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Iraq's PM-designate Allawi withdraws, prolonging deadlock
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	5 21:30 Fred [11130]
Turkish DM: We killed the following this week	4 18:37 Dron66046 [11126]
Turks executes LNA Lieutenant in Mitiga airbase	10 15:12 g(r)omgoru [11131]
LNA claim massive advance in Ain Zara, Tripoli	1 11:17 Skidmark [11132]
LNA arrest Sudanese ISIS’ Doctor in Libya.	0 [11130]
LNA force have captured Alakeer military base	0 [11128]
#LNA forces have liberated the apartment complex in Al-Azizia #Tripoli	0 [11125]
Mitiga airbase under heavy bombardment	0 [11125]
Two Ilyushin 76-type aircrafts filled with Russian mercenaries departing from Mozdok arrived at the Humeymim airbase	0 [11123]
Iran to Turkey: ''All your soldiers in Syria are within our firing range, stop attacking our bases, we don't want to hurt you.''	2 14:36 lord garth [11132]
Chaos at the #Greek-#Turkish borders - Greek army is on alert	2 07:35 AlanC [11124]
Mass funerals today in Nubul-Zahraa (NW. #Aleppo) where significant nbr of fighters (Syrian Hezbollah) were killed	0 [11126]
80 Syrian KIA were recorded between 26-28 February	2 14:42 magpie [11126]
Russian reporter: M5 highway is virtually closed for any traffic due to Turkish drone bombardment	0 [11126]
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham & allied jihadists recapture lost ground	0 [11129]
Iraqi protesters in #Nasiriyah city are preparing to go to #Baghdad for participating in a million-man protest near #GreenZone	0 [11125]
Turkish military drones have killed over 70 Syrian soldiers and their backed groups in the past 48 hours	0 [11125]
Iraqi Kata’ib Hezbollah militia gives all Iraqis working with US forces until 15 March to cease their activities	0 [11126]
Intense bombardment is targeting regime positions around Kafranbal and MaN	0 [11126]
Convoy of ambulances loaded with #Hezbollah fighters' who were eliminated by #Turksih in #Idlib entered #Lebanon tonight	1 05:36 lord garth [11129]
Nairab Military Airport in Aleppo has been hit by Turkish missiles	0 [11129]
Turkish deadline for Syrian Army to pull back in Idlib has just expired	0 [11129]
South #Yemen gunmen prevent ship from offloading fuel in #Aden	0 [11133]
Iranian protesters set fire to Tohid Bandar Abbas Clinic where #Coronavirus patients are being quarantined	0 [11124]
Turkey drone strikes kill 26 regime forces in NW #Syria	0 [11126]
Pro-Assad forces shelled with heavy artillery the Turkish observation point in the city of "Morek"	0 [11132]
ICE arrests Dominican national involved in fentanyl ring released under state bail reform law	1 05:22 Skidmark [11133]
Ten fighters of #Hezbollah killed in #Saraqeb battles as military reinforcement arrives in the area	0 [11130]
Trump says withdrawal of #UStroops from #Afghanistan will start "today"	2 10:57 JohnQC [11134]
Funeral of Hezbollah fighters at Sayyidah Zaynab shrine in Damascus today	1 10:58 Alaska Paul [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Breaking: Iraq's PM-designate Allawi withdraws from post, prolonging deadlock	0 [11127]
Pakistani-Canadian Wants COVID19 Sufferers To Infect Trump Rallies	8 15:50 Chris [11129]
First 18,000 Syrian refugees cross Greek border	0 [11126]
US Troops Out of Afghanistan n 14 Months, if Taliban Keeps ‘Commitments’	2 15:13 Procopius2k [11132]
British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran’s Evin Prison, believes she has contracted the new #coronavirus	0 [11128]
Pompeo urges the #Taliban to ‘keep your promises to cut ties with al-Qaeda’	0 [11128]
Iraq’s bitterly divided parliament postpones a vote of confidence in prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi’s government for a second time	0 [11125]
US President @realDonaldTrump says he will meet ‘personally’ with #Taliban leaders	0 [11127]
Pro-Iran regime activist who said reports of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran were a ploy to lower voter turnout in the Iran Elections, dies from the #COVID_19	2 11:25 Skidmark [11132]
Brazil will declare Hezbollah a terrorist group soon: Eduardo Bolsonaro	0 [11131]
In Bosnia, The Barbarians are Inside the Gates	1 07:56 Dron66046 [11129]
Iran MP Aghapour Alishahi says she has coronavirus infection	2 08:19 Lex [11132]
US considering closing the southern border with Mexico ‘very strongly’	3 11:38 NoMoreBS [11122]
Erdogan: ‘Turkey will teach a historic lesson to those who believe to have cornered Turkey’	7 16:02 magpie [11127]
Pompeo warns Iran not to work on spoiling a peace deal Trump seeks to reach with the Taliban group in #Afghanistan.	0 [11125]
Rouhani, who may be sick with coronavirus, arrives in Baghdad to meet with #Iraqi officials	3 22:04 trailing wife [11130]
Trump says he's ready to aid Iran with its outbreak of novel #coronavirus if the country asks for assistance	3 08:04 Dron66046 [11131]
America’s Muslims fight back	1 01:26 Dron66046 [11138]
