Thursday, January 18, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 1/18/2024 CONGRESS VOTES TO SPEND MORE, BIG NATO DEPLOYMENT NEAR RUSSIA, AIRSTRIKES ALLEGED BY JORDAN IN SYRIA, NETANYAHU SAID TO REJECT BIDEN PALESTINIAN STATE-SAUDI NORMALIZATION PUSH

 


                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)



Missiles from Yemen said to have fallen short of a US tanker ship in the Gulf of Aden but first...


                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





In northern and northeastern Syria today drone attacks and shelling of Kurdish regions by the Turkish military.


The US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces targeted.   Turkey (Türkiye) considers the SDF to be aligned with terrorism...SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS






Hunter Biden will sit for a deposition in the House Republican impeachment inquiry involving Joe Biden...CBS NEWS VIDEO REPORT




IN WASHINGTON CONGRESSIONAL VOTES TO KEEP SPENDING MONEY AND INCREASE THE US NATIONAL DEBT ALREADY EXCEEDING 34 TRILLION DOLLARS.


THE HOUSE APPROVING THE SPENDING 314 TO 108.



THE SENATE ALSO APPROVING THE SPENDING PLAN THAT KEEPS THE MONEY FLOWING AND THE DEBT GROWING...(NEWS AGENCIES)





US POLITICS POLLING BY THE MESSENGER/HARRISX FOR A THE GENERAL ELECTION PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEADS JOE BIDEN 52 TO 48 PERCENT.



IN THE FIVE-WAY SPLIT TRUMP LEADS BIDEN 43 TO 40 PERCENT WITH ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. AT 12 PERCENT AND LEFT-WING CANDIDATES JILL STEIN CORNEL WEST EACH GETTING 2 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS




BRITISH POLITICS THE LATEST YOU GOV POLL PUTTING THE REFORM UK PARTY AT 12 PERCENT.    THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY REDUCED TO 20 PERCENT SUPPORT.


THE LABOR PARTY CONTINUES TO LEAD BY A WIDE MARGIN AT 47 PERCENT SUPPORT...WIKIPEDIA BRITISH ELECTION POLLS



The Russian military in Syria says that the Russian Aerospace Forces have initiated aerial patrols in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria...TASS RUSSIA



(UPDATED) ATTACKS REPORTED IN WATERS SOUTHEAST OF YEMEN TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE EARLIER US ATTACKS ON YEMEN REPORTED LATER IN THIS SUMMARY.


NO VESSELS BUT OBJECTS AND EXPLOSIONS NEAR THEM...ROYAL NAVY UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X" FEED...



TONIGHT THE YEMENI MILITARY (HOUTHIS) CLAIM THEY STRUCK A US OWNED SHIP CALLED THE 'CHEM RANGER' BUT US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS THE MISSILES FELL SHORT...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"




In Georgia the judge overseeing the case accusing President Trump over challenging the 2020 Election results calling for a hearing on the allegations against Democrat prosecutor Fani Willis.


Willis and her lead prosecutor in the case Nathan Wade accused of an inappropriate relationship.


Judge Scott McAfee setting the hearing for February 15th and giving Willis until February 2nd to respond to the allegations...NEW YORK POST



INDIAN OWNED TATA STEEL CLOSING DOWN OPERATIONS IN THE UK INCLUDING TWO BLAST FURNACES IN WALES.


THREE THOUSAND JOBS BEING LOST.



A LOCAL PARLIAMENT MEMBER SAYS THIS WILL MAKE THE UK MORE DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN STEEL...BBC NEWS BLOG



The US Justice Department weighing in with a report on the May 24th, 2022 mass murder attack at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.


Police response to the attack criticized in the report.



Authorities in Texas have already conducted investigations and there have been some firings of police officers...THE WEEK-INDIA



The markets today.




The Dow up 201.94 points or .54 percent.



The NASDAQ climbed 200.03 points or 1.35 percent.


After the close of trading in New York the price of oil rising over 74 dollars and one cent a barrel up one dollar and 45 cents...MARKETWATCH



90,000 MEMBERS OF NATO'S MILITARY FORCES DEPLOYING TO AREAS BORDERING OR NEAR RUSSIA IN THE MONTHS AHEAD...REUTERS



THE EUROPEAN UNION SENDING NAVAL FORCES TO THE WATERS OFF YEMEN TO REINFORCE THE US-LED OPERATION TO PROTECT SHIPPING.


THREE WARSHIPS FROM FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY ARE PLANNED TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH AN OPERATION...STARS AND STRIPES...



