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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has sent a message to his soldiers that they should not hold back when fighting ISIS, not under any circumstances.
He told soldiers to,

“…not hesitate to engage just because there are civilians. It is the duty of the civilians to flee or seek cover. We will face charges, sometimes massacre, you know a bullet hits through and through, one squeeze of the Armalite, it bursts out about three, four. Keep on pressing”.

Duterte continued,

Russian Deputy Foreign Minsiter Gennady Gatilov has heavily criticised statements from the United States calming that they  will take heavy military measures against the Syrian government for a chemical attack that hasn’t actually happened and objectively could not be committed by the Syrian government.

Recent days have seen suspicious movements of American aircraft near Syria leading many to think that an illegal attack may be imminent.
Spy drones accompanied by RC-135V/W aircraft were observed scanning western Syrian airspace and the Mediterian coast multiple times in the last 48 hours.

While many attempt to debate who or what is in charge of the United States, the truth is that no single individual or even a single entity is in charge of the United States anymore.
This was true under Barack Obama, but Obama’s middle-management style of governing helped to hide this fact. Donald Trump who is a single-minded, straight talking and deeply opinionated man has by contrast, thrown a great deal of light onto the reality of just who governs the United States.

Over the last 24 hours the Iraqi army has reduced the tiny ISIS controlled pocket in the Old City of Mosul further in size, that it now spans just one square mile, and that it is now about to be cut in half.
Reports a few days ago spoke of no more than 300 ISIS fighters still alive and fighting in the city.  With all of them completely trapped in a warren of streets in a tiny area of Mosul’s Old City the end is likely to be only days away.

The United States has issued a brazen ‘warning’ to the Syrian government which implies that the US is ready to heavily and brutally attack Syria government targets, just days after affirming that the US has no wish to militarily engage any forces in Syria other than ISIS.
A statement from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the following,

The Supreme Court of the United States has given President Trump a clearcut victory in the legal battle over his two Executive Orders.
In a unanimous decision it has ruled that the lower court Judgments imposing temporary stays on President Trump’s two Executive Orders were far too broad.
Here is how the Supreme Court’s ruling is being reported by the Washington Times

Yesterday The Duran’s Alexander Mercouris noted that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ultimatum to Qatar threatens a wider regional war pitting key allies of the US against each other.

Al-Masdar reports that Israel has used its positions in the Israel occupied Syrian Golan Heights to attack Syrian troops near a field hospital on the Syrian side of the line of occupation.
The attack comes as Syrian forces continue to engage in fierce battle with al-Qaeda elements in south-western Syria.
Israel has confirmed the attack, saying that just as with yesterday’s incident, projectiles from the Syrian side of the line of occupation landed in Israeli occupied territory injuring no one.

Many people are rightly outraged at remarks from Saudi Crown Price and heir to the throne Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) over remarks calling Russian forces “terrorists” and vowing that Saudi Arabia could destroy Russia’s forces in Syria in a matter of three days.