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Court accepts Press Syndicate’s appeal

By Syekeye Mathayo M.

Cairo’s Administrative Court accepted an appeal presented by Head of the Press Syndicate, Diaa Rashwan, and members of the syndicate’s council on Wednesday, regarding the postponement of the syndicate’s partial elections.

The elections take place today 6 March as scheduled before it was postponed. The Press Syndicate’s partial election was postponed after an appeal  by journalist Ashraf Anwar, to hold   elections on the council’s 12 council member seats, was accepted.

However, Rashwan and members of the council filed another five appeals on Monday to hold the scheduled partial elections instead of full elections. Partial elections are held for only six council seats, as well as for the head of the syndicate’s council. “This is fair and I’m thankful to the court for that decision. We have to also amend laws that are related to the syndicate as per articles in the new constitution,” said Amr El-Dardiry, a journalist and candidate in the elections.

Said Abo Al-Yazid, the syndicate’s legal consultant, had previously commented that the decision to postpone elections is against the law, assuring that the court doesn’t have the right to interfere.

Source: Syrian warplanes kill leaders of al Qaeda affiliate

 

By Msafiri Peter

As many as 13 senior leaders of al-Nusra Front, including the terror group's military commander, were killed in two Syrian airstrikes Thursday, a Middle Eastern security source who was briefed by Syrian intelligence.

Abu Hammam al Shami was among those killed in the strikes against al-Nusra, al Qaeda's largest affiliate in Syria, the source said. Syria's state news agency SANA also reported al Shami's death.

The special operation that took place in Hobait, in Idlib province, was part of a wider effort by Syrian forces to destroy areas believed to be gathering points for al-Nusra militants around the province, according to SANA.

According to a 2014 al-Nusra video, al Shami joined the group after years of training in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Also killed in the northwestern province of Idlib was a senior Saudi operative in the group, the source said.

There were initial indications that al-Nusra leader Abu Mohammed al Jolani was wounded in one of the strikes, the source said Thursday. But on Friday.

The strikes took place in the towns of Salqin and Hobait, both near the city of Saraqeb in Idlib. One strike targeted a meeting of senior al-Nusra Front leaders; the other was on a home being used as a base, the source said.

A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition that is hitting ISIS targets in Syria said its planes weren't involved.

"Within the last 24 hours, we have not conducted any airstrikes within 200 miles of the province of Idlib," the spokesman said earlier Thursday.

Important figure

Al Shami was featured in a March 2014 video released by al-Nusra Front, in which he discussed his failed attempt to mediate between his militants and ISIS after rising tensions between the groups.

The video included a biography by the group of al Shami, which was translated by the Long War Journal. It said that in the late 1990s, al Shami traveled to Afghanistan, where he was trained in a camp run by Abu Musab al Suri, a veteran Syrian jihadi strategist.

Al Shami then trained in al Qaeda camps, where he met one of the 9/11 hijackers and personally swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden. By the time of the 9/11 attacks, al Shami had started to train recruits in Afghanistan and was named as the head of the Syrian jihadist contingent within al Qaeda.

After the fall of the Taliban, he fled Afghanistan with senior Egyptian al Qaeda operative Sayf al Adel, the group said in the video. Al Shami began operating in Iraq, where he began working with al Qaeda in Iraq founder Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, conducting training for the group during the Iraqi insurgency, the al-Nusra video stated.

In 2005, al Shami returned to Afghanistan for a short period, at the request of al Qaeda's leadership.

When he got to the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, one of bin Laden's top deputies, Attiyah Abd al Rahman, tasked al Shami with leading al Qaeda efforts in Syria, but he was arrested as he traveled through Lebanon, according to the video, and was detained for five years. After being released, he found his way to Syria, where he joined al-Nusra, the group said.

Why Is It So Hard To Let Go?

 By Mariki Hevenlighyt.

Honor Yourself Today Why is it so hard to LET GO?" Letting go shouldn't be so hard, especially when we feel like holding on doesn't serve us anymore or isn't what we believed we truly needed or wanted in our lives. I've been recognizing patterns in my own life. I have a tendency to hold on too long to things. This is sometimes due to my lack of faith in myself - in my own "knowing," or a soundless fear of what might actually shine through if I let it;  and whether or not I am ready to acknowledge it? Trust the process and let go of those things in your life that are not propelling you forward. After letting go, and then looking back, we may notice that we have become different people; stronger, and maybe even a bit wiser! We may also find that we've opened up space within ourselves! When we breathe in, more air seems to fill our lungs! Today I invite you to honor yourself and LET GO of the patterns in your life that do not serve you anymore. Begin to weave new patterns in the fabric of your life!

Court accepts Press Syndicate’s appeal

By Syekeye Mathayo M.

Cairo’s Administrative Court accepted an appeal presented by Head of the Press Syndicate, Diaa Rashwan, and members of the syndicate’s council on Wednesday, regarding the postponement of the syndicate’s partial elections.

The elections take place today 6 March as scheduled before it was postponed. The Press Syndicate’s partial election was postponed after an appeal by journalist Ashraf Anwar, to hold elections on the council’s 12 council member seats, was accepted.

However, Rashwan and members of the council filed another five appeals on Monday to hold the scheduled partial elections instead of full elections. Partial elections are held for only six council seats, as well as for the head of the syndicate’s council. “This is fair and I’m thankful to the court for that decision. We have to also amend laws that are related to the syndicate as per articles in the new constitution,” said Amr El-Dardiry, a journalist and candidate in the elections.

Said Abo Al-Yazid, the syndicate’s legal consultant, had previously commented that the decision to postpone elections is against the law, assuring that the court doesn’t have the right to interfere.

NEW MEDIA INTERTAINMENT, CULTURE AND ITS CRITICS.

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Jerusalem: Israelis wounded in attack by Palestinian driver

The attacker abandoned the car, then attempted to stab other pedestrians

A Palestinian has rammed his car into a group of Israeli pedestrians in Jerusalem, injuring four policewomen and another bystander, police say.

It happened on the seam of East and West Jerusalem, close to the site of a series of similar attacks last year.
Police say the driver, from East Jerusalem, tried to stab people before he was shot and wounded by officers.
The incident came shortly after Palestinian officials voted to halt security co-operation with Israel.
Those injured in the attack are being treated in hospital. None of them are said to be seriously wounded.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri called the incident a "terror attack". It took place as the streets were busy with people celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim.