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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Illegal Alien MS-13 Gang Member Accused of Murdering Girl Previously Freed into U.S.
[BREITBART] An illegal alien MS-13 Gang member accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl in Marietta, Georgia, was previously freed into the United States interior after arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Brayan Segura, a 15-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested and charged with stabbing 14-year-old Janina Valenzuela to death, as Breitbart News reported last week. Segura allegedly admitted to murdering Valenzuela as part of his initiation into the MS-13 gang, alleging that the girl was a member of the rival 18th Street Gang.

According to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, Segura first came to the U.S. through the southern border near Roma, Texas. At the time, Segura was declared an "unaccompanied alien child" (UAC) and was eventually released into the country.

While Segura sits in the Cobb County Jail without bond on murder charges, Valenzuela’s family has set up a GoFundMe page to help cover the costs of the girl’s funeral and has already surpassed their goal of $5,500.

Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Nancy's children
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/20/2020 7:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Judge: But he was such a cute little chico....
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/20/2020 10:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Hang him. At the border. Let his body hang there until it rots. You know, to encourage others to come to this country to commit crimes. Hang all the rest of the criminal illegal aliens alongside him. From San Diego to Brownsville.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 04/20/2020 14:09 Comments || Top||

#4  And jail the judge, DA too.
Posted by: Woodrow || 04/20/2020 18:15 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Local Police Commander Killed in Badghis Attack
[ToloNews] Local police commander Saduddin and two others were killed in a Taliban
...Arabic for students...
attack in the western province of Badghis in the early hours on Sunday, said Najmuddin Burhani, governor spokesperson.

The attack took place in Muqor district against a security forces’ checkpoint and "festivities continued for more than two hours," Burhani said.

"There are no reports of Taliban casualties fron the attack yet," he said.

The Taliban have not yet commented over the attack.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Afghan forces repel Taliban attack, retake port from militants in Jawzjan
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan forces repelled a Taliban
...Arabic for students...
attack and retook a port from the Talibs during an operation in northern Jawzjan province.

The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the Talibs were looking to launch attacks using the Kelefit Port in Qarqeen district of Jawzjan province.

The statement further added that the Afghan forces conducted preemptive raids, repelling the Taliban attack and retaking the control of the port.

The Taliban group has not commented in this regard so far.

The security situation in northern Jawzjan province has tanked during the recent years.

The anti-government armed bandidos murderous Moslems are active in some of its districts and often attempt to carry out attacks against the government and security forces.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  An Afghan "port"?
Posted by: Frank G || 04/20/2020 7:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Lol
Posted by: Clem || 04/20/2020 8:02 Comments || Top||


Taliban commanders killed due to internal difference in Faryab
Green on green.
[KhaamaPress] Two turbans were killed due to internal differences in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, the Afghan military said.

The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
commanders, Zainuddin alias Khalid and Qari Mohibullah alias Hazifa, were killed by their own turbans in Faryab province.

The statement further added that the two Taliban commanders were killed due to an internal difference which led to an armed clash in Almar district.

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the incident so far.

Faryab is among the relatively volatile provinces in North of Afghanistan where Talibs have active presence in some of its remote districts.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Turban #1 - you must open your egg at the small end!
Turban #2 - No! You must open your egg at the big end!
Both - Infidel! Bang!

Hattip - Johnathon Swift
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/20/2020 10:23 Comments || Top||

#2  These guys can't get along with anybody, even themselves.
Posted by: Cesare || 04/20/2020 12:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Insulted Mom's moustache
Posted by: Frank G || 04/20/2020 12:36 Comments || Top||


Precision airstrikes kill 10 Taliban militants, wound 16 others in Logar
Video can be seen at the link.
[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Defense released a video of precision Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s which the Afghan forces conducted in Pashtun-infested Logar province, killing at least 10 Talibs and wounding at least 16 others.

According to a statement released by MoD, the Afghan Air Force conducted the preemptive airstrikes in Charkh district as the Talibs were looking to carry out attacks against the security forces.

The statement further added that the airstrikes killed 10 Talibs and maimed at least 16 others.

The defense ministry also added that the same snuffies had carried out attacks against the security posts in Charkh district a day ago.

