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Abbas’ advisor warns of global Islamic war if Israel retains sovereignty over Jerusalem
Headline: Meshaal on point of relocating Hamas’ political headquarters from Doha to Tehran
Hamas’ political leader Khaled Meshaak, forced to quit his old headquarters in Damascus after abandoning his longtime host Bashar Assad and finding sanctuary in Doha – is again being hounded from pillar to post. debkafile: A deal struck this week between Egypt and Qatar could result in the Hamas leader settling in the Iranian capital. This would afford Tehran a foothold in the Gaza Strip, its second Mediterranean outpost after Lebanon on the Israeli border. The Egyptian-Qatar deal, revealed here by debkafile’s Middle East sources, covers the future of the Muslim Brotherhood, the nemesis of Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisis, and its offspring, the Palestinian Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. Their memorandum of understanding was concluded Wednesday, Dec. 24, in Cairo by a delegation of Qatari intelligence chiefs and the new Egyptian director of intelligence Gen. Khaled Fawzi. They spent most of the day hammering out its six points, which are listed here:
- Qatar withdraws its support from all Brotherhood operations against Egypt and Saudi Arabia;
- This point applies equally to any Hamas activity that may be interpreted as inimical to Egypt;
3. Qatar’s assistance to Hamas will be limited to “civilian” projects (such as repairing war damage in Gaza), which too will be subject to President El-Sisi’s approval; - Given the close cooperation maintained at present between the Egyptian president and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on affairs relating to Gaza, Israel will implicitly have the right to disqualify certain Palestinian projects in the enclave;
5. Qatar is to shut down the anti-Egyptian propaganda channel run by its Al Jazeera television station;
6. The emirate is not required to sever all its ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, just to keep them under control as its “strategic reserve.”
Khaled Meshaal, after he was denied permission by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to set up shop in Istanbul, is on the point of a decision to relocate his offices in Tehran. Iran would thus gain a proxy foothold in the Gaza Strip, its second outpost on the Mediterranean after the first was provided by Hizballah in Lebanon. If Meshaal decided to settle in Tehran, Iran would acquire a handy springboard for action against Egypt and southern Israel.
Dec. 27, 2014
Headline: IDF fire on Palestinians protesting near border fence with Gaza
Gaza protests turns violent as group nears border with Israel, begins to throw stones; no injuries reported. The IDF has reportedly opened fire on a group of Palestinian protesters who approached the border fence between Gaza Strip and Israel. The incident, which has not yet been confirmed by the IDF, followed reports of a Hamas-backed protest held earlier in Gaza decring the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza. The march was attended by Hamas’ Gaza leader Isamil Haniyeh who demanded the world free Gaza from the siege. According to Palestinian reports, a group of protesters neared the Erez Crossing border terminal, crossing the Palestinian checkpoint from the Gazan side of the border. Once they neared the Israeli crossing, they began throwing stones, prompting the IDF to fire in the air. On Friday, IDF forces shot at two Palestinians who came close to crossing the security fence in northern Gaza. One of the men who passed the fence suffered a light to moderate wound to his leg, and the other suspect retreated back to Gaza. An IDF soldier was seriously wounded Wednesday after an IDF patrol convoy sustained sniper fire near the southern Gaza Strip around noon, prompting the army to return fire into Gaza, in the most serious escalation along the southern border since a violent 50-day summer conflict ended.
Dec. 28, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4608615,00.html
Headline: Abbas: U.N. Security Council resolution’s final draft on Palestinian statehood imminent
Headline: Hamas Leaders Slam Senior Palestinian Authority Gaza Visit, UN Draft Bid
A final draft of a U.N. resolution calling for an end to Israeli’s occupation of Palestinian territory by the end of 2017 was expected to be submitted to the U.N. Security Council Monday. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told senior Fatah party leaders on Monday the resolution would be submitted later that day. Although a vote could take place as early as Tuesday, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told the Ma’an news agency that a vote could be delayed until the new year. “This process will take more than a day or two, and we must be clear with our people in order to avoid a state of confusion stemming from the numerous statements, which are sometimes contradictory.” Hamas on Sunday urged the Palestinian Authority to withdraw the draft resolution, arguing that “it contains massive concessions” and “does not reflect the national desire of our people.” The U.S., a veto power on the Security Council, has expressed reticence to support the resolution, calling instead for a negotiated solution between Israeli and Palestinian parties.
