagascar, this is no ordinary bubonic plague outbreak. The African nation has the world’s highest incidence of the bacterial infection that earned the grim name “the Black Death” after it killed an estimated 50 million people in the 14th century. The rat- and flea-borne illness hits the island nation every year from about December to April. But this year is different, says the World Health Organization’s Dr. Eric Bertherat. This latest outbreak has popped up in a completely new area. The mountainous area of Befotaka in southeastern Madagascar has seen 68 cases — of which 27 have died — since the end of last year, according to WHO estimates. Bertherat said there also are unconfirmed reports of a nearby second cluster, of some 30 cases. “This outbreak occurred in a place where they had no plague case reported since 1950,” he told VOA from Geneva, after returning from a recent visit to Madagascar to assess the situation. Even more alarming, he says, is the fact that “it occurred in a very remote and insecure place where it’s very difficult to go. And that’s the main problem, for the time being. There is no one to control the outbreak because we are still trying to organize a kind of rescue operation to go there.”
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.voanews.com/a/plague-outbreak-hits-remote-part-of-madagascar/3681279.html

Headline:      Marijuana-Related Illness Increases in Legalized States

As various states move towards the legalization of marijuana, doctors are noticing the increase of a particular illness that is associated with regular use of the drug. Emergency rooms have been seeing an influx of patients with the same symptoms – severe abdominal pain and intense vomiting – and this increase is particularly high in certain states that have already legalized the use of marijuana. While some doctors have been perplexed by these symptoms, the disease does have a name: cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS. The illness is believed to be caused by regular and long-term use of marijuana. There seems to be a direct correlation between CHS and states that have passed marijuana legalization measures. One study shows that CHS diagnoses nearly doubled at two of Colorado’s hospitals since 2009 – the year that it was decided that Colorado needed a state-regulated medical marijuana distribution system.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://christiannews.net/2017/01/16/marijuana-related-illness-increases-in-legalized-states/

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Headline:     Central Italy reels from four strong earthquakes

Four earthquakes measuring above 5 on the Richter scale hit the central Italian region on Wednesday morning, an area which was devastated by a series of quakes last year and is currently suffering from heavy snow.  What we know so far : – The first three quakes came within one hour, at 10:25, 11:14 and 11:25 on Wednesday morning, each with a magnitude of above 5. A fourth major tremor was reported at around 14:33, with a magnitude estimated at 5.3. The quakes were felt in Rome along with other areas of Lazio, Abruzzo and the Marche, and as far away Umbria, Naples and Florence. No casualties or major damage has yet been reported, but there has been minor damage in Amatrice, the town at the epicentre of last August’s quake. Rome’s Metro service and the road connecting Rome and L’Aquila have been suspended
Jan. 18, 2017

http://www.thelocal.it/20170118/5-4-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-central-italy

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Headline:     Judea and Samaria Leaders Invited to Trump Inauguration

In marked contrast to outgoing President Obama’s platform that it is illegal for Jews to live in Judea and Samaria, President elect Donald Trump invited  leaders of the Yesha (Judea and Samaria) Council to attend his inauguration on January 20. Oded Revivi, Chief Foreign Envoy of the Yesha Council, confirmed to the media on Friday that the group had been invited. Revivi told the Times of Israel that the invitation is a “clear indication” that the new administration understands the importance of his group. He says he is looking forward to working “with our new friends in the White House.” Revivi will attend the inauguration with Benny Kasriel, mayor of Ma’aleh Adumim, a city of over 37,000 residents located 4 miles from Jerusalem.
Jan. 14, 2017

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/82000/judea-samaria-leaders-invited-trump-inauguration/#pVDdGBO2c6Ror4jK.97

Headline: Israel-Palestinian conflict: Summit warns against unilateral actions

Headline: Trump: Jared Kushner will ‘broker Mideast peace’ for the White House

Representatives of nations at a conference aimed at kick-starting peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have warned that neither side should take unilateral actions. In a statement, delegates at the summit in Paris also restated their commitment to the two-state solution. But they shied away from criticising President-elect Donald Trump’s suggested US embassy move to Jerusalem. Palestinians welcomed the conference, but Israel called it “rigged”. Neither side was invited to participate in the day-long summit, which was attended by 70 nations, but they were were invited to hear the conclusions. This led the UK government to question how effective the conference, which it decided to attend in “an observer status”, could be in solving the conflict. A Foreign Office statement said it had “particular reservations” about a conference “intended to advance peace between the parties that does not involve them”, adding that it had not signed up to the joint communique. It also expressed concern about the timing of the event – just days before Mr Trump takes over as US president – and the opposition of Israel. Meanwhile, While serving as a senior adviser in the White House, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will work to “broker a Middle East peace deal,” the president-elect said over the weekend. In an interview with the Times of London, Trump said that Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband, would to take on the task of negotiating peace between Israelis and Palestinians– an appointment Trump has previously floated due to the fact that Kushner “knows the region, knows the people, knows the players,” Trump described in a previous interview.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38608990

http://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Jared-Kushner-will-broker-Middle-East-peace-at-the-White-House-says-Trump-478554

Headline: EU opposes US moving embassy to Jerusalem

The Chief of Foreign Policy for the European Union (EU) expressed her opposition to plans by US President-elect Donald Trump to relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem the AP reported. “It is very important for us all to refrain from unilateral actions, especially those that can have serious consequences in large sectors of public opinion in large parts of the world,” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told reporters in Brussels. She warned that moving the embassy to Jerusalem would inflame tensions with the Arab world. “For sure I’m worried that large parts of public opinion in parts of the world that are quite significant — the Arab world but also Africa, Asia and parts of Europe — could have in reaction of a move that for sure would not be in line with … the international consensus.” “We hope that there can be reflection on consequences of any move that is taken,” she added. “We will for sure not move our delegation. That is in Tel Aviv.”
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/223373

Headline: Gaza power crisis eases as Qatar donates $12 mln to buy fuel

Headline: Gaza youth sets self ablaze to protest Hamas

An electricity crisis that has caused protests and unrest in the Gaza Strip eased on Monday after Qatar donated $12 million to buy fuel for the Palestinian enclave’s lone power plant, officials said.
For weeks, Gaza’s population of 2 million has been making do with barely a few hours a day of electricity — less than half its usual supply. The Energy Authority run by the enclave’s governing Hamas Islamist group said the Qatari-funded fuel would power a third generator at the power plant and help provide electricity in eight-hour cycles for three months. The cash injection could also ease public pressure on Hamas, whose police forces clashed on Thursday with demonstrators in Jabalya refugee camp protesting against the blackouts. The Interior Ministry said that later in the day it would free several people detained in connection with the protests.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1039781/middle-east

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/223364

Headline:   Anti-Assad group calls for Israeli intervention in Syria

The so-called National Salvation Front in Syria, an anti-Syrian government group comprising of mostly Syrians in the diaspora, have proposed a “roadmap” for closer relations with Tel Aviv, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Monday. SANA explained that the “roadmap” would be to recognize Israel, come to a compromise on the Golan heights that Israel currently and has illegally occupied since 1967, establish ties between the two states, and dismantle all Palestinian resistance forces in Syria. This corresponded with Fahd al-Masri, the group’s spokesman, to call for Tel Aviv to support the anti-government militants, through a set of audio and video messages.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/anti-assad-group-calls-israeli-intervention-syria/

Headline:       Palestinian,17, shot dead in clashes with Israeli forces

A Palestinian teen was shot dead Monday evening during clashes with Israeli security forces in the southern West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The IDF said the shooting occurred during a “violent riot” in which Palestinian hurled rocks at security forces in the Bethlehem-area village of Tuqua, near the settlement of Tekoa in the Etzion Bloc. “Due to the extent of violence, Border Police fired 0.22-caliber rounds toward the main violence instigator, resulting in his death,” an army spokeswoman said. The Tuqua municipality identified the youth as 17-year-old Qusay Hussein Umour. The Palestinian Red Crescent, quoted by the Ma’an news agency, said Umour was detained by Israeli forces after being shot three times, and only handed over to the Palestinians for medical treatment after he had died.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian18-shot-dead-in-clashes-with-israeli-forces/

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Headline:      IDF tanks fire at Hamas targets in response to Gaza border shooting

The IDF fired towards Hamas positions in the southern Gaza Strip in response to shots that were fired towards the IDF vehicle earlier Sunday, the IDF Spokesperson’s Office said. According to the IDF, the rounds, fired by a tank, was in retaliation to gunfire which damaged an IDF vehicle working near the border fence earlier. Farmers in the area were advised by the army to stop working in the fields and to remain in their homes. A similar incident occurred in December when shots were fired at IDF troops near the southern Gaza Strip and IDF artillery returned fire. The cross-border incident on Sunday occurred as civilians in Gaza organized demonstrations protesting against a serious lack of electricity and gas in the Strip. Hamas is reported to have threatened to resume rocket fire against Israel, blaming Jerusalem for the crisis. “If we feel our leadership is being questioned, we will begin firing at Israel. We will not become like Bashar al-Assad, who threatens Israel but never follows through,” a Hamas spokesman said.
Jan. 15, 2017

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/IDF-tanks-fire-at-Hamas-targets-in-response-to-Gaza-border-shooting-478472

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Headline:   Hariri stresses Palestinians’ right of return

Prime Minister Saad Hariri Sunday thanked France for hosting a one-day Conference for Peace in the Middle East, reiterating Lebanon’s backing for the right of return of Palestinian refugees. The French government hosted the conference that brought together over 70 diplomats and organizations in Paris Sunday for a one-day meeting to try to revive the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process. “We thank France for organizing the Conference for Peace in the Middle East today,” Hariri said via Twitter. The meeting was attended by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry but neither Israel nor Palestinian authorities sent delegations. “There is no solution except based on the Arab peace initiative adopted in Beirut and the establishment of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” the Lebanese Prime Minister added. He also said that Lebanon would remain committed to the unified Arab position.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Jan-16/389510-hariri-stresses-palestinians-right-of-return.ashx

Saudi Arabia

Headline:        IMF Slashes Saudi Arabia Growth Forecast on Lower Oil Output

The International Monetary Fund cut its growth outlook for Saudi Arabia on lower oil production, underscoring the challenges facing the kingdom as it seeks to overhaul its economy. Gross domestic product will expand 0.4 percent in 2017, the lender said in its World Economic Outlook report update on Monday, citing the impact of the recent deal by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to reduce output. It compares with the fund’s October prediction of 2 percent, and a median estimate of 0.9 percent in a Bloomberg survey. The forecast reflects cuts in government spending as well as the impact of lower oil production, Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, deputy director of the IMF’s research department, told reporters on Monday. “There is a big adjustment in spending downwards,” he said. “There is an adjustment in taxes upwards, and as a result non-oil growth is not going to be as good as it was during periods of strong oil prices.”
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-16/imf-slashes-saudi-arabia-growth-forecast-on-lower-oil-production

Egypt

Headline:      Egypt court upholds ruling halting transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia

A top Egyptian court has upheld a ruling halting a plan to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The High Administrative Court rejected an appeal by the government against a lower court’s decision to stop it handing over Tiran and Sanafir. Cheers erupted as the judge delivered the verdict, saying the government had failed to provide evidence that the islands were originally Saudi. The transfer deal, signed last April, sparked rare protests in Egypt. Tiran and Sanafir are located at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba. They are uninhabited apart from Egyptian troops and multi-national peacekeepers. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said the islands had always belonged to Saudi Arabia and that Riyadh had asked Egypt to station troops there in 1950 to protect them. But Mr Sisi was accused of violating the constitution and “selling” the islands in return for a multi-billion dollar aid package announced during a visit to Cairo by King Salman.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38636222

Headline:   At least six killed in attack on security checkpoint in Egypt’s Western Desert

At least six people were killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in Egypt’s New Valley province in the Western Desert, state television said on Monday, adding that an exchange of fire was still ongoing. The attack took place at around 8:15 pm (1815 GMT) in Naqb checkpoint 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) away from Kharga city, the broadcaster reported. It was not immediately clear if the checkpoint was a police or military one, nor was the identity of the attackers clear.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4125882/At-six-killed-attack-security-checkpoint-Egypts-Western-Desert-state-TV.html

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Headline:  US & Russia to free Palmyra after Trump sworn in

Some of the ambiguity and mystery surrounding the nature of President-elect Donald Trump’s relations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin may disperse after the new US president takes office Thursday, Jan. 20, because one of their first joint military actions is ready to go. debkafile’s military and intelligence sources disclose exclusively that a combined US, Russian, Syrian and Jordanian force is preparing for a major operation to liberate the Syrian heritage town of Palmyra from the Islamic State. Its capture by this allied force would have important ramifications: It would isolate the ISIS forces dug in in northern and central Syria and disconnect them from the jihadists who control extensive areas in the east and the south, including the Euphrates Valley which runs from Syria to Iraq. From Palmyra, the key offensive for ousting ISIS from its Syrian capital, Raqqa, would move a sep closer. The Islamic State would also be distanced from directly menacing Jordan’s borders with Syria and Iraq. This menace came closer last week when ISIS commanders decided to make a grab for the eastern Syrian town of Deir ez-Zour, after they saw Syrian government forces leaving their bases in the town and heading north to Palmyra. Until then, ISIS had occupied part of the strategic town, while keeping the government-held part and the big Syrian air base nearby under siege for the past two years. The allied operation to liberate Palmyra will be the first joint US-Russian military venture embarked on by the Trump administration. It will be a litmus test for the ability of the new US president and the Russian president to work together.
Jan. 15, 2017

http://debka.com/article/25889/US-Russia-to-free-Palmyra-after-Trump-sworn-in

Headline: Syrian rebels to attend Astana peace talks

Syrian rebel groups have decided to attend peace talks backed by Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan to press for implementation of a widely violated ceasefire, rebel officials said on Monday, in a boost for Moscow-led diplomacy. Russia, President Bashar al-Assad’s most powerful ally, set the new diplomatic effort in motion after the Syrian opposition suffered a major defeat last month when it lost the rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo. Rebel groups took the decision at meetings that are underway in Ankara, and are now working to form a delegation that will be different to one sent to peace talks in Geneva last year by a Saudi-backed opposition group. The talks are scheduled for Jan. 23 in Astana. “The factions will go and the first thing they will discuss will be the matter of the ceasefire and the violations by the regime,” said an official in a Free Syrian Army rebel group who declined to be identified because the rebel groups had yet to appoint a spokesman. A second official, Zakaria Malahifji of the Fastaqim rebel group, said: “The majority of the groups decided to attend. Discussions will be on the ceasefire – the humanitarian issues – aid deliveries, release of detainees.”
Jan. 16, 2017

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/01/16/Syrian-rebels-to-attend-Astana-peace-talks.html

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Headline:       Syria war: Dozens dead in IS attack on Deir al-Zour

Headline: ISIS stage fierce attack on Syrian army enclave

Headline: ISIS successfully splits Deir Ezzor enclave in two

Islamic State militants have launched a fierce assault on government-held areas in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, with dozens reportedly killed. Twelve government soldiers and 20 IS fighters were killed, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At least two civilians were also killed in IS rocket fire on government-controlled parts of the city, it added. The jihadists have besieged government-held parts of the city, which borders Iraq, since early 2015. IS already controls half of the city as well as most of the surrounding province, which shares the same name. Deir al-Zour connects the militant group’s de facto “capital” in Syria, Raqqa, to territory it controls in Iraq.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38622553

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4908292,00.html

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-successfully-splits-deir-ezzor-enclave-two/

Headline: Syrian Army, Hezbollah attempt to liberate key gas fields in east Homs

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside Hezbollah, continued their large-scale offensive in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate on Monday, striking the Islamic State’s (ISIS) defenses just south of the Jihar and Al-Mahr gas fields. Led by the 800th Regiment of the Republican Guard and Shaheen Group of the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the Islamic State’s defenses around the Jihar Junction; this resulted in a fierce battle that is still ongoing at the moment. Meanwhile, north of Tiyas village, the Syrian Arab Army’s 167th Brigade of the 18th Tank Division pushed another kilometer towards the Al-Mahr Gas Fields, killing and wounding around 15 Islamic State terrorists this morning.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-hezbollah-attempt-liberate-key-gas-fields-east-homs/

