Monday, December 12, 2016
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Saturday, December 3, 2016
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I
hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Verse of the day
c"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to
God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him."
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)
Monday, November 28, 2016
Verse of the day
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
Proverbs 3:6 (KJV)"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
Proverbs 3:6 KJV
Proverbs 3:6 (KJV)"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
Proverbs 3:6 KJV
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Verse of the day
c"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by
the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Friday, November 25, 2016
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is
no law."
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is
no law."
Galatians 5:22 KJV
Galatians 5:22 KJV
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Monday, November 21, 2016
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Friday, November 18, 2016
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Friday, November 11, 2016
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Monday, November 7, 2016
Sunday, November 6, 2016
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Friday, November 4, 2016
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Monday, October 31, 2016
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Friday, October 28, 2016
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Sunday, October 23, 2016
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Friday, August 26, 2016
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
40 k homes dammaged and 10 dead in louisiana floods
so far thisyear over 40 k homes damaged and 10 dead in the 2016 louisiana floods.
Jesus Christ is my personal saviour. now id the time to get saved. admitted oiur a sinner annd acknowledge that our own works can't get ou into heaven and ask him to come into your heart as our personal saviour. Jesus is returning soon.
Jesus Christ is my personal saviour. now id the time to get saved. admitted oiur a sinner annd acknowledge that our own works can't get ou into heaven and ask him to come into your heart as our personal saviour. Jesus is returning soon.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016
KEEP YOUR FOCAS ON OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST
THIS DISPENSATION IS COMING TO AN END AND THE TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE IS ABOIUT TO START. KEEP YOUR FOCAS ON OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST WHO IS COOMING BACK SOON. IF YOUR UNSAVEDI URGE YOU TO GET SAVED NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN. MYSTSTERY BABYLON. BOTH CANADATES FOR PRESIDENTS HILLARY CLITON AND DONALD TRUMP ARE JESUIT TRAINED.
Friday, August 12, 2016
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
THE CLUB OF ROME HAS DIVEDE THE WORLD INTO TEN KINGDOMS
HERE IS THE DIVISIION
1=USA AND CANADA
2= EUROPE
3= JAPAN
4= AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA
5= RUSSIA
6=SOUTH AND CENTAL AMERICA
7= NORTH AFRICA
8= CENTRAL AFRICA
9=INDIA
10= CHINA
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1=USA AND CANADA
2= EUROPE
3= JAPAN
4= AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA
5= RUSSIA
6=SOUTH AND CENTAL AMERICA
7= NORTH AFRICA
8= CENTRAL AFRICA
9=INDIA
10= CHINA
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Monday, August 8, 2016
2016 ASSAM FLOODS
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The 2016 Assam floods were caused by heavy rains over the Indian state of Assam in July 2016. The flooding has affected 1.8 million people, and flooded the Kaziranga National Park.[1] As of 1 August 2016, 28 people had been killed as a result of the flooding starting 17 July, according to a report by the State Disaster Management Authority.[2]V
The 2016 Assam floods were caused by heavy rains over the Indian state of Assam in July 2016. The flooding has affected 1.8 million people, and flooded the Kaziranga National Park.[1] As of 1 August 2016, 28 people had been killed as a result of the flooding starting 17 July, according to a report by the State Disaster Management Authority.[2]V
2016 MACEDONIAN FLOODS
| VVIn August 2016, several rainstorms hit the western and north-western parts of the Republic of Macedonia. On 6 August 2016, a storm with strong winds and flooding hit Skopje and theIn August 2016, several rainstorms hit the western and north-western parts of the Republic of Macedonia. On 6 August 2016, a storm with strong winds and flooding hit Skopje and the | |
| ed: 80 mph (130 km/h) | |
| Lowest pressure | 979 mbar (hPa); 28.91 inHg |
| Fatalities | 46 direct, 6 indirect |
| Damage | Unknown |
| Areas affected | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Central America |
| Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season | |
HURRICAN EARL
VVust 6, 2016
Hurricane Earl was a hurricane that brought severe flooding to Belize City. The fifth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Earl formed from a tropical wave south of Jamaica on August 2. The precursor to Earl brought torrential rainfall and flooding to the Lesser Antilles. Upon classification, tropical storm warnings were issued for the coastal areas of Belize, Honduras and the southern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula.
The warnings were extended and upgraded when Earl reached hurricane
status. On August 4, Earl made landfall south of Belize City. Upon
landfall, some of the warnings were discontinued. Following this, Earl
exited in the Bay of Campeche and followed the coastline as it restrengthened slightly. This prompted more tropical storm warnings for the Mexican coast.
