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U.S. President Trump ordered 1,000 U.S. troops to be pulled back from northern Syria as a result of Turkey's military campaign, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said to Face the Nation.
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#UPDATE
U.S. President Donald Trump working with Congress to impose powerful sanctions on Turkey.
#BREAKING
@laraseligman reporting:
A second U.S. official confirms that U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. troops in Syria, except for those the Al Tanf garrison, to withdraw within 30 days.

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Oct 20 - Beirut, #Lebanon
Demonstrators issued a statement saying 1.7 million people in six locations across the country poured into the streets on Sunday. This was Lebanon's largest demonstration in the past 14 years.
There are calls for a general strike on Monday, October 21.
Oct 21 - #Lebanon
Demonstrators refuse to leave the streets despite the government cancelling various plans.

#Iran's regime is extremely concerned of this uprising's success, losing its influence in Lebanon & such scenes being repeated inside Iran.
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Protests continue as large crowd seen in Nour (light) square, chanting: Rebels, rebels, we will continue. (via @Joyce_Karam)

Strikes, protests and road blocks to continue on Tuesday.
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Heshmat Alavi
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SHORT THREAD

1)
 "Unable to openly defend the religious dictatorship in Iran, these apologists instead demonize the regime’s democratic alternative to justify appeasing the current regime."
#Iran
#FakeNews
ncr-iran.org/en/9-uncategor…
2)
 "This is not the first time that @NBCNews has quoted Daniel Benjamin (@Benjamin05055), a former State Department official and the MEK’s chief antagonist..."

The MEK is an Iranian opposition organization.

Benjamin has a record of writing pro-#Iran pieces against the MEK.
3)
 The pathetic claims that the MEK has no popular base in Iran are too outlandish to deserve a response. It is unclear which scientific poll the author of the article & Benjamin rely on to make such a claim w/ respect to Iran being the record holder of per capita executions.
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Heshmat Alavi
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Oct 19/20 - Beirut, #Lebanon
Midnight hours

Scenes of a peaceful demonstration as protests continue across the country against poverty, unemployment, government corruption & #Iran's meddling through Hezbollah.
#UPDATE
Samir Geagea, head of the Lebanon Forces Party, announced the ministers are resigning & called for a new Lebanese government.
#LebanonProtests
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Oct 20 - Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Beirut & other cities of #Lebanon demand political change.
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Greg Sarafan, esq 🌲👽🌲
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that Turkey "appears to be" committing war crimes in its incursion into northern Syria.  hill.cm/axTjUz3
"US official say the situation in NE Syria is deteriorating rapidly. US Forces are at risk of being isolated and the risk of confrontation between Turkish proxies and US Forces is high. Extremist Turkish proxies are wearing SDF uniforms and killing civilians". Per @foxnews
Trump golfs while Kurds burn.

Our only true muslim allies in the middle east have been abandoned to be slaughtered by Turkey. We knew Trukey would do this. Trump would rather rent the US military to Saudi Arabia bc they pay cash. #KurdsBetrayedByTrump
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The Grey Man
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the US is "preparing to evacuate" its remaining 1,000 troops in northern Syria, as per a Saturday night authorization for "deliberate withdrawal" by President Donald Trump.

businessinsider.com/us-preparing-p…
He also said that Kurdish forces are looking to work with Syrians and Russians to counter-attack against Turkish forces in the north, and that American forces could be caught in the crosshairs.
Hundreds of Islamic State group supporters escaped from a displacement camp in the area and there were reports of alleged atrocities amid growing international alarm.

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Sibel Edmonds
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I am so glad you finally came out and said it: The #Syria Mess is #Obama’s fault as “one man” who implemented it. And “One Woman’s” fault who was “his” architect in “his” #StateDepartment: @HillaryClinton. Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
After all, in November 2011, I blew the whistle on “Both of You” And was the first to Expose your #ISIS Camp In #Turkey & Your Preparations for #Syria Operations right after #Libya @HillaryClinton #Obama. Here it is on dated & on Record: newsbud.com/2011/11/21/bfp…
Nothing like a good public confession for the soul. A few more and you may start seeing some soul cleansing.
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Sotiri Dimpinoudis
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#Breaking: Just in - Turkish president Erdogan is threatening the Kurdish #US backed SDF forces in Northern #Syria to war, to take a vast amount of land from the country and them starting on Monday morning. #Turkey
#Update: Turkish president Erdogan is claiming "it is to make a safe security exclusion for Syrian refugees to live back in their country" but other reports suggest that #Tukey always wanted that part of #Syria to steal.
@Update: This is the piece of land #Turkey wants to steal from #Syria.
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Zach Everson
@Z_Everson
Just last night, @realDonaldTrump shared a Trump Org tweet promoting—

Ferry Point.

Via @1100Penn bit.ly/2EbZMke
@realDonaldTrump @1100Penn If Eric Trump is no longer involved in his charity, why does this golfer—who just played in a benefit for it—call it "the Eric Trump Foundation"? [H/T @npenzenstadler]

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Trump National D.C.

Major General Scott Dingle addressed the recruits.

Via @1100Penn zacheverson.substack.com/p/40842294
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Zach Everson
@Z_Everson
Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

bit.ly/2EPCSy1
National politics correspondent for Newsweek, Nina Burleigh, with a fun find on a TV above the bar at the Trump Hotel DC bit.ly/2E37QRR
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