#CANvsISIL
- “Killing Citizens: Core Legal Dilemmas in Targeted Killing of Cdn Foreign Terrorist Fighters” (National Security Law Blog)
- DND’s latest on Operation IMPACT
Everyone Else Vs. ISIL
- “On 15th Anniversary Of 9/11, Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Zawahiri Urges Mujahideen To Focus On Targeting U.S., Incites Black Christians Against U.S. And Calls Them To Islam” – “9/11 will be repeated ‘thousands of times’, threatens Al-Qaeda”
- “Had 9/11 not happened, would Daesh not have been spawned?”
- “ISIS fighter reveals group’s plan to spread even after defeat in Iraq and Syria”
- “Boko Haram Pledges to Attack Christians After Leadership Shakeup”
- IRN pissed at SAU “Arab League should urge Riyadh to stop supporting terrorists: (IRN) Foreign Ministry” – “Saudis crimes worse than Zionist regime – Rafsanjani”– “Two holy mosques belong Muslim world, Not Saudi Wahhabis”
- “Violent Extremist Groups Take Special Aim at Women, UN Official Says”
Syria
- We Have a DEAL (for now, anyway)! “US, Russia forge deal on Syria ceasefire, new military partnership” – “Turkey backs Syria truce deal, prepares aid for Aleppo” – “EU’s Mogherini welcomes Syria deal, wants political transition plan” – “Kerry, Lavrov Announce Syrian Peace Plan” – “Syria peace deal: Russia and US could force their allies to keep this truce” – “Russia and U.S. reach agreement on Syria” – “Mainstream opposition says Syrian deal could end civilians’ ordeal” – “Syrian ‘Moderates’ to Fulfill Obligation to Distance Itself From Radicals – HNC” – “UN welcomes US-Russian understanding on Syria” – “Syria: How Long Will The New Cessation of Hostilities Hold?” – “U.S., Russia reach deal on Syrian ceasefire”
- Meanwhile, in Aleppo … “Fighting rages in Aleppo hours after Syrian peace deal” – “Syrian Command Issues Ultimatum to Terrorists Surrounded in Aleppo” – “Syrian Army advances in southern Aleppo amid jihadist collapse”
- “Oh, Those Russians …” “Russia Defense Report: Electronic Ears over Aleppo” – “Iran & Moscow to Strengthen Infrastructure of Hamadan Airbase” – “Russians to use Iranian airbase to bomb east Syria” – “SNHR: Russian Forces Targeted 59 Medical Centers in Syria”
- “Syrian Air Force destroys entire ISIS convoy in east Hama”
- “Tehran denies Arab League claims about Iran’s ‘meddling’ in Syria”
Libya
- “Clashes in Tripoli between Tripoli Revolutionaries’ Brigade and Misratan forces”
- “LIBYA : Where Has All The ISIL Gone”
- Canada welcomes completion of chemical weapons removal from Libya (Canada News Centre) – “Ban Ki-moon welcomed removal of Libya’s chemical weapons” – Le Canada se réjouit de l’élimination complète des armes chimiques de la Libye – “Libya’s chemicals arrive safely in Germany for destruction” – “Germany begins destroying Gaddafi-era chemical weapons from Libya”
Iraq
- Up next — Mosul! “Iraq’s Mosul Liberation Operation Will Start Soon: US General Disclosed” – “Barzani: Plan Ready for Mosul Assault, Timeline Not Yet” – “KRG, US and Iraq Agree to Move onto Mosul Before End of 2016” – “U.S. sends 500 more troops to Iraq to help with Mosul operation” – “Barzani: Mosul battle plans ready, could be concluded by year-end”
- IRQ, Kurds & Oil “Iraq wants back all oilfields that fell to Kurds during IS war”
- “Iraq expels last remnants of (anti-IRN) MKO terrorists” – “Last 280 MKO terrorists relocated from Iraq to Europe” – “Last Remnants of MKO Terrorists Expelled from Iraq” – Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (globalsecurity.org profile)
The Kurds
- “Barzani Says Erbil, Baghdad Reached Agreement over Kurdish Disputed Areas”
- “Netherlands Extends Training Peshmerga for One More Year” – ” ‘Fight is not over yet’: Netherlands extends Iraqi training mission”
- “PUK issues not related to Kurdish parties: KDP deputy”