en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-02-22 Israel Middle East

British PM deeply troubled by Syria-bound schoolgirls
CTV News
British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his "deep" concern on Saturday after three British schoolgirls travelled to Turkey in a suspected bid to join ISIS. The three girls, aged 15 to 16, flew from London to Istanbul on Tuesday. They are believed to be ...

Runaway schoolgirls are already over Syrian border   Irish Independent
UK family angry at IS 'recruiter' daughter   Sky News Australia
Concern in Britain as Schoolgirls Seek to Join Islamic State   NDTV
Christian Science Monitor
The Independent
Times of India
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Former Yemen president flees capital
Gulf Daily News
SANA'A: Yemen's former president left the capital after Shi'ite rebels who surrounded his house let him go under international and local pressure, aides close to him said yesterday. The aides said former president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi left Sana'a and ...

Ousted Yemeni president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi flees house arrest ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Yemen's former leader flees capital   Herald Scotland
Yemeni analyst : The new Nazis in the Arabian Peninsula   YemenOnline
The Guardian
Xinhua
Deutsche Welle
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Canadian expat describes horror of 'massive' Dubai skyscraper fire
CTV News
When one of the world's tallest residential towers caught fire early Saturday in Dubai, thousands of residents were forced to flee into the streets as flames raged above the city. The fire began at 2 a.m. in the 86-storey Marina Torch skyscraper. A number of ...

Dubai tower fire was an accident, say police   The Independent
Huge blaze guts 79-floor Dubai skyscraper   Jakarta Post
One of World's Largest Residential Towers Gutted by Fire   Discovery News
Khaleej Times
Christian Science Monitor
Daily Mail
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Syria forces execute 10 children of rebels
The Nation
BEIRUT - Ten children were among at least 48 people killed in a Syrian village this week when regime forces executed six families of rebel fighters, a monitoring group said on Saturday. Tuesday's executions took place in the village of Rityan, north of second ...

Rights group: Syrian govt. executed family members of rebels in Retian   UPI.com
6 killed in fresh mortar attack in Syria's Aleppo   Xinhua
A daring plan to rebuild Syria — no matter who wins the war   Boston Globe (subscription)
New Kerala
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South Sudanese boys abducted by armed group
Toronto Star
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA—Dozens of South Sudanese boys, some as young as 13, have recently been kidnapped by an armed group in South Sudan as they prepared for school exams, UNICEF reported Saturday. UNICEF did not say what group ...

UNICEF: Armed Men Abduct at Least 89 Boys in South Sudan   Voice of America
South Sudan: Gunmen Kidnap 89 Boys, Unicef Says   New York Times
UNICEF condemns child abductions by S. Sudan armed groups   Sudan Tribune
NDTV
VICE News
Sydney Morning Herald
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Defense secretary addresses coming battle against ISIS in Iraq
CBS News
Last Updated Feb 21, 2015 9:09 PM EST. The new secretary of defense, Ashton Carter, said Saturday the U.S. may slow down the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. Carter made the announcement during his first trip to Afghanistan as defense ...

Isis has made many enemies, but it may be saved by their inability to unite   The Independent
Marks: Potential Mosul operation 'should not be public'   CNN
Containing the IS   Arab News
New York Times
Philippine Star
Economic Times
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Do terrorist cells have chemical weapons? Expert warns ISIS have stash of sarin ...
Daily Mail
Islamic State has acquired a cache of deadly chemical weapons in Libya which pose a significant threat to European security, a British expert has warned. According to Middle East reports, the terror group has unconfirmed quantities of sarin and mustard gas ...

Overcoming Daesh in Libya   gulfnews.com
Official warned that the caches contain mustard gas and the nerve agent Sarin   Asharq Alawsat English
The Great Nothingness Of Libya – 3 Years After Gadaffi   Nigerian Observer
Winnipeg Free Press
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Haaretz

Death toll in Somali hotel blast rises to 25
Haaretz
Twin attacks targeted the Central Hotel compound in Mogadishu, which also houses a mosque that is popular with government officials. By DPA and Reuters | Feb. 21, 2015 | 11:27 PM. submit to reddit. The scene of a twin bombing attack on a hotel in ...

Somali politicians among 25 killed in al-Shabab hotel attack   UPI.com
Somalia: Puntland leaders condemn deadly Mogadishu attack   somalicurrent
More than 25 killed in Al-Shabaab attack on luxury Somalian hotel   CCTV-America
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Voice of America
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Another View: Catching up with the Middle East
Torrington Register Citizen
The Islamic State, or ISIS, or ISIL, is a militant Sunni Muslim group waging war against the Shiite-dominated government in Iraq. Okay so far? Let's go to Iraq. Shiite Muslims in Iraq, we are told, are in the overwhelming majority — around 60 percent to 65 ...

Q&A: Islam's Sunni-Shiite divide   USA TODAY
Washington's Fear of Kurdistan   Rudaw
Amid Rising Abuse, Iraq's Sunnis Seek Assurances   AINA (press release)
Washington Post
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Aleteia

Details Emerge About Past Life of ISIS Leader
Aleteia
He's remained elusive and mysterious since his "Islamic State" group burst onto the world stage last summer, but now a few details about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are trickling out. One of those details seems incongruous to the image that's been built up of a ...

ISIS Leader Had an 'Interesting' Job Before Becoming Head of a Roving Band of ...   IJ Review
Baghdadi: Average at school, rejected by Army   The Asian Age
US Marines on the Ground in Iraq as ISIS Burns 45 Alive   The Fiscal Times
National Post
Breitbart News
Fetchyournews.com
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