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From PressTV
Russia detects 12,000 Daesh oil tankers near Turkey
Russia says it has spotted some 12,000 tankers and trucks that are smuggling oil from territories held by Daesh terrorists in Syria and Iraq to Turkey.
“The [aerial] imagery was made in the vicinity of Zakho (a city in Iraq’s Kurdistan region). There were 11,775 tankers and trucks on both sides of the Turkish-Iraqi border,” Chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operations Department Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoy told journalists on Friday.
“It must be noted that oil from both Iraq and Syria come through this [Zakho] checkpoint,” Rudskoy added.
According to the official, the terrorists are changing oil trafficking routes to avoid Russian air raids in Syria, but Turkey remains their final destination.
“They are changing logistics and laying new routes for crude oil smuggling to avoid Russian airstrikes,” Rudskoy said, stressing, “However, despite a considerable diversion, the finishing point of the trafficking route remains Turkey.”
He further noted that some 2,000 oil tank trucks belonging to Daesh have been destroyed since the start of Russia’s anti-terror operations in Syria in late September.
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From PressTV
New heights liberated in northwestern Syria
Fri Dec 25, 2015 3:37PM
Syrian forces have seized control of major hilltops held by terrorists in the northwestern province of Latakia.
Syria’s official news agency SANA said on Friday that the army and volunteer fighters liberated the Jabal al-Naom heights in the northern countryside of the province.
The liberation operation lasted only 12 hours, SANA said, adding that several major militant hideouts were also destroyed. Many terrorists were forced to flee to the nearby towns of Salmi and Rabi’a.
With the control over the hilltops, the Syrian forces now have better access to the positions of militants in the village of Salmi.
Syrian forces also carried out other successful operations south of the capital, Damascus, with reports saying that they managed to destroy a series of tortuous tunnels leading to the town of Darayya.
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From PressTV
Op to liberate Mosul to follows Ramadi liberation: Iraq PM
Fri Dec 25, 2015 11:32AM
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi forces will move to free the strategic northern city of Mosul once they have liberated Anbar’s provincial capital city of Ramadi from Daesh terrorists.
“The liberation of dear Mosul will be achieved with the cooperation and unity of all Iraqis after the victory in Ramadi,” Abadi said in a statement on Friday.
The comments came on the same day as volunteer fighters purged areas in al-Karmah some 48 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, and adjacent areas of Daesh militants following intense clashes.
On Thursday evening, Iraqi intelligence forces and army troops launched an operation in Ramadi, about 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, and captured a high-ranking Daesh militant commander identified by the nom de guerre Abu Bakr.
They also secured a road in the town of Albu Faraj, located more than 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of the capital, clearing booby-trapped houses and defusing several improvised explosive devices.
Iraqi volunteer troopers also destroyed several explosives-laden vehicles in the al-Sabihat region of Karmah as Daesh militants sought to ram the cars into the positions of the Popular Mobilization units.
Additionally, Iraqi security forces repelled a Daesh offensive against the Sab’in district in the troubled western province of Anbar on Thursday, killing seven terrorists in the process. The rest of Daesh members reportedly fled the scene after the unsuccessful bid.
The northern and western parts of Iraq have been plagued by violence ever since Daesh began an offensive through Iraqi territory in June 2014. Army soldiers and Popular Mobilization units have joined forces and are seeking to take back militant-held regions in joint operations.
From Russia Today
Pentagon refuses to share intel on ISIS until Moscow’s stance on Assad changes
Published time: 26 Dec, 2015 01:30
A Su-34 multifunctional strike bomber of the Russian Aerospace Force takes off from the Hemeimeem Air Base in the Syrian province of Latakia. © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Reuters
Washington will not share intelligence data on Islamic State positions in Syria and will not accept Moscow’s offer to cooperate on rooting out terrorism until Moscow changes its position on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s future, the Pentagon said.
