[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... ’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will meet with the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and eventually appointed himself president-for-life. He has fallen out with his Islamic mentor, Hasan al-Turabi, tried to impose shariah on the Christian and animist south, resulting in its secessesion, and attempted to Arabize Darfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it. on Wednesday in Doha, according to Qatar News Agency.
The statement which was published on Monday on QNA twitter account, added that both leaders will discuss the fraternal relations between the two countries and ways of promoting them.
No further details were given.
Bashir is expected to arrive in Doha on Tuesday.
On Sunday, Qatar’s emir traveled to Beirut, making a brief presence at the start of the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit.
But the emir had abruptly left for his country after attending the summit for around an hour.
In the meantime, Sudan is struggling with near daily demonstrations triggered by a worsening economic crisis which have shaken the country since Dec. 19. Protesters have called for an end to President Omar al-Bashir’s three-decade rule, blaming him for the country’s problems.
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[AlAhram] A private rescue boat with dozens of migrants colonists aboard sought permission for a second day to enter a safe port Sunday, but said so far its queries to several nations haven't succeeded.
Another vessel crowded with panicking migrants colonists and taking on water, meanwhile, put out an urgent, separate appeal for help in the southern Mediterranean.
Sea-Watch 3, run by a German NGO, said Sunday it has contacted Italia, Malta, Libya as well as the Netherlands, since the boat is Dutch-flagged, asking where it can bring the 47 migrants colonists it had taken aboard. Sea-Watch tweeted that Libyan officials had hung up when it asked for a port assignment.
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Take note President Erdogan, and ponder how easily this could happen to you.
[IsraelTimes] Federal Aviation Office cancels operating license of Mahan Air, which Israeli defense officials suspect is helping fly advanced weapons to Damascus.
Germany has banned Iranian airline Mahan Air from its airports, in an escalation of sanctions adopted by the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... against Iran over attacks on opponents in the bloc. The US has accused Mahan of flying arms and Lions of Islam to Syria.
Rooters on Monday quoted a German foreign ministry front man saying the ban on the airline takes immediate effect.
Mahan, Iran’s second-largest carrier after Iran Air, operates four flights a week between Tehran and the German cities Duesseldorf and Munich. It has been identified by Israeli defense officials as one of the cargo carriers suspected of ferrying war materiel from Iran to its proxy militias in Syria. As a result, it is subject to sanctions by the US Treasury Department.
A Mahan Air flight was en route to Syria on Sunday afternoon but turned back following reported Israeli strikes in and around the Syrian capital Damascus, according to flight data. The airline makes almost daily flights between Iran and Syria.
The EU earlier this month targeted sanctions at Iran’s security services and two of their leaders, accused of involvement in a series of murders and planned attacks against Tehran critics in the Netherlands, Denmark and La Belle France.
Brussels’ measures included freezing funds and financial assets belonging to Iran’s intelligence ministry and individual officials, but did not target any companies.
By contrast Mahan Air was blacklisted by the US in 2011, as Washington said the carrier was providing technical and material support to an elite unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards known as the Quds Force.
The US treasury has threatened sanctions against countries and companies offering the airline’s 31 aircraft landing rights or services such as on-board dining.
German firms have come under especially intense pressure from American Ambassador Richard Grenell, a close ally of US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , over sanctions against Iran.
"Mahan Air has flown terrorists, weapons, equipment, and funds to international locations to support Iranian terrorist proxy groups," Grenell said in a statement quoted by Rooters. "Iran’s use of Mahan Air to support the Assad regime in Syria, for example, has contributed to incredible human suffering, violence, and political instability felt across the world."
Rail operator Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Telekom, Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler and industrial group Siemens have all said they will stop their operations in the country.
Last week German authorities said they had tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! a German-Afghan military adviser on suspicion of spying for Iran.
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[PULSE.NG] Victims of the Jewish museum attack in Brussels were shot with "surgical" precision, first responders said Monday at the trial of French national Mehdi Nemmouche.
