Syrian army launches massive operation to liberate Aqrab town in Homs: Zio-Watch, January 16, 2016

The Syrian army is preparing for its biggest operation since the beginning of the conflict to recapture the country’s second city of Aleppo.  

Aleppo, formerly Syria’s commercial hub, is now divided between government control in the west and militant control in the east.

Daesh and al-Qaeda affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, are based in the areas ruled by foreign-backed terrorists.

By recapturing Aleppo, the Syrian army plans to broaden its security zone around the city and and prevent terrorists from receiving supplies and reinforcements from the suburbs.

“This will be the biggest military operation in Syria since the beginning of the war,” the French news agency AFP quoted one Syrian army commander as saying.

He said the army is battling on seven fronts around the city to choke up militant supply lines and surround them on the eastern part of the city.
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Israel is battling an EU proposal that will be tabled next week in a meeting of European foreign ministers, which calls for all European Union countries to restrict its international agreements with Israel to within the 1967 borders, thus excluding the settlements.

Two months after introducing labeling for products imported from Israeli settlements, the EU is planning to further differentiate between the areas on either side of the Green Line.
The EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, which brings together European foreign ministers, is expected to approve on Tuesday a proposal that is liable to levy new sanctions against Israeli settlements and undermine their international legitimacy.

The Israeli and European Union flags in Berlin (Photo: AFP)
The Israeli and European Union flags in Berlin (Photo: AFP)

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In response to an interview in which Education Minister Naftali Bennett seemed to cast aspersions on the loyalty of Israeli diplomats, Foreign Ministry employees decide to stop cooperating with Bennett and announce they will boycott his foreign visits.

Condemnation has come in from across the political spectrum following Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s statements that seemed to cast aspersions on the loyalty of Israel’s Foreign Ministry employees.
At the end of the week Bennett stated that the actions of Alon Liel, former head of the Foreign Ministry, showed that he is a prominent left-wing activist who calls for increasing international pressure on Israel in order to end the occupation in the territories. This, Bennett said, reveals something about the DNA of the Foreign Ministry’s employees.

Bennett’s comments came following revelations that Liel had consulted with left-wing group Breaking the Silence.
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  • Houston attorney argues that Texas senator is ineligible to be president
  • Lawsuit filed Thursday seeks declaratory judgment on the booming issue
  • GOP front-runner Donald Trump has said a declaratory judgment is necessary
  • Cruz and Trump are in a virtual tie in polls in Iowa 

A Houston attorney has sued Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz over his U.S. citizenship, seeking a declaratory judgment on whether the Texas senator is legally eligible to be elected president.

The lawsuit adds the latest wrinkle to a burgeoning controversy over the Texas senator’s eligibility for the White House – a scandal that has already roiled the waters as recently as in Thursday night’s prime-time national debate.

Nelson Schwartz Sr., who runs a Houston law firm, filed suit earlier Thursday to seek a declaratory judgment on whether Cruz’s Canadian birth to an American woman qualifies him for the nation’s highest office.

Donald Trump and Cruz crossing swords during Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate

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BOSTON (JTA) — A celebrated Israeli novelist is among the winners of this year’s Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish children’s books.

The Association of Jewish Libraries on Thursday announced the selection of Aharon Applefeld, a Holocaust survivor who has written about the genocide extensively.

He won the award for older readers for “Adam and Thomas,” his first book for children, along with illustrator Philippe Dumas and translator Jeffrey M. Green.

Laura Amy Schlitz won a Sydney Taylor award for “The Hired Girl,” a novel for teens that recently won the Scott O’Dell award for historical fiction. The Association of Jewish Libraries described the book as a sensitive story that “tells how fourteen-year-old Catholic Joan Skraggs becomes a hired girl to a Jewish family where she learns and grows in unexpected ways.”
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Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:13PM

The United Nations (UN) says about 20 Syrians died of starvation last year in the city of Deir Ezzor, where Daesh terrorists have imposed a siege.  

“Severe cases of malnutrition are reported by health personnel particularly amongst children with unverified reports of 15 – 20 people dying from starvation in 2015 (of whom four were children),” the UN said on Saturday.

The UN also warned that 200,000 residents in the city face a severe food shortage and sharply deteriorating conditions.

The report also said the city’s residents have been living with no electricity for more than 10 months, adding that they have access to a water supply for only three hours a week.

“All schools are functioning in the city however absenteeism amongst children is common as children suffer from frequent fainting due to malnutrition,” it added.

The UN said the Syrian government airlifted an amount of basic commodities, including food, last Monday. Russia also said on Friday it had dropped 22 tonnes of aid to the besieged part of the city.

The UN report added that none of the health centers are functioning and there have been reports of cases of Leishmaniasis and Typhoid.
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