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CIA Refuses to Publicly Differentiate ‘Moderate Rebels’ From Terrorists

“Washington is clearly not eager to fight the Nusra Front terrorists, and is attempting to shield this al-Qaeda unit with illegal militant groups, which Washington calls ‘moderate.”

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A Syrian rebel takes cover during heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels north of Aleppo, Syria.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister said that CIA Director John Brennan promised during his February visit to Moscow to facilitate the separation of Syria's 'moderate opposition' from the terrorists as soon as possible, but he has failed to honor his promise. Brennan promised during his February visit to Moscow to facilitate the separation

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Unarmed Black Man Shot After Police Confuse E-Cigarette For Gun

The lastest incident follows one in Tulsa, Oklahoma last week when 40-year-old unarmed black man Terence Сrutcher was fatally shot by the police after his SUV stalled on the road.

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This undated cellphone photo released by Dan Gilleon, the attorney for the family of Alfred Olango, shows Alfred Olango, the Ugandan refugee killed Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in El Cajon, Calif. The fatal police shooting of Olango, who drew something from his pocket and extended his hands in a "shooting stance" happened about a minute after officers in a San Diego suburb arrived at the scene where a mentally unstable man was reportedly walking in traffic, a police spokesman said Wednesday.

The police in El Cajon, California, who have shot dead an unarmed African-American man at a strip mall, allegedly confused the vape smoking device he was pointing at them for a gun, local media reported on Thursday. On Wednesday night, El Cajon police received phone calls about a man who was behaving erratically and walking in traffic, USA

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Leviathan: US Brokered Deal to Make Israel Major Gas Power

Israel has taken its first step towards playing an important role in the global energy market.

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The Eshkol power station, the first in Israel to produce electricity from natural gas, in the coastal city of Ashdod, southern Israel.

The US-led consortium monitoring the development of Israel's Leviathan offshore gas field has signed its first landmark export agreement with Jordan's National Electric Power Company (Nepco), worth $10 billion. Thus Israel has taken its first step towards playing an important role in the global energy market, German newspaper DWN wrote. The gas

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Syrian Intelligence Claims To Have Proof Of US Military Coordination With ISIS

The head of the Syrian parliament, added that after the coalition’s airstrikes on the Syrian troops, the US military directed terrorists’ attack on the Syrian army.

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ISIS fighters patrol the streets in Syria's 6th largest city, Deir Az Zor.

The Syrian intelligence possesses an audio recording of conversation between Daesh terrorists and US military prior to the Washington-led coalition's airstrikes on the government troops near Deir ez-Zor on September 17, the speaker of the People's Council of Syria said Monday. "The Syrian Army intercepted a conversation between the Americans

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Leaked Colin Powell Email: Israel Has 200 Nukes, All Targeting Iran

In the latest batch of leaked Democratic Party emails released on DCLeaks.com, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell asserts that Israel is in possession of around 200 nuclear weapons.

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks in New York. In a leaked 2015 email exchange, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel’s nuclear weapons with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads.

In the latest batch of leaked Democratic Party emails released on DCLeaks.com, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell asserts that Israel is in possession of around 200 nuclear weapons. Powell, in an email exchange with US Democratic party donor and business partner Jeffrey Leeds, revealed Israel’s massive arsenal while discussing a speech

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Oklahoma Police Release Disturbing Footage Of Police Killing Unarmed Black Man

Terence Crutcher, 40, was black and shot by a white police officer on Friday, after an officer stopped to investigate his stalled vehicle in the road.

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Terence Crutcher with his sister. (Facebook)

The Tulsa Police Department has released four videos of the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old black man after his car had stalled in the middle of the road. A pastor who watched the video the day before it was released asserted that the man’s "hands were in the air,” prior to the footage being made public on Monday

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US Airstrike On Syrian Army Raises Questions Of Long-Term Plans For Syria

Experts have pointed out that the US-led coalition’s bombing of the SAA base in the city of Deir ez-Zor has helped Daesh to advance on Damascus-led forces, possibly weakening the latter.

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Mideast Syria Elections

Moscow was willing to work on a deal with Washington meant to suspend if not completely halt fighting in Syria since Russian officials assumed that the US had finally acknowledged that President Bashar al-Assad was not the key problem perpetuating the years-long war, but the US-led coalition strike on Syrian troops has apparently proved them

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