Ever since the start of the Russian campaign in Syria in late September, Moscow has been offering to share information with the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), urging Washington to reciprocate. After months of extensive diplomatic efforts by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and the Kremlin, the Pentagon is still refusing to enter the proposed cooperation.
“We are not going to cooperate with Russia on Syria until they change their strategy of supporting Assad and instead focus on ISIL,” US Defense Department Spokesperson Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza told Sputnik on Friday.
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From Russia Today
Radical Orthodox Jews stab photo of murdered Arab baby at wedding ceremony (VIDEO)
Published time: 24 Dec, 2015 11:01
A relative of 18-month-old Palestinian baby Ali Dawabsheh, who was killed after his family’s house was set to fire in a suspected attack by Jewish extremists, shows his picture at the burnt house in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus July 31, 2015 © Abed Omar Qusini / Reuters
Israeli police are investigating a wedding video in which ultra-Orthodox Jews can be seen brandishing weapons and stabbing a portrait of an 18-month-old baby who was brutally burnt to death in the summer.
The footage, which was taken at an Orthodox wedding at the start of December, was also condemned by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said he was disgusted by the “shocking images.”
“The shocking pictures that were broadcast this evening show the true face of a group that constitutes a danger to Israeli society and to the security of Israel. We are not prepared to accept people who deny the laws of the state and do not view themselves as subject to them. The pictures underscore how important a strong ISA (Shin Bet) is to the security of us all,” he wrote on Facebook, as cited by the Jerusalem Post.
The video showed a number of youths with ear locks and wearing skull caps dancing. One person could be seen with a Molotov cocktail, while others were brandishing knives and guns. However, most shockingly, a person is seen stabbing a portrait of Ali Dawabsheh, the toddler who was killed as he slept earlier this year in the town of Duma.
The attack, early on the morning of July 31, saw unidentified Israeli assailants hurl a Molotov cocktail through a window of the Dawabsheh’s home. Saad Dawabsheh’s 18-month-old son, Ali, was killed in the blaze, while his other son, 4, and his wife were seriously injured. Saad later died of injuries he sustained in the attack.
The arsonists left inscriptions on the wall of the house, saying: “Long live the Messiah” and “Revenge.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Knesset passes law opponents say will benefit illegal West Bank outposts
(JTA)— Israel’s Knesset passed a controversial law that requires greater transparency from the World Zionist Organization’s Settlement Division, but which opponents claim will funnel money to illegal settlements in the West Bank.
The bill, sponsored by Jewish Home member Bezalel Smotrich, was approved by a vote of 53-48 and signed into law Thursday, the Times of Israel reported
The law recognizes the World Zionist Organization’s Settlement Division as a government arm and authorizes it to fund and assist rural Jewish communities in both Israel proper and the West Bank.
“Today, it was clarified that despite perceptions among Israel’s left, which rejects outright the idea of settlements, Zionism has won,” Smotrich said, according to the Times of Israel “During the struggle of the last few months, the forces in the Knesset that have tired of Zionism came together to bring down this law. Today, despite that, Zionism has won.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Yesh Atid leader: Right-wing Jewish extremists have ‘wider circles of support’
(JTA) — Knesset member Yair Lapid urged the Shin Bet security service to take stronger action to counter Jewish terrorism.
In a letter to the head of the Shin Bet security service and Israel’s police chief, Lapid, who leads the Yesh Atid party, wrote “the circles of violence and incitement of Jewish terror can no longer be attributed to just a few dozen ‘isolated’ youths living in specific settlement places,” the Times of Israel reported, citing coverage on the Hebrew-language Ynet news site Thursday.
“Surrounding these young people are wider circles of support — ideological, political, and likely also operational,” Lapid’s letter continued, adding that “it is impossible to deal with Jewish terror without broader police and Shin Bet treatment of the incitement that leads to it.”
Lapid described right-wing Jewish extremists as “a direct threat to Israeli sovereignty.”
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