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Erdogan confirms the presence of pro-Turkish Syrian fighters in Libya
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Prominent Taliban group leader killed in Afghan forces’ ambush in Badakhshan	0 [1773]
Airstrikes kill 5 Taliban and ISIS-K militants in 3 provinces	0 [1764]
Afghan Forces Take Casualties in Sar-e-Pul Clash	0 [1780]
German court jails three over 100-kg gold coin heist	0 [1782]
Erdogan confirms the presence of pro-Turkish Syrian fighters in Libya	1 12:29 swksvolFF [1787]
Popular Mobilization Units militia group appoints Abu Fadak al-Mohammadawi as its new leader	0 [1782]
Erdoğan: ‘Latest numbers: 150 regime forces killed in Idlib’ as a result of TR retailation	0 [1769]
Turkish-backed jihadists took the phone of a killed Syrian Arab Army soldier and called his mother	0 [1772]
Video of failed Syrian Rebels attack on Government forces at village of Nayrab	0 [1777]
Syrian troop asking signals officer for coordinates of Turkish observation point east of Atarib in western Aleppo	0 [1755]
Iran funds $60mm to #PIJ and $50mm to #Hamas per year	1 00:23 Woodrow [1773]
Niger military operation kills 120 'terrorists': official	0 [1760]
Karbala protesters carry the photos of the demonstrators who were killed.	0 [1769]
Global watchdog keeps #Pakistan on #terrorism financing ‘grey list’	0 [1770]
Two Russian sailors have been sentenced to a combined 395 years in prison in Greece for trafficking migrants	0 [1768]
US Military Vehicle Running Russian Vehicle Off The Road In Syria - cellphone video	5 21:43 Goober Tingle7365 [1796]
Muslim-convert who became Britain's 'first female suicide bomb plotter'	1 00:25 Woodrow [1766]
Page 2: WoT Background
Palace: Prisoner Release Not Possible Ahead of Intra-Afghan Talks	0 [1763]
Iran has given Taliban anti-aircraft missiles: Sources	0 [1779]
Greyhound says it will STOP Border Patrol agents without warrants from boarding buses to make immigration checks on passengers	14 17:46 Varmint Splat1454 [1790]
AMT Netherlands TITAN jet engine in Iran's 358 missile!	7 17:27 Besoeker [1798]
Iran blacklisted by 200 member nations of Financial Action Task Force	0 [1765]
Putin tells Erdogan he is ‘seriously concerned’ by the ‘aggressive actions’ of extremists in Syria’s Idlib region	1 12:23 SteveS [1753]
Pakistan welcomes announcement of signing of US-Taliban deal	2 20:22 trailing wife [1786]
#Iran votes in #parliament elections that favor #conservatives	0 [1757]
Watchdog toughens global financial scrutiny of Iran	0 [1758]
#Moody’s downgrades #Lebanon’s rating amid #financial #crisis	2 14:46 swksvolFF [1795]
Los Zetas hitmen who were convicted of killing ICE agent in Mexico have their life sentences OVERTURNED due to legal technicality	5 20:37 Canuckistan sniper [1804]
Page 3: Non-WoT
9 South Koreans test positive for coronavirus after returning from Israel	4 11:18 Raj [1767]
Military beefs up efforts to stop coronavirus spread into barracks	2 16:56 3dc [1805]
South Korea's virus cases surge to 433 on church services, cluster outbreak at hospital	0 [1776]
Chinese officials 'round up and execute villagers' pets to stop the spread of coronavirus' despite WHO experts saying the disease cannot be spread to animals	5 18:26 Frank G [1792]
Only Three States Can Test For Coronavirus Because Of Flawed Kits	1 13:38 AlanC [1759]
Wuhan woman with no symptoms infects five relatives with coronavirus	1 06:25 Procopius2k [1764]
Prisons in China being infected with virus.	1 10:28 Herb McCoy [1761]
Iran's health ministry: ‘Based on existing reports, the spread of #coronavirus started in Qom’, 2 more deaths and 13 new cases reported	0 [1755]
There are currently 76,724 confirmed cases worldwide, including 2,247 fatalities.	1 00:14 Woodrow [1764]
President Donald Trump is frustrated that pressure is building too slowly on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro	3 21:13 Canuckistan sniper [1790]
Coronavirus cases balloon in South Korea as outbreak spreads	0 [1762]
#China’s #count of new virus #cases drops, #deaths exceed 2,200	0 [1767]
New Army technology fast-tracks damaged tanks back to combat	1 00:20 Woodrow [1762]
Thai court dissolves key pro-democracy party	0 [1752]
US Border Patrol discovers human brain tucked into package from #Canada	8 12:03 Frank G [1764]
First patient dies from #coronavirus in #Italy	0 [1755]
Coronavirus spreads in Chinese prisons, over 500 infected	1 00:21 Woodrow [1752]
California prisoner confesses to killing two incarcerated child molesters	11 17:14 Frank G [1798]
This vagrant is why homeless-outreach workers are fleeing Penn Station	5 18:37 Flaimp Gleatle1053 [1773]
Coronavirus crisis hits British retailers as Primark, Asos and Halfords fear supply shortages after panic triggers factory closures across China	0 [1752]
Another 90 Wuhan evacuees released from quarantine in Texas where one is in treatment for coronavirus as Americans stranded in Japan slam US officials for 'abandoning us here'	4 10:23 Herb McCoy [1755]
Moscow will use facial recognition cameras to make sure 2,500 people in coronavirus quaratine do not leave their homes	0 [1757]
Page 4: Opinion
Unicorn Farts Is No Basis For A System Of Government	8 15:52 swksvolFF [1793]
US ‘Playing Games’ With Taliban Peace Talks, Has ‘No Intention of Leaving Afghanistan’ - Academic	14 13:28 3dc [1778]
Page 6: Politix
Donald Trump's head of presidential personnel demands list of 'anti-Trump' officials working across the government after being brought back by president to purge 'bad people'	5 16:30 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [1802]
New de Blasio low: Using City Hall for Chirlane McCray to gain office	1 00:49 Lex [1763]
De Blasio’s failed presidential campaign owes over $22K in debt	2 10:46 Raj [1764]
Romney-Bloomberg ticket would heal divided America, author says	9 17:04 Procopius2k [1795]
Joe Biden Says Son Beau Was ‘Attorney General of the United States’	5 11:24 swksvolFF [1767]
Biden Says He Can Beat Trump Because an NBC Poll Says So	4 17:19 Frank G [1791]
James Clyburn Dismisses Record Black Employment: ‘We Were Fully Employed During Slavery’	21 15:48 Lex [1780]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2020-02-22
Erdogan confirms the presence of pro-Turkish Syrian fighters in Libya

