Syria: U.S. Kills 'Kills 16 Civilians' Near Raqqa:
 At least 16 civilians have been killed in a US-led coalition air strike near so-called Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, activists say.
  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40037169
 
 
  Syrian Army says ISIL's 'minister of war' killed:
 The Syrian Army said on Wednesday it had killed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group's military commander in Syria during operations in the north of the country
  http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003720905
 
 
  Syrian army advances south toward rebel-held area;
 The Syrian army said it had retaken a swathe of territory from Islamic State in southern Syria on Thursday in a rapid advance near areas held by U.S.-backed Syrian rebels at the border with Jordan and Iraq.
  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-south-idUSKBN18L1O6
 
 
  Norwegian Army enters southern Syria to aid endangered rebels at border crossing;
 The Norwegian unit invaded Syria, home to US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) that have become the target of an ongoing offensive by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) along the Damascus-Baghdad highway.
  https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/norwegian-army-enters-southern-syria-aid-endangered-rebels-border-crossing/
 
 
  ISIS seizes tons of Syrian Army weapons in hit-and-run attack on Aleppo supply line;
 Although the overnight raid was largely repelled, ISIS fighters managed to retrieve dozens of anti-tank missiles, light weapons and ammunition from the SAA outposts:
  https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pictures-isis-seizes-tons-syrian-army-weapons-hit-run-attack-aleppo-supply-line/
 
 
 Watch: Undercover in Idlib :
 What is really happening in Idlib
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9NyL78kDUQ
 
 
  Manchester bomber reportedly 'wanted revenge' for Muslims killed in Syria:
 The Manchester suicide bomber was motivated to kill by the deaths of Muslim children in Syria - which he believed came at the hands of US-led military forces, a sibling says.
  http://nypost.com/2017/05/24/concert-bomber-reportedly-wanted-revenge-for-muslim-deaths-in-syria/
 
 
  RAF gunners scrawl 'Love from Manchester' on side of Syria-bound hellfire missile:
 The defiant message, confirmed by RAF bosses today, was designed to honour the 22 people killed by suicide bomber Salman Abedi at Manchester Arena on Monday
  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/raf-gunners-scrawl-this-manchester-10501442
 
 
 Iraq; Islamic State infighting leaves senior leader dead in Kirkuk: official:
 The "mayor of Diyala", who was temporarily appointed by supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed with two other companions when members engaged in an infighting near the group's stronghold town of Hawija
  http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/islamic-state-infighting-leaves-senior-leader-dead-kirkuk-official/
 
 
 Islamic State controls 80% of Anbar's desert;
 "The region hosts enormous training camps for fighters coming from abroad," said the officer, adding that militants, disguised as Iraqi army and police members, erect barricades and armed checkpoints there.
  http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/security-source-islamic-state-controls-80-anbars-desert/
 
 
 U.S. Troops Are Getting Close Enough to ISIS to Fire Mortars:
 New video highlights how conventional American forces have been moving closer to the actual fighting against ISIS.
  http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10571/regular-u-s-troops-are-getting-close-enough-to-isis-to-fire-mortars
 
 
  U.S. Army Lost Track of $1 Billion Worth of Weapons and Equipment:
 The U.S. Army failed to properly monitor more than $1 billion worth of arms transfers in Iraq and Kuwait, according to a declassified government audit obtained by Amnesty International released Wednesday.
  http://www.newsweek.com/us-military-lost-track-1-billion-worth-weapons-and-equipment-report-614391
 
 
  US kills five Yemen civilians, says rights group;
 The Seals opened fire on a 70-year-old partially blind man. On hearing al-Adhal being shot, other men then emerged from their homes, and four of them were shot dead by the Seals.
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/24/us-military-yemen-raid-al-qaida-civilian-deaths
 
 
  Marillyn Hewson: Makes $20 Million A Year;
 Forbes named Marillyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin, "the 20th most powerful woman in the world". Her company is selling weapons to the Saudi regime, weapons that are killing and maiming women and children day after day.
  http://www.codepink.org/people_before_profits?
 
