Sunday, August 18, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/18/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*US WARPLANE FLIES CLOSE TO RUSSIAN PLANE IN SYRIA*CENSORSHIP FORCES "X" TO SHUT DOWN BRAZIL OPERATION*ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT WANTS 'FAR-RIGHT' KICKED OUT OF GOVERNMENT*

 



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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




ARMENIA DENYING A STATEMENT FROM AZERBAIJAN THAT ARMENIAN FORCES OPENED FIRE ON THE BORDER.


THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENING AS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVED IN AZERBAIJAN FOR TALKS...MAMUL.am...


MORE ON THOSE TALKS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.



The US Central Command reporting destruction of a Houthi drone in Yemen...US Central Command "X"







RUSSIA SAYS THAT ITS AEROSPACE FORCES IN SYRIA ATTACKED TWO TERRORIST BASES.    


THE BASES USED BY TERRORISTS WHO TRAVELED FROM THE AL-TANF REGION TO DEIR EZ-ZOR REGION OF SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA




(UPDATED) RUSSIA REPORTS A US F-18 WARPLANE COMING TOO CLOSE TO ONE OF ITS MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN SYRIA.


THE RUSSIAN AN-30 DESIGNED TO TAKE AERIAL PICTURES.    THE INCIDENT IN THE AL-TANF AREA WHERE THE US MAINTAINS A MILITARY BASE...TASS RUSSIA...


IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT SOME US NAVY F-18'S FROM THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT AIRCRAFT CARRIER ARE USING A US AIRBASE IN JORDAN.




Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Azerbaijan pursuing closer ties as Azerbaijan's adversary Armenia seeks closer relations with NATO countries...Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty USA




THE CENTRAL BANK OF LIBYA SHUTTING DOWN AFTER ITS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) DIRECTOR WAS KIDNAPPED.


MUSAB MSALLEM TAKEN FROM HIS HOME BY A GROUP WITH THREATS TO OTHER BANK EMPLOYEES THAT THEY WILL BE KIDNAPPED...BBC NEWS



Three members of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon hurt following an explosion close to their vehicle.    The peacekeepers injuries were minor and they were able to return to their base.


The incident amid exchanges of fire involving Israel and Hezbollah...AFP FRANCE-CGTN CHINA



In Slovakia just months after the assassination attempt that seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico, demonstrators opposing Fico are again on the streets.


The protesters opposing moves by Fico's government to reorganize state media and cultural institutions.


The moves seen as a government attempt to suppress political opposition.


The view of Mr. Fico's party and government is that outside forces are attempting to undermine the government and or remove it from power...Deutsche Welle Germany



BELARUS SAYS UKRAINE IS MASSING TROOPS ON ITS BORDER.


THE LEADER OF THE NATION ALIGNED WITH RUSSIA ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO SPEAKING OF 120,000 UKRAINIAN TROOPS FACING HIS NATION...AL JAZEERA QATAR



The new British government intends to label "misogyny" what it considers 'hatred of women' as a new form of extremism.


Home Secretary Yvette Cooper ordering a review of the UK's anti-terrorism policy to define "extreme misogyny" as terrorism...BBC News..."X" Trending



POWER CUTS IN KUWAIT, LEBANON AND OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES DUE TO FUEL SHORTAGES.



KUWAIT EXPERIENCING THE CUTS AS TEMEPRATURES SOAR OVER 40 DEGREES CELSIUS (104 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT)...THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES



US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Israel pushing for a ceasefire-hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas War.


Mr. Blinken will meet Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but not until tomorrow.


Other meetings being held including one with Israel's President Isaac Herzog who opposes the 'far-right' presence in Mr. Netanyahu's government...TIMES OF ISRAEL




ELON MUSK ANNOUNCING A SHUTDOWN OF LOCAL OPERATIONS BY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM "X" IN BRAZIL.



THIS DUE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF CONTROVERSIAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES.



MORAES ENGAGED IN A WIDE-RANGING CAMPAIGN TO CONTROL INTERNET CONTENT RELATED TO POLITICAL OPPONENTS OF THE CURRENT LEFTIST GOVERNMENT IN BRAZIL.



"X" DESCRIBING THE JUSTICE'S ORDERS AS 'CENSORSHIP' WITH ELON MUSK SAYING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IS BEING COERCED INTO BREAKING THE LAWS OF MULTIPLE COUNTRIES IN SECRET.


JUSTICE MORAES THREATENING ARRESTS IF HIS ORDERS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH...ELON MUSK "X"





US politics its reported that Kamala Harris sat down with the Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan as she and her campaign seek to mend fences with "Uncommitted" Democrats who oppose US policy in the Israel-Hamas War...Israel National News...



Donald Trump warning 'there has never been dangerous time since the Holocaust' to be Jewish.


Speaking at a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Trump saying Harris passed over Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as a Vice-Presidential candidate because he is Jewish...Israel National News




Even as Joe Biden claims a ceasefire deal in Gaza is imminent the conflict continued this weekend in the Middle East.



18 killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza...LBC News UK...





Another 10 killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon...CNN...



Two Israeli soldiers wounded in a Hezbollah drone strike in northern Israel...OSINTdefender "X"...



An Israeli drone strike in the "West Bank" killing two high-ranking members of Hamas...Tass Russia...



Iran's Foreign Minister telling his Egyptian counterpart that the United States is not a neutral mediator in the conflict, but biased in favor of Israel.



Ali Bageri Kani saying that Iran "reserves its inherent and legitimate right to respond" to the recent Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31st...Islamic Republic News Agency Iran



MEANWHILE IN ISRAEL CAUSTIC COMMENTS FROM PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG AIMED AT THE SO-CALLED 'FAR-RIGHT' IN THE GOVERNMENT.



HERZOG CALLING FOR REMOVAL OF 'KAHANISTS' FROM ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT.



A SHARP REACTION FROM NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR.


AFTER DESCRIBING HERZOG'S COMMENTS AS A COMPLIMENT, BEN GVIR SAID HERZOG IS:



"ingratiating himself to a handful of anarchists who are trying to run the country and sow division in the nation"...


                        TIMES OF ISRAEL


              THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN GAZA FIGHTING



             MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL



An Israeli officer and non-commissioned officer killed in the fighting in Gaza Saturday...Israel National News




In other news...





IN CANADA THE TWO LARGEST RAILROADS STARTING TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS.


THE RAILROADS MAKING GOOD ON A PLAN TO LOCKOUT TEAMSTERS WORKERS ENGAGED IN A LABOR DISPUTE WITH THEM.



THE SHUT DOWN WOULD DISRUPT CROSS-BORDER TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES...ASSOCIATED PRESS-UNITED STATES




(Updated) Wildfires raging near the city of Izmir in Turkey.     At least 16 houses destroyed with hundreds evacuated...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...Latest reports from Turkey speak of fires being brought under control...Reuters-Voice Of America






    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



SIX UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN IN BELGOROD REGION



NO ONE HURT IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON ROSTOV REGION




RUSSIA WARNS THAT UKRAINE PLANTS NUKE PLANT ATTACK IN KURSK





                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS




         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Six Ukrainian drones shot down over southwestern Russia's Belgorod Region...Tass Russia





Diesel fuel set on fire in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Rostov Region with Russian air defenses shooting down all of the attacking drones.   No injuries reported...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)





This weekend Russia's foreign ministry warning that Ukraine is starting preparations to attack the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant...Tass Russia




In other news...



FRENCH ACTOR ALAIN DELON DEAD AT THE AGE OF 88.

DELON BROKE THROUGH TO INTERNATIONAL STARDOM IN THE 1960'S...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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