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The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth December 9, 2016 Edition written by Frank DiMora

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Headline:      UN Voting on Motion to ‘Blacklist’ Companies with Ties to Israel

The United Nations (UN) is set to vote next week on a motion to fund a “blacklist” of Israeli and international companies operating in Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, Judea and Samaria – areas several countries deem “occupied” by Israel. The vote, scheduled to take place in the Fifth Committee, which oversees the UN’s budget and administration, will authorize funding for the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to compile the list. When announcing the intention to create the list last March, the UNHRC explained that they expected to update it annually. The plan to create the list, which is expected to be used by the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement and other anti-Israel organizations, caused an international uproar when it was announced last spring. Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced that the Israeli Mission will publicly oppose the list and that he created a task force to propose new ideas to combat the initiative.
Dec. 11, 2016

https://unitedwithisrael.org/un-preparing-blacklist-of-companies-with-ties-to-israel/

Headline:   Hamas offers missiles for armies willing to fight Israel

Palestinian terror group Hamas has offered to share its rocket arsenal with any Arab army willing to use them against Israel, Gaza-based Hamas official Fathi Hammad said Sunday to Al-Aqsa TV.
Hamas has been manufacturing rockets on an industrial scale since it took control of the Gaza Strip, and has fired tens of thousands of projectiles during the past decade. Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon told a conference in late 2014 that the IDF destroyed 80% of Hamas’s mortars and rockets during Operation Protective Edge, however the group has been restocking ever since, in addition to digging new tunnels under the border with Israel. While there has always been a large difference in military capabilities between Israel and Hamas, highlighted once again by Israel receiving the first F-35 jets outside the US on Monday, any Arab states potentially interested in gearing up with the Palestinian group’s weaponry for a battle with the IDF could expect to receive more than mortars and the ubiquitous Soviet-designed Katyusha, the WWII rocket still used in conflicts in the Middle East today.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hamas-offers-missiles-for-armies-willing-to-fight-Israel-475112

Headline: Police oppose ‘Muezzin Law’

Israel Police are opposed to the proposed “Muezzin Law,” and say they prefer to deal with issues at a local level, since legislation may cause the Arab community to turn violent. Police are working to curb the large number of Arab crimes, and have hired more than 2,600 policemen for the purpose, and implemented programs which are expected to cost 2 billion NIS over the next five years. “From a police perspective, it would be a mistake to legislate or otherwise focus on the muezzin,” said a police report. “The issue of the muezzin is an extremely sensitive one, and we have decided not to make it into one of the foremost things we do in the Arab sector, since there are nationalistic priorities, such as razing terrorists’ homes.” However, this does not help Israeli citizens who are woken up several times nightly by the blasts, which are not the norm in Arab countries. The police have received over 1,537 complaints about the muezzin recently, with 1,261 of them from residents of the Jerusalem neighborhoods Ramat Shlomo and Pisgat Ze’ev. There have also been many complaints from residents of Lod, Caesarea, Karmiel, Omer, Nazareth, and Migdal Haemek, as well as from residents of the Arab town of Jisr az-Zarqa.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221595

Headline:      State aiming for new delay in demolishing Amona

Headline:      Soldiers protest Amona evacuation orders on Facebook

Headline:      Netanyahu and Bennett to present new solution to Amona residents

The state is expected, possibly as early as Sunday, to ask the High Court of Justice to postpone the demolishing of the West Bank Amona outpost by one month. The High Court had previously ordered the outpost’s demolition by December 25, and it has rejected previous requests by the state to postpone it. The one-month delay would move the demolition date to January 25, five days after US President-elect Trump takes office. The state will likely argue that time is needed to find a relocation site for the 40 families who live in the outpost, given that past proposals have fallen through or will not be ready in time. The latest plan could involve relocating the families to the nearby Ofra settlement. The Amona families have resisted all relocation plans and have insisted that the Knesset pass a law that recognizes their homes as legal. The High Court has ruled they were built without permits on privately owned Palestinian property. The Knesset on Wednesday passed the first reading of the settlement regulation bill, which if it becomes law would retroactively legalize some 4,000 settler homes on private Palestinian property, and would offer compensation to the landowners.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/State-aiming-for-new-delay-in-demolishing-Amona-475007

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4891888,00.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4891920,00.html

Headline: Government reaches agreement on Amona

During a special government meeting, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit approved moving Amona’s residents a few meters away, using the absentee property solution. It was reported earlier that the Attorney General’s office was blocking the deal reached between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister Bennett for the “Regulation Package” agreement. The position of the Attorney General could have forced the complete evacuation of the hill. The agreement reached in Monday’s meeting will prevent that scenario from occurring if the residents of Amona approve of the solution. Participating in the meeting were Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Jewish Home Ministers Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. “The ball is in the residents’ court,” a government official said. The area allocated for the relocated town of Amona will be expanded to tens of dunams (acres), which will allow the town to grow over time. Details of the plan will be passed to the residents and only then aired on Israeli media.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221607

Saudi Arabia

Headline: Suicide bomber kills at least 50 Yemeni troops in Aden

A suicide bomber killed at least 50 Yemeni soldiers at a base in the city of Aden, a local security official said, in another major attack claimed by the Daesh terror group on forces allied to a Saudi-led military coalition. The attacker blew himself up as the troops were waiting to collect their salaries, the government sources added, wounding around 70 others as they lined up to collect salaries at the entrance to the Sawlaban base on the outskirts of the city. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack in a message posted online. The Yemeni branch of the militant group based in Iraq and Syria has carried out many deadly bombings around troops in the southern port city, which is under the control of the internationally recognised government in exile in Saudi Arabia.
Dec. 10, 2016

http://jordantimes.com/news/region/suicide-bomber-kills-least-50-yemeni-troops-aden

Headline:         Syria conflict: US to send troops to help seize Raqqa from IS

The US is sending 200 more military personnel to help fight the Islamic State group in its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, the US defence secretary says. Speaking at talks on Middle East security, Ash Carter said the troops would include special forces trainers, advisers and bomb disposal teams. They will join 300 US special forces who are already in Syria. Last month a US-backed coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters said it had begun an operation to capture Raqqa. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) had been gaining ground in areas north of the so-called Islamic State’s “capital” in Syria. Speaking on Saturday at a meeting in Bahrain, Mr Carter said the 200 additional troops would “continue organising, training, equipping, and otherwise enabling capable, motivated, local forces” to take the fight to IS.
Dec. 10, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38274191

Headline:Islamic State militants retake ancient city of Palmyra– Homs governate

Headline: Syrian Observatory reports suspected gas attack in Islamic State area near Palmyra

Headline: ISIS seizes important crossroad near Syrian Air Force base

Headline:US bombs oil tanker trucks as Islamic State battles Syrian regime near Palmyra

Islamic State militants recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Syrian troops Sunday, according to both sides in the battle, scoring a major advance after a year of setbacks in Syria and neighboring Iraq. In winning back Palmyra, the extremist group appeared to be taking advantage of the Syrian and Russian preoccupation with Aleppo, timing its attack to coincide with a major government offensive to capture the last remaining opposition-held neighborhoods in the northern city. Palmyra, with its towering 2,000-year-old ruins, holds mostly symbolic meaning in the wider civil war, although its location in central Syria also gives it some strategic significance. Islamic State militants re-entered the city Saturday for the first time since they were expelled by Syrian and Russian forces amid much fanfare nine months ago. The government’s first important win against the Islamic State group in the historic city gave Damascus the chance to try to position itself as part of the global anti-terrorism campaign.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/12/12/islamic-state-militants-retake-ancient-city-palmyra.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4891902,00.html

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-seizes-important-crossroad-near-syrian-air-force-base/

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/12/us-bombs-oil-tanker-trucks-as-islamic-state-battles-syrian-regime-near-palmyra.php

Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Battle for Aleppo reached its end

Headline: Turkey urges Syrians to leave ISIS-held town al-Bab

The battle for Aleppo has reached its end, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdulrahman, said on Monday after sweeping army advances into the rebel sector. Rebels had now withdrawn from six neighbourhoods in the city, their last holdouts in Aleppo, he added. Meanwhile, Turkish media reported on Monday that the air force is pounding Islamic State targets in northern Syria and has dropped leaflets calling on residents to leave a militant stronghold there. The private Dogan news agency said the armed forces had dropped leaflets on al-Bab, the next target of a campaign by Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces. The leaflets urge civilians to flee to secure areas, saying “God willing, victory is near.” They urge residents to “not let the Daesh terror, which serves the devil, exploit you,” referring to ISIS by an Arabic acronym.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4891890,00.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4891852,00.html

Headline:   Syria Situation Report Dec. 2-8, 2016

http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/December%208%20EDITS2%20COT.pdf

Headline:     Iraq: Suicide attacks in Fallujah (Al Anbar) kill at least 2 people

An Iraqi spokesman says two suicide car bombings targeting security checkpoints in the city of Fallujah have killed at least two people. Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen Saad Maan says that Sunday’s attacks killed a civilian and a policeman, and wounded seven. A local police and a medical official put the casualty toll at three killed and 11 wounded. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement. The authenticity of the claim couldn’t be confirmed but it was posted on a militant website commonly used by the extremists.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4891742,00.html

Headline: Iraqi forces regain control of 31 Mosul districts

Iraq’s joint operations command said on Saturday that counter-terrorism forces regained control of 31 neighborhoods on the left coast of the city of Mosul. They continue to advance in three other neighborhoods after inflicting heavy losses on ISIS during recent battles. The joint operations’ command also said that their forces are less than two kilometers away from Mosul’s bridges, adding that the coalition’s air force continues to destroy ISIS gatherings in east Mosul. Two days ago, Abdul Ghani al-Assadi, commander of the counter-terrorism apparatus, said the first phase of military operations in the battle to restore Mosul ended after 50 days of launching it. He added that his forces will completely control the left coast of Mosul after seizing the last few neighborhoods. Meanwhile, security sources said counter-terrorism forces raided al-Taameem neighborhood and are fighting fierce battles to expel ISIS members from it.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/12/11/Iraqi-forces-regain-control-of-31-Mosul-districts.html

Headline: Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in Iraq after weekend attacks

Turkish fighter planes attacked 12 Kurdish targets in Iraq as the death count in weekend bombings in Istanbul rose to 44, government officials said. The Turkish armed forces said Monday a 50-minute airstrike operation in northern Iraq’s Zap region attacked and destroyed a command center, gun emplacements and other targets of the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK. The organization, considered by Turkey as a terrorist group, seeks self-determination for Kurds in Turkey and Iraq. An offshoot of the group, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, claimed responsibility for Saturday’s bombings at a soccer stadium and a nearby public park in Istanbul. The attacks came after a heavily attended soccer match, and those killed at the stadium in a car bomb explosion included 36 police officers and eight civilians. A nearly simultaneous explosion killed the suicide bomber in nearby Macka Park. At least 155 people were injured in the two bombings, Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag said.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/12/12/Turkey-bombs-Kurdish-targets-in-Iraq-after-weekend-attacks/3091481543266/?spt=sec&or=tn

Turkey

Headline:       ‘One-man rule’: Turkey moves closer to expanding Erdogan’s powers

Following a coup attempt in July that some analysts said appeared to have been “orchestrated,” Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has submitted constitutional changes to parliament that would significantly expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The AKP’s proposal received 316 supporting signatures from the 550-seat assembly. If cleared by a constitutional committee and approved by parliament, the reforms would pave the way for a referendum on granting Erdogan full executive powers and, critics say, allow him to rule unchecked. “This is a regime change, plain and simple: one-man rule,” lawmaker Seyit Torun of the Republican People’s Party was quoted as saying. The constitutional changes pushed by the AKP would allow the president to appoint the government, retain ties with his party, propose budgets and declare states of emergency. The amendments were proposed by the AKP with agreement from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
Dec. 11, 2016

http://www.worldtribune.com/one-man-rule-turkey-moves-closer-to-expanding-erdogans-powers/

Headline: Istanbul Besiktas Turkey: Stadium blasts kill 38 people

Headline: Kurdish militant group TAK claims deadly Istanbul bombings

Headline: Turkish police detain dozens of pro-Kurdish party officials: media

A twin bomb attack on police officers outside a football stadium in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, has killed 38 people and injured many more. A car bomb hit a police vehicle and a suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest in quick succession late on Saturday. The blasts occurred near the stadium of top-division team Besiktas, two hours after a match. Ten arrests were made. The government says initial findings point towards Kurdish militants, who have targeted police in the past. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told CNN Turk news channel that “arrows point” to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK). Thirty of those killed in the attack were police officers, officials say. A further 155 people were being treated in hospital, 14 of them in intensive care, health officials say.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38276794

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4891457,00.html

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1022956/middle-east

Iran

Headline:   Netanyahu hopes to work with Trump to undo Iran nuclear deal

Headline: Iran: If Trump sparked ME war, Israel would be destroyed

Headline: Iran Opens Theme Park Where Children Pretend To Attack Israel And Western Enemies

President-elect Donald Trump will be a good friend to Israel and hopefully the two countries can work together to dismantle the international nuclear agreement with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview Sunday. While the two countries are close allies, relations were sometimes tense between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama because of their vastly different world views on the Iran deal and other issues. There is sentiment in the nationalist Israeli right wing that Trump’s election could usher in a new era of relations with the United States. “I know Donald Trump,” Netanyahu told CBS’s “60 Minutes” in an interview that will air later Sunday night. “And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear. He feels very warmly about the Jewish state, about the Jewish people. There’s no question about that,” Netanyahu said. His remarks were significant because critics have accused Trump of tolerating anti-Semitism among some of his supporters. Meanwhile, Iran’s defense minister Hossein Deghan Sunday warned that if US President-elect Donald Trump’s policies led to a Middle East war, it would result in the destruction of the “Zionist regime,” engulf the whole region and lead to a world war.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/12/netanyahu-hopes-to-work-with-trump-to-undo-iran-nuclear-deal.html

http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19224/Iran-If-Trump-sparked-ME-war-Israel-would-be-destroyed

http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/12/11/welcome-jihadi-land-iran-opens-theme-park-where-children-pretend-attack-israel-and

Sudan

Headline:      Sudan’s Bashir vows to crush opposition protests

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir vowed Monday to brutally crush anti-regime protests, warning the authorities will crack down on demonstrators as they did in 2013 when dozens were killed during clashes. Bashir’s warning came as opposition activists issued a new call to hold a two-day nationwide strike next week against a government decision to cut fuel subsidies that has led to rising prices for goods including medicines. “In the past few days we have heard some people, who are hiding behind their keyboards, calling for the overthrow of the regime,” Bashir told supporters gathered in the eastern town of Kasala. “We want to tell them that if you want to overthrow the regime, then face us directly on the streets. I challenge you to come out onto the streets. “But we know you will not come because you know what happened in the past… This regime will not be overthrown by keyboards and WhatsApp,” Bashir said in a speech broadcast live on state television.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/251898/World/Region/Sudans-Bashir-vows-to-crush-opposition-protests.aspx

Luke 21:9-10
Matthew 24:6-7
Mark 13:7-8
Revelation 6:4
Revelation 6:8

Headline:    Standing Rock protesters plan next fights after victory over Dakota Access pipeline

In the days after native protesters and activist allies convinced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny a permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to cross through Sioux land, the thousands of protesters assembled at Standing Rock Indian Reservation have endured harsh winter conditions. But many of the demonstrators gathered at Standing Rock protests are planning on taking the fight elsewhere, according to the Guardian, even though many believe the pipeline project will eventually be reinstated by Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. One organizer, Honor the Earth national campaigns director Tara Houska, left the encampment to drive to Minnesota to testify against Enbridge’s Line 3, a proposed pipeline which would cross northern Minnesota. Houska told the paper the project, which would cut through Anishinaabe hunting and fishing grounds, “threaten[s] the survival of our most important cultural identifier.” Other destinations for some of the protesters included the site of a proposed telescope in Hawaii, demonstrations in Wyoming against killings of the Yellowstone Buffalo and the Sabal Trail pipeline in Florida, according to the Guardian.
Dec. 11, 2016

https://mic.com/articles/161909/standing-rock-protesters-plan-next-fights-after-victory-over-dakota-access-pipeline#.5g3TvgaYl

Headline:   Somalia conflict: Deadly blast rocks Mogadishu port area

A suicide car bomber has killed at least 16 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials say. Dozens of others were injured in the explosion early on Sunday. The bomber struck at the entrance of the city’s main port facilities. Residents say the blast could be heard across Mogadishu. No group has said it carried out the attack, but the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab often carries out such bombings in the capital. “We assisted 48 wounded people and carried 16 others who were killed in the blast,” said Abdikadir Abdirahman Adem, head Mogadishu’s Amin ambulance service. The death toll is expected to rise further.
Dec. 11, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38279745

Headline:   Nigeria Maiduguri: Two ‘young girls’ used as human bombs

Two girls said to be aged seven or eight have been used to bomb a market in north-east Nigeria, killing at least one other person and wounding 18. Police in the town of Maiduguri, Borno state, say the attack happened when the market was crowded with shoppers. The girls detonated their explosives minutes apart, witnesses said. Both were killed. No group has said it was behind the bombings but Boko Haram militants have carried out similar attacks. A member of a militia in Maiduguri, Abdulkarim Jabo, told media the girls were aged about seven or eight and had arrived at the market in a rickshaw. “They got out of a rickshaw and walked right in front of me without showing the slightest sign of emotion,” he said. “I tried to speak with one of them, in Hausa and in English, but [they] didn’t answer. I thought they were looking for their mother.” He said the first girl had headed towards a market stall and then detonated her belt of explosives. Militants have carried out a string of deadly attacks in north-east Nigeria in recent weeks. On Friday, a double suicide attack carried out by female bombers killed at least 45 people and wounded 33 at a marketplace in the town of Madagali.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38285272

Headline:   Kenyan Police Use Tear Gas to Disperse Rally Against Graft

Kenyan police have fired tear gas to disperse a protest march against government corruption. The march was part of a protest movement by activists who want Kenya’s government to do more to stem what they charge is rampant graft within the administration. Police arrested at least three protesters Monday in the capital, Nairobi, when they broke up the demonstration. The group later reunited at another location and resumed the march. The protest march coincided with celebrations marking 53 years since Kenya became independent.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.voanews.com/a/kenya-police-tear-gas-protests/3632637.html

Headline:    3 soldiers killed, 17 wounded as Philippine troops clash with Abu Sayyaf

At least three soldiers have been killed and 17 wounded during heavy fighting between Philippine government troops with Abu Sayyaf militants in southern Philippines, an army spokesman has said. Maj. Filemon Tan of the Philippine military’s western command said in a statement the fighting broke out around 10 a.m. Saturday local time in a remote village of Patikul, Sulu province as troops tracked the militants. Tan said the the gun battle raged for an hour and 45 minutes. “The (troops) continue to conduct pursuit operations and intensify the conduct of focused military operations to neutralize the Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu,” Tan said. President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the military to hunt down Abu Sayyaf members, who are believed to be behind kidnappings for ransom in the area. The Philippine leader said he does not plan to forge a peace deal with the groups. Duterte has met with his counterparts from Indonesia and Malaysia to discuss a coordinated security plan to curb the activities of Abu Sayyaf in Sulu sea that borders the two Southeast Asian countries.
Dec. 11, 2016

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-12/11/c_135896672.htm

Headline:          Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices

A bill meant to help those with developmental disabilities would allow government agencies to locate people with tracking devices, which has some concerned the measure gives the federal government too much authority and power. In 2008, Kevin Curtis Wills, a 9-year-old boy with autism, jumped into a river near a park and drowned. In 2014, a 14-year-old boy with autism, Avonte Oquendo, left his school and drowned in a river. Rep. Chris Smith (R., N.J.), who chairs the Congressional Autism Caucus and the Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force, introduced a bill called Kevin and Avonte’s Law, otherwise known as H.R. 4919, in an attempt to prevent these types of accidents from happening. The legislation would permit the Justice Department to award grants to law enforcement agencies and non-profits for training and tracking devices to find individuals with autism or seniors with Alzheimer’s who have wandered away. “We all empathize with a parent who learns that their child is missing, including and especially when that child has autism or another developmental disability,” Smith said. “When children with a disability or seniors with Alzheimer’s do wander, time and training are essential to ensure their safe return.” The bill would reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program for five years and annually fund it for $2 million. The program would be expanded to include children with autism and renamed as the Missing Americans Alert Program.
Dec. 11, 2016

http://freebeacon.com/issues/bill-allow-government-locate-people-tracking-devices/

Headline:     Thousands of people have backed a Brexit legal challenge to find out if Article 50 is reversible

Thousands of people have backed a new legal challenge to Brexit that will examine whether Article 50 — the process by which Britain will begin to leave the European Union — is reversible. If successful, the case could see Parliament able to reverse Article 50 if Theresa May’s government couldn’t secure a deal to their satisfaction — raising the possibility of halting Brexit entirely. The case is being led by Jolyon Maugham, a tax barrister, and it launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds on Friday. By Sunday it has reached its £70,000 target, with donations from almost 2,000 people. “If a notification under Article 50 can be revoked, voters will get to see whether what they were told was true or false. And if it proves false, and damaging to their economic security, it will be open to them to choose to change their minds,” a message on its fundraising page said. “And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.”
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.businessinsider.com/thousands-back-brexit-legal-challenge-article-50-reversible-jo-maugham-2016-12

Headline:    New priests to learn about global warming as part of formation

The Catholic Church is intimately concerned about climate change. The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences is the world’s oldest, longest running scientific mission. That body, which advises the pope on matters of science, has concluded that global climate change is real and is caused, at least in significant part, by human activity. This is important to the Church because creation care is part of our mission. We are called to be stewards of creation. It’s also important because climate change can exacerbate the ills of poverty. Poor people in much of the world are the most vulnerable to changes. The Church has a responsibility to care for people, and the environment. And care for one is also care for the other. Now updated guidelines for the formation of clergy says new priests should understand this as well: “Protecting the environment and caring for our common home — the Earth, belong fully to the Christian outlook on man and reality. Priests should be “promoters of an appropriate care for everything connected to the protection of creation.” The new guidelines suggest that in the future, priests will also have a good grasp of the global climate change problem and will share this with their congregation.
Dec. 10, 2016

http://www.catholic.org/news/green/story.php?id=72433

Headline:   Bomb explodes in Egypt by Cairo’s biggest Coptic Cathedral killing 25 and ISIS CELEBRATES

Headline:   4 Arrested in Deadly Cairo Church Bombing

At least 25 people have died and 49 more are injured in the blast, with the number expected to rise, according to Egyptian state television. Many of the victims are women and children who were worshipping in the smaller St Peter and St Paul Coptic Orthodox Church attached to the cathedral. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Exiled Brotherhood officials and home-grown militant groups condemned the attack. Islamic State (ISIS) supporters celebrated on social media. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi branded the bombing a terror attack. Security sources said at least six children are among the dead as a protest broke out in front of the cathedral. The blast at St Mark’s Orthodox Cathedral in the Abbassiya area of Cairo took place during Sunday morning prayers near the section designed for female churchgoers.
Dec. 11, 2016

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/742190/Cairo-Egypt-bomb-coptic-catholic-cathedral-terror-attack-Abbassiya-st-mark-orthodox

http://www.voanews.com/a/four-arrested-in-deadly-cairo-church-bombing/3632686.html

Headline:    “How could telling anyone about Jesus be harmful?” Christian nurse sacked for ‘offering to pray’ with NHS patients

