The first installment of Peshmerga forces enter to Kobani

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The first installment of the Peshmerga forces from the Kurdistan region of Iraq has managed to enter Kobani city, to offer bock up to fighters defending the town and confront “ISIS” members.

A group of 80 fighters from these forces departed on Tuesday, October 28 from Iraq through Turkey to the city of Kobani, which is witnessing battles between Kurdish militants and “ISIS”. 72 fighters are supposed to follow at a later time.

It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament had agreed last week to send troops to Kobani to confront the organization of the Islamist State.




























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Iraq and Iran to reopen Mendeli border that was closed for 30 years

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DIYALI, IRAQ – On Wednesday, Mendeli Council in Diyali province announced that it reopened a border crossing between Iraq and Iran that was closed since more than a 30 years.

The border will aim at supporting the lives of the people in Diyali and provide many jobs by increasing the trade activity between the two countries.

The head of Mendeli Council Azad Hamid Shafi informed that, “An official government delegation from both sides have opened the Sumar-Mendeli border crossing that was closed since more than about 30 years.”

Shafi has also noted that the trade activity between the two sides will be after fulfilling some procedures by the specialized authorities in both governments.

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Islamic State terrorists in Fallujah-Baghdad-Karbala triangle

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Da’ish organization (Islamic State) is trying for the last ten days to control Amiriyat al-Fallujah (Anbar province) in preparation to open a new front towards Baghdad and Shiite city of Karbala, as reported by extremist sites.

Da’ish gunmen are trying to enter the city from several fronts, while tribesmen, pro-government Sahwa (Awakening) forces and the governmental army are trying to hinder the progress of Da’ish moves.

Security observers believe that Amiriyat al-Fallujah area is a “vital” passage to the extremists if they directed their forces to Baghdad or Shiite Karbala city.

Da’ish is trying a psychological warfare these days by publishing photos on the social networks of the numbers of his gunmen, who are trying to storm into the city.

Amiriyat al-Fallujah lies 40 km west of Baghdad with a population of about 110.000 citizens, mostly Sunni Arabs.

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20 Chinese fight with Islamic State gunmen south west Kirkuk

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 KIRKUK, IRAQ – Iraqi Security sources disclosed that about 20 Chinese fighters are fighting with Da’ish organization (Islamic State) south west Kirkuk, pointing that three of them were killed earlier in air strikes.

The dead three Chinese were buried in a cemetery in Rashad area, the sources added.

“There are gunmen from 12 nationalities are fighting with Da’ish organization in the province”, the sources elaborated.

Some parts of Kirkuk, 280 km north of Baghdad, are under Da’ish control after occupying Mosul city and its progress towards Salahal-din and Diala provinces.

No other details were given.

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Turkish "double game" in Syria disclosed, US sources

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ –  Media sources spoke of “double game” played by Turkey in Syria, where it provides Islamic State fighters with “covert support”, while “pretending it will not participate in the war against them”.

The sources, quoting US official, did not disclose whether the support was financial or military, but confirmed that Turkey and Qatar are supplying support to Islamic circles, including in Libya.

Observers believe that the “covert” Turkish role resulted in disparity among the international coalition in the war against Islamic State organization that led to differences in the strategy of the war.

Turkish politician Nour al-Deen Yilmaz pointed that the Turkish double attitude on the war affected the destiny of the Syrian Kurdish Kobani city.

Yilmaz believes that despite the importance of Kobani city, near the Turkish borders, disclosed the non-seriousness of Turkish President Recceb Tayyib Erdogan in the decision not to participate in the war against IS that led to “new tensions” between Washington and its important regional ally, Turkey, which resulted in Turkish isolation regionally.

Other media reports disclosed few days ago that Turkish stamps were found on IS fighters’ passports.

Sky news showed passports for IS gunmen, from different nationalities that were found by the Kurdish fighters in Syrian Kobani city, which proved the continuation of the Turkish government facilitating the entry of IS members into Syria.

Despite Turkish statements that it is “an active player” in the war against extremist organization, the contradictory reports proved the opposite, observers believe.

