| BREAKING NEWS: Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan leaving administration Posted: 11 Oct 2019 05:04 PM PDT Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is leaving the administration, President Donald Trump tweeted Friday evening. "Kevin McAleenan has done an outstanding job as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. We have worked well together with Border Crossings being way down. Kevin now, after many years in Government, wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector.... ....Congratulations Kevin, on a job well done! I will be announcing the new Acting Secretary next week. Many wonderful candidates!" The move comes amid a rolling leadership shakeup at the department. Six other top department officials have resigned or been pushed out since April, including former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/11/acting-homeland-security-secretary-kevin-mcaleenan-leaving-administration-000284 To change your alert settings, please go to https://secure.politico.com/newsletter-settings
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| Service with a holographic smile Posted: 11 Oct 2019 04:57 PM PDT TicToc Tonight | TGIF, TicToc readers! Start your weekend in high spirits with these 10 uplifting stories from the past week.  1. Holograms will check you in at this Tokyo hotel.
Behind the front desk at the Henn-na Hotel—or Weird Hotel—multilingual avatars are at your service, freeing up human staff to do other jobs. 2. Owning a dog can help you live longer.
A review of nearly 70 years of research determined man's best friend was associated with a "24% reduction in all causes of mortality." 3. Carlsberg is developing beer bottles made from paper.
The Danish brewing giant released two prototypes that were produced from sustainably sourced wood fibers and are fully recyclable.  4. Thrillseekers are skydiving down Mount Everest.
If scaling the world's highest mountain wasn't enough of a rush, you can top off your Nepal trip with a free-fall from 23,000 feet above sea level. 5. A hydrogen-powered superyacht is making waves.
Debuting at the Monaco Yacht Show, the 367-foot luxury vessel is powered by liquid hydrogen and fuel-cell tech—and it only emits water.  6. Nobel Prize representatives love "The Big Bang Theory."
The series got a shoutout at the physics award ceremony for bringing "the world of science to laptops and living rooms around the world." 7. Human body parts can regenerate, a new study found.
We don't have the ability to regrow amputated limbs, but we do have an "inner salamander capacity" to regenerate damaged cartilage cells.  8. This device can pull water out of thin air.
The gadget, developed by UC Berkeley researchers, siphons fresh, drinkable water from air as dry as the desert—and it's scaling up. 9. Britain's oldest wine merchant has an in-house detective.
With a 6-million-bottle wine cellar, Berry Bros. & Rudd employs a counterfeit pro to keep bogus Bordeaux away from its prized vintages. 10. Iranian women were finally allowed to attend a soccer match.
For the first time since 1981, women were granted entry to Tehran's Azadi Stadium after FIFA pressured the country to lift the discriminatory ban.  Have a great weekend! Watch your inbox for our next newsletter Monday, and make sure to follow us on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
