March, 2019

• 7 March

  Putin Officially Suspends Russia's Participation In INF Treaty With U.S.

  The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree suspending Russia’s participation in a key Cold War-era nuclear arms-control agreement with the United States.

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• 6 March

  The caliphate is a hellscape of smoke and fire – Isis has nowhere left to go

  There is a flash of light in the dark town as an airstrike hits an Islamic State weapons depot. A few seconds later, a ball of flame engulfs the entire neighbourhood. The sonic boom sends shockwaves through Baghuz, shaking the ground miles away, and for a second everything and everyone …

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• 6 March

  Ten Islamic State members executed by rival jihadists in northwest Syria

  Ten members of Islamic State were summarily executed in Syria’s Idlib province on Saturday by Tahrir al-Sham, according to Ebaa News Agency, a news outlet that supports the rival jihadist alliance.

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• 6 March

  Islamic State deploys car bombs in defense of last enclave

  Islamic State unleashed car bombs against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) assaulting Baghouz, in a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat in its final patch of territory, fighters from the U.S.-backed force said on Sunday.

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• 6 March

  UK bans Hezbollah, designates it as terrorist group

  Being a member or inviting support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah became illegal March 1 in the United Kingdom, carrying a possible prison sentence of up to 10 years.

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• 6 March

  Palestinians: No Peace or Reconciliation with the 'Infidels'

  In a recent move, Palestinians have begun resorting to Islam to justify their vehement opposition to normalization of relations with Israel. Palestinian leaders and activists have long cited political and nationalist reasons to explain their opposition to any form of normalization with Israel — but Islam is a new factor …

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• 5 March

  Report: Iran Forming All-Syrian Militia in Syria

  Iranian military advisers in Syria are reportedly forming a new militia in the country under their supervision with the aim of boosting an Iranian agenda in the region, a rights group said in a recent report.

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• 5 March

  Osama bin Laden's son Hamza emerging as new al-Qaeda leader

  One of the sons of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is emerging as the new leader of the militant group, according to the State Department. The United States is offering a reward for information on Hamza bin Laden, thought to be about 30 years old and based near …

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• 5 March

  The Islamic State is dying … but believers in its radical ideology live on

  She was covered from head to toe in black. Identifying herself only as Um Bassam, the mother of Bassam, she told me she was 25 years old, the mother of four children, a widow, and from the city of Aleppo.

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• 5 March

  Lebanon's Hezbollah slams Britain's terrorist group listing

  The Lebanese group Hezbollah condemned on Friday the British government’s decision to list it as a terrorist organization, saying the move showed “servile obedience” to the United States.

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