Palestinian Bid & More Oil for Israel/ Prophecy Signs for December 15, 2014
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Headline: Hamas Holds Gaza Military Parade, Vows Israel’s Destruction
Vowing to destroy Israel, Hamas paraded some 2,000 of its armed fighters and truck-mounted rockets through Gaza on Sunday, marking its 27th anniversary with its biggest show of force since the end of the Gaza war this summer. A ceasefire in August halted 50 days of fighting with Israel in which local health officials said more than 2,100 Palestinians, most of them civilians, were killed. Israel put the number of its dead at 67 soldiers and six civilians. At the parade, a senior Hamas leader reaffirmed the Islamist movement’s founding charter’s pledge to destroy Israel.
Dec. 14, 2014
https://screen.yahoo.com/wochit/turkish-police-detain-24-raids-172028030.html
Headline: Israel PM rejects withdrawal talk ahead of Kerry meet
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected talk of Israel withdrawing from east Jerusalem and the West Bank within two years, on the eve of a meeting with the top US diplomat. “We… stand against the possibility of a diplomatic assault, that is an attempt to compel us by means of UN decisions to withdraw to the 1967 lines within two years,” said Netanyahu. The Jewish state seized east Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank during the 1967 Six-Day War. It pulled out of Gaza in 2005. Netanyahu said such a withdrawal now would bring “Islamic extremists to the suburbs of Tel Aviv and to the heart of Jerusalem.” Speaking ahead of the weekly meeting of his cabinet, he said he would raise the issue in Rome with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday. “I will tell them that Israel, to a large degree, stands as a solitary island against the waves of Islamic extremism that are washing over the entire Middle East,” the Israeli premier said. “Until now we have successfully withstood and repelled these attacks.”
Dec. 14, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/israel-pm-rejects-withdrawal-talk-ahead-kerry-meet-133312083.html
Headline: Palestinians to submit draft Security Council resolution this week
Headline: Kerry meets European ministers on Palestinian UN bid
The Palestinian Authority plans to submit a draft resolution on ending the occupation to the Security Council either late Sunday night or Monday, and will seek a vote on it as early as this Wednesday, senior Palestinian officials said Sunday night. In interviews with the Palestinian media Sunday evening, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the resolution would be submitted later that night or Monday, and that he himself planned to meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sometime in the next two days, probably after Kerry’s meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Rome on Monday. But he didn’t say when the Palestinians would seek to bring the resolution to vote. Later Sunday night, however, a member of the Palestinian negotiating team clarified that Palestinians want the Security Council to vote on the resolution on Wednesday, the day after a planned meeting between Kerry and Arab foreign ministers in London.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.631791#
http://news.yahoo.com/israel-pm-rejects-palestinian-ultimatum-un-095640432.html
Headline: Palestinians tell ICC they want to join the court
Addressing members of the International Criminal Court for the first time, the Palestinians said Monday they have a consensus to join the tribunal in the hopes of seeking justice for Israel’s alleged crimes. “We view the ICC as the international legal and peaceful mechanism to combat impunity and seek accountability and justice,” Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour said in his speech to the 122 members of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, which established the ICC. “It is the court where the Palestinian people desire to seek justice for the war crimes, and crimes against humanity, being perpetrated against them by Israel, the occupying power,” Mansour said. The ambassador added that Palestine “may very well be the 123rd state party,” but the timing is up to its leaders.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-tell-icc-they-want-to-join-the-court/
Restoration of Israel Isaiah 45:3 & Deuteronomy 33:19 “I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.” (Isaiah) ‘They shall call the peoples to the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas And of treasures hidden in the sand.” (Deuteronomy)
Headline: Israel reports another major gas find in Mediterranean
An Israeli consortium has reported another major natural gas reserve in the eastern Mediterranean. The consortium said its three-dimensional seismic survey discovered a reserve with some 3.2 trillion cubic feet of gas. The so-called Roi prospect, less than a third the size of the Tamar field, was said to be located in Israeli territorial waters 150 kilometers from the coast. “We have learned that the Levant basin contains in its depths many more reservoirs, and I hope that the next Israeli government will understand the opportunity and encourage entrepreneurs to continue their exploration and development activity for the sake of a promising future,” Israel Opportunity chief executive officer Eyal Shuker said on Dec. 14.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/15/israel-reports-another-major-gas-find-mediterranean/
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” (Psalm 83)
Jordan
