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Turkey faces perilous mission in northern Syria — and possible disaster if it fails

9/22/2018, 7:26:19 PM
Ankara fears a regime offensive in Idlib could send refugees racing to the border and fuel new militancy. ✔ By Erin Cunningham Erin Cunningham Middle East reporter covering Iran, Turkey, Syria and the wider region Email Bio Follow September 22 at 3:01 PM ISTANBUL As the chief backer of Syria’s embattled opposition, Turkey now faces a perilous task ✔ Turkey has recently reinforced its observation posts in Idlib, established as part of an earlier agreement with Russia and Iran, deploying tanks, commandos and multiple rocket launching systems, Gurcan said


Moscow to present minute-by-minute account of Russian Il-20 downing in Syria

9/22/2018, 7:42:32 PM
A by-the-minute account of the events that led to the downing of the Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft in Syria earlier this week will be presented to the public on Sunday, the Russian Ministry of Defence has announced. ✔ Late on Monday, the Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft, with 15 servicemen aboard, was shot down over the Mediterranean Sea by the Syrian S-200 air defense system ✔ Israel denies responsibility for the deadly crash, putting the blame for it on the Syrian forces


Eight Afghan children killed playing with unexploded mortar shell

9/22/2018, 7:24:24 PM
More than 3,000 children were killed or wounded in 2017, accounting for one-third of total civilian casualties. ✔ They had found an unexploded shell and were playing with it when it went off ✔ Afghanistan war causing record civilian casualties Officials were quick to blame the explosion on the Taliban, which last week captured Koh-e-Sayad village where the children lived ✔ REWIND Pencils and Bullets: Girls' Education in Afghanistan


Iran's Khamenei blames Gulf states for military parade attack

9/22/2018, 4:44:26 PM
ian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused U.S.-backed Gulf Arab states o... ✔ The allegation will likely ratchet up tensions with Iran’s rival Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies, who along with the United States have been working to isolate the Islamic Republic ✔ One picked up a gun and scrambled to his feet as women and children fled for their lives ✔ A video on state television’s website showed confused soldiers ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


China summons US ambassador over military sanctions

9/22/2018, 5:55:03 PM
Beijing protests US sanctions imposed on China's military over the purchase of Russian fighter jets and missiles. ✔ The US state department said the Chinese procurement of S-400 surface-to-air missiles and Sukhoi SU-35 jets from Russia breached a US sanctions law targeting Russia for its alleged meddling in the 2016 US election and its activities in Ukraine ✔ Are US Sanctions Realigning Global Alliances


US-China trade talks stall amid tariff standoff

9/22/2018, 5:05:38 PM
Negotiations between the United States and China have stalled after President Donald Trump ordered new tariffs on Chinese goods. ✔ A number of businesses, including Target, Apple, and Walmart, the country's largest retailer, warned the administration in a letter that new tariffs on Chinese goods would result in price hikes ✔ CNN's Cristina Alesci, Jeremy Diamond, Matt Rivers and Donna Borak contributed to this report


Michael Lewis: The Big Short author on how Trump is gambling with nuclear disaster

9/22/2018, 5:23:45 PM
The books interview: Government positions left empty, cronyism, anti-government ideology – everything about Trump’s administration makes America more vulnerable to risk ✔ I think they underestimated the political consequences of that ✔ With the new book, Lewis is planning to tour a lot of small college towns, places in swing states, in the runup to the midterms in November ✔ About the fifth risk facing the country, he says: If you’re worried about it to the degree you should be worried about it, there’s no way you have this man running the country


Hezbollah 'financier' arrested in Brazil

9/22/2018, 6:51:53 PM
Assad Ahmad Barakat was arrested in the lawless Triple Frontier area between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. ✔ It was not clear whether Barakat will again be extradited to Paraguay following Friday's arrest ✔ Terrorism in Triple Frontier US authorities and others alleged the lawless border region between the three countries is a hotspot for support and funding of armed groups ✔ Inside Story Is Hezbollah stronger after its involvement in Syria


Militants attack Iran military parade, killing at least 25

9/22/2018, 6:29:29 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Militants disguised as soldiers opened fire Saturday on an annual Iranian military parade in the country's oil-rich southwest, killing at least 25 people and w ✔ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Militants disguised as soldiers opened fire Saturday on an annual Iranian military parade in the country's oil-rich southwest, killing at least 25 people and wounding over 60 in the deadliest terror attack to strike the country in nearly a decade ✔ In Tehran, Rouhani watched a military parade that included ballistic missiles capable of reaching Israel and U.S. military bases in the Mideast


Seven reasons not to trust Facebook to play cupid

9/22/2018, 5:12:21 PM
This week Facebook has launched a major new product play, slotting an algorithmic dating service inside its walled garden as if that’s perfectly normal behavior for an ageing social network. Insert your [dad dancing GIF of choice] right here. Facebook getting into dating looks very much like … ✔ Humans cannot be made to neatly sum to the total of their collective parts and interests ✔ So there’s perhaps a certain twisted logic working away as an undercurrent and driving its impulse to push for ever more human connections ✔ I mean, Insta Love gram almost sounds like it could be a thing


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