U.S. Special Operations Secrets Could Fall into Hands of Russians and Syrians - Shawn Snow (Military Times)
Iran Captures Exiled Dissident (Radio Farda) Rouhollah Zam, a Paris-based Iranian dissident, was lured in a "complicated intelligence operation" and brought to Iran, the Revolutionary Guards announced Monday.
Iraq is not yet lost, but if we continue to ignore it, it soon will be -Anna Borshchevskaya (The Hill)
U.S. Airstrikes Kill 1/3 of Libya's Islamic State Fighters - Kyle Rempfer (Army Times)
His name is Avera Mengistu... and he's a prisoner in Gaza (Video - Honest Reporting)
PA Warns Against New U.S. Hospital in Gaza - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch) The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health condemned the planned construction of a 500-bed hospital in northern Gaza that was donated by the U.S. NGO Friendship and is partially funded by Qatar.
Kurdish politician, other civilians ‘executed’ by Turkey-backed group - AFP (Times of Israel) Hevrin Khalaf, her driver and seven others killed by fighters allied with Ankara on road outside Tel Abyad in northern Syria, monitor says
Syrian Kurdish Commander Explains Deal with Assad and Putin - Mazloum Abdi (Foreign Policy) In light of the invasion by Turkey and the existential threat its attack poses for our people, we may have to reconsider our alliances. The Russians and the Syrian regime have made proposals that could save the lives of millions of people who live under our protection. We do not trust their promises. But if we have to choose between compromises and the genocide of our people, we will surely choose life for our people.
Is Assad's control of Syria now a best case scenario?
Turkey Suspected of Using White Phosphorus Against Kurdish Civilians in Syria - Anthony Loyd (The Times-UK)
In an October 10, 2019 podcast, according to Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s Middle East editor and one of Britain’s best-known war correspondents, there "haven’t been all that many" terror attacks in Israel "in recent years." Perhaps this bizarre claim stems from the BBC's failure to adequately report the scale of terror attacks against Israelis. In 2018 the BBC covered at most 30.2% of the more than 3,000 terror attacks. As reported by CAMERA
Indoctrinating Children in the UK: A Textbook Example - David Collier (david-collier.com)
October 16, 2019 - One day before the UN's election of 14 nations to its highest human rights body, UN Watch is condemning the almost certain election of the Mauritanian regime ruled by General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.(See UN Watch's press release and full report on all candidates, and its call with fellow human rights groups to reject the unqualified candidacies of Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Venezuela.) Note: U.N. member-states on Thursday elected Venezuela onto the world’s body’s Human Rights Council, handing the Maduro regime more votes than Costa Rica, Further demonstrating that UNHRC has no concern for human rights.
United Nations Backslides on Human Rights in Counterterrorism - Ben Saul (Lawfare)
Turkey's Assault on Kurds:The Silence of the (American) Islamists - John Rossomando (IPT)