Headline: Jordan on alert as ISIL opens new front in southern Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, fighting on at least two fronts, has opened a third — this time in southern Syria. ISIL has been seen recruiting and mobilizing units in the Dera province. Opposition sources said ISIL sent fighters from the Damascus area to the southern border with Jordan while recruiting others from U.S.-financed militias. “They are in the organization stage, but they could begin attacks very soon,” a source said. Supporters have already posted photographs of the new ISIL presence in Dera. They include military vehicles as well as ceremonies in which Syrians pledge allegiance to ISIL. The ISIL activities have generated friction with non-Sunni communities. The sources said Druze troops fighting for Syrian President Bashar Assad opened fire toward ISIL supporters on Dec. 5. The appearance of ISIL came amid rebel gains against the Assad regime in Dera and Quneitra. They cited the ease with which ISIL fighters moved from such provinces as Dir Al Zour past Syrian Army checkpoints to the south. “There is an unmistakeable pattern that any area where Assad cannot operate in Daash [ISIL] appears,” another source said. “And the first thing they do is attack the revolutionaries.” The sources said Jordan has heightened its security alert amid the arrival of ISIL. They said the Hashemite kingdom feared a scenario in which ISIL would use its new positions to infiltrate hundreds of fighters toward Amman. “This poses a major challenge to Jordan in securing its northern border,” Oraib Al Rantawi, director of the Amman-based Al Quds Center for Political Studies, said.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/15/roll-jordan-alert-isil-opens-new-front-southern-syria/
Egypt
Headline: Egyptian police disperse anti-government rally
At least two people have been severely injured after Egyptian security forces stormed a university campus in the city of Beni Suef to disperse a pro-Muslim Brotherhood rally. Police forces detained at least seven students for allegedly inciting violence during the Sunday protest in the city, some 100 kilometers south of the capital Cairo. The students have been protesting the detention of their colleagues and a nationwide crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. Egyptian universities including al-Azhar and Cairo have become the main protest sites since the ouster of the country’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi, in July 2013. The government of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has recently ratified a law that treats every public facility in Egypt just like the military. The law even threatens university students with military trials if they damage campus structure or properties or disrupt educational programs by staging protests.
Dec. 14, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/14/390259/egypt-police-attack-antigovt-rally/
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: The Assad Regime Under Stress: Conscription and Protest among Alawite and Minority Populations in Syria
After three years of grueling warfare against armed opposition fighters, the Syrian regime faces a dire internal crisis not witnessed since the initial months of the conflict. Defections, desertions, and over 44,000 combat fatalities have reduced the Syrian Arab Army from a pre-war high of 325,000 soldiers to an estimated 150,000 battle-tested yet war-weary troops. Despite reinforcement from tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, Lebanese Hezbollah militants, and pro-government militias, regime forces have proven unable to decisively overcome rebel brigades on the battlefield. These pressures were only exacerbated by the withdrawal of thousands of Iraqi Shi’a militiamen from Syria in June 2014 redeployed to counter the ongoing ISIS offensive in Iraq. At the same time, key demographics within the President Bashar al-Assad’s support base – including the Alawite population – have exhibited growing signs of dissatisfaction with the Syrian regime. Pre-existing grievances related to repression and social inequities have merged with high casualty counts and rising economic stress to fuel a sense of exhaustion among regime supporters. Faced with both a war-weary populace and a burgeoning manpower deficit that threatens its survival, the Syrian regime has resorted to a nation-wide forced conscription campaign – threatening to further split the regime from its base.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-assad-regime-under-stress.html
Syria Headline: Al-Qaeda faction in Syria claims to have U.S.-supplied anti-tank weapon
As extremist rebels in Syria lay claim to fresh weapons, a new video circulating online purports to show an al-Qaeda-linked group fielding U.S.-supplied anti-tank weapons that may have been intended for more moderate factions in the conflict. In early November, the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra ousted two U.S.-supplied moderate factions, Harak Hazam and the Syrian Revolutionary Front, from their strongholds in northern Idlib province. Although al-Nusra was thought to have seized significant caches of equipment during the fighting, the exact nature of those arms has been unclear. On Monday, however, a Twitter account associated with Jabhat al-Nusra posted a photo of a TOW anti-tank guided missile system, a formidable weapon used against armored targets.
Dec. 15, 2014
Syria Headline: Syrian army recaptures territory north of Aleppo
Syria’s army seized an area north of Aleppo on Sunday and killed insurgents in battles for the strategic territory, a group monitoring the war and state media reported.
Syria’s second city is at the heart of a fierce battle between pro-government forces and a range of insurgents, including al-Qaida’s Syria wing, Islamist brigades and Western-backed rebels. The United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura is seeking a local ceasefire in Aleppo to allow badly-needed humanitarian assistance into the divided northern city.
Insurgent-held districts have been flattened by Syrian air force bombardments, including barrel bombs – crude explosive devices packed with shrapnel and nails. Pro-government forces captured an area east of al-Malah farms outside Aleppo and is now aiming to secure parts in the west and cut off insurgent supply lines into the city, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Dec. 14, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Syrian-army-recaptures-territory-north-of-Aleppo-384603
Syria Headline: Al-Qaeda seizes key army base in northwest Syria
Syria Headline: Al-Nusra militants attack Syrian rebels in Daraa
Syria Headline: Syrian Islamist Rebels Capture Key Army Bases In Idlib Province, Open Road To Damascus
Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate on Monday seized the key army base of Wadi Al-Deif in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib from government forces, a monitoring group said.
