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A high-ranking al-Nusra Front terrorist group leader has been killed in an air strike in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, says a UK-based monitoring group.

A founding member and spokesman for the al-Qaeda-affiliated Takfiri group, Abu Firas al-Suri, was killed during a Syrian or Russian strike on a village located in the province’s northwestern regions, said the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday.

The pro-opposition monitoring group noted that Firas’s son and 20 other foreign militants were also killed in the assault.

Firas was a well known figure in terrorist circles who gave commentaries released by the Takfiri group on sensitive subjects such as governance and religious matters.

According to Takfiri media, Firas was one of terrorist group’s founding members who was also active in Afghanistan in the 1980s and reportedly collaborated directly with Osama bin Laden.

Al-Nusra is considered the second largest terror group operating in war-ravaged Syria where over 470,000 people have been killed and 1.9 million more injured since 2011.
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Published time: 4 Apr, 2016 11:50

The world’s media has been pointing at one person following a massive documents leak from a Panama law firm. But that person, President Vladimir Putin, wasn’t even mentioned in the data leak. Sections of the public are not happy at the media coverage.

Pictures of President Putin could be found on the front pages of highly-respected news publications around the globe. The Guardian and the Mail Online were both at it, despite the fact that in the 11.5 million documents that were published; Putin’s name was not mentioned once.

Newspapers around the globe had plenty of world leaders to choose from: President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko managed to find his way on to the list, as did King Salman of Saudi Arabia. The father of British Prime Minister David Cameron was also among those mentioned. Despite these high-profile figures, the majority of the international media decided to accuse Putin of corruption. And even if the article itself was not about Putin, the cover picture suggested otherwise.
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Published time: 4 Apr, 2016 11:39

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov © Vladimir Astapkovich

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov © Vladimir Astapkovich Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov © Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik

Anti-Putin sentiment has reached boiling point in the West, and that to a large degree makes it next to impossible to talk about Russia in a positive manner, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, commenting on the so-called Panama leak.

Such ‘leaks’, in our view, are meant to target audiences overseas. It is also clear that the degree of Putinophobia has reached a point where to speak well about Russia, or about some of its actions and successes is impossible. One needs to speak [about Russia] in negative terms, the more the better, and when there’s nothing to say, you need to make things up. This is obvious to us,” Peskov told journalists on Monday.

The spokesperson said the bulk of a vast exposé, unveiled by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, has nothing to do with the Russian president.

There is no [profound] information concerning the president – just some insinuations, speculations, reflections that do not require a response. As for the main body, it does not concern us, it has no relation to the president whatsoever,” agencies quoted Peskov as saying.

While Putin does not appear anywhere backed by any facts, it is obvious to us that the main target behind such ‘leaks’ has been and still is our president, especially in the context of the upcoming parliamentary and, taking the long-term perspective, the presidential election in two years’ time,” the Kremlin spokesman added.
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Published time: 3 Apr, 2016 15:37

Volunteers at the collecting station in the town of Askeran in Nagorno-Karabakh. © Hrayr Badalyan

Volunteers at the collecting station in the town of Askeran in Nagorno-Karabakh. © Hrayr Badalyan Volunteers at the collecting station in the town of Askeran in Nagorno-Karabakh. © Hrayr Badalyan / Sputnik

Armenia and Azerbaijan report hostilities are continuing in the Nagorny-Karabakh despite Baku’s announcement of a unilateral ceasefire. People are reportedly being evacuated from the conflict zone.

The fighting is ongoing on the frontline in Nagorny-Karabakh, Armenia’s Defence Ministry said, as cited by TASS.

Martakert region head, Vladik Khachataryan, said shelling is continuously ongoing from the eastern side. Several shells apparently fired by Azeri forces hit Martakert town center. In the last 24 hours, the town has reportedly been hit by 25 shells.

According to social media reports, residents are leaving the city, which is some three kilometers from the frontline.
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Published time: 3 Apr, 2016 14:16

A view shows the damage at the Monumental Arch in the historical city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria © Omar Sanadiki

A view shows the damage at the Monumental Arch in the historical city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria © Omar Sanadiki A view shows the damage at the Monumental Arch in the historical city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria © Omar Sanadiki / Reuters

Syrian government forces, with the aid of Russian airstrikes, have taken the Islamic State-held town of al-Qaryatain, on the outskirts of the historic Palmyra complex. Victory was achieved after several days of fighting.

The Christian town is located some 100km (60 miles) west of the battered ancient Syrian landmark, which had been experiencing heavy fighting until its recapture by government forces last Sunday from Islamic State terrorists (ISIS/IS, formerly ISIL). There are still traces of fighting on the western outskirts of al-Qaryatain, according to RIA Novosti.

The anti-ISIS (Daesh in Arabic) forces “fully restored security and stability to the town after killing the last remaining groups of Daesh terrorists,” according to Syrian television.

