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| US Military Launches 'Cyberwar' to Keep ISIS Off Twitter |
| Al-Qaeda Rejects Syria Ceasefire, Urges More Fighting |
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| Dozens Sickened After Rocket Attack; 64 Killed in Iraq |
| Powerful Iraq Shi'ite Cleric Says PM's Position at Stake Unless He Reforms |
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| Chaos as Migration System 'Close to Collapse' |
| Slovenian Police Say There Is Regional Agreement to Limit Migrant Flow |
| Austria Falls Out With Mighty Neighbor Germany in Refugee Crisis |
| Hungary Raps EU, Sees Migrant Quota Referendum in 150 Days at Earliest |
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| Turkish Military Helicopters Kill 9 in Strikes on PKK Targets |
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| Aid Group Urges Europe to Halt Arms to Saudis Bombing Yemen |
| Terrorist Wanted by Israel Murdered at Palestinian Embassy in Bulgaria |
Tweets........
UN aid to Syria falls into hands of Assad forces http://ow.ly/YMFwN
Duran Kalkan“The guerrillas have not participated in the clashes but this spring will become the Kurdish uprising”
Syria .....
Fragile Syria ceasefire enters second day http://trib.al/aHUjTIu
Syrian Kurdish Council opens Geneva office to ‘contribute to pe http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/28022016 … via @RudawEnglish
Interesting list of attendees - A number of foreign diplomats attended the opening ceremony of the KNC office among them Andreas Krüger, head of the Middle East division of the German Foreign Office, Berk Baran, deputy permanent representative of Turkey’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Abdulhadi Saeed Al-Gahtani, first secretary at Saudi Arabia’s mission, Maxim Efimov of the Russian mission and the UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura.
So far the agreed Syria ceasefire looks OK. But fragile. Could pave way for political talks March 7. Let's hope. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/russia-halts-air-strikes-syria-truce-takes-hold-160227093526008.html …
Ahrar commander in Aleppo: "We clashed with regime after midnight, but didn't last more than 30 min. We are committed to truce if regime is"
#SYRIA: Rebels & activists are indeed reporting intermittent shelling, etc. But all I've spoken to say "it's nothing" compared to the usual
#SYRIA: Russia says it has identified rebel areas it won't bomb during ceasefire, but that it stopped *all* raids today to avoid "mistakes"
Libya......
Where Weapons Trafficked From #Libya Have Been Found
The European Union fears Mediterranean migrant smuggling gangs are reviving a route fr Egypt-officials told Reuters.
Tobruk vote up in the air...
British 'advisers' deployed to Libya to build anti-Isil cells http://tgr.ph/L1hZGG
Libya Al Hurra
#Libya: Zeidan how the CBL was ordered to pay salaries of terror orgs, incl Ansar Sharia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nOzqlbRxoU&feature=youtu.be … pic.twitter.com/faA9hGibcn
Can't recommend this @CrisisGroup report highly enough: "The Prize: Fighting for #Libya’s Energy Wealth" http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/libya/165-the-prize-fighting-for-libya-s-energy-wealth.aspx …
UN cites torture, murder, impunity in largely lawless #Libya
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/un-human-rights-chief-seeks-security-council-action-on-libya/2016/02/25/801b5e3e-db96-11e5-8210-f0bd8de915f6_story.html …
Iraq.......
Jordan lifts visa requirement on Kurds, listing Kurdistan as an independent country. Iraqis still require a visa.
Sunday Dialogue: Fixing the Iraq Mess. http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640370/s/4de59398/sc/7/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A160C0A20C280Copinion0Csunday0Cfixing0Ethe0Eiraq0Emess0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm …
Moktada al-Sadr, unmatched master of the Shiite street, flexes his muscles again in Iraq http://nyti.ms/1TFQJcz
#Iraq: "The future of the whole country is under a heavy cloud." http://bit.ly/24sCltc
PM #Barzani unsure who sabotaged #Erbil-#Ceyhan pipeline, not blaming #PKK
http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=197571 …
Iraq summoned UAE envoy over the comments on Shiite militia forces http://xhne.ws/In4im
#US contradicts Turkey, says it is not reconsidering its support to #Syria #Kurdish #YPG
http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=19754 …
#Turkey blocks satellite channel for "spreading terrorist" propaganda
http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=197487 …
WATCH: The secret banking system of ISIS in Iraq http://ara.tv/wsbdz
#Kirkuk-#Ceyhan pipeline will remain offline for another two weeks due to security situation
http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=197413 …
Kurdish socialist party criticize #PKK, #PYD for banning Rudaw
http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=197445 …
Thousands of #migrants have gone missing in #Germany
http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=197437 …
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