Sunday, February 21

More proof Middle Easterns are crazy: Dividing Lebanese garbage by religious sect

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A truck drives on a highway near piled garbage in Beirut, Jan. 19, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Aziz Taher) Yes I'm still making a last-...

China in the Middle East: Oh Islam not listed on Chinese stock exchanges

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"The paradox of China’s approach to the Middle East is that Beijing hopes to stabilize the region through investment but its investmen...

Russia is tired of being party to America's crazy games in Afghanistan

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“Honestly speaking, we’re already tired of joining anything Washington starts,” Mr. Kabulov said. The Kremlin, he added, “has no desire to ...

Beijing: Say, let's blow our epic pollution into the countryside

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Anything to keep China's engineering graduates gainfully employed.   Ventilation corridors to be built across Beijing to blow away smo...

Uprising against Delhi: "No water available now. Still no hope to get it"

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The following Reuters headline is doing a favor for PM Narendra Modi's administration by terming what's happening in Haryana "...
Saturday, February 20

Aleppo City: "Why is Britain supporting the terrorists in Syria’s civil war?"

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"Government-held Aleppo was under siege from jihadi forces until late last year. That was never reported."   From Peter Oborne...

Aleppo City: Al Qaeda-linked group battles YPG

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Ansar al Islam battles Kurds in Aleppo By Caleb Weiss February 19, 2016 Long War Journal Ansar al Islam’s branch in Syria is fighting...
Friday, February 19

Russian intel report on Turkey’s assistance to Islamic State

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(While the following report doesn't state this, to avoid possible confusion about its reference to the Turkmen: I have read a credible s...

The French after the massacre in Paris: Ready, Aim, Look Busy!

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Hollande had me fooled for a few days after the massacre in Paris; he seemed to be on the right track when he sent a warship and fighter air...

France Rejects Russia's Proposed UN Resolution on Syria

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Turkey: We are the victim so we have to keep shelling Syria  France Rejects Russia's Proposed UN Resolution on Syria By EDITH M. LED...

God and beginner's luck aid Bedouin tribe's first tank batttle against IS in Syria

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The Bedouin Ashiri tribe has joined the Syrian Army's desert war against Islamic State near Raqqa, and two plucky Russian observers dec...
Thursday, February 18

Syrian army kills scores of terrorists in Aleppo City

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Scores of Takfiri Terrorists Killed in Aleppo City February 18, 2016 FARS TEHRAN (FNA)- Three main neighborhoods in Aleppo city were target...

The smell of propaganda poo is making me ill

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When I get ill I regress. This means I have two words in response to expert opinion on Syria from Foreign Affairs, The National Interes...

Heeeere come the demon hordes: Turkey invades Syria sort of maybe

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Two thousand "Syrian rebels" have been transported back to Syria by Turkish military and resupplied by Turkey, reports Reuters....

BREAKING: 7 dead, many injured as blast hits military convoy in S.E. Turkey - reports (UPDATED LAST 9:15 AM EST with latest casualty figure)

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UPDATE (see end of post for earlier updates) 9:15 AM EST 6 dead, 1 injured as blast hits military convoy in SE Turkey (VIDEO) Published ti...

BBC reports Kurds haven't captured Azaz; why feature a map showing they have?

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And notice that the Beeb report never quite gets around to stating which 'rebel' group controls Azaz. Tony Cartalucci was so right....

"Gap Widening between UAE, Saudi Arabia over Yemen"

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This report got lost in the shuffle on Tuesday but it's still posted at FARS; if true it's an important development in the Yemen war...

Claim that Turkish-owned company loses track of radioactive material in Iraq

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The missing material seems to have been stolen. Quotes from the following Reuters report : [U.S. company] Weatherford said in a statemen...