en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-02-23 Israel Middle East

World News Troops are evacuated
Gulf Daily News
ANKARA: Hundreds of Turkish troops, backed by tanks, took part in an operation into neighbouring Syria to evacuate dozens of besieged soldiers guarding an Ottoman tomb and remove the remains amid fears the shrine was threatened by Islamic State ...

Turkey sends hundreds of troops to seize key tomb in Syria   Irish Independent
Turkish tomb raiders cross into Syria to save shrine from jihadists   The Australian (blog)
Turkish military enters Syria to evacuate troops   The Nation
Hurriyet Daily News
Times of India
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New defense secretary expresses openness toward transgender troops
Washington Post
Five days into the job, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter suggested that he doesn't believe that being transgender should alone preclude a person from serving in the military. “I don't think anything but their suitability for service should preclude them,” Carter ...

Mideast Crash Course for the New Defense Secretary   New York Times
Defense Secretary Carter: Transgender People Shouldn't Be Denied Military ...   NBCNews.com
US defense chief convenes anti-IS war council in Kuwait   ABS CBN News
Windy City Times
Deutsche Welle
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Panel Disqualifies Egyptian Tycoon From Parliamentary Bid
New York Times
CAIRO — A steel tycoon who came to epitomize the cronyism and corruption in Egypt during the era of President Hosni Mubarak was disqualified on Sunday from running for Parliament, according to state news media reports. The tycoon, Ahmed Ezz, 56, had ...

Mubarak party stalwart barred from running for parliament   gulfnews.com
Ahmed Ezz disqualified from running in parliamentary elections   Ahram Online
Steel tycoon refused application for 2015 parliament   The News Hub
Al-Arabiya
The Cairo Post
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Wrongly jailed youth will be freed this week, Egypt's el-Sissi says
The Globe and Mail
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi promised Sunday to release young people who may have been wrongly jailed during Egypt's crackdown on the opposition since he overthrew his Islamist predecessor in 2013. In an almost 40-minute televised ...

Analysis: Egypt left to fight alone against Islamist terrorism   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Fierce crackdown on dissent no laughing matter in Egypt   Daily Times
Egyptian President el-Sisi: Need for 'unified Arab force' is growing   CNN
CairoScene
Daily News Egypt
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Europe cracks down on would-be Islamic State jihadis
Ynetnews
Islamic State downplays impact of measures, says it is attracting more Asian fighters and seeking to encourage lone wolves in European countries. Reuters. Published: 02.22.15, 23:34 / Israel News. BEIRUT - The flow of European fighters from Europe to ...

US Secretary of State predicts a “unanimous approach” to Libya   Libya Herald
Curbs keep Europe radicals at home   Oman Tribune
European jihadis unable to join Daesh due to travel restrictions   Al-Bawaba
Today's Zaman
gulfnews.com
Haaretz
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Italy and Vatican on guard after threat from Islamic State
Religion News Service
ROME (RNS) The Italian government is on high alert after threats from the Islamic State called Italy “the nation signed with the blood of the cross.” Italy is one of a handful of major Western counties that has not been victim of a large-scale terror assault since ...

Will Europe's ticking time bomb bomb Libya again?   Pravda
Italy and Vatican on guard after ISIL threat   USA TODAY
The Battle for Libya's Oil   Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Saudi Gazette
The Nation
Times of Malta
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UNICEF condemns new child abductions by armed group in South Sudan
UNICEF Australia
In January 2015, A 9-year-old boy holds an assualt rifle in Jonglei State, South Sudan. UNICEF condemns in the strongest terms the abduction of scores of boys, some as young 13, by an armed group near Malakal in the north of South Sudan. A UNICEF ...

89 boys abducted by armed group   The Grio
S. Sudan president not attending next round of peace talks   Sudan Tribune
89 Young Children abducted by Militia in South Sudan   Bihar Prabha
Chicago Defender
The Times of Israel
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IS attacks Iranian envoy's residence, Tripoli airport
Arab News
LAWLESS COUNTRY: A general view of the damage caused by a bomb blast is seen at the gate of the Iranian ambassador's residence in Tripoli. (Reuters). Published — Monday 23 February 2015. Last update 23 February 2015 2:32 am. | نسخة PDF · Print ...

ISIS militants claim attack on Iran envoy's home in Libya   The Daily Star
IS Claims Attack on Iran Ambassador's Residence in Libya   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Bomb attacks at Iran envoy's residence in Tripoli   DAWN.com
swissinfo.ch
Times of India
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Libya general expands power base in the east
Gulf Times
A man holds a picture of General Khalifa Haftar during a demonstration in support of 'Operation Dignity' in Benghazi in this May 23, 2014, file photo. By Ulf Laessing, Reuters/Bayda, Libya In a hotel lit by a generator in the eastern Libyan town of Bayda, ...

Libyan government loses grip as general expands power   www.worldbulletin.net
Embattled Libyan government loses grip as general expands power   Al-Arabiya

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Dubai Marina Torch tower fire: Residents jittery after another alarm
Emirates 24/7
Residents of The Torch tower woke up on Sunday morning to the sound of another fire alarm ripping through the building, terrifying several out onto the street, while prompting some into rethinking whether it was time for them to move out. Melissa O'Neill took ...

Fire Engulfs Dubai's Torch Tower Skyscraper   Eagle Radio
Dubai Torch Tower fire: Scots couple forced to flee home as blaze rages through ...   Scottish Daily Record
Smoking on balconies in Dubai in focus after Torch Tower blaze   Khaleej Times
Zee News
New Zealand Herald
The National
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