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From Russia Today
‘US is defending ISIS’: Russia convenes UNSC meeting after US coalition strike on Syrian army
Published time: 17 Sep, 2016 20:35
© Carlo Allegri / Reuters
Moscow has called an urgent UN Security Council meeting after US-led coalition hit Syrian forces, killing 62 soldiers and wounding 100 more. The Russian FM spokeswoman blasted Washington over the indiscriminate airstrike that she said serves the interests of ISIS terrorists.
“If previously we had suspicions that Al-Nusra Front is protected this way, now, after today’s airstrikes on the Syrian army we come to a really terrifying conclusion for the entire world: The White House is defending IS [Islamic State, formerly ISIS/ISIL],” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Rossiya 24.
“We demand a full and detailed explanation from Washington. That explanation must be given at the UN Security Council,” Zakharova added.
The Foreign Ministry has demanded full and detailed explanation from Washington over the incident in Deir ez-Zor, in which 62 Syrian troops were killed and over 100 injured.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Right-populist party’s strong showing in Berlin voting seen as ‘Nazi renaissance’
Germany’s right-wing Alternative For Germany (AfD) party Chairwoman Frauke Petry and Spokesman Jorg Meuthen at the AfD federal party congress in Essen, Germany, July 4, 2015 (Volker Hartmann/ Getty Images)
BERLIN (JTA) — In what one German Jewish leader is calling a “Nazi renaissance,” Germany’s newest right-populist party — Alternative for Germany — has broken the Berlin barrier, gaining seats for the first time in that state’s parliament.
The anti-immigrant, Euro-sceptic party, which has been plagued by controversies over anti-Semitism in its ranks, finished fifth in Sunday’s vote with 14.1 percent. AfD, as the party is known, now has seats on legislatures in 10 states following several elections this year. The party was founded in 2013.
Winning the Berlin election was the Social Democratic Party, which retained power over the party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Christian Democratic Union, with 21.6 percent of the vote to 17.5 percent.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Colin Powell in leaked email: Israel has 200 nukes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a private email exchange that Israel has 200 nuclear warheads.
The exchange last year from Powell’s private gmail account was leaked late last week by hackers, The Associated Press reported.
Powell told the AP on Friday through a spokeswoman that he was referring to public estimates of Israel’s nukes.
Powell is a retired Army general who has served as White House national security adviser and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is not known whether he still retains a national security clearance. He resigned as secretary of state in November 2004, the last time he served in public office.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
NY attorney general says Trump ‘opened door’ to anti-Semitic rhetoric
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaking at a news conference in New York City, Sept. 13, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — New York State’s attorney general said Donald Trump “opened the door” to anti-Semitic rhetoric.
Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat who is investigating Trump University, tweeted Friday that Trump’s behavior was “deeply disappointing.”
Deeply disappointing that @realDonaldTrump has opened the door to this type of anti-Semitic rhetoric. https://t.co/WYQmBPIeRq
From Russia Today
Quarter of French Muslims favor ultra-conservative form of Islam
Published time: 19 Sep, 2016 14:05
© Raheb Homavandi/ / Reuters
More than a quarter of French Muslims, mostly aged under 25, support an ultra-conservative form of Islam, including the wearing of the full-face veil, a new survey shows. The majority of people who identify as Muslim support strict French secular laws, however.
The survey of 1,029 people was commissioned by Ifop, and carried out by a liberal think tank, Institut Montaigne.
At least 60 percent of the respondents said girls should be allowed to wear the headscarf in school and college, the survey published exclusively in Le Journal du Dimanche (LJD) weekly found.
Twelve years after headscarves and other religious symbols were forbidden in classrooms, the ban no longer seems to convince Muslims in France, the LJD reported.
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From Russia Today
Turkey’s Erdogan plans to expand Syrian military op, wants ‘safe zones’
Published time: 19 Sep, 2016 12:22
Turkish soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier escort a military convoy on a main road in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 26, 2016. © Umit Bektas / Reuters
Ankara may continue its operation against Islamic State deeper into Syria – to within just 50km of Aleppo, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Turkish military plans to create a 5,000-sq-km safe zone within the country. TrendsIslamic State, Syria unrest, Syria-Turkey
Erdogan says Turkey’s operation in Syria, Euphrates Shield, which started on August 24, has cleared border regions from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
“As part of the Euphrates Shield operation, an area of 900 sq km has been cleared of terror so far. This area is pushing south,” Erdogan said, as cited by Reuters.
However, the Turkish president wants to increase the area of this safe zone, which is also aimed at stopping the advance of Syrian Kurdish forces. “We may extend this area to 5,000 sq km as part of a safe zone,” he added.
President Erdogan also stated that the Turkish military would continue its push further into Syria and its troops would look to capture the IS-held town of Al-Bab, which is some 50km north-east of Aleppo.
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From Russia Today
Syrian Army warplane shot down, pilot killed – SANA
Published time: 18 Sep, 2016 14:07
© Osman Orsal / Reuters
A Syrian military jet was shot down during a combat mission against Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) near the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, Syrian state SANA news agency reports, citing a military source.