The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group has not commented in this regard so far.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa North
LNA in the Toicha area of south Tripoli capture senior GNA human smuggling leader in the region of Saleh Al-Dabbashi
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  From the UN Report on Dabbashi clan: There is extensive evidence that Al-Dabbashi’s militia has been directly involved in the illicit trafficking and smuggling of migrants, and that his militia controls departure areas for migrants, camps, safe houses and boats. There is information that supports the conclusion that Al-Dabbashi has exposed migrants (including minors) to brutal conditions and sometimes fatal circumstances on land and at sea. ... The al-Dabbashi clan, and the connected Anas al-Dabbashi militia, have long-standing links with Islamic State in the Levante (ISIL) and its affiliates.
Posted by: b || 04/20/2020 8:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Is there a difference between the LNA and GNA and do we care who wins? What's the betting line?
Posted by: Steve White || 04/20/2020 23:32 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm sorry, who are you? Mr. Pink Salmon?
Posted by: Frank G || 04/20/2020 23:34 Comments || Top||

#4  We're I'm rooting for the LNA, cuz they're crazy bastards too, but not supported by Erdogan, and not importing Syrian Krazed ISIS Killers to do the dirty work
Posted by: Frank G || 04/20/2020 23:36 Comments || Top||

#5  Based on that, b, I have changed the article tag to Islamic State. As always, my thanks. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/20/2020 23:37 Comments || Top||


Heavy #LNA airstrikes now on large gatherings of #GNA militias as they are offloading ammunitions and weapons near AbuGrian
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1 
Posted by: Frank G || 04/20/2020 7:47 Comments || Top||


Turkish UAV TAI Anka downed by the #LNA over Alwashka
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Video published by GNA terrorists of the civilians kidnapped today in the Tarhuna district
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


LNA has captured a member of the Benghazi shura council Salam Bilaid AlSiwew
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Violent clashes are going on now in the #Abu_slim area
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Africa Subsaharan
Fugitive cocaine boss expelled from Mozambique to Brazil after 20 years on run
[DAILYSABAH] Mozambique on Sunday expelled a runaway Brazilian cocaine trafficker following his arrest this week, a case that underlines the growing global reach of Brazil's so-called First Capital Command (PCC) gang, officials said.

Gilberto Aparecido dos Santos, aka "Fuminho," had been on the run for more than 20 years after escaping from a Brazilian prison until his capture in a luxury hotel in Maputo on Tuesday. His capture was the result of an international sting operation that included agents from Brazil, Mozambique and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Dos Santos was one of Brazil's most-wanted runaways, police said.

Mozambique's interior ministry said in a statement that dos Santos had been expelled for having entered the southeast African country illegally. Dos Santos was using a false passport, Brazil's federal police have said. "The expulsion order was given to the citizen and carried out by the national migration service," the Mozambique Interior Ministry statement said.

Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro confirmed dos Santos' expulsion later on Sunday in a Twitter post that included a photo of the Brazilian Air Force jet that returned him to Brazil. Moro said dos Santos would head to a federal jail, without specifying which one. Dozens of coppers accompanied him on board.

"A big hit against organized crime," Moro said.

Dos Santos is an alleged leader of the PCC, considered to be Brazil's top criminal gang wielding control over cocaine supply routes from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.

Originally formed as a prison gang in Sao Paulo, the PCC has spread across Brazil and is increasingly moving cocaine overseas, especially to Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and Africa, authorities said. Dos Santos was one of the gang's most important cocaine brokers, the federal police said, and crucial to its international business.

The gang's leader, Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, is serving a sentence of more than 200 years in a maximum-security prison in the capital Brasilia.

Dos Santos is accused, among other things, of financing a plot to help Camacho escape, police said.

Dos Santos, who had arrived in Mozambique in mid-March, was arrested at a luxury hotel in Maputo, along with two Nigerian nationals, according to the Mozambican authorities.
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Obviously Mr. Dos Santos fell behind in his payments.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/20/2020 2:44 Comments || Top||

#2  ^Related to ‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/20/2020 3:05 Comments || Top||

#3  An illegal, huh? I wonder if he voted in Mozambique elections.
Posted by: Clem || 04/20/2020 5:08 Comments || Top||

#4  A luxury hotel in Maputo?
Posted by: Cesare || 04/20/2020 8:00 Comments || Top||

#5  Thinking the same B.
Posted by: Woodrow || 04/20/2020 12:25 Comments || Top||


Europe
Extensive Damage at Greek Migrant Camp after Fire, Protests
[AnNahar] One of Greece's largest migrant camps has been extensively damaged in a fire, hours after the death of an Iraqi woman living there sparked unrest, officials said Sunday.

The fire late Saturday at Vial camp on Chios island destroyed the facilities of the European asylum service, a camp canteen, tents and many housing containers, Migration Ministry Secretary Manos Logothetis told AFP.

"A large part of the camp's administrative services was destroyed," said Logothetis, adding that no injuries were reported.

A local police source said three persons were tossed into the calaboose in relation to the unrest, which erupted after a 47-year-old asylum seeker from Iraq died in the camp on Saturday.

"We managed to restore order at around 1am... There were many people who took part in the incidents," the officer said.

