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    16 Oct 2015

    The Middle East is like a puzzle, where all the pieces were made the wrong size and overlap on eachother and don't fit.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    What

    Three men from were arrested trying to enter on Israeli passports on 2 November.
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  3. 1 hour ago

    My report: A historic meeting of Evangelicals with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince in which they discussed the Kingdom’s view of Iran threat, extremism; and how Saudi is pushing its reforms; Evangelicals spent three days in unprecedented series of meetings

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  4. 14 hours ago

    Now CNN says that the election is between more "rural, non-college educated, white voters," and more younger urban voters. Around 35%of those 25-65 have college degrees in the US. Not sure how that breaks down in most races, but this is how they explained it.

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  5. Retweeted
    14 hours ago

    These two news make sense together: Turkey to send 1,200 Syrian opposition fighters towards Kurdish militias east of Euphrates | Ahval

    Turkey has requested from Jabhat al-Nusra, a group designated by Ankara as a terrorist organization and as part of al-Qaeda, to help fight the Kurds in Tal Abyad, near the Turkish borders, claims .
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  6. 14 hours ago

    CNN now saying "keep these five charts in mind as people head to polls" saying US added quarter million jobs recently, that unemployment at half century low; stocks up 25%, the "Trump bump," if complains about CNN coverage he should watch this @happningnow

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  7. 15 hours ago

    And remember today that Turkey called on US to end patrols with SDF and said it will go into northern Syria. Clearly this is coordinated to some extent; but unclear how much

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  8. 15 hours ago

    We can see that few days ago Ankara told US to end relations with YPG, my guess is that this is part of that; namely get the US to increase bounties on PKK until such time PKK is outraged, cause tensions with YPG, and create situation where US will Work with Turkey in Tel Abyad

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  9. 15 hours ago

    US knows who it is working with in Syria but has always sought to distance itself verbally from the YPG; also there are differences between the Defense Department and State; this clearly appears to be a State Department way of saying it will determine US policy, not DoD in Syria

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  10. 15 hours ago

    This appears to be either the first time, or a rare case, such a large reward was offered for a group that hasn’t attacked Americans, at least recently, and hasn’t called for attacks on America.

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  11. 15 hours ago

    One could see this as a way for the State Department to placate Turkey but it’s clearly designed to provoke a split with the YPG in Syria eventually. Ankara has called on the US to severe its relationship

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  12. 15 hours ago

    The US doubled it’s reward for ISIS leader Baghdadi in 2016, prior to that the reward for the ISIS leader, who was responsible for genocide and murder of Americans was less than the US is now offering for the PKK leaders.

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  13. 15 hours ago

    News that US offering $5 million reward for PKK leaders leads to some background; in 2014 Washington Post said PKK helped save Yazidis from genocide; in 2017 US said Ocalan doesn’t deserve respect; The amounts are similar to those offered for senior Al Qaeda members

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    15 hours ago

    Yet again the Taliban routs Afghan forces at a military base; all but 3 of the base's 50+ policemen escaped. 20 police reported killed and 30 more captured by the Taliban. At least 4 bases overrun by Taliban since beginning of Nov.

    Taliban storms fourth Afghan base this month -
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  15. 16 hours ago

    Saudi Arabia is laying foundations for nuclear energy, recent meetings with South Korea, IAEA and new announcements

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  16. 16 hours ago

    The new US Defense Department report on Operation Inherent Resolve includes more than 100 mentions of "Iran," which is not unique compared to the last one, but shows the mission increasingly focused on the Iran issue, not just in Syria, Iraq

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  17. 16 hours ago

    Report on the : 202 mass graves. 12,000 murdered. ISIS carried out genocidal mass murder

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  18. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Saudi media: Crown Prince laying foundation for first nuclear reactor - by via

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  19. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Dod Lead Inspector General report quotes art underlining that "the stability of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region remains of central importance to a stable, unified, and prosperous Iraq" (136) Analysis by here

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  20. 17 hours ago

    This will *the* next major test of US

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    Turkey's President Erdogan recently said Turkish forces would launch an operation east of the Euphrates River to clear out PKK-affiliated YPG militants
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  21. 18 hours ago

    NATO ally calls US imperialist?

    BREAKING — President Erdoğan: US sanctions on Iran are wrong, for us they are steps aimed at unbalancing the world, we don't want to live in an imperialist world
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