Devs Feb 7 >DeZ:IS leadership in Euphrates valley refuses to surrender last two vilalges it holds. IS tries to flee in Homs desert pocket >W DeZ:SAA ambushes IS recon group in Badiya Al-Sham region, killing 6 >DeZ:SAA ambushes ISIS terrorists attempting to cross Euphrates >SDF foil IS suicide attack on displaced civilians in Euphrates valley >SAA unleashes large-scale retaliatory attack in northern Hama for the missiles that hit the government stronghold of Mhardeh >Pompeo claims Hezbollah “active in Venezuela” to justify possible US intervention >Iraqi forces launch 50 rockets at IS positions around the town of al-Baghuz al-Fawqani >Report:1500 foreign terrorists entered Sy from Turkey recently >Report:Iranian forces are moving their supply center out from Damascus int/ airport to the T4 aibase in E Homs CS >SDF closes al-Salihiyah crossing in DeZ gov in order to prevent civilians and former SAA soldiers to reconcile/leave to gov held areas >Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthis training camp in central Yemen >Houthi fighters stormed 15 positions of the Saudi military in Jizan prov. later retreated to Yemen to avoid SaudiAF who bombs position that fall to houthis
= NGO’s and hybrid warfare: youtu.be/ro1byfe5vUM = >WikiLeaks: Turkish oil minister links to Isis oil trade - wikileaks.org/berats-box/article Top aide to Hillary Clinton: :Al-Qaeda is on our side in Syria - wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/23225
unrelated >DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 500: health ministry More than 500 people have died from the latest outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo, but a vaccination programme has prevented thousands more deaths, the country's health minister told AFP.
"In total, there have been 502 deaths and 271 people cured," said a health ministry bulletin published late on Friday, reporting on the outbreak in the east of the country.
>'The Alps just got taller': Italy's populist leaders push Franco-Italian relations to the brink
Rome is bracing itself for retaliatory strikes from its neighbour, ally and key trade partner after a barrage of attacks by Italy’s populist leaders pushed Franco-Italian relations to the brink.
When Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella returned from a trip to Angola late on Thursday, Rome’s Ciampino airport had just been cleared of three bombs buried there since World War II. It was not the only bombshell news, reminiscent of a bygone era, coming from the Italian capital that day. Hours earlier, France’s ambassador in Rome had been recalled amid an escalating row between the two allies and neighbours – a gesture not seen since Italy declared war on the French, already battered by Nazi Germany, back in 1940.
“Our friendship with France must be defended and preserved,” Mattarella declared at once, expressing his “great preoccupation” and urging his government to “immediately re-establish a climate of trust” with the French. In private, he went on to deliver a stern rebuke of the government ministers whose vitriolic comments have shredded the last remnants of diplomatic etiquette in relations between the two founding members of the European Union.
>For several years after the emergence of the Islamic State, al-Qa`ida was overshadowed as the premier jihadi movement, seemingly giving way to a flashier, more adaptive, and more media savvy organization. However, al-Qa`ida appears to be attempting to revamp its public image—possibly signaling a revitalization. Since 2017, the group has significantly increased its media outreach and incorporated statements from al-Qa`ida heir apparent Hamza bin Ladin.
>An examination of the statements disseminated in 2018 indicates al-Qa`ida is not only attempting to reintroduce its leaders to the world, but it may also be reintroducing its strategic vision as well. Al-Zawahiri has repeatedly outlined a broad strategy, which appears to be grounded by three pillars—the establishment of an expansionist Islamic Emirate (the cornerstone of which is Afghanistan), the adoption of al-Qa`ida’s brand of sharia in Muslim countries, and targeting “far” enemies such as the United States. In addition to these broad strategic goals, al-Zawahiri has repeatedly called for unity of effort amongst Muslims and has offered an olive branch to former Islamic State members, stating they are welcome to join al-Qa`ida ranks.
>The symbolic importance of Afghanistan was emphasized in at least five of al-Zawahiri’s statements in 2018. This includes an August 23, 2018, statement in which al-Zawahiri claimed al-Qa`ida had planted the “seed” for its future state around the “Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan.16 He also stated that Muslims needed to join the Taliban and al-Qa`ida in the establishment of a state that would eventually serve an “Islamic jihadi gathering from Turkistan to the Atlantic Coasts.”17 b This suggests that al-Qa`ida likely attributes the viability of its aspirational caliphate to that of the Taliban and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and helps to explain al-Qa`ida’s continued subordination to the Taliban leader as the Emir Ul Momineen (leader of the faithful)
Most of them are in Africa and Afghanistan now. That said they're done in syria for sure.