“The Al-Nusra Front, backed by (Islamist group) Jund Al-Aqsa, seized control of the Wadi Al-Deif military base… after a fierce offensive that began yesterday (Sunday) morning,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Nearby, Islamist rebels pressed an offensive aimed at taking Hamidiyeh, which after the fall of Wadi Al-Deif became the regime’s last remaining base in Idlib, the Observatory said. The jihadists’ lightning victory in Wadi Al-Deif leaves most of Idlib province, which borders Turkey, under Al-Nusra Front control.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/674726
http://aranews.net/2014/12/al-nusra-militants-attack-syrian-rebels-daraa/
Syria Headline: 40 civilians, opposition killed in Syria battles – SOHR
Some 40 civilians and opposition fighters have been killed in clashes with the regime and by airstrikes in Syria’s Idlib, Aleppo and Deir Azzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday night. Nine people were killed and others critically injured, among them women and children, when the jet fighters hit Idlib’s Kafr Takharim and Khan Sheikhoun towns, northwest of the country. Deaths are likely to rise, the monitoring group, based in Britain, said. Also in Idlib, fighters of Al-Nusra Front, Jund Al-Aqsa and Ahrar Asham Islamist group have had full control of Beseeda following clashes with Syrian troops that withdrew from the village. In Deir Azzor, air raids killed 11 people in the province’s southeast suburbs.
Meanwhile, an airstrike by the US-led coalition targeting an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) premises in Deir Azzour’s Al-Bukamal border town with Iraq, killed at least four militants and injured many from the insurgent group. Another raid on the village of Tabia Jazeera in Deir Azzor province, left many killed or wounded, the Observatory said.
Meanwhile, 14 opposition members were killed in clashes that have been on since Sunday night with Syrian troops supported by National Defense Force and Hezbollah, Iranian and Afghan fighters north of Aleppo. In the south, a commander was killed in clashes between Nusra Front and the Yarmouk Brigade in the town of Sahm Al-Jolan, west of Daraa. A man was also killed and awoman wounded.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2414350&Language=en
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/
Iraq Headline: ISIS shoots down Iraqi helicopter killing pilots
Iraqi officials on Saturday said Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants shot down Iraqi helicopter near Samarra, killing two pilots onboard and raising fresh concerns about the extremists’ ability to attack aircraft amid ongoing U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. The attack happened in the Shiite holy city of Samarra, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad. A senior Defense Ministry official told The Associated Press the Sunni militants used a shoulder-fired rocket launcher to shoot down the EC635 helicopter on the outskirts of the city. An army official corroborated the information. Both spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren’t authorized to speak to journalists. The EC635, built by Airbus Helicopters, is used for transport, surveillance and combat. The militants shot down at least two other Iraqi military helicopters near the city of Beiji in October. Some fear the militants may have captured ground-to-air missiles capable of shooting down airplanes when they overran Iraqi and Syrian army bases this summer.
Dec. 13, 2014
Iraq Headline: China offers military assistance to Iraq in ISIL fight
Iraq Headline: Hundreds of Chinese said fighting alongside Islamic State in Middle East
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari says China has extended an offer to help Baghdad fight the Takfiri ISIL militants by carrying out its own airstrikes against the terrorists. Jaafari stated that his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi made the offer during a UN anti-terrorism meeting in New York back in September, noting, however, that Beijing will not join the US-led military coalition against ISIL. “[Mr Wang] said, our policy does not allow us to get involved in the international coalition,” the Iraqi foreign minister said. He added, “I welcomed this initiative. I told him… we are ready to deal with the coalition and also co-operate with countries outside this coalition.” The top Iraqi diplomat further noted that what his country needs now in the fight against ISIL militants is more munitions. “Our problem is with the supply of arms and weaponry,” Jaafari said.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/14/390209/china-offers-to-help-iraq-against-isil/
Iraq Headline: Iraqi Parliament Speaker to Ask Iran to Arm Sunnis
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri will visit Iran in the next few days and is expected to ask Tehran to assist Iraqi Sunnis against the Islamic State. Niyaz Auglu, an Iraqi Turkmen official and Iraqi MP, told BasNews that the aim of al-Jabouri’s visit to Iran is to strengthen Iraqi Sunni relations with Iranian officials and request Iranian military support for the Sunnis. Auglu also said that the Iraqi Parliament Speaker would visit a number of other countries in the upcoming week, aiming to strengthen relations and encourage them to provide more support to Baghdad in the face of the Islamic State attacks. Iran has been seen as an important ally for Iraq against Islamic State in northern Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. There have been reports of the Iranian army being actively involved in recent clashes between the extremist group and the Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/news/2014/12/15/iraqi-parliament-speaker-to-ask-iran-to-arm-sunnis/