Dec. 29, 2014
Headline: PA Says it Has Majority Needed for UN Statehood Resolution
Reports France, Luxembourg have decided to support PA bid at UNSC; move could force US to use its veto. The Palestinian Authority is claiming it has the necessary nine-vote majority to enable it to pass a resolution through the UN Security Council calling for recognition of a “Palestinian state” as well as an Israeli withdrawal from Judea, Samaria and “East Jerusalem”. The vote is due to take place tonight (Tuesday) at 10 p.m. GMT, after the PA about-faced on its prior plans to postpone the vote until after the new year. As recently as Monday PA foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki had indicated that the vote would be postponed until after the new year, after the vote was put off last Friday and again on Monday. Diplomatic sources had claimed the resolution would flop due to a lack of support by the council’s 15 members. But according to Channel Two, France and Luxembourg have now decided to vote for the resolution, tipping the balance in the PA’s favor. If true it would force the US – which has stated its firm opposition to such unilateral measures – to use its veto at the Security council. That move could provoke tensions with some of America’s Arab allies in the UN.
Dec. 30, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/189307#.VKMeE3uxXhI
“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: ISIS capture of Jordanian pilot puts US and Jordan in conflicting dilemmas, may be pivotal to anti-terror war
Headline: Jordan mulls anti-IS coalition exit amid talks over seized pilot
Headline: Islamic State magazine features interview with captured Jordanian pilot
The US military is going to great lengths to deny any evidence that ISIS shot down the Jordanian Air Force F-16 which came down Wednesday, Dec. 24 over the northern Syrian town of Raqaa. First Lieutenant Muath al-Kasaesbeh, aged 27, was the first Arab pilot to be taken prisoner by the Islamic State. The US Central Command statement said: “We can say with certainty that it was an aircraft crash and the plane was not downed by ISIL as was claimed by the terrorist organization.” This contradicted an earlier statement by the Jordanian Information Minister Mohammad Momani that the plane had crashed after being hit by a ground-air missile. debkafile’s military and intelligence sources add that Middle East military and aviation control centers are quite sure that the Jordanian warplane was hit by an ISIS missile, while making low passes over the terrorist organization’s Syrian headquarters at Raqqa in violation of the pilot’s orders. The Jordanians are making intense efforts to deter the jihadis from harming 1st Lt. Kasaesbeh.The Hashemite Kingdom’s armed forces warned that “IS and its supporters would be held responsible for the pilot’s safety and his life.” ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has not doubt calculated his stake in keeping the Jordanian pilot alive and at risk to scare fellow Arab pilots from continuing to take part in US-led bombing missions against his forces. Furthermore, the Bararsha, like other South Jordanian Bedouin tribes, is known around the region for producing fierce fighters and their relentless pursuit of blood revenge. Al Baghdadi may opt to avoid antagonizing them for this reason, as well as in the hope of a tangible benefit: ISIS is already using the smuggling routes of southern Jordan as channels to the groups his organization has planted in Sinai, Egypt and eastern Libya. He may decide to go one better and build an alliance with those very tribes behind the backs of the Americans and Jordan’s Abdullah II. Such an eventuality would add a new dimension to the war on the Islamist terrorists.
Dec. 30, 2014
Lebanon
Headline: Report: Nasrallah is pushing for Hamas reconciliation with Syria and Iran
Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah is reportedly mediating between Hamas on the one hand and Iran and Syria on the other in order to patch up the alliance that has been damaged due to the war in Syria. The reconciliation efforts were reported on Saturday in the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir. According to a senior official, Nasrallah is playing a key role in the mediation effort which is also being encouraged by Tehran, that is planning to invite Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mashaal to the Iranian capital. Possible signs of the mediation could also be seen from Gaza, where in a ceremony earlier this month marking 27 years since the founding of the Islamist movement, Abu Ubaida the spokesman for the Kassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, recognized Iran’s role in supporting the Palestinian resistance.
Dec. 27, 2014
Headline: Lebanese army disperses youths protesting near border town
Lebanese soldiers fired into the air to disperse a protest on Monday against security measures near a town close to the Syrian border, a security source and the state news agency reported. State news agency NNA said three youths had been wounded and others arrested after a confrontation with the army in a valley outside Arsal, a town in Lebanon that has been drawn into neighboring Syria’s civil war. The army has increased security measures around the town since the summer, saying it wants to protect residents from militant groups originating in Syria who are trying to expand land they control into Lebanon. Islamic State and Al Qaeda’s Nusra Front — Sunni Muslim groups fighting in Syria — attacked Arsal in August and took a group of Lebanese soldiers captive.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/29/us-lebanon-security-idUSKBN0K70MT20141229
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Mourners in Saudi Arabia demand ‘revenge’ for deadly security raids
An estimated 15,000 men, women and children took to the streets of eastern Saudi Arabia on Sunday evening to attend the funeral of four people killed by security forces in the village of Awamiyah. Funeral goers chanted “down, down al-Saud” in a reference to the ruling family and “we will protect our people by any means” while carrying photos of the dead, according to locals from the Shiite majority Eastern Province. “People are angry. They want revenge for those killed,” Mohammed al-Saeedi, who attended the funerals on Sunday, told MEE. He said authorities had delayed the funerals by refusing to handover bodies of the dead to their families.