Caleb Stewart
>2 Palestinian teens killed by Israeli fire in border clashes – Gaza Health Ministry Two Palestinian teenagers were killed by Israeli fire on Friday during clashes along the Gaza border, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Hassan Shalabi, 14, “was killed by Israeli occupation live fire to the chest, east of Khan Yunis” in southern Gaza, the ministry said. It announced the death of 18-year-old Hamza Ishtawi shortly after, saying he was shot in the neck during similar clashes east of Gaza City, AFP reported. Another 17 Palestinians were shot and wounded at different protest sites along the border, the ministry added. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have for nearly a year gathered at least weekly along the heavily fortified frontier for often-violent protests, calling on Israel to end its blockade of the enclave. Israel says it is protecting its borders and accuses Hamas of orchestrating the protests.
William Phillips
>Ankara says UN investigation on Khashoggi killing has to be launched A United Nations investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has to be launched, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday. He made the statement speaking to reporters in the southern province of Antalya. Cavusoglu said that Turkey considered the findings of the UN-led inquiry into Khashoggi’s murder important. However, the minister added that an official UN investigation was needed at this stage. Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir told members of US-based media on Friday that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did not order the killing of Khashoggi but declined to comment on a New York Times story that the prince would use “a bullet” on the journalist, Reuters reported.
i give it to the turks for not backing down and twisting the knife
Blake Baker
kek at this
>Russian Witches Cast Spells in Putin’s Support
Russian witches and seers performed on Tuesday one of their most powerful rituals, "the circle of power,” to pass on their mystical energy to President Vladimir Putin.
Dozens of people who claim to have supernatural powers stood side by side, reading spells in their effort to support the Russian head of state.
Self-proclaimed leader of the Russian witches Alyona Polyn said the main intention of the gathering is to enhance quality of life in Russia, the whole world in general and to support the president.
“We have gathered here to make the world better off through Russia,” Polyn said.
“Come up with the greatness, power of Russia, direct the way of Vladimir Putin right and correctly throughout the word of mine,” she intoned during the ceremony.Russian traditional culture has various mentions about people who were attributed to have certain magical powers and derive their strength from mystical sources.
According to Russian Health Ministry data, around 800,000 people earned a living from performing as folk healers, psychic mediums and other similar services in 2017.
>Finland’s SHOCKING basic income experiment results: People love to get paid for not working
A limited experiment with “basic income” in Finland failed to move the needle on unemployment or self-employment, but those who received no-strings-attached government money reported feeling happier, to the surprise of no one. Beginning in 2017, some 2,000 recipients of unemployment benefits were given a monthly stipend of €560, tax-free and without any conditions, as part of an experiment in simplifying welfare and lowering unemployment.
A preliminary report published on Friday by the Finnish welfare administration Kela shows that the experiment’s effect on unemployment or self-employment was almost nonexistent. However, the recipients of the stipend reported feeling happier and less stressed than the control group, made up of those who received traditional unemployment and welfare benefits. rt.com/news/451028-finland-basic-income-results/
I knew it that the king still had something in him.
Jackson Fisher
>According to Russian Health Ministry data, around 800,000 people earned a living from performing as folk healers, psychic mediums and other similar services in 2017.
>Hi user! So glad you could make it, we've been waiting for you! So tell, us, whats the best view of contemporary politics of the world today in your eyes?
>the final battle against ISIS is happening Lol no. ISIS is everywhere, even in the Philippines and Russian mountains. You’re gonna see them get more power and territory back when trump removes all his troops from syria and iraq soon. If anything they’re only back in their insurgency form temporarily
Same situation of Syria during the Start of Revolution
There's a lot of Low Patent Soldiers deffecting to Guaido side, then yes, We can see a Start of Civil War happening in Venezuela soon And also, Guaido isn't really "Right Wing", so among this crisis, an Anti-Communist Right Wing Militia can surge inside the deffectors and form something like Contras or even groups in the same style of Auto-defensas in Colombia with the only porpouse to kill Narcos and target Bolivarian Collectivos (Pro Maduro Revolutionary Militias)
I would laugh a lot if a Pro Gran-Colombia Group surges in Venezuela
Interesting, so al Qaeda is staying comitted to the Taliban despite peace talks, this I think will help the Taliban fend of defectors who disaprove of the group entering peace talks although it obviously won't appease everyone.