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report Dec.15, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/iraq-situation-report-december-15-2014.html
Kurdish Headline: U.S. drops ‘unfair designation’ of Kurdish groups’ as terrorists
The United States has removed two Kurdish movements from the State Department list of terrorist organizations. In 2001, the State Department, under pressure from Turkey, placed a range of Kurdish groups on the terror list. They were classified as a Tier-3 terror group under the Patriot Act, passed in wake of the Al Qaida suicide air strikes on New York and Washington. A senior official said the State Department removed the Kurdistan Democratic Union and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan from the U.S. list of terrorist groups. The official said the removal under the National Defense Authorization Act would enable Iraqi Kurdish leaders to travel to the United States to discuss the war against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. “Congress has passed the NDAA with a provision removing PUK and KDP from the list of designated organizations under U.S. immigration laws,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Brett McGurk said. In a statement on Dec. 13, McGurk, President Barack Obama’s envoy in the war against ISIL, acknowledged that the two Kurdish groups should have been removed from the State Department list long ago. He did not elaborate.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/15/u-s-drops-unfair-designation-kurdish-groups-terrorists/
Headline: ISIS’s Future Global Footprint: A Historical Perspective from the Sinjar Records
The ISIS campaign in Iraq and Syria has shifted course since October 2014. ISIS lost control of three key strongholds in Iraq in November 2014, while Kurdish forces and the international coalition contested its control of Kobane. These losses have cost ISIS the initiative on some fronts, but ISIS continues to conduct offensives throughout its depth. As of December 14, 2014, ISIS is consolidating its core strength, attacking to close physical vulnerabilities, and posturing for new territorial gains. The raised intensity of the ground war in Iraq fixes ISIS to some extent, a condition which ISIS will likely try to reverse. ISIS’s strategic culture depends upon seizing and holding the initiative. If ISIS loses the initiative in battle, ISIS may attempt to regain it by other means, such as opening new fronts in Syria. ISIS may also decide to transform to a phased expansion beyond Sham. This may explain why ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released a statement on November 13, 2014 recognizing the fealty declarations of multiple jihadist groups worldwide. In addition to expanding the ISIS global network, Baghdadi declared five remote wilayats, or governorates, in locations he indicated had been carefully selected, namely Libya, Sinai, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. One might interpret this speech as a feint, designed to throw off the calculus of international players, or as hyperbole. But these declared ISIS wilayats may well showcase the future phases of ISIS’s campaign design and indicate how ISIS plans to seed the Caliphate in the midst of other states.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/isiss-future-global-footprint.html
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Ukraine cheers US vote for military aid, Russia outraged
Ukraine on Friday welcomed a US bill that would allow Washington to provide lethal military assistance to the embattled country, but Russia expressed outrage at the “openly confrontational” legislation. The bill — passed late on Thursday and due to get final approval in Congress on Friday before being sent to US President Barack Obama — opens the way for up to $350 million (280 million euros`) worth of US military hardware to be sent to Ukraine, which has been fighting an eight-month war against Kremlin-backed separatists in its east. It also threatens fresh sanctions against Russia, whose economy is crumbling under previous rounds of Western sanctions and a collapse in oil prices. US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Rome on Monday amid the toughening American response. Russia`s foreign ministry said the new US legislation put a “powerful bomb” under US-Russia bilateral ties.
Dec. 13, 2014
Iran
Headline: CONFIRMED: Iran’s Foreign Military Arm Is Backing Yemeni Rebels Who Took Control Of The Country
Iran has supplied weapons, money and training to the Shi’ite Houthi militia that seized Yemen’s capital in September, as Tehran steps up its regional power struggle with Saudi Arabia, Yemeni and Iranian officials say. Exactly how much support Iran has given the Houthis, who share a Shi’ite ideology, has never been clear. Sunni countries in the Gulf accuse Iran of interference via Shi’ite proxies in the region, something Tehran denies. But Reuters has details — from Yemeni, Western and Iranian sources — of Iranian military and financial support to the Houthis before and after their takeover of Sanaa on Sept. 21. A senior Houthi official denied there had been material and financial support. But the assertions are still likely to reinforce Saudi, and Western, fears that Iran is exploiting turmoil between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain and now Yemen.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-iranian-support-seen-crucial-for-yemens-houthis-2014-12
Afghanistan
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Headline: War News for Monday, December 15, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: At least 14 armed oppositions were killed following Afghan security forces clearing operation in Dangam district, Kunar province.
#2: Afghan National Security Forces discovered and detonated a road side mine in Bagrami area, Kabul city this morning.
