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LATIN AMERICA: Tomorrow elections in Colombia - a chance for a positive change for Israel; Abelardo de la Esperilla, the right-winger, receives 63%.

CENTCOM: The US military disabled a merchant ship sailing to Iran that tried to break the naval blockade imposed on it. A US Navy fighter jet fired a missile at the ship's engine room, which flies the Gambian flag, after more than 20 warning shots were fired in its direction.

SYRIA: A self-declared Islamist leader "Sheikh Abu Khalid" announced the establishment of an Islamic emirate in the Damascus suburb of Arbin — governed by Sharia law, rejecting Syrian civil authority. Hundreds of followers pledged allegiance to him. The Syrian government has yet to respond officially. Is Syria slipping back into localized Islamist rule?