Prior to Earl becoming a tropical cyclone, 13 people died in storm-related incidents across the Dominican Republic. Heavy rain in Mexico triggered many landslides, several of which proved fatal in the states of Puebla and Veracruz; at least 38 people died in the country.
Hurricane Earl approaching Belize on August 3
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| Fatalities | 46 direct, 6 indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Damage | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Areas affected | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Central America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to Earl becoming a tropical cyclone, 13 people died in storm-related incidents across the Dominican Republic. Heavy rain in Mexico triggered many landslides, several of which proved fatal in the states of Puebla and Veracruz; at least 38 people died in the country.
Contents
- 1 Meteorological history
- 2 Preparations and impactust 6, 2016
Hurricane Earl was a hurricane that brought severe flooding to Belize City. The fifth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Earl formed from a tropical wave south of Jamaica on August 2. The precursor to Earl brought torrential rainfall and flooding to the Lesser Antilles. Upon classification, tropical storm warnings were issued for the coastal areas of Belize, Honduras and the southern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. The warnings were extended and upgraded when Earl reached hurricane status. On August 4, Earl made landfall south of Belize City. Upon landfall, some of the warnings were discontinued. Following this, Earl exited in the Bay of Campeche and followed the coastline as it restrengthened slightly. This prompted more tropical storm warnings for the Mexican coast.Highest winds 1-minute sustained: 80 mph (130 km/h) Lowest pressure 979 mbar (hPa); 28.91 inHg Fatalities 46 direct, 6 indirect Damage Unknown Areas affected Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Central America Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season
Prior to Earl becoming a tropical cyclone, 13 people died in storm-related incidents across the Dominican Republic. Heavy rain in Mexico triggered many landslides, several of which proved fatal in the states of Puebla and Veracruz; at least 38 people died in the country.
Contents
- 1 Meteorological history
Monday, June 6, 2016
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
The Islamic State Is Targeting Syria’s Alawite Heartland — And Russia
I saw this article and thought i would share. As things continue to get worse and worse, remeber
to keep your eyes on the LORD Jesus Christ .Jesus Christ is returning soon to take the true believers
to heaven.
"6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 KJV
On May 23, the Islamic State (IS) perpetrated suicide bombings in Tartus and Jableh, killing 154 people and wounding more than 300. This was the first time either coastal city had been targeted by such attacks since the beginning of the war. Tartus in particular had seemed like a haven up until Monday. It was still an attractive tourist destination because of its wide beaches, and it was in the middle of a construction boom given the arrival of internally displaced people (IDPs) from other parts of Syria — not just the Assad regime’s fellow Alawites from Damascus, but also members of the Sunni majority from all across the country. Many Syrian refugees had even returned from Lebanon to Tartus because they considered life to be cheaper and safer there.
IS operatives can conduct simultaneous attacks of this nature rather easily given the corruption and nonchalance at coastal security checkpoints. I saw this problem firsthand when I visited Tartus and Latakia last month. After I crossed the border from Beirut via taxi, nobody asked me for my passport or searched my suitcase. The driver was known at each checkpoint, and by giving 100-200 Syrian pounds (10-20 cents) to those who stopped us, he was able to quietly proceed without hassle. Thanks to rampant corruption, he had also obtained a special permit to use military roads, further enabling him to avoid stringent controls. So it would be quite simple for terrorists to regularly infiltrate the Alawite heartland, which is also home to Russia’s main bases in Syria. Moreover, IS could readily establish sleeper cell among its fellow Sunnis in these areas, who number in the hundreds of thousands (both locals and IDPs).
Through the latest attacks, the Islamic State is attempting to send different messages. The first is for the Alawites — IS wants to show them that the Assad regime cannot protect them. After all, the group has not attacked the nearby coastal cities of Banias and Latakia, which have larger Sunni populations. In Latakia’s case, IDP flows have made Sunnis the majority, and IS likely prefers to avoid the risk of heavy Sunni casualties there. Regime security efforts are also more serious in Banias and Latakia, where Sunni neighborhoods erupted into armed rebellion in 2011-2012, which was not the case in Jableh and Tartus.