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Headline:          Explosions rip through Iraq, leaving at least 21 dead

Three bombs have ripped across several areas in Iraq leaving at least 21 dead and 46 injured. A car bomb struck a checkpoint near the town of Khalis (Diyala province) killing nine people and injuring up to 20 people, including security forces. A bomb also struck central Baghdad which resulted in the death of six people with another 13 injured. In another attack in Baghdad, six people were killed and another 13 injured when a bomb hit a restaurant on Saadon Street. No group has claimed responsibility yet, however it is assumed to be have done by ISIS who are on the decline in Nineveh province and western Anbar.
Jan. 15, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/explosions-rip-iraq-leaving-least-21-dead/

Headline: Iraqi Army liberates several districts en route to Saddam Hussein’s Mosul palace

Headline: PMU believe that ISIS leader al-Baghdadi trapped somewhere near Mosul

The Iraqi Army continued their rapid advance in Mosul today, liberating a number of districts and neighborhoods after clashes with the Islamic State (ISIS) forces. The Iraqi Army began the day by liberating the Kafa’at 2 District near central Mosul, killing over 20 Islamic State terrorists in the process of this advance towards the Kindi District. Following the liberation of Kafa’at 2, the Iraqi Army attacked the Andalus District in central Mosul, capturing this area after another short battle with the Islamic State terrorists on Sunday morning.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-army-liberates-several-districts-en-route-saddam-husseins-mosul-palace/

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pmu-believe-isis-leader-al-baghdadi-trapped-somewhere-near-mosul/

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Headline:       Roadside bomb in southeast Turkey kills three police officers – security sources

Three Turkish police officers were killed and nine more wounded when a roadside bomb hit a passing police bus in the largely Kurdish southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Monday, security sources said. The bomb was detonated as the bus carrying riot police passed an area near the campus of Diyarbakir’s Dicle University, the sources said. Three of the wounded were in critical condition, the sources added. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has previously said it was behind similar attacks on police and soldiers.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-turkey-blast-idUKKBN1501OD?il=0

Iran

Headline:      Iran says it will not renegotiate nuclear deal

Headline: Gunfire rattles Tehran as drone buzzes over Iranian capital

Iran will not renegotiate its nuclear agreement with world powers, even if it faces new U.S. sanctions after Donald Trump becomes president, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday. Trump, who will take office on Friday, has threatened to either scrap the agreement, which curbs Iran’s nuclear program and lifts sanctions against it, or seek a better deal. “There will be no renegotiation and the (agreement) will not be reopened,” said Araqchi, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator at the talks that led to the agreement in 2015, quoted by the state news agency IRNA. “We and many analysts believe that the (agreement) is consolidated. The new U.S. administration will not be able to abandon it,” Araqchi told a news conference in Tehran, held a year after the deal took effect. “Nuclear talks with America are over and we have nothing else to discuss,” he added. “It’s quite likely that the U.S. Congress or the next administration will act against Iran and imposes new sanctions.”
Jan. 16, 2017

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-says-not-renegotiate-nuclear-deal-154202508.html

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/16/gunfire-rattles-tehran-as-drone-buzzes-over-iranian-capital.html

Afghanistan

Headline:      14 clerics in Afghanistan kidnapped by ISIS

14 teachers and 2 administration staff were kidnapped by ISIS terrorists when they attacked a religious seminary in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province over the weekend, officials are saying. The attack involving three armed men took place in Nangarhar Province over the weekend, Mohammad Asif Shinwari, spokesman for the provincial education department, said on Monday that the storming of the seminary involved three armed men. The storming occured at the Mesher Mullah Sahib Madrassa while students were taking exams, The Ministry of Education said.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/14-clerics-afghanistan-kidnapped-isis/

Libya

Headline:         Libya forces retake Benghazi district from extremists

Forces loyal to Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Monday retook a district in Libya’s Benghazi from extremists after fighting that killed nine soldiers in two days, a military source said. “We now control the district of Abu Sneib” in the southwest of the city, said a commanding officer in the army headed by Haftar, who backs the parliament in the country’s east. “Our forces now completely surround the Qanfuda area” nearby, the same source said. The source said 52 troops had died in fighting since January 1 in and around Benghazi. Haftar has managed to retake a large part of the eastern coastal city from extremists since Benghazi came under their control in 2014. But extremists still control the central districts of Al-Saberi and Souq al-Hout.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2017/Jan-16/389601-libya-forces-retake-benghazi-district-from-jihadists.ashx

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Headline:     At least two dozen dead in ethnic clashes in southeastern Congo

At least two dozen people, most of them women, have been killed over the past week in ethnic violence between Bantus and Pygmies in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a U.N. human rights official said on Monday. The Luba, a Bantu ethnic group, and the Twa, a Pygmy people who inhabit Central Africa’s Great Lakes region, have been in conflict since May 2013 in Congo’s Katanga region, known for its rich deposits of copper and other metals. Clashes have been fueled by social tensions between Bantu villagers and the Twa, a hunting and gathering people who have long been denied access to land and basic services. Attacks by militiamen from both groups have left hundreds dead. José Maria Aranaz, head of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), said that at least 24 people, including 19 women, have been killed in Moba, a town located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, since Jan. 11.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2017/01/16/at-least-two-dozen-dead-in-ethnic-clashes-in-southeastern-congo-n2272237

Headline: Bomb blasts at Nigeria’s Maiduguri University kill 5

Witnesses say two bombs have exploded at Nigeria’s northeastern University of Maiduguri, killing five people. One student said the first blast ripped through the mosque where professors were saying dawn prayers and many are feared among the victims. A university worker said the second bomb went off at an entrance gate. Both spoke on condition of anonymity for their safety. Police spokesman Victor Isuku confirmed Monday’s explosions but said rescuers are still ferrying the wounded to hospitals and evacuating bodies, making it difficult to give a toll. Maiduguri has been attacked many times but this is the first attack on the university blamed on Boko Haram — the Islamic extremist group whose name means “Western education is sinful.”
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4908097,00.html

Headline:   Bahrain city hall set on fire after execution of three prisoners

Demonstrators set fire to a city hall early Monday morning after three men were executed for their role in a bombing that killed three police officers. Bahrain’s interior ministry said the fire at Northern City Hall appeared intentional. The ministry posted on Twitter, “Civil Defence extinguished a fire in the Northern Municipality building. Initial details indicate that foul play was behind the fire. Necessary measures were undertaken.” The Shia opposition has called the execution of Abbas al-Samea, 27, Sami Mushaima, 42, and Ali al-Singace, 21, politically motivated and said they were tortured. Seven others received life sentences. Hundreds of protesters participated in demonstrations Sunday, blocking roads with burning tires. The Bahrain police deployed tear gas to disperse the crowds as demonstrators threw fire bombs.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/16/Bahrain-city-hall-set-on-fire-after-execution-of-three-prisoners/9131484584246/?spt=sec&or=tn

Headline:    Philippines’ Duterte threatens martial law

Martial law could be imposed in the Philippines if the drugs problem worsens, President Rodrigo Duterte has said. The 71-year-old former state prosecutor said the aim would be “to preserve the Filipino people and the youth of this land”. About 6,000 people have been killed in six months under Mr Duterte’s anti-drugs crackdown. He says he is acting to prevent the country from becoming a narco-state. “If I wanted to, and it will deteriorate into something really very virulent, I will declare martial law if I wanted to. No one will be able to stop me,” Mr Duterte said in a speech to businesspeople in the southern city of Davao on Saturday. “My country transcends everything else, even the limitations,” he added. Martial rule would allow Mr Duterte to use the military to enforce civilian law and detain people at length without charge. The Philippines constitution says a president can only declare martial law for 60 days and then only to stop an invasion or a rebellion. Parliament can revoke the measure within 48 hours while the Supreme Court can review its legality.
Jan. 15, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38627740

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Headline:       Hundreds of U.S. Marines land in Norway, irking Russia

Headline: Trump’s offer to Russia: an end to sanctions for nuclear arms cut – London Times

Some 300 U.S. Marines landed in Norway on Monday for a six-month deployment, the first time since World War Two that foreign troops have been allowed to be stationed there, in a deployment which has irked Norway’s Arctic neighbor Russia. Officials played down any link between the operation and NATO concerns over Russia, but the deployment coincides with the U.S. sending several thousand troops to Poland to beef up its Eastern European allies worried about Moscow’s assertiveness. U.S. troops are to stay in Norway for a year, with the current batch of Marines being replaced after their six-month tour is complete.  Meanwhile, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Moscow, he told The Times of London. Criticizing previous U.S. foreign policy in an interview published on Monday, he described the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as possibly the gravest error in the history of the United States and akin to “throwing rocks into a beehive”. But Trump, who will be inaugurated on Friday as the 45th U.S. president, raised the prospect of the first big nuclear arms control agreement with Moscow since the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty signed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Jan. 16, 2017

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-usa-military-idUSKBN1501CD

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-arms-deal-idUSKBN14Z0YE

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Headline:  US woman dies of infection resistant to all 26 available antibiotics

Headline: Drug-resistant ‘nightmare bacteria’ show worrisome ability to diversify and spread

A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials said this week, raising new concerns about the rise of dangerous superbugs. The woman, who was in her 70s, died in Nevada in September, and had recently been hospitalized in India with fractured leg bones, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The cause of death was sepsis, following infection from a rare bacteria known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), which is resistant to all antibiotics available in the United States. The specific strain of CRE, known as Klebsiella pneumoniae, was isolated from one of her wounds in August. Tests were negative for the mcr-1 gene — a great concern to health experts because it makes bacteria resistant to the antibiotic of last resort, colistin. It was unclear how the woman’s infection acquired resistance. Experts said she had been treated repeatedly in India during the last two years for a femur fracture and hip problems, most recently in June 2016. Once the bacteria was identified in Nevada, the patient was isolated to prevent the infection from spreading in the hospital.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-woman-dies-infection-resistant-26-available-antibiotics-223147289.html

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-01-drug-resistant-nightmare-bacteria-worrisome-ability.html

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Headline:   Strangers strip off and jump into bed together in a quest to find love on new reality TV show

Can undressing a stranger lead to love? Brave Australians are set to strip off and jump into bed on their first date to find out. In the new reality dating show called Undressed, the matched-up couples must undress each other down to their underwear on their first meeting. The hopeless romantics in search of their soulmate then spend 30 minutes in bed asking a series of personal questions that appear on a large screen in front of them. The social experiment pairs two strangers together, put them in a room furnished only with a bed and a TV, and gets them to undress each other. To get the conversation rolling, the couple would get a range of hot topic questions so the singles could rapidly get to know one another. Questions could include ‘are you a good kisser?’, ‘what issue do you feel strongly about?’ or ‘what was your childhood like?’ To break the ice, the couples are also encouraged to do activities set for them, such as giving a massage or having a pillow fight. In the trailer of the show, which premiers on SBS on Monday night, the strangers are seen awkwardly laughing as they undress each other. At the end of the date, each person is given the choice to stay and get to know their counterpart better – or leave.
Jan. 15, 2017

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4123258/SBS-reality-Undressed-sees-strangers-strip-jump-bed-date.html

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Headline: THE FUTURE OF SPYING:  Earth’s atmosphere can be turned into massive surveillance system using LASERS, scientists discover

EARTH’S atmosphere can now be turned into a massive spy lens using cutting edge technology. BAE Systems are designing a directed energy laser system that could allow military commanders to spy on enemy activities from space. BAE believe that within 50 years, one of their aircraft could use an “atmospheric lens” to observe people from very long distances using the Earth’s atmosphere as a tool. The lasers temporarily change the Earth’s atmosphere into magnifying glass structures which can alter light and radio signals. This means users can listen into radio signals for thousands of miles. A spokesperson said: “Within the next 50 years, scientists at BAE Systems believe that battlefield commanders could deploy a new type of directed energy laser and lens system, called a Laser Developed Atmospheric Lens which is capable of enhancing commanders’ ability to observe adversaries’ activities over much greater distances than existing sensors.” “Working with some of the best scientific minds in the UK, we’re able to incorporate emerging and disruptive technologies and evolve the landscape of potential military technologies in ways that, five or ten years ago, many would never have dreamed possible,” added Professor Nick Colosimo, BAE Systems’ Futurist and Technologist.
Jan. 16, 2017

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2626083/bae-systems-turns-earths-atmosphere-into-massive-surveillance-system-using-lasers/

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January 13, 2017- Droves of Middle East Muslims are converting to Christianity

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PRAISE: Droves of Middle East Muslims are converting to Christianity

A group supporting Christian broadcasters in the Middle East says that they’re hearing reports of thousands of Muslims converting to Christianity. The Voice For Martyrs Canada made this statement on the welcome movement: Despite the mass exodus of many Christians, the church is far from empty in Syria, Iraq, Jordan and other parts of the Middle East. God has been very faithful. There are strong Christian believers remaining, and tremendous growth is taking place in the lives of new believers who were Muslims. The presence of the church is vitally important. People are desperate and see very little hope, but the fact that there still is a church gives them encouragement and hope. VOMC says that they are hearing from broadcasters they support in Iraq of families all over the Middle East reporting conversions from Islam. “They are sharing exciting news of what God is doing in the Middle East” they happily announced. “There are thousands upon thousands coming to Christ.”
Jan. 12, 2017

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/12/droves-of-middle-east-muslims-are-converting-to-christianity/

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Headline:     Trump’s Defense Chief Says Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital, not Jerusalem

Headline: Abbas asks Putin to stop Trump from moving the embassy

Headline: PA Grand Mufti says Jerusalem embassy move an ‘assault’ on Muslims

In contrast with the stated policy of the incoming US administration, Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense said that the capital of Israel is Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem.  US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, James Mattis, stated that Israel’s capital is Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem. “The capital of Israel that I go to, sir, is Tel Aviv, sir, because that’s where all the government people are. Right now I stick with the current US policy,” Mattis told Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina during his confirmation hearing on Thursday at the Senate Armed Services Committee. Notwithstanding Mattis’ contention, the Knesset – Israel’s parliament – is located in Jerusalem, along with the Prime Minister’s Office, the Supreme Court and many other government offices. When asked by Senator Graham whether he would support moving the US embassy from its current location in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Mattis said he would “defer to the nominee for Secretary of State.” Mattis’ remarks are noteworthy in light of the decision by Trump’s transition team to go forward with the president-elect’s plan to move the US embassy to Jerusalem despite threats from US Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian officials, including PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
Jan. 13, 2017

https://worldisraelnews.com/trump-nominee-sec-defense-israels-capital-tel-aviv-not-jerusalem/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump%27s+Defense+Chief+Says+Tel+Aviv+is+Israel%27s+Capital%2C+not+Jerusalem%3B+%27No+Question%27+Obama+Led+anti-Israel+UN+Resolution&utm_campaign=20170112_m136991753_Trump%27s+Defense+Chief+Says+Tel+Aviv+is+Israel%27s+Capital%2C+not+Jerusalem%3B+%27No+Question%27+Obama+Led+anti-Israel+UN+Resolution&utm_term=_0D_0A_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09Trump_E2_80_99s+Defense+Chief+Says+Tel+Aviv+is+Israel_E2_80_99s+Cap

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/223249

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/PA-Grand-Mufti-says-Jerusalem-embassy-move-an-assault-on-Muslims-478376

Headline:   70 Nations to Meet in Paris Will Publicly Commit to Dividing the Land of Israel