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Syria: More terrorists killed across the country, a drone shot down in Deir Ezzor

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Army military operations on Wednesday resulted in the killing of scores of terrorists and the destruction of their weaponry as the army units targeted terrorists’ gatherings and hideouts across the country.

An army unit shot down a drone over al-Maqaber area in the city of Deir Ezzor, northeastern Syria, according to a military source in the province.

In another context, an army unit destroyed a car bomb driven by a suicide terrorist affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization in Hweijet Sakr in the city of Deir Ezzor.

A source in the northeastern province told SANA reporter that an army unit targeted a Hummer car loaded with explosives that was heading towards a military post in the aforementioned area, destroying the car bomb and killing the terrorist driving it.

The source added that other army units clashed with ISIS terrorists in the neighborhoods of al-Sinaa, al-Hweika and al-Rashidiyeh, leaving a number of them dead and others wounded.

Units of the armed forces killed  many terrorists after targeting their gatherings and dens in a number of areas in Aleppo and its countryside, destroying their vehicles and weaponry.

A military source told SANA many terrorists were left dead and others wounded in Ain al-Bayda, al-Marja, Ard al-Malah, Kafar Kar, Hananou, west of al-Nairab and Salah Eddin.

Other units of the armed forces, the source added, killed a number of terrorists in al-Mansoura and destroyed many of others’ vehicles in the Old City, al-Kallasa, al-Ashrafiyeh, al-Kastello and at Beidin roundabout.

A military source said the army eliminated terrorists in Nahlya, Kfar Haya, Kfar Najd, al-Arba’een Mount and Bazzeh farm in Idleb countryside.

Units of the armed forces foiled two attempts by terrorists to infiltrate into the west of Atman and al-Tiba towns in the countryside of the southern province of Daraa, leaving a number of them dead and others wounded, in addition to killing scores of terrorists in Jbeib area.

Army units killed many terrorists in the farms of al-Khazrajiyeh in the surrounding of Sasa in Damascus countryside.

Army units destroyed terrorists’ hideouts with all weapons inside them in Bir Ajam,Nab’ al-Sakhr and Mas’hara in Quneitra countryside. Terrorists inside the hideouts were killed.

Army units targeted and killed many terrorists at al-Alam roundabout in the city and destroyed terrorists’ vehicles and dens with all terrorists inside near al-Shouli roundabout and in the areas of Aqraba, al-Hamidiyeh, al-Qahtaniyeh, Um Batina, Jebata al-Khashab, al-Sweisa and Breiqa in the countryside.

In Homs countryside, a military source said the army, along with popular defense groups, are engaged in fierce battles against ISIS terrorists in the surrounding of Mount al-Shaer, where hundreds of terrorists were killed or wounded. Clashes are still ongoing.

The army targeted ISIS hideouts in the surroundings of al-Shaer Mount and in Aqerbat in  Homs countryside. A convoy of vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns was also targeted and  destroyed and dozens of terrorists were killed.

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Pakistan: Saudi-backed terorists planned to hit 21 Pakistan Shia scholars, politicians and Iranian envoy

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PAKISTAN – The police Tuesday warned of possible terrorist attacks on different religious and political personalities in the country on occasion of 9 and 10 of Muharram.

According to a private TV channel, a letter in this regard has been sent to the Ministry of Interior. The police informed that the terrorists had prepared their plan to attack key religious personalities and political figures.

Those on the hit list include Iranian ambassador to Pakistan Faisal Saleh Hayat, religious scholar Allama Nasir Abbas, Mushahid Hussain Syed and Dr Ghazanfar Mehdi.

The police said terrorists had planned to specifically carry out foul plays in Rawalpindi and Islamabad during the Ashura.

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Pakistani media and rulers keep quiet over the killing of an innocent Shia child

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Last evening, terrorists, most probably the Deobandi hit men, threw a hand grenade at a group of Shia mourners, all females, outside the Islamic Research Centre (IRC) mosque, injuring nine woman and killing one-and-a-half-year old girl Batool Waqar.