Sending such violent signals to the Alawites could have multiple ripple effects. IS leaders likely hope that Alawite soldiers serving in hotspots on the eastern front (e.g., Deir al-Zour, Palmyra) will refuse to fight if their families back in Tartus and other cities are not given better protection; the regime might even decide to redeploy eastern troops to the coast. The group also aims to spark discontent against the regime and Alawite reprisals against Sunnis. On February 21, IS attacks in Homs affected Alawite neighborhoods and provoked strong discontent against local authorities and the security apparatus, with people denouncing the corruption and inefficiency of officers. For now, such antipathy does not extend to Bashar al-Assad himself, but that could change if attacks continue. Meanwhile, Alawite reprisals against Sunnis could undermine the regime and its army, since many Sunnis are still fighting on Assad’s side. On Monday, Alawites attacked al-Karnak camp in Tartus, home to 400 Sunni families from Aleppo and Idlib; according to unofficial sources, seven Sunnis were killed.
Yet the Islamic State’s most important message is presumably to Moscow. Russia’s only naval base in Syria is located in Tartus, while Jableh is close to Hmeimim, Russia’s main air base. Moscow is also attempting to rehabilitate the old Soviet submarine base in Jableh. IS has already shown a pattern of targeting Russian infrastructure, most recently Tiyas airfield between Homs and Palmyra, according to the BBC. IS leaders are well aware that Moscow’s assistance enabled the Syrian army to retake Palmyra and set its sights on Deir al-Zour, so they aim to increase the price of the Russian intervention and force a withdrawal from the Syrian theater, or at least from the eastern fronts.
Finally, Monday’s bombings send a message to other rebel groups. Although the Islamic State’s goals and methods often differ from those of Syria’s various anti-Assad factions, it still wants to be regarded as the leader of the fight against the regime, Russia, and the Alawite community. It will therefore continue trying to show that it is more effective and more ruthless than al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, currently its main rival for that title.
to keep your eyes on the LORD Jesus Christ .Jesus Christ is returning soon to take the true believers
to heaven.
"6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 KJV
On May 23, the Islamic State (IS) perpetrated suicide bombings in Tartus and Jableh, killing 154 people and wounding more than 300. This was the first time either coastal city had been targeted by such attacks since the beginning of the war. Tartus in particular had seemed like a haven up until Monday. It was still an attractive tourist destination because of its wide beaches, and it was in the middle of a construction boom given the arrival of internally displaced people (IDPs) from other parts of Syria — not just the Assad regime’s fellow Alawites from Damascus, but also members of the Sunni majority from all across the country. Many Syrian refugees had even returned from Lebanon to Tartus because they considered life to be cheaper and safer there.
IS operatives can conduct simultaneous attacks of this nature rather easily given the corruption and nonchalance at coastal security checkpoints. I saw this problem firsthand when I visited Tartus and Latakia last month. After I crossed the border from Beirut via taxi, nobody asked me for my passport or searched my suitcase. The driver was known at each checkpoint, and by giving 100-200 Syrian pounds (10-20 cents) to those who stopped us, he was able to quietly proceed without hassle. Thanks to rampant corruption, he had also obtained a special permit to use military roads, further enabling him to avoid stringent controls. So it would be quite simple for terrorists to regularly infiltrate the Alawite heartland, which is also home to Russia’s main bases in Syria. Moreover, IS could readily establish sleeper cell among its fellow Sunnis in these areas, who number in the hundreds of thousands (both locals and IDPs).
Through the latest attacks, the Islamic State is attempting to send different messages. The first is for the Alawites — IS wants to show them that the Assad regime cannot protect them. After all, the group has not attacked the nearby coastal cities of Banias and Latakia, which have larger Sunni populations. In Latakia’s case, IDP flows have made Sunnis the majority, and IS likely prefers to avoid the risk of heavy Sunni casualties there. Regime security efforts are also more serious in Banias and Latakia, where Sunni neighborhoods erupted into armed rebellion in 2011-2012, which was not the case in Jableh and Tartus.
Sending such violent signals to the Alawites could have multiple ripple effects. IS leaders likely hope that Alawite soldiers serving in hotspots on the eastern front (e.g., Deir al-Zour, Palmyra) will refuse to fight if their families back in Tartus and other cities are not given better protection; the regime might even decide to redeploy eastern troops to the coast. The group also aims to spark discontent against the regime and Alawite reprisals against Sunnis. On February 21, IS attacks in Homs affected Alawite neighborhoods and provoked strong discontent against local authorities and the security apparatus, with people denouncing the corruption and inefficiency of officers. For now, such antipathy does not extend to Bashar al-Assad himself, but that could change if attacks continue. Meanwhile, Alawite reprisals against Sunnis could undermine the regime and its army, since many Sunnis are still fighting on Assad’s side. On Monday, Alawites attacked al-Karnak camp in Tartus, home to 400 Sunni families from Aleppo and Idlib; according to unofficial sources, seven Sunnis were killed.
