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Increasing Numbers of Israeli Youth Escape Military Service

Interest in national service and Israel's violent wars of oppression have substantially reduced interest in serving in Israeli Defence Forces.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Polls in Israel show that Israeli civilians have lost their enthusiasm to defend, join the army and participate in the war, in comparison to past decades. Statistics of military service desertion among the youth have had significant growth.

The Tel Aviv Times reports that the Israeli army General Staff personnel department said in a report that only half of Israelis who have reached legal age are sent to the military service.

Ashraf Rifi Contact Arrested in Lebanon Terrorist Acts

Ebrahim Maghsood, arrested in a terrorism investigation, is alleged to be an agent of Ashraf Rifi.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Lebanese military intelligence officials recently arrested a man over alleged involvement in terrorist attacks, and they say the man, Ebrahim Maghsood, is in contact with Ashraf Rifi, the general director of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces from 2005 to 2013.

The Panorama Asharq Al-Awsat (aawsat.com) news agency reported that Maghsood is from a village near Danina. Maghsood was arrested by military intelligence at his home where weapons and explosives were also reportedly seized.

Qassam Brigades Protest Sending Hamas Troops to Train in Turkey

"...this manifest error of Hamas political leaders cannot be overlooked." - Mohammed Deif, commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades

(SALEM, Ore.) - Hamas's Izz ad-Din al-Qassam brigades' commander objected against sending troops for a military and doctrinal training in Turkey and stated that Turkey is itself an ally of Israel.

The security relations between the two countries had never been cut in recent years and these relationships had been so strong.

Statement of Yemeni Anti-Intervention Political Parties` Coalition

The statement is in regard to US Secretary of State's remarks on intervention in Yemen

(SALEM, Ore.) - The executive commission of the Yemeni anti-intervention political parties’ coalition follow with great interest the developments in the Yemeni political arena and its repercussions locally, regionally and internationally, including those remarks issued by the US Secretary of State John Kerry, during a meeting with his counterparts in Gulf countries in Riyadh.

According to those remarks,the United States is the primary sponsor of the intervention, beyond any doubt, in Yemen.

Israeli Cooperation With IHS Jane`s Against ISIS

"ISIS has shown they do not will to harm Israel and its founders have created it for another purpose." - IHS Jane's

(SALEM, Ore.) - In a report quoting the Israeli Defence Minister, the English analytical database IHS Jane's wrote that ISIS has no intention to attack Israel and have no concerns in this area.

Jane's Information Group is a British publishing company specialising in military, aerospace and transportation topics.

Turkey Spying on Lebanon Using Hamas Members

A Hamas service officer is said to be the informational go-between.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Sources reported that Lebanese security agencies have discovered some Hamas movement members in this country collecting information to provide to Turkish intelligence service.

According to the Panorama Al-sharq Al-Awsat news agency, these Palestinian members collect the needed information and give their findings to the Turkish intelligence service known as MIT.

Takfiri Ideology of KSA Threatens the Future of Kyrgyzstan

Takfiri ideas would wreck the situation of the Central Asian region and engage Iran and Russia, who have been enjoying relative peace in this area.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salafism and Hizb ut-Tahrir, which both run by Saudi Arabia, are the most serious threat to Kyrgyzstan and the whole region of Central Asia.

The Saudi regime has been able to institutionalize Salafism and radical thinking of Wahhabism in Central Asia by deploying Salafi preachers, establishing schools and constructing big mosques with large and heavy costs.

International Aid for Syrian Refugees in the Pocket of the Hashemites

The Jordanian opposition consider Majdi Al-Yassin –Rania Al-Yassin the Queen of Jordan’s brother– one of the heads of corruption as wealth amounted to be more than three billion dollars apart from the acquisition of lands...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Dr. Mudar Zahran the secretary general of the Jordanian Opposition Coalition, said in a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations n reference to the corruption of the king of Jordan "that Jordanians suffer from Hashemite obnoxious occupation that not only imprisoned the liberals but defends the corrupt and looters of public money."

"The international aid paid by your country's taxpayers, go to The Queen Rania, her brother Majdi Al-Yassin and to her uncle Jamal al-Rasikh," Zahran warned.

European Parliament Member Slams American Attack on Kunduz Hospital

US ground forces and helicopters have committed similar acts before, as Wikileaks showed the world.

(SALEM, Ore.) - MEP Raja Afzal Khan, British representative in the European parliament foreign relations committee, lambasted the American airstrike on Kunduz hospital that killed 42 people including more than a dozen staff members of Doctors Without Borders. The group has called the US attack a "War Crime".

According to AWD News, Raja Afzal harshly criticized America and said the hospital's geographic position and information had been given to the Taliban, the US Army and its military forces long before, but it was still bombed.

Brookings American Think Tank: Most ISIS Cyberspace Supporters are Saudis

Registered accounts officially supporting ISIS indicate that most supporters are from Saudi Arabia with 866 user accounts.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The prominent American think tank, Brookings, has recently published a report that shows Saudi users are the biggest ISIS supporters and followers in the virtual space.

According to US news whatsupic, this report shows that 28% of ISIS Twitter followers are members of this group in Syria and Iraq, and the largest number of this terrorist group supporters in the world are in Saudi Arabia, while ISIS following statistics from other countries are all under 6 percent.