US-Backed SDF Recaptures Villages From Syrian Army

The Syrian army briefly captured a string of villages east of the Euphrates river Sunday before the territory was regained by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian state television said Sunday.

SDF forces, largely led by the Kurdish YPG militia, said Sunday that they launched a counterattack against Syrian troops, driving them far away from the four previously captured villages.

"Our forces regained the initiative," they said in a statement.

Earlier Sunday, state media outlet SANA said that the Russia-backed Syrian army captured four villages previously held by the SDF near the provincial capital Deir el-Zour, without providing a motive for the move.

https://www.voanews.com/a/syrian-army-captures-villages-from-us-backed-forces/4369681.html

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French special forces bolstering US-led operations in Syria, US defence secretary says

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday that French special operations forces arrived in Syria over the past two weeks to help boost US-led efforts against the Islamic State group.

Speaking to senior lawmakers in Washington, Mattis responded to a question about whether the United States was planning on pulling out of Syria – something President Donald Trump has said would happen "very soon."

Right now, "we are not withdrawing," Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

"You'll see a reenergized effort," he said.

"You'll see increased operations on the Iraqi side of the border, and the French just reinforced us in Syria with special forces here in the last two weeks. This is an ongoing fight right now."

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ar/node/680281#axzz5E59EkoRk

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Pompeo Gives 'Green Light' For Israel To Counter Elements Threatening Its Security From Syria

As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sat down on Sunday, April 29 in Tel Aviv to discuss the Iranian threat, a Russian-backed Syrian force struck across the Euphrates to capture a string of US-backed fortified Kurdish SDF villages. This incursion of a key US area of influence region in eastern Syria, if confirmed, would rip up a key element of the US-Russian de-confliction zones accord and provide Iran with a springboard for a leap up to the Iraqi border.

Pompeo, on his first Middle East Trip as Secretary of State, reiterated in Tel Aviv – as he did in Riyadh earlier Sunday – that the nuclear deal will need to be fixed or it would be abandoned by President Donald Trump’s on May 12.

Standing alongside Netanyahu, the secretary backed Israeli efforts to counter Iran in Syria. He said the US is committed to “rolling back to the full range of Iranian malign influence in Syria,” specifically mentioning “Iran’s missile systems, its support for Hezbollah, its importation of thousands of Shiite fighters into Syria.” Pompeo added, “We strongly support Israel’s sovereign right to defend itself.”

https://prophecyupdate.blogspot.nl/2018/04/pompeo-gives-green-light-for-israel-to.html

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Pompeo says US stands with Israelis, Saudis against Iran___

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday ratcheted up the Trump administration's rhetoric against Iran and gave warm boosts of support to Israel and Saudi Arabia in their standoffs with Tehran.

Pompeo's comments in Riyadh and then Tel Aviv came as he neared the end of the Middle East leg of his first trip abroad as America's top diplomat. He has called for concerted international action to punish Iran for its missile programs and other actions that he said destabilize the region.

https://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=235&sid=46310282&title=pompeo-us-stands-with-israel-in-fight-against-iran

Twitter Sold Massive Data to Researcher Behind Cambridge Analytica Uproar

Another social media tycoon has been reported to profit from obtaining users’ data with a Cambridge Analytica-affiliated man. For one day, the researcher, who got the personal info of millions of Facebook users, was granted massive public data from Twitter. It’s said to be standard practice.

A link between Twitter and Cambridge Analytica has been brought to light after it was revealed that the corporation sold massive data access to a man behind selling info of 87 million Facebook users to a political consulting firm.

In 2015, Aleksandr Kogan's commercial firm Global Science Research (GSR) bought access to data from Twitter for one day. Kogan later became notorious for created a quiz to obtain private information from Facebook for Cambridge Analitica. The Silicon Valley company admitted the fact. But according to Twitter, which conducted an internal probe, Kogan’s firm didn't leak any private data. The sold information was based on tweets made from December 2014 to April 2015.

https://sputniknews.com/science/201804301064026811-twitter-data-selling-cambridge-analytica/

These Are The Emails Hillary Clinton Didn’t Want You To See

This week, a government watchdog group released nearly 300 pages of newly uncovered emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from the US State Department sent and received over Hillary Clinton’s illegal and unsecure email server that were said to be non-existent.

On Wednesday, Judicial Watch released 281 pages of emails from 2010 to 2013 from Clinton’s email server that contained classified information and documents collusion between the Clinton State Department and the Clinton Foundation.

The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit after the State Department failed to reply by the first week in March.

https://sonsoflibertymedia.com/these-are-the-emails-hillary-clinton-didnt-want-you-to-see/

http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/JW-v.-State-HRC-emails-00687-1.pdf

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Presidency: Obama Failed Nigeria In Fighting Boko Haram

The Nigerian presidency on Sunday said the United States of America under the Barack Obama failed to provide the necessary support for the country in the fight against terrorism. But on the contrary, the presidency said President Donald Trump has been very supportive of Nigeria's efforts to defeat Boko Haram since he assumed office.

http://saharareporters.com/2018/04/30/presidency-obama-failed-nigeria-fighting-boko-haram