SYRIA UPDATE

Khamis: Government set vision for rehabilitating old markets in Aleppo

He noted that work is underway for completing the opening of the main roads in the city and for starting the rehabilitation of markets according to a definite timetable, calling upon tradesmen to broaden the establishment of factories that are able to meet all the needs of citizens.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=150512

Member Of Israeli Parliament’s Defense Committee Admits No Israeli Strikes On Syria Since S-300 Delivery

“There hasn’t been a single mission since Syria received S-300s. The S-300 has changed the balance of power in the region,” she told media on November 5.

REUTERS

The IDF have attacked in Syria, including after the downing of the Russian plane. Military coordination with the Russians continues as before,” Reuters quoted the source as saying.

However, Rueters were not able to provide any evidence to confirm such claims. Syrian local and military sources mocked these reports. Nonetheless, they gained a wide attention in the mainstream media because they contribute to its general narrative towards the conflict.

https://southfront.org/member-of-israeli-parliaments-defense-committee-admits-no-israeli-strikes-on-syria-since-s-300-delivery/

Army foils terrorists’ infiltration attempts in Hama countryside

SANA’s reporter in Hama said that an army unit positioned in surroundings of Shalyout village in Mharda area foiled an infiltration attempt by a terrorist group to the south of al-Zakat village in the northern countryside towards military posts in the area.

Heavy losses were inflicted upon terrorists in the personnel and equipment, according to the reporter.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=150508

ISIS Car Bomb Attack Kills SDF Intelligence Officer In Syria’s Manbij: Reports

It’s interesting to note that the car bomb attack took place amid the developing tensions between the SDF and Turkey-led forces in northern Syria. Recently, the SDF and the US-led coalition have significantly boosted security measrues in the area. However, even these efforts did not allow them to prevent the ISIS attack inside the SDF stronghold.

https://southfront.org/isis-car-bomb-attack-kills-sdf-intelligence-officer-in-syrias-manbij-reports/

French Judges Issue International Arrest Warrants Against Three High-level Syrian Regime Officials

“After years of horrendous atrocities committed in total impunity, this move by French judges sends a strong signal that justice is possible before national courts outside of Syria, and gives hope to the families of Syria’s tens of thousands disappeared,” said Mazen Darwish, SCM President.

FRANCE SUPPORT OF THE CABAL/ISIS IS IGNORED

http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/35017/French_Judges_Issue_International_Arrest_Warrants_Against_Three_High_level_Syrian_Regime_Officials

Shamanov: Syria has right to use all its weapons to defend its lands and sovereignty

In a statement to journalists on Tuesday, Shamanov said that the S-300 air defense systems which Russia provided to Syria are highly protective and Damascus has the right to use them to protect its national interests whether legally or morally.

He noted that the Syrian soldiers have went through a complete set of trainings and they are able to manage the complexes of S-300 missiles independently, yet he didn’t excluded the possibility of sending Russian consultants for these systems.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=150515

Syrian War Report – November 6, 2018: “Russian Mercenaries Casualties” Narrative Resurfaces In MSM

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https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-november-6-2018-russian-mercenaries-casualties-narrative-resurfaces-in-msm/

Adam Schiff Vows to ‘Renew’ Russia Probe if Dems Flip the House

Leaker, liar and ranking member of the House Intel Committee, Adam Schiff (D-CA) said it would be his top priority to renew the Russia probe if the Democrats win the midterms.

If Democrats take control of the House, all of the work Chairman Nunes has done exposing the FISA abuses will be for nothing.

Rep. Adam Schiff will become Chairman of the House Intel Committee and he will harass the President and Republicans with Soviet style ‘show trials.’

Via the Los Angeles Times:

“We’re not taking anything for granted,” Schiff said, but laid out his priorities as the committee’s chair if control of the House flips. Reviving the investigation into Russia’s election meddling is at the top of the list, Schiff said, and also probing whether Russia has financial leverage over President Trump through his business interests.

“The president has sought to keep that off limits, but if that’s the leverage Russians pose that’s a real threat to our country,” Schiff told The Times.

Adam Schiff has already obstructed Chairman Nunes’ investigation into Spygate and FISA abuses by Obama’s FBI and DOJ.

Schiff hit Nunes with a 9 month long ethics investigation which ultimately slowed down the Committee’s investigation.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi also threatened to use subpoena power as a negotiating tool if the Dems flip the House.

God help us if these power hungry, lawless Democrats ever get into power again.

Go vote today–vote red all the way down the ticket!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/adam-schiff-vows-to-renew-russia-probe-if-dems-flip-the-house/

Heavily Republican AZ District Turns Voters Away – Takes Their Names and Numbers and Says “We’ll Get Back to You”

Voters in a Republican district in Maricopa County in Arizona were turned away on Tuesday according to reports.

They were told to leave their name and number and they would get a call later?

Heavily Republican AZ District Turns Voters Away – Takes Their Names and Numbers and Says “We’ll Get Back to You”

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Voters in a Republican district in Maricopa County in Arizona were turned away on Tuesday according to reports.

They were told to leave their name and number and they would get a call later?

