Syria reopens doors of national museum after 6 years
10/28/2018, 4:00:23 PMSyria's National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven years after war forced it to close and months after the government recaptured all rebel areas near the capital. ✔ As the insurgency began to spread in 2011, the government evacuated the museum's collection, one of the most important in the Middle East, along with those of provincial museums, hiding more than 300,000 artefacts far from the battlefield ✔ Other objects, recovered by the government after they were seized by insurgents or smuggled overseas, were put on display this month in the Damascus Opera House, a testament to the looting of heritage that has characterised much of the war
‘Brutally honest’: Public outcry forces Facebook to stop banning pics of starving Yemeni girl
10/28/2018, 2:39:20 PMA backlash prompted Facebook to stop removing posts featuring a photo of an emaciated seven-year-old Yemeni girl, which accompanied a harrowing New York Times report from the war-torn country. ✔ https://t.co/mxseseNXjt Ken Wheaton (@kenwheaton) October 26, 2018 As the backlash soared, Facebook announced that it would cease to delete posts featuring the photo, and promised to restore the ones it had already removed ✔ Following immense criticism, the social network recognized its mistake and ceased deleting the iconic image
Pittsburgh, Migrant Caravan, Yemen: Your Weekend Briefing
10/28/2018, 12:18:58 PMHere’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories. ✔ Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead ✔ One is being investigated as a hate crime: the mass shooting at a prominent synagogue in Pittsburgh during a service on Saturday morning ✔ Above, Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia met in September
With border open, Jordanians visit Syria for first time in years
10/28/2018, 3:59:37 PMJordanians are flocking to the Syrian capital Damascus for the first time in yea... ✔ But for the last seven years, we’ve not been able to pay school fees, he said ✔ Bahjat Rizik, in Damascus with his wife and son, said the last time he made the three-hour drive from Amman was before the war began ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
How Syrian architects can rebuild a country in the throes of war
10/28/2018, 2:52:34 PMWork to preserve Syria's heritage is already happening, with the war making it vital for architects to shift their thinking ✔ Architects, academics, politicians, economists and developers each have their own agenda and interests ✔ For some, the reconstruction is a financial opportunity to invest and make money ✔ This article is republished from The Conversation (conversation.com)
As Israel Targets Iran in Syria, U.S. Officials Warn of Reprisals
10/28/2018, 12:20:44 PMIsrael is conducting a military campaign across Syria against Iran-backed militia groups, an effort that has been encouraged by the White House but aroused the concern of many U.S. military officials. ✔ Israeli soldiers and tanks in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, in May ✔ No attacks from such groups against U.S. forces in Iraq have been reported, military officials said ✔ In conducting those strikes, Israel isn’t simply protecting its immediate borders, but is seeking to disrupt supply lines
Dozens of British Isis brides are flocking back to the UK
10/28/2018, 10:34:15 AMNatalie Bracht, sisters Reema Iqbal and Zara Iqbal, Ruzina Khanam, Maylbongwe Sibanda are among hundreds of British women who travelled to war-torn Syria with their fanatical husbands. ✔ Pictured: The youngest of the east London terror cell, Fabio Pocas, 22 The group of men were said to have converted to Islam and travelled to Syria after falling in with radical hate preacher Anjem Choudary Despite his marriage to Iqbal, Ringleader Da Costa is said to have married Natalie Bracht after grooming her over the internet
Iranian Port Project Poses a Dilemma for U.S.
10/28/2018, 2:18:59 PMA port being developed in the southern Iranian city of Chabahar underscores some of the dilemmas U.S. policy makers face in implementing sanctions against Tehran. ✔ A cargo ship is docked during the inauguration ceremony of the newly built extension in the port of Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman in southeastern Iran in December 2017 ✔ Strategically located on the Gulf of Oman and named for an Iranian revolutionary war hero, the Shahid Beheshti Port is exactly the sort of Iranian economic development the Trump administration wants to stop with sanctions that kick in on Nov. 5 ✔ Pakistan has squelched trade between India and Afghanistan across its territory
Khashoggi murder: Journalist planned 'to release details of Saudi chemical weapons use'
10/28/2018, 11:33:06 AMJAMAL Khashoggi was about to disclose details of Saudi Arabia’s use of chemical weapons in Yemen, sources close to him said. ✔ Recent unsubstantiated claims were made in Iran that Saudi Arabia has been supplying ingredients that can be used to produce the nerve agent Sarin in Yemen ✔ The revelation comes as amid claims from security sources Britain knew about the plot to kidnap the journalist and begged Saudi Arabia to stop plans
'Honour killing' video shocks Syrians
10/28/2018, 1:52:21 PMA brutal video showing the murder of a young woman in Syria has been met with horror online. ✔ Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device Honour killing video shocks Syrians The release of a brutal video showing a young Syrian women being murdered in a so-called honour killing has been met with horror online ✔ Women's rights activist Rima Flihan describes how the war has made such killings increasingly common