Yet the Islamic State’s most important message is presumably to Moscow. Russia’s only naval base in Syria is located in Tartus, while Jableh is close to Hmeimim, Russia’s main air base. Moscow is also attempting to rehabilitate the old Soviet submarine base in Jableh. IS has already shown a pattern of targeting Russian infrastructure, most recently Tiyas airfield between Homs and Palmyra, according to the BBC. IS leaders are well aware that Moscow’s assistance enabled the Syrian army to retake Palmyra and set its sights on Deir al-Zour, so they aim to increase the price of the Russian intervention and force a withdrawal from the Syrian theater, or at least from the eastern fronts.
Finally, Monday’s bombings send a message to other rebel groups. Although the Islamic State’s goals and methods often differ from those of Syria’s various anti-Assad factions, it still wants to be regarded as the leader of the fight against the regime, Russia, and the Alawite community. It will therefore continue trying to show that it is more effective and more ruthless than al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, currently its main rival for that title.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
Assad's army captured a key breadbasket, and now 600,000 Syrians face starvation
I saw this article and thought I would share. As thing gets worse and worse in the world
and they will get worse, keep your eyes on our Lord and Personal Saviour Jesus Christ.
Jesus will return to take true believers to heaven.
"6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 KJV
More than half a million people in rebel-held suburbs to the east of Damascus are facing imminent starvation, after the Syrian army broke through rebel lines last week, separating people from the agricultural land that was the area's breadbasket.
The people of East Ghouta have survived a three-year siege thanks to produce grown in fields near their homes — and now that they have lost that territory they face a grim fate, similar to other besieged, and starving, parts of Syria.
President Bashar al-Assad's army and its allies capitalized on infighting between rebel groups in East Ghouta to break through their weakened defensive lines, on May 18. Advancing forces captured six villages and hundreds of acres of farmland in the southern sector of East Ghouta that had been the suburbs' lifeline, a local opposition official said.
The land, known for its wheat and barley harvests and fruit-bearing trees, is "East Ghouta's breadbasket" and "was the most important factor in softening the siege" that the Syrian regime has imposed on the suburbs since late 2012, a member of the local council in Marj, adjacent to the farmland, said.
If rebels prove unable to reverse the Syrian army's advance, "it will turn into a massive humanitarian disaster," added the council member, who requested anonymity for safety reasons and spoke via WhatsApp.
Rural East Ghouta, a picnic destination for Damascenes before the war, became a major center of armed opposition power in 2012. Rebel fighters control territory there uncomfortably close to the Assad government's headquarters, including the neighborhood of Jobar that abuts Damascus proper.
East Ghouta is down to 600,000 inhabitants from a pre-war population of more than 2 million. Those who remained are already familiar with scarcity, after living through years of encirclement by the regime's troops and allied militias. Soldiers stationed at checkpoints along the suburb's entrances prevent the movement of goods and people.
Regime forces use similar siege-and-starve tactics across the country to lower residents' morale and encourage rebels to surrender. The encircled town of Madaya, also near Damascus, made headlines in December 2015 when photos of emaciated residents—more than three dozen of whom have died of starvation since—circulated widely in the international media.
In East Ghouta's case, smugglers use a network of tunnels to sneak in limited quantities of food, which is then sold at inflated prices. The Syrian regime also occasionally allows UN-sponsored humanitarian convoys to enter the suburbs.
But the on-again, off-again humanitarian deliveries and limited smuggling activity do little to meet residents' needs. So East Ghoutans have fallen back on the green stretch of suburbs they inhabit, known for its agriculture long before the war, to ward off hunger.
"Here in East Ghouta, we rely on local agricultural harvests for our daily food," said Mohammed al-Abdullah, a resident of the town of Saqba. "If not for these harvests, people would have died of hunger" under the siege.
Most East Ghoutans eat two meals a day, and the less fortunate eat just one. Whatever is in season is on the table.
"During zucchini season, people eat zucchini for breakfast and lunch," said Douma resident Rawan al-Sheikh, who was speaking over a messaging app like other local people interviewed for this story.
In many cases, local produce has taken the place of traditional carbohydrates—which are scarce and expensive—as a dietary staple. Residents substituted barley and cabbage for bread when siege conditions became particularly dire in 2014, said al-Sheikh.
Recognizing agriculture's value in keeping East Ghoutans alive, opposition officials in exile have supported farming projects to provide them some measure of self-sufficiency. The Syrian National Coalition, a collection of opposition groups that claims to represent the revolution on the international stage, backed a 2014 initiative through its Support Coordination Unit that helped farmers grow eggplant, tomatoes and zucchini, pro-opposition newspaper Enab Baladi reported in 2014.