The pilot died in the incident, the source added. The Syrian Air Force carried out “concentrated airstrikes” on IS positions in the Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods of al-Tharda Mountain, al-Orfi and al-Kanamat.
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From PressTV
Syrian, Russian jets pound Daesh positions in Dayr al-Zawr
Mon Sep 19, 2016 7:47AM
Syrian and Russian jets have attacked Daesh positions in Dayr al-Zawr following a US bombing which killed 62 government troops in the eastern town and allowed the Takfiri group to make gains.
Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen TV said the attacks on Monday wiped out several Daesh positions and inflicted heavy losses. Two arms depots and several oil tankers of the Takfiri group were destroyed in the airstrikes.
Daesh controls large parts of Dayr al-Zawr city as well as most of the province for which it is the capital. The terrorist group chiefly relies on oil fields in the province to fund its atrocious war in Syria.
The Syrian army has been fighting it out against Daesh for the control of a key military airbase there. Syrian troops came under heavy US aerial bombardment on Saturday, which Damascus says was premeditated.
Dayr al-Zawr has been effectively under a Takfiri siege since early 2015 but the terrorists have suffered major setbacks over the past few months during which the Syrian army has liberated several areas.
On Sunday, a senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Damascus believed the US airstrike in Dayr al-Zawr was “intentional.”
“None of the facts on the ground show that what happened was a mistake or a coincidence,” Buthaina Shaaban told AFP.
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From PressTV
Israeli fighter jets carry out new airstrikes on Gaza Strip
Israeli military aircraft have carried out three air strikes against areas in the Gaza Strip in yet another act of aggression across the region.
The first airstrike struck an open area northwest of Beit Lahia city in the early hours of Thursday morning, Arabic-language Safa news agency reported.
The second attack targeted the Shima’a area northwest of Beit Lahia, causing a fire. The third attack hit eastern Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City.
There were no immediate reports about the possible casualties.
The airstrikes came hours after Tel Aviv claimed that a mortar shell fired from the coastal enclave had hit an open terrain in the Eshkol regional council. The projectile reportedly did not cause any damage.
The Israeli military frequently bombs the Gaza Strip. The disproportionate force is always used in violation of international law, and civilians are often killed or injured.
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From Ynet News
Manhattan bombing suspect captured
Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan, lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
In addition to the blast in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood on Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey shore town before a charity 5K race, and an unexploded pressure cooker device was found blocks away from the explosion site in Chelsea. On Sunday, five explosive devices were discovered at an Elizabeth train station.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Russian ultranationalist politician with Jewish roots praises Trump
(JTA) — Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a Russian ultranationalist who has made anti-Semitic statements despite having Jewish roots, praised Donald Trump and said the two shared a “closeness.”
Zhirinovsky, whose father died in an accident after immigrating to Israel, offered the U.S. Republican presidential candidate praise during a recent news conference in Moscow, The Times of Moscow weekly reported last week.
“I feel a certain sympathy toward Donald Trump, his manner, his position,” Zhirinovsky, 70, told reporters. “He’s close to me in a way, he speaks freely and reacts instantly.”
Known for making racist and inflammatory statements – in 1996 Zhirinovsky said Russia and the United States should deport their Jews in order “to survive,” and in 2008 he suggested dropping nuclear bombs in the Atlantic Ocean to flood the United Kingdom — Zhirinovsky and his Liberal Democratic Party enjoy considerable popularity in Russia, where he finished fourth in the 2012 presidential election and third in the 1991 vote.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Donald Trump lauds Israel’s use of profiling to prevent terror attacks
Donald Trump speaking during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, July 21, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
(JTA) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lauded Israel for its success in using racial profiling to prevent terror attacks.
In a phone interview Monday with “Fox & Friends,” the network’s morning show, Trump said that U.S. police are afraid to consider religion or ethnicity when identifying suspects as potential terrorists.
“Our police are amazing. Our local police, they know who a lot of these people are,” Trump said in the interview. “They’re afraid to do anything about it because they don’t want to be accused of profiling and they don’t want to be accused of all sorts of things.
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From Russia Today
Syrian Army declares ceasefire over, unclear if it will be renewed
Published time: 19 Sep, 2016 15:12
The entrance of the Waer district is pictured in the central Syrian city of Homs, Syria September 19, 2016. © Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
The initial seven days of the nationwide ceasefire in Syria have run their course, the Syrian Army has declared. It did not add whether the truce will be reinstated in the near future.
The Syrian Army’s statement blames “terrorist groups” for jeopardizing the cessation of hostilities, Reuters reports.
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From Russia Today
Unable to ‘see beyond her own lifespan:’ AfD’s Petry slams Merkel for not having children
Published time: 16 Sep, 2016 20:52
Frauke Petry, leader of the AfD (Alternative for Germany) party (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. © AFP / Reuters
The leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party, Frauke Petry, has launched a personal attack on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, alleging she is a worse politician because she does not have her own children.
