Pending Home Sales Inch Up +0.2%, Economists Expected +1.0 to +1.5%
November 30, 2015 0

Pending Home Sales Inch Up +0.2%, Economists Expected +1.0 to +1.5%

By News Desk

The Wall Street Journal reports Pending Home Sales Rise 0.2% in October , economists had predicted a 1.5% increase. The Bloomberg Econoday consensus was for a +1.0% gain. Sales of existing homes have been soft and are not likely to pick up in the next few months based on October’s pending sales index which is up only 0.2 percent

Warmonger Senators McCain and Graham Want 20,000 More US Troops in Syria and Iraq
November 30, 2015 0

Warmonger Senators McCain and Graham Want 20,000 More US Troops in Syria and Iraq

By News Desk

The Guardian reports, John McCain and Lindsey Graham call for 20,000 troops in Syria and Iraq . Two senior senators called on Sunday for Washington to nearly triple military force levels in Iraq to 10,000 and send an equal number of troops to Syria as part of a multinational ground force to counter Islamic State in both countries. McCain, chairman of the Senate armed services committee, recently proposed intervention in Syria by a European and Arab ground force backed by 10,000 US military advisers and trainers.

NATO’s Terror Convoys Halted at Syrian Border
November 29, 2015 0

NATO’s Terror Convoys Halted at Syrian Border

By News Desk

The Turkish-based newspaper Daily Sabah reported in its article, " Russian airstrikes target aid convoy in northwestern Syrian town of Azaz, 7 killed ," claims: At least seven people died, 10 got injured after an apparent airstrike, reportedly by Russian jets, targeted an aid convoy in northwestern Syrian town of Azaz near a border crossing with Turkey on Wednesday. Daily Sabah also reported: Speaking to Daily Sabah, Serkan Nergis from the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said that the targeted area is located some 5 kilometers southwest of the Öncüpınar Border Crossing.  Nergis said that IHH has a civil defense unit in Azaz and they helped locals to extinguish the trucks. Trucks were probably carrying aid supplies or commercial materials, Nergis added.