While the resulting production did not cover residents' nutritional requirements, it did "keep them alive" under siege, an official with the Support Coordination Unit was quoted by Enab Baladi as saying.
Now, East Ghoutans fear a coming famine after the Syrian army and its allies, mainly the Lebanon-based Shia militia Hezbollah, took large parts of the southern sector — an area "rich in summer crops that did a great deal to lighten the siege's intensity," Abdul Haq Hamam, a citizen journalist from Douma, said.
"If rebels don't retake the area, the encirclement is about to get much more difficult," he added.
Or, in the words of Douma city resident Rawan al-Sheikh, absent a successful rebel counter-attack "there's a humanitarian catastrophe coming, maybe in weeks and maybe months."
The armed opposition's loss of large swathes of land in southern East Ghouta last week is one of its biggest military defeats in the Damascus suburbs since 2012. And that is largely due to factional infighting that has weakened the rebels.
East Ghouta's largest opposition group is Jaish al-Islam or JAI, which espouses Salafism, a fundamentalist approach to Islam. The second largest is Feilaq al-Rahman or FAR, affiliated with the more moderate Free Syrian Army.
Together with a third, smaller group, they formed the United Command in 2013 to coordinate military and judicial activities in East Ghouta. But FAR has accused JAI of carrying out a secret assassination campaign targeting their religious and military figures, and of trying to take unilateral control over the administration of East Ghouta; JAI heads the United Command, and other rebels accuse it of eliminating rivals without consulting its nominal allies.
The rival factions engaged in low-level skirmishes and traded mutual accusations throughout April, until tensions exploded into large-scale armed confrontation on April 28, when FAR and allied Jaish al-Fustat attacked JAI's bases across the suburbs. Dozens of fighters and civilians have been killed since then.
Each side says its rival is trying to "partition" East Ghouta by capturing new land and consolidating areas it controls with trenches, land mines, and other fortifications.
From the time the infighting began in April until the Syrian army's successful campaign last week, popular protests demanding reconciliation, and high-level mediation efforts by local notables, repeatedly failed. The brigades escalated their violence and rhetoric even as they put forward two short-lived truce initiatives.
The result was that rivals JAI and FAR pulled hundreds of soldiers away from the front lines and sent them instead to fight in their internal squabble, leaving civilians to fend for themselves as Assad's army attacked, an unnamed rebel commander was quoted by pro-opposition Orient News as saying. His account was consistent with what civilians in Ghouta said over messaging apps, and with other media reports.
"The brigades pulled out before civilians did, who picked up weapons to stop the regime's attacks," said a resident of Deir al-Asafir, south of Ghouta, who gave his name as Abu Ali.
Routed by Assad's army and faced with popular discontent, the feuding rebels announced a prisoner exchange over the weekend as a good faith de-escalation gesture. Residents took matters into their own hands last Friday and organized protests demanding that local rebels unite and turn their attention towards advancing Syrian army forces, according to Enab Baladi.
"The brigades are responsible for the loss of the latest areas," said Abu Ali. "I guarantee that if they returned to cooperative military work, they could recapture what they lost."
and they will get worse, keep your eyes on our Lord and Personal Saviour Jesus Christ.
Jesus will return to take true believers to heaven.
"6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 KJV
More than half a million people in rebel-held suburbs to the east of Damascus are facing imminent starvation, after the Syrian army broke through rebel lines last week, separating people from the agricultural land that was the area's breadbasket.
The people of East Ghouta have survived a three-year siege thanks to produce grown in fields near their homes — and now that they have lost that territory they face a grim fate, similar to other besieged, and starving, parts of Syria.
President Bashar al-Assad's army and its allies capitalized on infighting between rebel groups in East Ghouta to break through their weakened defensive lines, on May 18. Advancing forces captured six villages and hundreds of acres of farmland in the southern sector of East Ghouta that had been the suburbs' lifeline, a local opposition official said.
The land, known for its wheat and barley harvests and fruit-bearing trees, is "East Ghouta's breadbasket" and "was the most important factor in softening the siege" that the Syrian regime has imposed on the suburbs since late 2012, a member of the local council in Marj, adjacent to the farmland, said.
If rebels prove unable to reverse the Syrian army's advance, "it will turn into a massive humanitarian disaster," added the council member, who requested anonymity for safety reasons and spoke via WhatsApp.
