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Afghanistan
Militants’ Attacks Increase Amid Peace Efforts
[ToloNews] Reports indicate that hard boyz attacks have dramatically increased in different parts of the country as the new fighting season arrives. However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
the Afghan security agencies said the offensive operations by security forces have also increased against hard boys.

Recently, Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
attacked an Afghan military base in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
which left almost 25 Afghan forces dead. The incident was followed by other deadly attacks in Samangan and Badghis provinces during the last two weeks.

On Monday, at least 20 Afghan security force members were killed in a Taliban attack in Badghis, in the west of Afghanistan.

A front man for the Ministry of Interior, meanwhile, said dozens of hard boyz have been killed in the past 72 hours as the Afghan forces have doubled the number of their offensive operations.

"Afghan forces have recently increased their offensive operations (against hard boys) in joint cooperation with the Afghan Army and the Air Force," Nustrat Rahimi, a front man for Ministry of Interior.

This comes just days after the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad wrapped up his 16-day talks with the Taliban in Doha, 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...
, on Tuesday.

"If Qatar talks don’t reach to a conclusion, war is a must but in different tactics. It is possible that the Afghan government loses the ability to directly defend its trenches or provinces of Afghanistan," said Muqaddam Amin, a military expert.

Reports indicate that dozens of Afghan security force members were taken hostage by the Taliban in Badghis and Samangan provinces.

"Bala Murghab district was on the verge of collapse and still it remains in the same position. Government has control only over the district headquarters," said Safia Aimaq, an MP from Badghis.

"Taliban threats are still high on Kunduz-Sher Khan Bandar highway and also towards Charkha Ab and city suburbs," said Safiullah Amiri, Deputy Head of Kunduz Provincial Council.

Sources meanwhile claimed the scale of Taliban’s attacks have increased several times higher than the Afghan cops.

"We still have not taken the stage from the enemy. The enemy is controlling the war and the war is a guerilla war. The enemy can pose harms wherever it wants," said Attiqullah Amarkhel, a military expert in Kabul.

After assuming office in January, Acting Minister of Defense Assadullah Khalid pledged to hit the enemies in their trenches. He also said that Afghan forces will be on the offensive afterwards.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Yamamoto briefs UN Security Council on Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan on Monday briefed the UN Security Council on situation and recent developments in Afghanistan.

During his speech to UN Security Council, Yamamoto informed regarding significant developments in the areas of peace and elections in the past three months, noting the ongoing talks between U.S. and Taliban
...Arabic for students...
in 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...
and the intra-Afghan dialogue in Moscow.

Emphasizing on Afghan-led and Afghan-owned grinding of the peace processor with the central role of Afghan government, Yamamoto said "Inclusiveness, coherence, and representativeness in negotiations are critical for success. We understand that the Government is consulting widely to forge the negotiating structure, including a negotiating team, which enables such inclusiveness with coherence. Establishment of such a negotiating team is critical to moving the process of peace further. Yesterday a presidential decree was issued for the holding of a Peace Consultative Jirga, a traditional assembly of leaders, in late April. We hope, that this will help create a national consensus on peace through an inclusive process."

He also emphasized on joint and concentrated efforts on international community and regional players in support of Afghan-led and owned grinding of the peace processor and added that "The United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
welcomes various efforts and initiatives undertaken by countries concerned, but stress the need for all those constructive efforts to be in concert and aligned in support of Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace efforts as agreed in Geneva last November. In this context, we understand that the Government of Afghanistan has proposed to hold the third meeting of the Kabul Process on Peace."

The Secretary General’s Special Representative also emphasized that the legitimate and profound concerns of Afghan citizens should be considered in grinding of the peace processor, including concerns existing regarding the compromises on the gains made over the past 18 years,

"The United Nations shares many of these concerns, particularly regarding the fate of women’s rights, freedom of expression including media rights, and space for civil society to function effectively, all of which must be protected under a peace agreement," he added.

In regards to presidential elections, Yamamoto said "The holding of the presidential election on schedule, however, will be very challenging. The widespread irregularities during last October’s parliamentary elections undermined confidence in the electoral management bodies."

