Retired Lt.-Gen. Keith Kellogg attended an Iranian opposition event in Paris.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Four Islamic State members, including two leaders, killed in eastern Iraq
Iraqi airstrike in Hamrin Mountains kills four Islamic State militants, including two senior leaders.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Four Islamic State members, including two leaders, killed in eastern Iraq
De Mevius, Brabec, take Dakar sixth stage honours
Belgian Guillaume de Mevius claimed stage six behind the wheel of a Mini as the Dakar Rally resumed on Saturday after a rest day.Defending bike champion Ricky Brabec took the honours on two wheels, the Honda rider coming in ahead of Adrien Van Beveren and Jose Ignacio Cornejo after the 605km special from Hail to Al Duwadimi.It was a good day for the Mini team with De Mevius followed home by his Portuguese teammate Joao Ferreira, with five-time champion Nasser Al-Attiyah in third.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: De Mevius, Brabec, take Dakar sixth stage honours
IDF reveals how terrorists use mosques in West Bank
The IDF has killed at least 165 terrorists in approximately 110 air strikes in the West Bank since the beginning of the multi-front war.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF reveals how terrorists use mosques in West Bank
Wine tourism: Visit the historic wineries of the Galilee in Israel's North
Whilst you enjoy the Galilee and sample its riches, never forget that the Galilee of Israel today is a mere moment in a long ancient history.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Wine tourism: Visit the historic wineries of the Galilee in Israel's North
Sudan army says enters key paramilitary-held Al-Jazira state capital
The Sudanese military and allied armed groups launched an offensive Saturday on key Al-Jazira state capital Wad Madani, entering the city after more than a year of paramilitary control, the army said.In a statement, the armed forces "congratulated" the Sudanese people on "our forces entering the city of Wad Madani this morning".Sudan's army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries have been at war since April 2023, leading to what the UN calls the world's worst displacement crisis and declarations of famine in parts of the northeast African country.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Sudan army says enters key paramilitary-held Al-Jazira state capital
Syria, Lebanon pledge firm ties after years of tensions
Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese head of government to Damascus since the start of the civil war in 2011.Prime Minister Najib Mikati's trip came after Islamist-led rebels seized Damascus last month, bringing an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad.Previous Lebanese governments refrained from visits to Syria amid tensions at home over the militant group Hezbollah's support for Assad during the conflict.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Syria, Lebanon pledge firm ties after years of tensions
Decade after IS abduction, Yazidi survivor returns to Iraq
Her family had lost hope she would ever return after Islamic State fighters took her and thousands of other Yazidi women and girls as sex slaves from Iraq into Syria during their reign of terror.A decade later, 27-year-old Silvana Khider walked for days across Syria as president Bashar al-Assad's rule came to an end, and was reunited with her sister in Iraq.While she was taken by IS, she spent the last years of her ordeal in Syria's Idlib province, bastion of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that spearheaded Assad's fall on December 8.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Decade after IS abduction, Yazidi survivor returns to Iraq
Thousands of armed militia in Iran march against 'threats'
Thousands of fighters linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps paraded with heavy weapons and vehicles through the streets of Tehran on Friday showing their readiness to face "threats".The parade by paramilitary Basij volunteers comes after the weakening of Iran's allies Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, during wars with Israel. It also follows last month's toppling by Islamist-led rebels of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, whom Tehran also supported.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Thousands of armed militia in Iran march against 'threats'
Weakening of Hezbollah allowed Lebanon to fill vacant presidency
The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked parliament to reach consensus around a president who has the confidence of the international community.Army chief Joseph Aoun, who was elected on Thursday ending a more than two-year vacancy, signalled a readjustment of Lebanon's foreign policy as the country works with international creditors to forge a way out of six years of deepening financial crisis.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Weakening of Hezbollah allowed Lebanon to fill vacant presidency