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This video provides a closer look at clshes in Marawi, which had been taking place between May 23 and October 23 while the city was in hands of ISIS-linked militants. The terrorists entered the city on May 23 and seized a large part of it. Philippine forces had been clashing with them until the city was officially declared liberated on October 23. The video below shows a July 16 combat incident in which security serivce members conducted an intense urban combat rescue under ISIS fire.

Written by Gordon Duff with Nahed al Husaini; Originally appeared at Veterans Today Sources across the Middle East are reeling with the resignation of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hariri. Harari’s resignation, ordered by Saudi Arabia and, by our estimation Israel as well, signals a new phase of wars as the “ISIS experiment” draws to a close. former Lebanese PM Hariri Hariri claimed Iran and Hezbollah were planning to assassinate him.  From the UK Guardian: “We are living in a climate similar to the atmosphere that prevailed before the assassination of [his father, the late prime minister] martyr Rafik Hariri. I have sensed what is being plotted covertly to target my life,” he said in a televised speech on Saturday. Hariri said Iran was “losing in its interference in the affairs of the Arab world”, and that  Lebanon  would “rise as it had done in the past” and “cut off the hands that wickedly extend into it”. However, our sources say Hariri’s resignation signals a new ro

Hassan Nasrallah On November 5, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said during a televised speech that  Saudi Arabia forced Lebanon Prime Minister Saad Hariri to resign . Nasrallah added that the fact that Hariri announced his resignation from Saudi Arabia, and some words in his speech proved that the decision had been taken by Saudi Arabia. “It is clear that the resignation was a Saudi decision that was imposed on Prime Minister Hariri. It was not his intention, not his wish and not his decision,” Nasrallah said in his speech. The Hezbollah leader revealed that Hariri resignation shocked Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri and even the MPs of the Future Movement, which is led by Hariri himself. Nasrallah also stressed that Hezbollah was satisfied with Hariri work as the prime minister and didn’t want him to resign. According to Nasrallah, Saudi Arabia could force Hariri to resign because it was not satisfied with his work in Leba