Rural East Ghouta, a picnic destination for Damascenes before the war, became a major center of armed opposition power in 2012. Rebel fighters control territory there uncomfortably close to the Assad government's headquarters, including the neighborhood of Jobar that abuts Damascus proper.
East Ghouta is down to 600,000 inhabitants from a pre-war population of more than 2 million. Those who remained are already familiar with scarcity, after living through years of encirclement by the regime's troops and allied militias. Soldiers stationed at checkpoints along the suburb's entrances prevent the movement of goods and people.
Regime forces use similar siege-and-starve tactics across the country to lower residents' morale and encourage rebels to surrender. The encircled town of Madaya, also near Damascus, made headlines in December 2015 when photos of emaciated residents—more than three dozen of whom have died of starvation since—circulated widely in the international media.
In East Ghouta's case, smugglers use a network of tunnels to sneak in limited quantities of food, which is then sold at inflated prices. The Syrian regime also occasionally allows UN-sponsored humanitarian convoys to enter the suburbs.
But the on-again, off-again humanitarian deliveries and limited smuggling activity do little to meet residents' needs. So East Ghoutans have fallen back on the green stretch of suburbs they inhabit, known for its agriculture long before the war, to ward off hunger.
"Here in East Ghouta, we rely on local agricultural harvests for our daily food," said Mohammed al-Abdullah, a resident of the town of Saqba. "If not for these harvests, people would have died of hunger" under the siege.
Most East Ghoutans eat two meals a day, and the less fortunate eat just one. Whatever is in season is on the table.
"During zucchini season, people eat zucchini for breakfast and lunch," said Douma resident Rawan al-Sheikh, who was speaking over a messaging app like other local people interviewed for this story.
In many cases, local produce has taken the place of traditional carbohydrates—which are scarce and expensive—as a dietary staple. Residents substituted barley and cabbage for bread when siege conditions became particularly dire in 2014, said al-Sheikh.
Recognizing agriculture's value in keeping East Ghoutans alive, opposition officials in exile have supported farming projects to provide them some measure of self-sufficiency. The Syrian National Coalition, a collection of opposition groups that claims to represent the revolution on the international stage, backed a 2014 initiative through its Support Coordination Unit that helped farmers grow eggplant, tomatoes and zucchini, pro-opposition newspaper Enab Baladi reported in 2014.
While the resulting production did not cover residents' nutritional requirements, it did "keep them alive" under siege, an official with the Support Coordination Unit was quoted by Enab Baladi as saying.
Now, East Ghoutans fear a coming famine after the Syrian army and its allies, mainly the Lebanon-based Shia militia Hezbollah, took large parts of the southern sector — an area "rich in summer crops that did a great deal to lighten the siege's intensity," Abdul Haq Hamam, a citizen journalist from Douma, said.
"If rebels don't retake the area, the encirclement is about to get much more difficult," he added.
Or, in the words of Douma city resident Rawan al-Sheikh, absent a successful rebel counter-attack "there's a humanitarian catastrophe coming, maybe in weeks and maybe months."
The armed opposition's loss of large swathes of land in southern East Ghouta last week is one of its biggest military defeats in the Damascus suburbs since 2012. And that is largely due to factional infighting that has weakened the rebels.
East Ghouta's largest opposition group is Jaish al-Islam or JAI, which espouses Salafism, a fundamentalist approach to Islam. The second largest is Feilaq al-Rahman or FAR, affiliated with the more moderate Free Syrian Army.
Together with a third, smaller group, they formed the United Command in 2013 to coordinate military and judicial activities in East Ghouta. But FAR has accused JAI of carrying out a secret assassination campaign targeting their religious and military figures, and of trying to take unilateral control over the administration of East Ghouta; JAI heads the United Command, and other rebels accuse it of eliminating rivals without consulting its nominal allies.
The rival factions engaged in low-level skirmishes and traded mutual accusations throughout April, until tensions exploded into large-scale armed confrontation on April 28, when FAR and allied Jaish al-Fustat attacked JAI's bases across the suburbs. Dozens of fighters and civilians have been killed since then.
Each side says its rival is trying to "partition" East Ghouta by capturing new land and consolidating areas it controls with trenches, land mines, and other fortifications.
From the time the infighting began in April until the Syrian army's successful campaign last week, popular protests demanding reconciliation, and high-level mediation efforts by local notables, repeatedly failed. The brigades escalated their violence and rhetoric even as they put forward two short-lived truce initiatives.