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| A few bricks Posted: 11 Oct 2019 03:14 PM PDT Evening Briefing While President Donald Trump hailed a partial end to the trade war, on Capitol Hill his pledge to stonewall the impeachment inquiry into his effort to have Ukraine dig up dirt on ex-Vice President Joseph Biden wavered. On Friday, three House panels heard testimony damaging to Trump from former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who said she was removed from her post "under pressure" from Trump. Another State Department official, who Republicans consider friendly to the White House, is scheduled to appear Oct. 17. —David E. Rovella Here are today's top storiesYovanovitch told investigators she was pushed out in part by Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who is under increasing scrutiny over his role in the widening scandal. Yovanovitch delivered scathing criticism of the Trump administration's foreign policy, warning that the State Department is being "hollowed out from within." After enabling Turkey to attack areas of northern Syria held by its erstwhile Kurdish allies, the U.S. said Friday that it's ramping up deployment of forces to other parts of the Middle East to protect Saudi Arabia. Almost a dozen civilians have reportedly been killed in the Turkish assault. Iran said missiles struck one of its tankers in the Red Sea. The incident, which caused a spill and a jump of as much as 2.6% in crude prices, comes weeks after an attack on major Saudi oil facilities. Don't call it quantitative easing, but the Federal Reserve's current strategy is having pretty much the same effect. Find out why. Here's what happens when a vacuum company tries to make an electric car. Alex Webb writes in Bloomberg Opinion that James Dyson's project probably failed because they're simply too easy to make. Can women's wellness lounges merge health care with self-care and still survive? Tia Clinic in New York City is having a rough time of it. What's Luke Kawa thinking about? The Bloomberg cross-asset reporter is talking about Jerome Powell again. Support has emerged for the Fed chair's argument last month that the spike in repurchase rates "surprised market participants." That support, Luke says, was seen in the New York Fed's just-released surveys of market participants and primary dealers. What you'll need to know tomorrowWhat you'll want to read in Climate ChangedThe epiphany came when a certain coffee chain started replacing plastic straws with paper ones. Despite increasingly dire warnings about Texas-size islands of plastic in the world's oceans, the sudden public debate over straws was arguably a turning point in how American consumers think about sustainability. Today, those consumers are pushing manufacturers to get with the program, and it's starting to work.  Like Bloomberg's Evening Briefing? Subscribe to Bloomberg.com. You'll get our unmatched global news coverage and two premium daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close, and much, much more. See our limited-time introductory offer. Something new in your inbox. The Weekly Fix is an email with the latest fixed income news, charts, and insights. Sign up here to start getting it in your inbox on Fridays. Download the Bloomberg app: It's available for iOS and Android. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can't find anywhere else. Learn more. | |   |
| عالم المعرفة Posted: 11 Oct 2019 02:36 PM PDT
| اطرد السموم من جسمك بهذا العصير المكّون من 4 مكونات طبيعة لا تحتاجون إلا 5 دقائق لتحضير هذا العلاج Posted: 11 Oct 2019 08:40 AM PDT في أيامنا، يعاني الناس غالباً من مشاكل صحية مشتركة، وهي مرتبطة بالجهاز الهضمي وبوظائفه، مثل القولون العصبي، الإمساك المزمن والأمعاء الراشحة أو التالفة. يلعب القولون دوراً حيوياً في الصحة العامة لأنه يزيل فضلات الجسم وينظف السموم التي تعرّض الصحة للخطر. بالإضافة إلى هذا، الأمعاء هي "دماغنا الثاني"، فهي تحتوي فعلاً جهازنا العصبي المستقل. إنها مرتبطة أيضاً بجهاز الهورمونات وتلعب دوراً أساسياً في جهاز المناعة. حتى تحسنوا وظيفة الأمعاء، يجب أن تنظفوا كل الفضلات المتراكمة والمنتجات الكيميائية الخطرة. الوصفة المنزلية التالية التي نقدمها لكم هي 100% طبيعية وبسيطة، لكنها تمتلك تأثيرات مدهشة على تنظيف