Headline: Netanyahu says Paris peace meeting ‘rigged’ against Israel

Headline: Paris draft: 2-state solution best for Israel, Palestinians

A draft of the summary statement that will be released at the conclusion of the 70-nation conference in Paris on Sunday has been leaked. As you will see below, this communique is going to call for the division of the land of Israel, for the establishment of a Palestinian state, for the 1967 borders to serve as the basis for final negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and for the condemnation of any officials that refuse to support a two-state solution. Of course this comes on the heels of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334, which many believe represented America’s greatest betrayal of Israel. Israeli government officials are publicly warning that there is a possibility the principles agreed upon at this conference may form the basis for another Security Council resolution before Jan. 20, and this is something we should all be watching for very closely. Last Friday, there was a meeting of senior diplomats from the dozens of Western and Arab countries that will attend the conference. The French delegate, Pierre Vimont, presented them with the first draft of the conference’s summary communiqué and asked for comments. According to Western diplomats, Vimont said France wants to reach a consensus among the participating states on a balanced statement that would stress the centrality of the two-state solution to the international community, but would take this month’s transfer of presidential power in the United States into account. Haaretz exclusively obtained a copy of a draft of the summary statement that will be released following the conference on Sunday, and you can read it for yourself right here.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/62323-70-nations-to-meet-in-paris-will-publicly-commit-to-dividing-the-land-of-israel

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.763974

https://www.yahoo.com/news/netanyahu-condemns-paris-summit-rigged-against-israel-113310702.html

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1038451/middle-east

Headline: Palestinian Embassy Opening in Vatican City on Eve of Evil International Decree

On Friday, just two days before 70 nations gather in Paris to vote on an anti-Israel decree, a new embassy for the Palestinian Authority will be inaugurated in Vatican City. This will be the first Palestinian embassy to be established in a European Union member nation. PA President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Pope Francis on Saturday. This will be the third time the two have met. When they met last year, Pope Francis referred to Abbas as “an angel of peace‘. When confronted, the Holy See explained that this was an error in translation and the Pope had atually intended to encourage Abbas to make peace with the Israelis. As head of the PA, Abbas has been accused of inciting violence against Jews. Abbas is also the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) which was recognized by Israel and the US as a terror organization until 1991. The Palestinian representative office in Vatican is one of 98 Palestinian diplomatic and consular representations abroad. The Palestinian representative office is one of 86 foreign representations in the Holy See (Vatican City), and one of 86 foreign representations in Vatican City. Israel does have an embassy in Vatican City, but the Vatican Embassy in Israel is in Tel Aviv. The Vatican has an embassy to Palestine located in East Jerusalem. The Vatican officially recognized a Palestinian State almost two years ago.
Jan. 13, 2017

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/81968/palestinian-embassy-opening-vatican-city-eve-evil-international-decree/#tqot3HecI3JDkchv.97

Headline: Syria: Israel Attacked Air Base Near Damascus

Headline: Syria demands UN punish Israel over airport attack

According to the Syrian news agency SANA, on Friday morning Israeli planes attacked the Mezzeh military airport southwest of the capital Damascus. SANA cited the Syrian army, who said a cluster of missiles had been shot after midnight from the direction of the Kinneret, which hit the vicinity of the airport. It did not report whether or not there were casualties. The army warned Israel it plans to retaliate. This is the third such attack in recent months. According to AP, Damascus residents reported hearing a number of explosions that shook the city. SANA suggested the attack used the new F-35 attack planes Israel has just received from the US. The Syrian army accused Israel of helping assisting “terrorist groups” who fight the Syrian government, saying “the Syrian army command and armed forces warn the Israeli enemy of the repercussions of this blatant attack and stresses it will continue its war on terrorism.” Syria on Friday called for Israel to be “punished” for an alleged missile attack on a major military airport west of Damascus, reports The Associated Press. The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned the missile attack in two letters sent Friday to UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres and the president of the UN Security Council. Syria said in its letters that such an attack would not have occurred had it not been for the “direct support from the outgoing American administration and French and British leaderships,” according to AP.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/syria-israel-attacked-air-base-near-damascus/2017/01/13/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/223250

Headline: UN Middle East envoy voices concern over situation in Gaza amid electricity shortages

UN Middle East envoy said Friday that he is concerned with the situation in Gaza amid electricity shortages. UNickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said that he is following with great concern the tense situation unfolding in Gaza after 2 million Palestinians have been left with just a couple of hours of electricity per day in the middle of winter, according to Eri Kaneko, associate spokesperson for UN Secretary-Gereral Antonio Guterres. Mladenov called for the full respect of peaceful protest and assembly in Gaza, said Kaneko, citing Mladenov as saying that all responsible authorities must cooperate to resolve the electricity crisis immediately. The police forces of Islamic Hamas movement rule in the Gaza Strip dispersed on Thursday night thousands of demonstrators who protested against an unprecedented electricity crisis in the coastal enclave. Witnesses said that thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalia to demonstrate against the unresolved mounting electricity crisis.
Jan. 14, 2017

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/14/c_135981186.htm

Headline:    Russian top diplomat to meet with representatives of leading Palestinian organizations

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with representatives of the leading Palestinian organizations on January 16 in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. “On January 16, the Russian top diplomat will receive representatives of the leading Palestinian organizations who are expected to visit Moscow in order to take part in an informal intra-Palestinian meeting on restoring national unity,” the spokeswoman said. “We plan to reiterate our principal approaches towards overcoming Palestinian divisions.” The intra-Palestinian dialogue, brokered by the Institute of Oriental Studies of Russia’s Academy of Sciences with the assistance of the Islamic Culture and Education Support Fund, will be held in Moscow on January 15-17. Senior officials of Fatah, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Palestinian National Initiative party and other Palestinian political forces will participate in the meeting.
Jan. 12, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-top-diplomat-meet-representatives-leading-palestinian-organizations/

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Saudi Arabia

Headline:       Houthi forces kill several Saudi soldiers in latest Jizan attack

The Houthi forces struck the Al-Muntazah Military Base in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan Region on Thursday night, scoring a direct hit on a number of sites inside the installation. Using artillery shells and rockets, the Houthi forces managed to kill several soldiers from the Saudi royal army, while also destroying a number of armored vehicles. As a result of this attack, the Saudi Army had to temporarily abandon this base again until their air force arrived on the scene to help push back the encroaching Houthi forces. Elsewhere, the Yemeni Republican Guard destroyed a Saudi military vehicle at the Al-Faraidha military base in the nearby area, a military official added.
Jan. 13, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/houthi-forces-kill-several-saudi-soldiers-latest-jizan-attack/

Egypt

Headline:    Police kill 10 terrorists involved in attacks on North Sinai checkpoints: Interior ministry

The Egyptian interior ministry said on Friday in a statement that police in North Sinai killed 10 terrorist  who were involved in a number of terrorist attacks, including the attacks on security checkpoints earlier this week that left eight policemen one civilian dead. They were killed after a firefight followed a police raid on their hideout, the ministry said. On 9 January, militants attacked two checkpoints in North Sinai, including a major terrorist attack on El-Matafe checkpoint in El-Arish, according to a previous interior ministry statement. The ministry said security forces were able to “fight off the terrorist attack,” killing five militants and injuring three others. The second attack targeted El-Masaeed checkpoint on the Ring Road, killing a police conscript during an exchange of fire with security forces. The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for Monday’s terrorist attacks.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/255015/Egypt/Politics-/Police-kill–terrorists-involved-in-attacks-on-Nor.aspx

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Headline: Russia deploys more fighter jets to Syria despite announcing military scale down

Headline: Russian trained ‘5th Legion’ arrives in west Palmyra

The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed that it has deployed new combat aircraft to Syria, despite President Vladimir Putin earlier announcing military scale down in the country. Putin ordered a withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria in December, where they had been fighting in support of the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It followed a ceasefire between rebel forces and government forces brokered by Turkey, Russia and Iran. The defence ministry though confirmed reports that Russia had added four Su-25 jets to its airbase in Latakia. Syrian state media reported on Thursday that three rebel commanders were killed in a Russian airstrike near Idlib. A defence US official told Fox News: “[The Russians] say they are pulling out, but we have seen no evidence to support that. On the contrary, we have seen new things coming in.”
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russia-deploys-more-fighter-jets-syria-despite-announcing-military-scale-down-1600794?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous&yptr=yahoo

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-trained-5th-legion-arrives-west-palmyra/

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Headline:      Assad linked to Syrian chemical attacks

Headline: Turkey: United Syria impossible with Assad

International investigators have said for the first time that they suspect President Bashar al-Assad and his brother are responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, according to a document seen by Reuters. A joint inquiry for the United Nations and global watchdog the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had previously identified only military units and did not name any commanders or officials. Now a list has been produced of individuals whom the investigators have linked to a series of chlorine bomb attacks in 2014-15 – including Assad, his younger brother Maher and other high-ranking figures – indicating the decision to use toxic weapons came from the very top, according to a source familiar with the inquiry. The Assads could not be reached for comment but a Syrian government official said accusations that government forces had used chemical weapons had “no basis in truth”. The government has repeatedly denied using such weapons during the civil war, which is almost six years old, saying all the attacks highlighted by the inquiry were the work of rebels or the ISIS. The list, which has been seen by Reuters but has not been made public, was based on a combination of evidence compiled by the UN-OPCW team in Syria and information from Western and regional intelligence agencies, according to the source, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue. Reuters was unable to independently review the evidence or to verify it.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/01/13/Assad-linked-to-Syrian-chemical-attacks-for-first-time.html

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/01/13/Turkey-United-peaceful-Syria-impossible-with-Assad.html

Headline: Thousands of soldiers awaiting largest Syrian Army operation in east Aleppo

It has been over 13 months since the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has launched any-sort of military operation in the eastern countryside of Aleppo; however, with their recent success inside the provincial capital, the government forces are poised to conduct their largest operation against the Islamic State (ISIS) in this region. With the Palmyra operation on hold, the Syrian Arab Army’s High Command has mobilized thousands of soldiers from some of their most elite divisions to carry out the offensive against the remaining terrorist forces spread across the Al-Bab Plateau and Deir Hafer Plains. A senior officer from the Syrian Arab Army told Al-Masdar News on Thursday evening that the High Command does not plan on stopping their operations in east Aleppo until their forces have successfully reached the Tabaqa Military Airport. In order to reach the Tabaqa Military Airport, the Syrian Arab Army would have to take the key city of Deir Hafer, which is located along the Aleppo-Raqqa Highway. However, there are some issues that might make this military operation somewhat complicated; for one, the Kurdish-led “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) are quickly advancing to the Tabaqa Military Airport from the northwest. If the Syrian Arab Army plans to take the Tabaqa Military Airport, they will eventually run into the Syrian Democratic Forces along the Aleppo-Raqqa Road. The Syrian Democratic Forces are backed by the U.S. military, so unless the Russians and Americans are working together, this could get ugly.
Jan. 13, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/thousands-soldiers-awaiting-largest-syrian-army-operation-east-aleppo/

Headline:    The Campaign for ar-Raqqah

The U.S. is proceeding with an emergent strategy to retake ar-Raqqah City from ISIS. The composition of forces and the contours of future operations to clear ISIS from the city remain undecided, despite ongoing operations by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to isolate the city. Both Turkey and the SDF continue to apply pressure on the U.S.-led coalition to exclude the other in any future capture and governance of ar-Raqqah City. The U.S. nonetheless moved forward with operations to isolate the city in early November to apply dual pressure to ISIS amidst an ongoing campaign to seize Mosul from ISIS in Iraq.
Jan. 12, 2017

http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/campaign-ar-raqqah-january-12-2017

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Headline:       Iraqi forces reach Nineveh govt building in Mosul

Iraqi forces fighting ISIS in Mosul reached the Nineveh province governance building and raised the Iraqi flag there on Friday, a senior US defense official said. Elissa Slotkin, the acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, also told a Pentagon briefing on the fight against ISIS that a US liaison team is in talks with Turkey about helping its forces near al-Bab in Syria and has provided air support and surveillance in the past. “We are engaged on an hourly basis with the Turks on counter-ISIS campaign in Syria,” Slotkin said. “We have a liaison team that’s resident in Ankara. They are engaging every single day on the full spectrum of coalition support to the campaign.”
Jan. 13, 2017

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/01/13/Iraqi-forces-reach-Nineveh-govt-building-in-Mosul.html

Headline: Complete battlefield map of Iraq: January 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/complete-battlefield-map-iraq-january-2017/

Headline:   Iraq Situation Report Jan. 6 – 11, 2017

http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-january-6-11-2017

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Headline:      US gives boost to Turkey’s fight against Daesh

Turkey’s threat to close its strategic southern Incirlik Air Base to US-led international coalition flights seem to have paid off, according to analysts. The US recently announced its decision to provide regular aerial intelligence to support Turkey in its military operation against Daesh around the Syrian town of Al-Bab. Incirlik does not belong to NATO, but is a Turkish base that remains open to the operations of NATO forces due to Ankara’s responsibilities under the alliance. The US move came after calls, made for more than a month, by Turkey’s top officials — Ibrahim Kalin, the top aide of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the minister of foreign affairs — for Washington to support Turkish forces in their fighting against Daesh. There was also questioning over the use of Incirlik airbase by coalition forces that were perceived as not standing by Turkey as the country faced ever-mounting casualties in its Operation Euphrates Shield at Al-Bab, a critical location in the fight against Daesh.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1038301/middle-east

Headline: Cyprus peace talks end with optimism, but Turkey won’t remove troops

Headline: Erdogan: Turkey will be in Cyprus forever

Turkey on Friday said it has no plans to remove its troops from Cyprus at a conference on the reunification of the island in Geneva, Switzerland. Hopes were raised this week after talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, organized by the United Nations, suggested a reunification is attainable. The Mediterranean island was divided between Greek and Turkish spheres of influence in 1974, when Turkish troops intervened after a coup meant to unify Cyprus with Greece. “From now on, you will have to be patient,” said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, at a press conference Thursday with Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı and Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades. “There is obviously a way to go; work will continue on Cyprus. We are coming very close to it: A bi-zonal, bi-communal federal state.” He added the negotiators were not seeking a “quick fix” but a “solid and sustainable solution.”
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/13/Cyprus-peace-talks-end-with-optimism-but-Turkey-wont-remove-troops/4611484313868/?spt=sec&or=tn

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/erdogan-turkey-will-cyprus-forever/

Iran

Headline:     Iran approved to import additional 130 tons of uranium

The U.S. and five other world powers have approved Iran importing as much as 130 tons of uranium, Iran’s English language Press TV reported Friday. The TV quoted Behrouz Kamalvandi, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman as saying “the Joint Commission monitoring the implementation of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 approved the purchase on the part of Iran during a meeting in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Wednesday.” Kamalvandi said that the country had previously bought 220 tons of the material, and was currently in possession of a total of 350 tons, “Given that this amounts to a valuable resource, it places us in a very favorable position”. The incoming U.S. administration and many U.S. lawmakers already skeptical of how effective the nuclear deal is in keeping Iran’s nuclear program peaceful over the long term, they might view it as further evidence that Tehran is being given too many concessions.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/13/world/middleeast/ap-ml-iran-nuclear-.html

