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By Paul Antonopoulos 20/03/2017 BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:18 A.M.) – At least two Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in western Iran after the Kurdish militant group of Zagros Eagles launched an attack. The attack on the Kurdish town of Mariwan also resulted in another member of the IRGC being transported to hospital with severe injuries. “They [Zagros Eagles] are an independent organization. They announced the anti-IRGC attack and our sources confirmed the occurrence of clashes and some casualties in Mariwan,” Arash Saleh, representative of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in Washington, told ARA News. “I wouldn’t be surprised …

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03/19/2017 Op-ed: The Israeli Right’s dream about a US administration that would support the settlements anywhere, at any time and at any extent, seems to have vanished. Trump’s envoy, Jason Greenblatt, came to the region looking for a deal. It doesn’t matter what deal, as long as it’s finalized quickly, and as long as Netanyahu and Abbas thank Donald the miracle worker. The Jalazone refugee camp nearly touches the settlement of Beit El. The camp is located on the western side of the Ramallah-Nablus road, and the settlement is on the eastern side. A tall concrete wall was built along …

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Netanyahu says ‘honest, authentic’ meeting with Jason Greenblatt failed to yield coordinated policy, but process is ongoing BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF March 14, 2017 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that talks with US President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace envoy, Jason Greenblatt, did not yield an agreement for a coordinated US-Israeli position on West Bank settlements, but described the meeting as “good” and “honest.” “I have to say that I had good conversations, in-depth ones. I can’t say we finished or came to an agreement,” he told reporters at a press conference. “We’re in a process, but it’s …

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DEBKAfile March 12, 2017, 8:31 PM (IDT) Jason Greenblatt, President Donald |Trump’s special adviser on international negotiations  has scheduled meetings Monday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah Tuesday in an effort to jump-start the long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The US embassy in Israel issued an official communiqué stating that discussions on relocating the embassy to Jerusalem will not be part of Greenblatt’s mission. He will also meet President Reuven Rivlin and opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog. .Saturday, Trump held his first conversation with Abbas. According to a White House press release, Trump …

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March 11, 2017 The explosion of two bombs near a cemetery in the Bab Masala area of Damascus has killed and injured dozens of people, Syrian official news agency reported. A brief SANA report said “two terrorist bombs” near the Bab al-Saghir cemetery had killed “a number of martyrs” and injured other people. The Bab al-Saghir cemetery located near one of the seven gates of the Old City of Damascus. Press TV later reported that the number of casualties has increased to 40 dead and 45 wounded. ifp

03/02/2017 By Tom Miles and John Irish | GENEVA The lead Syrian opposition negotiator at peace talks in Geneva said he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump would correct the “catastrophic” errors of his predecessor Barack Obama to become a reliable partner against “devilish” Iran. The U.N.-led negotiations edged forwards on Wednesday, for the first time in six days, as both sides saw hope of shaping the agenda to their liking, but with indirect talks wrapping up this weekend there is little prospect of any real breakthrough. “The people in Syria paid a high price because of the catastrophic mistakes made …

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ISIS leader Aby Bakr al-Baghdadi has reportedly told his fighters and supporters to retreat to Iraq’s mountainous regions according to Al-Sumaria News. According to a source in Nineveh province in speaking to Al-Sumaria News, Baghdadi gave a speech admitting that ISIS are suffering a defeat in Iraq. “Calling his speech a farewell address, al-Baghdadi circulated it among Daesh (ISIS) preachers and explained what was going on with the group,” the source said. “The preachers started talking about the defeats Daesh is suffering in Nineveh province and other parts of Iraq,” the source added.\ Almasdarnews

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Ahmad Jibril, head of Lebanon-based PFLP-GC, calls for liberation campaign ‘in the Golan, in the Galilee, from Rosh Hanikra to Aqaba’ BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF February 25, 2017 The head of a Palestinian terrorist group in Lebanon said he would like to see Iranian soldiers take part in an “all-out war” to liberate Palestine, and that the future Palestinian conquest would include an invasion of both Israel and Jordan. Ahmad Jibril, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, told Hezbollah’s Al-Mayadeen TV on February 17 that his group wants “to see the revolutionary fighters from …

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