القولون. تذكروا أنه خلال عملية تنظيف القولون، يجب أن تبقوا في المنزل لأنكم بحاجة للذهاب غالباً إلى الحمام من أجل التخلص من السموم. هذا التنظيف يرتكز على مكونات غنية بالمواد الأساسية، بما فيها ملح البحر، الليمون الحامض، التفاح والزنجبيل. كشفت دراسات عديدة أن استهلاك تفاحة واحدة في اليوم يخفف بشكل كبير الحاجة إلى أدوية بناءً على وصفة طبية، بينما الزنجبيل ينشط القولون، وهو يخفف هكذا النفخة في المعدة ويساعد على التخلص من الفضلات. من جهة أخرى، الليمون الحامض غني بالفيتامين C، الذي هو مضاد أكسدة فعال وهو أيضاً أحد أفضل الأدوات المنظفة للجسم من السموم التي يمكن أن تستخدموها. كما أن الملح البحري يسهل الهضم، يطرد الفضلات من الجسم ويزيل السموم. لا تحتاجون إلا 5 دقائق لتحضير هذا العلاج : المكونات : • ملعقتان كبيرتان من عصير الليمون الحامض • نصف ملعقة صغيرة من الملح البحري غير المكرر • ملعقة صغيرة من عصير الزنجبيل العضوي • نصف كوب من عصير التفاح العضوي 100% • نصف كوب من الماء الساخن المفلتر طريقة التحضير : ضعوا 100 ملل من الماء المفلتر في وعاء على النار وسخنوه، لكن لا تدعوه يغلي. اسكبوه في كوب، أضيفوا ملح البحر وامزجوا جيداً. ثم أضيفوا عصير الزنجبيل، الليمون الحامض والتفاح، امزجوا جيداً من جديد واشربوه حالاً. الاستخدام : في البداية، اشربوا هذا العلاج ثلاث مرات في اليوم، جرعة صباحاً قبل الفطور، قبل الغداء وبين الساعة 6-7 مساءً. تأكدوا من أن تشربوا الكثير من الماء خلال هذا العلاج، على الأقل 8 أكواب في اليوم. من الأفضل أن تشربوا الماء صباحاً حتى منتصف فترة ما بعد الظهر، لأنكم ستتجنبون هكذا التبول المتكرر خلال الليل. حتى لو كانت هذه الوصفة طبيعية تماماً ومأمونة، لكن في حالات الحمل، الحساسية أو أي مرض آخر، أو إذا كنتم تأخذون أدوية بناء على وصفة طبية، يجب أن تستشيروا معالجكم قبل أن تبدأوا عملية تنظيف القولون. يجب أن لا تتناولوا هذا العصير في حال الإصابة بمرض السكري، لأنه غني بالسكر الطبيعي القادم من عصير التفاح. يمكنكم أن تقوموا بهذه الطريقة في تنظيف القولون، التي قدمناها خلال يوم كامل أو أسبوع كحد أقصى. بهذه الطريقة، ستنشطون عملية الأيض عندكم، تسهلون الهضم، وتنظفون جسمكم من السموم بشكل كامل.  |  |
| Fikra Newsletter: Arab Voters in Israel, ISIS in al-Hawl, Tunisia's Economic Challenges and Run-off Elections Posted: 11 Oct 2019 02:00 PM PDT |  | | | | Generating Dialogue. Impacting Policy. | | | | | In the aftermath of the Israeli election, Head of the Palestinian Studies Forum at the Moshe Dayan Center, Michael Milshtein, examines the mixed reactions of Israel's Arab citizens to the election results. Milshtein explains how Arab voters were galvanized after the previous election, but he also highlights the need for all Israeli politicians to focus on issues of concern for Arab voters, especially an uptick in violent crimes within Arab communities. Fikra Forum contributing editor, Hassan Mneimneh, responds to an earlier Fikra article detailing the dangers of the concentrated numbers of ISIS fighters and their families in Northeastern Syria's al-Hawl camp. Mneimneh argues that the international community must be very careful to prevent the camp from becoming an incubator of new ISIS fighters by allowing it to remain open, and argues in light of Turkey's recent incursion that allowing Ankara to take control of the camp will be similarly damaging. To contextualize the upcoming Tunisian runoff elections, Tunisian journalist, Dhia Otay suggests that Tunisia's previous and upcoming elections demonstrate a shift in Tunisia's political dynamic, from secularist and Islamist parties to one where voters increasingly demand policy-oriented platforms from politicians. Meanwhile, Ghazi Ben Ahmed, president of the Tunisian think tank the Mediterranean Development Initiative, argues that Tunisia's economic challenges played a role in the outcome of the presidential elections, and suggests in a separate article, co-written with Angela Kontouli, that Sunday's presidential runoff elections will not be fair since, until recently, one candidate conducted his campaign from prison.