A Christian nurse sacked for ‘offering to pray with patients’ before they underwent NHS operations says she now faces poverty and homelessness as a result of losing her job. Sister Sarah Kuteh – a nurse with 15 years experience, mostly in intensive care – lost her job for discussing religion with patients who complained to Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust. Last November she switched to work in pre-op assessment but this August she was dismissed for breaching guidelines – despite her job requiring her to ask people preparing for surgery about their religion. Last night a video putting across Mrs Kuteh’s point of view was posted on the Facebook page of Christian Concern – an organisation which campaigns for people to be allowed to talk about Jesus Christ in their public life. The mum-of-three – who is suing for unfair dismissal – asked: “How could telling anyone about Jesus Christ really be harmful to any patient?”
Dec. 11, 2016

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-could-telling-anyone-jesus-9435551

Headline: Cyclone Vardah threatens to bring flooding, damaging wind to Chennai

Headline: Cyclone Vardah: Two dead as storm lashes south India coast

Cyclone Vardah will weaken before reaching Andhra Pradesh, India, to start the new week, but will still bring damaging wind and heavy rainfall to the region. Despite the threat for damage, moisture from the cyclone will bring needed rainfall, cutting into the region’s rainfall deficit. Vardah intensifed into a very severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal this weekend. Rain, wind and seas will increase around Vardah’s center, creating dangerous conditions for shipping interests. As quickly as Vardah strengthened, it will weaken prior to reaching southern India on Monday evening, local time. Vardah should be a cyclonic storm when it makes landfall very near Chennai.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/cyclone-vardah-threatens-to-bring-flooding-damaging-wind-to-chennai/70000233

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38285564

Headline: Supermoon December 2016

This year, the full moons of October, November and December all take place when the moon is at its closest point of approach in its orbit around Earth — a so-called supermoon. The third and final installment of this supermoon trifecta will be on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The moon will reach peak fullness at 7:05 p.m. EST (0005 GMT on Dec. 14), but it will appear full to the casual observer the night before and after the main event. The supermoon of December 14 is remarkable for a different reason: it’s going to wipe out the view of the Geminid meteor shower. Bright moonlight will reduce the visibility of faint meteors five to ten fold, transforming the usually fantastic Geminids into an astronomical footnote. Sky watchers will be lucky to see a dozen Geminids per hour when the shower peaks.
Dec. 12, 2016

http://www.space.com/34515-supermoon-guide.html

https://science.nasa.gov/news-articles/2016-ends-with-three-supermoons

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Headline:       Netanyahu rejects French president’s offer to talk with Abbas in Paris

“Israel will not take part in the international conference, which won’t contribute to bringing peace,” read a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. Netanyahu reiterated to Hollande his preference for direct talks with Abbas outside of an international summit. “Netanyahu told Hollande if there were not an international conference in Paris, the prime minister would meet with Abbas for direct talks without preconditions,” the statement continued. Meanwhile, according to an earlier report in WAFA, the Palestinian News & Info Agency, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has yet to receive an official invitation to participate in the international summit in Paris on December 21. However,  the PA continues to support France’s efforts in implementing a final agreement between Israel and the PA and reportedly had accepted Hollande’s invitation for tripartate talks on the sidelines of the international conference. Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected the French initiative, saying that such moves allow the Palestinians to avoid direct negotiations and impose preconditions on Israel.
Dec. 7, 2016

https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-rejects-hollandes-offer-to-talk-with-abbas-in-paris/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Netanyahu+Says+NO+to+French+Offer%3B+US+%27Deeply+Concerned%27+about+Legalizing+%27Settlements%27&utm_campaign=20161207_m136008179_Netanyahu+Says+NO+to+French+Offer%3B+US+%27Deeply+Concerned%27+about+Legalizing+%27Settlements%27&utm_term=_0D_0A_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09Netanyahu+Says+NO+to+French+President_E2_80_99s+Offer+to+Talk+Peace

Headline:   Assad: Israel is Syria’s Only Enemy

In an interview to the Syrian Arabic daily newspaper Al-Watan, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that Israel is his country’s only enemy state. “Israel alone remains our enemy state,” Assad said. “He who conquers our land is an enemy state, not just a country whose leaders employ hostile policies.” The Syrian president was referring to the “hostile policies” of Persian Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who have provided aid and support to rebel factions fighting in Syria’s civil war. “The story is the same with the Gulf States – Saudi Arabia and Qatar – which have taken very hostile positions and have historically been one of the reasons for Israel’s continued existence and superiority in the region,” Assad continued. Despite the “hostile positions” taken by Saudi Arabia and Qatar against the current regime in Damascus, Assad specifically directed his criticism at the leaders of those countries, not the countries themselves. “This does not make the people of Saudi Arabia or Qatar or any other country an enemy people,” the Syrian president stressed. “Officials in these countries may have put themselves in the ‘enemies box,’ but not the state or the people.” “Israel occupies Syrian territory, so the issue is different,” added Assad.
Dec. 8, 2016

https://worldisraelnews.com/assad-israel-syrias-enemy/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%27Israel+is+Our+Only+Enemy%27%3B+ISIS+Calls+to+Attack+US+Bases%3B+Watch+IDF+Arrest+Terror+Cell&utm_campaign=20161208_m136032579_%27Israel+is+Our+Only+Enemy%27%3B+ISIS+Calls+to+Attack+US+Bases%3B+Watch+IDF+Arrest+Terror+Cell&utm_term=_0D_0A_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09Assad+Says+Israel+is+Syria_E2_80_99s+_27Only+Enemy_27_0D_0A_09_09_0

Headline: UN to fund ‘blacklist’ of Israeli companies

The United Nations is set to vote next week to fund a “blacklist” of Israeli and international companies operating in Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and in Judea and Samaria. The vote, which will take place in the Fifth Committee which oversees the UN’s budget and administration, will authorize funding for the UN’s Human Rights Council to compile the list. The intent to create the list, which is expected to be utilized by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists for anti-Israel activities, caused an international uproar when it was announced last March. Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, announced on Friday that the Israeli Mission will publicly oppose the list and that he created a task-force to propose new ideas to combat the initiative. Danon also stated his commitment to bring together international partners and pro-Israel organizations to oppose the list.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221506

Headline:      MK Bennett: Amona Bill Paves Way for Annexation of Judea and Samaria

Headline:      Palestinian tries to stab Israeli police, shot dead: Israel

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party, hailed the preliminary passage of a controversial bill to legalize Israeli settlement outposts as paving the way for Israel’s eventual annexation of Judea and Samaria. The legislation passed its first legislative test Monday, passing a preliminary Knesset reading in a 60-49 vote. The bill still faces three more readings before it can become law. The measure has been staunchly opposed by many in Israel, including Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who has said that the bill violates international law. The measure has been also opposed by the U.S., the European Union, and the United Nations. Israeli opposition leader MK Isaac Herzog called the preliminary passage a “dark day for the Knesset.” But Bennett said, “Today, the Israeli Knesset moved from heading toward establishing a Palestinian state to heading toward sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, and to remove any doubt about it—the outpost regulation bill is the tip of the iceberg in applying sovereignty.”
Dec. 8, 2016

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/79836/mk-bennett-amona-bill-paves-way-annexation-judea-samaria/#5hw2eJDGzFQLS73L.97

https://www.yahoo.com/news/palestinian-tries-stab-israeli-police-shot-dead-israel-075436392.html

Headline:      UN official: Regulation Law violates international law

The UN human rights chief on Thursday slammed the “Regulation Law”, which passed its first reading in the Knesset on Wednesday, saying it would clearly violate international law.  “I strongly urge lawmakers to reconsider their support for this bill, which if enacted, would have far-reaching consequences and would seriously damage the reputation of Israel around the world,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, according to AFP. “In enabling the use of land privately-owned by Palestinians for Israeli settlements without the owners’ consent, this legislation would violate international law,” he added. “Israel as the occupying power, must respect the private property of Palestinians, regardless of whether or not compensation is provided,” said Al Hussein. “All Israeli settlements — whether outposts built without formal approval but often with the support of the Israeli authorities and which are currently illegal under Israeli law, or settlements approved by Israel — are clearly and unequivocally illegal under international law and constitute one of the main obstacles to peace,” he charged. “They are also the principal cause of a wide range of human rights violations inside the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”
Dec. 8, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221474

Lebanon

Headline:     Lebanon cannot disassociate itself, Al Assad warns

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has lashed out at Lebanon over its disassociation policy approved in 2012, which ensured that Lebanon’s political factions did not take sides in Syria’s civil war. The policy miraculously managed to save Lebanon from being dragged into the brutal war next door, despite the fact that Hezbollah ignored the policy as it openly fought alongside Al Assad forces in Syria. In an interview with the Damascus daily Al Watan, the Syrian president said, “Lebanon cannot be dissociated from the fires flaring up [in the region] and [cannot] adopt the policy of no politics or what is called the disassociation policy.” Observers believe it was a direct warning to recently elected president Michel Aoun not to forget that he has to answer to Damascus. “As long as the [president] is a patriot and works in favour of the Lebanese, Lebanon will become stronger. And when Lebanon is strong, Syria will be at ease and stronger,” Al Assad said. Aoun is an ally of Syria and previously declared his support for “the war on terror”, which was an implicit vote of confidence for Damascus and its ongoing confrontations against revolutionary elements fighting to topple the Al Assad government.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/lebanon/lebanon-cannot-disassociate-itself-al-assad-warns-1.1942213

Saudi Arabia

Headline:        Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Deliveries To U.S.

Saudi Arabia has informed its clients that their crude oil deliveries in January will be lower, to reflect the country’s compliance with the production cut agreed on by OPEC members last week, according to a note issued by PIRA Energy Group. The note also included information that the biggest cut in deliveries will be to the United States, as margins were lower there. The U.S. needs Saudi Arabian crude or equally heavy grades for its refineries, which require a mix of light and heavy grades to produce fuels and other oil products. This is an interesting development in light of Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih’s warning from mid-November that the U.S. should not try to stop imports from the kingdom. Al-Falih was addressing President-elect Donald Trump and his plan to make the country self-sufficient in terms of energy. At the time, Al-Falih said any such plan would hurt free trade and would not be “healthy” for the energy industry.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Saudi-Arabia-Cuts-Oil-Deliveries-To-US.html

Headline:Saudi border guard killed in mine blast on Yemen border: agency

A Saudi border guard was killed by a landmine explosion on the border with Yemen, the Saudi state news agency SPA said on Friday, quoting an interior ministry spokesman. Houthi forces in Yemen, battling its internationally recognized government, have fired hundreds of mortars into southern Saudi Arabia and tested Saudi defences with guerrilla-style incursions since Riyadh intervened in Yemen’s civil war last year. SPA said the mine exploded when it was struck by a vehicle transporting water along a border road on Thursday evening in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan region.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN13Y13J

Egypt

Headline:   Six police officers killed by Cairo bomb blast

Six policemen were killed and three injured on Friday when a bomb exploded at a security checkpoint in Cairo, security sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Al Haram street leading to the Pyramids, in which four civilians were also hurt. The policemen were either in or close to their car when the device went off in or near a garbage can, the sources said. The attack, close to a government building in a middle class neighbourhood of Cairo, was the latest in a series of security incidents in Egypt often claimed by radical Islamists. Attacks have stepped up since the military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement, in 2013 following mass protests against him.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4890687,00.html

Headline:     Russia flies Chechen commandos to Syria

Moscow started to deploy Chechen special operations forces units to Syria this week, debkafile’s military sources reveal. The troops come from elite units of the Chechen military with extensive field experience in urban warfare. Some of the units fought in eastern Ukraine in the past two years and, before that. in Chechnya for suppressing radical Islamic terror organizations linked to Al Qaeda and the Salafi movement. The soldiers called up for the deployment in Syria were ordered to report to the Khankala base east of the Chechen capital Grozny. They are being vetted by Russian officers who determine which are suitable for the Syrian mission. In the initial stage, the deployment will consist of three divisions totaling about 1,000 soldiers. Since like Russia, Chechen law bars regular army troops from being sent beyond the country’s borders, the soldiers assigned to Syria will wear the uniform of the Chechen Interior Ministry’s security forces, which are not part of the regular army. They will be flown directly from the Russian air force facility at the Khankala base by giant Ilyushin-76 transport planes to Russia’s Hmaimim Air Base, about 1,200km away. Moscow has never before dispatched a substantial number of ground troops to the Syrian battlefield.
Dec. 8, 2016

http://debka.com/article/25828/Russia-flies-Chechen-commandos-to-Syria

Headline:     U.N. General Assembly demands truce in Syria, end to Aleppo siege

Headline: Russia: ‘We Are Close’ to Deal With US on Aleppo

The United Nations General Assembly voted 122 to 13 on Friday to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities in Syria, humanitarian aid access throughout the country and an end to all sieges, including in Aleppo.  Thirty-six countries abstained in the vote on the Canadian-drafted resolution on the nearly six-year Syrian conflict. General Assembly resolutions are non-binding, but can carry political weight.  Meanwhile, Russia and the United States are close to reaching an understanding on Syria’s Aleppo, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying Thursday. “In the past several days an intensive document exchange on the situation in Aleppo has taken place,” Ryabkov was quoted as saying. “We are close to reaching an understanding, but I want to warn against high expectations,” Ryabkov added.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4890774,00.html

http://www.voanews.com/a/russis-us-close-to-deal-on-aleppo/3627930.html

Headline:    Iraqi forces withdraw from Mosul hospital days after capturing it from ISIS

Headline:   Spanish parliament to consider sending more military to Iraq

Headline: Obama: US intel failed to properly evaluate ISIS ability to capture Mosul

Iraqi forces who seized a Mosul hospital on Tuesday that was also a key ISIS base have now been forced to withdraw from the site because of intense ISIS attacks including six car suicide attacks, residents said. Iraqi forces however have managed to establish a base for army tanks that will be used to launch attacks to reclaim the site. According to a statement by the U.S.-led coalition supporting Iraqi forces, the Iraqi forces had no choice but to evacuate the site after “heavy enemy fire”. US-led jets then relentlessly struck the site. It is unknown how many ISIS terrorists were killed a result of the airstrikes. Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama said Thursday that his country’s intelligence networks had not provided him with the information needed to properly assess the threat posed by the Islamic State organization. In an interview with CNN, he said “the ability of ISIL to not just mass inside of Syria, but then to initiate major land offensives that took Mosul, for example, that was not on my intelligence radar screen”. Obama’s critics claimed in response that James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, warned in 2014 that Washington had “underestimated” Islamic State’s capabilities, and that some US military reports from forces on the ground had been altered to provide a more rosy assessment of the situation.
Dec. 9, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-forces-withdraw-mosul-hospital-days-capturing-isis/

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4890742,00.html

http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19196/Obama-US-intel-failed-to-properly-evaluate-ISIS-ability-to-capture-Mosul

Turkey

Headline:        WikiLeaks claims its proven Turkish minister has links to ISIS

Thousands of emails have been released by WikiLeaks that came from Turkish minister Berat Albayrak, the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which proves links between Albayrak and deals he had with ISIS-controlled oil fields. The cache of emails were released on Monday and demonstrates his insider knowledge of Powertrans. Powertrans has a complete monopoly of Iraqi Kurdistan’s roads and rail system into Turkey, and Albayrak has denied in the past that he has any connections to Powertrans. Powertrans have consistently been accused of facilitating ISIS blood-oil from reaching the fields in Iraq to Turkey. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, justified the email release because of Erdogan’s crackdown on free media. “The people of Turkey need a free media and a free internet,” Mr Assange said. ‘The government’s counter-coup efforts have gone well beyond their stated purpose of protecting the state… and are now primarily used to steal assets and eliminate critics. “This consolidation around the power vertical of Recep Tayyip Erdogan ultimately weakens Turkish institutionalism, leaving Turkey more susceptible to future coups by those in Erdogan’s chain of command.” Many believe that Erdogan is grooming Albayrak to be his successor.
Dec. 9, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/wikileaks-claims-proven-turkish-oil-minister-links-isis/

Iran

Headline:           China Guarantees Support to Iran in ‘Standoff Between Tehran, Washington’

Iran has won support from China in the face of possible new American sanctions against Tehran. This was one of the main results of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s trip to Asia which ended on December 8. On December 3-8, the diplomat visited India, China and Japan, the three largest buyers of Iranian crude. On Thursday, during a press conference in Tokyo, Zarif said that the United States and the rest of the international community should respect the final agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. He noted that sanctions against Iran did not work and new sanctions would also be counterproductive. Earlier, during his visit in China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Zarif that the terms of the agreement between Iran and six powers should be observed by all parties. The statement was made after US Congress passed a bill to extend sanctions against Tehran for 10 years. The document was submitted for signature to President Barack Obama. The American president is expected to sign the bill before his presidential term expires on January 20.
Dec. 9, 2016

https://sputniknews.com/world/201612091048372275-china-iran-sanctions/

Afghanistan

Headline:         Defense Secretary Carter Offers Assurances to Afghan Leaders

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday that the United States will stick with Afghanistan for years to come as a new U.S. president takes over what is already America’s longest war. In a joint appearance In Kabul with Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, Carter said the U.S. cannot afford to give up on Afghanistan after more than 15 years of U.S. involvement, the deaths of more than 2,200 U.S. troops, and the expenditure of hundreds of billions of dollars. “The interests we are pursuing here are clear and enduring,” he said, citing the goals of preventing another 9/11-type of attack on American soil and helping Afghanistan attain enough stability to remain a long-term security partner for the U.S. and the West. The war began as a response to the 9/11 attacks. “To have a stable security partner that is eager and willing to work with the United States is an asset for the future for us,” Carter said. Carter was making his last planned trip to Afghanistan before handing off his Defense Department responsibilities to his successor. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for the post.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/defense-secretary-carter-makes-surprise-visit-afghanistan-44079385

Ethiopia

Headline:   Ethiopia at a crossroads as it feels the strain of civil unrest

No longer are bands of young men marauding on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, trying to set fire to foreign-owned factories. Nearly two months into Ethiopia’s six-month state of emergency, it appears to be having the desired effect: protests rocking its two most populous regions have subsided. It remains to be seen, though, whether this is the beginning of a sustained period of calm or a temporary break in the most persistent and widespread protests this country has seen since the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) ruling party came to power following a revolution in 1991. At that crucial juncture Ethiopia embarked hopefully on a struggle to emerge in the modern world on its own terms. It succeeded in doing so by employing a unique political model that is “an alloy of revolutionary theories, pragmatic neoliberalism and intrinsically Ethiopian customary practices”, says historian and long-term Horn of Africa expert Gérard Prunier. While that political experiment has brought significant economic growth to the country, many claim it has failed the Ethiopian people, who are now voicing that fact.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/ethiopia-at-a-crossroads-as-it-feels-the-strain-of-civil-unrest-1.2898411

Libya

Headline:          Islamic State looks to regroup in Libya after losing Sirte

Islamic State has lost senior figures in an unsuccessful seven-month battle to defend its coastal stronghold in Libya, but there are already signs it will try to fight back through sleeper cells and desert brigades. Libyan officials say hundreds of Islamic State militants may have escaped before the start of the battle for Sirte in May or during its early stages. That has prompted fears of a counter-attack or insurgent campaign that could enable the militants to show they are still in business despite the rout, a heavy blow for a group that is also under intense military pressure in its core territory of Iraq and Syria. Some cells have already been active. Islamic State is thought to be behind at least two dozen attacks or attempted attacks to the south and west of Sirte since August, said Heni Nsaibia of Menastream, a risk consultancy that monitors jihadist activity in the region.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-islamicstate-idUSKBN13Y1VM

Headline:      ISIS calls for attacks on US bases in Persian Gulf

Headline: ISIS has flooded Europe with 1,500 highly-trained terrorists ‘ready to launch attacks’, chilling EU report claims

The Islamic State (ISIS) terror group is calling for its followers to launch attacks in Bahrain, including those targeting American military personnel stationed on the tiny island. The call came in a video that also urges Islamic terrorists to attack the island’s Shiite majority amid a wider government crackdown on dissent there. The government is Sunni-ruled. Bahrain is home to the US Navy’s 5^th Fleet, as well as an under-construction British naval base. Officials with 5^th Fleet and the Bahraini government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The video appeared timed for high-level meetings on the island. A Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) conference attended by British Prime Minister Theresa May ended on Wednesday. This weekend, Bahrain will host the Manama Dialogue, where US Defense Secretary Ash Carter is scheduled to give the opening address.
Dec. 8, 2016

https://worldisraelnews.com/isis-calls-attacks-us-bases-persian-gulf/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%27Israel+is+Our+Only+Enemy%27%3B+ISIS+Calls+to+Attack+US+Bases%3B+Watch+IDF+Arrest+Terror+Cell&utm_campaign=20161208_m136032579_%27Israel+is+Our+Only+Enemy%27%3B+ISIS+Calls+to+Attack+US+Bases%3B+Watch+IDF+Arrest+Terror+Cell&utm_term=_0D_0A_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09ISIS+Calls+for+Attacks+on+American+Bases_0D_0A_09_09_09_09_09_09_09

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2358068/isis-news-latest-europe-terrorists-attacks/

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Headline:     Veterans Who Stood With Standing Rock Say They’re Heading To Flint Next

Headline: The Northwest Braces For Its Own Standing Rock

Headline: First Nations youth launch fund to support pipeline protests in Canada

U.S. military veterans who traveled to North Dakota to support the Standing Rock Sioux in opposing the Dakota Access pipeline have new plans to organize in Flint, Michigan. Wes Clark Jr., a U.S. Army veteran, helped mobilize veterans to join the effort to protect the Standing Rock Sioux’s water supply. The tribe says crude oil could leak into their water if the pipeline were to cross under the Lake Oahe reservoir. Flint, where residents continue to have lead-tainted water despite a national outcry earlier this year, seems like the next logical destination for activism-minded vets. “We don’t know when we are going to be there, but we will be heading to Flint,” Clark told Michigan Live on Monday, noting that people have been mistreated for a long time and need support.  Meanwhile, The clashes between police and protesters over the construction of a pipeline in North Dakota have subsided. But the larger conflict is far from over. Tribal nations and environmentalists are now gearing up to fight an even bigger pipeline in the Pacific Northwest. Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the green light to the construction of a new pipeline, dubbed the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
Dec. 8, 2016

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/standing-rock-veterans-flint_us_58432087e4b017f37fe4e902

http://www.opb.org/news/article/the-northwest-braces-for-its-own-standing-rock/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-nations-anti-pipeline-fund-1.3887820

Headline: Lincoln Memorial closes to prevent Trump protests- VIDEO

The Lincoln Memorial, which has been the backdrop for many of America’s most historic protests, will close to prevent Donald Trump protests weeks before and after the inauguration.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/09/lincoln-memorial-closes-prevent-trump-protests/95198586/

Headline:   Female suicide bombers kill 30 in northeast Nigerian town

Headline:   Bomb blasts kill 10 in northeast Nigeria; Boko Haram blamed

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the northeastern Nigerian town of Madagali on Friday, killing 30 people and wounding 57, an army spokesman said. “Based on the report from our men working on the ground, 30 were killed and 57 people were injured,” said Major Badare Akintoye, a spokesman for an army unit based in Mubi, like Madagali a town in Adamawa state. “Security agents have taken over the area to avoid enemies coming in to cause another attack.” he said.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4890743,00.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4890723,00.html