Afghanistan

Headline:   Afghanistan Disputes US Report on Taliban Gains

Headline:     Deadly Kandahar Blast: Five UAE diplomats among 12 killed

Headline: 36 Afghan parliament staff killed in Kabul attack

The Afghan Government on Thursday pushed back against a U.S. Inspector General’s report that said Afghan forces are losing significant territory to Taliban insurgents and are not capable of keeping the nation secure. “These calculations are not constant,” Mohammad Radmanesh, a spokesperson for the Afghan defense ministry, told VOA’s Afghan service. “Now we have recaptured many areas from the enemy.” On Wednesday, the U.S. Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (SIGAR) reported that territory under the Afghan government diminished significantly in 2016 and that the Taliban made large gains. “The Afghan national defense and security force has not yet been capable of securing all of Afghanistan and has lost territory to the insurgency,” SIGAR reported. “Last August, the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan … said only 63.4 percent of the country’s territory was under government control — compared to the 72 percent that the military said was controlled by Kabul in November 2015,” SIGAR noted. But the Afghan government said the report does not take into account gains made by Afghan troops in retaking areas after Taliban assaults. The government said it controls nearly two-thirds of the country’s 407 districts. Afghan officials said the Taliban controls 33 districts, less than 10 percent of the national total, and a recent U.S. military assessment lists 116 districts — more than one-quarter of the country — as “contested” areas.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.voanews.com/a/afghanistan-disputes-us-report-on-taliban-gains/3674864.html

http://afghanistantimes.af/deadly-kandahar-blast-five-uae-diplomats-among-12-killed/

http://www.khaama.com/36-afghan-parliament-staff-killed-in-kabul-attack-02655

Sudan

Headline:         President Obama lifts U.S. sanctions on Sudan

The United States will lift trade sanctions on Sudan in a shift of policy, the Obama administration announced. An executive order released Thursday noted the Sudanese government’s “positive actions over the last six months.” The North African country has made improvements in humanitarian efforts, reduced military hostilities and cooperated with the United States on anti-terrorism efforts, the order says. The new U.S. strategy for Sudan, to be revealed Friday, calls for a lifting of sanctions, which will allow Sudan to purchase sorely needed items such as tractors and parts, as well as attract investment. In return, Sudan has promised to improve access for humanitarian organizations and end the bombing of insurgent groups. The embargo can be reinstated by the United States in six months, if necessary. Although sanctions were lifted by Obama’s executive order, the sale of military supplies is still prohibited. Sudan will remain on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, with Iran and Syria, and some Sudanese individuals still face sanctions.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/13/President-Obama-lifts-US-sanctions-on-Sudan/1191484324309/?spt=sec&or=tn

Libya

Headline:     Russian warship anchors off Tobruk in Putin’s latest move for Libyan base

Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, which left Syrian waters earlier this week, arrived Thursday at the port of Tobruk in eastern Libya. The warship was visited by Gen. Khalifa Haftar, commander of an army in eastern Libya and a fierce opponent of the government in Tripoli supported by the UN. After a tour of the warship he held a video call with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to discuss the war on terrorist organizations in Libya. DEBKAfile’s military sources: The video call between the minister and the general was unprecedented. Russia has been cultivating its ties with Hafter since his surprise visit to Moscow in November during which Russia offered to provide Hafter’s forces with warplanes, attack helicopters, tanks and various kinds of missiles.
All of these steps are intended to gain a Russian base in eastern Libya that would enable Moscow to establish a naval and air force presence in the central Mediterranean for the first time.
Jan. 12, 2017

http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19728/Russian-warship-anchors-off-Tobruk-in-Putin-s-latest-move-for-Libyan-base

Tunisia

Headline:        Tunisian police fire tear gas at protesters demanding jobs

Tunisian police firing tear gas clashed on Thursday with hundreds of youths who tossed rocks and petrol bombs in protests over jobs and a lack of development in a town in the country’s south, residents said. Six years after their revolt ousted autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia’s central and southern regions are still flashpoints for rioting in marginalised towns where many young Tunisians see little economic progress since the uprising. Local residents said police clashed with several hundred young men in the centre of Ben Guerdane, and that protesters lobbed rocks and petrol bombs and set tyres ablaze. “Police are firing tear gas to try to disperse hundreds of youths who are protesting in the centre of the town demanding work,” Fethi Chandoul, a local resident, told Reuters. Jan. 12, 2017

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4906868,00.html

Algeria

Headline:       Algeria claims Israeli spy network uncovered

Arab media outlets reported on Friday that an international spy network operating for Israel was uncovered in Algeria. According to the reports, the network composed 10 members and was based in southern Algeria. The members included operatives from Libya, Mali, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria and Kenya. Algerian security forces also seized sophisticated radios used to transmit information by the spies. Those spies arrested are being held in temporary detention under a court order that accuses them of espionage, creating anarchy in the country and harming national security. Only last month, of Mohammad al-Zawahri, a flight engineer who specialized in unmanned aerial vehicles, was assassinated in Tunisia. According to reports, al-Zawahri had been assisting Hamas terrorism efforts, and Israel was behind the incident.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4907083,00.html

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Headline:   3 Suicide Bombers Kill 2 on Market Day in Northeast Nigeria

Three women suicide bombers, including two carrying babies on their backs, detonated explosions Friday at a checkpoint Nigeria’s northeastern town of Madagali where people were being searched before entering a bustling weekly market, witnesses and an official said. The blasts killed the women, the babies and two self-defense fighters who wanted to search the bombers, they said. The fighters’ challenge likely saved many lives. In December, two women suicide bombers killed 57 people and wounded 177, including 120 children, at the Madagali market. Last week, three girl suicide bombers were killed on the outskirts of the same town. Residents blamed Boko Haram Islamic extremists for the attacks. Madagali is 150 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of Maiduguri, the largest city in northeast Nigeria and the birthplace of Boko Haram’s insurgency. “They blew up themselves after they were intercepted by local vigilantes stationed at the checkpoint at the entry to town,” resident David Abawu said by telephone. “Two vigilantes lost their lives in the process.” Two of the bombers had babies strapped to their backs who also died, Adamawa state spokesman Ahmed Sajo told The Associated Press.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/13/world/africa/ap-af-nigeria-boko-haram.html?_r=0

Headline: US launches ‘self-defense strike’ during raid against Shabaab

US Africa Command announced that it launched an airstrike against Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, while US advisors accompanied Somali and African Union forces in a counterterrorism exercise on Jan. 7. AFRICOM described the offensive under the guise of a “self-defense strike,” as it did on nine other occasions in 2016, when it was really another skirmish in a decade-long military operation against Shabaab. According to AFRICOM, US advisors accompanied a combined force of Somali and African Union troops on a raid in Gaduud, a town just north of Kismayo in southern Somalia. The area is a known hotbed for Shabaab, which has taken over nearby towns and villages. AFRICOM said the combined military force was conducting offensive operations to “disrupt” al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia. “During a counterterrorism operation to disrupt al-Shabaab, the combined partner forces observed al-Shabaab fighters threatening their safety and security,” AFRICOM said. “The US conducted a self-defense strike to neutralize the threat, no enemy fighters were killed.” AFRICOM described Shabaab as a group of “violent extremists” who “endanger the safety and stability of the Somali people.”
Jan. 12, 2017

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/01/us-launches-self-defense-strike-during-raid-against-shabaab.php

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Headline:    U.S. troops’ move to Poland unnerves Kremlin

Headline: Why Is Obama Moving Troops Into Poland And Provoking A War With Russia Right Before The Inauguration?

Poland on Thursday welcomed several thousand U.S. troops along with tanks and heavy equipment under a planned NATO operation to beef up its Eastern European allies, vexing the Kremlin, which said the troops’ presence is a threat to Russia. The largest U.S.military reinforcement of Europe in decades of around 2,700 troops, out of 3,500 planned, arrived as part of operation Atlantic Resolve, aimed at showing Moscow Washington’s commitment to its allies. “The main goal of our mission is deterrence and prevention of threats,” U.S. Army Colonel Christopher R. Norrie, commander of the 3rd Armoured Brigade Combat Team, said at a welcome ceremony in Poland’s western city of Zagan. Poland and the Baltic former Soviet Republics requested U.S. and NATO troops after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014, fearing further military operations in the region by President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin, which has previously criticised NATO for its reinforcement in Eastern Europe, said on Thursday the deployment was an aggressive step along its borders. “We consider this a threat to us,” Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin’s spokesman, told journalists on a conference call. “We are talking here about a third country stepping up its military presence in Europe near our borders.”
Jan. 12, 2017

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-says-u-military-build-poland-national-security-111330103.html

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/why-is-obama-moving-troops-into-poland-and-provoking-a-war-with-russia-right-before-the-inauguration

Headline: South China Sea: China media warn US over ‘confrontation’

Headline: China aircraft carrier crosses Taiwan Strait amid tension

Headline: Only ‘large-scale war’ would allow US to block Beijing from S. China Sea islands, state media warns

Blocking China from islands it has built in contested waters would lead to “devastating confrontation”, Chinese state media have warned. The angry response came after secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson said the US should deny Beijing access to new islands in the South China Sea. Two state-run papers carry editorials strongly criticising his comments. The hawkish Global Times tabloid warned that any such action would lead to “a large-scale war”. Beijing has been building artificial islands on reefs in waters also claimed by other nations. Images published late last year show military defences on some islands, a think-tank says. Speaking at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Mr Tillerson likened China’s island-building to Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. “We’re going to have to send China a clear signal that first, the island-building stops and second, your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed.” China’s official response, from foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang, was muted. China had the right to conduct “normal activities” in its own territory, he said.
Jan. 13, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38607235

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38579559

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Jan. 8, 2017- Thousands of fish die suddenly in a dam in East Java, Indonesia
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Jan. 9, 2017- Thousands of dead fish, plus dead birds found in a quarry lake in Basiglio, Italy
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Jan. 9, 2017- Hundreds of fish dying in a lake in Pozzuoli, Italy
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Jan. 9, 2017- swans have died due to avian flu in Dorset, England
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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. 11, 2017- Massive fish kill found washed up on a lake in New South Wales, Australia
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Headline: City quarantines hundreds of cats amid bird flu outbreak

A rare strain of bird flu has swept through the Big Apple’s animal shelters — and city officials have locked up about 500 felines in a quarantine facility to stop the outbreak. So far, 386 of the purring patients have tested positive for the H7N2 virus — the first time the disease has even been found in cats, officials said. Two of the cats have died, along with the original host: a Bronx shelter adoptee named Alfred, who became sick in October. But workers have no plans to put down any of the sick cats and instead will treat them for the virus, which has baffled the medical staff. It was unclear how Alfred caught H7N2, which remains contagious for up to three weeks, officials said. Even though it is considered only slightly transmittable to humans, workers are taking no chances — wearing hazmat suits whenever they are in the room with the furballs. The cats were rounded up from shelters in all corners of the city over the last two months and taken to a makeshift facility in an industrial section of Long Island City, Queens, set up by the ASPCA. The sick felines are being tested by workers from the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine and the process could take up to three months, officials said.
Jan. 12, 2017

http://nypost.com/2017/01/12/city-quarantines-hundreds-of-cats-amid-bird-flu-outbreak/

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Headline:     ISIS supporter truck driver kills 4 in Israel

Headline: Obscure Palestinian group claims Jerusalem truck ramming attack

Headline: UN Secretary General condemns Jerusalem terror attack

Headline: Hamas praises Jerusalem truck attack

Headline: Hezbollah commends ‘brave’ Jerusalem attack

A Palestinian on Sunday rammed a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers visiting a popular tourist spot in Jerusalem, killing four and injuring at least 15 people, authorities said. The driver was also killed at the location overlooking holy sites in the Old City such as the Dome of the Rock and providing one of the most spectacular views of Jerusalem. Chaos broke out at the scene when the truck ploughed through the crowd, with hundreds of soldiers having arrived there as part of a tour for troops about the history of Jerusalem. “A lone terrorist drove his truck into a group of soldiers standing on the side of the road,” said police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld. “They got off the bus and as they were getting off and getting organised, he took advantage.” Israel’s military said one of its soldiers fired on the attacker and distributed video of him saying he shot after realising it was not an accident.Multiple bullet holes could be seen in the windshield of the truck. Police only confirmed four people were dead, but a medic at the scene said they were soldiers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged the attacker “supported” the Islamic State group, though he provided no details on what led to the finding.  The attack, however, was claimed by the “Groups of Martyr Baha Eleyan” in a post on Arabic social media. The organization said it was formed by Palestinians who “have no links outside Palestine.” It said it had acted previously, giving no details, and threatened more attacks. “This is not the first operation executed by our groups and it will be followed by a flood of distinctive operations in defense of our Jerusalem and in revenge of our martyrs and prisoners,” its statement said. The group has not been heard of previously and Reuters was unable to authenticate the validity of the claim.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.news24.com/World/News/isis-supporter-truck-driver-kills-4-in-israel-govt-20170108

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/09/obscure-palestinian-group-claims-responsibility-truck-attack/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/223019

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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Jan-09/388532-hezbollah-commends-brave-jerusalem-attack.ashx

Headline: Abbas urges world leaders to prevent US Embassy move to Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sent letters to a number of world leaders on Monday urging them to prevent the stated goal of the incoming administration of US President-elect Donald Trump to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. According to the official PA news outlet Wafa, Abbas sent letters to the heads of Russia, China, France, Germany, Britain, the European Union, the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab League secretary general, “asking them to spare no effort in preventing the US embassy from moving to Jerusalem” The PA president on Monday also sent a letter to Trump, explaining what he believes are the pitfalls of fulfilling the president-elect’s controversial campaign promise. In his letter to Trump, Abbas argued the move will “likely have a disastrous impact on the peace process, on the two-state solution and on the stability and security of the entire region, since Israel’s decision to annex East Jerusalem contradicts international law.”
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-urges-world-leaders-to-prevent-us-embassy-move-to-jerusalem/

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Headline:            At least 68 killed in battles near Yemen’s strategic strait

At least 68 fighters have been killed in two days of fierce battles between Yemeni forces and Shiite Houthi rebels near the strategic Bab Al Mandeb Strait, military officials said Sunday. Government forces launched an assault Saturday, recapturing the coastal Dhubab district, just 30 kilometres north of Bab Al Mandeb which links the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Since then, at least 55 Houthis have been killed in fighting and 72 others wounded, military and medical sources said. Clashes since Saturday have also killed 13 loyalists forces, including an army general, Brigadier General Abdul Aziz Al Majidi, a loyalist commander, told AFP. They said fighting was still under way Sunday as loyalist forces were trying to retake from the rebels a key military base in Dhubab. Al Omari base is located in a mountainous region that overlooks the coastal road linking Bab Al Mandeb to Dhubab, and opens the way to the rebel-held Hudaida port on the Red Sea. The Houthis, and allied fighters, on Sunday fired two ballistic missiles that were intercepted by the Saudi-led coalition that backs the Yemen government, a loyalist military source said.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://jordantimes.com/news/region/least-68-killed-battles-near-yemens-strategic-strait

Egypt

Headline:   Suicide truck hits Egypt security post in Sinai, killing 10

A suicide bomber driving a garbage truck packed with explosives rammed his vehicle into an Egyptian security checkpoint outside a police building in northern Sinai on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 22, officials said. According to security and medical officials, the attack in the city of El-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula was followed by smaller explosions as militants wearing black masks fired rocket-propelled grenades at the troops around the checkpoint. Three floors of the police building were blown out, the officials said, adding that so far, bodies of 10 people — all but one of them policemen — have been retrieved from the rubble but that they fear the death toll could rise further. The wounded were taken to hospital. At the checkpoint, two officers survived unharmed, the officials said. There were unconfirmed reports that a number of security personnel were seized and abducted by the gunmen.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1036356/middle-east

Headline: With big gains in N. Sinai, ISIS drives south

Egyptian control of the vast Sinai Peninsula is slipping fast. After gaining virtual sway over the north and its main roads, Islamic State Caliphate terrorists are moving ahead with an ambitious plan to devour a broad stretch of land on the eastern flank of central Sinai, debkafile’s military sources report. Achieving this objective would bring the jihadists in position to directly Egyptian beach resorts along the Gulf of Aqaba coast and its celebrated tourist resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. It would also bring them up to another section of the Egyptian-Israeli border. These days, Egyptian forces move around the northern and eastern regions of the peninsula in heavily-armed convoys with tanks and air and helicopter support. Still, on Monday, Jan.9, a suicide bomber killed 13 Egyptian soldiers by blowing up a stolen garbage truck packed with explosives outside a police station in the northern Sinai center of El Arish. The blast was followed by an RPG ground attack on the checkpoint outside the building. ISIS manages to inflict terror on Egyptian security forces despite the close military and intelligence cooperation between Egypt, the US and Israel for securing the north and keeping it out of ISIS control. Egyptian forces have their backs to the wall after failing to cement their authority there – or even carve out “sterile zones” for keeping the Islamists at arms length – although the Egyptian 2nd Army responsible for security in the north has been beefed up with tanks, air and helicopter reinforcements. With northern Sinai virtually under their jackboots, ISIS is engaged in hard bargaining with local Bedouin tribes, primarily the chiefs of the Tiyaha tribal federation, to advance its plans to seize another large chunk of the peninsula.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://debka.com/article/25879/With-big-gains-in-N-Sinai-ISIS-drives-south