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| | في أعقاب الانتخابات الإسرائيلية، يدرس مايكل ميلستين، رئيس منتدى الدراسات الفلسطينية في مركز موشيه ديان، ردود الأفعال المختلطة للمواطنين العرب في إسرائيل على نتائج الانتخابات، حيث يشرح كيف تم تحفيز الناخبين العرب بعد الانتخابات السابقة، كما يسلط الضوء أيضًا على ضرورة أن يركز جميع السياسيين الإسرائيليين على القضايا التي تهم الناخبين العرب، لا سيما الارتفاع في جرائم معدل العنف داخل المجتمعات العربية. يعلق المحرر المساهم حسن منيمنة على مقال سابق في منتدى فكرة يتناول مخاطر الأعداد المركزة لمقاتلي تنظيم" داعش" وعائلاتهم في مخيم الهول شمال شرق سوريا، حيث يرى أن المجتمع الدولي يجب أن يكون حذراً للغاية لمنع المعسكر من أن يصبح حاضنة لمقاتلي تنظيم "داعش " الجدد وذلك من خلال السماح للمعسكر بالبقاء مفتوحًا. كما يرى منيمنة انه في ضوء التوغل التركي الحالي فان السماح لأنقرة بالسيطرة على المخيم سيكون ضارًا بالمثل. يتناول الصحفي التونسي ضياء عطي، جولة الإعادة في الانتخابات الرئاسية المقبلة في تونس، حيث يرى أن الانتخابات التونسية السابقة والقادمة تظهر تحولاً في الديناميكية السياسية في تونس، من الأحزاب العلمانية والإسلامية إلى حزب واحد يطالب من خلاله الناخبون ببرامج سياسية حقيقية وموجهة من قبل السياسيين. وفى الوقت عينه، يرى، احمد بن غازي رئيس المبادرة المتوسطية للتنمية، إن التحديات الاقتصادية في تونس قد لعبت دوراً كبيرا في نتائج الانتخابات الرئاسية، حيث اقترح في مقال منفصل شارك في كتابته مع أنجيلا كنتولي أن جولة الإعادة المقرر عقدها يوم الأحد لن تكون نزيهة لأنه حتى وقت قريب، يقود أحد المرشحين حملته الانتخابية من السجن. وكما هو الحال دائماً، نشجع مشاركاتكم في هذه النقاشات المستمرة. يرجى الكتابة لنا على البريد الألكتروني editor@fikraforum.org. تحيات حارة،
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| Manitoba gets absolutely slammed by winter in October Posted: 11 Oct 2019 01:56 PM PDT | An admin note: We're in the midst of updating our email newsletter system, so over the next few weeks you might run into problems receiving our newsletters. Check your spam or junk mail folders, or email us at canada@huffpost.com if your newsletters are missing. Thanks! Heavy, wet snow started Thursday and is expected to last into the Thanksgiving weekend, making driving a sloppy, slippery mess. Statistics Canada reported Friday the country added 54,000 jobs in September, piling on top of the 81,000 jobs gained the month before and pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.5 per cent. The Nobel committee note some people may consider it too early to give him the prize, but “it is now that Abiy Ahmed’s efforts need recognition and deserve encouragement.” Canadians who know which candidate they want to support in their ridings can head to an advanced polling station on Oct. 11, 12, 13 and 14 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. The HuffPost Canada politics team spread out across the country to take a look at some of the ridings that could make a real difference in the outcome of this year’s campaign. 👍 You're all set. Have a great Thanksgiving, and if you're looking for some ideas for what to bring to dinner, look no further. Follow HuffPost Canada on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
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| Trade and Brexit peace sells, but who’s buying? Posted: 11 Oct 2019 01:45 PM PDT Bloomberg Opinion Today Today's Agenda  Who Wants Some Fresh-Squeezed Trade Truce? After 18 months of trade warring, the U.S. and China have agreed to try to agree to a truce that might some day lead to a longer-term agreement. If that sounds as exciting as a coupon for one (1) glass of room-temperature champagne, there's a reason. The trouble, as Robert Burgess notes, is that a minor trade truce can't reverse the damage already done to the global economy. Markets seem to be pricing themselves accordingly: Stocks absolutely soared on the news today — to prices not seen since, uh, Oct. 1. Still, a truce is better than a not-truce. And for it we can probably thank President Donald Trump's increasingly desperate political situation, notes Karl Smith. Trump has shunned small deals with China so far, but now he really needs a win, any win, and to stop piling fresh grief on the economy. Fastenal Co. earnings today weren't nearly as terrible as feared, suggesting the trade war's impact on American industry isn't yet catastrophic, Brooke Sutherland writes. But it is hurting, as is a prolonged General Motors Co. strike resulting from global forces Trump can't solve, Brooke writes in her weekly newsletter (sign up here!). Trade peace would help the many U.S. companies doing business with China. Recent tussles between Beijing and the NBA, Apple Inc. and others highlight how much damage further Trump aggression could do to these relationships, writes Nisha Gopalan. Trump has threatened to curb U.S. investment in China, for example. As Shuli Ren and Nisha Gopalan write, China today countered by dropping some barriers to such investment. Maybe lasting trade