THE US AGAIN PRE-EMPTIVELY STRIKING TARGETS IN YEMEN TODAY.


TARGETS SAID TO BE LINKED TO MISSILE FIRINGS AT MERCHANT SHIPS...(News Agencies)



SPEAKING AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS, IRAQ'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE ISLAMIC STATE (DAESH) NO LONGER POSES A THREAT.


MOHAMMED SHIA AL-SUDANI SAYING THAT US-LED COALITION FORCES SHOULD LEAVE IRAQ IMMEDIATELY.



HE SAYS HE WANTS TO WORK TOWARDS THAT END WHILE MAINTAINING GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE US AND ALLIED COUNTRIES...TASS RUSSIA...



Air defenses shooting down a drone at the US base at the Erbil International Airport in Northern Iraq...(Rudaw News)...



The "Iraqi Resistance" allied with Iran says the US base at Himo in northeastern Syria was attacked at dawn today.    Drones used in the attack...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Jordan reported by Mainstream Media to be staging air strikes in neighboring Syria early today.  The strikes said to be aimed at drug trafficking.


The drug trafficking being linked to Iran according to the BBC.   No comment from Jordan's government about this and no reporting from media in Syria regarding these alleged strikes.


An anti-Syrian government website claiming 10 deaths in the attacks...BBC NEWS



               "The West cannot be trusted"



Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaking in Moscow today saying that the US and allied nations only want to:



"live at the expense of others and be smarter than anyone else"...


                                          TASS RUSSIA





THERE HAVE BEEN PROTESTS IN TUNISIA AFTER 37 MIGRANTS FROM A VILLAGE DISAPPEARED.



THE MIGRANTS GETTING ON A BOAT TO CROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN TO EUROPE HOURS BEFORE THEY WENT MISSING...AL JAZEERA QATAR



THE RANKING PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT IN IRAN SUMMONED FOLLOWING AN ATTACK IN THE BORDER REGION OF BALOCHISTAN.


SEVEN SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THAT ATTACK...PRESS TV IRAN...THAT NUMBER NOW SAID TO BE NINE 'NON-IRANIAN NATIONALS' KILLED...(PRESS TV)



IRAN'S GOVERNMENT SAYING IT WILL NOT TOLERATE 'ANY ISRAELI OPERATION FROM ANY COUNTRY'.     THIS FOLLOWS STRIKES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THE STRIKES INTO PAKISTAN ON TUESDAY...PRESS TV IRAN



Three Biden Administration officials telling NBC News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting a US plan leading to a Palestinian state.



The plan would have Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Israel in exchange for Israel providing a pathway to such a Palestinian state...TIMES OF ISRAEL




SINGAPORE TRANSPORT MINISTER S ISWARAN CHARGED TODAY WITH 27 OFFENSES RELATED TO CORRUPTION.


HE WAS ARRESTED LAST JULY 14TH BUT THE NATURE OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM NOT REVEALED UNTIL TODAY.


 PROPERTY TYCOON ONG BENG SENG ARRESTED BY AUTHORITIES WHO QUESTIONED HIM OVER HIS CONNECTIONS WITH MR. ISWARAN...ANI NEWS INDIA



            THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                    (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


ROCKETS FIRED INTO GOLAN HEIGHTS TONIGHT


ATTACKS BY ISRAEL IN SOUTHERN GAZA AS INCREASED AID ARRIVES-JORDAN SAYS FIELD HOSPITAL SHELLED BY ISRAEL



          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                       ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                               TIMES OF ISRAEL




Three rockets fired into Israel's Golan Heights from Syria tonight they landed in open fields.   Israel responding with artillery fire...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Increased Israeli attacks in southern Gaza's city of Khan Younis as additional aid was allowed into Gaza by Israel. 



Deaths reported in and around Nasser Hospital.



The Jordanian military says its field hospital in Gaza was badly damaged by Israeli shelling...AL JAZEERA QATAR





  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA 

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



TEN 'AERIAL TARGETS' SHOT DOWN IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION




RUSSIAN FORCES STORM AND TAKE UKRAINIAN POSITION NEAR ARTYOMOVSK




                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Ten 'aerial targets' downed approaching the city of Belgorod in southwestern Russia's Belgorod Region this morning...TASS RUSSIA...A women injured by shrapnel in shelling of the Belgorod Region...TASS RUSSIA



Russia says that paratroopers took a stronghold of the Ukrainian forces near Artyomovsk...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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