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ISIS launches massive offensive in Deir Ezzor
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
US-led anti-IS coalition admits 14 more civilian deaths	0 [11126]
Twelve IS members arrested in operation, west Mosul: Commander	0 [11125]
Military intelligence: Two terrorists nabbed, five IS tunnels destroyed in Iraq	0 [11124]
Anbar Antics: big turban bound, 2 innocents kaboomed, 4 bad guys arrested	0 [11129]
Three people wounded in southern Baghdad bomb blast	0 [11131]
PA stages ‘campaign of arrests’ against Fatah dissidents, critics	0 [11131]
Palestinian caught smuggled into Jerusalem in trunk, behind stroller	0 [11130]
IDF tanks shell Hamas positions after 2 Gazans start fire near border	2 07:40 AlanC [11127]
IDF chief: 100 snipers authorized to use live fire during Gaza march	1 09:41 Frank G [11125]
Army announces 10-day closure of West Bank, Gaza for Passover	0 [11130]
Palestinian forces arrest dozens of Hamas supporters in West Bank	0 [11128]
Shooter in deadly Quebec mosque attack pleads guilty	1 21:11 Canuckistan sniper [11126]
Police arrest five drug dealers in Dubai over 20kg heroin possession	0 [11124]
Taliban reacts in panic as AAF drops first laser-guided bomb	4 23:10 SteveS [11125]
Nusrat operations underway to suppress militants in Helmand	0 [11128]
Car Bomb Blast Wounds At Least Three In Somali Capital	0 [11124]
Syrian Army gives Jaysh Al-Islam final opportunity to respond to Douma offer	1 13:37 Jack Chaiter7913 [11128]
ISIS launches massive offensive in Deir Ezzor	0 [11131]
Syrian Army reportedly discovers Israeli-made weapons in East Ghouta base	1 11:57 Kojo Crerens5707 [11128]
Baltimore's emergency call system struck by hack	0 [11126]
US military says senior AQIM leader Musa Abu Dawud killed in Libya strike	1 06:45 M. Murcek [11124]
Suspected Mexican cartel leader smuggled 44 pounds of fentanyl into NYC	1 17:48 Bobby [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
British antiques shops dealing in artefacts smuggled by Isis	0 [11128]
PA returns to financing convicted terrorists directly	0 [11127]
Military Police probe finds double amputee wasn't killed by IDF snipers	0 [11129]
Pro-gov’t coalition vows firm action against Turkey if northern Iraq threatened	0 [11124]
Newspaper: PKK hands border crossing with Syria to Iraqi army	0 [11127]
Former Egyptian president Morsi 'facing premature death'	7 21:14 Canuckistan sniper [11132]
Antiques looted in Libya by ISIS sold in Spain, two experts arrested	0 [11124]
UAE pledges $500 mln to UN aid efforts in Yemen	0 [11125]
UN Security Council: Houthi attacks threaten regional security	0 [11126]
PM Hasina calls for rooting out terrorism to establish a secured, prosperous region	0 [11129]
Poland to deploy more troops to Afghanistan	1 13:39 Jack Chaiter7913 [11128]
Conflicting reports emerge regarding Pak-Afghan forces clash in Paktia	0 [11128]
Charcoal, Illegal Logging Fund Al Shabaab Militants Hiding In Boni Forest	1 09:35 Raj [11128]
Ethiopia Says Will Prevent Al Shabaab Attacks	0 [11125]
Over 30 buses preparing to depart from East Ghouta to northern Syria	1 14:32 Skidmark [11124]
Turkey eyes strategic airport in northern Aleppo	0 [11127]
Syria will expel US and Turkey from country: Shaaban	4 10:34 DarthVader [11127]
Turkey vows to expel YPG from Manbij	1 16:33 Omeger Gray6606 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Pope Francis: 'There Is No Hell'	10 20:49 Anomalous Sources [11128]
Are You Ready For Male NFL Cheerleaders?	16 23:00 Silentbrick [11130]
U.S. Jobless Claims Decline to Lowest Level Since January 1973	4 19:47 Besoeker [11127]
NFL owners finalize $90M social-justice deal without resolving anthem protests	12 13:59 M. Murcek [11124]
Facebook increases lobbying presence on Capitol Hill before Zuckerberg testimony	5 19:35 charger [11127]
GainsWave sound wave therapy may help ED sufferers	3 09:55 Frank G [11128]
VA Secretary Shulkin to resign, Trump to nominate his personal physician	4 10:03 Glenmore [11128]
Trump Gives Many Liberians a Year to Quit US	4 18:00 Herb McCoy7309 [11128]
US: We won't pay over 25 percent of UN peacekeeping anymore	3 12:06 Procopius2k [11125]
China and North Korea confirm Kim Jong-un visit to Beijing	1 09:56 Glenmore [11124]
Trump gives positive sign on talks with Kim, good review of Xi meeting	0 [11127]
Saudi cleric al-Ghamdi: Abaya is not mandatory as per Islam’s teachings	0 [11124]
This Woman Just Became The First Person To Go To Prison For Racism In South Africa	6 16:16 Deacon Blues [11130]
15 suspects arrested by Kabul police on charges of murder, other crimes	0 [11124]
Hofstra activists want to remove Thomas Jefferson statue	4 11:49 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Minneapolis FBI agent charged with leaking info to news outlet	3 19:08 Frank G [11127]
Poland signs deal to buy Patriot missile defense system	1 00:13 jvalentour [11131]
Netflix Names Ambassador Susan Rice to Board of Directors	10 14:35 Skidmark [11126]
Why Chinese Tourism Barely Benefits Russia’s Budget	3 21:30 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Why Mississippi's New Abortion Law Represents A Step Forward For Equal Rights	0 [11126]
David J. Shulkin: Privatizing the V.A. Will Hurt Veterans	4 22:38 newc [11126]
Survey: 78% in Europe Want Tighter Control of Borders	3 19:31 charger [11125]
Trump and the Great Unmasking of the Left	4 19:35 DarthVader [11127]
New Texts Suggest Obama WH, CIA, FBI, And Harry Reid Colluded At Outset Of Russia Probe	4 10:06 Unaling Omuter5128 [11125]
What did Comey know about Pulse Nightclub terrorist, and when did he know it?	5 11:23 rjschwarz [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Eric Holder says he's considering presidential bid	16 19:35 3dc [11133]
Democrats run scared over census citizenship question	6 16:10 rjschwarz [11128]
Schweizer's ‘Secret Empires' to Debut at #1 on New York Times Best-Seller List	2 11:53 Kojo Crerens5707 [11128]
Judge Denies Mueller Request for Protective Order	9 22:41 newc [11133]
DOJ Inspector General Will Investigate Obama Administration FISA Abuse	8 18:14 Jolet Snamble1696 [11129]