peace will come soon, but China is bracing for the possibility it won't. Brexit Talks Enter Optimistic 'Tunneling' Phase Also exciting markets today was a sudden unexpected breakout of optimism around Brexit negotiations, which are perhaps more ridiculously difficult than China trade talks. Boris Johnson apparently convinced Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar he might have an answer to the thorny problem of the post-Brexit Irish border. And EU and British negotiators have "entered the tunnel," which is not a bizarre British parliamentary custom but Brussels-speak for secret talks to hammer out deal details. Theresa May spent time in the tunnel too, however, to no avail. And nobody knows if the Irish border question can be resolved in a way that satisfies all parties, writes John Authers. Because the fact is the U.K. will have to give much more than the EU in a border deal, writes Lionel Laurent. And that will make it a hard sell in certain Farage-y circles. If Johnson has figured out a solution, then he is a genius, suggests John Authers in a second column. But also maybe he should have delivered this masterstroke long before he got in a big dumb fight with Parliament and delayed everything until just weeks before the deadline? To be fair, that would have been less fun. Time for Some Impeachment End-Game Theory It was another day of rough impeachment news for Trump, including a federal court ruling that his accountants must give his financial records to congressional investigators. (Trump is really sensitive about his financial records.) This comes a day after associates of Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani were charged with campaign-finance violations in connection with efforts to dig up dirt on the Bidens. This scandal could probably just unspool forever like a soap-opera plot, but there's got be an end game between now and, say, the 2020 election. Jonathan Bernstein weighs possible impeachment outcomes and comes up with the most likely (impeachment but Senate acquittal) and least likely (Senate conviction and removal). There's also a non-zero chance of something between those extremes, including Republicans pushing Trump to resign. Not all of them have been rushing to his defense, after all. And what they have offered has been weak sauce, writes Ramesh Ponnuru. Take Alan Dershowitz. Please! Yesterday he tried to make a legal-sounding case against impeachment, but Ramesh notes it's full of holes and ignores the constitution. Turkey's Bombs Hurt Worse Than Its Threats While peace was breaking out in trade and Brexit, the opposite was happening in the Middle East. An Iranian tanker was struck by missiles of possible Saudi origin, leading to a spike in oil prices and a promise of more U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Turkey continued to push into Kurdish territory in Syria, drawing global criticism — including from the Trump administration, which gave Turkey the green light in the first place but now threatens sanctions if it goes too far. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meanwhile, has threatened to send Syrian refugees flooding into Europe if Europe keeps criticizing his actions. But for many reasons, it's an empty threat, writes Leonid Bershidsky. They'll likely just flood in the other direction, raising the level of woe in the region. Telltale Charts The inventors of the lithium-ion battery well deserve their Nobel Prize in Chemistry, writes Nathaniel Bullard. The revolutionary, possibly civilization-saving technology just keeps getting cheaper and more widely used.  Instead of pushing savers to spend, as policy makers hoped, low interest rates may be pushing savers to save more, writes Brian Chappatta.  Further Reading If we're going to hold migrant kids in camps, we should give them flu shots, for their own and the public's safety. — Bloomberg's editorial board Uber Technologies Inc.'s investment in grocery-deliverer Cornershop makes a kind of sense, until you think about it for a minute. — Shira Ovide A key player in Walmart Inc.'s turnaround story is leaving. — Sarah Halzack The Fed shows it will stop at nothing to keep the repo market under control. — Brian Chappatta Here are five economists who deserve the Nobel Prize. — Noah Smith ICYMI Trump's impeachment stonewall has cracks. WeWork is trying to borrow $5 billion. Quintillion's promise to wire the Arctic was a scam. Kickers NASA aims for a first SpaceX manned mission in early 2020. Lightning strikes shipping lanes twice as often as open ocean. Fifty years since Caravaggio's "Nativity" was stolen, the crime remains unsolved. What happens when you hack your insomnia. 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| Liam Hemsworth holds hands with actress Maddison Brown after Miley Cyrus split Posted: 11 Oct 2019 01:39 PM PDT | If you are having trouble viewing this email click here |  | | 10/11/19 |  | | | |  | | | MOVING ON