 
  Bahrain, Egypt block some news websites;
 Egypt and Bahrain have blocked news websites, including those run by Qatari-based state funded Al Jazeera. Cairo has blocked 21 websites, claiming they support "terrorism" and published "lies."
  https://www.rt.com/news/389667-egypt-bahrain-block-aljazeera/
 
 
  War on Afghanistan Is Killing Children in Record Numbers in 2017 :
 UNAMA documented 11,418 civilian casualties, an increase over previous years. Children accounted for at least 30 percent of these casualties.
  http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40693-war-in-afghanistan-is-killing-children-in-record-numbers-in-2017
 
 
  IS behead police and kill 20 in Philippines;
 Around 100 heavily armed gunmen linked to Islamic State swept into Marawi City, on the island of Mindanao, burning buildings, seizing a Catholic priest and his worshippers and raising the black flag of IS.
  http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/asiapacific/2017/05/25/is-behead-police-and-kill-20-in-philippines.html
 
 
  Commandos sent in to end Philippine siege;
 The Philippines has deployed attack helicopters and special forces to drive out Islamic State-linked rebels holed up in a besieged southern city on Thursday, as efforts to take back control met heavy resistance.
  http://tinyurl.com/lplcchj
 
 
 China protests U.S. warship entering South China Sea;
 Guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey sailed into the waters close to China's Nansha Islands without permission from China, and Chinese missile frigates Liuzhou and Luzhou "warned and expelled" the U.S. ship after identifying it.
  http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/25/c_136315221.htm
 
 
  NATO will formally join anti-'Islamic State' coalition;
 Members of the military alliance have agreed to formally join the coalition against the "Islamic State" extremist group. France and Germany were said to have greenlighted the "purely symbolic" plan.
  http://www.dw.com/en/nato-will-formally-join-anti-islamic-state-coalition/a-38585836
 
 
  Trump gets a "chilly reception" at NATO:
 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying, and what they're supposed to be paying for their defense," Trump said
  http://www.salon.com/2017/05/25/trump-gets-a-chilly-reception-at-nato-after-telling-world-leaders-to-pay-their-fair-share/
 
 
  Watch: Trump shoved the Montenegro prime minister at NATO:
 During his first joint meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders, President Trump on Thursday appeared to push aside the prime minister of Montenegro.
  http://tinyurl.com/m3mw583
 
 
  Theresa May Knew of Manchester Bomber's Terrorist Family:
 Col. Gadaffi had expelled the Manchester bomber's father from Libya!
  http://www.digitalnewsnetwork.net/2017/05/25/theresa-may-knew-of-manchester-bombers-terrorist-family/
 
 
  'Sorted' by MI5: How UK government sent British-Libyans to fight Gaddafi;
 Fighters say government operated 'open door' policy allowing them to join rebels, as authorities investigate background of Manchester bomber
  http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sorted-mi5-how-uk-government-sent-british-libyans-fight-gaddafi-1219906488
 
 
  'Forgive me': Manchester bomber final words to his nuclear scientist mother:
 Tabbal told interrogators her son left Libya for England only four days before the bombing and called her on the same day of the attack.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4542434/Manchester-suicide-bomber-Salman-Abedi-s-final-words.html
 
 
  'Furious' UK reportedly stops sharing intelligence with US following Manchester attack leak:
 Photos of debris from the attack were leaked and published in the New York Times, the BBC said. The images vividly show part of the explosive device and jacket worn by the suicide bomber.
  http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/uk-stops-sharing-intelligence-with-us-following-manchester-attack.html
 
 
  Fears over 'second bomb' after police find huge chemical explosive cache in Salman Abedi raid :
 The Manchester suicide bomber may have built a second device which is now in the hands of fellow jihadists, police fear.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/25/manchester-attack-fears-second-bomb-police-find-huge-chemical/
 