#3: A civilian was martyred and another wounded in a roadside mine explosion in Laghman province this morning.
#4: At least five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred following Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack. Gen. Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said the Afghan soldiers were martyred in the past 24 hours.
#5: Officials say a number of insurgents have been killed and injured in the battle with the security forces following a massive attack at Dangam district of eastern Kunar province which is still ongoing. Provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhil said only four soldiers have suffered injuries in the exchange of fire. The number of the insurgents is said to be in hundreds
#6: Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for Nangarhar police says a group of gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Ghurband area of Chaparhar district last night leaving four attackers killed and four policemen injured. Mashriqiwal said exchange of fire took place between police and assailants following a suicide attack at the checkpoint where a number of attackers also suffered injuries.
#7: At least 20 people – including 12 members of a landmine-clearing team – have been killed in a series of attacks blamed on the Taliban.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30461971
Libya/Tunisia
Headline: Clashes close Libya’s largest oil port; Tunisia seals border
Tunisia closed its largest border with Libya as fighting between armed factions allied to Libya’s competing governments broke out on Sunday, Libyan and Tunisian officials said.
Libya’s eastern Es Sider oil export port, the country’s biggest, has been shut due to the fighting. The OPEC oil producer is caught in a conflict between two governments and parliaments since a group called Libya Dawn seized Tripoli in the summer. In recent weeks it has sought to regain ground in the west with airstrikes and the use of allied troops from the Zintan area calling themselves the Libyan National Army. Omar Al-Sanki, interior minister of the recognized government, said his forces had seized the western Ras Jdir border crossing, the main gateway into Tunisia. But a Libyan border official and the mayor of Zuwara, a town east of Ras Jdir, denied this. “Our forces…are still in control of Ras Jdir and it is not true that the borders have been taken by the army of tribes -LNA,” said the mayor, Hafed Juma. He said warplanes belonging to the eastern-based government had attacked their positions, killing four people. A Tunisian security source said there was fighting in the Libyan area of Boukamech near Ras Jdir. The border station was open, though Tunisia had advised its citizens to avoid the crossing.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/674436
Morocco/Algeria
Headline: New Morocco-Algeria tension looms large
Dark clouds are looming large over Algeria and Morocco as the two North African neighbours are locked in a new bitter stand-off and their already shaken relations are inexorably deteriorating. On Thursday, the Moroccan government accused Algeria of being involved in the leaking of classified documents belonging to the Moroccan Foreign Ministry and the General Directorate for Studies and Documents. The diplomatic documents that included classified papers, bank transfers and confidential correspondence were published by an anonymous hacker. Some of the documents reportedly are not new and date several years back, but the spotlight is overwhelmingly on a territory over which Morocco has been in conflict with the Algerian-backed separatist Polisario Front group. Speaking during the press conference that follows the government’s weekly meeting, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar on Thursday said that his country would “present arguments and evidence that prove Algeria’s involvement in fueling the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.” It added that when the French reporter asked the unidentified hacker, via social media, about the reasons for his leaks, the answer he received was “to destabilize Morocco.”
Dec. 13, 2014
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/algeria/new-morocco-algeria-tension-looms-large-1.1426276
Turkey
Headline: Turkey’s Erdogan says media raids a response to ‘dirty’ plot
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday defended weekend raids on media outlets close to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric as a necessary response to “dirty operations” by the government’s political enemies, and told a critical European Union to mind its own business. Sunday’s raids on the Zaman daily and Samanyolu television marked an escalation in Erdogan’s battle with former ally Fethullah Gulen. The two have been in open conflict since a corruption probe targeting Erdogan’s inner circle a year ago, which Erdogan blamed on Gulen. He accuses the cleric of establishing a ‘parallel’ structure in the state through his supporters in the judiciary, police and other institutions, and of wielding influence through the media. Gulen denies any ambition to overthrow Erdogan. “They cry press freedom, but (the raids) have nothing to do with it,” Erdogan said, speaking at the opening of an extension to an oil refinery near Istanbul. “We have no concern about what the EU might say, whether the EU accepts us as members or not, we have no such concern. Please keep your wisdom to yourself,” he said. The European Union, which Turkey is seeking to join, said the media raids ran counter to European values. EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn described them as “not really an invitation to move further forward” with Turkey.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/15/us-turkey-media-idUSKBN0JT1DB20141215