Dec. 29, 2014
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Assad orders Christmas Day strike on Islamic State territory
Forces loyal to embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad have dropped bombs on territory under the control of Islamic State fighters, killing roughly 40 people, according to local reports. Syrian Army helicopters used barrel bombs – barrels packed with explosives and metal shards, with no precision mechanism – to strike the areas of al-Bab and Qabaseen on Christmas Day and overnight. Early reports did not clarify how many of the deceased were members of the Islamic State. Meanwhile, 12 Islamic State assets in Iraq and Syria were successfully targeted by coalition forces on Saturday, according to the Combined Joint Task Force.
Dec. 26, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Assad-orders-Christmas-Day-strike-on-Islamic-State-territory-385864
Syria Headline: Eight people killed in car bomb blast near Syrian gas plant
At least eight people, including four soldiers, have lost their lives in a car bomb explosion near a gas plant in Syria’s central province of Homs, a Syrian opposition group says. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that at least 15 people were injured in the attack on a checkpoint guarding the Firqlos gas plant in Homs. The ISIL Takfiri group claimed responsibility for the attack and said the two attackers, both Moroccan, were killed. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, confirmed the attack but said the Syrian forces had captured the terrorists.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/29/392323/car-bomb-near-gas-plant-kills-8-in-syria/
Syria Headline: Nusra looks to maintain gains in Idlib
The Nusra Front is seeking to press ahead with military gains in northwest Idlib province in Syria by seizing Abu Dhuhur airport from regime forces and has given soldiers one week to defect from the facility. But Nusra’s hard-line behavior is also generating tension with local residents in Idlib, who demonstrated this weekend to demand the release of civilian detainees held by the Al-Qaeda affiliate. According to pro-Nusra media outlets, the group issued its ultimatum to military personnel in Abu Dhuhur Saturday, and said that two soldiers from the complex managed to flee their posts and turn themselves over to the jihadis. Several hundred military personnel are currently believed to be stationed at the airport. Earlier this month, Nusra and its local ally Jund al-Aqsa overran the sprawling Wadi Deif military base, also in Idlib province, in one of the biggest military setbacks for the regime this year.
Dec. 29, 2014
Syria Headline: Scores killed as opposition fighters launched new formation in Syria’s Aleppo
Two members of the pro-regime security forces were reportedly killed Sunday afternoon, during clashes with fighters from the newly formed rebel faction of al-Shamiya Front in the area of Khan Shooneh in the old city of Aleppo, in northern Syria. Speaking to ARA News in Aleppo, civil rights activist Imad Hussein said that fighters from the Shamiya Front infiltrated the regime’s positions in the Khan Shooneh area near the ancient citadel of Aleppo. “This resulted in clashes between both sides, causing the death of at least two members of the pro-regime security forces,” Hussein reported quoting a commander from Shamiya Front. “No casualties were reported in the ranks of Shamiya Front.” The clashes came one day after the formation of the anti-Assad rebel group of the Shamiya Front where military commander Abu Bakr, in a videotape published online, declared to the Iranian militias –which fight on the side of the regime’s forces– to recognize the Syrian revolution and the Syrian people’s option. Among the most prominent factions working under the banner of the newly formed group of Shamiya Front are the Islamic Front, the Army of Mujahideen, Noureddin Zanki Movement, Fastaqim Kama Umirt battalion in addition to the Asala wa-Tanimiya Front. Meanwhile, two fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) were killed on Sunday during clashes with the forces of the regime, in the Ard al-Milah area in the northern suburb of Aleppo. This coincided with the bombardment of the al-Mwasalat and al-Shaar neighborhoods in Aleppo by the pro-Assad heavy artillery.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/12/scores-killed-opposition-fighters-launched-new-formation-syrias-aleppo/
Syria Headline: ISW Syria Situation Report Dec. 23-30, 2014
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/12/syria-situation-report-december-23-30_30.html
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/
Iraq Headline: Iranian General Killed by Islamic State in Iraq
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says one of its senior officials was killed Saturday while fighting the Islamic State in Iraq. In a statement on its website Sunday, the Guard says that Brigadier General Hamid Taqavi was “martyred” while serving in an advisory role to the Iraqi Army defending Samarra, a city north of Baghdad. Samarra is home to the Al Askari Shrine, one of the most important Shi’ite shrines. Reuters reports that Taqavi was killed by Islamic State sniper fire which also wounded several people who were with him.