Statement by NATO Secretary General after Article 4 consultations, by Jens Stoltenberg	4 14:51 magpie [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Watch Iranians Shrine Orgy - Lick and Kiss Shrines to beat Virus	15 22:04 Rob Crawford [11136]
Iraqi man goes TU on live TV while calling out poor gov't health care services	0 [11125]
Dem congresswoman reportedly asks DOJ if Epstein was FBI informant	5 12:23 JohnQC [11132]
London Uber driver reveals how he killed a man by removing his liver and kidneys while working as a doctor in China amid claims the country is slaughtering thousands of its citizens to 'harvest' their organs	5 19:58 Procopius2k [11133]
CDC missteps could harm ability to track, detect coronavirus in US	4 16:13 g(r)omgoru [11126]
China quarantines removing NO2 pollution.	0 [11129]
Coronavirus: US confirms first death, in Washington state	3 16:15 g(r)omgoru [11133]
War of words as Nigerian English gets Oxford recognition	0 [11127]
For the first time since the Cold War, the Navy is practicing to lead a convoy across the Atlantic	2 14:31 trailing wife [11131]
Sex robots with 'coding flaws' prone to 'sexually assaulting humans'	18 16:43 Airandee [11128]
Pope Francis, who has been suffering from what the Vatican says is a ‘slight indisposition,’ resumes official audiences with individuals	1 00:42 Lex [11125]
Malaysia’s Mahathir insists has enough support to become premier	1 19:00 Dron66046 [11132]
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have announced that they are expecting a baby in the early summer and that they have got engaged	4 16:25 M. Murcek [11130]
Coronavirus round-up: 1st reported case in Qatar is a man who recently returned from Iran	10 23:02 Menhadden Snore8096 [11133]
Police-involved shooting at the Grand Red Line station in Chicago	1 08:43 Richard Aubrey [11131]
Mass U.S. Army movements in Germany for exercise Defender 2020	10 21:20 Clem [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
America Has a Con Woman in Congress‐Where's the Law?	19 21:02 Secret Master [11133]
'Incredible Trump 2020 Campaign Ad' Video (Accuracy and Origins Unverified)	6 21:55 trailing wife [11126]
Elizabeth Warren setbacks mount after South Carolina loss	11 11:47 Procopius2k [11130]
John D. Guandolo - Where My Road Converges With Philip Haney	3 12:10 Besoeker [11129]
Lebanon needs early elections to regain legitimacy	2 06:40 Frank G [11126]
Do we really need to remind you that you can't catch coronavirus from drinking Corona? Apparently, we do.	10 19:47 ed in texas [11131]
A historian’s perspective on plagues	5 21:48 trailing wife [11126]
Pakistanis Will Outdo Indians in Showing Love for Us, If Only Trump Stays Hopeful and Visits	12 16:18 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Page 6: Politix
GOP voters, 2-1, want Romney punished for impeachment vote	7 14:50 charger [11133]
Republican mega-donor buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey – report	8 18:42 Dale [11125]
Tom Steyer drops out of presidential race after South Carolina loss	21 21:52 Secret Master [11128]
Joe Biden wins the South Carolina Democratic Primary	14 15:04 Procopius2k [11133]
House approves bill banning flavored tobacco products	9 18:23 Dale [11127]

    
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                        21:17 Count Galeazzo Untervehr7098

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                        19:30 Matt

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Who's in the News
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13	Sublime Porte
8	Govt of Iran
4	Taliban
4	Hezbollah
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Moslem Colonists
3	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Antifa
1	Commies
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Nusra
1	Islamic State

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2020-03-01
Iraq's PM-designate Allawi withdraws, prolonging deadlock

Sat 2020-02-29
U.S. and Taliban sign troop withdrawal deal

Fri 2020-02-28
Rouhani and his VP both reported to have coronavirus

Thu 2020-02-27
Hezbollah operative killed in drone strike in southern Syria

Wed 2020-02-26
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Tue 2020-02-25
Hosni Mubarak sleeps with the pharaohs

Mon 2020-02-24
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Sun 2020-02-23
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Sat 2020-02-22
Erdogan confirms the presence of pro-Turkish Syrian fighters in Libya

Fri 2020-02-21
Missile intercept by #Saudi forces in #Yanbu

Thu 2020-02-20
Turkey asks NATO to provide air support for the operation in Idlib

Wed 2020-02-19
Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll, Abdullah rejects results

Tue 2020-02-18
LNA claims to destroy Turkish arms ship in Tripoli harbor.

Mon 2020-02-17
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