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Half of Turkey’s Border Wall with Syria Finished
The Turkish government has completed more than half of its hundreds of miles long concrete anti-illegal invasion wall along its border with Syria, the head of the state-owned Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKI) has announced.
Ergün Turan, president of TOKI, told the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News that the wall had already sealed Turkey’s border provinces of Sanlurfa, Gaziantep, Kilis,...
French Women Back Le Pen as 2nd Round Gap Closes
As many French women as men now back the Front National’s Marine le Pen—a development which has boosted her chances of winning the all-important expected second round of voting, scheduled for May 7, especially if her opponent is anyone from the far left.
In the 2012 presidential election, Le Pen won 17 percent of female voters, compared with 20 percent of men. Now, according to a new poll from...
Trump Destroys ISIS Command And Control HQ in Mosul, Iraq
One of Donald Trump’s main promises to the American people was to wipe ISIS off the face of the earth and the news out of Mosul shows the President is keeping his word. U.S.-led forces took out ISIS’s command and took control of it’s headquarters on Friday.
The Washington Examiner reports:
An Islamic State command-and-control headquarters in western Mosul was destroyed by a coalition air strike,...
Russia strikes Turkish military men in Syria, Putin apologizes
Three Turkish military men were killed and eleven others were injured as a result of the unintended attack conducted by Russian Air Force in the area of Al-Bab, Syria.
According to representatives of the Turkish General Staff, Russian warplanes incidentally struck the building, where Turkish servicemen were staying as part of the Shield of the Euphrates Operation.
Moscow and Ankara will conduct joint...
Saudi Arabia, not Iran is the world's 'number 1 terrorist state'
Throughout his campaign for the White House in 2016, and since assuming office in January, Trump has made Iran the focus of his ire, to the point where the Iranians are more than justified in preparing for the very real prospect of military confrontation with the US – and sooner rather than later.
The Trump administration’s consistent and ongoing demonization of Iran flies in the face of reality...
Syrian President Says Some Syrian Refugees Are “Definitely” Terrorists!
In an interview with Michael Isikoff of Yahoo, President Assad was asked, point blank if there are terrorists in the refugees that are leaving Syria. The interview was related to the recent Travel Ban that was put in place by the Trump Administration that blocks immigrants from entering the country from seven nations that have significant ties to Islamic terrorism.
Isikoff: “These refugees, in your...
Israel’s “Blacklist” Prevents Jews Marrying Non-Jews
The Israeli state keeps an official blacklist of people not racially Jewish enough in order to prevent them from marrying Jews—and investigates the racial ancestry of at least 5,000 people every year to make sure that they comply with that country’s anti-intermarriage laws, it has emerged.
News of the blacklist—which has been kept secret until now—emerged after a Jewess immigrant from Russia...
Iran Threatens to "WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE EARTH" Again in 2017!
Iranian expert Omri Ceren reported on the latest Iranian threats.
The regime tested ballistic missiles last week stamped with “Israel should be stamped off the earth.” Can you believe it? Those Muslims are really asking for it… they’re really really asking for a US “humanitarian intervention”. Why do all those Muslims hate Israel so much? They have vast territories and...
Kuwait Follows Trump, Imposes Muslim Visa Ban
President Trump is getting the last laugh this evening as news is starting to come out that Kuwait has instituted a visa ban from 5 countries according to Yahoo. Kuwait is a small Muslim nation located south of Iraq in the Persian Gulf.
From Yahoo:
Following the Muslim ban in the United States, Kuwait has now suspended the issuance of visas for travellers from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and...
Trump's So-Called Muslim Ban Nothing Compared to Mecca's Ban on Non-Muslims
Protests erupted at airports across the country following Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring Muslims from seven countries from entering the United States.
For centuries non-Muslims have not been allowed in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city.
Prior to March 1, 2004, the official Saudi government website stated that Jews were forbidden from entering the country.
Democrats and Muslims protested...
Palestinian Authority did receive Obama's final $221mn aid payout
The much-discussed $221 million transfer to Palestine authorized by Barack Obama just hours before Trump was sworn into the presidency has already reached West Bank and Gaza, an advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has claimed.
“We have already received the last sum assigned by Obama’s administration. They have transferred this money,” Husam Zomlot, strategic affairs advisor...
Syrian terrorists & Assad government reps gather for talks in Kazakhstan
The two-day meeting at the Rixos hotel kicked off with frosty exchanges between the principal negotiators, Damascus’ UN envoy Bashar Jaafari and the delegation of armed rebels headed by Mohammed Alloush, the leader of the Islamist alliance Jaysh al-Islam.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the talks, stressing that the Syrian conflict could only be solved “via negotiations.”
“The...
Russia Invites Trump to Upcoming Syrian Peace Talks
Russia has invited President-elect Donald Trump to Syrian peace talks set to begin in late January, reports claim.
The invitation was made, according to an anonymous transition official speaking with the Washington Post, during a Dec. 28 phone call between Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Sergei Kislyak, and Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn.
The talks, which...
Syrian Army warns Israel it will respond after military airport bombed near Damascus
Syrian state news agency SANA says Israeli jets have bombed the Mezzeh military airport west of Damascus, accusing Tel Aviv of supporting terrorism. The airport was rocked by multiple explosions, with ambulances rushing to the scene.
The Syrian Arab Army has warned that there will be repercussions for Israel for the “flagrant attack” on the military base, state TV said, citing a Syrian army command...
Israeli Airstrikes Target Military Airport in Damascus Despite Vowing to Target ISIS
A Mezzah military air facility was struck by several explosions near the Syrian capital of Damascus. Israeli rockets took aim at an ammunitions hub, producing an enormous explosion, according to Syrian state TV.
“Rockets strike at Mezzeh Military airport in Damascus minutes ago,” Hadi al-Bahra, former president of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces said on...