MENA Report - June 23 -24 , 2015 ..... Focus on Iraq / Syria Regional War , Yemen Regional Proxy War , Libya state of decay , Iran nuclear Talks - Afghanistan & Pakistan in focus as part of ISIS / Al Qaeda connections

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Saudi Airstrikes, Fighting Kill 100 in Yemen

Iraq Turns Over Baiji Fight to Syria-Trained Militia

Pentagon Chief Says Iraq May Fracture Into Three Saudi Intervention Only Fans Yemen's Flames Pro-Saudi Troops Seize Yemeni Border Crossing From Houthis Kurdish Militia Wants Syrian Rebels to Lead Attack on ISIS HQ Report: Draft Nuclear Deal Offers Iran Light-Water Reactors, Fuel

Syrian Kurds Seize Northern Military Base From ISIS

Hezbollah, Syrian Army 'Foil ISIS Attack in Qalamoun'

Mass Grave Found Near Mosul; 182 Killed Across Iraq

Afghanistan's Security on the Brink of Collapse

Taliban Strike Afghan Parliament as Lawmakers Meet

Yazidis Flee Iraq; 109 Killed Across Country

Syria's al-Qaeda Leader Praises Chief of Yemen's al-Qaeda Branch Killed in US Drone Strike

Kurds Find ISIS Tunnel Near Turkish Border

Iran Negotiators Willing to Breach Deadline on Nuclear Talks

Pakistan Officer Was Involved in Parliament Attack, Afghanistan Authorities Say

Syria's Druze in the Line of Fire as War Finally Catches Up With Them

Tweets......

Iraq & Syria....

 Ashleigh Fox and 20 others follow

World Bank ‏@WorldBank  2h

2 hours ago

4M refugees out of 22M #Syrians are spread across Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon & beyond: http://wrld.bg/OD53Y 

 Baghdad Invest favorited

Baghdad Invest ‏@baghdadinvest  4h

4 hours ago

Talk of partitioning Iraq sometimes ignores the risks and dangers involved in doing so, http://www.baghdadinvest.com/divide-quit-iraqi-carve-may-not-clean-cut-sounds/ …

Al-Monitor ‏@AlMonitor  4h

4 hours ago

The Kurdistan Regional Government is seeking to borrow $5 billion from private international banks http://almon.co/2gge  #TwitterKurds

 Al-Monitor

KRG seeks $5 billion lifeline

Kurdish parliamentarians rejected the KRG's move to borrow $5 billion from international banks in light of a severe budget deficit, arguing that this would impose a heavy burden on the government...

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Yemen.....

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RT ‏@RT_com  Jun 22

MoD confirms Britain is arming Saudi Arabia in Yemen conflict http://on.rt.com/a65mvl 

 Ashleigh Fox and 44 others follow

Foreign Policy ‏@ForeignPolicy  1h

1 hour ago

Yemen's warring factions can't even agree to sit around a table together. http://atfp.co/1K8XG12 

Hisham Al-Omeisy ‏@omeisy  5h

5 hours ago

Hisham Al-Omeisy retweeted Jeremy Bowen

If Saudi airstrikes & blockade on #Yemen not working, strategy not changing, it begs question: what is end goal?

Hisham Al-Omeisy added,

Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC

Have just spent 5 days in Sanaa, #Yemen. Many civilians dead and injured in Saudi coalition raids - without breaking Houthi will to fight

Libya.....

 EU Court of Justice and 14 others follow

FRANCE 24 ‏@FRANCE24  3h

3 hours ago

Political unrest, migrant influx a ticking time bomb for Libya http://f24.my/1J34DPI 

 FRANCE 24

Africa - Political unrest, migrant influx a ticking time bomb for...

By FRANCE 24 English @France24_en

FRANCE 24 spoke to supporters of the Fajr Libya militia, which is one of two rival Libyan governments and based in the capital, Tripoli. The international community recognises a separate government...

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Al-Monitor ‏@AlMonitor  9h

9 hours ago

Released Clinton emails tell distinctly less heroic story of French intervention in #Libya http://almon.co/2gga  @CongressPulse

 Al-Monitor

Emails to Hillary contradict French tale on Libya war

Ex-CIA source says French intel service “created” rebel group.

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VICE News ‏@vicenews  10h

10 hours ago

Boats from Norway and Denmark have rescued 992 migrants off the coast of Libya in the last 24 hours: http://bit.ly/1eFL71Q 

 VICE News

Scandinavian Ships Rescue Nearly 1,000 Migrants in 24 Hours | VICE...

Boats from Norway and Denmark have picked up 992 migrants off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea in the last 24 hours.

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Iran ......

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Wall Street Journal ‏@WSJ  Jun 22

U.K. says Iran needs to show more flexibility in nuclear talks http://on.wsj.com/1JdHixI 

 Top news story

KJ Foster ‏@jcfoster2  4h

4 hours ago

"Iran’s Supreme Leader Stiffens His Position on Nuclear Talks" by THOMAS ERDBRINK and RICK GLADSTONE via NYT http://ift.tt/1FzzQ8e 

 The New York Times

Iran’s Supreme Leader Stiffens His Position on Nuclear Talks

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled out a freeze on Iran’s sensitive nuclear work for long periods and insisted that all sanctions must be lifted immediately.

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 fred walton retweeted

Al Arabiya English ‏@AlArabiya_Eng  6h

6 hours ago

#BREAKING: Khamenei says international inspections of Iran’s military sites are out of question http://ara.tv/ycdvy 

 Loukia Gyftopoulou and 14 others follow

Reuters World ‏@ReutersWorld  11h

11 hours ago

Iran parliament bars key nuclear concessions in talks with big powers http://reut.rs/1Lz1ebR 

Af-Pak....

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Terrormonitor.org ‏@Terror_Monitor  Jun 19

Lisbon, Portugal

#ISIS Growing Foothold In #Afghanistan, Release Photos Of Their Latest Programs From #Nangarhar Province

NBC News ‏@NBCNews  Jun 21

Taliban splinters as ISIS makes inroads in Afghanistan http://nbcnews.to/1TFjtSw 

 Terrormonitor.org and 2 others follow

Himalaya ‏@Himalaya888  Jun 19

Zikri Muslim sect in #Balochistan Pakistan fears attack from hardline pro #ISIS groups.

by Malik Achakzai http://upi.com/5155198t  via @upi

 UPI.com

Pakistani Muslim sect fears attack from hard-line militants

Graffiti glorifying the Islamic State in southwestern Pakistan has sparked fear among Zikri Muslims, targeted by hard-line militants, community leaders say.

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