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Ayelet Mamo-Shay, organizer of ‘Israeli-Abroad Relocation Day,’ believes Israelis living abroad are goodwill ambassadors, but says that children must know that ‘our real home is Israel’

“Bunch of wimps,” “Traitors,” “They’ll be back when their child reaches first grade” — all these affronts were hurled throughout the years at the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who chose, whether for a fixed amount of time or for much longer, to emigrate. The word “yerida” (“descent”) was switched with “relocation,” and the criticism ceded to an ideology of Zionism on the ground.
“Israelis living abroad are no longer ‘traitors,’ but are rather a kind of ‘ambassadors of goodwill’ who contribute daily to Israel’s image, character and existence,” said Ayelet Mamo-Shay, businesswoman and author of “Relocation, Darling, Relocation!” and initiator of “Israeli-Abroad Relocation Day.” “I believe the discourse about the Israeli diaspora has changed over the years and will change even more in the future.”
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People gather to show solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, Nov. 14, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)

People gather to show solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, Nov. 14, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)

People gather to show solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, Nov. 14, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)

(JTA) — France’s Jewish millionaires are flocking to Israel by the thousands, according to new data on offer by a consultancy that tracks the world’s wealthy.

The report on international millionaire migration published Thursday by New World Wealth says 10,000 millionaires left France in 2015. Andrew Amolis, the firm’s head of research, told Newsweek that 20-25 percent of these French emigrants were Israel-bound Jews. That would mean up to 2,500 new French millionaires immigrated to Israel last year.

“The large outflow of millionaires from France is notable — France is being heavily impacted by rising religious tensions between Christians and Muslims, especially in urban areas,” the report says.

Such an exodus of Jews with money would be good news for Israel — at France’s expense, of course. France has seen rising emigration thanks to financial stagnation and high taxes, with anti-Semitic violence helping Jews find the door. But New World Wealth’s estimates are hard to reconcile with what is known about French Jews and aliyah, or Jewish immigration to Israel.
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Israeli banks Discount, Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 4, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli banks Discount, Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 4, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli banks Discount, Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 4, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

(JTA) — Hundreds of Israeli companies and some 850 Israeli shareholders are listed as having offshore accounts in a dump of leaked documents known as the Panama Papers.

The 11.5 million documents were published Sunday following a yearlong investigation of their contents led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

The documents, obtained by an anonymous source from a law firm in Panama that specializes in offshore accounts, were then shared with a large network of international media partners, including in Israel with the daily Haaretz.
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Actress Milana Vayntrub, the "AT&T Girl," volunteering with Syrian refugees in Lesbos, Greece. (Courtesy of Milana Vayntrub/Can't Do Nothing)

Actress Milana Vayntrub, the "AT&T Girl," volunteering with Syrian refugees in Lesbos, Greece. (Courtesy of Milana Vayntrub/Can't Do Nothing)

Actress Milana Vayntrub, the “AT&T Girl,” volunteering with Syrian refugees in Lesbos, Greece. (Courtesy of Vayntrub/Can’t Do Nothing)

(JTA) — You know Lily. You do. She’s that chipper, slyly witty girl who works at the AT&T store — not a real one, but the one you see in those ubiquitous TV ads.

What you may not know is that the actress who plays her, Milana Vayntrub, is a nice Jewish girl. She’s also a former Soviet refusenik who, between acting gigs, stand-up spots and the comedy webisodes she writes and produces, is trying to change the world.

Can’t Do Nothing is a new social-media-driven movement to raise awareness and funds to ease the dire plight of Syrian (and other) refugees. Vayntrub launched the web platform this year after a getaway to Greece with her dad, which turned into a one-woman mission to make some kind of difference once she realized the nature of the drama unfolding just miles away.

“I couldn’t leave knowing that I was so close,” she told JTA about her decision to extend her trip in hopes of making a difference. “I really believe that an opportunity that goes unfulfilled turns into a curse. And I knew that if I went, I would never regret it.”
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Published time: 4 Apr, 2016 15:10

Gazprom-Media General Director Mikhail Lesin. © Iliya Pitalev

Gazprom-Media General Director Mikhail Lesin. © Iliya Pitalev Gazprom-Media General Director Mikhail Lesin. © Iliya Pitalev / Sputnik

The investigation into former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin’s death was referred to the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Despite that, US media say authorities don’t see the death as suspicious, citing sources in law enforcement.

The New York Times has  that the referral of Lesin’s case to the Justice Department’s Criminal Division in March was merely a formality, suggesting that no criminal investigation followed.

Citing the same unnamed sources, the New York Times says neither the FBI, nor the US Justice Department have been taking an active part in the ongoing investigation.

Initial reports following Lesin’s death in DC’s Dupont Hotel on November 5, 2015 said he suffered a heart attack.
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