Still, this might jeopardise the Taliban's chance to seize Afghanistan as by aligning with al Qaeda's pan Islamic vision they are going to come into conflict with neighboring states such as China, Russia an their puppets in East Asia. Might even alienate backers such as Pakistan. Interesting times ahead regardless.
Christopher Price
whats your profession salafist bro?
Gabriel Allen
Not going to lie, that's a nice fucking shot with that RPG.
nah they will still have sleeper cells and networks embedded in Syria and Iraq for a long time to come. Will be interesting to see how the Syrian and Iraqi govs try to root them out. But yeah Africa and other threatres is where IS will be able to operate more openly.
Other Style of Militia that could surge during this crisis is something like Right Wing Reactionary Militias from Guatemala (Aka Los Contras and PAC), most of them coupoused for Anti-Maduro/Anti-PSUV Civilians
Most of them would surge in Colombian Border if the Crisis start to be a Civil War, after all, the Colombian Border States electoral results from last election were the only places were the Opposition won
Lol what was MBS thinking when he said that shit about Palestine anyway, seems like such as hot issue for Arabs/Muslims
Jaxson Robinson
Alot of Chadian rebels operate in Libya so Idris Debry is definately involved along with France in squashing them, plus they're also al Qaeda groups that Chad doesn't want infiltrating
Parker Phillips
Amazing. In difficult conditions.
Easton Ross
I've always wandered about Colombia in the event of a Venezuala civil war, is the country shaky enough to descend into civil war as well, or will we just see insurgency develop? how do you think other states in the region would be affected?
Adrian Walker
We will support the christians in the southern half of Africa naturally, but a civil war there is not something to be feared. The goal is preventing these conflicts entering the western Nations via # Mass immigration
Wyatt Foster
>Following years of collaboration between Russia and Iran in propping the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad to remain in power, there have been signs recently of feuds between these two sides, according to the al-Quds al-Arabi daily. One of the latest of such indications are clashes reported between Syrian regime forces linked Moscow and those units enjoying the support of Iran’s regime.
>Israel has immediately taken advantage of this situation and sided with Russia in order to establish a united front against Iran. Tensions have escalated in relations between Russia and Iran, especially following Iran-linked bases and groups being targeted in Syria by Israel with Moscow’s prior knowledge.
>Around one week ago clashes erupted between a group of Syrian military forces associated to Iran and commanded by Maher Assad, the brother of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, and the al-Nemr group, commanded by Suheil al-Hassan, a Syrian military commander affiliated to Russia.
>“Russia and Iran are distancing from one another in Syria. Taking its place is strengthening relations and increasing tires between Russia and Israel, aiming to decrease Iran’s influence in Syria to the point of forcing Tehran out of this country,” according to the Deutsche Welle website.
Taliban seems more isolationist but idk the didn't do anything to bin laden when he was planning external jihad from inside afghanistan. They seem to turn a blind eye to their al qaeda brothers. So most likely it will be the unofficial policy of the islamic emirate to fund and arm insurgents in central asia, turkistan, balochistan and kashmir. Kinda like the paki intelligence funds pro pakistan islamist groups against india and pious saudi family members fund al qaeda in secret. If they actually get powerful enough they might turn on pakistan, since a big portion of pashtuns live across the anglo dawn durand line. Doing that is risky but also has potential benefits of becoming the first nuclear jihadi group. Think about it as a province of the greater future caliphate, they will focus on rebuilding afghanistan first obviously. E.Eng and you?
>According to this report, Israel will not accept a Shiite government on its borders. All the while, Russia considers Iran’s presence and influence in Syria as an element undermining its efforts to establish cease-fire across the Levant, and of course, its future interests in this strategic country.
>Russian political expert Anton Mardasov wrote in analysis recently published in the Al Monitor website: “The controversy between Moscow and Tehran has always been a part of the Syrian conflict. However, the debates between the two have started to become more political in nature, influencing the future of Syria’s armed forces and other military entities.”