Armenia
Headline: Kazakh, Belarusian Parliaments to Vote on Armenia’s Entry to EEU
Kazakhstan’s lawmakers will vote to ratify the treaty on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union after a meeting in Moscow on Dec. 23, says a Russian government report from a meeting between Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. “There will be a meeting in Moscow and we will ratify Armenia’s accession,” Nazarbayev is quoted as saying by the report. “maybe Kyrgyzstan will be ready by that time.” “Common customs boards and freedom in movement of people and cargo is a great advantage for our countries,” Nazarbayev said. On Dec. 10, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian spoke to his Kazakh counterpart by phone. The two presidents discussed prospects for cooperation between their countries within the Eurasian Economic Union. On Dec. 4, the Armenian National Assembly ratified the agreement of Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union. On Dec. 10, Russia’s Duma ratified it as well. The Belarusian parliament is set to vote on Armenia’s accession this week, head of the parliament’s committee on international affairs, Nikolay Samoseyko, told RIA Novosti on Monday. After Kazakh and Belarusian lawmakers ratify the treaty, Armenia will become a full member of the Union.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://asbarez.com/129869/kazakh-parliament-to-vote-on-armenia%E2%80%99s-entry-to-eeu/
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: US mass rallies attract thousands over police killings
At least 25,000 protesters paralyzed parts of New York and thousands more marched in Washington, stepping up demonstrations across the United States demanding justice for black men killed by white police. The rallies in the capital, New York, Boston and in several Californian cities were among the largest in a growing protest movement sparked by the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. Grand jury decisions not to prosecute the white officers responsible for 18-year-old Brown’s death and a fatal chokehold on New York father of six Eric Garner in July, have triggered weeks of protests. A sea of demonstrators shut down parts of Manhattan and Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue that leads to the Capitol with cries of “No justice, no peace!” “Justice Now!” and “The whole damn system is guilty as hell!” Police said approximately 25,000 took to the streets in New York. The organizers tweeted that 50,000 people turned out. Their Facebook page had said that 48,000 would take part before the rally began. Thousands take part in the Justice for All March and Rally on Pennsylvania Avenue through downtown Washington, DC, December 13, 2014, to protest the killings of unarmed African-Americans by police officersThe mixed crowds of black and white, mobilized many young people but also families, children, parents and the elderly.
Dec. 14, 2014
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/449742/us-mass-rallies-attract-thousands-over-police-killings
http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-police-killings-march-washington-080136814.html
Headline: Mexico police and protesters clash ahead of concert for 43 missing university students
Violence broke out Sunday in the city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico as police clashed with protesters organizing a concert for 43 missing university students. Both sides blamed the other for initiating the altercation, which began after protesters had finished erecting street barricades ahead of the scheduled concert. Police said eight officers were injured in the melee and protesters reported 13 injuries, including relatives of missing students. The concert was canceled in the wake of the unrest. The latest outbreak of violence comes amid continued frustration with the government’s delayed response to the students’ disappearance in Iguala, Guerrero state, in late September. The circumstances of their disappearance revealed complicity between the local government, police and a prominent drug gang.
Dec. 15, 2014
Headline: Ten killed in al-Shabab attack in Mogadishu
At least 10 Somali government soldiers, including a senior commander, have been killed in a militant attack on an army base near the capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabab militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and tanks attacked the base near the town of Afgoye, located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Mogadishu, on Monday, an unidentified commander said. Among those killed was senior commander, Mohamed Khalif, the official said. Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack. The development comes as al-Shabab continues launching assaults in Mogadishu.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/15/390363/alshabab-kills-10-in-somalia-attack/
Headline: Yemen’s Houthi fighters push al-Qaeda out of key district
Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters have pushed al-Qaeda-linked militants out of a key district, north of the capital Sana’a. The Houthi movement’s Shia fighters took “full control of the district of Arhab after raiding 20 of its areas and clearing them from Takfiri groups,” said leading Houthi member, Mohamed al-Bakhiti, on Sunday. He added, “The raids came in response to numerous assaults by Takfiri groups on Houthi members.” The fighters blew up seven buildings belonging to al-Qaeda militants in Arhab, taking full control of the district and restoring security after several days of fighting. Meanwhile, the Houthis sacked Sakhr al-Wajih, the governor of the western port city of Hodeida who was appointed by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, and assigned Hassan Heij for the post.