Headline:   South Korea Parliament Votes to Impeach Park

The South Korean National Assembly has voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye. With 234 of the parliament’s 300 members voting Friday for impeachment, the measure gained more than the two-thirds majority support needed. The stunning and sudden collapse of Park’s presidency was caused by recent allegations that a multi-million dollar influence peddling scandal was being run out of the Blue House. After the vote, Chung Se-kyun, the speaker of the National Assembly, urged the government to heal the divisions and political turmoil that has paralyzed it over the scandal. “By passing of the impeachment motion, political uncertainty has been considerably settled down. The government officials should steadfastly put utmost effort into caring for the lives of our people,” said Chung. The South Korean Defense Ministry has ordered the military on a heightened surveillance and readiness posture.
Dec. 9, 2016

http://www.voanews.com/a/south-korea-impeach-park/3629460.html

Headline:       Japan tags dementia sufferers with barcodes

A Japanese city has introduced a novel way to keep track of senior citizens with dementia who are prone to getting lost — tagging their fingers and toes with scan-able barcodes. A company in Iruma, north of Tokyo, developed tiny nail stickers, each of which carries a unique identity number to help concerned families find missing loved ones, according to the city’s social welfare office. The adhesive QR-coded seals for nails — part of a free service launched this month and a first in Japan — measure just one centimetre (0.4 inches) in size. “Being able to attach the seals on nails is a great advantage,” a city worker told AFP. “There are already ID stickers for clothes or shoes but dementia patients are not always wearing those items.” If an elderly person becomes disorientated, police will find the local city hall, its telephone number and the wearer’s ID all embedded in the QR code. The chips remain attached for an average of two weeks — even if they get wet — the official said, citing recent trials.
Dec. 8, 2016

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lost-found-japan-tags-dementia-sufferers-barcodes-093502777.html

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Solomon Islands tsunami threat over after 7.8 quake

A magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit close to the Solomon Islands early Friday, forecasters said.The earthquake hit less than 30 kilometers off the island of Makira — and 70 kilometers southwest of the island’s city of Kirakira — about 4:38 a.m. local time Friday (12:38 p.m. ET Thursday), the US Geological Survey said. A number of tsunami warnings issued not long after the quake have been canceled, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.The largest observed wave, according to sea level gauges, was only 0.12 meters near Honiara on the island of Guadalcanal, some 200 kilometers northwest of the epicenter
Dec. 8, 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/asia/solomon-islands-earthquake/

Residents evacuated as 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Xinjiang in western China

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted a city in far western China on Thursday afternoon. The quake struck at 1.15pm in the city of Changji’s Hutubi county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at a magnitude of 5.9. Internet users posted pictures on Chinese social media showing goods falling off shelves in stores and people in the city centre being evacuated to open space for safety. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake.
Dec. 8, 2016

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2052904/residents-evacuated-62-magnitude-earthquake-hits

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Headline:     Biblical sheep in Israel for first time in millennia

The sheep have landed. After three years of high-level negotiations between the Israeli and Canadian governments, 119 heritage sheep, which trace their lineage back 5,000 years to the Middle East, began arriving in Israel on November 30. It is the first time that the breed, called Jacob’s sheep, has been represented in Israel since biblical times. Three of the 11 flights carrying the sheep have already arrived in Israel, according to Gil and Jenna Lewinsky, the shepherds who began raising these ovines on a whim in western Canada. “The first sheep arrived on the Jewish calendar the day that Noah came out of the ark, the 28th of Heshvan,” said Jenna Lewinsky. “It was beautiful to see them walk on the soil of Israel,” she said. “As a Jewish person I am so connected to the land, but to see the whole project connecting — it’s going to stay with me for the rest of my life.” Jenna Lewinsky immigrated to Israel just three weeks before the first flight of sheep came on their own baa-liyah. For now, the sheep are being held at a special private quarantine in the south of Israel, where they will stay for eight days after the arrival of the last sheep, a process that should take about a month.  Afterward, the Lewinskys will rent a farm until they can find a permanent home.
Dec. 6, 2016

http://www.timesofisrael.com/biblical-sheep-in-israel-for-first-time-in-millennia/

Headline:     Analysis: Settlement bill marks a revolutionary moment in Israeli history

A bill that could be the first step toward annexation of Area C of the West Bank, and which would overturn almost 40 years of judicial rulings on private Palestinian property rights, was approved by a Knesset vote of 58:51 on its first reading Wednesday night. If it passes into law, the legislation will be the most significant event in the settlement movement since the 2005 withdrawal, in which 25 settlements in Gaza and northern Samaria were evacuated. That seminal event was about territorial withdrawal. This legislation, in contrast, shores up the Israeli presence in Area C, by legalizing settler homes built on private Palestinian property and allowing for further settlement expansion. It would also mark one of the few times that the Knesset has legislated a law that applies to Area C. The application of Israeli law to the disputed territories is typically understood to be a sign of annexation. It is for these reasons that regulations in Judea and Samaria are set by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) through a series through military orders and are not legislated by the Knesset.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Analysis-Settlement-bill-marks-a-revolutionary-moment-in-Israeli-history-474688

Headline: UN urges Israel to reject plan to legalize ‘settlements’

Headline: Germany slams settlement bill that legalizes outposts

The UN is urging the Israeli government to vote against the Regulation Law, claiming it would reduce the prospect of a peace deal with the Palestinians. The UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said that Members of Knesset should vote against the Regulation Law, which would retroactively legalize some 4,000 Jewish outposts in Judea and Samaria. “If adopted, [the Regulation Law] will have far-reaching legal consequences for Israel, across the occupied West Bank and will greatly diminish the prospect of Arab-Israeli peace,” he said. “Some have pronounced it to be a step towards the annexation of the West Bank.” Mladenov was apparently responding to remarks by Education Minister and Chairman of the Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett, who earlier this week referred to the Regulation Law as “the spearhead of (Israeli) sovereignty” in Judea and Samaria.
Dec. 6, 2016

https://worldisraelnews.com/un-official-knesset-vote-regulation-law/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=UN+Demands+Israel+Reject+Legalizing+%27Settlements%27%3B+Amusement+Park+Teaches+Kids+to+Fight+US+%26+Israel&utm_campaign=20161206_m135982707_UN+Demands+Israel+Reject+Legalizing+%27Settlements%27%3B+Amusement+Park+Teaches+Kids+to+Fight+US+%26+Israel&utm_term=_0D_0A_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09UN+Urges+Israeli+Government+to+Reject+Plan+to+Legalize+_E2_80_98Set

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Germany-slams-settlement-bill-that-legalizes-outposts-474752

Headline:     High Court says Temple Mount restraining orders illegal

In a landmark decision, High Court judges accepted a petition submitted by the Honenu legal aid organization and stated that issuing restraining orders prohibiting entry of Jews into the Temple Mount is illegal. The ruling, issued by judges Danziger, Shoham and Solberg, referred to a petition submitted by attorney Menashe Yado of the Honenu organization which offers legal aid to soldiers and civilians involved in legal conflicts with the State. The petition was submitted in the name of two Jews who went up to the Temple Mount but were stopped by police and told that they could not enter the Mount before a hearing took place on the matter. The hearing itself is against police regulations and the restraining orders issued are also unauthorized by police regulations and by law. The police demanded that the petitioners sign a draconian list of commitments or they would refuse to let them enter the Temple Mount Compound. During the course of the hearing attorney Aviad Wisoly obtained access to police regulations regarding restraining orders and discovered that they were not implemented and that the police ignored them on a daily basis. in response to the petition, the police reneged on their position and allowed the two petitioners to ascend to the Temple Mount without any preconditions. The State announced that it intended to change the regulations and draft a new commitment, but in the meantime Yado claimed that the State should defray the costs of the petition. The High Court accepted this position and stated that the restraining orders issued by police were illegal, ruling that the state should defray court costs of 5,000 shekels to the petitioners.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221392

Jordan

Headline:    Senate president voices Jordan’s support to Iraq in facing terrorism

Headline: Basra-Aqaba oil pipeline a lifeline for Jordan, Iraq

Headline:   King meets with leader of Iraqi National Alliance

Headline: EU’s grants, loans to Jordan to total 500mln euros in 2016

Senate President Faisal Fayez said that Jordan, under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II, stands by Iraq with all its components, is keen on Iraq’s unity and stability, and support its efforts if countering terror gangs. During a meeting on Wednesday with leader of the Iraqi National Alliance Ammar Al Hakim and the accompanying delegation, Fayez said that Jordanian-Iraqi relations have always been strong and based on mutual respect. “Jordan’s leadership, government and people are keen to forge closer relations with Iraq in various fields, and the Kingdom believes that Iraq’s security and stability is a Jordanian interest,” he added. Fayez stressed the Senate’s interest to build on the strong brotherly ties with Iraq, especially at this critical stage, as well as boost parliamentary ties with its neighbor in the interest of both countries.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.petra.gov.jo/public_news/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Menu_ID=&Site_Id=2&lang=2&NewsID=280634&CatID=13

http://www.petra.gov.jo/public_news/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Menu_ID=&Site_Id=2&lang=2&NewsID=280664&CatID=13

http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=33467

http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=280765&CatID=13&Type=Home&GType=1

Lebanon

Headline:   Report: Hezbollah accuses Israel of striking targets near Damascus

Headline: Israel strikes Mezzeh Airbase in Damascus

Headline: Liberman: Israel acting to prevent WMDs from reaching Hezbollah

The Syrian regime has accused Israel of launching surface-to-surface missiles targeting the Mezzeh airbase near Damascus early Wednesday morning, causing damage but no casualties.
According to a military source quoted by Syria’s SANA state media “The Israeli enemy launched at 3:00 am Wednesday a number of surface-to-surface missiles from inside the occupied territories to the west of Tall Abu al-Nada (hill) that landed in the surroundings of al-Mezzeh Airport west of Damascus.” Earlier on Wednesday, Hezbollah accused the Israeli Air Force of striking Mezze west of the Syrian capital close to President Bashar Assad’s palace at around 4 am, causing large explosions but no casualties. According to Syrian reports the strike would “only make the Syrian Arab Army even more determined to cut off the hands of the terrorists agents of the Zionist entity, which should be held fully responsible for the repercussions and consequences of these criminal attacks.” Meanwhile, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman met with diplomats from the European Union in Jerusalem Wednesday. During the meeting, Liberman acknowledged the truth of reports that Israel is acting to prevent the transfer of sophisticated weapons and even weapons of mass destruction to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon from Syria. Israel is “working primarily to protect the security of our citizens, defend our sovereignty, and try to prevent the smuggling of sophisticated weapons, military equipment and weapons of mass destruction from Syria to Hezbollah,” Liberman said.
Dec. 7, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/idfonline/  (photo)

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Report-Hezbollah-accuses-Israel-of-striking-targets-near-Damascus-474672

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/israel-strikes-mezzeh-airbase-damascus/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221394

Saudi Arabia/Egypt

Headline:       Exclusive: PM May says Saudi saved UK from attacks

UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed that Britain will stand against any action by Iran that is threatening to the region, highlighting joint operations with the Gulf Cooperation Council in order to combat terrorism, she said in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya News Channel. During her joint meeting with the leaders of the GCC in Manama, on Wednesday, PM May said: “There is information provided by Saudi Arabia that has saved Britain from terrorist operations, and there are opportunities we must use with our friends in the Gulf …GCC security is also UK security” Al Arabiya will air on Wednesday an exclusive interview with the British Prime Minister. The interview that was conducted by Turki al-Dakhil is the first for the British PM on an Arab satellite channel since she took office. Read the full transcript below
Dec. 7, 2016

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2016/12/07/Full-transcript-of-Al-Arabiya-s-exclusive-interview-with-British-PM-Theresa-May.html

Headline: Yemen to UN: ‘The road map is a dangerous step’

The Yemeni mission to the United Nations refused on Tuesday the road map proposed by the special envoy Ould Cheikh Ahmed, aimed at ending the war. The mission stated that his plan would be set a “dangerous international precedent” as it would legitimize the rebel-led coup against the internationally recognized government of Yemen. The Yemeni mission addressed a letter to the UN Security Council, describing the plan as an incitement to legitimize the rebellion and the rebels’ agenda. The letter included a list of the steps required before any political solution could be reached, including the abstention from involving the ousted Saleh and leader of Houthi militias, Abdulmalik al-Houthi in Yemen’s political arena. It also stipulated that they both needed to leave the country with their families to any country they choose for at least 10 years.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/12/07/Yemen-to-UN-The-road-map-is-a-dangerous-step-.html

Headline:   Syrian Army officially enters surrendered east Aleppo districts

Headline: Syria opposition call for Aleppo truce, civilian evacuation

Headline: Turkish air strikes kill 23 ISIS militants in Syria’s al-Bab- Aleppo Province

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has officially entered two of the recently surrendered districts of east Aleppo today after the militants fled the area, per the Russian-Turkish agreement. According to an Al-Masdar field correspondent, the Syrian Arab Army’s elite Tiger Forces entered the Kadi Asker and Bab Al-Hadid districts of east Aleppo, following the departure of the jihadist rebels earlier this morning. As a result of yesterday night’s surrender by the jihadist rebels, the Syrian Arab Army now controls the entire area around the Aleppo Citadel, including the provincial capital’s second largest mosque that was turned into a militant base. However, the battle for east Aleppo is far from over for the Syrian Arab Army, as the jihadist rebels still maintain control over the strategic Marjah, Sheikh Lufti, and Sheikh Sa’eed districts.
Dec. 7, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-officially-enters-surrendered-east-aleppo-districts/

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1020581/middle-east

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4889611,00.html

Headline: Syrian Army surrounds key highway in East Ghouta as offensive nears- Rif Dimashq Province

For weeks, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been building up their forces in the East Ghouta region, sending wave-after-wave of reinforcements to the Harasta Highway area as they prepare to launch their biggest offensive in rural Damascus. Led by the 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard and the Palestine Liberation Army (Palestinian wing of the SAA), the Syrian Arab Army has surrounded the Harasta Highway that flows through the key East Ghouta towns of Douma and Harasta, leaving the Islamist rebels of Jaysh Al-Islam (Army of Islam) with two choices: surrender or fight. In the coming weeks, the Syrian Arab Army is expected to begin this offensive to reopen the Harasta Highway and end the Islamist presence in the East Ghouta.
Dec. 7, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-surrounds-key-highway-east-ghouta-offensive-nears/

Headline:    Iraqi forces capture hospital in Mosul from ISIS

Headline:   ISIS launches overnight attack against Iraqi troops in Mosul

Headline:   Mosul offensive folds, waiting now for Trump

Iraqi forces have liberated the al-Salam Hospital from ISIS. The hospital is situated on the left bank of Tigris River in Mosul. Major General Walid al-Khalifah, the deputy of the army’s 9th Division, said the Iraqi national flag was hoisted over the hospital building on Tuesday, PressTV reported. Al-Talimi Hospital in Mosul was also then captured from ISIS. Meanwhile the 9th Division are still clearing the al-Salam neighborhood of ISIS. Meanwhile, ISIS militants have launched an overnight attack against Iraqi security forces in southeastern Mosul, a day after the troops advanced deeper into the city. Iraqi Army Sgt. Maj. Hakim Saranbii told The Associated Press on Wednesday the attack “inflicted heavy losses” without providing further details. Iraqi Defense Ministry officials in Bagdad didn’t immediately comment.
Dec. 7, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-forces-capture-hospital-mosul-isis/

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4889605,00.html

http://debka.com/article/25818/Mosul-offensive-folds-waiting-now-for-Trump

Headline:   Iraq Situation Report Dec. 1-6, 2016

http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/iraq%20SITREP%202016-12-06%20PDF.pdf

Turkey

Headline:           Amnesty International calls for Turkey to allow displaced Kurds to go home

Andrew Gardner, Amnesty’s Turkey researcher, has urged Turkey on Monday to “lift the curfew without delay” and allow displaced Kurds to return to their home in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. “People were forced to leave their homes with a short notice,” Gardner said, adding, “They need to be compensated for the loss of their possessions but also for the loss of their livelihoods because when they lost their homes, they also lost their jobs in a great number of cases.” “There isn’t any concrete, detailed or credible plan for how these families are going to be able to return to their homes,” he continued. He also claimed that half a million people had been displaced by clashes between the Kurdistan Workers Party militiamen and the Turkish military.
Dec. 6, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/amnesty-international-calls-turkey-allow-displaced-kurds-go-home/

Headline: Greek court rules to extradite 3 Turkish coup soldiers

Headline:    Greece is ready for WAR with Albania and Turkey

A Greek court has ruled to extradite 3 out of 8 Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after the failed coup attempt, The Daily Sabah has reported. The coup against President Erdogan began on 15 July 2016 and ended the next day. On 16 July 2016, eight Turkish military personnel landed in Alexandroupolis in northerneastern Greece. They landed in the city onboard a Black Hawk helicopter. Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu demanded extradition of “the eight traitors as soon as possible” in which the Greek authorities responded: “We will follow the procedures of international law. However, we give very serious considerations to the fact that [the Turkish military men] are accused, in their own country, of violating the constitutional order and trying to overthrow democracy.” The Athens council of appeals judges approved Turkey’s extradition request for three of the group Tuesday on charges of being involved in the coup, attempting to impede a parliamentary session and the seizure of a helicopter. It rejected the charge of involvement in an assassination attempt against President Erdoğan, the Daily Sabah report continued. The court ruled that the thee pilots should be returned to Turkey to stand trial for three of the four crimes they are accused of by Turkey, lawyer Stavroula Tomara told Reuters. Meanwhile, Greek Minister of Defense, Panos Kammenos threatened today Albania, when he mentioned a conflict with Turkey and Albania. His provocative statement was made during the opening of a military post on the border with Albania, a movement to protect and enhance security according to Greeks.  After speaking of a clash with Turkey, Kammenos said that the Greek Armed Forces are ready for any situation. He also said that Rama’s statements regarding Chams are just for political consumption. “Rama’s statements must remind us that those people were Nazi collaborators. We will not accept such challenges. These challenges infect history and the international law, “said Kammenos.
Dec. 7, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-greek-court-rules-extradite-3-turkish-coup-soldiers/

http://english.albeu.com/news/news/greece-is-ready-for-war-with-albania-and-turkey/273819/

Iran

Headline:          Iranian UAV attacked Turkish troops in Syria, senior source in Ankara says

An Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle participated in an attack on Turkish troops operating in Syria that left four dead and 10 wounded in late November, a senior Turkish government source told the Turkish press on Wednesday. The attack took place just two days before Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Hakan Fidan, head of the country’s MIT intelligence agency, made a surprise visit to Tehran on November 26. Cavusoglu denied on Wednesday that his visit dealt with the drone incident, claiming that the talks with Iranian officials covered ways of ending the crisis in Syria and sending humanitarian aid. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had said earlier that it had been made clear to him that no Russian manned or unmanned aircraft was operating in the airspace in question. Meanwhile, a Turkish soldier was killed and six others were wounded on Wednesday when an ISIS car bomb blew up in the city of Al-Bab in northern Syria.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19159/Iranian-UAV-attacked-Turkish-troops-in-Syria-senior-source-in-Ankara-says

Afghanistan

Headline:      Taliban could offer ceasefire with Afghani government to fight ISIS

Headline: Saudis Bankroll Taliban, Even as King Officially Supports Afghan Government

The Taliban could offer a limited ceasefire to Afghanistan’s government to enable the warring parties focus on operations against the widening threat posed by ISIS, Taliban commanders who have participated in recent internal deliberations told This Week in Asia. The ceasefire proposal, yet to receive the final approval, is the latest in a series of political initiatives of the Taliban as it seeks to position itself as the first line of defence against the IS, which has set up a government in Khorasan, in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, South China Morning Post reported. The proposal was floated by a top Taliban intelligence operations figure known by the nom de guerre Abu Jindal and discussed at gatherings of military commanders active in Afghanistan or based in neighbouring Pakistan last week, several participants told This Week In Asia on condition of anonymity.
Dec. 5, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/taliban-offer-ceasefire-afghani-government-fight-isis/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/world/asia/saudi-arabia-afghanistan.html?_r=1

Sudan

Headline:     Sudanese army conducts largest-ever military drills

Headline:    Climate change could render Sudan ‘uninhabitable’

Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Tuesday said it has conducted the largest military exercises in its history in the presence of President Omer al-Bashir and senior army commanders. The military maneuvers “Knights’ Challenge” were conducted at Al-Ma’aqil military area in the River Nile state as part of SAF’s 2016 training program. SAF’s Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Emad al-Din Mustafa Adawi said the exercise was the largest in the history of the Sudanese army, pointing the new strategy of the exercises involves the largest war formation from all military units.
Dec. 6, 2016

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61043

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/07/africa/sudan-climate-change/

Libya

Headline:       Libyan militias launch assault on vital oil terminals

Libyan militias that were expelled from the eastern city of Benghazi are now advancing toward the country’s vital oil terminals, seeking to establish control over Libya’s primary revenue source. The so-called Benghazi Defense Force launched its assault on Wednesday, taking over three eastern towns including the al-Sidra terminal, according to lawmaker Tarek al-Jaroushi, who is the head of the national security committee in the internationally-recognized parliament.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4889712,00.html

Tunisia

Headline:   Thousands of Tunisian lawyers join protest against new taxes

Headline: Tunisia’s proposed ID law threatens hard-won privacy rights

Several thousand Tunisian lawyers demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the prime minister’s office, with some demanding his resignation as they escalated a protest against widely unpopular new taxes that will hit them and other high-end professions. Under a budget draft approved by parliament’s finance committee on Monday, lawyers will pay tax of between about $8 to $20 on each file they present to court. The levy is part of austerity measures proposed for 2017 by a government under pressure from international lenders to cut the fiscal deficit. According to a Reuters witness some 3,500 of the country’s 8,500 lawyers joined the protest in Tunis which, coming on top of an open-ended strike that the profession launched on Monday, will test the government’s resolve to implement its reforms. The budget draft also includes a public sector wage freeze, in protest at which the UGTT union – the country’s biggest – has called a general strike for Thursday. Sources told Reuters that the union was likely to cancel the planned strike after a new offer from the government. At Tuesday’s protest, lawyers chanted: “We reject this unjust law” with some demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.
Dec. 6, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tunisia-economy-protests-idUSKBN13V1VH

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/12/7/tunisias-proposed-id-law-threatens-hard-won-privacy-rights

Armenia

Headline:   Armenia Urges Artsakh Recognition as Aliyev Calls for ‘Reclaiming’ Yerevan, Meghri

Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan on Monday once again urged the international community to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in light of comments made over the weekend by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev who said that Azerbaijan will one day claim its “historic lands,” referring to Yerevan and Meghri. “Unsubstantiated claims by Azerbaijan regarding the territories of Armenia openly prove why the international community should recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, whereas Azerbaijan should bear international responsibility for the aggression unleashed against the self-determined Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and its consequences,” Kocharyan told Armenpress in response to Aliyev’s remarks. Speaking to an audience in the Terter region of Azerbaijan on Sunday, Aliyev said while his country will not claim any territory from Armenia through the use of military force, a strong Azerbaijan will ensure that reclaim “all our historic lands.” “Today, we are not claiming any in the modern Republic of Armenia. We do not intend to reclaim Yerevan, Meghri, Goris through military force, but I’m sure that time will come, and we, Azerbaijanis, will return to all our historic lands,” said Aliyev.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://asbarez.com/157855/armenia-urges-artsakh-recognition-as-aliyev-calls-for-reclaiming-yerevan-meghri/