"With less than five months remaining until electionday, the technical and political challenges are daunting," he said, adding that "The new commissioners will need to take urgent decisions on the implementation of the amended Election Law which provides for reforms, including the use of biometric technology and a change in the electoral system."

In other parts of his speech, Yamamoto expressed concerns regarding growing civilian casualties and drugs production, adding that "This year is likely to bring both numerous challenges and unprecedented opportunities. Addressing the challenges, and taking advantage of the opportunities, will require the concerted efforts of the international community, with Afghanistan in the lead."
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yamamoto you say? Brings back memories of the wide Pacific.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 03/13/2019 1:07 Comments || Top||

#2  "Yamamoto expressed concerns regarding growing civilian casualties"

Doesn't sound much like his name-sake, tho.
Posted by: Spike Whusonter4986 || 03/13/2019 9:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Yeah I was hoping something about a space battleship entering geosynchronous orbit.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/13/2019 11:50 Comments || Top||

#4  #3 That's Yamato.
Posted by: charger || 03/13/2019 12:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Ya-MA-to,
Ya-ma-toe
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/13/2019 14:04 Comments || Top||

#6  Agg.
-puts nose in corner of shame-
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/13/2019 14:45 Comments || Top||

#7  -puts nose in corner of shame-

If it's any consolation, I laughed.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/13/2019 15:22 Comments || Top||

#8  "Yo, Yank, WTF?" Yamamoto,
A-pruckin' his heavenry koto:
"So nuts!" sang the Jap;
"All those carriers -- scrap?
Co-Prosperity Sphere for De Soto?"
Posted by: Mad Eye Poodle3070 || 03/13/2019 20:22 Comments || Top||


US-Taliban’s Qatar Talks End With ‘Agreement In Draft’
[ToloNews] The fifth round of the talks between the US and Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
negotiators in 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...
ended after 16 days on Tuesday with agreement in draft between the two sides on some key issues under debate.

Hours after the news broke on Qatar talks, US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said in a tweet that he wrapped up a marathon round of talks with Taliban in Doha.

Khalilzad said peace requires agreement on four issues: counterterrorism assurances, troop withdrawal, intra-Afghan dialogue, and a comprehensive ceasefire.

"In January talks, we "agreed in principle" on these four elements. We’re now "agreed in draft" on the first two," he said in a tweet.

He said the conditions for peace have improved and that it is clear all sides want to end the war. "Despite ups and downs, we kept things on track and made real strides," he said.

Khalilzad said when the agreement in draft about a withdrawal timeline and effective counterterrorism measures is finalized, the Taliban and other Afghans, including the government, will begin intra-Afghan negotiations on a political settlement and comprehensive ceasefire.

"My next step is discussions in Washington and consultations with other partners. We will meet again soon, and there is no final agreement until everything is agreed," Khalilzad concluded.

Meanwhile,
...back at the railroad tracks, Little Nell tried to kick her bound feet and scream post the snotty handkerchief Scarface Al had stuff into her mouth...
Taliban said in a statement that the United States and Taliban had deep discussions on two issues agreed in January.

The group said no deal has been signed by the negotiating teams and that they will come together after consulting their leaderships about the current developments.

A couple of US bases are expected to remain in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile,
...back at the railroad tracks, Little Nell tried to kick her bound feet and scream post the snotty handkerchief Scarface Al had stuff into her mouth...
a meeting between a number of Afghan politicians and the Taliban, which was expected to be held in the next two weeks, has been delayed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Caribbean-Latin America
US expands return of asylum seekers to Mexico to new ports of entry
[AlAhram] The United States is expanding its program to send asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait out their U.S. court proceedings and so far has returned 240 people since starting the program in January, U.S. officials told news hounds on Tuesday.

The officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the policy, which was rolled out at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego earlier this year, has been expanded to the Calexico port, which is also in Southern Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

In addition, migrants colonists who attempt to cross illegally and then ask for asylum in the U.S. border patrol's San Diego sector will now also be subject to return to Mexico, the officials said.