Dec. 28, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/iranian-general-killed-by-islamic-state-in-iraq/2576750.html
Iraq Headline: ISIS suspected in suicide attack at funeral near Baghdad, 15 dead
A government official says the death toll in a suicide bombing at a funeral north of Baghdad is now 15. An Interior Ministry spokesman says the bomber blew himself up inside a funeral tent in a farming area outside the mainly Sunni town of Taji, about 12 miles north of Baghdad. He said another 26 mourners were wounded in the attack. The funeral was for the father of two members of pro-government Sunni militias. The attack bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group, which frequently targets Sunnis who are allied with the Shiite-led government.
Dec. 29, 2014
Iraq Headline: US military drops weapons in areas held by ISIL in Iraq
Iraq Headline: U.S. Airdrops Weapons to ISIS as Iraqi Army Makes Gains
Iraq Headline: US Rejects Allegations of Support for Islamic State Militants
Volunteer forces fighting against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists say US military aircraft have dropped weapons in areas held by the terrorist group in Iraq. American helicopters dropped boxes of weapons in Yathrib and Balad districts in Iraq’s Salahuddin Province, according to the fighters. The report comes as the Iraqi army and volunteer fighters appear to be gaining the upper hand and making significant gains against ISIL. In October, a video showed the terrorist group captured a bundle of US weapons airdropped in the Syrian border town of Kobani.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2014/12/27/392011/us-drops-weapons-in-areas-held-by-isil/
http://www.infowars.com/u-s-airdrops-weapons-to-isis-as-iraqi-army-makes-gains/
http://basnews.com/en/news/2014/12/29/us-rejects-allegations-of-support-for-islamic-state-militants/
Iraq Headline: IS claims another jet shot down over northern Iraq
The Islamic State (IS) claims to have shot down a plane in Northern Iraq, according to the group’s radio station. The al-Bayan radio station, which broadcasts on FM from the Iraqi city of Mosul, said on Sunday night that “fighters with the Islamic State air defence forces downed a bomber and took its pilot prisoner” just south of Tikrit. The nationality of the alleged prisoner is unknown and the reports have yet to be confirmed, coming on the heels of unverified claims that IS had killed seven US soldiers and downed two helicopters. The unconfirmed reports were circulated widely on Twitter and reported by a number of Arabic news sites including Arabi21. A hashtag created to share the news, ‘Islamic State Kills 7 US soldiers and downs 2 helicopters’, has created over 50,000 impressions since Sunday night. Last week, reports emerged that IS had shot down a Jordanian plane in Syria using a heat-seeking missile and taken its pilot hostage. US and Jordanian officials later confirmed the capture, but denied that IS had shot the plane down.
Dec. 29, 2014
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report Dec. 29, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/iraq-situation-report-december-29-2014.html
Kurdish Headline: Kurd infighting: Turkish premier warns against deadly clashes
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday warned that the government would take action against any further violence in the southeast after three people were killed in fresh clashes between two rival Kurdish groups. “We will stand firm … against whoever dares to erode our unity through provocative actions,” Davutoglu told his ruling party supporters in the southern province of Hatay bordering Syria. Three people were killed Saturday in the town of Cizre in the southeast in clashes between rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Sunni Huda-Par group. Huda-Par is known to be the political extension of Turkish Hezbollah and has long abhorred the PKK — which has fought Turkish security forces in a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish self-rule. The motive for the clashes was not clear but a security source told AFP at the weekend that tensions were running high between the two groups since Friday night when the Huda-Par attacked Kurdish rebels’ tents in the town. The rivalry between the PKK and the Huda-Par turned fierce in October when Islamic State insurgents were fighting Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobani just across the Turkish border.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/news/681276
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: Russia says new U.S. sanctions may hamper dialogue on Iran, Syria
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a widening of U.S. sanctions against Moscow this week may hamper bilateral cooperation on issues such as Iran’s nuclear program and the Syrian crisis. “The actions by the United States are putting in doubt the prospects of bilateral cooperation on solving the situation around the Iranian nuclear program, the Syrian crisis and other acute international problems,” the ministry said. “As Washington could have seen previously, we don’t leave such unfriendly acts without an answer,” the statement added.