Liam Hemsworth Holds Hands with Actress Maddison Brown After Miley Cyrus Split | | | | Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus announced their split in August, after less than a year of marriage | | | | |  | | | STAR TRACKS
Anne Hathaway Brings Her Baby Bump Out in New York, Plus Emma Stone, Rihanna & More | | | | From Hollywood to New York and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to | | | | | | | | |  | | | IT'S OVER
Jersey Shore's Jenni 'JWoww' Farley Splits from Boyfriend After He Hits on Costar: Reports | | | | The reported breakup comes after Zack Clayton Carpinello was seen getting handsy with Angelina Pavernick during an episode of Jersey Shore | | | | | | | | |  | | | EXCLUSIVE
Inside Jenny McCarthy & Donnie Wahlberg's Chicago Home: 'There Is No Greater Symbol of Our Love' | | | | For the Masked Singer judge and New Kids on the Block star, gratitude is a theme that runs throughout their St. Charles, Illinois, home | | | | |  | | | ROAD TO RECOVERY
Kevin Hart Breaks Silence After Official Report Reveals He Wasn't Wearing Seatbelt in Car Crash | | | | Following the September crash, Kevin Hart will not fully return back to work until early next year, according to his attorney | | | | |  | | | LAUER SCANDAL
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| What’s Driving Turkey’s Invasion, and What’s Next? (Cagaptay | PolicyWatch 3199) Posted: 11 Oct 2019 01:37 PM PDT TURKEY'S SYRIA INCURSION: WHAT SPURRED IT, AND WHAT'S NEXT? by Soner Cagaptay PolicyWatch 3199
October 11, 2019 The Trump administration is implicitly backing Ankara's policy imperatives for now, but its approval comes with an imminent expiration date that could arrive even sooner if the operation goes awry. READ THIS ITEM ON OUR WEBSITE
On October 9, Turkey launched its long-expected military operation into north Syria with the goal of undermining the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG). Why did Ankara act now? What are the operation’s tactical objectives? And how does the decision fit into the Trump administration’s own objectives in Syria? TURKEY’S MAIN DRIVERS The YPG is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group that has been fighting the Turkish government for decades and is designated as a terrorist entity by the United States and other NATO members. Turkey has never accepted the U.S. decision to ally with the YPG in the war against the Islamic State. Rather, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tolerated the partnership until the last bits of the IS “caliphate” in Syria crumbled earlier this year, then began making plans for a military incursion. In short, Ankara was bent on taking action, and constraining the operation may prove difficult going forward. To understand why, one need only look at two key domestic factors in Turkey: Broad public resentment toward the PKK. The current operation is not “Erdogan’s war.” On most issues, Turkey remains polarized between two large camps, one opposing Erdogan and the other supporting him. Yet the PKK issue is an exception—apart from the left-leaning Kurdish nationalist constituency, an overwhelming majority of Turkish citizens (including many conservative Kurds) view the PKK as a terrorist group, and many despise it. Thus, Erdogan has broad support at home for taking action against what many Turks view as the PKK’s Syrian franchise. The refugee imperative. Turkey is still home to nearly four million Syrian refugees, and while it has hosted them generously for years, the sharp economic downturn that began in 2018 has led to rising anti-refugee sentiment. Working-class voters, many of them Erdogan supporters, have turned against the Syrians, blaming them for “stealing” jobs and driving up rents. Middle-class voters, including many in the opposition, resent them for “invading” Turkey with their conservative cultural values. According to a recent poll conducted by Kadir Has University in Istanbul, only 7 percent of citizens are “content” with the government’s current refugee policy. The government is well aware of these trends and no doubt feels compelled to do something about them sooner rather than later. OPERATIONAL TACTICS AND GOALS In choosing where to begin the incursion, dubbed “Operation Peace Spring,” Ankara picked Arab-majority Syrian border towns controlled by the YPG, including Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad. This decision was tactically shrewd for two reasons. First, many of the Sunni Arabs living under the YPG resent the group’s authoritarian control and cultural policies (e.g., pupils in these areas have to take classes on the secular, Marxist-sourced, Kurdish nationalist ideology of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan). This makes them more likely to welcome and support Turkish troops, at least compared to how Kurdish-majority towns