One official said border authorities had only started turning back people who crossed between ports this past week. He said that "a very low number" of people who crossed illegally have been returned so far, while the vast majority of those who were sent back presented themselves at legal ports of entry to claim asylum.

The policy is the latest effort by the Trump administration to try to curb a sharp increase in the number of Central American families that are arriving at the border and claiming asylum. Administration officials say even though many of the asylum claims are ultimately denied, applicants end up living in the United States for years while their court cases are processed.

But immigration advocates say that returning vulnerable migrants colonists to dangerous border cities is illegal and violates U.S. obligations under international treaties. The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued in federal court to halt the program.

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...
, whose administration has worked to limit both legal and illegal immigration, said in an interview with the website Breitbart published on Tuesday that Mexican narco mobs should be considered terrorist organizations. He highlighted the danger of Mexican cities close to the U.S. border and said Mexico is "considered one of the most unsafe countries in the world."

U.S. officials have previously argued that their policy of making asylum seekers wait in Mexico does not put them at any greater risk, and refer to the return policy as the "Migrant Protection Protocols."

DHS officials said the U.S. government is working closely with Mexican authorities to clear the expansion plans. "We're not going to open a location if the Mexicans aren't ready and able to process and provide the humanitarian protections that they agreed to," one official said.

But some Mexican officials have warned that the country's border cities would struggle to look after asylum seekers for long periods of time.

DHS said the return policy does not apply to Mexican citizens, unaccompanied minors or people with serious medical conditions or disabilities but families with children are being returned.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 01:15 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  One simple rule change is all that is needed: Applicants must submit their applications at the US embassy in their country of origin. If apprehended in the US without following this procedure, they are permanently ineligible to apply to immigrate to the US. If apprehended in the US after filing an application, they are permanently ineligible to immigrate to the US.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/13/2019 9:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Back during the Eisenhower administration, Ike had a problem with the left over Immigration weasels letting illegals across the border. Ike reassigned the weasels to the far North and sent the illegals to a port on the Yucatan Peninsula. At the time the it was a long haul back to the border and the natives of the Yucatan didn't like Mexicans to start with. Things settled down within a year.
Posted by: Snavimble Bucket1794 || 03/13/2019 13:24 Comments || Top||


Europe
Portugal to take 1000 refugees colonists stranded in Greece
[KhaamaPress] Following the conclusion of an for the relocation of one thousand refugees from Greek Camps, around 100 refugees are due to relocated to Portugal in the first phase of the resettlement program, it has been reported.

The Migration Minister of Greece Dimitris Vitsas announced Friday that 100 refugees would be relocated in the first phase of the program, to include individuals with a right to asylum.

In a statement posted in his official Facebook page, Vitsas announced that the first 100 refugees to be transferred in the "pilot phase" will be mainly families and other vulnerable persons "granted and/or seeking international protection who are currently in camps."

The initial agreement for the resettlement of 1000 refugees to Portugal concluded in October between Greek officials and Portuguese interior minister Eduardo Cabrita.

The draft agreement was then referred to European Commission for arranging funds for the program which subsequently was approved, according to Vitsas.

According to agreement, the asylum seekers would be interviewed by Portuguese authorities after submitting their application for asylum in Greece.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  The people of Portugal cannot afford such forced "charity", these colonists will be a metastatic burden on them.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 03/13/2019 5:47 Comments || Top||

#2  resettle them back too where they came from. the plane ticket will be well worth it in the end.
Posted by: chris || 03/13/2019 7:09 Comments || Top||


Kurdish man confesses to German court of killing 14-year-old girl
That was fast. It as only yesterday that the trial started..
[Rudaw] Ali Bashar
...also in our archives as Ali B. and once as Ali Basar...
of Duhok province in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq confessed in a German court on Tuesday of killing 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman
...previously in our archives as Susanna F., Susanna Feldmann, and Susanna Feldman...
last May.

"I don’t know how it could’ve happened," Germany's daily Allgemeine Zeitung quoted Bashar as telling a jury via a translator in Wiesbaden.

Bashar faced charges of murder, insidious acts after the fact, and rape. He denied the rape charge in the court. German prosecutor Achim Thoma has said the cause of death was strangulation.

