German Police Arrest Tunisian Asylum Seeker Who Plotted Islamic State Terrorist Attack - Stephanie Kirchner (Washington Post)

The Independent, Ben White and Alternative Facts - Daniel Pomerantz (Honest Reporting)

British Prime Minister Notes Ban Against Israeli Citizens by 16 Muslim States - Ben Kentish (Independent-UK) At the British Parliament on Wednesday, former Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers asked Prime Minister Theresa May whether she thought opponents of the new U.S. President's immigration policy were wrong to overlook similar measures in other countries. "In the light of the fact that most of the countries covered by the Trump ban have a total exclusion on the admission of Israeli citizens, shouldn't the protestors also be calling for that ban to be lifted?"

Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Attack Saudi Ship in Red Sea (AFP) Three Houthi rebel boats attacked a Saudi frigate on patrol in the Red Sea west of Hodeida in Yemen. One of the boats collided with the back of the ship and exploded. Two Saudi crewmen were killed and three were wounded. Riyadh accuses Iran of arming the Houthis. 

Islamic State Planned to Launch Chemical Weapons in Iraq - Stuart Ramsay (Sky News-UK)

Senior Pakistani Cleric Maulana Tahir Ashrafi: A Million Muslims Ready to Defend Saudi Arabia Against Iran; The Taliban in Afghanistan are Not Terrorists (MEMRI TV)

Pakistani Taliban faction showcases training camp, suicide attacks - Bill Rogio and Caleb Weiss (Long War Journal) Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a powerful faction of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP), has released a video detailing a training camp somewhere in Pakistan’s northwest tribal frontier. The video also highlighted the training of suicide bombers and an assault on a Pakistani military base that took place last November.

Palestinians' Fort of Torture - Khaled Abu Tomar (Gatestone Institute) Because it is not Israelis who are perpetrating the abuse, the reports are ho-hum to most journalists. Ironically, it is the Hamas and Palestinian Authority media outlets that publish reports of torture that take place in PA and Hamas controlled prisons and detention centers.

Palestinians Help Save Israeli Lives in West Bank Bus Crash- Yoav Zitun (Ynet News)

Syrian government disagrees with Russia on Kurdish autonomy - Tony Badran (FDD)

Russia proposes mechanism for Syria to cede Golan in Syrian Constitution - (Sputnik News)

CAIR: Cruz's Muslim Brotherhood Bill Not About Terrorism - John Rossomando (IPT) Hard evidence, however, links CAIR and other American Islamist groups to the Brotherhood