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Buhari: Last Boko Haram base taken in Sambisa Forest
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Merry Christmas	18 22:06 Thavise Sinatra4483 [1755]
Yemen forces recapture Nihm district in Sanaa	0 [1736]
Shiite commanders crack down on illicit trade with ISIS in Hawija	0 [1735]
Christian group threatens to withdraw from ISIS fight after deadly attack in Baghdad	1 09:36 Frank G [1745]
Three soldiers are in hands of ISIL: Turkish Defense Minister	0 [1732]
Ashkona raid minute by minute	1 03:45 Shipman [1749]
Bangladesh’s boomerette detonates	0 [1729]
PYD-led forces raid houses of Thuwar Raqqa leaders	0 [1731]
Regime forces launch offensive on Wadi Barada as water supplies cut	0 [1736]
ISIS kills 18 regime soldiers, militiamen near Tayfur airport	0 [1739]
Russian jets step up raids on Idlib and rural Aleppo	0 [1736]
Saudi-led Strike Kills Eight People in Central Yemen	0 [1739]
Berlin attack: Anis Amri's nephew and two more arrested	0 [1737]
Buhari: Last Boko Haram base taken in Sambisa Forest	0 [1762]
New offensive targets rebels on Aleppo's outskirts	0 [1734]
Jaysh Al-Islam Christmas offensive ends with no gains	0 [1736]
Russian military discovers jihadist weapons depot in east Aleppo	0 [1741]
ISIS sends massive convoy to Deir Ezzor for upcoming offensive	0 [1737]
Israel briefs: a riot, a wanna be knife attacker, a mildly successful knife attacker, and a night raid	0 [1734]
Page 2: WoT Background
Outraged US Jewish leaders: UN vote tarnishes Obama’s legacy	20 22:42 Pappy [1762]
Pakistan makes nuclear threat to Israel in response to fake news	0 [1736]
Actor Will Smith Gives MASSIVE Donation to Black Muslims Linked to Terrorism	10 21:17 Zenobia Floger6220 [1765]
Iraq’s Gold Division may liberate Mosul, but at what cost?	0 [1739]
New threats, past assassinations prove Iran was behind latest bombings, says KDP-I	0 [1729]
West reaffirms support for Presidency Council ‘as the sole legitimate government of Libya’	0 [1736]
Fears for IS women and children jailed in Misrata	0 [1736]
Morocco Cracks Down on Individuals ‘Condoning Terrorism’	0 [1732]
Morocco Alerted German Authorities on Perpetrator of Berlin Attacks	0 [1735]
Zionist Entity Says Won’t Abide by UN Settler Vote	2 10:58 g(r)omgoru [1728]
Turkey will never allow a new state in northern Syria: Erdoğan	2 08:31 Procopius2k [1736]
Russian Envoy’s Killer Fought for Nusra Front in Aleppo: Turkish Newspaper	0 [1732]
Bana has interview dominated by her mothers interjections	1 09:52 M. Murcek [1739]
Historic Assyrian church in Turkey given to Islamic school foundation	0 [1729]
Iraqis Celebrate First Christmas Near Mosul after Daesh Pushback	0 [1736]
Saddam Hussein's daughter praises Trump's 'political sensibility'	0 [1729]
German intelligence confirms market attack led by suicide bomber who worked voluntarily	4 19:39 Barbara [1747]
European Commission tackles terrorism financing	2 13:11 Barbara [1746]
Germany needs to respond to state-sponsored Salafism, experts say	0 [1730]
Split in Muslim Brotherhood deepens with creation of new advisory council	2 08:42 Frank G [1739]
Fatah takes to Facebook to celebrate murders of over 100 Israelis	1 13:30 Silentbrick [1731]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Russian passenger jet with 92 aboard crashes into Black Sea just after takeoff	14 21:47 newc [1751]
Facebook is a growing unstoppable digital graveyard	3 15:03 Besoeker [1738]
Russian Military Plane Vanishes From Radar on the Way to Syria	5 15:06 Besoeker [1740]
Order of Malta to Pope Francis: Stay out of our internal affairs	5 21:56 newc [1745]
Security officials, PIA probing animal sacrifice at BBIA	2 09:44 Steve White [1735]
Karakoram Highway opens for traffic, accused FC official arrested following murder of local	0 [1734]
Kabila deal hangs by thread after marathon meeting	0 [1734]
Page 4: Opinion
How Kellyanne can balance 4 kids and Trump: 'I don't play golf and I don't have a mistress'	5 20:02 Blossom Unains5562 [1762]
What One Woman Learned Serving On A Jury With Rex Tillerson	3 17:35 Silentbrick [1730]
Headless chicken	0 [1734]
Forced conversions	0 [1752]
Madressah reform	0 [1735]
Page 6: Politix
The Stolen Supreme Court Seat	13 21:00 Mike Kozlowski [1756]

    
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12	Islamic State
6	Govt of Pakistan
5	Govt of Syria
2	Houthis
2	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
2	Salafists
1	Boko Haram
1	Arab Spring
1	Jaish al-Islam (MB)
1	Sublime Porte
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Iran
1	Fatah

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