Headline:    Islamic State has claimed more than 1,000 suicide attacks thus far in 2016

Headline: CIA Director Visits Albania for Counterterrorism Talks

The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency releases an infographic summarizing the total number of “martyrdom operations” (suicide attacks) carried out by its followers each month. The latest infographic, which was released yesterday and can be seen below, indicates that 132 suicide bombings were launched in Iraq and Syria during the month of November. Via Amaq’s infographics, the Islamic State has now claimed responsibility for a staggering 1,034 suicide attacks through the first eleven months of 2016. In addition to Iraq and Syria, some of these took place in Libya. The overwhelming majority of these have been carried out inside Iraq, where the Islamic State is trying to hold its territory. During the month of November, for example, 112 (or 85 percent) of the claimed suicide bombers were detonated in Iraq, with 94 occurring in the Nineveh province alone. The US military, Iraqi government, Kurdish forces, Iranian-backed militias and others launched an offensive to retake Mosul, which is located in Nineveh, in October. Amaq’s infographic for November is the latest piece of evidence indicating that the Islamic State is relying on a large number of suicide bombers to defend the city.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/12/islamic-state-has-claimed-more-than-1000-suicide-attacks-thus-far-in-2016.php

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cia-director-visits-albania-counterterrorism-talks-44039137  

Luke 21:9-10
Matthew 24:6-7
Mark 13:7-8
Revelation 6:4
Revelation 6:8

Headline:        Attorneys Challenge Park Service Over Inauguration Protests

Headline:      ISIS declares Trump inauguration day ‘BLOODY FRIDAY’

The National Park Service is quashing dissent by blocking access to public space for those who want to demonstrate before, during and after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Washington civil rights attorneys said Wednesday. Attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund — who has successfully litigated on behalf of protesters in Washington for more than a decade — threatened legal action against the park service if it does not rescind a permit the agency itself took out to block groups from using land around the White House and the National Mall for demonstrations. The park service historically reserves space for use by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, but Verheyden-Hilliard said the denial of protest permits has gone too far this time and is unconstitutional. “This is public land. This land belongs to all of us. The park service’s role is only to act as a neutral administrator and steward of public land,” she said. “They have done a massive land grab to the detriment of all those who want to engage in free speech activities.” The park service and activists agree that Trump’s election has prompted an unusually large number of groups to seek protest permits, including organizers of a planned women’s march on Washington the day after the inauguration. That group has been denied a permit to gather at the Lincoln Memorial.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/groups-call-blocking-inaugural-protests-unconstitutional-44029039

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/739508/ISIS-declare-Bloody-Friday-war-on-Trump-inauguration-day

Headline: Trump advisers propose tribes ‘privatize’ reservations

Headline: Trump spox reaffirms commitment to Dakota Access pipeline despite protests

Headline: Standing Rock Sioux leader urges pipeline protesters to leave

Two leaders of Trump’s Native American Affairs Coalition floated on Monday the idea of giving tribes more control over their land, which Reuters described as “politically explosive.” Some 55.7 million acres (225,000 square kilometers) of Native American lands are being “held in trust” for the tribes by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency under the US Department of the Interior.
While they say that the move could help impoverished tribes profit from oil and gas, critics have denounced it as “privatization.” Meanwhile, A spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump Monday reaffirmed his commitment to completing the Dakota Access pipeline, despite widespread protests that have led to a delay and possible re-routing of the oil pipeline in North Dakota. Trump supports construction of the pipeline but will make a full deliberation upon taking office, the spokesman said. “With regard to the Dakota Access Pipeline, that’s something that we support construction of and we’ll review the full situation when we’re in the White House and make the appropriate determination at that time,” Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump, said, according to the Wall Street Journal. **** We have Trump advisors telling him one thing and Trump spokesman Jason Miller saying something else
Dec. 6, 2016

https://www.rt.com/usa/369278-trump-privatize-indian-reservations/

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/05/trump-spox-reaffirms-commitment-to-dakota-access-pipeline-despite-protests/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dakota-access-pipeline-protests-future-uncertain-standing-rock-sioux-chairman/

Headline:   DR Congo: Ethnic clashes leave 31 dead

At least 31 people died in clashes between ethnic militia and security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend, officials say. They say the violence in the central Kasai province was sparked by a row between an uncle and a nephew over the title of a traditional chief. Deputy Governor Hubert Mbingho N’Vula said 13 members of the security forces sent to quell the fighting were among those killed. Eighteen militiamen also died, he said. Mr N’Vula said public order had been restored in and around the city of Tshikapa in the remote province. DR Congo is beset by sporadic violence between ethnic militias. This has been inflamed further by the postponing of a presidential election due to be held before the end of the year.
Dec. 6, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38218243

Headline: Somalia recaptures town from ISIS-linked fighter, 34 dead

A Somali official says security forces have recaptured a port town from ISIS-linked fighters in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland. Yusuf Mohamed, the governor of Puntland’s commercial hub of Bossaso, says 30 militants and four soldiers were killed during the operation Wednesday to recapture Qandala. Residents confirmed that troops entered the town after fighters retreated into nearby villages. The seizure of Qandala in October had been the first victory for the ISIS-linked fighters, who are expanding the areas under their control amid a rivalry with the homegrown al-Shabab extremist group.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4889813,00.html

Headline:           The EU needs to make itself battle-ready

A week before Christmas, EU heads of state and government are set to discuss security and defence at their regular European Council meeting in Brussels. It may not be a typical pre-holiday topic, but its urgency makes us focus on it even in the time of family gatherings and last-minute Christmas shopping. After all, this should be a time of peace, which is exactly the objective of the upcoming discussion. The European Union is by all accounts the strongest global player in the soft power arena. The level of our development aid and the economic ties with the least developed countries set a good example for the rest of the world. Soft power itself, though, cannot solve all the challenges we now face. If we are to engage in crises and conflicts in our neighbourhood and support the resilience of third countries we must increase our efforts in hard power policies as well. Now is the time to do so and we should not miss the opportunity to move forward. With this in mind, the Czech Republic believes the EU should – within the framework of the current Treaties – make full use of all relevant provisions and instruments available, maximise the synergies of civilian and military assets and enhance its cooperation with Nato as much as possible. Today’s challenges require us to reinforce our own European strategic autonomy.
Dec. 7, 2016

https://euobserver.com/opinion/136183

Headline:    EU Threatens Action if Facebook ‘Hate Speech’ Not Censored in 24 Hours

The unelected executive arm of the European Union (EU) is threatening to escalate from “non-legislative” action if Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube do not censor what it considers “illegal” online speech within 24 hours. In May of this year, the U.S. tech giants signed a “code of conduct”, promising to work with the Commission and national law enforcement to “criminalize” and “sanction” “individual perpetrators” as well as committing to “promoting independent counter-narratives” that the EU favours. Speaking on Sunday, the EU’s justice commissioner added “fake news” to the list of what they want censored online. The “series of commitments to combat the spread of illegal hate speech online in Europe” developed “together with… the IT companies” included a promise to “review the majority” of flagged “hate speech” within 24 hours. However, a new European Commission report has claimed this has only been happening in Germany and France so far, and censorship often takes too long. Consequently, one commissioner implied they could pass new censorship laws if the “non-legislative approach” fails.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/12/05/eu-threatens-action-facebook-hate-speech-censored-24-hours/

Headline:      Newest headache for Venezuelans: Accessing and carrying loads of worthless cash

Imagine this: $20,000 cash, in $10, $20 and $50 bills. Not long ago, a 79-year-old lady in Caracas, Venezuela, received her pension in such way — a mountain of bolivar bills she had trouble taking home. “I have to put them in the suitcase, because they don’t fit in my wallet,” Clarisa Matson de Garcia told Fox News Latino. “And then I pray that nobody robs me in the street.” With the enormously devalued Venezuelan currency ($1 equals roughly 4,400 bolivars in the black market), those 20,000 bolivars barely pay for a T-shirt or a birthday cake. The highest denomination bill in the country is currently 100 bolívars, the cost of a piece of candy. In a country where approximately 35 percent of the population does not have a bank account, the out-of-control inflation has turned every petty errand and transaction into a major headache. “Sometimes, when I try to pay with a pile of 10 bolívars, people don’t accept it,” Matson de Garcia said. Last week, after months of popular clamor, the Central Bank announced that in mid-December it will start rolling out bills of higher denominations. The new highest bill will be 20,000 bolivars — some $4.55 in the black market rate, the only market actually available to Venezuelans due to the government’s tight currency control.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2016/12/07/newest-headache-for-venezuelans-accessing-and-carrying-loads-worthless-cash/

Nov. 30, 2016- Thousands of ‘strange jelly like’ creatures washing ashore in California
http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/220609624-story

Nov. 30, 2016- blackbirds found dead, ‘a mystery’ in Stow Creek Township, New Jersey
http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2016/11/what_killed_up_to_300_blackbirds_cause_still_remai.html

Nov. 30, 2016- Egypt reports outbreak of H5N8 bird flu in wild birds
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4886665,00.html

Dec. 1, 2016- Massive fish kill, ‘state of calamity’ declared on lake Buhi in Camarines Sur, Philippines
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/590795/news/regions/lake-buhi-in-state-of-calamity-due-to-fish-kill

Dec. 1, 2016- Thousands of dead fish continue to wash ashore, ‘reason unknown’ in Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dead-herring-digby-annapolis-basin-sea-life-veterinarians-1.3876264

Dec. 2, 2016- Tunisia reports H5 bird flu in wild birds
https://www.enca.com/africa/tunisia-reports-h5-bird-flu-in-wild-birds-oie

Dec. 4, 2016- 540,000 chickens killed due to avian flu in Niigata, Japan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/04/national/science-health/niigata-completes-culling-540000-birds-poultry-farms-hit-bird-flu/#.WEXOq1JvjVI

Dec. 4, 2016- Thousands of dead fish wash up, ‘a mystery’ on a beach in Cornwall, England
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-38201220

Dec. 5, 2016- 5,000 ducks killed due to avian flu in the Tarn Department, France
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/37915/bird-flu-hits-french-farm-disrupting-planned-move-to-diseasefree-status/

Dec. 5, 2016- 700 geese found dead, due to avian flu in Lubuskie Province, Poland
http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/282979,Outbreak-of-bird-flu-in-Poland

Dec. 5, 2016- 3.4 million poultry killed due to avian flu in various areas of South Korea
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161205000683

Headline:     5 Afghan teens in Sweden charged with raping Afghan boy

Swedish authorities on Tuesday charged five teenagers from Afghanistan with aggravated rape for allegedly dragging another Afghan boy into a forest, threatening him with a knife and raping him. The alleged assault took place in October in a forested area in the city of Uppsala, north of Stockholm. Prosecutor Johan Stromback told The Associated Press that the five suspects are 16 and 17 years old, while the boy they allegedly assaulted is under 15. Stromback said all arrived in Sweden as unaccompanied minors seeking asylum. The accused were charged with aggravated rape of a minor, a crime in Sweden that is punishable by at least four years in prison for adults and juvenile detention for minors, he said. The indictment calls for all five to be expelled from Sweden and barred from returning after serving any sentences. According to the indictment, the accused punched the alleged victim in the head, raped him and spat on him. It said the assault “was planned and lasted for at least an hour” and left the boy with bruises, scrapes and bite marks on his back. The accused allegedly filmed parts of the assault and threatened to post clips on social media if the victim went to police.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWEDEN_SEXUAL_ASSAULT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-12-06-11-32-31

 

Headline:        Campus police officer shoots student who reportedly stabbed classmate at Nevada high school

Headline: One officer dead, one critical in Americus, Georgia shooting; manhunt for suspect underway

A student at a high school in Reno, Nev., stabbed a classmate before a campus police officer shot the knife-wielding teen Wednesday, a witness told the Reno Gazette-Journal. Paramedics rushed the Hug High School student who was shot to Renown Hospital Medical Center, Nevada Department of Public Safety director James Wright said. The conditions of the teens were unclear. Freshman Robert Barragan told the paper the knife-wielding student fell to the ground after the officer shot him. The two students, both boys, had been fighting outside the school library before one pulled out the knife, Barragan said. Reno police were helping in the investigation, Fox 11 reported. Officers later said the scene was “secure,” but the lockdown remained in effect, KTVN added. Wright said the officer wasn’t hurt.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/12/07/officer-reportedly-shoots-student-who-stabbed-classmate-at-nevada-high-school.html

http://wgxa.tv/news/local/two-officers-shot-in-americus-suspect-remains-at-large

Headline:   Death toll rises to close to 100 following Indonesia earthquake

At least 97 people were killed and hundreds injured after an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia’s Aceh province. Television footage showed flattened houses and buildings, including shops and mosques in the worst-affected districts of Pidie Jaya and Pidie. Roads were cracked with gaping fissures. The death toll rose to 97 on Wednesday afternoon after more bodies were found, Aceh military commander Major General Tatang Sulaiman said. “So far 97 people have been killed and the number keeps growing,” Mr Sulaiman said. “When we retrieve bodies sometimes there’s five, sometimes 10 corpses.” Nearly 300 were injured, at least 73 seriously, said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Nugroho.
Dec. 7, 2016

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/12/07/09/19/magnitude-6-8-earthquake-strikes-near-indonesian-island-of-sumatra-usgs-reports

Headline:   Over Saturn’s Turbulent North

This view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was obtained about half a day before its first close pass by the outer edges of Saturn’s main rings during its penultimate mission phase. The view shows part of the giant, hexagon-shaped jet stream around the planet’s north pole. Each side of the hexagon is about as wide as Earth. A circular storm lies at the center, at the pole (see PIA14944). The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 3, 2016, at a distance of about 240,000 miles (390,000 kilometers) from Saturn. Image scale is 14 miles (23 kilometers) per pixel.
Dec. 6, 2016

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21052

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Headline:    What’s shaking? List & map of USGS Earthquakes~Click the shaking house~

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Headline:    Rains drench Israel, snow cools the north

Headline:   Small earthquake felt in northern Israel

Heavy rains are expected to continue to fall on Israel throughout the weekend, accompanied by strong winds and thunder in some places. With the strong rainfall comes the risk of floods which will possibly bring movement to a standstill in a number of locations throughout the country, particularly in the center of cities. The cooling temperatures and wetter conditions are not the only offers of respite in what has been an extremely protracted summer and a grave cause for concern for Israel’s farmers and population alike.  Meanwhile, For the second time in two weeks, northern Israel feels a small tremor as a 3.8 magnitude earthquake rocks 5 kilometers north of the Kineret.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4887428,00.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4887443,00.html

Headline:   Obama postpones moving of embassy to Jerusalem

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a waiver which prevents moving the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Congress passed a law in 1995 mandating the move of the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but allowed the President to exercise a waiver delaying the move. The waiver must be renewed every six months. “I hereby determine that it is necessary, in order to protect the national security interests of the United States, to suspend for a period of 6 months the limitations set forth in sections 3(b) and 7(b) of the Act,” Obama said in a memorandum. Thursday marked the eighth time Obama has signed the waiver, which has been signed by every President since Bill Clinton, each time citing “national security” as the reason for the delay. However, this could be the last time the waiver is renewed – if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his campaign promises. During the election campaign, Trump promised to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in recognition of Jerusalem being Israel’s capital city. Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Dean Heller drafted a law last year that would remove the president’s authority to invoke national security as a reason to ignore Congressional resolutions on moving the embassy to Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority, which wants Jerusalem to be the capital of its desired future state, has expressed anger over Trump’s campaign promises and vowed to “make life miserable” for the United States at the United Nations if he follows through with the move.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221144

Headline:     Hamas to hold war preparation drill in Gaza

The government of Hamas, which is the de-facto governing authority in Gaza, continues to build up its military capabilities in preparation for a future conflict with Israel. Gaza’s Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the local security forces, many of whom are active in Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades, announced on Thursday that a comprehensive military drill will be held throughout the coastal enclave this coming Sunday. According to the announcement, the drill will begin at 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning, and sounds of explosions and gunfire will be heard in Gaza during that time. The police headquarters and some of the Palestinian security forces will be evacuated during the drill, and the forces will be deployed in the field. This appears to be a drill practicing a scenario of an Israeli attack. In recent years, Hamas has been working feverishly to rebuild its infiltration tunnel network into Israel, after the IDF destroyed the network during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. In addition, the group has invested considerable resources in the development and procurement of weapons, including long-range missiles that cover most of the territory of the State of Israel. As part of these efforts, Hamas conducts ongoing missile tests meant to advance its domestic rocket arsenal ahead of its next terror war against Israel. Just last week, a senior Hamas official announced that Hamas has thousands of rockets capable of striking Tel Aviv and localities to the north in the event of another war.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221141

Headline:   Hezbollah vs ISIS vs Israel

Two incidents this week showcase the complexity of the challenges facing Israel on its northern front. In the first, an air strike killed four members of the Islamic State-affiliated Khalid Ibn al-Walid Brigade after a patrol of the Golani reconnaissance unit in the southern Golan Heights was targeted by the organization. Israeli aircraft then targeted a facility used by the group in the Wadi Sirhan area. In the second incident, according to regional media reports, Israeli aircraft operating from Lebanese airspace fired Popeye missiles at targets in the Sabboura area, 8 km. northwest of Damascus. There were no casualties, according to SANA, the official Syrian news agency. London-based Arabic newspaper Rai al-Youm reported that the Israeli strike was targeting a Hezbollah-bound weapons convoy. The paper also reported that Israeli aircraft carried out a second strike on a facility of Syria’s 4th Armored Division, near Damascus. Israel neither confirmed nor denied the second incident. But on a number of occasions over the last four years of war in Syria, Israel has used its ability to operate in the skies over Syria to prevent weapons transfers to Hezbollah in Lebanon from the Syrian regime. It is possible that this incident was the latest act in this effort. These two events are of tactical importance only. Neither is likely at this stage to lead to broader engagements, but they reflect a reality in which some of the world’s most powerful non-state military organizations are deployed close to Israel’s border with Syria, making war against one another while planning and organizing for a future war against the Jewish state.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ISIS-Threat/Hezbollah-vs-ISIS-vs-Israel-474233

Headline: Iran: We have ‘unwavering support’ for Palestine

Iran’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hossein Dehqani said to the international organisation that Israel continues to commit atrocities against the Palestinians. Israel “continues to disregard and disrespect the persistent demands by the international community to abide by international law,” he said in a statement addressed to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. “The systematic violation of the rights of the Palestinian people, including demolition of homes, forced displacement of Palestinian civilians, arrest and detention of Palestinians, including children, and incessant violence, terror and provocations by Israeli settlers and extremists, including at sensitive religious sites, particularly al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem al-Quds , have persisted unabated,” he continued.
Dec. 1, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iran-unwavering-support-palestine/

Headline: Israel’s new ambassador arrives in Turkey- VIDEO

Headline: ‘Drop charges against Israelis in Mavi Marmara incident’

A Turkish prosecutor called on Friday for charges related to the 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship attempting to break the sea blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza in order to prevent arms shipments, to be dropped following diplomatic reconciliation between Turkey and Israel, state media reported. The so-called “Mavi Marmara incident” in question occurred when IDF soldiers boarded the Mavi Marmara ship after Turkish Islamists posing as humanitarian aid workers refused to change their course from Gaza and dock at the Ashdod Port. On Friday the prosecutor told an Istanbul court that the case against the Israeli individuals should be dropped because of the agreement, state-run news agency Anadolu said. Turkish prosecutors had been seeking life sentences for the alleged involvement of former military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi, former navy chief Eliezer Marom, former military intelligence head Amos Yadlin and former air force intelligence chief Avishai Levy, who went on trial in Turkey in absentia in 2012. In October, families of the Islamists killed aboard the ship and lawyers told AFP they had no intention of dropping the lawsuits despite the deal. One of the final key elements of returning to normal relations was the exchange of ambassadors, which will formally take place this month. Israel’s envoy Eitan Naeh arrived in Ankara on Thursday, and he is due to present his letter of credence to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan within days. Meanwhile, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim’s policy advisor Kemal Okem will start work as Turkey’s ambassador to Israel on December 12, Anadolu said on Friday.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221146

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221161

Headline:       UN calls on Israel to transfer control of the Golan Heights to Syria

Headline:    Stunning World, UN Passes 6 Resolutions Confirming Everything Is Israel’s Fault

UN released the Document a/7l/I.8 calling for the return of the Golan Heights to the Syrian state. Israel had annexed the Syrian Golan during the infamous Six Day War of 1967 along with the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. Since then, Israel has ceded Sinai to the sovereign control of Egypt under a US-sponsored peace deal while the Syrian state and its Israeli counterpart failed to reach such a diplomatic breakthrough. The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted six resolutions on “Palestinian and Middle East issues,” ranging from Jerusalem to the United Nations special information program on the question of Palestine. The good news is that Israel still has a smattering of friends at the UN: Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, and the United States (and Israel, of course) voted against; Australia, Cameroon, Honduras, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, and Vanuatu abstained. The rest, 153 world nations that include places where you plan to spend your vacation this summer or buy your car, condemned Israel as being responsible for most of the ills of the planet, especially the Middle East. For instance, Haya al-Duraie, representing Kuwait which in 1991 expelled 400,000 Palestinians into the desert, expressed support for international efforts that were laying the foundation for security and stability in the region. “However,” the ambassador warned, “the faltering peace process continues to present a danger to the Middle East.”  There you have it.
Dec. 1, 2016

https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/un-calls-israel-transfer-control-golan-heights-syria/

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/stunning-world-un-passes-6-resolutions-confirming-everything-is-israels-fault/2016/12/01/

Lebanon

Headline:       Turkish FM stresses stability in Lebanon

Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed Friday that “stability is an important factor in Lebanon,” reiterating the importance of “strengthening the Turkish-Lebanese relations.” Cavusoglu, who kicked off a visit to Beirut on Friday, held a meeting with President Michel Aoun and conveyed a message from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of congratulating the Lebanese new head of state on his election, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. Touching on the repercussions of the influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon, Aoun highlighted the “need for reaching a political solution in Syria” and hailed Lebanon’s role in sheltering displaced Syrians.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-12/02/c_135877107.htm

Saudi Arabia/Egypt

Headline:    Egypt and Saudi Arabia: Marriage on the Rocks?