The hit men as usual made an escape and the police remained silent, as they have always done. There is nothing new in the police behaviour. They have to obey their masters on whose mind the Shia genocide is the last thing.

What is significant to note here is that the Tweet-crazy and sloganeering-obsessed Bilawal did not open his mouth and Tweet account to say a word about the child or her killer. The PPP government kept quiet. The MQM for which the Shias of Sindh have given unprecedented sacrifices kept quiet as it has recently formed an alliance with the Shia-killers of ASWJ/SSP/LeJ.

The reporting of Batool’s killing has been interesting. All the newspapers briefly flashed the killing on their web sites. But within five to eight hours, the news disappeared altogether.

One can verify it by tracking how the likes of Dawn, The News, and Express Tribune only briefly flashed the news of Batool’s killing, but then relegated it to the pages one cannot easily access.

Some mainstream Urdu papers did not mentioned at all. One is referred to Dunya and Jang to find out how they ignored yet another act of the Shia genocide in Pakistan.

The newspapers were busy reporting how an 80-year old man in Kashmir was killed by the Indians. This report is still unverified, but is the main item on many newspaper’s web sites. The innocent Shia girls and eight women with severe injuries have been forgotten.

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US lawsuit over Israel nuke long overdue

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Former US congressional staffer Rodney Martin says the lawsuit over the contribution of American charities to Israel’s nuclear weapons program is long overdue.

“The lawsuit in federal court is long overdue, but I dare say they face an uphill battle for variety of reasons,” he said in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday.

He made the comments after a new federal lawsuit in the US seeks the release of a government report about how American charities contribute to Israel’s secret nuke program.

The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy has filed a lawsuit in the DC District Court to obtain an unclassified study conducted in 1987 for the Pentagon titled “Current Technology Issues in Israel.”

The report named three institutions — Israel’s Weizmann Institute, Technion University, and Hebrew University — which raise “substantial tax-exempt charitable funding through affiliates in the United States.”

The study discovered that Technion University technicians were involved in developing nuclear missile re-entry vehicles and were working at Israel’s Dimona nuclear weapons plant.

“It’s important to note that the United States is not truly independent when it comes to external forces and political forces,” Martin said.

“The United States judiciary is festooned with Jewish judges that maintain dual Israeli citizenship,” he said. “The United States judiciary is very politicized.”

The Jewish lobby in the United States is capable of “creating bogus charities and bogus nonprofits for the purpose of collecting millions of dollars in the United States in addition to the regular appropriations that the United States Congress appropriates to support various and nefarious Israeli projects, including their nuclear program,” he said.

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Obama: ‘Hiding’ won’t stop Ebola spread

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President Barack Obama says US politicians are following policies to tackle the Ebola virus disease that would “have us running in the opposite direction and hiding under the covers.”

He made the remakes on Wednesday after meeting with doctors and nurses who have volunteered to fight Ebola in West Africa, where the epidemic has already killed about 5,000 people.

Obama called the American medical workers “heroes” who deserve to be treated “with dignity and with respect.”

He also warned states like New Jersey and New York that have imposed mandatory quarantines on doctors and nurses who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa.

“We have to keep in mind that if we’re discouraging our health care workers, who are prepared to make these sacrifices, from traveling to these places in need, then we’re not doing our job in terms of looking after our own public health and safety,” he added.

“I put those on notice who think we should hide from these problems,” Obama said. “This is America. We do things differently.”

“We don’t run and hide when there’s a problem,” he said. “It’s because we don’t react to our fears but instead we respond with commons sense.”

Obama has authorized the Pentagon to deploy troops to West Africa to fight the spread of the deadly disease. Under the president’s order, some 3,600 troops could be sent to West Africa. Hundreds of US soldiers have already been deployed to Liberia.

There is currently no known cure for Ebola, which is a form of hemorrhagic fever with diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding as its symptoms.

The Ebola virus spreads through direct contact with infected blood, feces or sweat. It can also be spread through sexual contact or the unprotected handling of contaminated corpses.

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