MENA and ISIS Weekend Update - February 14 - 15 , 2015 - Iraq/ Syria Regional War in focus , Yemen in focus , ISIS Impacts in focus ......Bahrain and Libya in focus ...... News and Views Reflecting the Turbulent times We Live In !

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Escalation: US Sending Ground Troops to Kuwait

Talk of Push Against ISIS, But Iraqi Troops Likely Not Ready

Collapse of Yemen Took US by Surprise

Pentagon: ISIS Afghan Expansion 'Of Great Concern'

Fighting Continues in Anbar; 179 Killed in Iraq

US Moving to Resupply Jordan's Military With Munitions

Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamenei Sent Obama Secret Letter: WSJ

Egypt Ready for Libya Evacuations as ISIS Hostage Photos Emerge

Al-Qaeda Freed 6 Inmates in Yemen Prison Attack, Officials Say

Yemen Unrest: Saudi Arabia Closes Embassy

Germany, Italy Close Embassies in Yemen Due to Security Fears

Tweets......

 Acid Jordi retweeted

Mark Monmonier ‏@MarkMonmonier  17h

17 hours ago

#YEMEN REPUBLIC CONFLICT MAP|02-13 Full Resolution: http://i.imgur.com/1xKfUVI.jpg  #SOUTHYEMEN #HOUTHI

 Thomas van Linge retweeted

Conflict News ‏@rConflictNews  31m

31 minutes ago

PHOTOS: Clashes on the streets of #Bahrain right now - @SAIDYOUSIF

Charles Lister ‏@Charles_Lister  3m3 minutes ago

Written 11 months ago - https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/449540705195544578 … #Iraq #ISIS

Al Arabiya English ‏@AlArabiya_Eng  4m

4 minutes ago

#Bomb hits pipeline from #Libya's El Sarir oilfield http://goo.gl/Y5Yfpi 

 Al Arabiya English

Blast at pipeline from Libya’s El Sarir field caused by bomb

By Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng

A blast at an oil pipeline from Libya’s El Sarir field to Hariga port was caused by a bomb,

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LibyaAlHurra @LibyaAlHurraTV · 6h6 hours ago

#ISIS in #Sirte forces Interior Ministry staff to swear allegiance to Islamic State"Emir"Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. #Libya

 

The Daily Star @DailyStarLeb · 3h3 hours ago

Bahrain police fire tear gas as protests mark uprising http://bit.ly/1zCtUZh 

The Daily Star @DailyStarLeb · 5h5 hours ago

France hails 'historic' jet sale to Egypt despite rights concerns http://bit.ly/1EafxzI 

 

The Daily Star @DailyStarLeb · 5h5 hours ago

Assad part of solution in Syria: U.N. envoy http://bit.ly/1zBzYBe 

Al-Monitor @AlMonitor · 3h


3 hours ago

#Damascus faces continual power outages http://almon.co/2d4b  #Syria

 Al-Monitor

Damascus faces continual power outages

Power outages in Damascus are unbearable, yet the government just directs blame at the opposition, failing to provide solutions.

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Rudaw English @RudawEnglish · 2h2 hours ago

No negotiations will take place with #ISIS, ministry of #Peshmerga has said. http://fb.me/4yMP6AIE1 

Rudaw English @RudawEnglish · 16s16 seconds ago

Protest erupts over caged #Peshmerga images http://fb.me/7roAaektR

Rudaw English ‏@RudawEnglish  8m

8 minutes ago

Update: An earlier picture posted mistakingly identified the caged procession of alleged Peshmerga in Kirkuk, as opposed to #Hawija.

Rudaw English @RudawEnglish · 5h5 hours ago

#ISIS releases footage alleging to show 17 #Kurdish #Peshmerga in caged procession through the city of #Kirkuk.

 

Rudaw English @RudawEnglish · 6h6 hours ago

#ISIS attack repelled on an air base in #Anbar by #Iraqi army, where hundreds of #US marines are housed — #US military officials have said.

Rudaw English @RudawEnglish · 18h18 hours ago

#US led coalition forces have conducted 15 airstrikes in #Iraq and #Syria against #ISIS sites in the last 24... http://fb.me/3RGbn3FrQ 

niqash @niqash · 23h23 hours ago

Mosul blogger suggests the city is slipping out of ISIS' control, burning of pilot caused change in attitudes: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=683189305135908&id=552514844870022&substory_index=0 …