Coming home: A Korean War veteran who was an MIA for decades is finally buried on home soil - Los Angeles Times
10/28/2018, 3:54:39 PMThe lab in Honolulu recently got the unidentified remains of Korean War soldiers and is now engaged in the painstaking process of identifying them. They use dental records, DNA samples and bones to try and make a match. ✔ The last memory Charles McDaniel had of his father was as a 3-year-old boy living on an U.S. Army base in Tokyo in 1950 ✔ For decades, that was pretty much all there was ✔ On average, the agency does around 200 identifications per year ✔ At the cemetery, the honor guard presented flags to McDaniel, his brother and their mother, who gently stroked the flag with her hand, and his father’s sister, Wilma Jean Gutshall
Skepticism prevails in US over North Korea's denuclearization
10/28/2018, 9:39:45 AMundefined ✔ 'Agreements with NK are open for misinterpretations' By Kim Bo-eun Scott Snyder Bruce Klingner WASHINGTON _ While the South Korean government is eagerly pushing forward with inter-Korean diplomacy, there is a prevailing sense of skepticism in the U.S. over Pyongyang's intentions, analysts said ✔ He said the key point was how to draw North Korea into cooperation on denuclearization while keeping the pressure on
[INTERVIEW] 'Piecemeal strategy won't work'
10/28/2018, 9:51:31 AMundefined ✔ This is that the weapons program serves not only as a deterrent against real or imagined threats from the U.S. but also as a source of legitimacy for the regime, without which Kim would lose his revered status as monolithic leader ✔ I think we are past the time for symbolic gestures and declarations of intentions, Bang said
Two UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attacks
10/28/2018, 8:48:11 AMSeveral others were wounded in two attacks in central and northern Mali, according to the UN. ✔ Mali on Thursday extended by a year a state of emergency, in place since a deadly November 2015 attack on a hotel in capital Bamako claimed 20 lives ✔ A peace deal between the government and armed groups was signed in 2015, but its implementation has been slow, while attacks continue in central and northern parts of the country
Turkish forces bombarded Syrian Kurdish YPG militia positions east...
10/28/2018, 1:39:28 PMTurkish forces bombarded Kurdish YPG militia positions on the eastern shore of t... ✔ The move comes two days after President Tayyip Erdogan issued what he said was a final warning to those who would endanger Turkey’s borders, saying Ankara was determined to focus its attention on Syrian Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Khashoggi hit squad 'smoked and drank on cheerful ride home'
10/28/2018, 11:27:15 AMThe driver claimed that one of his passengers on the way from the Saudi consulate in Istanbul (pictured today) to the airport was an intelligence officer close to the Saudi Crown Prince. ✔ Turkey claims a 15-man security squad was sent to murder Khashoggi, while Riyadh denies the crown prince had any knowledge of the killing ✔ 1.14pm: Surveillance footage later leaked to Turkish media shows Khashoggi walking into the main entrance of the Saudi Consulate ✔ October 25: Changing their story again, Saudi prosecutors say Khashoggi's killing was a premeditated crime
‘Siberian coat’? Merkel confronts Putin with startling question in Russian (VIDEO)
10/28/2018, 8:22:08 AMThe Syrian crisis was not the only burning issue discussed at a summit in Istanbul. Angela Merkel inquired in Russian if Vladimir Putin was wearing a Siberian coat. The Twitterati found the Western view of Russia quite weird. ✔ Merkel confronts Putin with startling question in Russian (VIDEO) Published time: 28 Oct, 2018 08:11 Edited time: 28 Oct, 2018 08:19 Get short URL Vladimir Putin and his now-famous ‘Siberian coat’ © RT The Syrian crisis was not the only burning issue discussed at a summit in Istanbul ✔ So, apparently Putin’s ‘Siberian coat’ seemed quite impressive to Chancellor Merkel, as such a garment was too hot for the 17 degrees Celsius in Istanbul
Analysis | Who is Jair Bolsonaro, the man likely to be Brazil’s next president?
10/28/2018, 10:12:13 AMJair Bolsonaro is the frontrunner in Brazil's presidential runoff Sunday. Here's where the far-right former army captain stands on the issues. ✔ Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, of Brazil's far-right Social Liberal Party, speaks during a news conference in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 25 ✔ Knowing that Guedes would be steering the economy made investors much more willing to take a chance on Bolsonaro
Names of 11 Pittsburgh victims released by authorities
10/28/2018, 2:52:23 PMOldest victim was aged 97 ✔ Continuous rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Siliguri and surrounding areas, affecting road travel and daily life AFP/Getty 49/50 9 September 2018 Participants wave flowers as they march past a balcony from where North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un was watching, during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang
The 10 places you must visit, by Levison Wood
10/28/2018, 10:03:35 AMThe 10 places you must visit, by Levison Wood ✔ Planning your next bucket list adventure ✔ His accident saw him plunge 450 feet – almost the height of the Walkie Talkie building in London – off a cliff when the brake cables in his car snapped ✔ Colombia is often associated with cocaine cartels, kidnapping and corruption, but after the death of Pablo Escobar in 1993, this image began to evolve
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