For several decades, the alliance between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has served as an anchor of a pro-Western geopolitical order in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Dating back to the 1970s, Cairo and Riyadh’s mutual interests and concerns about common threats and shared opportunities have fostered strong ties between the Arab world’s most populous state and its wealthiest one. Egypt, which has faced major security, political, and economic challenges in recent years, has grown quite dependent on the oil-rich kingdom for financial aid. The Saudis, long reliant on external support for defense, have counted on Egypt as a strong and experienced military force to confront what they perceive to be Iran’s expansionist and “aggressive” operations throughout the region. Recently, however, the Cairo-Riyadh relationship has significantly deteriorated. In October, Egypt sided with Russia in yet another clash within the United Nations Security Council over Syria by voting with Moscow in favor of a Russian resolution that argued for a ceasefire in Syria excluding Aleppo. The move felt like an unexpected betrayal for Saudi Arabia, which for years has strongly opposed the axis crafted in Syria among Moscow, Tehran, Lebanese Hezbollah, and Damascus. Abdullah al-Muallami, Riyadh’s envoy to the U.N., called Cairo’s vote “painful,” Just a few days later, Saudi Aramco announced its intention to suspend deliveries of petroleum to Egypt, a country that is constantly at risk of energy crises.
Dec. 2, 2016

https://lobelog.com/egypt-and-saudi-arabia-marriage-on-the-rocks/

Headline:         Aleppo army break siege and ready for urban warfare

Rebels in Aleppo have agreed to form a new military alliance headed by “Abu AbdulRahman Nour,” to protect the city they control from the brutal assaults by the regime and its allies. The new alliance would be called the Aleppo Army and would be led by the commander of the Jabha Shamiya rebel faction, one of the major groups fighting in northern Syria under the Free Syrian Army. A commander at the Jabha Shamiya told Reuters that the new coalition will help in the centralization of the decision-taking process. The situation in Aleppo is escalating, with the regime forces seizing more than 40% of Eastern Aleppo, 15 days after the eruption of the massive assault to restore the second biggest city in Syria. The UN had said that Russia is working on setting up four humanitarian corridors to evacuate the wounded victims and provide medical and food supplies for the trapped civilians in East of Aleppo. The scene in Aleppo is tragic; dead bodies all around the neighborhoods that are controlled by the opposition after the assaults led by the regime. The majority have fled the city and those who chose to stay there, are living without the bare necessities. International reporters and journalists are all describing the situation in Aleppo as hopeless amid the constant attacks from the regime forces.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/12/02/Aleppo-army-break-siege-and-ready-for-urban-warfare.html

Headline: ISIS bombing Deir Ezzor with drones

ISIS has been bombing regime-controlled areas of Deir Ezzor with rudimentary weaponized drones, the terrorist group’s first use of the tactic in Syria. On Friday morning, a drone operated by the jihadist group dropped explosive devices on the Al-Jaz, Al-Barid and Howeika district of the eastern Syrian city, according to an activist group. Al-Nateq did not elaborate on casualties or property destruction caused by the unusual bombing raid, the latest in a series of attacks conducted by ISIS using remotely-guided aircraft to drop explosives in Deir Ezzor. Only days before, the pro-opposition 7al.me reported that seven people were killed in a more wide scale bombing attack on Deir Ezzor that featured several drones, showing the tactic’s potential for destruction. Reports of ISIS weaponized drone attacks in the divided city began emerging in late October, however none of them have gone into details on the technical nature of the operations or what type of explosive is being used. In one of the first reports of the new style of ISIS raid, Euphrates Post on October 20 said that a “reconnaissance plane” owned by ISIS dropped explosives on the Joura neighborhood of the city, killing one person and injuring four others.
Dec. 2, 2016

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/567531-isis-using-new-drone-tactic-in-syrias-deir-ezzor

Headline:       Pentagon: Mosul 20% captured, Islamic State in city’s east isolated

About 20 percent of Mosul has been captured from Islamic State control, while the city’s east has been completely isolated, U.S. military officials said in its latest update on fighting in the stronghold. Col. John Dorrian, U.S. spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, told Fox News on Thursday he estimates Iraqi security forces have freed about 20 percent of Mosul during “very dangerous fighting.” Dorrian said he could not estimate when the Islamic State would be cleared from Iraq’s second-largest city, adding that it is “going to take some time … but ultimately the flag of Iraq is going to be raised in the center of the city.” “The Iraqi forces are working very hard to get this done … but they are up against a fanatical enemy,” Dorrian said. Iraqi security forces, aided by the Kurdish Peshmerga, Shiite militias and a U.S.-led international coalition, began a ground offensive on Oct. 17 to capture Mosul away from Islamic State control. “The Iraqi security forces have completely encircled the city,” Dorrian said, adding Islamic State militants “are largely going to be destroyed in place.” Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense, said Iraqi security forces are approaching the city from the east, southeast and the north. Iraqi forces have already entered Mosul, Davis said in a Defense Department statement published Thursday.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/12/02/Pentagon-Mosul-20-captured-Islamic-State-in-citys-east-isolated/7351480680234/?spt=sec&or=tn

Turkey

Headline:          3 Turkish Soldiers Killed Clashes in Kurdish Region

Three Turkish soldiers were killed Friday after clashing with Kurdish militants in the southeastern province of Hakkari, military sources said. The military launched an operation in the region, which borders Iraq, following the clashes, the sources said. The private Dogan news agency reported that several Kurdish militants had been “neutralized.” Turkey’s southeast has been rocked by violence following the collapse of a 2-1/2-year ceasefire between the state and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in July last year. The PKK has repeatedly targeted security forces since. Some 49 PKK militants were killed or captured in operations last week, the Interior Ministry said Monday, adding that 269 people suspected of aiding and financing the militant group had been detained.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.voanews.com/a/turkish-soldiers-killed-in-kurdish-region/3620184.html

Headline: Assad cannot remain in power: Turkish FM

Headline: Erdogan backtracks on comment about Turkey’s incursion to remove Assad

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Friday said that Syrian President Bashar Assad cannot remain in power, speaking during a visit to Beirut. “Instead of prioritizing his own interests, he should consider the interests of the entire [Syrian] nation,” Cavusoglu said during a joint news conference with his Lebanese counterpart, caretaker FM Gebran Bassil. “Assad’s existence [in power] cannot fortify the unity of Syria,” he said. “A person responsible for the death of more than 600,000 of his people cannot remain in power.” The Turkish FM also called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Syria. “War in Aleppo is worrying,” he said. “A mutual understanding is necessary to declare a cease-fire.” He expressed support for any effective meetings between main players in the region, particularly between Russia and the U.S., to end hostilities in Syria. “We [the international community] should get together to facilitate a solution in Syria and reach a cease-fire through collective efforts,” he said.
Dec. 2, 2016

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Dec-02/383785-assad-cannot-remain-in-power-turkish-fm-mevlut-cavusoglu.ashx

https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/erdogan-backtracks-comment-turkeys-incursion-remove-assad/

Iran

Headline:        Iran says extension of sanctions act by US Congress violates nuclear deal

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the US Senate’s vote to extend sanctions against the Islamic Republic for 10 years violated a historic nuclear deal reached between the country and six major powers in 2015. “The extension of sanctions by the US congress is a violation of the deal. We will report it to Iran’s committee, assigned for monitoring the implementation of the deal,” according to a statement by Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi read on television. Congress members and US officials said the renewal of the Iran Sanctions Act, which was passed unanimously on Thursday, would not violate the nuclear agreement, under which Iran curbed its nuclear-power program in return for lifting sanctions. Iran’s top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned in November that an extension would breach the deal and threatened retaliation. “The American government is responsible of carrying out its international commitments … The US president has accepted to use its authority to prevent such measures,” Ghasemi said, according to the state news agency IRNA.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-says-extension-of-sanctions-act-by-US-Congress-violates-nuclear-deal-474278

Afghanistan

Headline:   China suggests the construction of rail lines linking Afghanistan and Pakistan

Headline: Five Afghan army forces killed in Taliban attack in southern Kandahar

Headline: 23 civilians killed by militants in S. Afghanistan

China has proposed that a railway line be built linking the Pakistani city of  Quetta to the Afghani capital of Kabul, as well as from the Pakistani city of Peshawar to Kabul, according to Afghan Presidential Palace. The proposal was made by the Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Kong Xuanyou in a meeting with the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani. Xuanyou emphasised the importance of Afghanistan to China’s New Silk Road. He recommended that Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan hold discussions to construct new economic corridors through construction of railway lines. Ghani said that his country wants to have strong relations with all of Afghanistan’s neighbors. Peshawar and Quetta have significant Pashtun communities who also make up the majority of ethnic people in Afghanistan.
Dec. 2, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/china-suggests-construction-rail-lines-linking-afghanistan-pakistan/

https://eblnews.com/news/world/five-afghan-army-forces-killed-taliban-attack-southern-kandahar-46754

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-12/02/c_135876790.htm

Sudan

Headline:          In Sudan, austerity and protest as economy crumbles

Mohamed Yassin’s minimarket occupies a prime spot in Khartoum but its shelves are largely empty as a plummeting currency and slew of subsidy cuts pushes prices up and customers away. “Prices rise daily after the government decisions and what we sell, we can no longer completely replace because our capital is losing value,” 44-year-old Yassin told Reuters. “Sales have dropped significantly … We don’t know how long we can handle it. We’re afraid we’ll go out of business.” Inflation approaching 20 percent and government austerity have fueled growing discontent and rare protests in Sudan in recent weeks. Protests have so far been small but, mindful of popular anger that swept away several Arab autocrats in 2011, the government of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has been quick to silence media criticism over its handling of the crisis. Sudan’s economic problems have been building since the south seceded in 2011, taking with it three-quarters of oil output, the main source of foreign currency and government income. Its revenues dwindling, the government began reducing fuel and power subsidies in 2013 and announced a new round of cuts in early November that saw petrol prices rise about 30 percent.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-economy-protests-idUSKBN13R0IM

Libya

Headline:    Armed groups clash in Tripoli in worst fighting for over a year

Rival armed factions battled overnight and into Friday in the worst outbreak of fighting in the Libyan capital Tripoli for more than a year. Black smoke rose into the sky and explosions reverberated around the Abu Salim and Hadba districts, and an eyewitness said a major road nearby had been blocked off with shipping containers. Gunfire echoed across several other neighbourhoods. Tripoli is controlled by an array of armed groups which sporadically clash over territorial control or economic interests. Some groups have quasi-official status, but no government has succeeded in taming their power since the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi five years ago. The violence is the latest setback for the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), which arrived in the capital in March with the acquiescence of some powerful armed factions but has struggled to assert its authority.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4887531,00.html

Morocco

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Headline:         2,000 veterans to give protesters a break at Standing Rock

Headline: Group protests Dakota Access Pipeline at Wells Fargo in downtown Billings

Thousands of U.S. veterans will descend this weekend on the site in North Dakota where Native Americans have been protesting the construction of a pipeline that would threaten water and their land. Some 2,000 veterans will join demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline with the idea of giving a break to protesters who have engaged in the standoff for months. The veterans also want to call attention to the violent treatment that law enforcement has waged on the protesters, according to Veterans Stand for Standing Rock. “We want to offer them a moment of peace and, if we can, take a little bit of pressure off,” said Ashleigh Jennifer Parker, a Coast Guard veteran and spokeswoman for Veterans Stand for Standing Rock. Two-thousand veterans have signed up and the Oceti Sakowin protesters’ campsite cannot hold more veterans than that, but about 1,000 more have said they plan to come, Parker said. The veterans plan to set up on Dec. 4 and will stay at least through Dec. 7, she said. She later added that some would remain indefinitely at Standing Rock. “The militarized police paid for by tax dollars … is unconstitutional,” Parker said. “People are being brutalized; concussion grenades are being thrown into crowds,” Parker said. “They’re spraying people, even old women, and other elders of the tribe with tear gas and pepper spray and all of this is just unconstitutional. I can’t believe the media hasn’t taken more of an interest in this.”
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/11/30/veterans-give-protesters-break-standing-rock/94698198/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-dakota-pipeline-idUSKBN13R0WM

http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/group-protests-dakota-access-pipeline-at-wells-fargo-in-downtown/article_16c76fea-5adc-5ce8-8daf-ba926cbeec97.html

Headline:    Protesters outside Trump’s first thank you rally: ‘I will not stand for you’

Headline:    Twitter Threatens Trump Ban Over “Harassment And Hateful Conduct”

While President-Elect Donald Trump hosted his first “thank you” tour rally since the election, chants of “love trumps hate,” echoed in the cold Cincinnati air Thursday night outside of the US Bank Arena. The cry was met by a man’s voice nearby, who responded, “That’s that not love! Why are you here?” There was a little tension between protestors and Trump supporters outside of the President-elect’s first such event post-victory, the beginning of several stops on a tour through the states his transition team sees as keys to his upset win last month. The colorful and at time incendiary rallies Trump hosted became signature stops throughout the Republican primary and the general election campaign, as were the consistent presence of comparatively small but vocal groups of protesters who demonstrated in and around his events. And on Thursday, they were back at it in Ohio. A small group of people gathered near the entrance for the Trump rally about an hour before the show started. Wielding a few bullhorns and carrying signs, they chanted about immigration rights, Hillary Clinton, and “fighting back.”
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/politics/donald-trump-rally-protest/

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-01/twitter-threatens-trump-ban-over-harassment-and-hateful-conduct

Headline:     Daniel Ortega’s ‘dictatorial regime’ repressing protests, Nicaraguan groups say

Nicaraguan civil society organizations, consolidated in a movement called Blue and White, on Wednesday accused President Daniel Ortega‘s regime of repressing protesters. The organizations are protesting alleged electoral fraud in recent presidential elections in which Ortega won and also the planned construction of the Nicaragua Canal, which would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, akin to the Panama Canal. The organizations will hold marches on Thursday in Managua, Nicaragua’s capital. “As it is known to the people of Nicaragua, from yesterday the forces of the National Police and the Nicaraguan Army, with unidentified auxiliary forces, have deployed a gigantic operation that has placed the country in a virtual state of siege,” the Blue and White organizations said in a joint statement on Wednesday. “Despite the police and government blockade, farmers’ caravans have already been successful. Thousands have left their homes and communities and although they are being blocked. They have uncovered the true face of Ortega’s repressive and dictatorial regime.” The organizations demand the Nicaraguan government “repeal the concession of the inter-oceanic canal and demand clean, honest, plural and observed elections.”
Dec. 1, 2016

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/12/01/Daniel-Ortegas-dictatorial-regime-repressing-protests-Nicaraguan-groups-say/5991480598488/

Headline:    Indonesian police violently suppress West Papua independence protest

West Papuan protesters clashed with police in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Thursday as they made calls for the regions independence. Organizers claimed that police denied them permissions to protest. Papua Students Alliance made up the majority of protestors and they chanted “Freedom Papua” despite hundreds of police monitoring the demonstration in which they fired water cannons and dragged men from the crowd into waiting police vans. “Don’t hinder our right to voice our aspirations. Papuans are demanding the truth of our history,” a speaker standing atop a small truck shouted at the crowd. Indonesia commit gross human right abuses against the native Papuans who have seen their island resources looted and gross demographic changes occur from a Melanesian majority to predominantly Indonesian, specifically colonizers from Java. Voice of America explains the situation.
Dec. 1, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/indonesian-police-violently-suppress-west-papua-independence-protest/

Headline:        2 US warships, 4k troops arrive in Mediterranean – Navy

Four-thousand US sailors and marines from the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) have arrived in the Mediterranean Sea after transiting the Suez Canal, according to a release from the US navy. The group, which is comprised of an amphibious assault ship, the USS Wasp (LHD 1), and an amphibious dock landing ship, the USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), rejoined the operations of the US 6th Fleet Thursday, according to Wasp ARG commander Captain F. Byron Ogden. “After completing our time in 5th Fleet, the Wasp ARG will now be supporting the maritime security mission in the Mediterranean Sea. This sea lane is vital to our global economy, and it remains secure because of the strong relationships between the navies that operate together here,” Ogden said in the release. Dec. 2, 2016

https://www.rt.com/news/368962-wasp-warships-navy-mediterranean/

Headline:       Bye-Bye: U.S. Job Seekers Giving Up, Leaving the Workforce

More Americans are kissing the workforce goodbye – not because they’re financially secure but because they can’t find a job. A record 95 million people are sitting on the sidelines opting not to work. As a result, the labor participation rate is stuck at 62.7%, a 40-year low. “There are a certain percentage of people staying home,” said Dan North, economist at Euler Hermes, during an interview with FOXBusiness.com. “If benefits are great in some states, people will just stay home,” he noted. Those benefits may include welfare, food stamps and Medicare. “It’s not that people are lazy, they are just not stupid,” Michael Tanner, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, which advocates limited government, tells FOXBusiness.com. Tanner, who studies poverty issues, also notes the federal welfare system is very complex and has around 70 programs, making it more complicated to fix. States with generous freebies include Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and California.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2016/12/02/bye-bye-u-s-job-seekers-giving-up-leaving-workforce.html

Headline:       Putin mediates Riyadh-Tehran differences on slowing OPEC production

Headline:       Putin ‘directly involved’ in OPEC reaching production cut deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reported by sources in Moscow, Riyadh and Tehran to have played a central role in achieving an accord Friday among OPEC members to cut oil production by 4.9 percent. The accord sent oil prices upward. Those sources describe Putin as personally intervening to resolve the differences between Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Alil Khamenei and Saudi defense minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Riyadh was persuaded to start cutting back on quantities, while the Iranians finally agreed to slow down their increased production.
Dec. 2, 2016

http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19112/Putin-mediates-Riyadh-Tehran-differences-on-slowing-OPEC-production-

https://www.rt.com/news/368978-putin-oil-deal-opec/

Headline:   In Cash-Short Venezuela, the ATM Hustle Is Driving People Mad- VIDEO

Domingris Montano did the calculations as she stood in the rain at the midpoint of a queue outside a bank in Caracas. She needed to buy groceries. A package of rice would cost 3,500 bolivars, more than half the daily withdrawal limit, and the automated teller machine might be empty by the time her turn came. Maybe she could hit a few more before dark? “I’ve had to go to six different ATMs just to get 6,000 bolivars,” said Montano, a 36-year-old hair stylist, poking her head out from under her umbrella to see if the people ahead of her at the Banesco Banco Universal CA branch were moving forward. They weren’t. Lines are nothing new in Venezuela, where the economy is shattered, inflation is soaring and the currency fell a staggering 67 percent against the U.S. dollar on the black market last month alone — making 6,000 bolivars worth just $1.30. Now added to the indignities of daily life in a country desperately short on most everything except crime is the ATM hustle, as banks crack down on what customers can take out, setting measly maximums.
Dec. 2, 2016

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-02/in-cash-short-venezuela-the-atm-hustle-is-driving-people-mad

Nov. 22, 2016- Thousands of dead fish found floating in the Malacca River in Malaysia
http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/11/190645/thousands-dead-tilapia-end-malacca-river

Nov. 22, 2016- Thousands of dead starfish found washed up on a beach in Portsmouth, England
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/735128/Storm-Angus-starfish-Southsea-beach-Britain-costline-waves

Nov. 24, 2016- dead birds found in a street, ‘a mystery’ in San Siro, Italy
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Nov. 25, 2016- 200,000 chickens killed due to avian flu in Helsingborg, Sweden
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Nov. 25, 2016- Hundreds of dead fish, plus 35 dead turtles found on a beach in Bahia, Brazil
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fg1.globo.com%2Fbahia%2Fnoticia%2F2016%2F11%2Fcentenas-de-peixes-mortos-sao-achados-em-praia-do-sul-da-bahia.html&edit-text=&act=url

Nov. 26, 2016- Thousands of dead fish are washing up, ‘scientists puzzled’, in Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/herring-washing-ashore-in-st-marys-bay-nova-scotia-1.3869341

Nov. 27, 2016- Mass die off of fish washes up along the coast of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/167637/mass-fish-deaths-off-khanh-hoa-province-coast.html

Nov. 28, 2016- 190,000 ducks to be killed due to avian flu in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/11/nearly-200000-birds-to-be-slaughtered-following-flu-outbreak/

Nov. 28, 2016- 320,000 birds killed due to avian flu in North Japan
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnoticieros.televisa.com%2Fmundo%2F2016-11-28%2Fsacrifican-320-mil-aves-detectar-nuevos-casos-gripe-aviar-japon%2F&edit-text=&act=url

Nov. 28, 2016- 1 million lbs of dead fish wash up in Southamption, New York
http://patch.com/new-york/southampton/more-1-million-lbs-smelly-fish-wash-near-one-wealthiest-streets-hamptons

Nov. 29, 2016- 2,000 deer are dead due to disease in South Dakota
http://www.capjournal.com/news/more-than-deer-reported-dead-in-s-d-disease-outbreak/article_44d296b0-b5fe-11e6-9460-7f9e4041af05.html

Headline:   Thick toxic smog clouds engulf London and Paris as health bosses issue pollution warnings to millions

A toxic smog cloud has engulfed London and Paris amid warnings of high pollution levels in the two capitals effecting millions of people. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan issued warnings for the first time at bus stops, Tube stations and roadsides in the capital because of what he described as “high pollution levels”. Meanwhile in Paris, a potentially more dangerous smog cloud has engulfed the city for two days. Health bosses in the two cities have said that anyone experiencing discomfort such as sore eyes, a cough or sore throat are advised to consider reducing their activity, particularly outdoors. The alert in London were issued at around 4.30pm on Thursday. Mr Khan said: “Londoners need to know when the city is suffering from high pollution levels so they can take any necessary appropriate measures to protect themselves from poor air quality.
Dec. 1, 2016

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/thick-toxic-smog-cloud-engulfs-9375333

 

Headline:      Vatican Reports Surge in Exorcisms Worldwide

The Catholic Church reported a meteoric uptick in the number of demonic possessions its priests are encountering. To tackle the surge, the Vatican is offering what they call “a week-long course on how to perform exorcisms, expounding on the nature of angels and demons,” News Target reported. The course has attracted over 1,000 students and claims to educate them on the difference between genuine demonic possession and psychological disorder. Symptoms of possession, according to the guidelines of the course, include: speaking in languages the person was not previously familiar with, moving objects with the mind, and dramatic mood shifts that cannot be attributed to psychological causes. The Real Truth looks at such activity through a biblical lens. While this publication does not endorse the views of professing Christianity, it is clear that spiritism is on the rise. To find out the trends, history and true reasons from the Bible regarding the rise of demonic activity, read The Real Truth article “Demystifying the Spirit Realm.”
Dec. 1, 2016

https://realtruth.org/news/161128-004.html

Headline: Jakarta protests: Muslims turn out in force against Christian governor Ahok

A crowd of at least 200,000 Muslim protesters has descended on Jakarta to demand the Christian governor of the Indonesian capital be arrested for insulting Islam. There was heavy security at the rally on Friday with authorities wary of the kind of violence that marred a similar demonstration in November. People headed towards a huge park in downtown Jakarta to protest against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known by his nickname Ahok, who has become the target of widespread anger in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. Waving banners that read “Jail Ahok, the law must be fair”, demonstrators dressed in white Islamic skullcaps and robes marched through the streets. Many had travelled from outside the capital to take part. “All we want is justice, and by justice I mean Ahok being detained,” said Ricky Subagia, 26, who had come 200km (120 miles) from the town of Garut. President Joko Widodo, who is a political ally of Ahok, unexpectedly went to the national monument to join Friday prayers with the sprawling crowd. He called for protesters to disperse peacefully. They cheered and then broke into chants calling for Ahok’s arrest.
Dec. 2, 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/jakarta-protests-muslims-against-christian-governor-ahok

Headline:   San Bernardino: Pastor Arrested for offering Prayer

Last month, Father James Linton was arrested outside the San Bernardino Planned Parenthood for offering to pray with women entering the abortion facility. Police held him for six hours and cited him for interfering with and obstructing access to a business. On November 2, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office formally charged Linton, accusing him of violating Penal Code section 602.1 (a) (Interference with a Business). If convicted, Fr. Linton could be sentenced to up to 90 days in jail and a $400 fine. When he was arrested, Fr. Linton, an Anglican pastor, was standing on a public easement offering incoming mothers and fathers alternatives to abortion and praying for them to change their minds. “The arrest of Fr. Linton is outrageous,” stated Allison Aranda, Senior Staff Counsel for the Life Legal Defense Foundation and a former prosecutor for Riverside County. “Fr. Linton certainly did not intend to interfere with Planned Parenthood’s ability to conduct its business. Rather, he simply offered assistance and alternatives to its patrons that could save the lives of their precious babies.”
Dec. 1, 2016

http://www.trunews.com/article/san-bernardino-pastor-arrested-for-offering-prayer

