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GNA captures al-Watiyah Airbase from the LNA
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Alleged Israeli airstrike hits southern Syria - report	3 20:43 Frank G [11131]
Coalition warplanes strike ISIS hideouts south of Kirkuk: Iraqi forces	0 [11133]
Report: Israel behind cyberattack on Iranian port	5 21:23 DarthVader [11127]
Ghazni: Taliban militants set the bodies of 5 people on fire after shooting them dead	3 15:36 M. Murcek [11129]
People Take Up Arms Against the Taliban in Faryab	1 06:24 Clem [11129]
Pulwama: Search Operation Launched After Information About Militants’ Presence	0 [11125]
Doda Encounter: IGP Jammu Says Doda Terror Free After HM Militant Tahir’s Killing	0 [11127]
Turkey: HDP mayor remanded facing terrorism charges	0 [11127]
Pirates attack Stolt Apal oil tanker sailing under UK flag off Yemeni coast- ship’s manager	0 [11129]
Hashd Al-Shaabi supporters storm Saudi media channel's HQ in Baghdad	0 [11129]
Syrian Army unleashes heavy attack on jihadist forces in northwest Hama	1 13:45 SteveS [11132]
Heavy clashes reported between Saudi-backed Yemen army and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council	0 [11127]
US Department of Homeland Security seizes web domain for Lebanon-based EKT Katrangi electronics stores	0 [11125]
GNA destroys Krasukha electronic warfare system in Libya	0 [11128]
GNA UAV strike that destroys Pantsir S-1/SA-22 Greyhound south of Sirte	0 [11127]
Swedish girl, 17, was decapitated 'by Iraqi-born boyfriend, 23	14 22:43 Hellfish [11129]
Murder squad leader who once worked for El Chapo is found shot dead	0 [11129]
47 killed, wounded in car bomb attack in Ghazni province of Afghanistan	0 [11128]
Acting Afghan intelligence chief discloses latest findings regarding recent deadly attacks	0 [11131]
Page 2: WoT Background
FBI Gets Into Pensacola Shooter's iPhone, Finds an Al-Qaeda Tie	7 16:30 Procopius2k [11127]
India’s extradition request for Dawood aide Tiger Hanif refused by UK	0 [11127]
Libya \| Retaking of key airbase ‘end’ of Haftar’s coup plot	5 18:50 trailing wife [11135]
Iraq announces start of strategic negotiations with #US	0 [11129]
US reveals Saudi mass shooter at naval base was linked to Al-Qaeda	0 [11132]
Rami Makhlouf fires back at Syrian ministry, says allegations are false	0 [11128]
Iran is ready for peace talks with #Saudi Arabia: FM	0 [11129]
Iranian Islamic Shura Council approves a draft resolution to confront Israeli hostilities	0 [11132]
Iran ready for worst-case scenario in faceoff with US, ‘all options considered’	2 21:19 DarthVader [11130]
Turkey is now top 3 country at most risk of bankruptcy	3 21:29 trailing wife [11132]
Page 3: Non-WoT
England reports far fewer COVID-19 deaths in care homes than European states	2 14:13 Matt [11122]
Incoming freshmen urged to take gap year as COVID-19 uncertainty looms	0 [11130]
Israeli hospitals use UVC lamps to sanitize COVID-19 patient rooms	2 14:02 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Scientists say Israel may become a desert by the end of the century	15 21:36 SteveS [11126]
Popular European party spots mull inventive ways to lure tourists back	10 18:15 swksvolFF [11127]
70% of coronavirus cases in Israel started in the US - new study	10 15:36 ruprecht [11124]
Big Tech Is Turning Hospitals Into Real-Time Surveillance Centers	4 15:14 Airandee [11127]
Lesotho premier steps down over wife's alleged murder	0 [11127]
Super cyclone to sweep over Bangladesh, India	2 10:52 lord garth [11126]
SpaceX will launch its first manned mission next week	1 08:26 M. Murcek [11128]
Cops got warrant to conduct botched raid that led to fatal shooting of sleeping black EMT by giving judge false information that dealers were using house to stash cash, drugs	16 13:07 charger [11132]
Coronavirus roundup	1 11:24 lord garth [11126]
South Korean team FC Seoul are forced to apologise after filling their empty stands with 'SEX DOLLS'	8 15:40 ruprecht [11124]
Space Force launches secretive X-37B space plane back into orbit	4 11:05 M. Murcek [11126]
Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise in Early-Stage Study	4 11:08 M. Murcek [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
New Labor Regulations Help Keep Government Accountable	1 21:02 trailing wife [11127]
How can you explain Western Europe's suicide regarding COVID-19?	6 11:46 Bob Grorong1136 [11123]
Why Did New York Infect America With Coronavirus? New Report Blames Cuomo, de Blasio	5 22:40 Alaska Paul [11127]
Low Key Rant du Jour	1 12:45 charger [11128]
Here's what it will take for the stock market to hit a new record within 2 months	8 14:42 Matt [11126]
The auto industry faces challenges worse than in 2008, lawmakers say	1 10:42 Iblis [11126]
James Woods: Trump ‘Loves America More Than Any President in My Lifetime,' Obama Admin Was ‘Scum and Villainy'	2 06:46 Lex [11126]
Seth Rich Refuses to Stay Buried	6 13:44 g(r)omgoru [11128]
New figures show stark disparities in coronavirus deaths across NYC neighborhoods	9 16:26 Frank G [11130]
Joel Kotkin: The new geography of America, post-coronavirus	5 18:34 Glenmore [11128]
Government COVIDiots	2 08:23 Lex [11130]
Dr Scott Atlas, adding to Dr. Fauci's diagnosis: The critical case for ending our shutdown	3 18:33 Glenmore [11133]
Lipson: Dems, not Trump, are pursuing Pandemic power grabs	0 [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Pigs fly: NYT features straight-up report re. Michigan barber's license revoked by Gov. Whitless's goons	11 19:40 Clem [11127]
Graham Moves to Subpoena Brennan, Clapper and Other Major 'Obamagate' Players	14 13:48 M. Murcek [11132]
Dem Rep. Jayapal: Coronavirus ‘Suffering' Gives Democrats ‘Leverage' in Congress	3 18:31 Glenmore [11132]
Trump reveals he's been taking hydroxychloroquine	14 23:56 JohnQC [11130]
Pelosi Calls Trump ‘Morbidly Obese' On CNN	32 21:27 Anomalous Sources [11134]
Treasury Department Spied on Flynn, Manafort, and the Trump Family, Says Whistleblower	3 07:20 Lex [11126]
Vid: Balless Barr Bows To Biden, Bin Obama's Treason	33 23:42 charger [11132]