"Everything just went black," added Bashar, age 22.

The prosecutor argued that Bashar acted alone in the crimes and denied he had had any assistance when he buried Feldman's body in a hole.

Bashar's family previously denied being complicit in his alleged crimes.

The trial in southwestern Germany city drew a large crowd. The German newspaper reported the court chambers have 56 seats; 44 journalists were accredited, and around 40 people had to be refused entry.

AFP previously reported he arrived in Germany in 2015 with his parents and five siblings. The agency added his asylum request was rejected in December 2016, but he obtained temporary residency pending his appeal.

German police began investigating after Feldman’s mother reported her daughter missing from her home in Wiesbaden on May 23, 2018. Her body was found at a nearby railroad track.

Bashar fled Germany back to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, where he was working in his home city of Zakho.

Although Iraq and Germany do not have a formal extradition treaty, the 20-year-old was put on a Frankfurt-bound Lufthansa flight at Erbil International Airport in June.

Sentencing was not announced. Germany does not have capital punishment. The Kurdistan Region officially has the death penalty
, but it is rarely implemented.

"I do not want to see this monster in a German prison, but rather forcefully deported! The family of Susanna continues to have much fortitude," tweeted "Jan" in German.

Immigration and asylum have become highly politicized issues in Germany over the past two years.

In Germany, asylum seeking peaked at 890,000 in 2015. It dropped to 280,000 in 2016, and 186,644 in 2017 ‐ due in part to a deal between the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
for the latter to provide shelter to refugees in exchange for billions of euros.
There’s a rather startling photo at the link labelled “Copies reporting on alledged acts of violence by migrants are fixed on a 'line of horror' in front of the courthouse in Wiesbaden, Germany on March 12, 2019.”
Deutsche Welle adds:
In his confession, Ali B. insisted that he and Susanna F. had consensual sex before she was killed.
Do we believe a man who is about to be tried for previously raping a pre-teen girl?
Prosecutors allege that the man forced the girl to have sex with him and then killed her after she threatened to go to the police. Afterward, according to prosecutors, he and an unknown accomplice buried her body before he allegedly used her phone to text her mother that she was in Paris.

When her remains were found two weeks later, Ali B. and his family had left Germany for Iraq.

He also faces a separate trial from March 19 where he has been charged with twice raping an 11-year-old girl.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  "Line of horror" seen back in January on VT's YT channel (which is gone last I checked, but the vid's out there under the above title (or tone-deaf "train of horror"), not that I've gotten around to watching it yet), and Gates (w. transcript).
Posted by: Glulet Ghibelline1891 || 03/13/2019 20:41 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
US, India Say Pakistan ‘Must’ Take Action Against Terrorists
[ToloNews] The US Secretary Mike Pompeo met Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Monday and affirmed that the United States stands with the people and government of India in the fight against terrorism, the US Department of State said in a statement on Monday.

"Secretary Pompeo and Foreign Secretary Gokhale discussed the importance of bringing those responsible for the attack to justice and the urgency of Pakistain taking meaningful action against terrorist groups operating on its soil," the statement said. "They noted the strength of our partnership and discussed ways to further enhance cooperation, including on counterterrorism."

They also discussed the two countries’ complementary visions for the Indo-Pacific, US-India defense cooperation, and the growing US-India economic partnership, including joint efforts to expand bilateral trade in a balanced and reciprocal manner, the statement said.

This comes as tensions between India and Pakistain escalated after Indian fighter jets bombed terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest training camp near Balakot deep inside Pakistain on February 26.

The Indian strike on the JeM camp was carried out 12 days after the terror outfit grabbed credit for the Pulwama terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Kashmire, killing 40 soldiers.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Iraq
Iraq, Iran sign a range of deals to ‘help each other’
How nice for them.
[Rudaw] Iraqi and Iranian leaders on Monday signed a number of agreements in a range of fields, including oil and transportation. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is in Baghdad on a three-day visit to shore up ties while the United States continues to pressure Iraq to distance itself from its neighbour.