Headline:      Albania: Europe’s outdoor cannabis capital

Albania has become the largest producer of outdoor-grown cannabis in Europe. The potent plant has been described as “green gold” for struggling farmers. In a poor nation, it’s a billion-euro industry. Off a dirt road, in a small village north of Tirana, there’s a half-built, tumble-down, brick house. It stands alone and looks abandoned. It isn’t. The sweet, heady odor that seeps from one of the rooms reveals its current function: cannabis production. Inside, more than half the floor space is covered with buds of the drying drug. “There’s about 20kg here,” says the man who owns it. He is young – late 20s maybe – dressed in skinny jeans, a tight top and trainers. And he is one of thousands making money from the cannabis boom.
Dec. 1, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38111945

Headline: Tornado Outbreaks Are More Common — But We Don’t Know Why

The most dangerous tornadoes are the ones that touch down one after the other. Most tornado deaths in the U.S. happen when six or more tornadoes affect a relatively small area — and new research shows these outbreaks are getting more severe. We’ve seen that the frequency of these outbreaks is rising faster than expected. The chances of seeing a string of tornadoes has more than doubled in the past 50 years. And it’s not that we’re just seeing more of them thanks to smartphones and social media. While it’s true that tornadoes are now more likely to be spotted and reported than ever, the researchers adjusted for this phenomenon and the counts still increased. And we’re still not sure why. The increase doesn’t seem to be driven by climate change. The warming planet has more energy available in the atmosphere to whip up fierce storms, but the models show this isn’t associated with the frequency of the outbreaks. Researchers think it could be long-term cycles in ocean temperatures instead. We know these natural changes can influence everything from glacier mass in the Swiss Alps, to the frequency of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, to U.S. droughts.
Dec. 1, 2016

http://www.10news.com/newsy/tornado-outbreaks-are-more-common-but-we-dont-know-why

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Headline:         30 Years to Fully Recover From Israel Fires

Israeli experts lamented that it could take as much as 30 years to fully recover from the wave of fires that ravaged the country over the past two weeks. While hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed by the flames (mostly in the Haifa and Jerusalem areas) huge tracts of forests, including entire nature reserves, were decimated. Current estimates are that well over 35,000 acres of forest were destroyed, and much of the wildlife living there was killed. “While some of the foxes and hyenas and other animals managed to flee the fires, others were not so lucky. Snakes and turtles for example, did not survive,” Uri Naveh, head of the Nature and Parks Authority Jerusalem District, told Israel’s Ynet news portal.
Nov. 29, 2016

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/30611/Default.aspx

Headline: Israel president decries bill to quieten mosques

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin spoke out on Tuesday against a controversial bill that would prohibit mosques from using loudspeakers to summon believers to prayers early in the morning. The draft law, which sparked outrage around the Arab and wider Muslim world, is set to be submitted for its preliminary reading in parliament on Wednesday. Its original form was amended last week in order not to affect the sirens that announce the start of the Jewish day of rest at sundown each Friday. Rivlin on Tuesday hosted in his Jerusalem residence a meeting of religious leaders “seeking to bridge gaps over the issue of the muezzins”, the Muslim lay officials charged with calling the faithful to prayer, a statement from his office read. “I thought that perhaps such a meeting could have an impact on the whole public, and that it would be a shame that a law should be born which touches on the issue of freedom of faith of a specific group among us,” he was quoted as telling participants. Rivlin, whose post is mainly ceremonial, considers the new legislation – supported by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – unnecessary.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/11/30/Israel-president-decries-bill-to-quieten-mosques.html

Headline:    Abbas reelected party leader as Fateh opens rare congress

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reelected as Fateh Party leader Tuesday as the movement opened its first congress since 2009 with talk mounting of who will eventually succeed the 81-year-old. Abbas was reelected by consensus, party spokesman Mahmoud Abu Al Hija said. The election of members of Fateh’s parliament and its central committee over the five-day conference will signal the direction the oldest Palestinian party will take at a time when Abbas is weakened by his own unpopularity and internal dissent. While the ageing leader has said he has no intention of stepping aside anytime soon, talk of who will eventually succeed him as Palestinian president has intensified. He has not publicly designated a successor.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://jordantimes.com/news/region/abbas-reelected-party-leader-fateh-opens-rare-congress

Headline:    Jimmy Carter: America Must Recognize Palestine

Headline:   UN General Assembly president wears Palestinian flag scarf

Headline:   UN chief: Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects under threat

Headline:    Palestinian leader seeks Trump support for independence

We do not yet know the policy of the next administration toward Israel and Palestine, but we do know the policy of this administration. It has been President Obama’s aim to support a negotiated end to the conflict based on two states, living side by side in peace. That prospect is now in grave doubt. I am convinced that the United States can still shape the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before a change in presidents, but time is very short. The simple but vital step this administration must take before its term expires on Jan. 20 is to grant American diplomatic recognition to the state of Palestine, as 137 countries have already done, and help it achieve full United Nations membership. Back in 1978, during my administration, Israel’s prime minister, Menachem Begin, and Egypt’s president, Anwar Sadat, signed the Camp David Accords. That agreement was based on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, which was passed in the aftermath of the 1967 war. The key words of that resolution were “the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East in which every state in the area can live in security,” and the “withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict.”
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/opinion/jimmy-carter-america-must-recognize-palestine.html?_r=0

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4886372,00.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4886322,00.html

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/12/01/Palestinian-leader-seeks-Trump-support-for-independence.html

Headline:    Erdogan calls on Muslims to ‘protect Jerusalem’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on all Muslims to “defend the Palestinian cause” and protect Jerusalem. Speaking in Istanbul at a parliamentary symposium on Jerusalem and quoted by Al Jazeera, Erdogan said “it is the common duty of all Muslims to embrace the Palestinian cause and protect Jerusalem”, adding that safeguarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque should not be left to children armed with nothing but stones. He accused Israel of “policies of repression and discrimination against our Palestinian brothers” and condemned the so-called Israeli “Muezzin Law”, which would prohibit houses of worship from using loudspeakers, specifically mosques, which disturb the sleep of nearby residents when the Muezzin calls worshipers to prayer in the early hours of the morning. Erdogan criticized the bill as “irrational” and “conscienceless”, reiterating criticism voiced about the law last week by Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister. He also underscored the need for a “two-state solution” to solve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). “The only way for permanent peace in the Middle East is a free and independent Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem,” said Erdogan, according to Al Jazeera.
***see also Turkey below

Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221034

Headline:     Israel plots largest settlement expansion in occupied Syrian Golan since 1980

Arab Human Rights Center in the Golan announced in a press release that it has written to the European Union, European governments and the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council regarding Israel’s plans to expand Katrzin settlement and establish ‘Hermon National Park’ in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The Israeli Finance Ministry approved plans to build 1,600 additional settlement units in Katzrin in October. About 8,000 settlers live in Katzrin atop the destroyed Syrian villages of Qasrin, Shqef and Sanawber. It is the largest settlement in the occupied Syrian Golan. “This will be the largest expansion of an illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied Syrian Golan since the 1980s,” a letter from Al-Marsad to the Delegation of the European Union to Israel reads.
Nov. 29, 2016

http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/headlines/272-israel-plots-largest-settlement-expansion-in-occupied-syrian-golan-since-1980

http://golan-marsad.org/wp-content/uploads/Letter-to-embassies-regarding-expansion-of-illegal-settlement-and-Hermon-National-Park-plan-in-Occupied-Syrian-Golan-EU-Delegation-version-of-letter.pdf?utm_source=International+and+domestic+journalists&utm_campaign=e1221adf5b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da9dc0bdd-e1221adf5b-&utm_source=International+and+domestic+journalists&utm_campaign=e1221adf5b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da9dc0bdd-e1221adf5b-85090637

Headline:      Israeli warplanes launch 2 rockets across Syrian border that strike near Damascus

Headline: Israel jets mark go-it-alone policy on Syria

Syrian state media said Israeli fighter jets fired two missiles that hit west of Damascus, causing no casualties. Earlier reports indicated the missiles had hit Hezbollah militia targets near Al-Saboorah, a government-controlled suburb of Syria’s capital. Israeli planes launched the airstrike from Lebanese airspace at dawn to “divert attention away from the successes of the Syrian Arab Army,” a Syrian military source said, according to SANA news agency. Al-Masdar news agency reported earlier that the Israeli Air Force had launched four air-to-surface Popeye missiles targeting Hezbollah positions. The jets themselves are not believed to have entered Syrian airspace. Pro-#Hezbollah outlet: Two #Israeli raids targeted arms cache belonging to 4th Division as well as arms convoy on Damascus-Beirut highway pic.twitter.com/CMjlgVexOp — Albin Szakola (@AlbinSzakola) 30 ноября 2016 г. There have been conflicting reports over the initial target of the raid with speculations swirling over what targets were actually hit during the sorties. Lebanomn’s Mulhak News reported citing own sources that Syria’s army ammunition depot was destroyed in one of the raids, while in the other a number of cars left near to the Damascus-Beirut Highway were damaged. The outlet stated that no senior security or political commanders have been killed in the attack.
Nov. 30, 2016

https://www.rt.com/news/368644-israel-syria-border-strike-damascus/

http://debka.com/article/25806/Israel-jets-mark-go-it-alone-policy-on-Syria

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-israeli-jet-carries-airstrike-near-damascus/

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/30617/Default.aspx

Lebanon

Headline:      Hezbollah to play lead role in new Syria regime force: report

Hezbollah will play a leading role overseeing a recently-formed corps set to serve as an auxiliary fighting force for the Syrian regime, according to a Lebanese daily supportive of Damascus. As-Safir reported Monday that top Hezbollah commanders known for their “high leadership quality” will embed with the Fifth Corps, which was formed last week by the Syrian regime.  “It is expected that some Hezbollah military leaders will have a major role in leading some of the fighting groups that will join the Fifth Corps,” the pro-Assad Lebanese daily claimed. It went on to say that “a new force of elite troops within Hezbollah” will either operate under the banner of the Fifth Corps or directly coordinate with the new unit, without going into further details on the matter. Officially dubbed a “storming force” by Syria’s army command, the Fifth Corps publicly stated mission is to “work alongside the Syrian army and allied troops” to “eradicate terrorism.” Syrian state media has broadcast calls for volunteers to join the new unit, prompting reports in some opposition outlets that the Fifth Corps is another regime attempt to bolster its fighting manpower.
Nov. 30, 2016

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/567525-hezbollah-to-play-lead-role-in-new-syria-regime-force

Saudi Arabia

Headline:   Yemen president accuses rebels of dashing peace hopes

Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi on Tuesday accused Shiite rebels and their allies of dashing hopes for peace after they unveiled a new government in areas under their control. Hadi said Monday’s formation by the Iran-backed rebels of a government of national salvation showed their determination to “spread chaos and destruction” and “destroys any chance of dialogue and peace”. Speaking through a spokesman from Yemen’s second city Aden, the seat of his beleaguered government, Hadi called on the international community to “condemn this move and hold the militia responsible for the collapse of peace efforts”. Announcing their new government, the Houthi rebels said it was a response to Hadi’s “stubbornness” in pursuing a deadly war against them with the support of a Saudi-led coalition since March last year. The war of words comes as the UN envoy for Yemen shuttles between the two sides in an effort to revive a US-backed ceasefire that collapsed after just 48 hours early last week.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://jordantimes.com/news/region/yemen-president-accuses-rebels-dashing-peace-hopes

Headline:    Moscow demands answers after Erdogan vows to oust ‘tyrant’ Assad

Headline:    Erdogan and Putin discuss Aleppo

The Kremlin on Wednesday demanded an explanation after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara intervened in the Syria conflict solely to topple President Bashar Assad.
Turkish forces are pressing on with a three-month operation inside Syria in support of anti-Assad forces, while Russia is the chief ally of the Syrian president in the conflict that has claimed more than 300,000 lives since 2011. At the same time, Turkey and Russia have also been working hard to improve relations after clinching a reconciliation deal in June to repair ties brought to a historic low by Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian jet in November 2015. Erdogan had said at a meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday: “We went in there to put an end to the rule of the tyrant Assad who carries out state terror, not for anything else.”
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1017606/middle-east

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4886740,00.html

Headline:      Syrian military source says army, allies take south Aleppo area

Headline:     Al-Qaeda reinforcements arrive on western outskirts of Aleppo for new assaults

A Syrian military source said government troops and allied forces took back full countrol of the Sheikh Saeed district in southeast Aleppo from rebels on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitoring group, said that rebel groups still controlled a third of the district, however, while government forces and allied forces seized the rest of it. Meanwhile, According to information obtained by Al-Masdar News, hundreds of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Al-Qaeda affiliate) fighters arrived from Idlib to the western Aleppo countryside on Wednesday. Syrian reconnaissance units and drones have observed extensive Islamist military build-up in the region, causing government troops to stiffen their defences of the city. Effectively, Jaysh al-Fateh (Army of Conquest/Islamist coalition) is expected to launch renewed attacks on the densely populated government-held suburbs of western Aleppo in the coming days in a last-ditch effort to relieve besieged insurgents in eastern Aleppo. Meanwhile, the Russian Air Force will likely increase its sorties over western Aleppo in an attempt to disrupt the upcoming jihadist offensive and reduce its initial impact. Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4886613,00.html

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/al-qaeda-reinforcements-arrive-on-western-outskirts-of-aleppo-for-new-assaults/

Headline:     US says that strikes against Syrian Army in Deir Ezzor were ‘unintentional’

The US Defense Department has said that it’s strikes against the Syrian Army in Deir Ezzor that killed over 80 soldiers in mid-Septemer was an “unintentional error” and did not violate international law. The Pentagon made the claims in a statement on Tuesday, saying that the US-led coalition had launched the air raids based on wrong intelligence and as it was not a deliberate mistake, it would not constitute a breach of law. “The evidence showed there was not a deliberate disregard of targeting procedures or the rules of engagement,” the statement said. The statement then went onto defend the legality of the deadly airstrikes. “The decision to strike these targets was made in accordance with the law of armed conflict and the applicable rules of engagement,” the statement continued. “We made an unintentional, regrettable error, based on several factors in the targeting process,” said Richard Coe, US air force brigadier general and the investigating officer.
Nov. 30, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-says-strikes-syrian-army-deir-ezzor-unintentional/

Headline:          Anticipating Iraq’s Next Sunni Insurgency

Iraq could face another Sunni insurgency after ISIS loses control of Mosul. The U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve has not resolved the political conditions that originally caused Sunni Arabs to mobilize in a non-violent protest movement in 2012-2013. Sunni Arabs in Iraq who are liberated from ISIS’s control will not necessarily be reconciled to the Iraqi Government. The success of anti-ISIS operations in 2016 will open space for other Sunni anti-government actors and armed groups to resurge in ISIS’s absence. Sunni Arabs are displaced in large numbers, which will grow as the Coalition seizes and secures Mosul. Iranian-backed Shi’a militias will exacerbate grievances as they move to clear Sunni-majority villages in northern Iraq and near Tel Afar, a historic stronghold of Sunni insurgents and al Qaeda in Iraq west of Mosul. Shi’a militias have alienated local Sunni Arab populations in other cities cleared of ISIS by conducting extrajudicial killings, ethnic cleansing, and other forms of violence against the local population. A permissive environment is emerging for a Sunni insurgency in the vacuum of control left by ISIS, into which other actors, including al Qaeda, could emerge in 2017.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://iswresearch.blogspot.com/2016/11/anticipating-iraqs-next-sunni-insurgency.html?utm_source=Anticipating+Iraq%27s+Next+Sunni+Insurgency&utm_campaign=http%3A%2F%2Fiswresearch.blogspot.com%2F2016%2F11%2Fanticipating-iraqs-next-sunni-insurgency.html&utm_medium=email

Headline: Iraq’s special forces control 19 Mosul neighborhoods

Iraqi special forces fighting ISIS militants on the eastern side of Mosul have retaken 19 neighborhoods from the extremist group since the battle for the city began last month, a senior Iraqi commander said on Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Haider Fadhil of the special forces told The Associated Press his men were now about four kilometers from the Tigris river, which slices the city in half. He said the 19 neighborhoods constituted less than 30 percent of the part of the city east of the Tigris.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4886739,00.html

Turkey

Headline:          Erdogan questions legitimacy of Cyprus Flag

The Greek Foreign Ministry has denounced recent statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who angrily detested the legitimacy of the Cypriot flag that displays the whole island. “Without shame they go to the EU meetings with a flag that depicts the whole island. You cannot have such a flag. You are the Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus. To the north is the Turkish republic. That’s rude. In any case, they will understand this”, Erdogan was quoted as saying. The Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Stratos Efthimiou, said that Turkey attempting to make Cyprus the aggressor is “groundless”. “Once again, the Turkish leadership is trying to equate the aggressor with the victim by making historically groundless and arbitrary arguments that attempt to erase Turkey’s responsibilities as an occupying power,” Efthimiou told Greek media. Turkey continues to occupy the northern half of the island with over 30,000 soldiers since the Turkish invasion in 1974. The northern half of the island is recognized only by Turkey as an independent republic.
Nov. 30, 2016

PLEASE SEE ETRM POST FOR TURKEY 10/3

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/erdogan-questions-legitimacy-of-cyprus-flag/

http://endtimesresearchministry.com/oct-3-2016-us-government-no-longer-controls-the-internet-us-suspends-talks-with-russia-over-syria/

Iran

Headline:      Russia gets permission to use Iran’s Hamadan air base for Syria airstrikes

Headline:   The Iranian Empire is back

Russia is considering using Iran’s Hamadan airbase to launch airstrikes on insurgents in Syria if its aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, leaves Syria’s coastline on the Mediterranean for a new mission, Russian and Iranian officials said. “The necessity to use the airfield of the airbase in Hamadan could emerge if Admiral Kuznetsov carries out another operation and [Russia] will not be able to use it for airstrikes against terrorists in Syria,” Viktor Ozerov on Saturday told RIA Novosti,, Russia’s state-operated international news agency. Earlier in the day, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said that Iran might allow Russia to use Hamadan in its air operation against militants in Syria. Hossein Sheikholeslam, an adviser to Iran’s foreign minister, repeated the offer Tuesday, saying: “If the situation demands it, like it did in August, we’re ready to allow Russian warplanes to take off and refuel at this airfield.” Iran allowed Russia to operate from the base in mid-August. The jets returned to Russia after completing their anti-terror mission one week later. Meanwhile, For the first time since 625 CE, Iran has restored its control over a contiguous territory that extends from the east of Afghanistan to the Mediterranean coast. With the complete collapse of the Syrian armed opposition expected before the end of this year, Tehran would have subdued the three Arab countries that are sandwiched between its Western border and the Mediterranean. The dream of the founder of the Islamic Republic and its first Supreme Guide Ruhollah Khomeini will be finally recognized.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/11/30/Russia-gets-permission-to-use-Irans-Hamadan-air-base-for-Syria-airstrikes/8251480520159/?spt=sec&or=tn

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/567528-the-iranian-empire-is-back

Afghanistan

Headline:        China dismisses report of military patrols in Afghanistan

China’s Defence Ministry on Wednesday dismissed reports Chinese military vehicles were patrolling inside Afghanistan, after an Indian media outlet said Chinese security forces were making regular patrols there. India’s WION news outlet this month published pictures on its website showing what it said were likely Chinese security forces patrolling in Afghanistan’s far northeastern Little Pamir region, where the country shares a border with China. Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun dismissed the report. “Reports in foreign media of Chinese military vehicles patrolling inside Afghanistan do not accord with the facts,” he told a regular news briefing. Yang said China and Afghanistan did work together in some places to fight terrorist activity and cross-border crime. “In recent years, law enforcement bodies from China and Afghanistan, in accordance with a bilateral cooperation decision on strengthening border law enforcement, arranged to have joint law enforcement operations in border regions,” Yang added. He did not elaborate.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-afghanistan-security-idUSKBN13P121

Sudan

Headline:      US, UN Warn of Intensified Violence in South Sudan

Headline:   US Envoy: South Sudan Government Prepares Attack in Border State

United States and United Nations representatives warned in separate meetings Wednesday of escalated tension and potential violence in South Sudan. “We have credible information that the South Sudanese government is currently targeting civilians in Central Equatoria and preparing for large-scale attacks in the coming days or weeks,” Keith Harper, the U.S. representative at the U.N. Human Rights Council, said in Geneva. The claim was quickly rejected by his South Sudanese counterpart, and South Sudan ambassador Kuol Alor Kuol Arop denied any build-up of forces or plans for an offensive in an interview with the Associated Press. In Juba on Wednesday, U.N. human rights experts warned of “unprecedented” levels of violence and ethnic tension across the war-torn country. “Many expect intensified fighting now that the dry season is setting in,” said Yasmin Sooka of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, following a fact-finding mission.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.voanews.com/a/south-sudan/3617691.html

http://www.voanews.com/a/south-sudan-government-prepares-attack-in-border-state/3617296.html

Morocco

 Headline:        Morocco accuses African Union chief of obstructing readmission

Morocco accused African Union Commission head Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma of blocking its efforts to rejoin the organization it left 32 years ago, the country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Morocco has asked the African Union (AU) to readmit it, as it seeks support for its plan to offer autonomy to the disputed territory of Western Sahara while keeping it under Moroccan sovereignty. Morocco abandoned its seat in 1984 when the AU recognized Western Sahara, a sparsely populated stretch of desert that was formerly a Spanish protectorate, and admitted it as a member. The ministry said Dlamini-Zuma had delayed the distribution of the Moroccan request to AU members without any apparent reason, and then invented a new procedural requirement to reject letters from AU members supporting Morocco’s demand. “The kingdom of Morocco denounces vigorously the maneuvers of African Union Commission head, who is trying to thwart Morocco’s decision to regain its natural and legitimate place in the pan-African institutional family,” the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency MAP. “The president of the AU commission is dropping her neutrality and failing the rules and standards of the organization and its members’ will,” the statement added.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-morocco-africa-idUSKBN13P22H

Headline:        ISIS claims responsibility for Ohio attack

The ISIS news agency, Amaq, has said in a statement on Tuesday that the attacker in Ohio State University who was responsible for the injury of nearly a dozen people, was inspired by the terrorist groups call to target citizens of countries part of the US-led coalition against it. The attack took place a day earlier when a Somali man, The Somali man identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, violently drove his car through people before exiting the vehicle and beginning his stabbing rampage. ISIS described the attacker as a “soldier” of the terrorist group. “Brother Abdul Razak Ali Artan, God accept him, implementer of the Ohio attack, a student in his third year in university,” the group noted.
Nov. 30, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-claims-responsibility-ohio-attack/

Headline:    Albanian PM warns Islamists may seek to undermine Europe via Balkans

Albania’s PM has warned that Islamists – and Moscow – may seek to grow their influence in the Balkans. Rama said Albania would continue to seek EU accession as a way of combating this, but was not hopeful of quick entry. “If we want to have a secure and stable European Union and with it a secure Europe, it’s not good if there are holes,” Edi Rama told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in comments published on Wednesday. “It’s not about how long we still need, it’s about how the European Union will continue to develop. In the meantime, we are politically in fairly good form, but the European Union is not at present,” he said. The Muslims of southeastern Europe are one of the world’s more moderate Islamic populations, although it is estimated that five to ten percent have become indoctrinated in more extreme forms of Islam, often funded by Middle Eastern donors. The region has also been a transit zone for migrants making their way to Europe from the Middle East. “Our European integration remains a major task,” Rama said at a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week in Berlin. Merkel in turn said Albania had “undertaken huge reforms” and that Germany had always supported its EU endeavors.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.dw.com/en/albanian-pm-warns-islamists-may-seek-to-undermine-europe-via-balkans/a-36589096

Luke 21:9-10
Matthew 24:6-7
Mark 13:7-8
Revelation 6:4
Revelation 6:8

Headline:      North Dakota backs away from checking cars headed to pipeline protest

Headline:     Standing Rock is the first of many protests to come in the Trump era

Headline: Standing Rock Demonstrators File Class-Action Lawsuit Over Police Violence

North Dakota law enforcement will not make spot checks on vehicles headed to the camp where activists are protesting a pipeline project near a Native American reservation, the governor’s office said on Wednesday. The move suggests the state will not seek to actively enforce Monday’s emergency order to evacuate the camp issued by Governor Jack Dalrymple, who cited a coming blizzard. Local law enforcement officials had said on Tuesday they planned a blockade of the camp – but they and state officials later retreated from that stance to say they would only check vehicles for certain prohibited supplies like propane, and potentially issue fines. “The governor has said there will be no checkpoints, no stopping of vehicles,” said Jeff Zent, a spokesman for Republican Dalrymple. Activists have spent months protesting plans to route the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline beneath a lake near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, saying the project poses a threat to water resources and sacred Native American sites.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/north-dakota-backs-away-from-checking-cars-headed-to-pipeline-protest/ar-AAkYjf2?li=BBnbfcL

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-standing-rock-20161129-story.html

https://theintercept.com/2016/11/29/standing-rock-demonstrators-file-class-action-lawsuit-over-police-violence/

Headline:    Flag Burning At Trump Tower: Donald Trump Protests Test First Amendment

It didn’t take long for protestors to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s tweet calling for punishment for those who burn the American flag. A video posted Tuesday (shown above) shows members of the left-wing NYC Revolution club dousing two small U.S. flags in accelerant and igniting them in front of Trump Tower in New York. The angry display was in response to Trump’s tweet early Tuesday, which said that flag burners could face one year in jail or lose their citizenship. Burning the American flag, which is considered “symbolic speech,” is technically protected under the First Amendment.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.ibtimes.com/flag-burning-trump-tower-donald-trump-protests-test-first-amendment-2452834

Headline:     Trans Mountain pipeline approval prompts anger, promises to protest in B.C.