This is a stunning report!

100 Percent Fed Up reported:

This morning, when the voting polls opened at the Queen Creek Library in the heavily Republican-leaning southeast valley of Maricopa County in AZ, voters were met with some surprising news— the only two printers designated for printing their ballots were both broken.

Jake Hoffman, the local Republican Party chairman, was notified by a voter, that between 150-200 voters were asked to write their names on a piece of scratch paper, along with their cell phone numbers, and wait for a text message or call that would inform them of when the ballot printers were functioning, so they could come back again to vote.

According to at least one voter, the voters were NOT being told of another location they could go to vote.

In addition to the issues with the only two printers available at the Queen Creek Library location, this morning, a half hour after the polls had already opened, Fontes tweeted a message to voters in the Gila Precinct, to let them know that they need to vote at another location, “due to building access issues”.

They just found out about this on the morning of the election?

Read the rest at 100% Fed Up.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/heavily-republican-az-district-turns-voters-away-takes-their-name-and-number-and-says-well-get-back-to-you/

Battle For Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah On November 6, 2018 (Maps, Videos)

On November 6, clashes near the port Yemeni city of al-Hudaydah continued with forces of the Saudi-UAE-led coalition were attempting to capture more areas around it in the fraework of its wider effoort to encircle the Houthi-held city.

Intense clashes took place near the Matahin square where members of Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis) and their allies recaptured a number of positions from coalition forces. However, they were not able to develop gained momentum immediately and to force coalition troops to retreat from nearby positions.

At the same time, coalition forces made an attempt to capture the Saleh housing, but failed to do this.

According to reports from the ground, in the period from November 4 to November 6, warplanes of the coalition carried out up to 200 strikes on positions on Ansar Allah-led forces in the area.

So far, this very attempt of the coalition to capture al-Hudaydah city has appeared to be more sucessful than the previous ones. The Houthis have faced a number of issues, which are mostly caused by problems with anti-armour means and measures as well as the advantage of the coalition in manpower and military equipment.

At the same time, the problem of the advancing coalition forces is a narrow frontline east of al-Hudaydah. Their positions there are vulnerable for counter-attacks from the northern and eastern directions. Yemeni sources expect that the Houthis will likely use this vulnerability soon.

https://southfront.org/battle-for-yemens-al-hudaydah-on-november-6-2018-maps-videos/

‘Grim Irony’: Saudi Strikes Use British Intel to Destroy UK Aid Facilities in Yemen

British-backed Saudi bombing destroyed Oxfam facilities in Yemen, said the United Kingdom charity. The information about the destruction of facilities of the humanitarian organization emerged during last week’s parliamentary debates in the House of Commons where U.K. ministries were evaluating the impact of the country’s arms sale to Riyadh.

A vital cholera treatment center in Abs, in the Hajjah province, was hit in June in airstrikes which are supported by British intelligence, according to British news outlet Independent.

The location of the treatment facility was notified 12 times. In April, coalition air raids damaged an Oxfam supported water supply system that provided water for 6,000 people.

“On the one hand, British aid is a vital lifeline, on the other, British bombs are helping to fuel an ongoing war that is leading to countless lives being lost each week to fighting, disease, and hunger,” said Oxfam’s head of advocacy, Toni Pearce.

“The UK continues to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, whose coalition bombing campaign in Yemen has cut off vital food supplies, destroyed hospitals, and homes, and hit aid programmes funded by British taxpayers.”

The U.K. has sold an estimate of US$5 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since its proxy war in Yemen to oust the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in 2015.

The U.K. government has recently come under pressure to halt arms sale to Riyadh, especially after the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the kingdom. Germany and Switzerland already took the step.

U.K. government previously said that its intelligence support and training of the Saudi led-forces aims to help reduce civilian casualties but the latest report by Yemen Data Project showed that 48 percent of all known airstrikes had hit unarmed civilians and non-military targets.

The Saudi-led war in Yemen is witnessing worst famine as civilian casualties increase each passing day.

Britain’s Labour party had strongly called for a halt on arms sale. Emily Thornberry, the shadow secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs, from Labour party, wrote an article on Oct. 13 for The Guardian criticizing the government’s inaction against the Saudi kingdom despite concrete evidence of its crimes domestically and abroad.

“And yet this government apparently urges us to forget all of that because Bin Salman has committed himself to allowing women in Saudi Arabia to have the right to drive their own cars. And, more importantly, as far as it is concerned, he will give us a good trade deal after Brexit so we can continue exporting the arms he is using to prosecute his brutal war against the people of Yemen,” she said adding that a Labour government will not show same compromise while dealing with Saudi Arabia.

Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, who sits on the International Development Committee and the Committee on Arms Export Controls, said bombing their own aid was a “grim irony”.

This week Doctors Without Borders said their health facilities have been hit five times by the Saudi-led coalition since the war erupted in 2015, killing 21 patients and staff, and injuring 33 others.

