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From PressTV
Iraqi forces retake Ramadi government complex: Military spokesman
Iraqi forces have recaptured the former government compound in central Ramadi, the last stronghold of Daesh Takfiri militants in the western city, the spokesman for the country’s counter-terrorism units says.
“The complex is under our complete control, there is no presence whatsoever of Daesh fighters in the complex,” Sabah al-Numan said on Sunday, adding, the entire perimeter must first be cleared of booby traps and mines before forces could move in.
“The operation is almost wrapped up. Our forces will enter in the coming hours.”
“By controlling the complex this means that they have been defeated in Ramadi,” he said, adding, “The next step is to clear pockets that could exist here or there in the city.”
Iraqi forces had earlier in the day surrounded the complex in the capital of the western province of Anbar.
“We’re seeing lots of Daesh bodies, killed in the air strikes on the compound,” Numan said.
The offensive to clear the city from the last Daesh stronghold began five days ago.
Aslo on Sunday, Iraqi army troops managed to secure eight districts of Ramadi, including al-Baker, Mo’allemin, al-Andalus and Hoz.
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From PressTV
Israeli forces shoot dead two more Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians over an alleged stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the West Bank said on Sunday that the victims of the attack in Huwara in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank were aged 17 and 23.
The Israeli regime’s military claimed that the slain Palestinians had stabbed an Israeli soldier, slightly wounding him, before being gunned down by Zionist troops.
Some 140 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis in the recent wave of clashes between the two sides since the start of October.
Tensions have dramatically escalated since the Israeli regime’s imposition of restrictions in August on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
Israeli forces hold a position during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the village of Silwad, northwest of Ramallah, on December 26, 2015. (AFP Photo)
Palestinians say Tel Aviv seeks to change the status quo of al-Aqsa. They are also angry with Israeli extremists who, escorted by army forces, have stepped up their raids on the sensitive site, which is Islam’s third holiest after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has voiced concerns over the excessive use of force and “extrajudicial killing” of Palestinians by Israeli forces. The body says that the circumstances surrounding several of the Palestinian deaths over the past weeks remain disputed.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Senior Russian rabbi accuses Ukrainian president of ‘using Jewish card’
(JTA) — A senior Russian rabbi accused the president of Ukraine of glossing over his country’s Holocaust record and lying about Russia’s treatment of Jews.
Rabbi Boruch Gorin, spokesman for Rabbi Berel Lazar, one of Russia’s chief rabbis, made the accusation in an Op-Ed published Friday on the news site Jewish.ru following President Petro Poroshenko’s Dec. 22-24 visit.
The criticism by Gorin, chairman of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, focused on Poroshenko’s allegation that Jews in Crimea are barred from entering synagogues and his claim that they are in danger from the “cultivation of anti-Semitism” there, as Poroshenko said during a speech at the Knesset.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine last year, citing the need to protect minorities, including Jews, from Ukrainians following the overthrow of a government that was seen as pro-Russian.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Islamic State leader threatens Israel, Jews
(JTA) — The leader of the Islamic State threatened Israel and Jews in a taped message that is said to be from him.
“The Jews thought we forgot Palestine and that they had distracted us from it. Not at all, Jews. We did not forget Palestine for a moment. With the help of Allah, we will not forget it,” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said in the message released Saturday. “The pioneers of the jihadist fighters will surround you on a day that you think is distant and we know is close. We are getting closer every day.
“You will never find comfort in Palestine, Jews. Palestine will not be your land or your home, but it will be a graveyard for you. Allah has gathered you in Palestine so that the Muslims may kill you.”
The message was posted on Twitter accounts that have published Islamic State statements in the past. It has not been verified as actually originating from Baghdadi.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher donate $1 million to help Syrians
(JTA) — British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife, actress Isla Fisher, have donated some $1 million to help Syrian children.
The couple is giving about half the sum to the Save the Children charity to pay for measles vaccinations for children in northern Syria and the rest will go to the International Rescue Committee to help refugees in Syria and in neighboring countries. The latter donation will help pay for health care, housing and sanitation, the French news agency AFP reported Sunday.
Cohen, who is Jewish, starred as Borat in the movie of the same name and in other films. Fisher converted to Judaism when she married Cohen.
The New York-based IRC is run by former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who is Jewish.
From Russia Today
Nasrallah vows vengeance on Israel, accuses Netanyahu of seeking to legitimize annexed Golan
Published time: 28 Dec, 2015 00:35
Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, © Aziz Taher / Reuters Israel is using the chaos created by the Syrian conflict to legitimize its annexation of the Golan Heights, head of Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, told his followers, while threatening “retaliation” for Israel’s killing of their commander in Syria.
“We all followed and know well how Netanyahu put a great deal of effort with the American leadership and Western governments in the past years and still does till today, to obtain international recognition of Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights under the excuse of the Syrian conflict,” Nasrallah said in a weekend speech.
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria after the 1967 Six-Day War, which created an armistice line under Israeli military control. Syria unsuccessfully tried to retake the Golan Heights during the 1973 War. An armistice was concluded in 1974, resulting in a UN observer force being deployed along the ceasefire line.
Israel unilaterally annexed the Golan Heights in 1981 – a move that is not recognized internationally – and has built more than 30 Jewish settlements in the area over the last three and a half decades. Since the start of the Syrian conflict, Israel has carried out a number of military operations when fighting has neared the area.
“When the activities of the resistance started near the Golan, Israel grew very anxious, and it started retaliating in a disproportionate manner to any shelling or gunfire on the border, even if it did not cause casualties,” he said.
