CREDO and MoveOn.org petitions launched by Sen. Jeff Merkley Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2017. More than 550,000 people have signed petitions started by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) demanding that Attorney General Jeff Sessions appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Trump administration’s ties to Russia. The petitions were launched before news[Read More…]
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Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIS in Syria, Iraq, March 3, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending February 25, 2017
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 2, 2017 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 223,000, a decrease of 19,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the lowest level for initial claims since March 31, 1973 when it was 222,000. The[Read More…]
Statement by Pentagon Spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis on U.S. Strikes Against AQAP in Yemen, March 2, 2017
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2017. U.S. forces conducted a series of precision strikes in Yemen against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, in the early morning of March 2 (Yemen time). More than 20 strikes targeted AQAP militants, equipment and infrastructure in the Yemeni governorates of Abyan, Al Bayda and[Read More…]
Operation Inherent Resolve: Officials Provide Details of Latest Counter-ISIS Strikes in Syria, Iraq, March 2, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in[Read More…]
UN Migration Agency Reports Surge in Displacement from Mosul as Fighting Intensifies
A baby displaced by the conflict in Mosul, shelter at the Qayara emergency site, in Ninewa governorate, Iraq. Photo: IOM/Hala Jaber GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–28 February 2017 – The United Nations migration agency today reported thousands of new arrivals at Iraqi sites for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing Mosul’s western sector where[Read More…]
Operation Inherent Resolve: U.S., Coalition Strikes Continue Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq, February 28, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in[Read More…]
VoteVets Calls for Hearings on Yemen Raid
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. On behalf of its 500,000 supporters, including veterans and military families, and Gold Star families, VoteVets.org is supporting the call of Bill Owens, father of fallen SEAL Ryan Owens, to investigate the raid in Yemen, ordered by Donald Trump. In a statement, Jon Soltz, Iraq War[Read More…]
In Geneva, UN Urges Upholding Human Rights Amid Rising Populism and Extremism
The Human Rights Council chamber in Geneva. UN Photo/Elma Okic GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–27 February 2017. Disregard for human rights is a disease, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today told the opening session of the UN Human Rights Council, urging Member States to uphold the rights of all people in the face of[Read More…]
Operation Inherent Resolve: Officials Provide Details of Latest Strikes in Syria, Iraq, February 27, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in[Read More…]