The result was that rivals JAI and FAR pulled hundreds of soldiers away from the front lines and sent them instead to fight in their internal squabble, leaving civilians to fend for themselves as Assad's army attacked, an unnamed rebel commander was quoted by pro-opposition Orient News as saying. His account was consistent with what civilians in Ghouta said over messaging apps, and with other media reports.
"The brigades pulled out before civilians did, who picked up weapons to stop the regime's attacks," said a resident of Deir al-Asafir, south of Ghouta, who gave his name as Abu Ali.
Routed by Assad's army and faced with popular discontent, the feuding rebels announced a prisoner exchange over the weekend as a good faith de-escalation gesture. Residents took matters into their own hands last Friday and organized protests demanding that local rebels unite and turn their attention towards advancing Syrian army forces, according to Enab Baladi.
"The brigades are responsible for the loss of the latest areas," said Abu Ali. "I guarantee that if they returned to cooperative military work, they could recapture what they lost."
More than 280,000 dead in Syria war, monitor says in new toll
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"6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 KJV
Non-jihadist rebel fighters accounted for 48,568 of those killed, while extremist militants -- including non-Syrians -- numbered 47,095.
The Observatory is based in Britain and depends on a network of sources inside Syria to gather its information on the conflict that erupted in March 2011.
This is the strength and losses according wikipeda.
Over 7,600,000 internally displaced (July 2015 UNHCR estimate)
Over 4,000,000 refugees (July 2015 UNHCR estimate)
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"6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 KJV
Beirut (AFP) - Syria's
devastating war has killed more than 280,000 people, a monitoring group
said on Thursday in a new toll for the five-year conflict.
The toll of 282,283 includes 81,436 civilians, among
them 14,040 children and 9,106 women, said the Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights. Non-jihadist rebel fighters accounted for 48,568 of those killed, while extremist militants -- including non-Syrians -- numbered 47,095.
The Observatory documented the deaths of 101,662 pro-regime fighters, including 56,609 government soldiers.
Another 3,522 of the deaths were unidentified.The Observatory is based in Britain and depends on a network of sources inside Syria to gather its information on the conflict that erupted in March 2011.
The toll was the
first given since a partial truce came into effect between the
government and non-jihadist rebels on February 27.
Several weeks into the truce, the Observatory said violence -- and daily death tolls -- had dropped dramatically.
But since then clashes have broken out in parts of the country where the ceasefire was meant to have taken hold.
The previous toll of 271,138 had been published by the Observatory on February 23.This is the strength and losses according wikipeda.
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| Casualties and losses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Syrian Government:55,435–90,435 soldiers killed 38,208–52,208 militiamen killed 6,000 soldiers and militiamen and 2,000 supporters captured  Hezbollah:1,041–1,300 killed  Russia:9 soldiers and 9–15 contractors killed Other non-Syrian fighters: 3,897 killed (  381 killed) |
91,854–137,854 fighters killed 979 protesters killed 27,000 fighters and supporters captured or missing |
 ISIL:8,789+ killed (per SOHR) 16,089+ killed (per SAA and YPG) |
 Rojava:3,109+ killed CJTF–OIR: 2 killed |
| 79,585–93,450 (2,933 foreign) civilian deaths documented by opposition 80 other foreign soldiers killed Total killed: 250,000 (August 2015 UN estimate) 273,520–368,520 (February 2016 SOHR estimate) 470,000 (February 2016 SCPR estimate) 34,500 captured or missing overall |
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Over 7,600,000 internally displaced (July 2015 UNHCR estimate)
Over 4,000,000 refugees (July 2015 UNHCR estimate)
Venezuela Goes from Bad to Catastrophe
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No more Coca-Cola for Venezuela–there’s not enough sugar. Diet Coke is still around–until the country runs out of aspartame–but the disappearance from store shelves of an icon of globalization is the latest blow for an economy on the edge. In April, the country’s largest private company, Empresas Polar SA, which makes 80% of the beer that Venezuelans consume, closed its doors. The government now rations water, so Venezuelans have begun stealing it from tanker trucks and swimming pools.
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No more Coca-Cola for Venezuela–there’s not enough sugar. Diet Coke is still around–until the country runs out of aspartame–but the disappearance from store shelves of an icon of globalization is the latest blow for an economy on the edge. In April, the country’s largest private company, Empresas Polar SA, which makes 80% of the beer that Venezuelans consume, closed its doors. The government now rations water, so Venezuelans have begun stealing it from tanker trucks and swimming pools.
Electricity is also in short
supply, and President Nicolás Maduro has ordered public offices to
conserve energy by remaining open just two days a week. An ongoing
drought only makes matters worse. About 65% of the country’s electricity
is generated by a single hydroelectric dam that’s now in serious
trouble. Blackouts, scheduled and otherwise, have become common.