Petry blamed Merkel’s childlessness for the chancellor’s political failures. “I have four children and Merkel has none,” the AFD’s Petry told Germany’s Stern daily in an interview on Wednesday. “Children help people to see beyond their own lifespan and that is exactly what Merkel does not do,” she added, implying that the chancellor is pursuing policies as if there were no tomorrow.
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From PressTV
Israeli settlements expanded during Obama presidency: Data
Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:19PM
The Tel Aviv regime has expanded its settlement activities in the occupied territories during the presidency of Barack Obama, Israeli data show.
According to the figures, which were released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics this week, over 12,288 new settlement units were launched during Obama’s term from 2009 up to June 30, 2016, the Associated Press reported.
The most recent figures showed that in the first half of 2016 alone, work began on 1,195 settlement units.
Based on that pace of construction, the number could well exceed 13,000 housing units by the time Obama leaves office, according to the report.
The surge comes despite Obama’s repeated criticism of Israel for its settlement expansion.
Hanan Ashrawi, member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said she was “not surprised at all” by the figures, dismissing the US criticism as mere lip service.
“They did nothing to stop it. On the contrary, they looked the other way,” she said.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
NYC mayor: Explosion ‘intentional,’ but no proof of terror
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall in New York, Sept. 21, 2015. (Seth Wenig/AP Images)
(JTA) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called an explosion in Manhattan that injured at least 29 people “intentional,” but said there was no proof of terrorism.
One of the casualties of the Saturday night blast in the New York City borough was critically injured. A pregnant woman and a couple driving by in a car were among those hurt, according to reports. The explosion blew out windows in the Chelsea neighborhood and caused two nearby buildings to be evacuated.
Hours later, a second device, believed to be a bomb made from a pressure cooker, was found about four blocks away from the initial blast.
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From Russia Today
‘We regret strike on Syrian Army, but Assad still bombs indiscriminately’ – Kerry
Published time: 19 Sep, 2016 15:32
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. © Jorge Silva / Reuters
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Washington “acknowledges and regrets” the fatal airstrike on Syrian government troops by coalition jets, but blamed Syrian President Assad for “bombing people indiscriminately” and blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid.
In an interview with CNN, Kerry urged Russia to pressure Syrian leader Assad, whom he called “a spoiler [who] doesn’t want a ceasefire.”
“The biggest judgment they [Russia] need to make is to stop Assad from bombing people indiscriminately, which he continues to do,” the US secretary of state said.
“To allow Assad – who is a spoiler; he doesn’t want a ceasefire – to allow him to continue to go after opposition, pretending that they are Nusra, is in and of itself a huge challenge to this effort [to observe the ceasefire],” Kerry said.
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From Russia Today
French blogger lashes out at YouTube for trying to ‘censor’ her interview with Juncker
Published time: 19 Sep, 2016 13:51
Screenshot of the interview between video blogger Laetitia Birbes and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker © Youtube
A French video blogger who interviewed European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker has exposed a video in which a YouTube representative tries to censor her “super tough” questions. The embarrassing scene was caught on hidden camera.
“You don’t want to get on the wrong side of YouTube and the European Commission, or of the people who trust you. Except if you don’t care about having a long career on YouTube,” a YouTube employee tells Birbes, adding that he would have to discuss potential “red-flag” questions with Juncker’s spokesperson, Natasha Bertaud.
“At the beginning, I realized that YouTube was trying to gently influence me,” Birbes said in her video statement on Facebook. “Then eventually it got more serious, and at some point I felt threatened.”
YouTube wanted the conversation with Juncker to be a politics-free chat, nothing to write home about. “They wanted me to ask super soft questions. The goal was to give advertisement to Juncker.”
“They suggested I ask Juncker ‘What is happiness?’ [and] discuss his vintage Nokia phone and his dog named ‘Plato,’” Birbes told French news website Rue 89.
The French blogger, who is the host of the YouTube channel ‘Le Corps, la Maison, l’Esprit’ (The Body, the Home, the Spirit), with over 64,000 subscribers, said she was pressed to make a tough choice.
“What was difficult for me is that I felt a ball in my stomach when I talked to the YouTube guy,” she recalled.
“Clearly, I had to decide: Take the risk and lose everything I’ve succeeded in so far in order to ask the questions [that I chose], or stay within the system and ask the questions suggested by YouTube. I decided to run the risk. I wanted to be honest with myself and with all those people who trust me,” the blogger said in her video.
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From Russia Today
70% of Japanese under 34yo single, over 40% still virgins – national survey
Published time: 17 Sep, 2016 04:30
© Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
Nearly half of Japanese adults do not start having sex until after they reach 34 years of age, as the majority of young adults remain single in the country, where the population has fallen by nearly 1 million in the past five years.
The study, conducted by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, revealed that 42 percent of the men and 44.2 percent of the women aged 18 to 34 are still virgins in Japan.
The trend in society seems to have deteriorated since the last study came out in 2010. At the start of the decade, only 36.2 percent of men and 38.7 percent of women said they had never had sex.
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