would probably receive them. Second, Ankara intends to move Syrian refugees into any areas it captures from the YPG. Although it is unlikely to repatriate millions of them, transferring even a few hundred thousand could help Erdogan defuse Turkish domestic tensions over the issue. Ankara’s ultimate demographic goal is to turn large sections of the Syrian frontier into solidly Arab territorial blocs, thereby carving YPG-controlled territory into isolated cantons. To this end, it might prioritize returning Arabs to Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad, especially those driven from their homes when IS or the YPG took over their towns in north Syria. As military analyst Metin Gurcan noted on Twitter earlier today, Turkish troops seem to be moving much more slowly this week compared to previous incursions in Syria (e.g., Operation Olive Branch in January 2018). This is likely because Ankara hopes to undermine the YPG through a sustained military presence—the latest phase in its broader campaign against the PKK. Over the past few years, Turkish security forces have eliminated much of the PKK’s presence at home and successfully targeted key PKK leaders in Iraq’s Qandil Mountains. In their view, that leaves the group’s Syrian offshoot as the next logical target. PEACE PROSPECTS? At some point, the Turkish government would like to reopen peace talks with the PKK in order to bring their interminable conflict to an end once and for all. Yet Ankara seems to believes it must first rebalance the group’s relationship with the YPG. When the YPG was formed years before the Syria war, its cadres were largely animated by the significant military strength and exploits achieved by their fellow Kurds in the Turkish PKK at the time. That dynamic flipped after 2014, however, as U.S. assistance and Assad regime withdrawals enabled the YPG to seize nearly a third of Syria’s territory. These gains in turn emboldened the PKK, which was engaged in peace talks with Erdogan at the time after suffering years of setbacks at the hands of Turkish forces. Seeing the YPG’s growing autonomy next door, the PKK soon scuttled the talks by launching a new military campaign against the government in summer 2015, attempting to take over cities in southeast Turkey in the same manner the YPG had done across the border. Although Turkey eventually quelled that takeover campaign, the PKK continues to conduct isolated attacks against various government and military targets, inspired in part by the YPG’s persistent hold on the Syrian frontier. By attempting to spoil that YPG “success story,” Ankara hopes to deflate the PKK and, in the end, force the group back to the negotiating table in a weaker position—a goal that will be furthered if the United States keeps withdrawing support from the YPG. That said, PKK leaders are unlikely to embrace new talks if Turkish forces completely destroy the YPG or its hard-won autonomy; rather, they want Ankara to find some kind of modus vivendi with the group in north Syria. U.S. POLICY IMPLICATIONS During an October 10 press conference, senior State Department officials noted that if Turkey takes “disproportionate” action during the incursion, President Trump may “impose significant costs.” Such warnings likely stem from the fact that Congress is pressuring the administration to sanction Turkey for launching the operation, suggesting that Ankara’s window for achieving its primary objectives is limited. If so, it will need to establish its bridgeheads into YPG-controlled territory soon if it hopes to avoid drastic sanctions. The administration would also be upset if the incursion creates a vacuum that allows IS or the Iran-Assad axis to reestablish themselves in east Syria. For example, thousands of IS terrorists are detained in YPG-controlled prisons, and a handful have reportedly escaped in Qamishli this week as a result of nearby Turkish shelling. Yet none of this necessarily means the White House will attempt to halt the operation or dispute Turkey’s goals in Syria. At yesterday’s press conference, U.S. officials echoed Ankara’s contention that the YPG—America’s main local partner in fighting IS— is a “wing” of the PKK. They also noted that while the administration will not endorse or assist the invasion, it will not oppose it militarily either. U.S. officials have already vetoed the UN Security Council’s October 10 resolution condemning the incursion, thus buying Turkey more time. President Trump also invited Erdogan to the White House on November 13—a date that may serve as a deadline for Ankara to do what it feels it must in Syria. Yet if the incursion causes massive civilian casualties or other major problems, it may trigger heavy congressional sanctions well before then. Soner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute, and author of the new book Erdogan’s Empire: Turkey and the Politics of the Middle East.