This isn’t just bad luck. Supermarket shelves are often empty, in part
because price controls have discouraged production of staples, and
Maduro is threatening to seize closed factories and nationalize them.
Then there is the government’s oil addiction. Venezuela depends on oil
for about 96% of export earnings and nearly half its federal budget.
When prices were high, policymakers could have created a rainy-day fund.
Some of that money went toward lifting poor people from poverty, but
much was stolen: Venezuela is the most corrupt country in the Americas
and the ninth most corrupt in the world, according to Transparency
International. To balance its budget, Venezuela would need to sell oil
for $121 per barrel, more than twice the current price. The inflation
rate is expected to hit 481% by year’s end and 1,642% by next year.
It’s no surprise Venezuelans are angry. There are 17 demonstrations per
day across the country on average. That discontent helped an opposition
alliance win control of parliament in December for the first time in 17
years. Maduro’s approval rating is at 26%, and 70% of Venezuelans want
him removed from office. The opposition needed 200,000 signatures to
trigger a recall referendum. It got 1.85 million.
Maduro’s remaining allies know they have an out: Venezuela’s
constitution stipulates that if the President is ousted within the final
two years of his term, he is replaced with his Vice President, not by a
new election. Unless a dangerous public uprising forces the issue, the
government will stall to ensure that one of its own takes Maduro’s
place.
But this is all a sideshow. Maduro is a symptom, not the cause, of
Venezuela’s problems. Until the country has a government that can build a
sustainable economic system, its misery will only deepen.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Satellite imagery reveals ISIS's successful attack against a Russian airbase in Syria with pics
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7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 KJV
Satellite imagery reveals ISIS's successful attack against a Russian airbase in Syria
In war, even the most advanced aircraft can be shot down, special operations forces can be ambushed, and well-defended airports and army bases can be shelled and weakened from afar by simple, indirect-fire weapons. Such was the case in an attack claimed by the Islamic State on a strategic loyalist air base in central Syria.Satellite imagery acquired by Stratfor in partnership with AllSource Analysis verifies that the T4 air base was severely damaged by an Islamic State artillery attack. In particular, four Russian Mi-24 attack helicopters appear to have been destroyed.
STRATFOR
The T4 air base, one of the most important Syrian bases in the country, is located in Homs province near the city of Palmyra and near a strategic crossroads of routes that lead to Deir el-Zour, Raqqa, Damascus and other crucial areas. It houses two fixed-wing attack squadrons, one composed of Su-24 aircraft and the other of Su-22 aircraft.
These aircraft have carried out ground-attack missions across Syria, including the operations that eventually forced Islamic State militants out of Palmyra. In addition, the Syrian air force maintains six L-39 trainer aircraft and a few Mi-8/17 transport helicopters at the base.
Moreover, Russian forces have deployed a contingent of attack helicopters to the T4 air base at least since March 2016, supporting the loyalist offensive to retake Palmyra that same month. Based on satellite imagery as well as video of the base, the Russian force consisted of approximately four Mi-24P gunships. So at least according to these open sources, no Syrian Mi-24 helicopters operated from the T4 air base in recent months.
In early May, the Islamic State launched an operation to capture the Shaer natural gas field northeast of the air base. After doing so, the group advanced south, seeking to cut off loyalist forces in Palmyra by severing a road that leads west from Palmyra, passes by the T4 air base, and continues toward Homs city.
Though the Islamic State failed to cut off the road for any extended amount of time, it did move artillery within range of the base, which it subsequently shelled.
Late May 14, the Islamic State claimed that four Russian attack helicopters and 20 trucks loaded with ammunition were destroyed in the attack. Around the same time, loyalist forces reported that an accidental explosion had taken place in an ammunition storage area at the air base.
Working with AllSource, Stratfor has discerned what occurred by looking at satellite imagery of the air base from that time period.
It is clear from the imagery that the northeastern part of the T4 air
base, the section of the airport where helicopter use is concentrated,
sustained considerable damage. Ordnance impact points are visible,
especially around the structurally reinforced aircraft shelter and the
cargo truck marshaling area.
The destruction of four Russian attack helicopters at the base is a
stark reminder of the constant threat that Russia faces in its mission
in Syria. The Russian contribution
to the Syrian government has been notable in defending loyalist
positions and driving back not only rebel but also jihadist forces in
the Syrian conflict.
But it has come with a cost. Even as Russia continues to rely on
aviation and artillery power to support government troops, its forces
are not outside harm's way.
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