Beirut‚ Lebanon — A local leader and seven other members of a jihadi militia in southern Syria affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group were killed Sunday in Daraa province‚ a war monitor said. The cradle of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad that was followed by years of war‚ Daraa province remains unstable despite the return of government forces in 2018 following a reconciliation agreement with rebels. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights‚ a Britain-based monitor‚ said "a senior leader" was among the eight killed "in violent clashes between local factions" and the IS-affiliated group. Syria's official news agency SANA reported that "eight terrorists from Daesh were eliminated in the town of Nawa‚" using the Arabic acronym for IS. The report said the deaths included "the so-called leader of Hauran‚" which spans over parts of southern Syria and northern Jordan. The Observatory‚ which relies on a vast network of sources in Syria‚ said the leader was in charge of "strengthening the links between the cells" of the jihadi group in the south of the country. Former rebels in Daraa province who accepted the 2018 deal sponsored by Russia‚ Damascus' main ally‚ were able to keep their light weapons. Attacks‚ some claimed by IS‚ regularly occur there‚ as well as armed clashes and assassinations of government supporters‚ former opposition figures and civilians working for the government. In late 2022 IS confirmed the death of its former leader‚ killed in Daraa during clashes with local fighters.

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The Oklahoma Republican Party ceased all support for Sen. James Lankford for his role in leading negotiations in an immigration deal that furthers illegal immigration into the United States. This bill gives Joe Biden cover as the election nears. As Breitbart News has detailed‚ Lankford (R-OK) is negotiating the deal alongside other Republicans such as Thom […] The post The Border Deal Is So Bad That OK GOP Cut Off Sen. Lankford appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

CHAPTER 3: Birdman and the Reality Revolution Space Is No Longer the Final Frontier—Reality Is [upcoming release March/2024] by Linda Goudsmit Globalism is a replacement ideology that seeks to reorder the world into one singular‚ planetary Unistate‚ ruled by the globalist elite themselves. The globalist war on nation-states cannot succeed without collapsing the United States […] The post CHAPTER 3: Birdman and the Reality Revolution appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Actor Robert Downey Jr. admitted it was probably better that he did not win the Oscar when he was nominated for the best actor award three decades ago — for his performance in the 1993 biopic “Chaplin.” The “Iron Man” star made the revelation on ABC’s “The View” last week‚ just after the news broke that he had been nominated in the best supporting actor category for his turn as Admiral Lewis Strauss in the Christopher Nolan-directed “Oppenheimer” (2023). WATCH: “You lost to Al Pacino for ‘Scent of a Woman‚'” Joy Behar pointed out. “Now you say it actually would have been the worst thing for you to have won that year.” Downey Jr. laughed‚ saying‚ “Ah‚ because I was young and crazy and it would have put me under the impression that I was on the right track. Whoopi remembers.” “We were all on those tracks together‚” Whoopi Goldberg — who co-starred with Downey Jr. in the 1991 film “Soapdish” — just laughed in response. The “Tropic Thunder” star was not exaggerating when he said his early career was “crazy” — in 1996‚ he was arrested on drug and weapons charges. After violating the terms of his parole‚ he was arrested again and sentenced in 1999 to three years in prison — but ultimately served 15 months. He was pardoned in 2015 by then Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA). His entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe — as Tony Stark/Iron Man in 2004’s “Iron Man” — marked his comeback in Hollywood after an early career that he described as “30 years of dependency‚ depravity and despair.” In addition to “Oppenheimer” and the best actor nod for “Chaplin‚ Downey Jr. was also nominated in the best supporting actor category for his role in 2009’s “Tropic Thunder.”