    
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                        21:30 Thing From Snowy Mountain

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                        21:14 Canuckistan sniper

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                        20:49 Anomalous Sources

                        19:47 Besoeker

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                        18:59 Anomalous Sources

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Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
4	Hamas
3	Commies
3	Sublime Porte
3	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Palestinian Authority
2	Houthis
2	Taliban
2	Narcos
2	Govt of Syria
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Ahrar al-Sham (Salafists)
1	Jaish al-Islam (MB)
1	Moslem Colonists

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ISIS launches massive offensive in Deir Ezzor

Wed 2018-03-28
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Tue 2018-03-27
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Mon 2018-03-26
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Sun 2018-03-25
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Sat 2018-03-24
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Fri 2018-03-23
France supermarket hostage-taking: At least two killed by Trebes known wolf gunman claiming allegiance to ISIS

Thu 2018-03-22
Jordan jails two for planning Daesh embassy attacks

Wed 2018-03-21
Bodies of 39 Indian workers kidnapped by IS militants found in Iraq: minister

Tue 2018-03-20
36 takfiris killed, 345 arrested in last five days of Operation Sinai 2018: Egypt Armed Forces

Mon 2018-03-19
Turkey's Erdogan says Afrin city centre under 'total' control

Sun 2018-03-18
KP government seals offices of Hafiz Saeed's JuD, FIF; seizes mosques, seminaries

Sat 2018-03-17
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Fri 2018-03-16
German prosecutors indict Syrian migrant over alleged bomb plot

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