7 January 2016 • SNAG #15

IN SYRIA ……………

* SAA captures strategic hilltop near Deir Ezzor …
http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-reaches-tal-kroum-near-the-deir-ezzor-military-airport/

* Rebel groups want ceasefire BEFORE negotiations/talks
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/23142-syrian-opposition-insists-on-no-talks-before-ceasefire

* US ‘regime change’ madness …. US military makes minimal effort to stop
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/01/04/us-regime-change-madness-middle-east

* Chart showing rebel groups, flags & those allied with Nusra (X)
http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/93d6/178bmfydf4n8h9uzg.jpg

IN REGION ……………..

Turkey arrests 10 Mayors
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/more-than-100-municipalities-probed-ten-mayors-jailed-in-turkeys-southeast.aspx?pageID=238&nID=93408&NewsCatID=338

HDP leader Demitras challenges AKP/Erdogan: make us all transparent w/out immunity
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hdp-leader-lays-down-gauntlet-calls-for-lifting-of-own-immunity.aspx?PageID=238&NID=93455&NewsCatID=338

Syria is the new Stalingrad
http://journal-neo.org/2016/01/02/syria-is-the-middle-eastern-stalingrad/

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