    
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3	Arab Spring
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2	Sublime Porte
2	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Haqqani Network
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic State
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Pirates
1	al-Qaeda
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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2020-05-19
GNA captures al-Watiyah Airbase from the LNA

Mon 2020-05-18
Afghan president inks power-sharing deal with rival

Sun 2020-05-17
Pak Doctor on H-1B Visa Wanted to Attack U.S. for ISIS

Sat 2020-05-16
Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran reportedly set ablaze

Fri 2020-05-15
France: Pro-Refugee Activist Murdered by Migrant He Was Sleeping With

Thu 2020-05-14
Nangarhar Funeral Bombing Death Toll Rises to 32

Wed 2020-05-13
President Ghani, in light of attacks, orders Afghan forces to resume attacks on the Taliban

Tue 2020-05-12
GNA militia evacuate their headquarters in Abuslim

Mon 2020-05-11
Iran navy own goal in Oman Gulf exercise; 24 dead

Sun 2020-05-10
GNA militias lines collapsing quickly
in Abuslim and Salah AlDin with a LNA advance

Sat 2020-05-09
Houthi Yemeni Scholar Ibrahim Al-Ubeidi: Saud Clan Is a Jewish Family

Fri 2020-05-08
933 Taliban Prisoners Freed by Afghan Govt, More Promised

Thu 2020-05-07
PM is elected in Iraq without guidance from Qassem Soleimani

Wed 2020-05-06
16 killed as airstrike targets gathering convened by Red Unit commander of Taliban

Tue 2020-05-05
U.S. approves first Sudanese ambassador in two decades

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