The Iraqi woman had been taken with a fever to a local hospital earlier this week. At the time, a test for coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
had returned negative, state news agency ANA reported Saturday.

Migrant camps in Greece have been under quarantine in recent weeks, with authorities trying to keep residents apart from locals.

The virus has so far killed 110 people in Greece. Another 67 are in intensive care.

There have been coronavirus cases in two camps on the mainland.

As with all of Greece's island camps, Vial is massively overcrowded. There are more than 5,000 people living in space intended for around 1,000.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/20/2020 00:22 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  It's not "Greek Migrant Camp", it's "Invaders' encampment".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/20/2020 4:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Time to ship them back based on capacity remaining in the campment.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 04/20/2020 4:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Hope they like sleeping under the stars.
Posted by: Clem || 04/20/2020 5:23 Comments || Top||

#4  You burn it, you lost it. Time to throw them back into the sea.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/20/2020 8:57 Comments || Top||

#5  "Why you can't have nice things- gimmiegrant edition."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/20/2020 12:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Imagine how'd they describe the Battle of Marathon.

Those poor Persian refugees!
Posted by: charger || 04/20/2020 13:44 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Palos Hills man out on bond for anti-Christian hate crime crimes tried to burn down church center, police say
[Chicago Tribune] A Palos Hills man already facing hate crime charges for allegedly slashing tires at two churches was arrested again this week on charges he tried to set fire to a church center, police said.

Osama E. El Hanouny, 25, was arrested Tuesday after police said he used leaves to set fires at the base of the parish center of Sacred Heart Church, 8245 W. 111th St., Palos Hills.

El Hannouny was seen on surveillance video looking through the doors of the building, observing it was occupied, and returning several times with leaves that he placed near a gas main and air conditioning unit, which he set on fire, police said.

Firefighters responded immediately to extinguish the flames and no injuries were reported.

El Hannouny was apprehended by police as he expeditiously departed at a goodly pace and bit, scratched, spit on and threatened officers while he was being processed, police said.

He also used his clothing to carve "Kill Christian now" on the wall of his cell, police said.

El Hannouny was charged with one felony count each of arson, hate crime, criminal damage to property and violating bond and five counts of battery to coppers.

It was the second arrest for El Hannouny since November, when he was charged with 14 counts of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires of vehicles at two church parking lots.

The charges were later upgraded to a hate crime after he told police he disliked Christians.

El Hannouny has been denied bond for the charges from his second arrest.
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Fester the jester.

Nb. There's only one Mussolini, and that's Genghis Mango-Mussolini. WaPo and Occasional-Cortex told me so.
Posted by: Lex || 04/20/2020 6:27 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraqi activist, paramedic kidnapped after slamming Sadr
[THEBAGHDADPOST] Iraqi War Documentation Center said the civilian activist and paramedic at al-Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Kadhim Mahdi, was kidnapped after he politically criticized Moqtada Tater al-Sadr
...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
Populist holy man Moqtada Al Sadr has turned against the Iraqi uprising, withdrawing protection to demonstrators and strengthening a government crackdown to crush the protest movement.

The uprising, which was demanding the removal of the entire political class, has undermined the influence of Iran, Al Sadr’s patron.
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Iraqi military launches airstrike against ISIS militants, west of al-Dor region in Salahuddin
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi police arrest drug trafficking gang in Basra
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


Iraqi forces arrest ISIS logistical mastermind
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi Rapid Response Squad announced on Sunday, the arrest of the logistical support official in the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) terror organization.

According to the media office of the Rapid Response Division, their forces arrested the terrorist official in the Daquq District of the Kirkuk Governorate.

The media office of the Rapid Response Division said in a statement, via al-Sumaria TV, that "the logistical support officer in the terrorist organization ’ISIS’ was arrested during a qualitative operation in the Daquq District of the Kirkuk Governorate by the leadership of the rapid response team."

The statement added that the operation "took place in cooperation with the National Security Agency."

The Security Media Cell in Iraq announced on Monday, the killing of 23 members of the Islamic State in the Kirkuk Governorate.
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi official tells AFP: "Washington told us they'd simultaneously hit 122 targets in #Iraq if more Americans died."
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  ...Perhaps then, Mister Iraqi Official, it's in your best interests to keep any other Americans from dying.

Just sayin'.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/20/2020 4:20 Comments || Top||

#2  And to get rid of whoever is occupying those targets. Like, say, Iranian agents.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 04/20/2020 8:34 Comments || Top||

#3  And that is before we stop being nice about it.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/20/2020 9:19 Comments || Top||

#4  "they'd simultaneously hit 122 targets..."
rope-a-dope - not even trying
Posted by: Grampaw Oppressor of the Chinese6323 || 04/20/2020 10:38 Comments || Top||

#5  For shit sake, just do it.
Posted by: Woodrow || 04/20/2020 12:26 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
HTS clamps down on "Hurras_al_Din" and the jihadi group responds by releasing statement deploring HTS intentions of opening crossings with regime authorities
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


‘Al-Amshat’ faction demands huge sums of money from homeowners for returning their homes
[SYRIAHR] Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that hard boyz of Ottoman Turkish-backed factions are imposing large sums of money on Kurdish civilians for handing over their homes they captured.