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Headline:         Blast in Syrian town on Turkish border kills nearly 50- Aleppo province

A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial district in a rebel-held Syrian town along the Turkish border Saturday, killing nearly 50 in a huge explosion that damaged buildings and left rescuers scrambling to find survivors amid the wreckage, opposition activists said. Rescuers and doctors said the explosion was so large there were nearly 100 wounded and burned. Over 50 wounded were transported to the Turkish border town of Kilis for treatment, as local hospitals couldn’t cope. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Locals said a rigged tanker caused the explosion and blamed Islamic State militants, who have carried out attacks in the town before. The militant group has been increasingly pressed in Syria and Iraq, and has escalated its attacks against Turkey — which backs Syrian opposition fighters in a campaign against the group in northern Syria. Azaz, only a couple of miles from the Turkish border, is a key town on a route used by opposition fighters moving between Syria and Turkey, and is a hub for anti-government activists as well as many displaced from the recent fighting in Aleppo city. Activists say its pre-war population of 30,000 has swelled. The bomb went off early Saturday afternoon outside a local courthouse and security headquarters operated by the opposition fighters who control the town, resident and activist Saif Alnajdi told The Associated Press from Azaz.
Jan. 7, 2017

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opposition-least-15-killed-car-bomb-syrian-town-111457837.html

Headline: U.S. special forces target terror leaders in Deir al-Zour Syria; 25 killed

American special forces were deployed in eastern Syria this weekend in an operation aimed at capturing leaders of the Islamic State terror group, military officials said Monday. The U.S. Department of Defense publicly noted several operations in Syria on Sunday. One apparently involved a raid in a small town along the Euphrates River that targeted militant leaders. The operation was initially reported by Deir al-Zour 24, which monitors militant activity in that area. The strike targeting jihadist leaders lasted for about 90 minutes and involved special forces troops arriving on helicopters. It ended with soldiers carrying away captured and killed Islamic State operators. The maneuvers were part of Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central Command’s campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — which is part of a larger international anti-militant coalition. “[We] confirm a U.S. operation in the vicinity of Deir al-Zour on Jan. 8,” John Dorrian, a spokesman for the coalition, told The Washington Post. “The U.S. and the entire counter-ISIL coalition will continue to pursue ISIL leaders wherever they are to ensure the security and stability of the region and our homelands.” The Post reported the strike was carried out by the Expeditionary Task Force, an elite U.S. unit based in Iraq tasked with hunting down top Islamic State leaders.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/09/US-special-forces-target-terror-leaders-in-Syria-25-killed/9281483988411/?spt=sec&or=tn

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Headline:    Iraqi forces capture eastern side of bridge above Tigris River in Mosul

Headline: Iraq car bomb kills 11 in Baghdad

The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service said forces advancing from eastern Mosul in the battle against the Islamic State have reached the Tigris River, which splits the city from east to west. ICTS on Sunday said forces control the eastern side of Mosul’s Fourth Bridge, which is near the middle of the city and near the Mosul Airport. Iraqi military officials said forces control more than 70 percent of Mosul’s eastern section. More than 100,000 Mosul residents have fled since the Iraqi offensive to recapture the city began on Oct. 17. The second phase of the battle to retake Mosul — which is led by Iraqi security forces and aided by the Kurdish Peshmerga, a Shiite-led militia, and the U.S.-led international coalition against the Islamic State — began Dec. 29 after the offensive was suspended for weeks.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/09/Iraqi-forces-capture-eastern-side-of-bridge-above-Tigris-River-in-Mosul/1711483960290/?spt=sec&or=tn

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Headline:    Turkish FM expects Trump to end US cooperation with YPG

Headline: Turkey Hopes US to Halt Support for Syrian Kurds – Foreign Minister

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday (January 9) he believes that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not repeat the same mistakes as the outgoing administration in relations with Turkey. “We have improved our relations with the United States under different administrations. We turned our relation into strategic partnership. Our cooperation in NATO introduces a new dimension to our relation. We want to develop our relations with the new administration based on mutual interests and understanding,” Cavusoglu said. Addressing Turkish diplomats gathered in Ankara for an annual ambassadors’ conference, Cavusoglu said Turkey expects Washington to extradite U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and to end its cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.nrttv.com/en/Details.aspx?Jimare=11990

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201701091049394790-us-ypg-support-kurds/

Iran

Headline:    U.S. says Navy ship fired warning shots at Iranian vessels

Headline:   Iran to expand military spending, develop missiles

Headline:   Iran set to receive huge shipment of natural uranium from Russia amid lawmakers’ concerns

A U.S. Navy destroyer fired three warning shots at four Iranian fast-attack vessels after they closed in at a high rate of speed near the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. defense officials told Reuters on Monday. The incident, which occurred Sunday and was first reported by Reuters, comes as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office on Jan. 20. In September, Trump vowed that any Iranian vessels that harass the U.S. Navy in the Gulf would be “shot out of the water.” The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the USS Mahan established radio communication with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats but they did not respond to requests to slow down and continued asking the Mahan questions. The Navy destroyer fired warning flares and a U.S. Navy helicopter also dropped a smoke float before the warning shots were fired. The Iranian vessels came within 900 yards (800 meters) of the Mahan, which was escorting two other U.S. military ships, they said. The IRGC and Trump transition team were not immediately available for comment.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-defense-idUSKBN14T1AX

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-News/Iran-to-expand-military-spending-develop-missiles-477881

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/09/iran-set-to-receive-huge-shipment-natural-uranium-from-russia-amid-lawmakers-concerns.html

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Headline:       The conflict in South Sudan, explained

Widespread ethnic cleansing, burning villages, looming starvation, and gang rape “so prevalent that it’s become ‘normal.’” This is what UN experts found when they took a 10-day trip to the African country of South Sudan in late November. Since civil war broke out there in December 2013, as many as 50,000 people have been killed. More than 2.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes. Around 6 million people are currently at risk of going hungry, and 70 percent of schools have been closed due to the fighting. So what is the conflict actually about? Who is fighting whom, and why? And does the US — which did more than any other country to help South Sudan win its independence — have any realistic way of stopping the carnage?
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.vox.com/world/2016/12/8/13817072/south-sudan-crisis-explained-ethnic-cleansing-genocide

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Headline:      Hundreds protest return of militants in Tunisia

Over 1,000 Tunisians took to the streets of the capital Tunis yesterday to protest against the return of Tunisian militants from Syria, Iraq and neighbouring Libya. According to authorities around 3,000 Tunisians have travelled to the war zones with around 800 having returned since. Tunisians fear the offensives against Daesh and Daesh losing their stronghold in places like Libya’s Sirte will force the militants to return home. Protesters shouted slogans like “No return, no freedom for savage [Daesh] bands” or “No repenting, no pardon for terrorists” at yesterday’s demonstrations. Some carried photos of security forces that have been killed fighting extremists on Tunisian borders. President Beji Caid Essebsi has refused to ban the return of the militants arguing that doing so would be unconstitutional. “Tunisians need to be reassured by a real political will that makes it clear these criminals won’t be allowed to return,” 33-year-old protester and civil servant Shahnez Mili said. Tunisian authorities have arrested several dozen alleged militants in a growing crackdown on extremists in recent weeks after Tunisian Anis Amri was identified as the main suspect in last month’s attack on a Berlin Christmas market. Since the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has seen an increase in attacks lead by Daesh which have killed scores of policemen and soldiers including 59 foreign tourists.
Jan. 9, 2017

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170109-hundreds-protest-return-of-militants-in-tunisia/

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Headline:    Algeria announces state of emergency on Tunisia border

Algerian authorities announced a state of emergency on its borders with Tunisia yesterday, after reports that about 800 Tunisians were returning from conflict zones emerged, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported. Algerian authorities took intensified security measures in Al-Maa Al-Abyad and Al-Koweef districts across the 1,000 kilometre border. The Algerians placed monitoring cameras for vehicles and people, in addition to sitting up 20 observation points. Commenting on the situation, security expert Faisal Al-Sharif told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed: “The wave of social protests, which have surged in Algeria recently due to the price hikes and a new budget, were the main reason behind the announcement of the state of emergency.” He added: “The Algerian government fears these protests will expand and so they caused security problems,” noting that “terrorists” use such opportunities to carry out “terrorist attacks.” Al-Sharif also said that the return of some “terrorists” from “battlefields” to Tunisia aggravated problems in the country and pushed the Algerian authorities “to take such a decision to protect its eastern borders.”
Jan. 7, 2017

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170107-algeria-announces-state-of-emergency-on-tunisia-border/

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Headline:     Navy, Trump planning biggest fleet expansion to deter Russian, Chinese threats

With President-elect Donald Trump demanding more ships, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of the Cold War to meet threats from a resurgent Russia and saber-rattling China. The Navy’s 355-ship proposal released last month is even larger than what the Republican Trump had promoted on the campaign trail, providing a potential boost to shipyards that have struggled because budget caps that have limited money funding for ships. At Maine’s Bath Iron Works, workers worried about the future want to build more ships but wonder where the billions of dollars will come from. “Whether Congress and the government can actually fund it, is a whole other ball game,” said Rich Nolan, president of the shipyard’s largest union. Boosting shipbuilding to meet the Navy’s 355-ship goal could require an additional $5 billion to $5.5 billion in annual spending in the Navy’s 30-year projection, according to an estimate by naval analyst Ronald O’Rourke at the Congressional Research Service.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/09/navy-trump-planning-biggest-fleet-expansion-to-deter-russian-chinese-threats.html

Headline: North Korea says can test-launch ICBM at any time: official news agency

Headline: Pakistan test-fires first nuclear-capable submarine cruise missile

North Korea declared on Sunday it could test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time from any location set by leader Kim Jong Un, saying a hostile U.S. policy was to blame for its arms development. Kim said on Jan. 1 that his nuclear-capable country was close to test-launching an ICBM. “The ICBM will be launched anytime and anywhere determined by the supreme headquarters of the DPRK,” an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the official KCNA news agency, using the acronym for the country’s name. The North is formally known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter said on Sunday that North Korea’s nuclear weapons capabilities and ballistic missile defence programs constituted a “serious threat” to the United States and that it was prepared to shoot down a North Korean missile launch or test.
Jan. 9, 2017

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN14S0JE

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1036501/world

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Headline: Christian Clergy Welcomes Islam in Church, Then Bows to It

There is a disturbing and growing trend in Italy and Europe. For the first time in more than 700 years, Islamic songs resonated in Florence’s Cathedral, the Church Santa Maria del Fiore. Under the famous Dome of Brunelleschi, Islamic melodies accompanied Christian ones. The “interfaith initiative” was promoted a week after the barbaric massacre by Islamist terrorists in Paris at the magazine Charlie Hebdo, and included “Koran is Justice” and other such “hymns”. This trend goes beyond Italy. In the UK, Bishop Harries suggested that Prince Charles’s coronation service should open with a reading from the Koran. In the US, more than 50 churches, including the Washington National Cathedral, hold Koran readings. The head of the Protestant Church in Germany, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, has also called for Islam to be taught in state schools. Is there any reading of the Christian liturgy in the mosques? These interfaith shows also seem to be making us blind to more disturbing readings of the Koran in Christian churches, such as the one that recently took place in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia: for the first time in 85 years, Turkish Muslims read an Islamic text inside the Christianity’s most beautiful Eastern church. Their goal, as attested by bills submitted to Turkey’s parliament, is clear: Islamizing the church, which had been used as a museum since 1935. Christian silence is less clear: how is it that so few Christian leaders raised their voice against this unprecedented attack on a Christian monument? Have they organized so many Koran readings in their own churches so that they now view it as normal to convert a church into a mosque? After a terror attack in a church in Normandy last July, the Christian clergy opened the doors of their churches to Muslims. This gesture was welcomed as a turning point in the relation between the two religions. But from a population of six million Muslims in France, only a few hundred Muslims participated. Was their attendance really representative of Islamic public opinion? These well-intended gestures might look like an interfaith gain, but are in fact an ecumenical loss. Would it not be better for the heads of the Catholic Church to establish a real dialogue with the Islamic communities, based on principles such as reciprocity (if you build mosques in Europe, we build churches in the Middle East), protection of Christian minorities in the Crescent and theological repudiation of jihad against “infidels”? To the Catholic clergy who opened the door of Florence’s Cathedral to Islam, Muslims will next suggest removing a painting in the basilica: Domenico di Michelino’s “Dante and the Divine Comedy”. For Muslim extremists, Dante is guilty of “blasphemy”: he included Mohammed in his poetic Hell. The Islamic State does not make a secret of its willingness to strike Dante’s tomb in Italy. Other sites on ISIS’s list include St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, both of which portray scenes from the Divine Comedy. A fantasy? Not at all. The Italian human rights organization Gherush92, which advises UN bodies on human rights, already asked to have Dante removed from school curricula because supposedly it is “Islamophobic“. In this new interfaith “correctness”, only Islam gains. Christians have everything to lose.
Jan. 4, 2017

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9716/christian-clergy-islam

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Headline:         Thailand floods: 12 dead as record rainfall persists

At least 12 people have died and many villages been submerged after heavy rains caused severe flooding in southern Thailand. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected with water levels reaching “roof-high” in some areas, Thailand’s interior ministry said. Transport services, including flights, have been disrupted and rescue efforts are under way to reach those stranded. The heavy downpour is expected to continue for at least two more days. The flash floods have also damaged hundreds of schools and toppled power cables across southern Thailand.
Jan. 8, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38541333

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January 6, 2017- Jordan Says Relocating US embassy to Jerusalem a red line

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Headline:      Israel cuts UN funding following ‘anti-settlement’ resolution

Headline: Netanyahu thanks US Congress for opposition to UN resolution

Israel announced on Friday it would be suspending a significant portion of its annual contributions to the United Nations for 2017, in response to the approval of UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israel’s presence in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. The Israeli Mission informed the UN that the cut, amounting to approximately six million dollars, is an act of protest and represents the portion of the UN budget allocated to anti-Israel bodies. These UN bodies include the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), the Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), the Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (SCIIHRP), and the Special Information Program on the Question of Palestine of the UN Department of Public Information. Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, commented on the decision and said, “It is unreasonable for Israel to fund bodies that operate against us at the UN. The UN must end the absurd reality in which it supports bodies whose sole intent is to spread incitement and anti-Israel propaganda.” Danon added that “now is the time to implement real change at the UN. We seek to stop the practice where the UN is used solely as a forum for unending attacks against Israel.”
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/222885

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/222881

Headline:       Abbas: ‘Settlements’ threaten the two-state solution

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that the international peace conference to be convened in Paris later this month is an opportunity to settle the Palestinian problem through an international mechanism and a timetable for its implementation. Abbas made the remarks during his meeting with an Israeli delegation that included academics, writers and political activists who signed a petition in support of the Paris conference. The PA chairman claimed that UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which denied the legitimacy of Israeli communities in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, sent a clear signal that the “settlement policy” will not bring peace, and that the international community stands united against “settlements which tangibly threaten the two-state solution.” “We want to achieve peace through negotiations, reject any other way and we will always declare our opposition to terror, extremism and violence everywhere in the world,” Abbas was quoted as having said by the official PA news agency.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/222865