The federal cabinet’s decision to approve Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has prompted a flood of outrage and promises of protests and court challenges in British Columbia. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said he was “profoundly disappointed,” calling the decision a “big step backwards” for Canada’s environment and economy. “I — along with the tens of thousands of residents, local First Nations, and other Metro Vancouver cities who told the federal government a resounding ‘no’ to this project — will keep speaking out against this pipeline expansion that doesn’t make sense for our economic or environmental future.” The $6.8-billion project would triple the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline, from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels a day, and would add 980 kilometres of new pipe along the route from near Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C. It would also increase the number of tankers leaving Vancouver-area waters seven-fold, from five to 34 per month, prompting fierce opposition from local mayors and First Nations who say any risk of a diluted-bitumen spill is unacceptable.
Nov. 29, 2016

http://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/trans-mountain-pipeline-approval-prompts-anger-promises-to-protest-in-b-c

Headline:   Zimbabwe Police Use Tear Gas on Bond Note Protesters

Zimbabwe police used water cannons and tear gas Wednesday to disperse demonstrators in the capital, Harare, who were protesting the country’s new currency. The government says the bond notes are aimed at easing cash shortages, but economists warn that the notes will quickly lose value and unleash hyperinflation. Police refused to comment on tactics used against the crowd, but activist Maureen Kademaunga says Zimbabweans will not be silenced. “The economy is not going to change because people have been clamped down or harassed,” Kademaunga said. “… at some point again people will still start to say, ‘Enough is enough. We are sick and tired of being sick and tired.’ So we are going to go back to the July-era where Evan was leading as the voice of discontent.”
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-police-disperse-protesters/3617239.html

Headline:    Philippines ends five-day siege against Daesh-linked rebels

Troops in the southern Philippines retook a disused building from Daesh-linked militants on Wednesday, ending an intense five-day siege that killed dozens of militants. The incident highlights the challenges facing President Rodrigo Duterte in keeping order in the Philippines, particularly in his native south, riven by nationalist rebellions for decades. The military stepped up its offensive after the weekend, pounding rebels holed up in a disused municipal hall with artillery and bombs dropped from aircraft. The army said 30 security forces were wounded and 61 militants killed in the operation.
The militants belonged to the Maute group, one of several rebel groups in the country’s restive south.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1017691/world

Headline:         Russia threatens to shoot down missiles test-fired by Ukraine

Russia’s air defense network on the Ukrainian border was placed on its highest level of alert on Wednesday evening following Ukraine’s announcement that it will conduct missile tests on Thursday and Friday near Crimea, an area that Russia annexed in 2014. Kiev claimed that the missiles are to be launched towards the Black Sea, west of Crimea. Russia’s TASS news agency quoted official Russian sources as saying the tests are an unnecessary provocation, and that the Russian military views them as a serious threat and will respond with the 55,000 troops based in Crimea and with ships equipped with means to shoot down the missiles. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called the tests a “provocation designed to prompt a tough response”.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19088/Russia-threatens-to-shoot-down-missiles-test-fired-by-Ukraine

Headline:       Over a quarter of Europeans think sex without consent is justifiable – poll

A Eurobarometer survey has shown alarming tendencies in attitudes towards sex without consent, with about 27 percent of respondents across the EU saying sex without consent is justifiable. Most respondents cite reasons like being drunk or on drugs (12 percent), agreeing to go home with someone (11 percent), wearing revealing clothes, or not clearly saying no or physically fighting back (both 10 percent). Sorted by country, those surveyed in Romania and Hungary tended to be the most likely to say each situation could justify sex without consent, while respondents in Sweden and Spain were among the least likely to say so. Moreover, more than 40 percent of respondents in the EU believe that harassing women in the street by making sexually offensive jokes should not be illegal, with nine percent in Slovenia and eight percent each in Austria, Germany, and Lithuania saying it is not even wrong. The survey also asked the respondents about harassment at work: for instance, “touching a colleague in an inappropriate way” should not be illegal, think 48 percent of Hungarians, 42 percent of Estonians, and 38 percent of Lithuanians. Most respondents also think that sexual harassment against women is either very common (20 percent) or fairly common (half of all respondents). The location where violent acts occur is most often home, over 85 percent of respondents said, while 19 percent said public places, and another 19 percent said harassment happens most often online. Perhaps even more alarming is the way many respondents expressed their attitude towards violence against women, with almost a quarter saying that women often make up or exaggerate claims of abuse, and 17 percent saying that it is women who provoke violence.
Nov. 30, 2016

https://www.rt.com/news/368692-eu-survey-sex-consent/

Headline: 5 people killed, 3 children injured after possible tornadoes sweep through the Deep South

At least five people were killed while three children at a daycare center were injured after powerful thunderstorms and possible tornadoes swept through the South overnight and into Wednesday morning, officials said. Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen said early Wednesday that three people living in a mobile home in the northeastern community of Rosalie, Alabama were killed. Another person in the home was critically injured, he added. Emergency officials in Tennessee said two more people were killed and at least nine others injured in severe weather that hit the state overnight. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Dean Flener says a husband and wife died and two others were injured in Polk County. He said at least seven injuries were reported in nearby McMinn County. He didn’t have further details on what happened.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/30/line-storms-possible-tornado-kills-3-in-northern-alabama.html

Headline: Heavy rain, floods in Saudi Arabia leave seven dead

At least seven people died and many others were injured or trapped by heavy rain and floods that swept various regions of Saudi Arabia, press reports said on Tuesday. The dead included three young Saudi men in Bisha, two others in Baha and two expatriates who were struck by a thunderbolt in Qunfudah. Torrential floods also destroyed a number of houses, blocked roads and overturned vehicles. The rain and floods in the last few days uncovered the ineffective drainage systems in many parts of the country. The two expatriates were killed by a thunderbolt, which also injured two of their companions in Qunfudah governorate in Makkah province. Civil Defense teams rushed the victims to hospital. The rain inundated various parts of Qunfudah governorate and washed away large sections of the International Road linking Jeddah and Jazan. Heavy rain lashed Bisha for more than three hours. Three people were killed and two others injured in a traffic accident in the city. The rain flooded Wadi Houran, in the southwest of the governorate, causing cracks in the road leading to Arar in the north of the Kingdom. The rain also caused a number of cars to overturn or skid off roads.
Nov. 30, 2016

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2016/11/30/Heavy-rain-floods-in-Saudi-Arabia-leave-seven-dead.html

Headline: The Man Who Stands Between Earth and Asteroid Armageddon

Because every day could be “asteroid day” for NASA’s planetary defense officer- an interview:
You recently conducted a third wargame-like exercise with other agencies about an incoming asteroid.
In this scenario was we found this asteroid that had the potential to impact the Earth in four years. It takes some time to observe the asteroid and reduce the uncertainties in its orbit, so we really understand where it’s going to be relative to the Earth four years later. At a point in the exercise we determine the probability is 100 percent that we’re going to have an impact. It’s only in the last several days or weeks prior to impact that we can really narrow it down to a 10-kilometer area.
What do we do if you really find one?
We’re working on a couple of different projects to test and demonstrate what we think are viable capabilities to do that. The first we talk about is part of our asteroid redirect mission. A second project we have going is in collaboration with the European Space Agency, and that’s a project called the Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment.
Do asteroids ever get mentioned in the Presidential Daily Briefing?
I don’t know that for a fact. In 2008 we discovered a very small object a few meters in size that was going to impact us the next day. It was discovered and predicted to impact in the Sudan desert. And so we here at NASA generated a notification of that, which was sent up to the White House. We know that it was brought to their attention because George W. Bush’s press secretary, in the log of her White House years, talks about it as being one of the strangest days she had at the White House.
Nov. 30, 2016

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-30/the-man-who-stands-between-earth-and-asteroid-armageddon

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Headline:       Hamas leader threatens Tel Aviv

Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas lawmaker and one of the leaders of the terrorist group, announced on Saturday that Hamas has thousands of rockets capable of striking Tel Aviv and localities to the north of Tel Aviv. Speaking at a rally held by Hamas in Gaza, Masri claimed that “any future war of the occupation against the Izz al-Din al-Qassam military wing of Hamas will result in the shelling of Tel Aviv and north of it.” He further declared that Gaza “is a thorn in the throat of the Zionist dream to establish a Greater Israel stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates” and claimed that Israel does not know which types of weapons Hamas is hiding. Masri also said that “the occupation has crossed all the red lines, and the last one preventing the sound of the call to prayer in mosques in Jerusalem and in the internal occupied territory,” a reference to the “Muezzin Law”, which would prohibit mosques from using loudspeakers for the call to prayer which disturbs the sleep of Israelis in the early hours of the morning. “Israel seeks to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and build an imaginary temple instead,” claimed Masri, “but the heroes, men and women oppress death and protect the mosque.” The Hamas leader also had something to say about the wildfires that have broken out throughout Israel over the last few days and which were caused, in part, by Arab arson. “The fires that broke out in various parts of occupied Palestine are an outrage from heaven against the Zionists…this is the harsh punishment against which God had warned all those who desire to prevent the prayer or the call to prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque or to attack the mosques,” he claimed.
Nov. 27, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/220866

Headline:     Trump: My son-in-law could broker Middle East peace

Donald Trump believes peace can be attained in the Middle East but it isn’t the president-elect who would be in charge — it’s his son in law. In a meeting with The New York Times on Tuesday, Trump said he could see Jared Kushner as the broker between Israel and Palestine according to tweets from meeting attendees. Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. — Elisabeth Bumiller (@BumillerNYT) November 22, 2016 I asked PEOTUS what role he sees Kushner playing. Indicates formal role unlikely but he could be a player on Mideast peace. — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016  Kushner is an Orthodox Jew  and Trump’s daughter Ivanka converted to Judaism before they were married. Kushner has become one of Trump’s most trusted advisers and has been playing a major role in shaping the president-elect’s transition. However, his exact role is not clear. There have been reports that Trump requested security clearances for his children. Trump has denied but it is not clear if Kushner falls under that category.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/22/trump-my-son–law-could-broker-middle-east-peace/94288374/

Headline:   Israeli forces kill 4 Islamic State allies in Golan Heights firefight

Israeli forces engaged in a brief but deadly fight Sunday against Syrian militiamen allied with the Islamic State, killing four militants in the fraught borderlands of the Golan Heights. It was the “first substantial fight” between Israeli soldiers and an Islamic State affiliate in the long-running Syrian war, said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman. No Israelis were injured. Although there have been dozens of cases of errant and intentional artillery, mortar and small-arms fire from Syria toward Israeli-controlled territory in the occupied Golan Heights, this exchange involved the group known as the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, whose leaders publicly pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State in 2014. About 9 a.m., a reconnaissance unit from Israel’s Golani Brigade was patrolling along the cease-fire line, the military said, outside the Israeli-built fence. The Israeli troops were confronted by the Syrian militants, who deployed small arms and mortars, and the Israelis responded, the military spokesman said. The Israeli air force spotted a vehicle armed with a heavy machine gun and destroyed it with a rocket, killing four occupants, Israel said. Israel has pledged to stay out of the Syrian conflict but has also vowed that it will respond to any threats made against Israelis in the Golan Heights.
Nov. 27, 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/israeli-forces-kill-4-islamic-state-allies-in-golan-heights-firefight/2016/11/27/40165fb6-ffe3-4dd6-a23a-5231f1a4c057_story.html

Headline:   Israel strikes new ISIS target in Syria day after Golan attack

The IDF on Monday morning again responded to an ISIS attack Sunday against the Israeli Golani Reconnaissance Battalion operating along the Syrian border, the military spokesperson’s office reported. The Israeli Air Force attack targeted an ISIS-held location in the south of the Syrian Golan heights early Monday. Some 10 tons of explosives were said to have been dropped by the IAF on the ISIS target in the retaliatory strike. A military spokesman said that the strike had targeted “an abandoned military facility, which was previously used by the United Nations and served as a location for ISIS to consolidate their offensive forces and operations near the border. This is a response to the attack performed yesterday, and was aimed at preventing the return of the terrorists to the facility which would constitute a substantial threat in the area.” “The IDF will continue to act to protect the citizens of Israel while maintaining the IDF’s freedom of action within the sovereign territory of Israel, and will not hesitate to act against the terrorist organizations operating against it.”
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Israeli-Air-Force-strikes-ISIS-target-in-Syria-473858

Headline:     Rabbis urge: “Rise up and resist the evacuation!”

Headline:        Initial: Attempted shooting attack on IDF in West Bank

120 senior rabbis representing a variety of communities and institutions have made a united call for the public to come to Amona to resist the anticipated evacuation. The declaration’s signatories are from all ends of the religious spectrum, including Rabbi Haim Druckman, head of the Bnei Akiva yeshivas, the rabbi of Ramat Gan, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, the rabbi of Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu; the rabbi of Kiryat Arba Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, head of Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva, Tzohar chairman Rabbi David Stav. and pre-military academy head Rabbi Eli Sadan, the rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl, and the head of Yeshivat Maaleh Adumim Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz. “We call on all those who can to come and stay in the community. Our presences will give strength to the residents and be a clear declaration to the decision-makers that we are with the residents of Amona in every way during this difficult time, and we will continue to be with them until the Regulation Law is enacted, and Amona is saved,” the rabbis wrote. They added that “if, heaven forbid, the day comes for an expulsion, we urge the public to continue living in the community, and protesting vigorously the destruction of the community, through passive resistance and non-violence”. The rabbis call on the prime minister to “stop immediately this terrible and unnecessary destruction. The coming days are crucial for the future of Amona and the future of Jewish settlement. The Knesset is sitting on the pot. They have the ability to pass a law that would save the town from destruction. This is no time is to be silent, either towards God or towards our fellow human beings. All men and women should cry to God and stimulate God’s grace to save the town and its inhabitants. ”
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/220963

https://www.google.com/search?q=amona+israel+map&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd5N2-wczQAhXnzVQKHUjMB1MQ_AUICSgC&biw=1920&bih=971#imgrc=xgu20u9E-lNkzM%3A

Jordan

Headline:      Jordan, Egypt discuss closer security ties

Jordan and Egypt Sunday discussed enforcing signed security agreements and joint coordination to counter terrorism during talks held in Cairo. Interior Minister Salameh Hammad said at a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Majdi Abdel Ghafar that his visit was to benefit from the Egyptian expertise in security and anti-terrorism fields, as well as boosting communication channels and the exchange of data on the movement and designs of terrorists and their funding sources. Jordan, Hammad said, looks forward to enacting anti-drugs and civil protection security agreements, and backing these with joint communication mechanisms and exchanging visits by security officials. He said Jordan wanted to send police trainees to join advanced courses at Egypt’s police academy.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=33368

Saudi Arabia

Headline:         Yemen’s Houthis form gov’t in setback to peace process

Yemen’s armed Houthi movement and its political allies formed a new government on Monday, the Houthi-run state news agency Saba reported, in what appeared a blow to UN-backed efforts to end 20 months of war in the country. Diplomats had hoped the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa, would hold off on putting together a Cabinet of their loyalists and instead form a unity government with their Yemeni foes, whom they pushed into Saudi exile. The Houthis, who control territory with more than half of Yemen’s population, previously said forming a government with their allies did not mean abandoning the UN-sponsored peace process. The flight of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, the internationally recognised president, triggered military intervention by a coalition led Saudi Arabia that has carried out thousands of air strikes on the Houthis but failed to dislodge them from Sanaa. Having caused the deaths of at least 10,000 people and unleashed a humanitarian crisis, the Arabian Peninsula conflict has continued despite several UN-backed ceasefires and peace efforts by Western and UN diplomats. The Houthis this month agreed to a UN plan which required them to hand in heavy weapons and pull out of main cities in exchange for participating in a unity government with Hadi, who rejected the proposal, saying he was the legitimate president. Making common cause with the party of powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Iran-allied Houthis previously ruled the parts of Yemen they controlled through a “Supreme Political Council”, a body which announced the new government.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://jordantimes.com/news/region/yemen%E2%80%99s-houthis-form-gov%E2%80%99t-setback-peace-process

Egypt

Headline:      Egypt to Send Troops to Syria to Aid Bashar al-Assad and Russia

Headline:   Egyptian pilots flying Russian choppers in Syria

Headline:     Egypt denies its military is in Syria

In a new Mideast realignment, Egypt’s president Abdel al-Fattah al-Sisi has said in an interview that that he is officially backing the regime of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad. According to al-Sisi: [Al-Assad’s forces are] best positioned to combat terrorism and restore stability [in Syria]. Our priority is to support national armies, for example in Libya to exert control over Libya territory and deal with extremist elements. The same with Syria and Iraq. Some analysts are suggesting that al-Sisi’s statement of support is purely political, or only symbolic. But in fact reports indicate that al-Sisi is committed militarily as well. Several reports have indicated that al-Sisi has sent Egyptian helicopters and pilots to Syria to take part in the fighting, and that he plans to send a large deployment of Egyptian troops to Syria in January. Al-Sisi apparently believes that the best way for Egypt to fight ISIS in Egypt is to fight ISIS in Syria.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/11/27/27-nov-16-world-view-egypt-send-troops-syria-aid-bashar-al-assad-russia/

https://www.debka.com/article/25802/Egyptian-pilots-flying-Russian-choppers-in-Syria

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/egypt-denies-military-syria/

Headline:       Syrian Army Scores Major Victory by Cutting Through Jihadist-Held Eastern Aleppo

Headline:   Large build-up of Hezbollah, Iraqi forces in southern Aleppo

Headline: Complete battlefield update from east Aleppo: map
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies are reported to have freed the al-Sakhour neighborhood of eastern Aleppo earlier on Monday, separating southern and northern jihadist-held districts of the embattled city in what would be a major victory that could well determine the outcome of the years-long war. he SAA encircled areas held by radical groups in late July, launching a major operation aimed at freeing the city in September. It is said to be in control of approximately a third of eastern Aleppo at the moment. Earlier on Monday, Damascus-led forces pushed the militants out of the al-Sakhour neighborhood, cutting the rebel-held neighborhoods in two separate parts. The plan aimed at dividing eastern Aleppo into several pockets has turned out to be efficient “both in terms of psychology and military strategy,” Krutikov observed.
Nov. 28, 2016

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611281047919170-syrian-army-aleppo-offensive/

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/large-build-hezbollah-iraqi-forces-southern-aleppo/

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/complete-battlefield-update-east-aleppo-map/

Headline:  Aleppo rebels handed over  districts to Kurds: report

Amid the dramatic collapse of opposition lines in northeastern Aleppo, rebels groups purportedly handed over a number of districts to Kurdish forces in the divided city. One of the most popular pro-rebel outlets in Aleppo reported early Monday afternoon that opposition factions reached an agreement with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) to deliver the Baydin, Bustan al-Pasha, Ayn al-Tal, Al-Halak, Sheikh Fares and Zaytounat quarters, all of which border the Sheikh Maqsoud district, which is under the de facto control of autonomous Kurds. “The agreement to hand over the neighborhoods… came to protect the lives of civilians and to avoid shelling by the regime and Russian forces,” a military source told the Aleppo Media Center. A monitoring NGO tracking developments in war-torn Syria confirmed that YPG troops entered Bustan al-Pasha and Al-Halak, while saying that Baydin and other areas where under the control of regime forces. However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not provide context on the YPG entry into the two areas nor mention whether YPG fighters engaged in clashes with rebel forces.
Nov. 28, 2016

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/567522-aleppo-rebels-handed-over-districts-to-kurds-report

Headline: The Kurds Are Nearly There

The dream of a national homeland is one that all Kurds share, no matter where they currently live. For the past century—ever since World War I brought about the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent creation of new nation-states that excluded Kurdish aspirations—they have yearned in vain. Yet now circumstances have conspired to bring the Kurds—or some of them, at least—closer to achieving a workable state than at any other time in recent memory. To be sure, not all of the Kurds are equally well positioned to take advantage. The Kurds of Iran, who briefly enjoyed a self-governing state under Soviet tutelage after World War II, seem the least likely to strike out on their own, given the strength of the Tehran government and the relative weakness of the Kurdish nationalist movement. In southeastern Turkey, the goal of self-determination has long been pursued with particular ferocity by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has carried on a four-decade-long insurgency against the government in Ankara. After years of effectively denying the existence of the roughly 15 million Kurds within its borders, the Turkish state embarked on a policy of cautious rapprochement that culminated in the launching of peace negotiations in 2013. Last year, however, the war flared up again, prosecuted on the Turkish side by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who had, for a time, pursued the peace process with more determination than any of his predecessors. The return to war, amid scenes of extraordinary destruction in Kurdish communities, makes the attainment of any sort of independence for the Turkish Kurds—a long shot under the best of circumstances—even less likely.
December 8, 2016 Issue

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/12/08/the-kurds-are-nearly-there/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29

Headline:   Syria Situation Report Nov. 10-18, 2016

http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/November18%20EDITS%20COT.pdf