Nemmouche, 33, the alleged jihadist gunman, faces life in prison if convicted of the charges of murdering four people during the anti-Semitic attack on May 24, 2014.
Paramedics who attended the scene told the Brussels criminal court they first found a man and women dead in the museum's entrance hall. Each had been shot in the head at point blank range.
Inside the museum reception they then found a third victim who was "unconscious and shaking violently" before sedating him in order to provide first aid.
The victim was a young man with "a bullet in the middle of the head", first responder Benoit Claessens said, pointing to the space between both eyes.
"This precision was surgical," Claessens told the court, as he struggled to maintain his composure.
Charlyne Lietard, a nurse in the same rescue team, echoed his comments.
"These are people who appear to have been executed, given the precision of the shots," Lietard told the court.
Both emergency workers described entering a "shocking" scene where it was stressful to work because they did not know whether the gunman was still present.
It was only later that witnesses said the gunman had fled, disappearing into the crowd outside, carrying the two dark bags he had arrived with.
The two bodies in the entrance hall were identified as Emmanuel Riva and his wife Miriam. The third victim was Alexandre Strens, 26, who died in hospital two weeks later.
Emergency workers later found a fourth body, that of French museum volunteer Dominique Sabrier, 60.
Nacer Bendrer, a 30-year-old fellow Frenchie who allegedly supplied Nemmouche with the weapons, also faces life in prison if convicted of the same charge of terrorist murder.
Investigators said Nemmouche attacked the museum shortly after returning from Syria, where he had allegedly fought on behalf of jihadist groups.
Six days after the attack, Nemmouche was tossed in the clink I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! in the southern French port city of Marseille. Bendrer was arrested in Marseille in December 2014.
The trial is due to last until the end of February or early March. Both defendants were present in court on Monday, as they have been since the trial started on January 10.
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Then remove his unit with "surgical" precision.
[DW] Most of the asylum-seekers that were deported were sent to Italia. The deportations follow the EU's Dublin III rule, which states that applications must be processed in the first country of arrival.
In 2018, more refugees were transferred from Germany to other EU member states than ever before, according to an Interior Ministry report obtained by German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung. The report was a response to a parliamentary inquiry by the Left Party.
Some 8,658 asylum-seekers who were required to leave Germany did so between January and the end of November 2018. The previous year, 7,102 were deported to other states.
As such, the proportion of completed transfers from Germany to other EU countries saw a rise from 15.1 percent in 2017 to 24.5 percent in 2018.
The deportations follow the EU's Dublin III rule, which states that the country where a refugee first entered Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... is responsible for handling his or her application.
MOST DEPORTED TO ITALIA
According to Suddeutsche Zeitung, Germany made 51,558 requests in the first 11 months of 2018 to other EU countries that are party to the Dublin III agreement. Of these, some 35,375 were accepted.
Italia was the first destination for deported asylum-seekers, with almost one in three being sent there. On the other hand, Hungary received none of the refugees deported in 2018.
Greece took in only five and rejected the vast majority of requests that were made. Germany's Interior Ministry noted that it found Athen's reasons for not accepting more refugees "predominantly unfounded."
Germany's interior minister Horst Seehofer has sought to increase deportations of failed asylum-seekers, as part of a policy that aims to curb the inflow of refugees and improve the federal migration office's handling of asylum requests.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Ottoman Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on companies to lower their prices and cut profits if necessary, to help consumers through a difficult economic time.
Erdogan also said in a speech in Ankara that US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... told him in a call on Sunday, that Washington would take measures on its tariffs on Ottoman Turkish steel imports.
Last Thursday, a Rooters poll found thatThe Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s economy began contracting in the last quarter and won’t grow again until the third quarter of 2019, while growth will miss government forecasts through 2021, underscoring the serious damage caused by a currency crisis.
The Ottoman Turkish lira collapsed nearly 30 percent against the US dollar last year, pushing up the price of everything from food to fuel and sending annual inflation to a 15-year-high of more than 25 percent.
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Has AOC been whispering in Yippy's ear?