Headline: Amona residents: Government not keeping terms of agreement

Residents of the Amona outpost in the West Bank said Friday the government has failed to implement a compromise deal signed 20 days ago, as the February court-ordered deadline to dismantle the hilltop community loomed. In a letter sent Friday morning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the residents said the government had not yet begun work on a new site for them, had reneged on allowing them use of a plot, and acted improperly in appointing a project manager. They also questioned whether Netanyahu had ever intended to keep his promises. A tiny outpost of some 41 families on a hillside alongside the Ofra settlement, northeast of Ramallah, Amona was built in the 1990s on what the court has repeatedly ruled was privately owned Palestinian land. A 15-year legal battle culminated in a December 2014 ruling by the High Court that the outpost be evacuated and demolished. At the time, the court gave the state and residents 24 months to prepare alternate arrangements. “Deals must be honored,” they wrote. “We are warning you — 32 days before the date set by the High Court — to carry out your responsibility.” According to the letter, residents were informed that work will begin no earlier than January 18, only 20 days before they will have to leave their homes on a court order.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.timesofisrael.com/amona-residents-government-not-keeping-terms-of-agreement/

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Headline:           Relocating US embassy to Jerusalem a red line — Jordan

Jordan has warned of “catastrophic” repercussions if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on a campaign promise to move the US embassy in Israel to occupied Jerusalem. Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani told The Associated Press on Thursday that such a move could affect relations between the US and regional allies, including Jordan, the agency reported. Momani said an embassy move would be a “red line” for Jordan and would “inflame the Islamic and Arab streets”. His Majesty King Abdullah is the Custodian of the Holy Shrines in East Jerusalem, which Israel occupied in 1967 and annexed in a move not recognised by the international community. The Palestinians seek to establish their capital in East Jerusalem. The future of the city would be central to any renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Most countries, including the United States, maintain embassies in Tel Aviv. Three Republican senators on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s official capital and move the US embassy to that city from Tel Aviv.
Jan. 5, 2017

http://jordantimes.com/news/local/relocating-us-embassy-jerusalem-red-line-%E2%80%94-jordan

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Headline:       Report: Israel spy satellite discovers secret Russian missile cache in Syria

Headline: Russia says it starts Syrian drawdown with aircraft carrier

An Israeli spy satellite has discovered a number of Russian mobile short-range ballistic missiles stockpiled in Syria, Channel 2 reported Friday.  In high definition photos taken by the Israeli “Eros B” satellite, the weapons, dubbed “Iskander” missiles, are clearly seen on trucks inside an army base in Latakia, located in western Syria. The pictures seemingly prove what western intelligence agencies have long suspected: Russia has provided Syria with a wide array of the most advanced missiles in its possession.  Before Friday, evidence of the missiles had been scarce, given the fact that the Russians and Syrians had cached the weaponry in secretive strategic locations. Strong rainstorms, however, forced the Russians to transfer the missiles to different locations using trucks, leaving them exposed to documentation.  The “Iskander” missile, which has a range of up to 500 kilometers, is a medium range ballistic weapon that has the capacity to carry nuclear warheads and is superior to the older “scud” missile model.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Report-Israel-spy-satellite-discovers-secret-Russian-missile-cache-in-Syria-477667

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1034916/middle-east

Headline: 15 die as blast hits Syrian regime bastion Jableh, Latakia province

A large explosion hit a Syrian regime-held coastal town on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens, according to Syria’s state TV — an attack that undermined a nearly week-old and already shaky Russia- and Turkey-brokered cease-fire. First videos that emerged from the scene in the town of Jableh show charred cars, some turned upside down, and extensive damage to shops lining a commercial street filled with onlookers. The images show pools of blood covering the asphalt as fire engines were scrambling to put out small fires, apparently caused by the explosion.
Qusay Al-Khalil, the head of the local hospital, said the explosion also severely wounded at least 30 people. “The explosion rocked the town,” he told state TV, adding that it prompted a state alert at his hospital. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the civil war, put the death toll at 15. The monitoring group relies on a network of activists on the ground in Syria.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing in Jableh, which lies in the coastal Latakia province, the heartland of Syria’s Alawites, a Shiite offshoot to which President Bashar Assad’s family also belongs.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1034731/middle-east

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Headline:         Suicide blast in Baghdad, attacks earlier in the day kill 27

Several attacks in and around Baghdad, including a suicide car bombing in a busy commercial area after nightfall on Thursday, killed at least 27 people in a particularly brutal day in the Iraqi capital. The suicide bomber, who targeted shops and food stands near a bus station in the city’s busy Bab al-Muadam area, killed 11, a police officer said. He says the bombing also wounded at least 22 people. Earlier in the day, bombings elsewhere in and around Baghdad killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens, officials said. A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information. No one immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks but they bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group, which has carried out a string of bombings in Baghdad over the past week, killing nearly 100 people. Earlier Thursday, a car bomb tore through a Baghdad market, killing nine people while four other attacks — mostly by bombs that went off in commercial areas or targeted security forces — killed at least seven. In the Baghdad market attack, the car bomb was parked near outdoor fruit and vegetable stalls in a mostly Shiite neighborhood. The fatalities included two policemen. The Sunni extremists frequently target Iraq’s security forces and civilians in Shiite neighborhoods.
Jan. 5, 2017

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-01-05/iraqi-officials-suicide-car-bombing-kills-11-in-baghdad

Headline: Iraq launches offensive on Daesh near Syria border – Anbar Province

Iraqi forces launched an offensive against the Daesh group near the Syrian border Thursday, piling further pressure on the militants’ crumbling “caliphate.” A joint operations commander told Reuters that Iraqi forces have retaken around 70 percent of eastern Mosul from Daesh militants and expect to reach the river bisecting the city in the coming days. Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati, who is also head of the elite counter-terrorism service (CTS) spearheading the campaign to retake the northern city, said the cooperation of residents was helping them advance against Daesh. Baghdad and its allies also turned up the heat on Daesh in its last remaining Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, where the US-led coalition said it had doubled the number of its advisers. “A military operation has begun in the western areas of Anbar (province) to liberate them from Daesh,” said Lt. Gen. Qassem Mohammedi, head of Jazeera Operations Command. He said the operation was led by the army’s 7th division, police, and fighters from local tribes that have opposed the militants, with aerial backing from the coalition. The main targets of the operation are Aanah, Rawa and Al-Qaim, the westernmost Iraqi towns along the Euphrates Valley.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1034666/world

Headline: Iraqi forces surround Mosul‘s Muthana district in surprise attack

Iraqi security forces launched a surprise attack against Islamic State militants in Mosul’s Muthana district after crossing the Khosr River overnight. Brig. Gen. Shukr Nuaimi, commander of the Iraqi forces’ 73rd Brigade, said the surprise raid began at 3 a.m. on Friday. “The counter-terrorism forces have begun early today, in the morning, to raid the al-Muthana district, northeast of Mosul with the support of the coalition and Iraqi fighter jets,” Nuaimi said at a press conference. The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service, or ICTF, said its “heroes” crossed the Khosr River, a tributary of the larger Tigris River that splits Mosul from a western section to a larger eastern section. ICTF said troops were able to raise the Iraqi flag above several buildings in the Muthana district but it is unclear how much of the area was under Iraqi control. ICTF said its troops completely surrounded Muthana. “The Iraqi security forces are making excellent strides in liberating neighborhoods in eastern Mosul from” the Islamic State, Air Force Col. John L. Dorrian, the spokesman for the U.S.-led international coalition against the Islamic State, said in a statement on Friday. In northern Mosul, Iraqi forces freed the Hadba district from IS control, Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah said in a press conference, Rudaw reported. Dorrian on Wednesday said “time is … on the side of Iraqi security forces” because the Islamic State is unable to reinforce or resupply its militants in Mosul.” The second phase of the battle to retake Mosul — which is led by Iraqi security forces and aided by the Kurdish Peshmerga, a Shiite-led militia, and the U.S.-led international coalition against the Islamic State — began last Thursday after the offensive was suspended for weeks.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/06/Iraqi-forces-surround-Mosuls-Muthana-district-in-surprise-attack/3381483717731/?spt=sec&or=tn

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Headline:     Car bomb explodes in western Turkish city of Izmir

Headline: Turkey detains 18 people over Izmir attack, sees PKK responsible – minister

Four people were killed, including the two attackers, after a car bomb exploded outside of a courthouse in the western Turkish coastal city of Izmir, according to local officials. The blast was caused by a car bomb, Izmir municipality secretary general Bugra Gokce told broadcaster CNN Turk. A security source told Reuters police had shot dead two attackers following the blast, and the state-run Anadolu news agency said they were searching for a third. Hospital sources said ten people had been brought in wounded. A police officer and court employee were also killed in the attack, which took place at an entrance for judges and prosecutors, the Dogan News Agency reported. Ambulances were seen rushing to the scene and at least one vehicle was burning near a courthouse in the city, local media reported. “Initial evidence suggests the PKK was behind the attack,” Erol Ayyildiz, Izmir provincial governor, told reporters hours after the attack.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.france24.com/en/20170105-turkey-explosion-izmir-court

https://www.rt.com/news/line/

Iran

Headline:           Exclusive: Iran capitalizes on OPEC oil cut to sell millions of barrels – sources

Iran has sold more than 13 million barrels of oil that it had long held on tankers at sea, capitalizing on an OPEC output cut deal from which it is exempted to regain market share and court new buyers, according to industry sources and data. In the past three months, Tehran has sold almost half the oil it had held in floating storage, which had tied up many of its tankers as it struggled to offload stocks in an oversupplied global market. The amount of Iranian oil held at sea has dropped to 16.4 million barrels, from 29.6 million barrels at the beginning of October, according to Thomson Reuters Oil Flows data. Before that sharp drop, the level had barely changed in 2016; it was 29.7 million barrels at the start of last year, the data showed. Unsold oil is now tying up about 12 to 14 Iranian tankers, out of its fleet of about 60 vessels, compared with around 30 in the summer, according to two tanker-tracking sources. The oil sold in recent months has gone to buyers in Asia including China, India and South Korea and to European countries including Italy and France, according to the sources and data. It was unclear which companies bought the oil. Iran is also looking to use the opportunity to push into new markets in Europe, including Baltic and other central and eastern European countries, said separate oil industry sources, though it was not clear if any oil had been sold there.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil-tankers-idUSKBN14Q1ON

Afghanistan

Headline:     The U.S. Marines are sending a task force back to Afghanistan’s Helmand province

The U.S. Marines will deploy a 300-person task force to southwestern Afghanistan this spring to help local security forces beat back Taliban gains in the restive Helmand province. The deployment will last nine months, marking the first in what’s expected to become a series of similar rotations for the Marines, officials said Friday. Security in Helmand, a long-time Taliban stronghold that’s home to the abundant poppy crop fueling Afghanistan’s lucrative heroin trade, has deteriorated precipitously since U.S. forces largely withdrew from the province in 2014. The Marines will serve as an advise-and-assist force there, said Lt. Gen. William Beydler, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command. Task Force Southwest, as it will be known, is in the midst of a five-month training workup. Once in theater, the Marines will work alongside “key leaders” from the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps and the the 505th Zone National Police “to further optimize their capabilities in that region,” officials said. “Afghanistan remains a dangerous and dynamic environment,” Beydler said. “And our aim, training and advising the Afghan forces, is to preserve and build upon the gains they’ve made. Marines will face risk in this new assignment. This new deployment reflects our enduring commitment to the people of Afghanistan, and the country’s stability and economic viability.”
Jan. 6, 2017

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/articles/marines-afghanistan-taliban-task-force

Libya

Headline:     Power struggle risks tipping Libya deeper into crisis

Headline: Libya’s Dismemberment Begins? Chad Declares Military Operation in Border Region

Escalating tensions between rival Libyan armed forces threaten to plunge the North African country deeper into turmoil only weeks after the fall of the Islamic State group’s bastion Sirte. The deeply tribal nation has been sharply divided since the 2011 ouster of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with rival militias vying for influence and control of oil resources. The power struggle pits an administration based in eastern Libya, backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar, against a UN-brokered unity government in Tripoli supported by militias from the western city of Misrata. “The situation is most likely going to escalate further given that the voices of war are now the loudest” after an air strike by Haftar’s forces against the Misrata militias, analyst Mohamed Eljarh of the Atlantic Council said. The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) is the centrepiece of Western hopes to stem an upsurge of jihadism in Libya, but it has failed to assert its authority across the country. The rival authority in the east has refused to cede power and has its own armed forces, which call themselves the Libyan National Army (LNA) and are led by Haftar.
Jan. 6, 2017

https://www.yahoo.com/news/power-struggle-risks-tipping-libya-deeper-crisis-144913383.html

https://sputniknews.com/africa/201701061049326844-chad-libya-border-operation/

Headline: Islamic terror cells shift from Mideast to U.S.-Mexican border

A new report by a government watchdog agency says jihadists are partnering with Mexican drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexican border, preparing to carry out precision attacks in American cities. Judicial Watch cites confidential U.S. and Mexican law enforcement sources for the disturbing report, which builds on earlier JW reports shining light on the jihadists’ exploitation of the porous border policies of President Barack Obama. As part of the plan, Islamists have arrived recently at the Monterrey International Airport situated in Apodaca, a city in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, about 130 miles south of the Texas border, JW reports. “An internal Mexican law enforcement report obtained by Judicial Watch confirms that Islamic terrorists have ‘people along the border, principally in Tijuana, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.’” U.S. intelligence sources have also warned that the defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria will lead to many of those jihadists escaping and relocating into Western Europe and the United States. But JW reported as early as April 2015 that ISIS had established a training camp just a few miles from El Paso, Texas, in an area known as “Anapra” just west of Ciudad Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
Jan. 5, 2017

http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/islamic-terror-cells-shift-from-mideast-to-u-s-mexican-border/

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Headline:       Mexico gas protests, looting leave 2 dead, 600 arrested

Anger over gasoline prices hikes in Mexico fueled more protests and looting Thursday, and officials said the unrest had resulted in the death of a policeman and a bystander, the ransacking of 300 stores and arrests of over 600 people. The country’s business chambers said the combination of highway, port and terminal blockades and looting this week forced many stores and businesses to close and threatened supplies of basic goods and fuel. Mexicans were enraged by the 20 percent fuel price hike announced over the weekend as part of a government deregulation of the energy sector. Protesters began blocking highways and gas stations and some people have broken into stores to carry off merchandise. Authorities said one policeman was run over and killed and another was seriously injured when they tried to stop robberies at a gas station in Mexico City. Police in the capital said they had arrested 76 people for looting about 29 stores.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4903879,00.html

Headline:   Soldiers mutiny in 3 Ivory Coast cities over pay

Soldiers launched mutinies in three cities across Ivory Coast on Friday, authorities said, demanding higher pay and bringing the threat of unrest back to Africa’s fastest-growing economy.
Gunfire rang out across Bouake, the second-largest city in this West African nation, starting around 1 a.m., according to residents. Similar mutinies erupted later in Daloa, in the central region, and Korhogo in the north. “They are heavily armed and parading through the city of Daloa,” said Karim Sanogo, a student who lives there. “Security forces have abandoned their posts. Everyone has returned home to seek shelter.” The armed men also controlled the main arteries of Bouake that are used by truck drivers to carry merchandise from Mali and Burkina Faso.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1034946/world

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Headline:          Record 95,102,000 Americans Not in Labor Force; Number Grew 18% Since Obama Took Office in 2009

Barack Obama’s presidency began with a record number of Americans not in the labor force, and it’s ending the same way. The final jobs report of the Obama presidency, released Friday, shows that the number of Americans not in the labor force has increased by 14,573,000 (18.09 percent) since January 2009, when Obama took office, continuing a long-term trend that began well before Obama was sworn in. In December, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, a record 95,102,000 Americans were not in the labor force, 47,000 more than in November; and the labor force participation rate was 62.7 percent, a tenth of a point higher than in November. The participation rate dropped to a 38-year low of 62.4 percent on Obama’s watch, in September 2015. It was only 3-tenths of a point higher than that last month.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/record-95102000-americans-not-labor-force-number-grew-18-obama-took-office

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Jan. 1, 2017- Humpback whales have washed ashore in recent weeks in Hawaii
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/190927/20170101/beached-whale-carcass-forces-shoreline-closure-in-maui.htm

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
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
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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- Over 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
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Headline:   Mosquito-borne virus prompts warning in Australia