Headline:        Iraqi forces liberate entire Nineveh Plains region from ISIS

The Iraqi Armed Forces have officially liberated the entire Nineveh Plains region of northwestern Iraq after a month long offensive to expel the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham” (ISIS) from the area. The Nineveh Plains, which consists of three districts located northeast of Mosul, was one of the first major areas to be captured by the Islamic State terrorists in the Summer of 2014. Once ISIS seized the Nineveh Plains, they began to demolish historical sites that date back several centuries to the ancient Assyrian cities of Nineveh and Nimrud. In addition to liberating the Nineveh Plains, the Iraqi Armed Forces captured the villages of Al-Turkmaniyeh Al-Janoubiyeh and Al-Salaam near teh key town of Tal ‘Afar in northwest Iraq.
Nov. 28, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-forces-liberate-entire-nineveh-plains-region-isis/

Turkey

Headline:        Turkey could extend state of emergency, Erdogan warns EU

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned the European Union that Turkey could extend by at least another three months a state of emergency that has been in place since the failed July coup. In a a speech in Istanbul, Erdogan launched another stinging attack on the EU after the European Parliament voted on Thursday to back a freeze in accession talks with Ankara. He again threatened to bring back the death penalty — a decision that would effectively end Ankara’s longstanding bid — and said that on this he would listen to the Turkish people and not “Hans” and “George”, picking out two common European names. The state of emergency imposed after the July 15 failed coup bid has seen at least 37,000 people arrested, causing alarm in Brussels over the scale of the crackdown. “Maybe the state of emergency will be extended by three months and then maybe another three months,” he said. “This is a decision for the government and the parliament.” “What’s it to you?” he told the European Parliament. “Is the European Parliament in charge of this country or is the government in charge of this country?” “Know your place!” he added, in an angry tirade.
Nov. 28, 2016

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/turkey-extend-state-emergency-erdogan-warns-eu/

Iran

Headline:     Iran considers naval bases in Yemen, Syria

Headline: Iranian vessel points weapon at U.S. helicopter: officials

Iran’s chief of staff of the armed forces said Saturday that Tehran may be interested in setting up naval bases in both Syria and Yemen, the semi-official Tasnim reported. The report by Tasnim, close to military, quoted Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri as saying, “Maybe, at some point we will need bases on the shores of Yemen and Syria.” He said “Having naval bases in remote distances is not less than nuclear power. It is ten times more important and creates deterrence.” Gen. Bagheri added that setting up naval platforms off the shores of those countries requires “infrastructures there first.” He said Iran is also able to set up permanent platforms for military purposes in the Persian Gulf and roving ones in other places. Gen. Bagheri did not elaborate but said “When two thirds of the world’s population lives near shores and the world economy depends on the sea, we have to take measures. Though there is a need for the time for these (steps).” This is the first time that an Iranian military official has spoken of setting up naval bases in another country in the region. No Middle Eastern country is known to have a formal naval base in another Mideast country.
Nov. 28, 2016

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-considers-naval-bases-yemen-syria-123314309.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-helicopter-idUSKBN13N27C

Afghanistan

Headline:         Afghanistan Partial Threat Assessment: November 22, 2016

Headline: Four police killed in Taliban ambush in Afghanistan

Taliban militants’ military successes during their 2016 campaign, Operation Omari demonstrate requirements for U.S. policy in Afghanistan. The ANSF is incapable of securing major population centers like Lashkar Gah or Kunduz cities or increasing government-controlled territory without significant U.S. support. The ANSF remains highly dependent on current levels of U.S. support to regenerate units and secure government-controlled territory. Resolute Support Commander General John Nicholson stated on September 23 that the Afghan government controls or heavily influences 68- 70% of the population, and Taliban militants control 10% of the population, leaving roughly a quarter of the country contested. The continued expansion of ungoverned spaces in Afghanistan allows global extremist networks like al Qaeda and ISIS and their allies to carve out sanctuaries from which to target the U.S. and its national security interests.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/ISW%20November%20Afghanistan%20Partial%20Threat%20Assessment_1.pdf

http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/four-police-killed-in-taliban-ambush-in-afghanistan-4400171/

Sudan

Headline:   Gunmen kidnap three UNHCR workers in Sudan’s Darfur: local official

Headline: Sudan’s civil disobedience begins amid varying popular response

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three workers from the United Nation’s refugee agency in Sudan’s restive Darfur region, a local official told Reuters on Monday. The three workers, one Sudanese and two Nepalese, were kidnapped from Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state and were taken to an unknown location, said West Darfur government spokesman Abdallah Gar al-Nabi. Security forces were working to retrieve them and locate the culprits, he added. An official from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) declined to comment. Security remains fragile in Darfur, where mainly non-Arab tribes have been fighting the Arab-led government in Khartoum, and the government is struggling to control rural areas. Some 300,000 people have been killed in Darfur since the conflict began in 2003, the United Nations says, while over 2.5 million have been displaced.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-violence-un-idUSKBN13N0ZQ

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article60956

Libya

 Headline:     New Putin move to win a military base in Libya

Libyan Gen Khalifa Hafter arrived in Moscow Sunday, Nov. 26, with a request for Russian arms and military support for his army. He was welcomed in Moscow, which saw an opening for Russia to gain its first military base in North Africa. According to debkafile’s military and intelligence sources, President Vladimir Putin began to envision a second Mediterranean base on the coast of Benghazi, twin to Hmeimim in Syria’s Latakia. This one would accommodate Russian naval as well as air units and be located 700km from Europe. The US-born Hafter, a general in the army of the late Muammar Qaddafi, carries the title of supreme commander of the Libyan army. However, Libya is today riddled with hundreds of militias vying for control. Haftar heads a powerful group that was once backed by the United States. But since refusing to recognize the government established by the UN in Tripoli, he relies mainly on the support of Egypt and some of the Gulf emirates for his eastern Libyan Benghazi stronghold. Egypt and the UAE provide Hafter’s army with air support from Egyptian bases in the Western Desert. It was their leaders who urged him to accept the Russian invitation to Moscow and bid for military assistance. This was Hafter’s second trip to Moscow. He was there in June and met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and National Security Adviser Nikolai Patrushev. Then, the Kremlin was wary of extending military aid to the maverick Libyan general.  US, Italian and British special forces were at the time pressing a major offensive to drive ISIS out of the key Libyan port of Sirte. However, this offensive has still not achieved its goal.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://debka.com/article/25804/New-Putin-move-to-win-a-military-base-in-Libya

Armenia

Headline:        Russia, Armenia inch closer in collective defense with upgraded joint task force

Armenia and Russia are set to sign a treaty on a joint task force, which would give legal grounds for Russia to use its military to protect Armenia from foreign aggression. Armenia is among the few nations hosting Russian troops on its territory. The new Joint Task Force (JTF) agreement set to be signed this later week between Moscow and Yerevan upgrades an existing military cooperation mechanism, going into far greater detail about how troops would be used in case of a hypothetical attack. For instance, it marks the Russian military base in Armenia as a key component for the JTF deployment, gives Russian command and communication systems a priority in the force’s operation, and states that the JTF commander, who remains in the Armenian chain-of-command during peacetime, may become subordinate to the commander of Russia’s Southern Military District in wartime. “If Armenia is attacked, the Russian military base in Gyumri would be involved in our defense, but this requires legal grounds. This international agreement will provide such grounds,” Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sarkisyan told Armenian media.
Nov. 28, 2016

https://www.rt.com/news/368445-russia-armenia-collective-defense/

Headline:     Somali student behind car, knife attack at Ohio State University that injured 11

Headline:    Ohio State attack probed as possible terrorism

An 18-year-old Somali student was behind an attack involving a car and butcher knife on the campus of Ohio State University Monday that left 11 people injured, officials said. After the attacker, identified by authorities as first-year student Abdul Razak Ali Artan, plowed his vehicle into the crowd, officials said he got out of the vehicle and began attacking people with a butcher knife before he was shot and killed by a campus police officer. Two law enforcement sources told Fox News that Artan came into the United States as a Somali refugee, and was granted status as a legal permanent resident. The motive behind the attack is still unclear, according to law enforcement sources, but investigators are not ruling out anything at this point. Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs said authorities were looking into whether it was a terrorist attack.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/28/somali-student-behind-car-knife-attack-at-ohio-state-university-that-injured-11.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4885671,00.html

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Headline:   Pipeline protesters vow to stay camped on federal land

Headline: Standing Rock: North Dakota access pipeline demonstrators say white people are ‘treating protest like Burning Man’

Headline: US authorities: Dakota pipeline protesters can stay

Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters will not follow a government directive to leave the federal land where hundreds have camped for months, organizers said Saturday, despite state officials encouraging them to do so. Standing Rock Sioux tribal leader Dave Archambault and other protest organizers confidently explained that they’ll stay at the Oceti Sakowin camp and continue with nonviolent protests a day after Archambault received a letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that said all federal lands north of the Cannonball River will be closed to public access Dec. 5 for “safety concerns.” The Corps cited the oncoming winter and increasingly contentious clashes between protesters, who believe the pipeline could harm drinking water and Native American cultural sites, and police. Standing Rock tribal members believe the land in which the encampment is on is owned by the Sioux through a more than century-old treaty with the U.S. government. “We are wardens of this land. This is our land and they can’t remove us,” said protester Isaac Weston, who is an Oglala Sioux member from South Dakota. “We have every right to be here to protect our land and to protect our water.”
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.abc15.com/news/national/pipeline-protesters-vow-to-stay-camped-on-federal-land

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/standing-rock-north-dakota-access-pipeline-burning-man-festival-a7443266.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/authorities-dakota-pipeline-protesters-stay-161128082311876.html

Headline:   Anti-Trump protesters gather outside Nebraska Capitol

Headline: Anti-Trump Protests Continue Nationwide

About 100 demonstrators gathered in front of the Nebraska Capitol building Sunday morning to protest President-elect Donald Trump. Chelsea Dappen, a senior at Nebraska Wesleyan University, passionately spoke against Trump. Dappen, a sexual assault survivor, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder four years ago. She said that her PTSD was triggered by the president-elect and that she refuses to be neutral about the election. “As a sexual assault survivor, I know firsthand the dangers of neutrality and becoming a bystander.” Dappen said. “In our culture, we’re trained to mind our own business and not stir the pot. Sometimes, the pot needs stirred.” Dappen said comments Trump made to Billy Bush in a recorded conversation in 2005 were an admittance to sexual assault. “The second we stop calling him out, his words become normalized,” she said. Lincoln resident Michael Funk, 24, said he protested because he’s against everything Trump and his associates stand for. He’s also concerned for the LGBTQ and Muslim communities, he said.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/anti-trump-protesters-gather-outside-nebraska-capitol/article_d3d501a0-b51c-11e6-bacd-7f2d860d319f.html

http://elvaq.com/top-stories/2016/11/28/anti-trump-protests-continue-nationwide/

Headline:    ‘It’s Standing Rock North’: Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada stirs strong opposition

Headline:     Trudeau cabinet to discuss Trans Mountain pipeline Tuesday as B.C. First Nation vows to oppose it

Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion would nearly triple the amount of Alberta oil transported to the Vancouver-area port just across the water from this tiny First Nation reserve, where the Tsleil-Waututh people are battling a pipeline with far bigger capacity than the bitterly fought-over Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines in the U.S. The $6.3 billion expansion would position Canada to be the biggest oil producer in the Americas, and could be approved as soon as Monday by the Trudeau administration. “We don’t realize we have Saudi Arabia in our backyard, and there is this pent-up demand to get (the oil) to market,” said Fred Felleman, a Seattle Port commissioner and consultant to Friends of the Earth, which opposes the project. “And here is this little sleeper pipeline project, Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain; it’s bigger than all of them.”
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/its-standing-rock-north-trans-mountain-pipeline-in-canada-stirs-strong-opposition/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trans-mountain-bc-pipeline-firstnations-1.3870838

Headline:   Somalia car bomb: Blast rips through Mogadishu market

Headline: 10 dead as residents in 1 Somali town resist al-Shabab taxes

Headline:   Somali forces begin moving to attack ISIS holding port town

A car bomb has killed at least 11 people and injured 16 others in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The blast hit a market in the Waberi area, while President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was visiting a nearby university. No group claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell on the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. “There was chaos and severed dead bodies strewn around the street,” said Abdulahi Osman, a witness. Ambulance workers says the death toll could rise substantially. More than 22,000 peacekeepers are currently deployed in Somalia in the multi-national African Union force. Meanwhile, Hundreds of pro-government Somali forces began moving toward the port town of Qandala on Monday for an offensive against Islamic State fighters who seized it last month, Qandala’s mayor Jamac Mohamed Khurshe told Reuters. The pro-government forces includes militia fighters, soldiers form the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and fighters from the same clan as Abdiqadir Mumin, the Somali insurgent leader who has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, Somali security officials said.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38116817

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4885560,00.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4885516,00.html

Headline: Uganda police arrest Rwenzururu king over deadly clashes

Police in western Uganda have arrested the king of Rwenzururu over clashes between officers and militia which have left at least 55 people dead. Charles Wesley Mumbere is accused of inciting violence after militiamen reportedly attacked a police post in his hometown of Kasese. Security forces stormed his palace amid claims he was harbouring fighters. The king has denied any involvement. At least 14 police officers and 41 militants have died in the clashes. A Ugandan government spokesman accused the militia of seeking to break away from Uganda. “These militiamen have set up camps in the Rwenzori mountains from where they train and come to attack government installations,” Shaban Bantariza said. Police spokesman Andrew Felix Kaweesi said the attackers were fighting to create a new republic on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several other people were also arrested when the security forces stormed the king’s palace on Sunday, he told the BBC.
Nov. 27, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38121581

Headline: 30 Boko Haram troops killed in ambush of Nigerian government convoy

Thirty suspected Boko Haram militants died when the Nigerian army repelled an ambush of traveling government members near Bama, a local official said. “We were traveling from Pulka to Maiduguri when militants attacked our convoy with improvised explosive devices and sporadic gunshots, just after [passing the village of] Ngurosoye, but the troops repelled them, killing up to 30 of the terrorists,” said Saeed Salisu, chairmen of the government of Gwoza, in northeastern Borno state. Nigerian troops escorting the convoy Sunday returned fire. No government officials were injured, but several soldiers were treated for injuries at a nearby barracks hospital. The insurgent group has perfected a new tactic of waiting to ambush convoys. At least two senior officers were killed in the past two months, including Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu-Ali, a commanding officer in the army’s counter-terrorism unit, the Nigerian newspaper the Guardian reported Monday.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/11/28/30-Boko-Haram-troops-killed-in-ambush-of-Nigerian-government-convoy/3571480336947/?spt=sec&or=tn

Headline:    Philippine police find home-made bomb near U.S. embassy, rebels suspected

Philippine police conducted a controlled detonation of a home-made bomb found in a trash bin near the U.S. embassy in Manila on Monday and said militants sympathetic to Islamic State could have been responsible. National police chief Ronald dela Rosa said components of the improvised explosive device suggested it could have been planted by the Maute, a Muslim rebel group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State. Maute’s fighters were locked in a standoff with the military for a third day in the country’s south. More rebels were reported killed on Monday, taking the number of dead to 19. “We could theorize that they could use this as a diversion,” dela Rosa told a news conference. The embassy had no immediate comment on the discovery of the bomb, which was left about 200 meters from the compound. Business there continued as normal, with dozens of Filipinos queuing outside for visa applications. An 81 mm mortar round was used as an explosive device and that was a signature of the group, Dela Rosa said. Similar components were used in a Sept. 2 bombing in Davao, which killed 15 people died and wounded about 70.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-security-idUSKBN13N07C?il=0

Headline: ‘Day of Rage’ rupee ban protests held in India

Thousands of people in India are protesting the government’s decision to ban 500 and 1,000 rupee notes, which accounted for 86 percent of cash in circulation. About 90 percent of India’s financial transactions are done in cash. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month announced the currency ban but most opposition parties on Monday are holding protests over the decision in what they’re calling a “Day of Rage.” Protests have been held in the cities of Kolkata, Lucknow and Bangalore, as well as in India’s Kerala and Tripura states, which are ruled by India’s Communist Party. Though the opposition parties agreed to protest, they did not agree on the means — with some calling for a strike — or the extent to which they oppose the demonetization, Times of India reports. Amit Shah, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, to which Modi belongs, said the opposition are merely opposing everything Modi is doing. Some opposition parties last week stalled Parliament and demanded Modi apologize for the demonetization decision.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/11/28/Day-of-Rage-rupee-ban-protests-held-in-India/5461480334439/?spt=sec&or=tn

Headline:          China again sends fighter jets, bombers through sensitive strait south of Okinawa

Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force scrambled aircraft in response to a flight by Chinese fighters and bombers through a key entryway into the Pacific Ocean between Okinawa and Miyako Island, the Defense Ministry said. Two Chinese fighters and bombers, as well as two other surveillance planes, flew through the Miyako Strait on Friday. The flight, which did not infringe on Japanese territorial airspace, was legal but went through a politically sensitive area. It was the second such flight since September, when Beijing dispatched at least eight fighters and bombers through the area — apparently to send a message to Tokyo. Friday’s flight involved two H-6 bombers and two intelligence-gathering aircraft that flew northwest over the Pacific Ocean toward the East China Sea, passing through the strait south of Okinawa. The two Su-30 fighters entered the passageway from the opposite direction, making U-turns to link up with the four other aircraft before flying to the East China Sea, the Defense Ministry’s Joint Staff Office said in a news release.
Nov. 26, 2016

http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/china-again-sends-fighter-jets-bombers-through-sensitive-strait-south-of-okinawa-1.441344

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Headline:        Anti-terror police units deployed on London’s streets

Anti-terrorism police patrol units are hitting the streets of London in an attempt to spot people carrying out “hostile reconnaissance” and other criminal activity. Lambeth and Wandsworth will be the first areas to see the new patrol units of uniformed and undercover officers from today, and are due to be extended to other boroughs in the coming months. Scotland Yard stressed the move was “not in response to a specific threat”. Operation Servator, as it is known, is a tactic of policing already used by other forces including City of London and British Transport Police. It “is based on extensive research into the psychology of criminals and what undermines their activities”, the Metropolitan Police said. Other units will also be available, including the dogs and boat units and the territorial support unit riot police.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://news.sky.com/story/anti-terror-police-deployed-on-londons-streets-10675458

Headline:      Zimbabwe Begins Issuing New Currency

Zimbabwe is issuing a new currency, known as bond notes, that officially are equal to the U.S. dollar. The government has gone ahead with the plan despite warnings the new currency will fuel hyperinflation and worsen the already ailing economy. On Monday, there were still long queues at most ATMs in Harare, despite the release of the new bond notes, which are intended, in part, to ease long-running cash shortages. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says the new currency will, among other things, increase the country’s exports. But economist Prosper Chitambara, of the Labor and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe, says the bond notes will worsen the country’s situation. “The costs may probably outweigh the intended benefits. Most of the economic agents in Zimbabwe have to buy imports from outside our borders. So they would require either U.S. dollars or South African dollars, or other internationally tradable currencies to be able to do business. Actually the bond note has even exacerbated the macroeconomic sustainability. It has eroded confidence within the financial system. It has created a lot of uncertainties in the market. Investors are not going to be interested in doing business in Zimbabwe,” Chitambara said.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-bond-notes/3614439.html

Headline: Tunisia to issue 1bn euro Eurobond in January

Tunisia plans to issue a Eurobond worth 1 billion euros in January as it seeks funding to cover its deficit, a government source said on Monday. The issue was initially scheduled for April, but that was delayed after Tunisia secured a $500 million sovereign bond fully guaranteed by the United States, said the official. “Tunisia will issue in January 2017 a delayed 1 billion euro Eurobond that was first planned earlier this year,” he said, without giving further details. Tunisia’s economy has been hit by social unrest and militant attacks following the 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. Investment has fallen and unemployment is high, especially among young people. The government is facing further strikes over austerity measures included in the 2017 budget as it tries to cut public spending and rein in the deficit. Tunisia recently cut its 2016 growth forecast to 1.5 percent this year, down from an expected 2.5 percent.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.brecorder.com/business-a-finance/managed-funds/330140-tunisia-to-issue-1bn-euro-eurobond-in-january.html

Headline:   Please see our updated archive for all Mass Animal Deaths for 2016

http://endtimesresearchministry.com/category/dying-animals/

Headline: ‘Thunderstorm asthma’ deaths in Melbourne rise to six

Headline:       Aerosol flu vaccine with live virus to be sprayed on all Americans? It’s already ‘approved for deployment’ in Australia

The number of people dying in the Australian city of Melbourne from a rare phenomenon called thunderstorm asthma has risen to six. Three others are in a critical condition. Heavy rains and winds on Monday triggered thousands of pollen allergy asthma attacks in the state of Victoria. Paramedics and hospitals were stretched to their limits as thousands phoned to report breathing problems. Thunderstorm asthma occurs in the spring when rye grass pollen gets wet, breaks into smaller pieces and enters people’s lungs, causing them breathing problems. More than 8,000 people were treated in hospital. About one in 10 people has asthma in Australia, with about 80% of those sufferers experiencing allergies, particularly to rye pollen. Melbourne’s current spring season has been particularly wet, creating havoc for asthma and hay fever sufferers.
Nov. 27, 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38121579

http://www.naturalnews.com/056123_aerial_vaccines_flu_shots_mad_science.html

Headline:        New law still limits freedom of religion

On 18 November 2016 Vietnams 14th National Assembly passed the nations first ever Law on Belief and Religion, amid concerns that multiple drafts of the Bill did not conform to international standards on freedom of religion or belief. Although the final text has not yet been made public, it is not expected to have altered significantly from previous drafts. The text of the law has been revised numerous times. Some improvements to the draft were made during the revision process, possibly in response to the feedback offered by religious communities. However, these improvements, and the inclusion of basic guarantees of the right to freedom of religion or belief, were undermined by onerous registration requirements and excessive State interference in the internal affairs of religious organisations. In a joint statement published prior to the passing of the law, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), together with over 50 civil society organisations and Vietnamese religious groups called upon the Vietnamese Government to ensure that registration is not a pre-requisite for the exercise of freedom of religion or belief.
Nov. 24, 2016

http://www.csw.org.uk/2016/11/24/news/3355/article.htm

Headline:   Pakistan province bans forced conversion of Christians to Islam

Forced conversions from one faith to another in a major Pakistan province have been banned. Sindh’s provincial assembly voted to criminalise those who use force to make people change their religion. The bill means perpetrators can face five years in prison whilst facilitators could be handed a three year sentence. According to charities at least 1,000 girls, most of them Christians, are forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan every year. Physical, emotional or psychological violence is often used to make another person adopt another religion. Under the new law anyone converting will be monitored for 21 days “to ensure they are converting for religious purposes and by their own free will, not out of fashion or under force.” Nasir Saeed, director of CLAAS-UK, welcomed the new law: “Unequivocally, it is a great step taken by the Sindh government to protect the religious minorities. “Though it will not stop the ongoing trend in society, it will help to reduce such crimes and it will also build confidence and a sense of security among the religious minorities. “The police do not normally take action in such cases, fearing the reaction and pressure from the Muslim community, but now they will have to take action.” He urged the Punjab government to consider a similar law given that it is home to most of the Christian population.
Nov. 28, 2016

http://www.premier.org.uk/News/World/Pakistan-province-bans-forced-conversion-of-Christians-to-Islam

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