Monday, August 21, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 8/21/2023 ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN DAMASCUS AREA

 



                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)





                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





President Trump says he will be arrested and charged by Democrat Atlanta Prosecutor Fani Willis on Thursday...DONALD J TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA

 



TWO UKRAINIAN DRONES JAMMED BY RUSSIAN DEFENSES AND BROUGHT DOWN IN THE BLACK SEA OFF CRIMEA LATE TONIGHT...TASS RUSSIA...


More on the Ukraine War later in the summary.





ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES TONIGHT IN THE DAMASCUS AREA.


EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN THE SYRIAN CAPITAL.


A LATER REPORT SAYS A SYRIAN SOLIDER WAS INJURED ALONG WITH MATERIAL DAMAGE BEING CAUSED BY THE MISSILES LAUNCHED FROM THE ISRAELI AIRCRAFT...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...TIMES OF ISRAEL...LATER STORY SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)....


TODAY ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPOKE AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACK IN ISRAEL SAYING THAT IRAN AND ITS AFFILIATED GROUPS ARE BEHIND TERRORISM.



ISRAELI ATTACKS IN SYRIA ARE SAID TO BE ON IRANIAN RELATED TARGETS...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)...




More on that terrorist attack in Israel later in the summary.




Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linking the 'security situation' in Sweden to approval for Sweden's NATO membership.



Erdogan commenting following a series of public protests involving the burning of Islam's Holy Book the Quran in Sweden...TT NEWS AGENCY-SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





IN ISRAEL A MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN KILLED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK NEAR HEBRON...TIMES OF ISRAEL




IRAN RELEASING VIDEO THAT APPEARS TO SHOW A LARGE FORMATION OF IRANIAN DRONES AND SPEEDBOATS CONFRONTING A US WARSHIP WITH MARINES ON BOARD.



THE USS BATAAN WITH THOUSANDS OF MARINES ON BOARD DEPLOYED TO THE PERSIAN GULF AREA TO DETER IRANIAN ACTIVITY AGAINST MERCHANT VESSELS...FORCES.NET (VIDEO EMBED)




In the UK the nurse convicted of killing seven babies in a hospital sentenced of life in prison.



The judge in the case speaking of Lucy Letby acting with 'cruelty and calculation' adding that he actions were 'truly horrific'...BBC NEWS




The markets today.





The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 36.97 points.




The NASDAQ up 206.81 points or 1.56 percent in value.


At 430 pm New York Time the price oil 80 dollars and 90 cents a barrel down 35 cents...MARKETWATCH





CHINA'S CENTRAL BANK CUTTING THE LENDING RATE FOR CORPORATE LOANS.   THE BANK OF CHINA CUTTING THE RATE .1 OF A PERCENT FROM 3.55 TO 3.45 PERCENT...AFP FRANCE-VOICE OF AMERICA




North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un watching a warship conducting a cruise missile test.


His appearance comes as the US and South Korea begin their annual joint military maneuvers and in the aftermath of a trilateral summit in the United States involving Japan, South Korea and the United States...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY



TWO MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY ARRESTED AFTER A GERMAN CIVILIAN WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN THE TOWN OF WITTLICH.


GERMAN AUTHORITIES PUTTING THE TWO US SERVICE MEMBERS INTO CUSTODY OF THE US MILITARY WHILE THEIR PROBE CONTINUES...TASK AND PURPOSE


    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




UKRAINIAN DRONES BROUGHT DOWN IN BELGOROD REGION, HOMES CARS DAMAGED


                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Russian air defenses shooting down drones in the southwestern Belgorod Region today.     Damage to three houses and two cars reported...TASS RUSSIA


In other news...




The Human Rights Watch organization says that hundreds of migrants are being killed as they try to enter Saudi Arabia from Yemen.



Saudi border guards are accused of shooting at mostly Ethiopian migrants who make enter Yemen by sea then attempt to reach Saudi Arabia...BBC NEWS

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