Australian health authorities have issued a warning after a sharp rise in cases of a mosquito-borne virus. Ross River virus infected 314 people in Victoria in 2016, nearly a 50% increase on the year before, said the state’s chief health officer Charles Guest. Prof Guest suggested stagnant water from recent heavy rain created conditions ripe for mosquito breeding. The virus, found in Australia and some Pacific nations, can cause joint pain, fatigue and muscle aches. Current treatments only target symptoms, which can last for months. “The best protection from these diseases is to avoid mosquito bites,” Prof Guest said in a statement.
Jan. 5, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38400915

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Headline:    California funds 1st US inmate sex reassignment

A 57-year-old convicted killer serving a life sentence in California became the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery, the prisoner’s attorneys confirmed Friday to The Associated Press. California prison officials agreed in August 2015 to pay for the surgery for Shiloh Heavenly Quine, who was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery for ransom and has no possibility of parole. Quine’s case led the state to become the first to set standards that will allow other transgender inmates to apply to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery. It also prompted a federal magistrate to require California to provide transgender female inmates housed in men’s facilities with more female-oriented items such as nightgowns, scarves and necklaces. “For too long, institutions have ignored doctors and casually dismissed medically necessary and life-saving care for transgender people just because of who we are,” said Kris Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, which represents Quine and other transgender inmates. Completion of the surgery not only fulfills a landmark legal settlement but marks a victory “for all transgender people who have ever been denied the medical care we need,” Hayashi said.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_PRISONS_SEX_REASSIGNMENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-01-06-14-46-34

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Headline:      Police: 5 Dead, 8 Injured in Shooting At Florida Airport

Headline: A second active shooting incident reported at Ft. Lauderdale airport

A gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before being taken into custody in an attack sent panicked passengers running out of the terminal and onto the tarmac, authorities said. Authorities gave no details on a possible motive for the shooting inside Terminal 2, which serves Delta Air Lines and Air Canada. “People started kind of screaming and trying to get out of any door they could or hide under the chairs,” a witness, Mark Lea, told MSNBC. “He just kind of continued coming in, just randomly shooting at people, no rhyme or reason to it.” Lea said the gunman said nothing as he “went up and down the carousels of the baggage claim, shooting through luggage to get at people that were hiding.” The killer had a handgun and went through about three magazines of ammunition, Lea said. Then the attacker threw down his weapon and lay spread-eagle on the ground until he was taken into custody, Lea said. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida identified the gunman as Esteban Santiago and said that he was carrying a military ID, but that it was unclear whether it was his. “We don’t know a motive at this point,” Nelson said. “This could well be someone who is mentally deranged, or in fact it could be someone who had a much more sinister motive that we have to worry about every day, and that is terrorism. We can’t conclude that.” President Barack Obama was briefed by his Homeland Security adviser, the White House.
Jan. 6, 2017

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-06/urgent-reports-multiple-people-shot-at-ft-lauderdale-airport

http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19654/A-second-active-shooting-incident-reported-at-Ft-Lauderdale-airport

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Headline:          NASA says mysterious object hurtling towards Earth could be an asteroid or a comet

NASA recently spotted two massive space objects hurtling towards Earth. While the American space agency has pinpointed one as a comet, the other has left it slightly more baffled. The comet is set to fly close to Earth this week, but the mystery object isn’t expected to make an appearance until February. The object, dubbed “2016 WF9”, was detected by NASA’s asteroid- and comet-hunting NEOWISE project on 27 November 2016. It is roughly 0.3 to 0.6 miles (0.5 to 1 kilometres) across and is in an orbit that takes it on a scenic tour of our solar system. At its farthest distance from the sun, it approaches Jupiter’s orbit. Over the course of 4.9 Earth-years, it travels inward, passing under the main asteroid belt and the orbit of Mars until it swings just inside Earth’s own orbit. After that, it heads back toward the outer solar system. However, NASA scientists are not sure whether it is a comet or an asteroid . “2016 WF9 could have cometary origins,” said Deputy Principal Investigator James “Gerbs” Bauer at NASA’s JPL. “This object illustrates that the boundary between asteroids and comets is a blurry one; perhaps over time this object has lost the majority of the volatiles that linger on or just under its surface.”
Jan. 5, 2017

http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/nasa-says-mysterious-object-hurtling-9560987

Headline: Moderate Quake Kills 4 in Rural Area in Southern Iran

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck a village deep in southern Iran on Friday, killing four people and injuring four others, Iranian state television reported. The TV said the quake struck in the morning hours in the village of Saifabad near the town of Khonj, about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of the capital, Tehran. According to the TV, the four fatalities are Afghan nationals, who worked on local farms. It said one of the injured was also an Afghan laborer. The local governor, Mokhtar Abbasi, told the TV that rescue workers are on site, helping the victims in Saifabad and also assessing the damage in neighboring villages. The quake did not affect infrastructure and utilities, Abbasi said. The epicenter of the quake is in a mountainous and sparsely populated rural area. The U.S. Geological Survey described the temblor as a 5.3 magnitude quake, striking at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in Iran’s Fars province. Magnitude 5 earthquakes can cause considerable damage.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.voanews.com/a/ap-moderate-quake-kills-4-in-iran/3665513.html

Headline: German Baltic coast hit by storm surge flooding

Headline: California braces for ‘once-in-10-year’ storm amid fears of flooding, avalanches, blizzards

A storm surge has caused the worst flooding on Germany’s north-east coast since 2006, leaving streets and cars submerged and causing major damage. Towns and cities along the Baltic coast were flooded, from Kiel in the far north to the resort island of Usedom near the Polish border. Sea levels were recorded in the port of Wismar at 1.83m (6ft) above normal overnight. Severe winter conditions also hit Sweden and Finland. The overnight temperature fell to -41.7C at Muonio in Finnish Lapland, near the north-western border with Sweden, the coldest night of the winter so far. Further west in northern Sweden, temperatures fell as low as -41.3C and road conditions were treacherous in much of the country.
Jan. 6, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38516687

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-atmospheric-river-prepare-20170105-story.html

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Jan. 5, 2017- Respect

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The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth January 4, 2017 Edition written by Frank DiMora

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 I look toward 2017, as a new beginning. I am hopeful that this year many will turn there attention to Jesus Christ and America. America has been used to spread the word of God not just in the USA but in many places around the world. We have witnessed many of our finest young men and women give their lives to protect America and no doubt to protect our freedom to be able to preach Jesus around the world. When a nation found themselves in a disaster and in need of help it was America who rushed in to provide help. When other nations needed food for whatever reason it was and has been America who loaded the planes to rush food to the people in need. When a major disease struck a nation it was the U.S. who sent in our people to stop the spread. When nations were attacked by their enemies was it not the USA they asked help for first and, was it not true that troops were sent in to protect the nation who asked for that help! In all these events we saw Americans in uniform rush in knowing they may never return to their loved ones but they went in anyway. Let us all begin 2017, with respect for those who have already given their service and, are giving their service today to keep America safe.  Coach Buzz Williams gives a good example to lead us in this respect. 

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The third and final temple was and still is Jesus body and we are grafted into him see John 2:21. Jesus never said a third physical temple will be built so best rethink that idea. Peace.

Would Jesus want you to pass this information below on?  Of course!  Why is “You shall not murder” in the Ten Commandments?     Question: “Why is ‘You shall not murder’ in the Ten Commandments?”  Answer: Simply stated, the sixth of the Ten Commandments forbids the unjustified taking of a human life. When you have a living baby in the womb and someone comes in and literally rips that life out of that womb you are taking a life that God has ordained.  For anyone who has done this I need to remind you that if you come to Christ and repent of an act like this Jesus will forgive you as there is no sin He said He will not forgive except the rejection of Christ as Messiah.  You won’t want to stand before Jesus without Him being your Lord and Savior.  The flames of hell never go out! 

Since is a new year and I would like to help people keep safe take a look at the video below. There are road laws now in different states that you may not know about. Considering the number of road rages that were reported last year it would be a good idea to check this video out.

January 4, 2017- Russia’s new favorite jihadis: The Taliban

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Headline:       Netanyahu: 2nd UN resolution possible before Obama leaves; bars media from speech to top diplomats

There are currently efforts underway to bring another resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian issue to the UN Security Council before US President Barack Obama leaves office on January 20, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. The prime minister, speaking to a year-end meeting of Israel’s ambassadors and chiefs of missions in Europe, said that while the planned Mideast summit in Paris on January 15 is “empty,” there “are signs that they will try to turn the decisions made there into another resolution in the Security Council, and that is already [something that is] not empty.” And these signs, he said, “are not a few.” “[The major effort] we are engaged in now is to prevent another UN resolution, and also to prevent a Quartet decision. We are investing a great deal of diplomatic efforts in this, and this also has to be your main efforts in the coming days, “ he said. “This will not take much time, but it will occupy us in the next two weeks, and we need to succeed.”
Jan. 3, 2017

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Benjamin-Netanyahu/Netanyahu-invites-media-to-cover-event-then-dismisses-it-in-less-than-two-minutes-477384

Headline:     ‘Bloodshed will follow if Trump moves US embassy to Jerusalem’

Headline: Abbas warns against moving U.S. embassy to Jerusalem

The Palestinians will start a new violent uprising if Donald Trump’s incoming White House administration relocates the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a senior Fatah official indicated this week in an interview translated by MEMRI. “I believe that any American act of stupidity will ignite the Palestinian territories,” Fatah Central Committee member Sultan Abu al-Einein told Egypt’s Alghad TV on Sunday. Al-Einein, an aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also pointed to Israeli “arrogance” and settlement activity along with the potential US maneuver as provoking Palestinian violence. “We must prepare for a confrontation with the new US administration, which has clearly and audaciously declared that Israel and its settlements are legitimate and legal,” he asserted. The Palestinian official charged that Washington and Jerusalem “will bear responsibility for the return of the bloodshed in the Palestinian territories.”
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Bloodshed-will-follow-if-Trump-moves-US-embassy-to-Jerusalem-477323

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/222732

Headline: Fatah, Hamas Members to Visit Moscow in January for Reconciliation Talks

The Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences will organize a meeting of Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah to facilitate the discussion of the perspectives of overcoming the strife between them, Kayed Ghul, a member of Fatah political bureau said Tuesday. He added that the discussion would touch on “the issue of Palestinian divisions and the ways of overcoming the current situation.”  The previous meeting under the Institute of Oriental Studies mediation took place in 2011.
Jan. 4, 2017

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201701041049239764-fatah-hamas-meeting-moscow/

Headline: Syrian Army on the verge of taking control of Damascus-Golan Heights border

The rebel forces surrendered three villages in the western countryside of Damascus on Tuesday, leaving the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in position to have full control over the Damascus-Golan Heights border for the first time in four years. According to a military source in Damascus, the villages of Beit Sabr, Kafr Hawr, and Beit Timah were surrendered by the rebel forces on Tuesday after lengthy negotiations with the Syrian Arab Army’s High Command. With these aforementioned villages under the Syrian Arab Army’s control, all that remains is the Beit Jinn pocket and the towns of Kanakir and Zakiyah, which are currently undergoing negotiations with the High Command of the Syrian Armed Forces. However, unlike Kanakir and Zakiyah, the rebels in Beit Jinn are not interested in reconciliation with the government, meaning that this will likely result in a battle between the militants and Syrian Arab Army.
Jan. 4, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-verge-taking-control-damascus-golan-heights-border-map/

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Lebanon

Headline:        Lebanon president accuses Mossad of murder in Angola

Lebanese President Michel Aoun suggested on Wednesday that Israel was responsible for the assassination of a Lebanese businessman in Angola. At the opening of a cabinet session, Aoun said the Lebanese foreign ministry was looking into the murder of Amine Bakri, a 54-year-old Lebanese businessman. Barki was killed by gunmen near his workplace Sunday in the Angolan capital Luanda. “There is information that the Mossad stands behind this operation,” Aoun said. The Lebanese president did not reveal the nature of the evidence, nor did he declare an alleged motive for the Israeli spy agency to target Bakri.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanon-president-accuses-mossad-of-murder-in-angola/

Saudi Arabia

Headline:       Yemeni troops attack al-Qaida, 26 dead on both sides

Pro-government forces attacked al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Tuesday, killing 15 jihadis but losing 11 of their own troops, security officials said. The fighting began when troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition attacked an al-Qaida stronghold in the Marakasha mountains in Abyan province, east of the southern city of Aden. The area has long been a militant haven, attracting fighters in the 1990s returning from Afghanistan after fighting the Soviets. Al-Qaida later said in a statement circulated online that it had “ambushed” the troops and fought them off, the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to reporters, said more than 60 military vehicles were involved in the operation, firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before they were repulsed.
Jan. 3, 2017

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4902676,00.html

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Headline:           Russian jets strike ISIS in east Aleppo as Turkish Army prepares to attack Al-Bab

The Russian Air Force continued to provide aerial coverage to the Turkish Army on Wednesday, striking the Islamic State’s defenses around the western outskirts of Al-Bab in east Aleppo. According to a Syrian military source, the Russian Air Force carried out at least a half dozen airstrikes above Al-Bab today, killing and wounding several militants from the Islamic State. Today’s attack against the Islamic State in Al-Bab marks the the third time this week that the Russian Air Force has targeted this terrorist group in order to aid the Turkish Armed Forces. The Turkish Army is expected to launch another attack in the western countryside of Al-Bab in the coming days, as they attempt to close-in on this Islamic State stronghold in east Aleppo.
Jan. 4, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-jets-strike-isis-east-aleppo-turkish-army-prepares-attack-al-bab/

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Headline:       Battle of Mosul: Iraqi forces at edge of Tigris

More than 2,000 Iraqis a day are fleeing Mosul, several hundred more each day than before Iraqi forces began a new phase of their battle to retake the city from ISIS, the United Nations said on Wednesday. After quick initial advances, the operation stalled for several weeks but last Thursday Iraqi forces renewed their push from Mosul’s east towards the Tigris River on three fronts. Elite interior ministry troops were clearing the Mithaq district on Wednesday, after entering it on Tuesday when counterterrorism forces also retook an industrial zone. Federal police advanced in the Wahda district, the military said on Wednesday, in the 12th week of Iraq’s largest military campaign since the US-led invasion of 2003. As they advanced, many more civilian casualties were also being recorded, the UN said. Vastly outnumbered, the militants have embedded themselves among residents and are using the city terrain to their advantage, concealing car bombs in narrow alleys, posting snipers on tall buildings with civilians on lower floors, and making tunnels and surface-level passageways between buildings. “We were very afraid,” one Mithaq resident said. “A Daesh (ISIS) anti-aircraft weapon was positioned close to our house and was opening fire on helicopters. We could see a small number of Daesh fighters in the street carrying light and medium weapons. They were hit by planes.” Security forces have retaken about a quarter of Mosul since October but, against expectations and despite severe shortages of food and water, most residents have stayed put until now.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/01/04/Battle-of-Mosul-Iraqi-forces-approaching-edge-of-Tigris.html

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Headline:      Turkey extends emergency rule to maintain purge of Gulen supporters

Headline: Turkey makes veiled threat over Incirlik

Turkey’s parliament voted overnight to extend emergency rule by three months in a move which the government said was needed to sustain a purge of supporters of the US-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating July’s failed coup, state media said. Emergency rule, first imposed in Turkey after an attempted putsch on July 15 and then extended in October, enables the government to bypass parliament in enacting new laws and to limit or suspend rights and freedoms when deemed necessary. The extension, effective from Jan. 19, comes as Turkey reels from a series of attacks by Islamist or Kurdish militants, most recently on Sunday when a lone gunman shot dead 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub during New Year celebrations. Ankara accuses Pennsylvania-based preacher Fethullah Gulen and his supporters, whom it terms the Gulenist Terror Organization (FETO), of being behind the July coup attempt. Gulen denies the allegations.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1033861/world

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/turkey-makes-veiled-threat-over-incirlik

Headline: Turkish foreign minister calls on Iran to stop truce violations in Syria