Fri 2020-02-21
Missile intercept by #Saudi forces in #Yanbu

Thu 2020-02-20
Turkey asks NATO to provide air support for the operation in Idlib

Wed 2020-02-19
Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll, Abdullah rejects results

Tue 2020-02-18
LNA claims to destroy Turkish arms ship in Tripoli harbor.

Mon 2020-02-17
24 Killed In Brutal Terror Attack On Burkina Faso Church; Local Pastor Targeted

Sun 2020-02-16
Switzerland Thwarts Major Islamic State Terror Attack

Sat 2020-02-15
Six Cartel Kidnappers Busted with Mexican Border City Victim in Trunk

Fri 2020-02-14
US navy ship seizes 150 Iranian-manufactured anti-tank guided missiles after boarding a vessel in the Arabian Sea

Thu 2020-02-13
Hafiz Saeed sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terror financing

Wed 2020-02-12
Sudan will hand over Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court

Tue 2020-02-11
Russians bomb a joint Turkish & Jihadi column

Mon 2020-02-10
Ehsanullah Ehsan sends greetings from Turkey, thumbs nose

Sun 2020-02-09
Multiple US troops killed during shootout in eastern Afghanistan

Sat 2020-02-08
Khalid Haqqani and Qari Saifullah banged in Kabul

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