NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/15/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY WITH FINAL POSTS AROUND 1215-1230 AM)

The political drama in Washington and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that the "impeachment inquiry" will continue and rejecting the notion of a House floor vote to authorize it as was done in the cases of former presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.

President Trump saying that the lack of a vote by the full House means that the process currently underway is not a legitimate one.

Pelosi  saying that so far in the process:

"all roads lead to"

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Tonight Russia is agreeing with the United States that the Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria is "unacceptable".

Those the words of the Russian special envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentyev.

Lavrentyev also saying that any clashes between the Turkish and Syrian forces would be:

"simply unacceptable....and therefore we will not allow it"

The Pentagon is saying that US military assets like F-15 aircraft and Apache helicopters are ready to defend the safety of US forces as they withdrawal from northeastern Syria.

Its being said that Turkish backed militants have been threatening US forces.

Vice-President Mike Pence headed to Turkey Wednesday hoping to put an end to the fighting in northeastern Syria.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish forces have "liberated" a thousand square kilometer area of northeastern Syria from the:

"occupation of the separatist terror group"

the Kurdish PKK.

Erdogan spoke Tuesday at a regional meeting in Azerbaijan where he laid out the case for the Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria.

Erdogan also rejecting any notion of a ceasefire in his comments to reporters Tuesday.

More from the pro-government media outlet "Yeni Safak" in Turkey.....LINK

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman urged Turkey to stop its military incursion into Syria Tuesday

Turkey should "come back to the right track" according to the Chinese spokesman.

President Trump spoke to the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces leader on Monday.    More on this from "Kurdistan 24"......LINK

At this link is a situation map from "Southfront" showing the situation on the ground in northeastern Syria late on Tuesday.....SITUATION MAP LATE 10/15/2019

Opposition lawmakers shouted and jeered as the Beijing appointed leader of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, made her annual address to the legislature where its now Wednesday.

Opposition lawmakers also projected the democracy protesters slogan:

"Five demands, not one less" 

on the wall behind her as she spoke.

The legislative session was adjourned twice because of the protests.

In Catalonia protests continued for a second day against the Spanish Supreme Court's 100 years of prison sentences for nine Catalan leaders involved in the 2017 independence referendum.

Demonstrations in Barcelona and other cities and towns across the region with police using rubber bullets and beating protesters in the legs.

This video posted by "Ruptly" showing a sit-in on the streets of Barcelona live as of 115 pm Eastern time US.......LINK

The government of Boris Johnson getting closer to a "deal" with the European Union ahead of an EU summit and a special session of Parliament on Saturday.

That is the reporting of the AFP News Agency from France......LINK

The Metropolitan Police in London have issued a ban on "Extinction Rebellion" protests that came into force at 9 pm local time Monday night.

Police began to remove protesters who were occupying Trafalgar Square in the center of London.

A police statement spoke of breaches of the Public Order Act and "ongoing serious disruption to the community".

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bringing up the case of an Israeli woman arrested on drug trafficking charges in Moscow earlier this year with Russia's Vladimir Putin today.   Netanyahu formally asking for a pardon.

Naama Issachar's case is believed linked to that of a Russian hacker being held in Israel and facing extradition to the United States.

Her lawyer says extradition of the hacker to the US would "complicate" her case.

"Ynet" in Israel has more on the story.......LINK

Democrats debated tonight, 12 of them who are running for President.  Elizabeth Warren took the brunt of attacks as she rides high in the polls.

But Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii went after the media outlets hosting the debate, CNN and the "New York Times".

She said their coverage of her has been:

"completely despicable"

She added:

Not only that, New York Times and CNN have also smeared veterans like myself for calling for an end to this regime change war"

Gabbard referring to the eight year old conflict in Syria.

She noted that the "Times" and CNN have both said in recent days that she is an:

"asset of Russia"

More on this from the "New York Post".......LINK

COMMENTARY

Nancy Pelosi, Lindsay Graham, John Bolton, Joe Biden and the list goes on all on the same page when it comes to Syria.  CNN and Fox News alike putting out the same kind of stories about the evils of the Assad regime etc. etc.

Who says there isn't a Uniparty in this country?

One should ask what foreign entity or entities enable this message and policy on Syria to thrive.   There's an awful lot of money on the south side of the Persian Gulf and it isn't Russian.

Vladimir Putin is there right now courting the cash from that region himself.

And for now that's the way it really is Tuesday October 15th, 2019.