Philippine military general Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said in a news conference on Wednesday that the US troops are operating in a support role and are not involved in fighting the militants. READ MORE: Duterte claims ‘never approached’ US for help in battle against Islamist militants (PHOTOS, VIDEO) “There are some US personnel who are […]
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US troops near jihadist-besieged Philippines city ‘not fighting militants’ (PHOTOS)
‘We lost everything’: Civilians fleeing ISIS-besieged Philippines city talk to RT
RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij visited an evacuation center near Marawi where hundreds of people live after being displaced. READ MORE: Duterte offers to hire Muslim separatists, Maoists as ‘soldiers’ to fight ISIS-linked militants “It’s very hard for us to cry because we lost everything, like our house was burnt and everything was lost. We don’t have clothes, […]
TEEBAT AL-IMAAM LIBERATED; SYRIAN ARMY ON A ROLL IN DER’AH; LAST CITIZENS LEAVE BESIEGED TOWNS OF KAFRAYYAA AND AL-FAW’AH
Ziad Fadel http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=35.276175&lon=36.736908&z=13&m=b&search=TIBAT%20AL-IMAM It stands to reason that the town of Teebat Al-Imaam would be liberated after Sooraan was relieved of its terrorist burden. Forces are now gathering in the area of Mahardaa for the push on Hilfaayaa. The SAA is still trying to get the terrorists to leave the area for Idlib, but, without […]
Activist Calls for Task Force against Pedophilia in Malaysia
nsnbc : Malaysian social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye called for the establishment of a high-level task force to address child sex abuse in Malaysia. Lee’s call follows in the recent wave of outrage over atrocities committed by convicted British pedophile Richard Huckle. However, incest and child sex abuse are deeply entrenched in Malaysian […]
Missing deer reportedly alive
Most of the deer which were displaced from a breeding site in Khuzestan Province following heavy flooding last month are believed to be missing but healthy. Khuzestan was one of the nine provinces that were hit by severe flash floods in April which left a trail of destruction and caused significant damage to infrastructure. The […]
Iran sees no limits to holding military drills: Dehqan
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says the Islamic Republic sees no limits to holding military maneuvers in its territorial waters in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. “The Islamic Republic of Iran makes no claims on any grounds in coastal, regional and trans-boundary waters beyond international demarcation lines,” Dehqan said on Saturday. He added […]
Hillary Clinton: Destroy Syria for Israel: “The Best Way to Help Israel”
A newly-released Hilary Clinton email confirmed that the Obama administration has deliberately provoked the civil war in Syria as the “best way to help Israel.” In an indication of her murderous and psychopathic nature, Clinton also wrote that it was the “right thing” to personally threaten Bashar Assad’s family with death. In the email, released […]
Iran lands first oil in Europe since 2012
On Sunday, the tanker became the first to deliver Iranian crude into Europe since mid-2012, when Brussels imposed an oil embargo in an attempt to force the Middle Eastern nation to negotiate the end of its nuclear programme. The ban was lifted in January as part of a broader deal that ended a decade of […]
Iris scan tech allows refugees in Jordan receive food assistance in blink of an eye
“This is a milestone in the evolution of our food assistance programme, which has come so far from the first few months of the Syria crisis, when we distributed food parcels,” said WFP Country Director in Jordan Mageed Yahia. With a wink of an eye refugees at King Abdullah Park camp made their first purchases […]
IF HITLER HAD WON WORLD WAR II
World War II was incredibly complex. However, in the final analysis, WWII was essentially a war between two competing ideologies: Nationalism -vs- Jewish Internationalism/globalism. Adolf Hitler and his allies fought to preserve the concept of Nationalism, not just for Germans but for all peoples the world over. Nationalism really just means the sovereignty of an […]
Three Joint List MKs suspended from Knesset over visit to Palestinian attacker’s homes
Three members of the Joint List—the third largest faction in Israel— were suspended from Knesset today for visiting the homes of East Jerusalem Palestinian families whose relatives carried out attacks against Israelis in recent weeks. Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas will be barred from Knesset for four months, and Jamal Zahalka for two. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
France Accuses Russia of Killing Civilians in Syria
Russia uses state-of-the-art precision-guided weapons in its Syrian aerial campaign, accurately striking targets aimed at. Painstaking efforts are taken to hit ISIS and other terrorist elements only, scrupulously avoiding civilian casualties. Photographic evidence proves it. Claims otherwise are Big Lies. Washington (like Israel) considers civilians legitimate targets, deliberately massacring them in all its wars, indifferent […]
Syrian Air Force Targets ISIS Tanker Convoy Smuggling Oil en Route to Turkey. Top Al Qaeda Commander Killed
The Syrian Air Force has targeted a convoy of 20 tankers smuggling oil from territories held by ISIS on the al-Mayadin Highway near the city of Dayr al-Zawr. A top commander of al-Qaeda-linked Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group, Abu Talib, was killed in a trap explosion in the Idlib province. The loyalist forces are advancing in […]
European Union urges to halt attacks on civilians in Syria amid upcoming Geneva talks
The European Union called on Friday on all parties involved in the ongoing Syrian civil war to implement measures in order to stop attacks on civilians amid the upcoming intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva. In late December, the UN press service said that a target date for intra-Syrian negotiations was January 25. On Thursday, […]
Dramatic Slide of China’s Renminbi. Weakening Currency and Economic Slowdown
Amid a continuing weakening of the Chinese currency, the People’s Bank of China (PoBC) has signalled new moves that could accelerate the slide in the renminbi’s value and trigger a currency war among export-dependent countries in Asia and internationally. Last Friday, as the renminbi hit its weakest level against the US dollar in more than […]
‘NYT’ public editor faults paper for failing to quote Jews who support BDS
In recent days we have made a lot of the fact that the New York Times ran a front-page article equating the campus Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) against Israel with anti-Semitism. The piece completely left out the fact that many Jewish students support BDS (about one in five of activists Weiss has seen […]
Gaddafi loyalists “ask for truce” in besieged city
Sherine El Madany Reuters Sept 30, 2011 A Libyan commander leading the attack on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte said on Tuesday he was in talks with elders inside the city about a truce, but the head of another anti-Gaddafi unit rejected negotiations. Sirte, one of the last bastions of support for the deposed Libyan […]