The deals were inked after talks on Monday covering oil, trade, health, transportation ‐ establishing a railway between Iraq’s port city of Basra and the Shalamja border crossing, building industrial cities along their shared border, and easing visas for business and investment.

"We know the difficulties the Islamic Theocratic Republic is going through, and Iran knows the difficulties Iraq is experiencing. We are cooperating and thoroughly understanding these situations and how we can help each other," said Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in a joint presser with Rouhani on Monday evening.

The two countries will do their best to bolster security and establish peace, Abdul-Mahdi added.

They signed a total of 22 agreements on Monday, according to IRNA.

Iran, currently bowed under the weight of US sanctions, wants to bolster trade with Iraq and increase its current trade volume from $12 billion to $20 billion. However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
without banking sectors connected to each other, that is difficult.

"In terms of banking matters, which is one of the important issues between the two countries, we emphasized the quicker execution of the agreements that were done between the two central banks, as well as the commercial banks that can bank with each other and we have agreed to take the required steps," said Rouhani in the joint presser.

The two central banks signed a deal in February to facilitate Iranian exporters using Iraqi banks.

This could get Iraq into trouble, warned Fazil Nabi, a former undersecretary in Iraq’s Ministry of Finance. The US carefully watches banking transactions and could sanction Iraq for banking transactions with Iran, he explained.

The US is also pushing Iraq to wean itself off of Iranian imports of electricity and gas, something Iraq says it can’t do. Baghdad has already inked deals with Tehran to keep buying Iranian electricity.

Rouhani said they have "very good relations" when it comes to energy and can expand even further.

"Iran exports the required electricity to Iraq as well as gas and we have announced that we are eager to export more electricity. We can extend these agreements. In regards to oil matters, we are able to provide required facilities towards agreements between the two countries," he said.

They are ready to offer their "power" and "services" in rebuilding Iraq and they wish to develop security ties in countering terrorism, Rouhani added.

Brian Hook, US special representative for Iran and senior policy adviser to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, questioned Rouhani’s visit and Iran’s intentions in Iraq

"President Rouhani coming to Iraq is not in the interest of the Iraqi people," Hook told Iraq’s al-Hurra TV.

"I think what Iran would ultimately like to see happen is Iraq turn into a province of Iran so that they can create a military highway across the northern Middle East that the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps can use to ferry missiles and weapons," Hook asserted.

Washington gave Baghdad a waiver from sanctions to give it time to find an alternative electricity source. That waiver is about to expire and the US has not issued an extension.

Abdul-Mahdi has given directions to finalize a deal with the American company General Electric to help Iraq develop, rebuild, and bolster its electricity grid.

But Iraq says it would need years to wean itself off its dependence on Iranian electricity imports. This dependency will be evident when the summer heat returns. Electricity shortages were one of the factors that sparked deadly protests last summer.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Qatari envoy signs contracts for new projects in Gaza valued at $1.7m
[IsraelTimes] Doha’s Gazoo Strip Reconstruction Committee says projects include work on future headquarters, a mosque in central Gazoo and a fuel storage facility.

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 Gazoo Strip Reconstruction Committee announced on Monday that its chairman, Mohammed al-Emadi, has signed contracts for three new projects in the coastal enclave valued at $1.7 million.

Emadi, who serves as Qatar’s de facto ambassador to Gazoo, was in Jerusalem and the Strip on Sunday and Monday, meeting international diplomats and leaders in the Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, terror group.

The Qatari body said in a statement that the three projects were the construction of a fuel storage facility, a mosque in a central Gazoo village and a part of its future headquarters in the territory.

In the past eight years, Qatar has delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Gazoo for infrastructure, health, electricity and other projects.

In recent months, Qatar, under agreements approved by Israel, has sent tens of millions of dollars to the Strip for fuel, grants to needy Paleostinians and to pay the salaries of Hamas-appointed civil servants.