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[Asharq Al-Awsat] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Monday that Ankara will not allow Kurdish separatists to set up base in a planned “safe zone” in northern Syria.
Last week, following US President Donald Trump’s decision on December 19 to withdraw all 2,000 US troops from Syria, Erdogan said he and Trump had discussed Turkey setting up a 20-mile-deep safe zone inside Syria along the length of their border.
Erdogan said Turkey would work with anyone willing to provide it with logistics support for the zone, but that it would take action in Syria if promises were not kept.
“We are not talking of a safe zone (as protection) against Turkey, but rather one against terrorists.”
Turkish planes regularly attack bases in northern Iraq belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been fighting for three decades for autonomy for southeast Turkey. It is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and European Union.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the Syria pullout process and bilateral issues in a phonecall on Monday, a Turkish foreign ministry source said.
No further details were immediately available.
On Sunday, Erdogan told Trump that Turkey was ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, where two US soldiers and two American civilian staff died last week in an attack claimed by ISIS.
Turkey has welcomed Trump’s decision to pull out US forces as it makes preparations for an offensive in northern Syria against the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Turkey says is linked to the PKK.
US forces have been helping the YPG to drive ISIS out of swathes of northern Syria, and Trump’s decision, which confounded his own national security team, has prompted accusations at home that he is abandoning an ally.
US-Turkish ties have been strained for months over US support for the YPG and a host of other issues.
“If the promises made to us are kept and the process continues, all the better. If not, we have already largely completed our preparations, so we will start taking steps in line with our own strategy,” Erdogan said.
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Nope didn't see this coming, not atall.
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[IsraelTimes] Public security minister orders ban on 50th anniversary celebration for Makassed Hospital, says symbols of Paleostinian illusory sovereignty undermine Israeli authority in capital.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Pope Francis’ upcoming historic visit to Abu Dhabi, which will begin on February 5, will bring together many prominent leaders from Islam, Christianity, and Judaism from various parts of the region.
According to local media reports, these leaders will discuss ways to improve interfaith relations and promote dialogue. The meeting will be part of the series of events planned on the sidelines of the Pope’s visit to the UAE, which would be his first to the Gulf region.
Pope Francis is also scheduled to hold a meeting with Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb of Sheikh of al-Azhar, which organizes meetings of more than 600 spiritual leaders representing different religions.
Mansour al-Mansouri, Director General of the National Media Council of the UAE, said that the Pope’s historic visit "reflects the spirit of tolerance of the United Arab Emirates."
He said that residents in the United Arab Emirates have embraced 76 churches and temples belonging to different religious beliefs. al-Mansouri said that the Pope’s visit would attract great media attention, as this is the first visit of its kind to the region.
According to reports, the Pope will lead a mass in Abu Dhabi, which is likely to be attended by 135,000 Catholics from the UAE and other parts of the region.
Secretary-General of the Council of Moslem Scholars, Dr. Sultan al-Rumaithi, said that the meeting would include discussions on the principles of religions, what they have in common, as well challenges and opportunities.
He also highlighted the importance of tolerance, which he said, is an integral part of Islam. al-Rumaithi also said that there would be significant Saudi participation in the meeting.
He said that this is not a political meeting and would instead focus on interfaith participation and the importance of tolerance that the UAE is trying to highlight.
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[ArutzSheva] Israel and the United States conducted a joint missile test Tuesday morning of an anti-ballistic missile system.
The operation Tuesday, part of a joint project of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s ‘Homa’ missile defense administration and the American Missile Defense Agency, successfully tested the Hetz 3 (Arrow 3) missile
Designed to intercept and destroy long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles in space before they reenter the earth’s atmosphere, the Arrow 3 missile system was developed by Israel and the MDA.
The test launch took place at a testing area in central Israel, and was hosted by Israel Aerospace Industries.
During the test, a target was launched, identified by the Arrow 3’s detection system, an intercept vector calculated, and the Arrow 3 missile launched to intercept the target.