The U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres appealed to end the war in Yemen Friday. On Wednesday the United States secretary Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. is urging Saudi Arabia to accept a ceasefire in Yemen and allow the country to rebuild itself.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/grim-irony-saudi-strikes-use-british-intel-to-destroy-uk-aid-facilities-in-yemen/5659072

Firearms training firm sees huge spike in Jewish students taking ‘active shooter’ response classes

A private American company offering “Israeli tactical shooting techniques” says it has been inundated with a surge of calls from Jewish citizens seeking firearms training following last week’s attack at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue.

What are the details?

On Oct. 27, a suspect murdered 11 worshippers and injured several others after entering the synagogue and reportedly yelling, “All Jews must die.”

Following the attack, President Donald Trump suggested that if an armed guard had been present to protect the synagogue, “maybe there would have been nobody killed, except for [the suspect] maybe.”

According to Yonatan Stern, the founder of Cherev Gidon Israeli Tactical Training Academy, many Jewish citizens agree that they need to be able to defend themselves. Stern told France 24 that his firm has received more course sign-up requests from Jews in the days since the mass murder at Tree of Life, than it has in the entire time the academy opened six years ago.

Stern said hundreds of people have called to enroll in courses since the attack.

“There is no question that Jews are under threat in America. Would you say to soldiers on the front line, ‘just lay down your guns and let the enemy kill you?’ No. So Jews need to be armed,” Stern said.

Since the attack in Pittsburgh — which was the deadliest attack on Jews in American history — Stern has designed a course specifically focused on how to respond to an active shooter in a synagogue. Cherev Gidon offers classes in Pennsylvania and Arizona.

Anything else?

Americans are divided on whether such attacks could be prevented or minimized if places of worship were guarded with armed protection.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto told NBC News, “I don’t think that the answer to this problem is solved by having our synagogues, mosques and churches filled with armed guards or our schools filled with armed guards.”

“We should try to stop irrational behavior from happening at the forefront, and not try to create laws around irrational behavior to continue,” he added.

A spokesman for the Second Amendment advocacy group, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, disagrees. Alan Korwin defended President Trump’s comments on how an armed guard could have stopped the tragedy at Tree of Life.

“[Trump] is making an observation,” Korwin told The Daily Caller. “He’s not blaming anybody. He’s making a statement of fact. And, in fact, it’s true. When there are armed people — when there’s an attack, the murderer gets shot.”

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/06/firearms-training-firm-sees-huge-spike-in-jewish-students-taking-active-shooter-response-classes

Narco-Terrorism to Worsen under Mexico’s New Leftist President, State Dept. Warns; Amnesty for Drug Traffickers

The overwhelming majority of illegal drugs in the United States already come from Mexico and Mexican traffickers are the greatest criminal threat to the nation, but things are about to get worse when Mexico’s new leftwing president takes over. His name is Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known popularly as AMLO), he opposes hardline anti-drug policies and believes in amnesty for drug war criminals. A State Department document obtained by Judicial Watch warns that Obrador, who takes over on December 1, will seek to decriminalize marijuana and poppy cultivation early in his term. He will also end Mexican military intervention in the drug war and pardon some drug offenders, according to the document which was issued recently by the agency’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security and is titled “Mexico’s Drug War & AMLO” and subtitled “Crime; Drug Trafficking; Narco-Terrorism.”

Narco-violence and cartel-associated crime is already one of most dangerous threats against U.S. private-sector interests in Mexico, according to the State Department, and Obrador’s new policies will only worsen the crisis. “The promised amnesty deal with organized criminal groups and the pledge to investigate and prosecute corrupt politicians, many of whom are in business with the cartels, prompts concern about increased impunity for violent offenders,” the new memo states. It identifies “hot spots” for Mexican Criminal and Narco-Violence and reveals that the drug war and cartel infighting has caused severe, nationwide security repercussions. Five Mexican states (Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas) have such high levels of violence that the U.S. government warns against travel. Common crimes include homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery. “In these states, gang activity, including gun battles, is widespread,” the State Department writes. “Criminal organizations operate freely and sometimes with impunity. Local law enforcement has limited capability to respond to violence in many parts of these states, as criminal organizations have laid territorial claim to significant portions of the region.”

In 2017 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) handled 116 kidnappings in Mexico, 81 for ransoms, and during the 2018 general elections there were 774 attacks against politicians. More than 150 politicians were killed in the attacks, the State Department reveals, and 371 non-elected officials. On election day alone, 138 assaults were reported in Mexico and seven politicians were murdered, compared to nine during the entire 2012 election season. Clearly, our neighbor to the south is a perpetually unstable, crime-infested cesspool. Intra-cartel violence remains the most prevalent type of crime much like an outlaw society taken over by thugs. “Although Mexico employs strict gun-control laws, criminals are often armed with guns, which has resulted in the increase of homicide incidents in Mexico,” according to the State Department memo. “While most of these homicides appeared to be targeted, criminal organization assassinations, turf battles between criminal groups have resulted in violent crime in areas frequented by U.S. citizens. Shooting incidents injuring or killing bystanders have occurred. In some states, members of these groups frequently maintain roadblocks and may use violence towards travelers.”

https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/11/narco-terrorism-to-worsen-under-mexicos-new-leftist-president-state-dept-warns-amnesty-for-drug-traffickers/