Dec. 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/30/us-russia-crisis-us-sanctions-idUSKBN0K80XK20141230
Iran
Headline: Netanyahu: Iran increasing efforts to deepen terrorist activities in West Bank
Prime Minister Netanyahu condemns UN for not responding to PA official who said he is “excited” by Iranian directives to send weapons to West Bank. Iran is increasing its efforts to deepen its terrorist activities in the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet at its weekly meeting on Sunday. “None other than the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador in Tehran said that he was enthused by Iranian ruler [Ali] Khamenei’s instructions to send weapons to the West Bank,” Netanyahu said. The prime minister quoted the Palestinian envoy as saying, “The Zionist entity is an aggressor and cancerous tumor which should be annihilated sooner or later.” Netanyahu emphasized that these were not the words of a Hamas representative but, rather, of the PA’s official in Iran. “Now what does the UN do in response?” Netanyahu asked. “Instead of dealing with this incitement, it gives it a place of honor, the same incitement that leads in the end to the terror acts that we have experienced lately.” Netanyahu was referring to an interview that the Palestinian envoy in Tehran, Salah al-Zawawi, gave to the Tehran Times last week in which – according to the paper – he “underlined his countrymen’s enthusiasm for the materialization of the instructions” given by Khamenei to send arms to the West Bank to intensify its fight against Israel.
Dec. 28, 2014
Afghanistan
Headline: Afghanistan War officially ends
Headline: Taliban declares ‘defeat’ of Nato
Operation Enduring Freedom, the worldwide combat mission launched shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that eventually became synonymous with the 13-year war in Afghanistan, officially ended Sunday. The mission that took the lives of 2,356 U.S. service members was punctuated with a ceremony with military officials in Kabul and a statement from President Obama lauding the efforts of those involved. “On this day we give thanks to our troops and intelligence personnel who have been relentless against the terrorists responsible for 9/11 — devastating the core al Qaeda leadership, delivering justice to Osama bin Laden, disrupting terrorist plots and saving countless American lives. We are safer, and our nation is more secure, because of their service,” Obama said in the written statement. Up to 10,800 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan in 2015 and the mission will be renamed “Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.” Military officials say that will be a narrowly defined two-prong mission: advising the Afghan army and continuing to mount counterterrorism operations against the Taliban and other insurgents who may pose a threat to the U.S. or Afghan governments.
Dec. 30, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30626728
Libya
Headline: Air raids hit militia-held Misrata
Headline: Car bomb explodes outside Libya’s elected parliament in Tobruk
Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognized government carried out their first air strikes Sunday against militia-held third city Misrata, a spokesman said. Col. Ahmed Mesmari said the strikes were in response to a renewed attempt by the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) militia on Sunday morning to seize the key Al-Sidra oil export terminal. Residents said the air strikes hit the school of aviation close to Misrata airport, the port and a steel plant. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Fajr Libya has been attempting to take Al-Sidra and the nearby Ras Lanuf terminal since Thursday when it killed at least 22 soldiers in a surprise attack by speedboat. Seven of the 19 oil tanks at Al-Sidra were ablaze on Sunday as a result of the fighting, an oil official said.
Dec. 30, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/681281
Algeria
Headline: Algeria’s winter of discontent
The Algerian regime faces tough decisions this winter as it copes with falling revenue and low oil prices. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has called the situation “worrisome” and is pushing Saudi Arabia to cut its oil production to force prices up. Oil and natural gas sales are key to the economic prosperity of the almost 40 million Algerians, 70% of whom are under the age of 25 and 30% are younger than 15. Unemployment and underemployment are severe, and housing shortages are endemic. Fortunately, the government has $190 billion in reserves to cover deficit spending. Last weekend, the government announced the first of what is expected to be many cost-cutting measures. Public sector job hiring will be frozen in 2015. The public sector is Algeria’s largest employer, covering 60% of the job market. Infrastructure projects such as highways are expected to be shelved next, and extensive subsidies for electricity and education are also in danger of cuts. The oil minister called for OPEC to cut production to stop the decline in oil prices. In practice, this means calling for Saudi Arabia to cut its oil production of 9.6 million barrels per day, something the kingdom has ruled out. With over $750 billion in reserves, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz is content to let oil prices stay low for now and drive alternatives such as shale oil production out of business. Algeria is more desperate.