Dec. 14, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/14/390258/yemen-houthis-seize-key-district/
Headline: Bahraini forces clash with mourners after funeral
Fierce scuffles have broken out between regime forces and mourners in Bahrain following a funeral for a man killed in a bomb explosion earlier this week, Press TV reports. The clashes erupted after Bahraini police officers attacked the mourners, who had come together in the village of Karzakan, situated 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of the capital, Manama, on Sunday to mourn the death of 72-year-old Abdul Karim al-Basri. Basri was killed on December 9, when a powerful blast struck near a mosque in Karzakan. Another funeral procession for the slain Bahraini man on December 12 also turned into a protest rally against the ruling Al Khalifa dynasty, when demonstrators chanted slogans against the Manama regime. Clashes reportedly took place between protesters and police, with officers firing tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Dec. 14, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/14/390227/mourners-police-clash-in-bahrain/
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3– Worldwide– “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.” (James)
Headline: Oil plunges again, reaches recession-level depths
Headline: Egypt stock market loses $3B amid oil plunge
Headline: London shares tumble on oil price slide
Headline: Russian ruble falls again, now at 61.25 to the dollar
Another forecast of weak global demand, another nosedive for oil. A 6-month rout in the price of oil accelerated this week, culminating in a 4 percent drop Friday — its third such drop in 5 days — to its lowest level since May of 2009, when the U.S. was still in recession. Friday’s trigger was a lowered expectation for oil consumption from the International Energy Agency. The benchmark U.S. oil price closed down $2.14 to close at $57.81 a barrel in New York. It is now 46 percent below its late-June high for the year of $107.26. Brent crude, the international standard used to price oil purchased by many U.S. refineries, fell 77 cents to close at $61.85. In its monthly oil report, the IEA said global oil demand in 2015 will grow by 900,000 barrels a day — 230,000 less than previously forecast — to 93.3 million barrels a day. The agency said the reduction was a result of “the ever-more tentative pace of the global economic recovery.” It was the latest in a string of reports and forecasts that suggest that there is far more oil being produced globally than there is demand for it.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/oil-prices-fall-further-iea-cuts-forecast-111211254–finance.html
http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-stock-market-loses-3b-amid-oil-plunge-144706106–finance.html
http://news.yahoo.com/london-shares-tumble-oil-price-slide-181301215.html
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: ‘Super bacteria’ found in Rio’s Olympic waters
A drug-resistant “super bacteria” that’s normally found in hospitals and is notoriously difficult to treat has been discovered in the waters where Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic sailing events will be held, scientists said Monday. The Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil’s most respected health research institute, said it has discovered bacteria that produce an enzyme that make it resistant to most forms of treatment in water samples taken from various spots along the Carioca River. Among the spots is where the river flows into the city’s Guanabara Bay, site of the 2016 sailing and wind surfing events. Bacteria with the so-called KPC enzyme are difficult to treat. The institute said no instances of infection resulting from the contaminated water have yet been detected but warned of possible danger to swimmers. “The illnesses caused by these microorganisms are the same as those caused by common bacteria, but they require stronger antibiotics and, sometimes, can require hospitalization,” the study’s coordinator, Ana Paula D’Alincourt Carvalho Assef, wrote in an email to The Associated Press. “Since the super bacteria are resistant to the most modern medications, doctors need to rely on drugs that are rarely used because they are toxic to the organism.” Even if they don’t immediately fall ill, those who come into contact with the bacteria run the risk of becoming carriers of the microorganism, the institute said in its statement.
Dec. 15, 2014
Headline: WHO Ebola response chief says virus still spreading due to lack of change in behaviors
The failure of Sierra Leone’s strategy for fighting Ebola may be down to a missing ingredient: a big shock that could change people’s behavior and finally prevent further infection. Bruce Aylward, the head of Ebola response at the World Health Organization, said Sierra Leone was well placed to contain the disease — its worst outbreak on record — with infrastructure, organization and aid. The problem is that its people have yet to be shocked out of behavior that is helping the disease to spread, still keeping infected loved ones close and touching the bodies of the dead. “Every new place that gets infected goes through that same terrible learning curve where a lot of people have to die … before those behaviors start to change,” Aylward told Reuters. While neighboring Liberia has turned the tide of Ebola, and both Mali and Nigeria quickly smothered outbreaks, Sierra Leone has more than 70 percent of cases reported in the past three weeks and more than half the 18,000 confirmed cases in the nine-month-old outbreak. The WHO’s death toll from outbreak has climbed to 6,583 but the actual figure is likely to be far higher due to under-reporting of cases.
Dec. 15, 2014
Godlessness 2 Timothy 3:1-5 & Matthew 24:12 “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold”
Headline: THREE DEAD IN BLOODY END TO SYDNEY SIEGE
Headline: Sydney Terrorist Claims to be ISIS Member, Threatens to Kill Hostages
An Iranian-born gunman was killed, two of his hostages are dead and four injured after a dramatic and chaotic firefight brought an end to a terrorist siege at a Sydney cafe. Teams of heavily armed police swooped on the Lindt Chocolat cafe in a hail of gunfire, ending a tense stand-off where Man Haron Monis had been holding around 17 people captive. Police issued a statement describing the event as a confrontation with a 50-year man, who they said died after shots were fired. The man was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, police said. A man, aged 34, and a woman, aged 38, also died, the police said in their statement. Of the injured, two women have non life-threatening injuries and a police officer was injured by gunshot pellets, the police said. Another woman has a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
Dec. 15, 2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2873855/Gunman-takes-hostages-cafe-Sydney.html
http://www.infowars.com/report-sydney-terrorist-claims-to-be-isis-member-threatens-to-kill-hostages/
Increase in Drugs Revelation 9:21 “And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.”