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| Most Social: Donald Trump called her 'bad news.' Now, the ousted Ukraine ambassador is a key impeachment witness Posted: 11 Oct 2019 10:01 AM PDT | In the House impeachment inquiry, three panels are set to hear from former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, who was recalled by President Trump. | |    |
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| BREAKING NEWS: Trump loses appeal to withhold financial records from Democrats Posted: 11 Oct 2019 07:30 AM PDT |
| Syria Fallout, Iraq Protests, Khashoggi Anniversary, and More Posted: 11 Oct 2019 07:29 AM PDT |  | | | |  | POLICY NOTES 69 Kristian Coates Ulrichsen and Simon Henderson, eds. October 2019 Given his heir's diplomatic inexperience, the passing of the current emir would remove a much-needed node of stability in the turbulent Gulf.
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|  | POLICYWATCH 3197 Bilal Wahab October 4, 2019 To keep the violence from spiraling out of control, Washington should urgently help Baghdad open up the economy and provide critical services.
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| iran | Dennis Ross was quoted in a National Interest article on how an emboldened Iran may soon return to pursuing nuclear weapons.
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| BREAKING NEWS: Ex-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine arrives on Hill to testify Posted: 11 Oct 2019 07:21 AM PDT Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, arrived Friday to testify as part of the House's impeachment inquiry, after the State Department had previously sought to block officials from appearing before lawmakers. Her appearance is a breakthrough for House Democrats seeking firsthand details about President Donald Trump's efforts — both directly and through his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani — to pressure Ukraine's leaders to investigate his 2020 rival, former vice president Joe Biden.
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| Trump uses re-election campaign rally to try to undermine impeachment inquiry Posted: 11 Oct 2019 05:02 AM PDT Reuters.com Newsletter |  |  | | | | | | | | | | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday used a campaign rally to blast the impeachment inquiry against him as a brazen attempt by Democrats to overthrow him, vowing the attempt to remove him from office would backfire. | | | | | | California Governor Gavin Newsom called a widespread electricity shutdown triggered by a power company to prevent wildfires "unacceptable", as gale-force winds and dry weather posed a critical fire threat to the north of the state. | | | | | | Burning trash dumped by a garbage truck caused a fire that by early Friday had destroyed dozens of homes in California's Riverside County, fire officials said, as wildfires across the state led to power cuts for hundreds of thousands of people. | | | | | | A fierce wildfire that erupted in southern California on Thursday destroyed homes and structures and caused "numerous medical emergencies" at a Riverside County mobile home park, fire officials said. | | | | | | Two foreign-born Florida businessmen who have helped President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani investigate political rival Joe Biden were arrested in a scheme to illegally funnel money to a pro-Trump election committee and other U.S. political candidates, prosecutors said on Thursday. | | | | | | Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had never met arrested businessmen Lev Parnas or Igor Fruman, who have been helping President Donald Trump's personal lawyer investigate political rival Joe Biden. | | | | | | An international panel of air safety regulators on Friday harshly criticized the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) review of a safety system on Boeing Co's 737 MAX jet that was later tied to two crashes that killed 346 people. | | | | | | Nike Inc shut down its Nike Oregon Project training group on Thursday, following the recent four-year ban of founder and coach Alberto Salazar by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). | | | | | | The White House's promise to stonewall a congressional impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump will get an early test on Friday, when the former ambassador to Ukraine is scheduled to testify to House of Representatives investigators. | | | | | | Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would withhold foreign aid from countries that persecute lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as he joined eight other Democratic presidential candidates at a forum on LGBTQ issues. | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
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