Dec. 30, 2014
Turkey
Headline: Turkey backs Palestinians over holy site tensions
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday that Turkey stands behind Palestinians in their efforts to oppose what he called Israeli attempts to “reduce the Islamic character” of Jerusalem. Davutoglu was speaking to reporters in the central Turkish city of Konya, a day after meeting with exiled Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal. Violent demonstrations led Israel in November to briefly restrict Muslim access to a holy site in Jerusalem that includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third most sacred place, and the ancient Hebrew Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism. The move fueled accusations that Israel was secretly plotting to take over the site, despite Israeli denials. “The Palestinians … have a common stance. We back this stance against the reduction or the elimination of Jerusalem’s Islamic character,” Davutoglu said. “Turkey will not accept any impositions concerning Al-Aqsa and will do whatever needs to be done internationally to protect Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
Dec. 28, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-backs-palestinians-over-holy-tensions-103810015.html
Armenia
Headline: Iran Eases Visa Rules For Armenians
Iran has unilaterally relaxed its visa requirements for Armenians in recognition of its “friendly and deep” ties with Armenia, the Iranian ambassador in Yerevan announced on Monday. Mohammad Reisi told the Armenpress news agency that starting next year Armenian nationals travelling to the Islamic Republic will be able to quickly receive Iranian visas at the border between the two states. The visas have until now been issued only by the Iranian consulate in Yerevan. “The historical-cultural and spiritual similarities and long-standing coexistence of the Iranians and the Armenians herald the peaceful goals of the two peoples to the region and the world,” Reisi said in a written statement that congratulated Armenians on the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/26768304.html
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: Cameroon: 41 Militants Killed in Wave of Attacks
Cameroon’s army killed at least 41 Islamist militants as it fought off a wave of attacks along its border with Nigeria over the weekend in an escalation in the conflict, the government said. The coordinated assaults on five towns and villages showed a change in tactics by Nigerian Boko Haram fighters, who have focused on hit-and-run raids on individual settlements in the past, Information Minister Issa Tchiroma added. Boko Haram’s campaign to carve out an Islamist caliphate has spread from its stronghold in northeast Nigeria to neighboring Cameroon, raising fears for an already unstable region also threatened by Islamist militants in the Sahel. Cameroon has sent thousands of soldiers to its Far North region to fight off the militants and said it launched air attacks on the movement for the first time on Sunday.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/cameroon-41-militants-killed-in-wave-of-attacks/2577262.html
Headline: Bahraini forces fire tear gas at pro-Wefaq protesters
Bahraini regime forces have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who are angry with the recent arrest of the leader of the country’s main Shia opposition party, reports say. The outraged demonstrators took to the streets in several villages and towns across the country, including Daih, A’ali, and Bilad al-Qadiam on Sunday to call for the immediate release of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. The protest turned violent when riot police intervened with tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the gatherings. Earlier in the day, al-Wefaq announced in a statement that Sheikh Salman, 49, had been questioned by Bahrain’s criminal police for 10 hours.
Dec. 28, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/28/392224/bahrain-police-attack-protesters/
Headline: Militants attack Yemen army convoy, kill two soldiers
Headline: UN mulls plan to transform Yemen into two-region federation
Two Yemeni soldiers have been killed and nearly a dozen others injured in an al-Qaeda-linked militant attack in the country’s troubled southeastern province of Hadhramaut. A military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said militants ambushed the convoy of General Abdulrahman al-Hulaili, the head of the First Military Region, on Monday. The unnamed official added that the terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device, and fired shots as the convoy passed by. However, Hulaili escaped the act of terror unscathed. Separately, two suspected al-Qaeda gunmen, riding a motorbike, fatally shot an intelligence officer, identified as Nasser al-Wahishi, in the central city of al-Bayda, located about 210 kilometers (130 miles) southeast of the capital, Sana’a. On Sunday, a bomb struck the vehicle carrying the commander of the 31st Armored Battalion, General Farej al-Atiqi, in the southern city of Aden. Atiqi survived the attack, but his driver lost his life and two bodyguards were wounded.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/29/392336/militants-kill-two-yemeni-soldiers/
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/29/392327/un-mulls-plan-on-tworegion-yemen/
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: Brazil’s Economy Just Imploded
Headline: Petrobras deadline prompts some bondholders to push for default
China may have mastered the art of fabricating economic data to a level unmatched by anyone except the US Department of Labor, but its derivative countries have much to learn. And none other more so than one of China’s favorite sources of commodities over the past decade: Brazil. It is here that things are going from worse to catastrophic, as disclosed in today’s update of Brazil’s fiscal picture. Here are the disturbing facts showing that behind the world’s propaganda growth facade, it is all hollow: Brazil’s consolidated public sector primary fiscal balance, which posted a significantly worse than expected R$8.1bn primary deficit in November driven by the R$6.7bn deficit of the Central Government, dipped into negative territory: -0.18% of GDP, driven by the significant deterioration of the Central Government finances. This is the worst fiscal outturn since November 1998. Furthermore, the primary surplus of subnational government (States and Municipalities) has also been eroding, a reflection of the authorizations given by the Treasury since 2011 for increased borrowing by the States. For instance, the States and Municipalities posted a negligible 0.08% of GDP surplus during Jan-Nov 2014, down from 0.46% of GDP during Jan-Nov 2013.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-29/brazils-economy-just-imploded
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102300076
Headline: Ukraine in ‘full-blown financial crisis’ – National Bank head
Ukraine’s GDP shrank by 7.5 percent from January till November 2014, as foreign exchange reserves fell to their lowest level since 2009, and inflation jumped to 21 percent by November, admits the head of the Ukraine’s National Bank, Valeriya Gontareva. The country’s foreign exchange reserves shrank to $9.9 billion, as Kiev gave Naftogaz an estimated $8.6 billion to buy gas and settle state guaranteed Eurobonds. $3.1 billion went to settle the debt with Russia’s Gazprom, Gontareva explained. Earlier in the week, after the unprecedented 10–hour session the Ukrainian parliament adopted the 2015 budget that sees a number of drastic cuts and import duty raised to 10 percent, which should give way to new IMF funds. The last IMF estimate showed that Ukraine needs another $15 billion, on top of the $17 billion the Fund had already agreed to allocate.
