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Colin Powell told Clinton he bypassed official servers to email foreign leaders

9 September 2016

Colin Powell told Hillary Clinton, his successor as secretary of state, that he used a personal computer to email foreign leaders “without going through State Department servers”, a seven-year-old email exchange reveals. Powell dismissed some of the official security restrictions on him as “nonsense” and […]

Sources: US forces mounted unsuccessful mission to rescue kidnapped American U. in Afghanistan profs

9 September 2016

profs By Lucas Tomlinson Published September 08, 2016 FoxNews.com Facebook Twitter livefyre Email Print Now Playing Sources: US rescue mission in Afghanistan aborted U.S. special operations forces mounted an unsuccessful mission to rescue two American University of Afghanistan professors kidnapped in Kabul last month — […]

‘Generation M’: Who Are the Mipsters and How Muslims are Changing the World

9 September 2016

The British writer Shelina Janmohamed talks about her new book “Generation M” on young Muslims and the way they mix religion with modernity. Sputnik Uzbekistan tried to find out what changes have occurred in modern Muslim society over the past few years. From Mipsters (Muslim […]

Clinton’s ‘Locomotive’ May Drag Americans Into Global War

9 September 2016

Hillary Clinton understands “American exceptionalism” in a particularly warped way, analysts note, adding that, if elected, she would continue to support America’s interventions against those nations which “balk at playing caboose to her locomotive.” A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for war, Bruce […]

Operation Raqqa: ‘Two Turkish Mechanized Brigade Groups Can Defeat Daesh’

9 September 2016

Recep Erdogan’s announcement about the possibility of a US-Turkish operation against Raqqa, Daesh’s stronghold in Syria, has provoked a lively debate among experts regarding the potential consequences of the joint military assault. Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s statement that Ankara is ready to join the US-led […]

Ground Operation in Raqqa Crucial for Daesh Defeat – Turkish Foreign Minister

9 September 2016

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that a ground operation in the the Syrian city of Raqqa against the Daesh could not be carried out by Turkey alone and must be thoroughly planned. This picture taken around 5 kilometres west from the Turkish Syrian border […]

US-Led Coalition Destroys Daesh Oil Workover Rig in Syria

9 September 2016

The US-led anti-Daesh coalition on Wednesday destroyed an oil workover rig, as well as other oil infrastructure. Smoke rises from the site of U.S.-led air strikes in the town of Sinjar, November 12, 2015. © REUTERS/ Ari Jalal US-Led Coalition Destroys Daesh Security HQs Near […]

Syrian Army Retakes Lost Ground in Aleppo

9 September 2016

A key district in southern Aleppo has been reclaimed by the Syrian Army and its allies. The Syrian district of Ramousah was seized by rebels last month. Back under the control of the Syrian government, it could allow the Army to blockade the rebel-held eastern […]

Israeli war planes bomb Syria’s army positions in Golan Heights

9 September 2016

Israeli war planes have bombed Syrian army positions in Syria’s Golan Heights for the second time in less than a week. The Israeli military said in a statement that the attack was carried out against Syrian army mortar launchers in the early hours of Thursday […]

Saudi Warplanes bombed in Yemen 8 civilians dead

9 September 2016

Saudi warplanes have bombed a residential neighborhood in Yemen’s northwestern province of Amran, killing at least eight civilians and leaving several others injured. The new airstrike on Thursday took place in the Souq Najar district, some 53 kilometers (33 miles) northwest of the capital Sana’a, […]

Tehran rejects Arab League claims about Iran’s ‘meddling’ in Syria

9 September 2016

Iran has dismissed the recent allegations by the Arab League chief that Tehran is “interfering” in the internal affairs of Syria. Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Qassemi, on Wednesday rejected the recent remarks made by Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit as groundless and a […]

Syrian Government Swaps 169 Prisoners for Bodies of Russion Pilots

9 September 2016

The Syrian government began releasing 169 militants in its prisons in exchange for the return of the bodies of five Russian soldiers killed when their helicopter was downed, a lawyer told media. “On Tuesday, 50 inmates including seven women were set free from Adra prison […]