2015年5月15日 星期五

2015-05-16 Israel Middle East


Voice of America
   
Islamic State Raises Flag Over Ramadi   
Voice of America
CAIRO—. Islamic State militants took over the local government compound in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Friday, raising their black flag in the Anbar province capital, after months of protracted conflict. Displaced civilians from Ramadi live in a camp set up for ...

IS seizes govt HQ of Iraqi provincial capital   DAWN.com
Islamic State seizes Ramadi's local government headquarters in Iraq   The Globe and Mail
Riley: Latest ISIS advance in Iraq 'a huge setback'   Fox News
CNN   
New York Times   
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The Globe and Mail
   
Fighting threatens Palmyra's heritage sites, UNESCO warns   
The Globe and Mail
The UN cultural agency expressed alarm Friday over clashes between Islamic State militants and Syrian government forces near the ancient city of Palmyra – one of the Middle East's most famous UNESCO world heritage sites. UNESCO chief Irina Bokova ...

Isis pulls back from Palmyra but fear of 'cultural atrocity' remains   The Guardian
IS threat moves closer to Palmyra   Irish Examiner
Palmyra: Will ISIS bulldoze ancient Syrian city?   CNN
Fox News   
ARA News   
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Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
The issue that could bring Iran and Saudi Arabia to the negotiating table   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Washington needs to address concerns that nuclear deal would re-order longtime partnerships, and the United States would gradually turn away from its traditional Sunni allies to focus on Iran. Camp David. President Barack Obama hosts a working session of ...

President Obama and the Gulf Arabs   New York Times
Obama receives bill proposing congressional oversight of Iran N-deal   DAWN.com
Has America gone and lost its allies in the Middle East?   Irish Independent
Arab News   
Whitehouse.gov (press release)   
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USA TODAY
   
Agents: Gun-smuggling suspect Hezbollah sympathizer   
USA TODAY
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The eldest of four Cedar Rapids family members accused of smuggling firearms into Lebanon is a Hezbollah sympathizer who met with reported members of the terrorist group during a trip abroad, federal agents testified Friday.
4 charged with shipping guns to Lebanon to remain in custody   Yahoo News
Unclear who Lebanon gun shipment meant for: US agent   The Daily Star

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New York Times
   
Like Hillary Clinton in '08, Jeb Bush Is Haunted by Specter of Iraq War   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Eight years after Hillary Rodham Clinton was haunted by her Senate vote to authorize the use of force in Iraq, another leading White House hopeful is struggling with questions about the war. And just as Mrs. Clinton seemed torn then ...

Huckabee defends Bush on Iraq -- but doesn't want his Apple Watch   CNN
Jeb Bush's unfortunate honesty   Washington Post

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Toronto Sun
   
Islamic State against the ropes   
Toronto Sun
The Islamic State might be on the verge of collapsing. Thanks to key airstrikes by the Canadian-backed, U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group's days may be numbered. Allied airstrikes have taken out the Islamic State's top-tier leadership.
Baghdadi purportedly reaffirms IS leadership in message   ABC Online
Why the Leader of ISIS Sounds Like a Republican Presidential Candidate   Slate Magazine
ISIS Releases Message From Its Leader Calling for Muslims to Join Him or Fight ...   TIME
Rudaw   
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Daily Beast
   
U.S. Says Rampaging ISIS On 'Defensive'   
Daily Beast
The terror army assaults the strategically central city of Ramadi. Meanwhile, in the Pentagon, the generals are insisting that the war is going just great. U.S. military officials insisted Friday that ISIS was on the “defensive”—even as the self-proclaimed Islamic ...

War with Isis: The brides brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers   The Independent
ISIL makes gains in Ramadi, Baiji at "stalemate" - Pentagon   Kuwait News Agency
ISIS: Terror group jail men because they shaved - and if they do it again they'll ...   mirror.co.uk

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New York Times
   
Yemen: Aid Coordinator Asks Saudis to Simplify Restrictions   
New York Times
Scrambling to bring emergency aid into Yemen during a five-day humanitarian pause in the Saudi-led bombing of Houthi rebels and their allies, the United Nations said Friday that the relief effort was still encumbered by Saudi Arabia's stringent import ...

Morocco: body of downed pilot found in Yemen   Washington Post
THE SAUDI-LED BLOCKADE IS DEVASTATING YEMEN   Yemen Post
Houthi agrees to resume talks if bombing halts   Xinhua

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NDTV
   
Syrian Refugees Could Save Detroit: Experts   
NDTV
File Photo: Syrian refugee children play outside their tent in a refugee camp in the eastern town of Marj in Lebanon. (AP Photo). Washington: US authorities could save the shrinking city of Detroit from collapse by infusing it with tens of thousands of resourceful ...

Hundreds of Readers Ridicule Syrians-to-Detroit Idea   Deadline Detroit
Let Syrians Settle Detroit   New York Times

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
American mother of three joins Kurdish militia fighting Islamic State jihadists   
Telegraph.co.uk
In the months before joining a militia to battle Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (Isil) jihadists, Samantha Johnston had led the life of a gregarious and adventurous small town girl. The 25-year-old mother of three from Emerald Island had joined the US military ...

Have The Kurdish Militias Battling IS Lost Their Way?   RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
US House passes bill to arm Iraqi Kurds, Sunnis   Anadolu Agency
US House approves defense bill including direct arming of Kurds   Rudaw

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