Dec. 30, 2014
http://rt.com/business/218735-ukraine-crisis-central-bank/
Wars & Rumors of Wars Matthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 “ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” 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. Weapons of Mass Destruction Zechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”
Headline: Russia tests 10-warhead ballistic missile
Russian Defense Ministry announced the successful test of the RS-24 “Yars” ballistic missile on Friday. “Test warheads hit their targets in the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka peninsula with pinpoint accuracy,” said Col. Igor Yegorov a spokesman for the ministry. The missile was launched at 11:02 Moscow time on Friday, Yegorov said. “The adoption of the RS-24 ICBM with multiple re-entry warheads has increased the combat capabilities of the Strategic Missile Forces assault group to overcome missile defense systems, thus strengthening the nuclear deterrent of Russian strategic nuclear forces,” Col. Yegorov said. The RS-24 carries up to ten independently targetable warheads.
Dec. 26, 2014
http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/151671/russia-tests-10-warhead-ballistic-missile
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: Scottish government confirms Ebola case in Glasgow
Headline: Liberia reports 49 new Ebola cases in 26 days
Headline: Ebola case numbers top 20,000, deaths approach 8,000: WHO
A health-care worker who recently returned to Scotland from West Africa has been diagnosed with Ebola, the Scottish government said Monday. The patient has been isolated and is receiving treatment at the Brownlee Unit for Infectious Diseases on the Gartnavel General Hospital campus in Glasgow. In a televised news conference Monday night, one of the nurse’s doctors, Alisdair MacConnachie, said the patient was “clinically stable” and had a “good prognosis.” The patient was admitted to the hospital early Monday after identifying herself as having a fever. She arrived at the hospital using a specialist ambulance service and was placed into isolation at 7:50 a.m. local time, the government’s statement reads. Officials are investigating and monitoring “all possible contacts” with the patient.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/29/392321/liberia-reports-49-new-ebola-cases/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/29/us-health-ebola-who-idUSKBN0K715120141229
Headline: Egypt reports 10th bird flu death this year
The death occurred last week in the southern province of Aswan, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said. In the capital, a 42-year-old man was diagnosed and quarantined on December 26, the 25th case of bird flu in the country this year but the first infection reported in Cairo. Eleven patients have recovered while four remain under observation, Abdel Ghaffar said. The H5N1 strain has killed more than 400 people worldwide since it first appeared in 2003, most of them in southeast Asia. It is one of several deadly or potentially deadly strains of bird flu that are closely monitored by the World Health Organisation. The strain is different from the H5N8 version, whose spread on European poultry farms this year has prompted WHO calls for vigilance. A third strain of bird flu—H7N9—has killed more than 170 people since it emerged in 2013.
Dec. 29, 2014
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-egypt-10th-bird-flu-death.html
Headline: CDC says nation at epidemic threshold
Illinois is reporting high flu activity and the CDC says the U.S. has hit the flu epidemic threshold nationwide. According to the CDC, the proportion of deaths reported in 122 U.S. cities from pneumonia and influenza surpassed the seasonal baseline and currently stands at the epidemic threshold of 6.8 percent. The number of states reporting high flu activity has also increased from 13 to 22.