 
  Blowback? Manchester bomber linked to terrorist group which UK allegedly backed;
 Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi and his father, had links to a violent jihadist group which may have had British backing for the 2011 Libyan war and a 1996 attempt to kill then-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
  https://www.rt.com/uk/389694-libya-abedi-lifg-cameron/
 
 
 In case you missed it;
  Colonel Gaddafi warned Tony Blair of Islamist attacks on Europe:
 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi issued a 'prophetic' warning to Tony Blair that jihadists would attack Europe if his regime was allowed to collapse
  http://tinyurl.com/zzmnwc8
 
 
  Manchester bomber Salman Albedi's pal was killed by drone strike in Syria:
 Raphael Hostey was an ISIS recruiter and also lived in Manchester before being killed in Syria.
  http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/manchester-bomber-salman-albedis-pal-10486528
 
 
  Jeremy Corbyn blames terrorist attacks on UK's foreign wars;
 Mr Corbyn will stress that his assessment is shared by the intelligence and security services and "in no way reduces the guilt of those who attack our children".
  http://tinyurl.com/ms2dnfol
 
 
  Soldiers on UK streets as threat raised to critical after Manchester bombing;
 Armed police officers guarding events will be replaced by soldiers in an operation codenamed Temperer. It is the first time that the operation, which was first revealed in 2015, has been put into effect.
  http://tinyurl.com/lxw5wx5
 
 
  Manchester Terror Attack Proves that the War On Terror Is Failing:
 There are 10 basic principles that serious, mature people need to discuss if we want to stop terrorism
  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2017/05/want-stop-terrorism-just-pretend.html
 
 
  Net migration to Britain falls in 2016 as EU citizens leave:
 Net migration to Britain fell to its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half-years in 2016, official data showed on Thursday, driven in part by an increase in the number of European Union citizens leaving the country.
  http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-immigration-idUSKBN18L0XI
 
 
  'Not Welcome Here': Thousands March Against Trump in Belgium;
 Thousands of protesters took to the streets Wednesday to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's arrival in the city he previously likened to a "hellhole."
  http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/not-welcome-here-thousands-march-against-trump-in-belgium.html
 
 
  Why Race and Inequality Are at the Heart of America's Water Problems;
 Millions in the U.S., particularly poor people and communities of color, have inadequate access to water.
  https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/news/water-racial-and-economic-justice-issue
 
 
  Reporter slammed to ground by Montana politician;
 "Greg Gianforte just body slammed me and broke my glasses," Jacobs tweeted, as he reported the incident - witnessed by three Fox News journalists - to police.
  http://tinyurl.com/lg4eayt
 
 
 Trump's scorched-earth budget:
 $1.7 trillion in cuts to vital social programs
  http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/05/24/budg-m24.html
 
 
  Trump's travel ban upheld by federal appeals court;
 The travel ban 'drips of religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination'
  http://tinyurl.com/n59w5c9
 
 
 Jeff Sessions didn't disclose meetings with Russian ambassador;
 Sessions "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications with the Russians, and I'm unable to comment on it."
  http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/24/jeff-sessions-reportedly-didnt-disclose-meeting-with-russia-ambassador.html
 
 
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is More Dangerous Than Trump;
 His record thus far shows a determined effort to dismantle the Justice Department's protections of civil rights and civil liberties.
  https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-more-dangerous-trump
 
 
  Jared Kushner: White House senior adviser, alleged slumlord:
 A new report depicts Jared Kushner as a ruthless landlord who sues his low-income tenants until their deaths
  http://www.salon.com/2017/05/23/jared-kushner-white-house-senior-adviser-slumlord/
 
 
  Jared Kushner's Other Real Estate Empire:
 Baltimore-area renters complain about a property owner they say is neglectful and litigious. Few know their landlord is the president's son-in-law.
  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/jared-kushners-other-real-estate-empire.html