Meanwhile,
...back at the mall, Clarissa suddenly spied Mr. Bartlett at the checkout counter. He was buying Grecian Formula!...
"Al-Amshat" faction has imposed $8,000 on a civilian in the village of Karmatlak in Shih area of Afrin countryside for handing over his house, which was captured by the faction in early April.

In the middle of last year, Ottoman Turkish-backed factions had asked him to pay $8,000 for handing over his house.

According to Observatory sources, the civilian lives in the village’s houses, moving between his friends and relatives, without allowing him to return to his home before paying the money.

Reliable sources have told the Syrian Observatory that "Samarkand Brigade ", which controls the village of Hajj Qassem in the area of Ma’abatli, is blackmailing the residents through the village chief by inviting them to meet in the village center and asking them to pay money under the name of "protecting their property".
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkish army shells civilian homes in Ain_Issa area, north of Raqqa
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Two explosions target military headquarters of ‘National_Defense_Forces’ in Al-Qamishli
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


New Russian T-14 #Armata tank tested in Syria
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/20/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  One nice thing about on-going low-level wars and 'police actions' is that you get to test your new stuff under real-world conditions.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/20/2020 1:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Tasted against what?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB || 04/20/2020 9:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Maybe Iran can try out it's new "Spike-Lite" droney, missley thing
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/20/2020 10:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Deer hunters everywhere would like to give it a try. Can we replace the main gun with a 12 gauge?
Posted by: Woodrow || 04/20/2020 12:28 Comments || Top||

#5  One hellfire and a grunt with a flame thrower...good-bye tank.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 04/20/2020 13:50 Comments || Top||

#6  ^Yep, these depressions on the turret - are they for catching shells?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/20/2020 13:58 Comments || Top||

#7  One A-10 with F-16 air suppression/EW accompaniment, and say goodbye to an entire tank battalion. In thirty seconds.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 04/20/2020 14:03 Comments || Top||

#8  The US Army has been discussing unmanned turret tanks for 25 years (maybe more). Less space to protect means a lighter tank or more armor/defense in other areas. With auto loading and auto target tracking, a 2 man tank is possible, further reducing size and weight.

The T-14's defensive systems are really intriguing. Dazzlers to disrupt laser and imaging tracking missiles and the Afghanit active protection system (APS) is supposed to disrupt both ATGMs and kinetic energy penetrators, though, it looks like, only in the frontal turret sector. US US M-1s and M-2s are just beginning to get APS.

Open question is can the T-14's main gun penetrate the M-1s frontal armor, unlike the T72/80/90?
Posted by: Gromolet Craiting5425 || 04/20/2020 17:10 Comments || Top||

#9  "Nope. Doesn't float."
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/20/2020 18:11 Comments || Top||

#10  these depressions on the turret - are they for catching shells?

Le Wiki suggests:
Defense Update released an analysis of the tank in May 2015, speculating that Afghanit's main sensors are the four panels mounted on the turret's sides, which are probably AESA radar panes spread out for a 360° view, with possibly one more on top of the turret.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/20/2020 18:55 Comments || Top||

#11  Did the Wagner Group have these?
Posted by: Matt || 04/20/2020 19:09 Comments || Top||

#12  Wagner doesn't finish up before the Fat Lady sings
Posted by: Lex || 04/20/2020 19:12 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2020-04-20
  U.S. crude falls below $15 a barrel, down more than 20%
Sun 2020-04-19
  44 suspected Boko Haram jihadis found dead in Chad prison
Sat 2020-04-18
  Almost $5 billion of Iran government money for imports is missing
Fri 2020-04-17
  CCP reports coup attempt in China!
Thu 2020-04-16
  Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf
Wed 2020-04-15
  China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy
Tue 2020-04-14
  GNA carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman
Mon 2020-04-13
  Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein
Sun 2020-04-12
  Houthi militia has sentenced four journalists to death in Yemen for ‘treason and espionage,’
Sat 2020-04-11
  Krakatoa volcano blows up
Fri 2020-04-10
  Iraq names its third prime minister in 10 weeks
Thu 2020-04-09
  Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy
Wed 2020-04-08
  Pakistan Scrambles to Quarantine 100,000 Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat Event
Tue 2020-04-07
  Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country
Mon 2020-04-06
  Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran,


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