Headline: Assad thanks Iran for role in Syria victories

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on Iran to exert pressure on Shiite-backed militias and the Syrian government to stop violating a ceasefire in Syria, warning it was putting planned peace talks in peril. Turkey is working with Russia on the question of sanctions for those who violate the ceasefire deal, which was brokered by Ankara and Moscow, Cavusoglu said in a televised interview with the state-run Anadolu news agency. He warned that peace negotiations being prepared by Moscow in the Kazakh capital, Astana, could fail if increased ceasefire violations are not halted. Turkey on Wednesday warned that planned Syrian peace talks co-sponsored by Russia were at risk, calling on the Damascus regime of President Bashar al-Assad to halt violations of a ceasefire.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/01/04/Turkish-foreign-minister-calls-on-Iran-to-stop-truce-violations-in-Syria.html

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syria-assad-thanks-iran-role-syria-victories/

Iran

Headline:         Arab separatists claim 2 pipeline bombings in southern Iran

An Arab separatist group has claimed two pipeline bombings in Iran’s oil-rich south and threatened to launch more attacks in the coming year as the country tries to boost production following the nuclear deal with world powers. Iranian state media and officials did not immediately comment on the claim by the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, which said it bombed the pipelines early Tuesday morning in Khuzestan province. The militants released online video they said showed one of the pipelines exploding. The Associated Press could not immediately verify the footage, though previous attacks have been attributed to the group. The separatists’ statement said the bombings came in response to Iran’s Oil Ministry publishing a list of 29 international companies qualified to bid for projects following the atomic accord. The group said 2017 will be “very different to previous years since the movement has prepared detailed and precise plans to carry out a number of high-quality important operations against the Iranian enemy state.”
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1033911/middle-east

Afghanistan

Headline:      Afghan’s protest against ISIS attempts of creating sectarian divisions

Headline:     Russia’s new favorite jihadis: The Taliban

About 2,000 demonstrators, holding pictures of Shia Muslims killed in recent terrorist attacks, marched on the governor’s office in the city of Herat on Tuesday.  The protesters chanted slogans such as “Death to the enemies of Afghanistan!” and “Death to Daesh (ISIS)!” Herat recently witnessed a surge in attacks on mosques belonging to Shia Muslims with a prayer leader was killed and five others wounded in one such attack on Sunday, PressTV reported. Najeebullah Mani, the head of counter-terrorism at the Afghan Interior Ministry, told reporters “Our initial information shows Daesh is behind the recent attacks in Herat. They are expanding and are always looking for new geographical areas,” Mani said, adding, “They are present in at least 11 (of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces). Their main goal is to create sectarian divisions between Shias and Sunnis.” Meanwhile, Last week, Moscow hosted Chinese and Pakistani emissaries to discuss the war. Tellingly, no Afghan officials were invited. However, the trio of nations urged the world to be “flexible” in dealing with the Taliban, which remains the Afghan government’s most dangerous foe. Russia even argued that the Taliban is a necessary bulwark in the war against the so-called Islamic State.
Jan. 4, 2017

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/afghans-protest-against-isis-attempts-of-creating-sectarian-divisions/

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/01/russias-new-favorite-jihadis-the-taliban.php

Libya

Headline:   Libyan government says rival general attacks base in south

Headline: Libya Ready to Welcome Russia’s Initiatives for Political Dialogue

Headline: European Council on Foreign Relations: How to Win the Peace in Libya

Warplanes under the command of a rival Libyan army general have attacked an air base under the control of the U.N.-backed government in the country’s south, the government said. In a statement late on Tuesday, the Tripoli-based government said “several” government-allied troops were wounded when an aircraft they were travelling in was struck in the attack by the eastern-based forces. Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, the military strongman in question, answers to Libya’s parliament that is based in the east. That parliament is at odds with the Tripoli government, which it doesn’t recognize. In a statement on Wednesday that did not mention the attack specifically, the U.N.’s envoy to Libya warned against the risk of escalation leading to renewed conflict in the North African nation. “I urge all parties to act with restraint and to resolve issues through peaceful dialogue,” Martin Kobler said, urging renewed efforts to find solutions to the political crisis and the Tripoli government’s difficulties in exercising authority over the country.
Jan. 4, 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/libyan-government-says-rival-general-attacks-base-in-south/2017/01/04/7d8de1ce-d2a2-11e6-9651-54a0154cf5b3_story.html?utm_term=.3124a8a49d22

https://sputniknews.com/politics/201701041049260071-libya-russia-political-dialogue/

http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/after_isis_how_to_win_the_peace_in_iraq_and_libya_7212

Algeria

Headline:    100 arrested as strikes enter second day in Algeria

Headline: Algeria: Protests Over Austerity Measures Persist

A general strike of traders against the new Finance Law has entered its second day in the Algerian province of Bejaia. Yesterday, the first day of strikes, was marked by violent clashes which continued until the early hours of this morning in the city centre. Evidence of the long night of riots was visible today on several buildings despite the municipality’s efforts to clean the area. According to security reports, 100 young demonstrators were arrested and taken into police custody. Some were arrested for robbery with legal proceedings currently being carried out against them. Several shops were pillaged and buildings ransacked including the Condor showroom, the SNTA depot and the French bank BNP Paribas. In the city centre, young demonstrators burned a bus and a riot police truck. The municipality’s headquarters was also targeted by angry demonstrators who ransacked and burned the premises. Stones were thrown on several police stations in the evening. Several were wounded during the clashes and taken to hospital.
Jan. 4, 2017

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170103-100-arrested-as-strikes-enter-second-day-in-algeria/

https://www.stratfor.com/snapshots/algeria-protests-over-austerity-measures-persist

Morocco

Headline:     Morocco approves first Islamic banks

Morocco has become the latest Muslim-majority country to authorize Islamic banks, amid growing market demand for Sharia-compliant banking. The Moroccan central bank announced this week it has approved five such banks, fulfilling a long-standing promise of the Islamist party leading a coalition government since 2011. Among them are leading national banks Attijariwafa, linked to the royal family, state-owned Banque Centrale Populaire and private BMCE Bank of Africa. All three hold increasing assets around French-speaking Africa. The others are CIH Bank and Credit Agricole du Maroc. Four of the five will be partnerships between Moroccan banks and Islamic financial institutions in the Gulf, according to a statement from the central bank.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4902970,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/04/world/middleeast/ap-ml-morocco-islamic-banking.html

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Headline:           Women’s March on Washington is poised to be the biggest anti-Trump demonstration

More than 100,000 people have registered their plans to attend the Women’s March on Washington in what is expected to be the largest demonstration linked to the inauguration of Donald Trump, and a focal point for activists on the left who have been energized in opposing his agenda. Planning for the Jan. 21 march got off to a rocky start. Controversy initially flared over the name of the march, and whether it was inclusive enough of minorities, particularly African-Americans, who have felt excluded from many mainstream feminist movements. Organizers say plans are on track, after securing a permit from D.C. police to gather 200,000 people near the Capitol at Independence Avenue and Third Street SW on the morning after Inauguration Day. Exactly how big the march will be has yet to be determined, with organizers scrambling to pull together the rest of the necessary permits and raise the $1 million to $2 million necessary to pull off a march triggered by Shook’s Facebook venting. The march has become a catch-all for a host of liberal causes, from immigrant rights to police killings of African-Americans. But at its heart is the demand for equal rights for women after an election that saw the defeat of Democrat Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential nominee of a major party.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.chron.com/national/article/Women-s-March-on-Washington-is-poised-to-be-the-10833059.php

Headline:   Somalia Car Bombing Wounds Security Guards Working for UN

Four security guards working for the United Nations have been wounded after a car bomb explosion near their compound in Mogadishu, Somali officials said. All the victims are Somalis. One of them, the chief of the local security guards, suffered severe injuries, officials said. Reuters news agency reports that the militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. The explosion occurred in a garage next to the compound of the United Nations Development Program in the capital. An intelligence official who went to the scene told VOA Somali that the bomb was planted in the car at the parking lot of the garage which is used by UNDP. The car entered the parking lot Wednesday morning, sources say. “Immediately after the driver got out of the car the explosion went off, “says the official who does not want to be identified. Nine people have been arrested in connection with the blast. Officials said most of those arrested were detained from another garage where the car was parked overnight.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.voanews.com/a/somalia-car-bombing-wounds-security-guards-working-for-un/3662464.html

Headline:   Roadside bomb hits police vehicle in Pakistan, wounding 19

A Pakistani police official says a roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying police in the country’s northwest, wounding four officers and 15 passers-by. Local police official Mohammad Nawaz says Wednesday’s attack took place in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, a gateway to Pakistan’s troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. Pakistan’s army has carried out several operations against local and foreign militants in the country’s tribal regions in recent years. The army says it has cleared over 90 percent of the region from insurgents, who once had a strong presence there.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/04/roadside-bomb-hits-police-vehicle-in-pakistan-wounding-1.html

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Headline:         US sends special forces to RUSSIAN BORDER as Nato is poised to strike back against Vladimir Putin’s ‘aggression’

Russia is reportedly deploying nuke-ready missiles in the province of Kaliningrad which borders Lithuania. President Obama has deployed US special forces troops along Lithuania’s border with “aggressive” Russia. Tensions between Washington and the Kremlin have reached Cold War levels amid reports Vladimir Putin is deploying nuke-ready missiles in the Russian province of Kaliningrad – which borders Poland, Belarus and Lithuania. And Lithuanian Defence Ministry spokeswoman Asta Galdikaite confirmed America has offered additional military support following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. She said: “The United States was the first to offer additional safety assurance measures to the Baltic countries following the deterioration of the security situation in the region after the annexation of the Crimea.” She added: “US Special Operations Forces presence in Lithuania is one of the deterrents” against military threats by Putin’s aggressive regime, reports the Express.
Jan. 4, 2017

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2531054/america-special-forces-russian-border-lithuania-obama-putin/

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Headline:     Eurozone inflation surges to 1.1% in December

Eurozone inflation has surged to its highest rate in more than three years, driven by increased prices for energy, food, alcohol and tobacco. The annual inflation rate hit 1.1% last month, according to official statistics agency Eurostat, a sharp jump from November’s rate of 0.6%. The rate is the highest since September 2013, when inflation was also 1.1%. The higher-than-expected increase brings inflation closer to the European Central Bank’s target of just below 2%. ECB chief Mario Draghi has said he expects inflation to reach the target by 2018 or 2019. Last month’s increase was driven mainly by a jump in energy prices, which rose by 2.5% year-on-year in December, their first increase in over a year. Energy prices were boosted by oil cartel Opec’s decision to cut output. Food, alcohol and tobacco prices rose 1.2% year-on-year, while services were also 1.2% more expensive than a year ago.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38507368

Headline: Federal Debt Climbs $1,054,647,941,626.91 in 2016

The federal debt climbed by more than a trillion dollars during 2016, according to data released today by the U.S. Treasury. On Dec. 31, 2015, the last business day of 2015, the federal debt was $18,922,179,009,420.89. On Dec. 30, 2016, the last business day of 2016, it was $19,976,826,951,047.80. The one-year increase in the federal debt during calendar year 2016 was therefore $1,054,647,941,626.91. That increase in the debt equaled $8,860.65 for each of the 119,026,000 households the Census Bureau estimated there were in the United States as of September. During President Barack Obama’s time in office the federal debt has increased by $9,349,949,902,134.72—rising from  $10,626,877,048,913.08 on Jan. 20, 2009, the day of Obama’s inauguration, to $19,976,826,951,047.80 on the last day of 2016. That equals $78,553.84 for each of the 119,026,000 households in the country as of September.
Jan. 3, 2017

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/federal-debt-climbs-105464794162691-2016

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Headline:             Attacker Sneaks Into School, Stabs 12 Children in China

A vengeful man stabbed 12 children with a kitchen knife at a kindergarten in southern China on Wednesday, seriously injuring five of them, local authorities said. The attacker “sneaked into” the school in the afternoon and stabbed children in his child’s class while the students were eating, according to a statement from the Pingxiang city government’s information office, citing police. Two teachers fought back with plastic chairs, and police called to the school in the largely rural region of Guangxi managed to detain him. None of the children has life-threatening injuries, the statement said. The government said the suspect was Qin Peng’an, a man from Nanshan village that is under the jurisdiction of Pingxiang city. It said Qin told staff at Xiaocongzai Kindergarten that he was picking up his child as an excuse to get into the school. It said an initial police investigation found that Qin felt bullied in the village so he stabbed the children out of anger and revenge. In recent years, China has had several incidents of attackers entering schools and stabbing children, mostly carried out by people with vendettas against society.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/attacker-sneaks-school-stabs-11-children-china-44544509

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Headline:     Free marijuana on Inauguration Day

You might catch a strong smell of marijuana on Inauguration Day. That’s because there will be thousands of joints handed out—for free—by the DC Cannabis Coalition. It all starts at 8:00 a.m. January 20th on the west side of Dupont Circle. Then, marchers will walk to the National Mall where the real protest will begin. “The main message is it’s time to legalize cannabis at the federal level,” said Adam Eidinger, the founder of DCMJ, a group of D.C. residents who introduced and helped get initiative 71 passed in the District. Initiative 71 made it legal to possess two ounces or less or marijuana, to grow it, and to give it away, but it is not legal to sell it. Eidinger is worried, though, that all this progress will be lost with the Trump Administration, specifically, with Trump’s pick for attorney general: Jeff Sessions. “We are looking at a guy who as recently as April said that they are going to enforce federal law on marijuana all over the country. He said marijuana is dangerous,” Eidinger said. The great marijuana giveaway is legal, as long as it’s done on D.C. land. “We don’t want any money exchanged whatsoever, this is really a gift for people who come to Washington, D.C.,” he said. There will 4,200 gifts, to be exact. Then, at 4 minutes and 20 seconds into Trump’s speech (420 is the internationally known code for weed), they’ll light up. That part, is most definitely illegal. “We are going to tell them that if they smoke on federal property, they are risking arrest. But, that’s a form of civil disobedience,” said Eidinger. “I think it’s a good protest. If someone wants to do it, they are risking arrest, but it’s a protest and you know what, the National Mall is a place for protest.”
Jan. 4, 2017

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/free-marijuana-on-inauguration-day/381730160

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Headline:       String of severe storms sweep across Southern states leaving at least 5 dead

The severe storms that spawned tornadoes and killed at least five people across the Southeast Monday triggered more damage than many home and business owners were expecting, and starting a recovery process that could drag on for years. The state saw at least two confirmed tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service, which reported that the final numbers could still change. Four people were killed Monday when a tree fell on their mobile home in Rehobeth, Alabama, Dothan Houston County Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Kris Ware said. Ware added that most of the damage was in Rehobeth as winds damaged carports and other buildings, according to AL.com.
Jan. 3, 2017

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/03/didnt-expect-this-homeowners-cope-with-damage-after-deadly-storms-strike-southeast.html

Headline: Natural disaster damage hits 4-year high: Munich Re

Natural disasters including storms and earthquakes caused $175 billion of damage in 2016, German reinsurance giant Munich Re said Wednesday, the highest level since 2012. While the year saw a two-thirds increase in the financial impact of catastrophes around the world, casualties from natural disasters were far lower in 2016 than the previous year, at 8,700 deaths compared with 25,400. Munich Re pointed to two earthquakes on the Japanese island of Kyushu in April and floods in China in June and July as the most devastating natural events, inflicting costs of $31 billion in Japan and $20 billion in China. North America suffered its largest number of disasters since 1980, at 160 events. October’s Hurricane Matthew was the worst in the region, causing 550 deaths in Haiti alone as well as $10.2 billion of damage. Meanwhile Canada battled wildfires in May after spring heatwaves and droughts, costing around $4 billion, while summer brought serious flooding in the southern US to the tune of $10 billion. And a series of storms across Europe in late May and early June brought flood damage costing a total of $6 billion, with flooding hitting Germany especially badly as well as the French capital Paris.
Jan. 4, 2017

http://phys.org/news/2017-01-natural-disaster-year-high-munich.html?utm_source=menu&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=item-menu

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