November, 2019

• 1 November

  Protests in Iraq and Lebanon pose a challenge to Iran

  The day after anti-government protests erupted in Iraq, Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani flew into Baghdad late at night and took a helicopter to the heavily fortified Green Zone, where he surprised a group of top security officials by chairing a meeting in place of the prime minister.

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• 1 November

  Amal and Hezbollah supporters overrun Beirut protesters

  A group of men shouting Hezbollah and Amal Movement slogans attacked protesters and overrun a sit-in blocking a major highway before chasing the demonstrators down the hill to Martyrs’ Square and destroying the 13 day-old sit-in.

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• 1 November

  Hezbollah Supporters Break Up Lebanon Protest Camp

  BEIRUT – Hundreds of Lebanese supporters of the militant Hezbollah group, some wielding sticks, attacked a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in central Beirut, burning some of its tents and dismantling others Tuesday.

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• 1 November

  What Baghdadi’s Death Means for al Qaeda—and Why It Matters

  With ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed one day and the group’s official spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir the next, there’s a giant hole in the pseudo-Caliphate structure of the so-called Islamic State. The group must now, by its strict religious tenets, find a new (supposed) descendant of the Prophet Muhammed …

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October, 2019

• 30 October

  Iraqi PM Sends Counter-Terror Force To Put Down Street Protests

  Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has ordered the country’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) to help put down anti-government protests that have rocked the country over the past weeks, Western news agencies are reporting.

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• 30 October

  US Peace Envoy Makes First Afghan Visit After Trump Ended Taliban Talks

  The U.S. chief peace negotiator for Afghanistan met leaders in Kabul Sunday after arriving in the country on an unannounced visit, his first since President Donald Trump halted talks with Taliban insurgents on ending the Afghan war.

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• 30 October

  Statement from the President on the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

  Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He was the founder and leader of ISIS, the most ruthless and violent terror organization in the World. The United States has been searching for Baghdadi for many years. Capturing or …

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• 30 October

  RUSSIA AND TURKEY REACH A DEAL ON SYRIA

  Earlier in the week, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia, where the two leaders negotiated the contours of a post-American Syria.

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• 30 October

  BFM TV s’en prend à Boris Johnson, «le manipulateur»

  Le documentaire s’intitule « Boris Johnson : le manipulateur ». Alléchant. Je vais être honnête: je l’ai vraiment regardé en espérant apprendre qui était ce personnage que nous autres Français connaissons assez mal. J’en ai plus appris sur l’opinion de notre presse autorisée à son sujet, que sur l’homme lui-même. …

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• 25 October

  British Special Forces in Syria beat a hasty retreat following the US withdrawal

  British Special Forces in Syria have been forced to withdraw from their positions in the north of the country, following the sudden retreat of US forces.

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