>Moreover, RBC, a Russian economic newspaper, published an article two months ago reiterating the threat of Iran-backed groups gradually gaining strength in Syria, and this issue will become an obstacle before Russia’s goal of uniting the Syrian military under a unified leader.
>Following disputes between Russia and Iran over the future of Syria, in the past few weeks sources have reported intense battles among a units linked to Russia and militia groups associated to Iran’s IRGC.
>something like Contras or even groups in the same style of Auto-defensas in Colombia with the only porpouse target to kill Narcos and Bolivarian Collectivos probably, yes >Pro Gran-Colombia Group no way, those right wing death squads in the region always had being pro-american companies and not really nationalistic
>Turkey’s Anadulo news agency cited various sources saying, “Clashes resumed among the two parties in Hama Province, central Syria, following two days of cease fire as the feuding sides sought to gain control over property, routes and even the locals’ homes in the region. There is no information on the number of casualties in these clashes.”
>The ongoing situation is literally a war between Russia and Iran to gain the upper hand over the Assad regime. Russia has no interest in Iran’s military and associated militia units being present in areas near the Syrian opposition forces.
>Moscow knows Tehran has thousands of mainly Afghan and Pakistani militias on the ground in Syria, and this goes against Russia’s long-term interests in Syria as Moscow seeks to come to terms with the U.S. over ending the war.
>Recent reports indicate Moscow has put forward an agreement and forced both sides to sign with a goal to end the conflict between branches of Assad’s restructured military (loyal to Russia) and units under the command of Maher Assad.
>Relations between Russia and Iran have soured recently as reports indicate Russia was informed of Israeli air strikes against Iran-backed targets in Syria beforehand and went as far as facilitating these raids. Various Iranian regime operatives are even accusing Syrian and Russian officials of providing precise and up to date information to Israel in order to target Iran-backed bases in Syria.
If a Civil War starts in Venezuela and Colombia intervenes oin it (And of course this would happen), the Two First things that would happen woudl be: >ELN and other Communist Guerrillas restarting the Insurgency on Eastern Colombia >Migratory influx into Colombia
I really ask myself if FARC would back to act if Colombian Government breaks the Ceasefire agreements
Some Venezuelans and Colombians in Telegram were saying that if a REAL invasion happens, the Maduro Government would retreat to Jungle and make an Vietnam style warfare
Well Such as I though, they are just reactionaries >tf no Gran-Colombia in your lifetime
William Brooks
>Moscow is also very concerned about reports of a recent car bombing in Damascus taking place near the Russian embassy being carried out by Iranian operatives.
>Adding insult to injury for Iran’s interests in the Levant, on Thursday, the Russia al-Yawm news network reported citing a “number of sources” indicating Iran’s IRGC intends to evacuate its military support base located in Damascus International Airport, with plans to transfer the ordnance to another facility.
>Israeli media are also reporting the IRGC gearing to transfer its military base and assets to the T4 airbase in Homs, central Syria. This site has been the target of at least two Israeli air strikes in February and March of 2018.
>This report also adds that in the past few years, Iran has used a site in Damascus International Airport dubbed the “Glass House,” located only a few dozen meters away from the airport’s main facility.
>Iranian opposition reports have previously described the “Glass House” as Tehran’s main command/intelligence center in Syria, and the site had been heavily protected and under highly restricted conditions. Reports also indicate the Glass House is home to a number of arms depots and two underground facilities.
>Israel has recently escalated its attacks against Iran’s assets in Syria and unprecedentedly gone public about such measures. Furthermore, Iran is now concerned of pro-Tehran Shiite militia forces in Iraq being threatened in similar fashion as Israel has warned IRGC-linked groups in Iran will also be targeted as Tehran’s assets in Syria have experienced to this day.
>U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo conveyed a parallel message to Baghdad in his recent visit.
At approximately 7:15PM Saturday 9th February 2019, a possible meteor entered the Earth’s atmosphere, lighting up the sky across East-Central Venezuela. There were several reports from people in Caracas, San Juan de los Morros, Villa de Cura, Valencia, Maracay and surrounding areas. The GOES-16 Lightning Mapper (GLM) may have caught the flash from the meteor’s entry, as the rock burnt upon entering the atmosphere.