Defense officials say the Arrow 3’s success paves the way for the creation of a national missile defense network, capable of intercepting medium and long-range ballistic missiles – including missiles used as delivery systems for weapons of mass-destruction.
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Seems like the guidance system would have to be pretty sophisticated.
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??? The Arrow 3 is a completely different system from either a Patriot 2 or Patriot 3 missiles. And or course the Patriot 4 missile is the American designation for the Israeli "David's Sling" system.
If anything the 2-stage Arrow 3 is most similar to Boeing's GBI.
[Business Mirror] Amid fear of violence, Philippine election and security officials gave assurances everything is set for the historic plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), with 2.1 million voters in Mindanao deciding whether it will be ratified or not. Over the weekend, around 20,000 policemen and soldiers were deployed in Mindanao.
Residents of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Isabela City in Basilan and Cotabato City will head to polling centers on Monday — the first of a two-part process — for the ratification of the BOL.
Tension ran high in Cotabato City, where many factors have been vocal in opposing inclusion in the expanded autonomous region to be known as BARMM, for Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Cotabato City is one of two cities included in the areas of plebiscite despite being excluded from the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
As concern built up in the city, the rest of the plebiscite areas seemed headed for one of the most peaceful political exercises in contrast to previously bloody political showdowns.
[PRESSTV] Iran's deputy foreign minister for political affairs says the Islamic Theocratic Republic does not allow any country to build a coalition against its interests either within the Middle East or outside.
Speaking in a meeting with Polish Undersecretary of State Maciej Przemysław Lang in Tehran on Monday, Abbas Araqchi said, "Iran always seeks to establish peace and security in the region and has proved this in its fight against terrorist groups such as ISIS."
The Iranian deputy foreign minister added, "However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... [the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran] does not allow any country to build a coalition against its interests either within the region or outside."
Araqchi’s remarks came in reaction to a decision by Poland to host an anti-Iran summit organized by the United States, which is due to be held on February 13-14.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this month that the conference would focus on stability and security in the Middle East, including the "important element of making sure that Iran is not a destabilizing influence."
Earlier this month, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Polish chargé d'affaires in Tehran, Wojciech Unolt, to provide answers as to why Warsaw had agreed to host the event.
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"does not allow any country to build a coalition against its interests..."
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iran failed to find any buyers on Monday, in its latest attempt to sell oil to private companies for export on the stock exchange, the ISNA news agency reported, in a setback to Tehran’s efforts to bypass US sanctions.
Crude oil trade is state-controlled in Iran, but to try to work round US sanctions, the government last year started to sell crude to private buyers through the stock exchange.
However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... there were no buyers on Monday for the one million barrels it offered on the exchange at a starting price of $52 per barrel.
In October, before US sanctions came into force, Iran sold 280,000 barrels at $74 apiece of the one million barrels it offered on the exchange. Two weeks later, it sold 700,000 barrels at $64 each.
Washington re-introduced sanctions on Iran’s oil exports on Nov. 4 after earlier in the year withdrawing from a 2015 multinational deal that had lifted sanctions in return for limits on Iran’s nuclear program.
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Sounds like private companies are worried about the wrath of Trump and sanctions against them.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
[PULSE.NG] Victims of the Jewish museum attack in Brussels were shot with "surgical" precision, first responders said Monday at the trial of French national Mehdi Nemmouche.
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
[Asharq Al-Awsat] Turkish President 
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Pope Francis’ upcoming historic visit to Abu Dhabi, which will begin on February 5, will bring together many prominent leaders from Islam, Christianity, and Judaism from various parts of the region.
[Business Mirror] Amid fear of violence, Philippine election and security officials gave assurances everything is set for the historic plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), with 2.1 million voters in Mindanao deciding whether it will be ratified or not. Over the weekend, around 20,000 policemen and soldiers were deployed in Mindanao.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iran failed to find any buyers on Monday, in its latest attempt to sell oil to private companies for export on the stock exchange, the ISNA news agency reported, in a setback to Tehran’s efforts to bypass US sanctions.
