Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As a cool rainy Tuesday heards toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, a Kuwaiti man accused of raping a girl in Marrakech flees from Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey retaliates after five Turkish soldiers are killed by Syrian government forces.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey claims to have struck 115 Syrian government targets and to have destroyed 101 of them.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announces the dissolution of his "blue hat" militia, and calls on political parties to establish an independent government.

From In-Cyprus, thousands of ancient icons, mosiacs and frescoes have been stolen from Cyprus and sold abroad.

From The Syrian Observer, will the Syrian region of Idleb see direct clashes between Syrian and Turkish armed forces?

From Arutz Sheva, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hold a joint press conference.

From The Times Of Israel, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz rules out including the Joint List party join in any coalition.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Abbas, a Palestinian state under U.S. President Trump's peace plan would look "like Swiss cheese".

From YNetNews, otters in Israel are not doing very well.

From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian parliament approves changes to its law on terrorism.

From Egypt Today, in the North Sinai governate, Egyptian police send 17 terrorists to their virgins.

From StepFeed, some humorous "what's your major" memes from Lebanon.

From The New Arab, according to a former Iranian official, the late Qasim Suleymani managed operations in Syria from "Assad's war room".

From Radio Farda, is Iran's space program really its ballistic missile program?

From IranWire, was Suleymani involved in crackdowns against protesters in Iran?

From Dawn, Pakistani political factions blame each other for the country's inflation.  (I'd say that they're acting like American politicians.)

From The Express Tribune, Prime Minister Imran Khan takes a neutral opinion on Pakistan's economy.

From Pakistan Today, the Islamabad High Court asks why protesters are charged with sedition and terrorism.

From Khaama Press, according to Afghanistan's ministry of defense, 172 Taliban terrorists have surrendered in the provinces of Herat and Ghor.

From The Hans India, live updates on the election in Delhi, India.

From the Hindustan Times, the governing Aam Aadmi Party wins 62 of the 70 seats Delhi's city assembly.

From ANI, police in the Indian state of Uttarakhand rescue 315 missing children.

From India Today, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, 36 out of 39 people suspected of carrying the coronavirus test negative and are released from a hospital.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 15 Rohingyas die, 72 are rescued, and dozens remain missing after the trawler on which they were riding capsizes in the Bay of Bengal.

From the Daily Mirror, a steam train rolls into the Nanu Oya Railway Station.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka explores the possibility of buying weapons from Russia.  (The article mentions the nuclear power plant discussed in Sputnik International, linked earlier today.)

From CNN, suspected Boko Haram terrorists set fire to 18 vehicles in Auno, Nigeria, resulting in 30 people being killed.

From the Daily Mail, a private Muslim school in Birmingham, England is shut down due to fears that its student could be radicalized.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia tries to decide whether to welcome or deny former ISIS fighters.

From The Straits Times, Singapore and Malaysia plan to set up a joint committee to deal with the coronavirus.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian government's legal framework for addressing gender discrimination is still being drafted.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sabah sets up a fund to help China deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

From The Mainichi, the Osaka airport is set to become the first in Japan to provide dogs a place to get relief.

And from Gatestone Institute, singing in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip can be hazardous to your health.

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