A major part of the understandings entails Israel allowing goods and funds into Gazoo in exchange for Hamas authorities maintaining relative calm in the border region between the Jewish state and the Strip.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 01:40 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Qatar (MB)

#1  Dr. Evil: "Give us $1.7 Meeelion dollars"
Posted by: Frank G || 03/13/2019 11:47 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Report: Lebanon Reeling Under ‘Endless’ Refugee Burden
[AnNahar] On the eve of the donor Brussels conference on Syria, Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
sock puppet...

reiterated that the Syrian refugees must return to their homeland noting a need for coordination with the Syrian government to achieve that end, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Moreover, a political source said the file is taking a negative turn, "the outside world has its own perception regarding the file and apparently does not care about the return, but only cares that this burden is kept away from them," he told the daily on condition of anonymity.

In Leb, political parties are sharply divided over the return issue and the means to be adopted.

In light of the aggravating burden, "the Lebanese side must prove seriousness in addressing the file rather than complying with regional or international considerations that impede this return," the source told the daily.

The international community has its own considerations in addressing the return file, but Leb is bearing the greatest burden of more than two million displaced people which requires a quick and effective measure.

The sources said that the Vatican has already issued a warning message to Leb that the international community has no desire to return the displaced to Syria.

Foreign delegates who visited Leb and the reports from major countries all confirm that the file won’t be addressed anytime soon, said the source.

The above raises concern of attempted resettlement of displaced Syrians in their places of refuge, something that was considered by some officials of major powers.

"Shall this turns out to be serious, it means bringing Leb into a very dangerous zone that threatens its future and its entity," concluded the source.

Leb hosts an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees that impact its already ailing economy and infrastructure.

The Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region is set on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday aimed to raise financial aid for the 11.7 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance.

Leb will present a plan, it presented two years ago, to reduce its burden of around 1.5 million Syrian refugees.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 01:40 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What a bunch of racists.
Posted by: charger || 03/13/2019 12:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Just you wait until the Christians show up (again)!
Posted by: Zorba Sninens1307 || 03/13/2019 20:49 Comments || Top||


Hardline Iranian cleric Raisi gets second powerful job in a week: IRNA
[AlAhram] Hardline Iranian holy man Ebrahim Raisi was elected on Tuesday as deputy chief of the Assembly of Experts, an influential holy manal body which chooses the Supreme Leader, the Islamic Theocratic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.

He got the job less than a week after he was appointed head of the judiciary - making the protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a key player in Iran's politics.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/13/2019 01:15 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  promotion to Top Commander in charge of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Posted by: Criling Crusoting3879 || 03/13/2019 9:03 Comments || Top||


SDF to return 20,000 detainees to Iraq in 'weeks or months': ICRC
[Rudaw] An international aid organization estimated that tens of thousands of Iraqis being held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will be sent back to their home country within "weeks or months."

"Among the people who reached al-Hol camp you have a significant number of people who are of Iraqi origin. Figures are not official but probably we are talking about 20,000 people, including women and kiddies," Fabrizio Carboni, the International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) regional director for the Middle East, told Rooters in Geneva on Monday.

The SDF has repeatedly warned that the camp is over capacity. Last month, the SDF handed over 150 alleged ISIS members to the Iraqi Army.

"The Iraqi government has expressed its will to bring those people back, but it’s obviously a challenging situation. Those people are considered as a security threat, so it means that they will have to go through a screening process," Carboni added.

The US-led international coalition partnered ground forces also announced this week that Iraqi Kurdish ISIS captives would be extradited to the Kurdistan Region. Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, neither his ministers of defense or interior confirmed the agreement.

Carboni told Rooters that no official date has been set for the transfer from the camp that holds at least 55,000 people.

"But according to our understanding, it’s a matter of weeks or months," he said.

Most of the captives to be repatriated to Iraq are civilians, according to ICRC.

The distinction between ISIS fighters and non-fighters, and those fleeing al-Baghouz and other places has concerned analysts as release deals are negotiated. They argue that ISIS leader Abu Bakir al-Baghdadi, himself, was not a fighter.

"We are aware it is a difficult issue especially in Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
but we believe that on humanitarian grounds, even if you look at this through a security angle, the solution goes through a return of those children and mothers," Carboni added.

The SDF renewed its ground operation with the support of the coalition to clear ISIS remnants from their "final," shrinking 500 square-meter bastion east of the Euphrates near the border with Iraq.
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