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Turkey-backed rebels await 'zero hour' to attack Syria's Manbijhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-rebels-idUSKCN1PA1EO …

Hamas sources claim that Israeli intelligence used Palestinians to spy on the IS offshoot operating in the Sinai Peninsula is using its intelligence to assist the Egyptian army w its war on terror thwart the passage of arms deliveries to the Gaza Striphttp://jcpa.org/israeli-intelligence-infiltrates-isis-in-the-sinai/ …

Four years into Salman's reign, Saudi Arabia more unpredictable than everhttp://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/saudi-arabia-king-salman-mbs-yemen-khashoggi.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

#Iraq PM denies that #USA asked Iraq to disarm 67 Shiite paramilitary militias, including Badr, Asab Ahl Al Haq and Saraya Al Salam, Some of these militias have operated in Iraq since 2003 but since 2014 have acquired unprecedented powerhttps://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/iraq-s-adel-abdul-mahdi-us-did-not-demand-shiite-militias-be-disarmed-1.814284 …

#US National security adviser John Bolton asked the Pentagon to prepare options for military strikes against #Iran last year @AlMonitorhttps://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/intel-bolton-iran-strikes-plan-leak-trump-pentagon.html#ixzz5cgFB1mHH …

New in Islamic State documents: a report by the da'wa department on activities in the Shirqat area in north Iraq, incl. the opening of an institute to train imams and preachershttp://www.aymennjawad.org/2017/08/archive-of-islamic-state-administrative-documents-3 …

An American-born Iranian journalist working for #Iran's Press TV is said to be in custody after landing in the US http://almon.co/35rq  @TheIranPulse @AlMonitor

#Israel has been weakened by the war on #Syria: only 5% of the #Iranian and #Hezbollah arsenal has been destroyed in Syria https://ejmagnier.com/2019/01/16/israel-has-been-weakened-by-the-war-on-syria-only-5-of-the-iranian-and-hezbollah-arsenal-has-been-destroyed-in-syria/ … via @ejmalrai

"newly obtained documents reveal that the United States has also been training coalition military personnel from the United Arab Emirates for the air war in Yemen."https://news.yahoo.com/despite-denials-documents-reveal-u-s-training-uae-forces-combat-yemen-171513437.html …

Comment l'attaque de #Manbij peut renforcer la main de la #Turquie contre les #Kurdes syriens -http://almon.co/35ru 

Despite denials, documents reveal U.S. training UAE forces for combat in #Yemen newly obtained documents reveal that the United States has also been training coalition military personnel from the United Arab Emirates for the air war in Yemen.https://news.yahoo.com/despite-denials-documents-reveal-u-s-training-uae-forces-combat-yemen-171513437.html …

How #Manbij attack may strengthen #Turkey’s hand against Syrian #Kurds -http://almon.co/35ru 

"The danger follows us" / "El peligro nos persigue", resume una de las cada vez más numerosas mujeres que intentan escapar de la misoginia y el machismo de #ArabiaSaudíhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-saudi-governments-global-campaign-to-silence-its-critics …

John Bolton wants to bomb Iran -- and he may get what he wants https://interc.pt/2TQXz37  by @mehdirhasan

#Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister @PMBarzani: "#Iran has always been our friend in hard days. Iranian firms have been helping build vital infrastructure in Kurdistan. The have not been paid over the past 4 years, but hard days are over."http://en.otaghiranonline.ir/news/1772 

In only 10 days, #Turkey backed groups in #Idlib lost nearly 90 localities to #HTS, greatly complicating #Sochi deal b/w Turkey & #Russia - @fehimtastekinhttp://almon.co/35p4