Dec. 29, 2014
December 21, 2014 – Thousands of pigeons die, ‘a mystery’ in Dolakha District, Nepal
http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/12/21/national/mystery-as-pigeons-die-in-flocks/399306.html
December 22, 2014 – Hundreds of dead fish found in a river in Pimpri-Chinchwad, India
December 22, 2014 – 500 Crows found dead in Tarn Taran, India
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/500-crows-found-dead-in-tarn-taran-village/21066.html
December 25, 2014 – Large fish kill found washed up along a beach on Anna Maria Island in Florida, America
December 28, 2014 – Mass die off of fish in fish farms of Jakarta, Indonesia
December 29, 2014 – 100 tons of fish suddenly die in Lake Maninjau, Indonesia
December 29, 2014 – 42,000 Chickens culled after another avian flu outbreak in Miyazaki, Japan
Persecution Matthew 24:9 & Revelation 6:9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.” (Matthew) “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.” (Revelation)
Headline: Third priest is killed in southern Mexico during a series of abductions and attacks against Roman Catholic clerics
A priest has been found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in Mexico’s southern Guerrero state, his diocese said Friday. Rev. Gregorio Lopez Gorostieta’s death marks the latest in a series of abductions, attacks and highway robberies against Roman Catholic clerics in the state which is dominated by drug cartels. He is the third Catholic priest to have been killed in the region this year, and the first to die since the federal government launched a special, stepped-up security operation in the area following the disappearance of 43 teachers’ college students three months ago.
Dec. 27, 2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2887766/Kidnapped-priest-Mexico-dead.html
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: Magnitude 6.1 quake rocks Philippines
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit the Sulu Sea off Zamboanga City late Monday afternoon with aftershocks expected, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs adjusted the scale after it initially said that it was a 6.5-magnitude quake. The quake, which was tectonic in origin, was recorded at 5:29 p.m. Its epicenter was located 200 kilometers northwest of Zamboanga City and had a depth of 31 kilometers. Intensity IV was felt in Zamboanga City while Intensity II was recorded in Dumaguete City, Bayawan City, Iloilo City, Oroquieta City and Dipolog City. Meanwhile, Intensity I was recorded in Busay town in Cebu province, La Carlota City in Negros Occidental and Lugait town in Negros Oriental, Phivolcs said. No damage was expected from the earthquake.
Dec. 29, 2014
Headline: Iran’s Bushehr Province Hit by 5.3-Magnitude Earthquake: Reports
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has hit the country’s southern Bushehr Province near the country’s nuclear power plant, Iranian news agency IRNA reported Tuesday. The earthquake hit the town of Shonbeh at 03:49 GMT. It damaged several buildings, but no information on casualties is available at this point, according to IRNA.
Dec. 30, 2014
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20141230/1016387691.html
Headline: Three dead, thousands flee as storm hits Mindanao Philippines
Three people were killed, one is missing and thousands fled their homes as a tropical storm battered the southern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain, officials said Monday. The storm, locally named “Seniang” and with winds of up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour, slammed into the main southern island of Mindanao before dawn, then crossed to the central islands, the state weather buerau said. In the Mindanao city of Tagum, a bus skidded off a rain-soaked road late Sunday, leaving one passenger dead and 17 injured, said provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Samuel Gadingan. In the mountainous town of Monkayo, a 65-year-old man drowned as he tried to cross a river while one person was killed by a tree uprooted by fierce winds in Butuan City, other officials said. Another man was swept away while collecting coconuts on a riverbank in Compostela town and is still missing, said regional disaster relief official Raul Villocino. Landslides were also reported in the Monkayo area but no deaths were reported, Villocino added. In Surigao del Sur province in Mindanao, a total of 13,740 people were evacuated in eight towns, Governor Johnny Pimentel told AFP.
Dec. 29, 2014
Headline: Malaysia evacuates 120,000 as floods spread to Johor
Nearly 120,000 Malaysians have been forced out of their homes in the worst flooding in decades, a disaster that has forced Prime Minister Najib Razak to cut short a holiday in the United States. Kuala Lumpur has also cancelled its annual New Year celebration, in a mark of respect for the record number of evacuees, with several state governments following suit. At least five people have been killed by the rising waters, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). As of 3pm yesterday, 118,896 people had been moved to flood relief centres, mostly in the northern states of Kelantan (45,467), Pahang (35,736), Terengganu (31,001) and Perak (6,119). Johor became the latest state to be affected, with 214 displaced in the towns of Kluang and Muar yesterday. Flood waters in the southern state were still rising in the afternoon, a National Security Council spokesman was reported by Bernama news agency as saying.
Dec. 27, 2014
Headline: What’s shaking? 
List & map of USGS Earthquakes
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