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Syria: IS executes hundreds in Palmyra
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
LNA takes more casualties in Leithi and Sabri	0 [1733]
LNA jets hit fuel tanker in Sirte	0 [1735]
US, allies conduct 17 airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq	0 [1737]
Regime's Idlib front collapsing	0 [1763]
Explosive device kills army commander,7 soldiers in Damascus	0 [1735]
ISIS seizes Iraqi side of key Syria border crossing	0 [1737]
Assad's barrel bombs kill 15, including 8 children, in Deir Ezzor	1 01:27 Shipman [1746]
IS executes 16 traders on Iraqi road	2 09:11 Procopius2k [1734]
Commander: heavy ISIS casualties in coalition airstrikes on Mosul front	2 13:22 Pappy [1748]
Abu Sayyaf releases kidnapped child	0 [1739]
Eight Bomb Blasts Rock Iraq's Diyala Province	0 [1725]
Syria Regime Chopper Comes Down in Aleppo, Uncertainty About Palmyra 'Massacre'	0 [1734]
Memorial Day 2015	3 20:18 JohnQC [1763]
Regime mourns Army Major General killed in Aleppo	0 [1734]
Four soldiers, 7 militants killed	0 [1734]
Syria: IS executes hundreds in Palmyra	0 [1772]
NPA officer, 5 others nabbed in Mindanao	0 [1741]
Rocket hits house of former senator in Peshawar	0 [1735]
IED blast in Hub targets President Mamnoon's son	0 [1733]
Four Civilians Killed in Ghazni Roadside Mine Blast	0 [1730]
38 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Military Operations	0 [1738]
Saudis Have 'Israel' Nuke Yemen for Them. Really. They did.	10 20:29 Blossom Unains5562 [1760]
Yemeni Army, Popular Committees Employ Russian Rockets to Strike Saudi Sites	1 17:14 g(r)omgoru [1763]
Iraqi Forces liberate Husayba near Ramadi	0 [1735]
Hezbollah, Syrian Army Detect Explosives Facility in Flita Barrens	0 [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
ISIS takeover pushes rare bird to brink of extinction	4 19:44 JosephMendiola [1744]
Somali soldiers killed MP Yusuf, says security Ministry	0 [1727]
War against al-Shabaab falters over money deals	2 13:24 Pappy [1729]
Syrians break into Regime's consulate in Istanbul	2 13:27 Pappy [1726]
Saudi clerics urge calm as village hit by ISIS seethes	0 [1724]
Emails reveal warm relations between several Western journalists and Assad	2 07:58 Airandee [1732]
Syrian dissidents to form new coalition at Cairo meet	0 [1724]
No place for jihadis on Arsal's outskirts: Nasrallah	0 [1727]
Bridge to nowhere: thousands still stuck outside Baghdad	3 21:23 JosephMendiola [1753]
Emirati Aid Shipment Arrives in Yemen's Aden	2 01:34 Shipman [1734]
Iran General Says Army Needs More Funds to Counter IS	2 17:12 g(r)omgoru [1761]
Pentagon Chief Says Iraqi Army 'Showed No Will to Fight' in Ramadi	6 23:04 SteveS [1753]
How an Iraqi Friar Saved Ancient Christian Manuscripts from IS	0 [1742]
Govt to seek FBI help in Axact probe	0 [1734]
IS recruiting but not yet operational in Afghanistan: Nato General	0 [1732]
Saudi king vows to punish those behind suicide attack in Shia mosque	2 17:57 Pappy [1751]
Malaysia finds graves of suspected trafficking victims	0 [1728]
Khaleda likely to appear in court today	0 [1728]
'Ansarullah now eying madrasa students'	0 [1728]
MPs Question ANSF Effectiveness Amid Growing Threats	0 [1726]
Imam Khamenei Warns of Plots to Sow Discord among Muslims	0 [1733]
Negotiations for release of kidnapped Russian citizens reaches impasse	0 [1726]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Putin signs Russian law to shut down 'undesirable' organizations	8 20:40 trailing wife [1752]
The next step in LBGT warfare: thought crime	5 20:35 JohnQC [1760]
Rebel say Ukrainians massing forces for attack	0 [1736]
11 schoolchildren, teacher injured in roof collapse	0 [1733]
Body of girl found in sack	0 [1727]
British PM to Start Talks on EU Renegotiation	1 07:13 Bright Pebbles [1731]
Moscow can't keep military spending as high	2 09:05 Procopius2k [1734]
Top Kremlin Critics In The West Face Media Smears	0 [1730]
Page 4: Opinion
Protection of minorities	0 [1732]
Wasteland	0 [1744]
Private schooling and inequality	0 [1729]
Educated militants	0 [1744]

    
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                        20:29 Blossom Unains5562

                        20:27 trailing wife

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                        19:44 JosephMendiola

                        18:44 badanov

                        18:27 Deacon Blues

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                        18:00 Pappy

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                        17:32 g(r)omgoru

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                        17:01 Glenmore

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                        16:54 Mike Kozlowski

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2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
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1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iraq
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2015-05-25
Syria: IS executes hundreds in Palmyra

Sun 2015-05-24
Prayer leader explodes in mosque

Sat 2015-05-23
Kunar Drone Strike Kills Four Taliban

Fri 2015-05-22
Air strikes kill 15 militants in North Waziristan

Thu 2015-05-21
Kurds advance against Islamic State in northeastern Syria

Wed 2015-05-20
IS Attacks Syria Druze Village, Battles for Palmyra

Tue 2015-05-19
US drone strike in North Waziristan leaves six 'militants' dead

Mon 2015-05-18
ISIS confirms Ramadi capture

Sun 2015-05-17
US special forces kill senior IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

Sat 2015-05-16
Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack

Fri 2015-05-15
Belmokhtar's Jihadist Group in N. Africa Pledges Allegiance to IS

Thu 2015-05-14
ISIS acting leader al-Afri killed by US-led airstrike

Wed 2015-05-13
Iraq Blast Kills Four including Peshmerga General

Tue 2015-05-12
Drone Strike Kills 4 Qaida Suspects in Yemen's Mukalla

Mon 2015-05-11
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