Comment: In Revelation 9:21 we see Jesus speaking to us about drug’s. The words “sorceries” in Revelation 9:21 is the Greek word pharmakia from which comes our word “pharmacy”. It signifies the use of medicine, drugs, spells, such as those used in witchcraft and those used today by those who are seeking a greater “high”. This generation was to be labeled a drug generation and we are.
Headline: Native Americans allowed to sell, grow marijuana, DOJ says
Native American tribes are allowed to grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same laws laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. The announcement could give rise to rich new business on reservations, unlike casino gambling, some advocates say. Only a handful of tribes have interest in the marijuana business. Oregon U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall said that the Justice Department policy addresses questions raised by tribes about how legalization of pot in states like Oregon, Washington and Colorado would apply to Indian lands. “That’s been the primary message tribes are getting to us as U.S. attorneys,” Marshall said from Portland. “What will the U.S. as federal partners do to assist tribes in protecting our children and families, our tribal businesses, our tribal housing? How will you help us combat marijuana abuse in Indian Country when states are no longer there to partner with us?” Only three tribes in California, Washington state and in the Midwest have only expressed interest in selling the drug, Marshall said. It is unclear if it will really take off the way casinos did.
Dec. 12, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/12/native-americans-allowed-to-sell-grow-marijuana-doj-says/
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Headline: Eighth North Texas earthquake in less than a month
Headline: Multiple earthquakes shake Oklahoma, including magnitude 4.3
The Dallas-Fort Worth area experienced its eighth earthquake in less than a month. A 2.6-magnitude quake centered about three miles northeast of Irving occurred around 9:25 p.m. Thursday, according to the United State Geological survey. USGS reported a depth of 5 kilometers and an epicenter of 32.848°N 96.900°W, just off John Carpenter Freeway near Loop 12. North Texas has seen more frequent quakes since a 3.3-magnitude tremor shook the area on Nov. 22. The strongest to be recorded since is a 3.4-magnitude earthquake on Nov. 30. “The city of Irving continues to monitor and is in contact with seismologists who tell us the magnitude of earthquakes we have experienced is low, and earthquakes happen regularly. In fact, the United States Geological Survey estimates several million earthquakes occur in the world each year and most have very small magnitudes, such as those occurring in Irving,” said Irving Emergency Management Coordinator Jason Carriere. The USGS began monitoring quakes in Irving in 2008. Since April 17, 2014 there have been 11 in the area.
Dec. 14, 2014
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/2014/12/12/eighth-earthquake-hits-north-texas/20290793/
http://www.kjrh.com/news/multiple-earthquakes-shake-oklahoma-including-magnitude-43
Headline: 20 dead, 88 missing after mudslide in central Indonesia
Heavy rains in central Indonesia loosened soil and collapsed a hill, setting off a landslide that killed at least 20 villagers and left 88 others missing under piles of mud, officials said Sunday. Residents of Jemblung village in Central Java province’s Banjarnegara district said they heard a roaring sound followed by the rain of red soil that buried more than 100 houses late Friday. “The landslide looked like it was spinning down. I managed to rescue a pregnant woman, but could not save the other man,” said Subroto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. He said one side of the hill collapsed and then another. “In five minutes, there were three (major landslides) and they swept away everything,” he said. By Sunday, 20 bodies have been pulled from the mud and the wreckage of crumpled homes while hopes faded that 88 people still missing will be find alive, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the spokesman for Indonesia’s Disaster Mitigation Agency. President Joko Widodo was traveling to Banjarnegara, about 460 kilometers (285 miles) east of the capital, Jakarta, on Sunday to meet with survivors and about 570 residents who were evacuated to temporary shelters. Eleven injured villagers were hospitalized.
Dec. 13, 2014
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/20-dead-88-missing-after-mudslide-in-central-indonesia-1.2146188
Headline: Rare twister rips through L.A.
A small tornado touched down in Los Angeles on Friday, ripping off parts of rooftops and downing trees in the southern part of the city. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down Friday morning. “It got a lot of people excited, but thank goodness nobody was hurt,” said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service. EF-0 twisters are the smallest type of tornadoes, with winds reaching 65 to 85 mph. EF refers to the Enhanced Fujita Scale of tornado intensity, which runs from EF-0 to EF-5. Most twisters that cause damage and deaths are EF-1 or higher. The Los Angeles Times reported the tornado hit across a 10-block span, damaging at least five homes. Caught in the middle of the storm, Deborah LaVergne, 56, was preparing turkey sandwiches in a South Los Angeles kitchen when she looked out a window to see a trash can swirling 30 feet in the air.
Dec. 13, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/13/los-angeles-tornado/20351781/
Headline: What’s shaking? 
List & map of USGS Earthquakes
