Sunday, December 8, 2024

NEWS-SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 12/8/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIA*JIHADISTS IN DAMASCUS*CRACKDOWN IN ROMANIA*ALMOST A BILLION MORE FOR URKAINE*TRUMP-ZELENSKY MEET IN PARIS*

 


(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WHEN SUNDAY EVENING WITH FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)



The new Islamist leader of Syria arrives in Damascus but first...



                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYING 75 AIRSTRIKES WERE CARRIED OUT ON ISIS TARGETS IN SYRIA.    


THEY WERE DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE DAESH (ISLAMIC STATE) FORCES FROM REGROUPING FOLLOWING THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SYRIAN ARMY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




(UPDATED) IN HIS 'MEET THE PRESS' INTERVIEW PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE WILL CONSIDER PARDONS FOR THOSE CONVICTED AND IMPRISONED OVER JANUARY 6TH.   



EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE THOSE WHO DID ANYTHING CONSIDERED 'CRAZY' OR 'RADICAL'.


HE NOTED THAT THEY ARE BEING IMPRISONED UNDER HARSH CONDITIONS SAYING:



                      "They are living in hell"



REGARDING IMMIGRATION MR. TRUMP AIMING TO DEPORT THOSE IN THE US ILLEGALLY.


BUT HE ALSO SAID HE WOULD CONSIDER A DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS ON THOSE WHO CAME INTO US AS CHILDREN THE SO-CALLED 'DREAMERS'...BBC NEWS




The arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia last Friday morning declared a terrorist attack.


Victoria Police Commissioner Shane Patton says three suspects are wanted in connection with the attack...Israel National News...


Meanwhile the Australian Federal Police have established an antisemitism taskforce named "Avalite".


Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese citing the synagogue attack and two other incidents...ABC News Australia



30 KILLED AND OTHERS WOUNDED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA THIS EVENING...NEWS AGENCIES-GULF TIMES




UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS 43,000 UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THE WAR WITH RUSSIA BEGAN IN EARLY 2022.



HE ALSO SAYS 370,000 WERE WOUNDED.   ZELENSKY PUTS RUSSIAN CASUALTIES AT 198,000 KILLED AND 550,000 WOUNDED...BBC NEWS



In southern Lebanon members of a movement seeking Jewish settlement in the area set up an encampment.


Trees were planted at the site. The activists left after Israeli soldiers arrived...Israel National News



THE OUSTED SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD GIVEN ASYLUM IN RUSSIA.    HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE ARRIVED IN MOSCOW...TASS RUSSIA



The Turkish backed Syrian National Army launching an operation in the Kurdish Manbij Region of northern Syria...Tass Russia



IN GHANA FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN MAHAMA WINNING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

HIS MAIN OPPONENT VICE-PRESIDENT MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA CONCEDING DEFEAT...AL JAZEERA QATAR



In Mexico three men killed by a mob over the kidnapping of a girl.   The lynching involved the hanging of one man with two others burned alive...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





                   THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA




JIHADIST LEADER ARRIVES IN AL-GOLANI ARRIVES IN DAMASCUS




SITUATION CALM AT RUSSIAN AIRBASE IN SYRIA




INTENSE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA



ISEAEL'S NETANYAHU TAKES CREDIT FOR DOWNFALL OF ASSAD GOVERNMENT


                    JIHADISTS IN DAMASCUS



NEGOTIATED SURRENDER OF THE CITY APPARENT

                                                           (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)

                                          (UPDATED NEWS AT THE TOP OF THIS SECTION)




THE LEADER OF THE ISLAMIST HAYAT TAHRIR AL-SHAM GROUP ABU MOHAMMED AL-GOLANI ARRIVED IN DAMASCUS AND SPOKE TO A CROWD OUTSIDE OF A MOSQUE.


HE CONDEMNED IRAN AS HE SPOKE TO THE CROWD SAYING FORMER PRESIDENT ASSAD HAS MADE SYRIA A 'FARM FOR IRAN'S GREED'...TIMES OF ISRAEL





THE SITUATION AT A RUSSIAN MIILITARY AIRBASE IN SYRIA DESCRIBED AT CALM.   JIHADIST FORCES TAKING CONTROL OF THE CITY NEAR THE HMEYMIM AIR BASE...TASS RUSSIA...





ALL DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING INTENSE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIAN MILITARY FACILITIES.


 

TOURING THE SYRIAN BORDER REGION TODAY ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPEAKING OF AN 'HISTORIC DAY' THE DOWNFALL OF THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT OF BASHAR ASSAD.


MR. NETNYAHU SAID THE OVERTHROWN SYRIAN GOVERNMENT WAS PART OF IRAN'S 'AXIS OF EVIL' IN THE REGION.



HE SAID THAT ISRAEL'S MILITARY ACTIONS AGAINST HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON AND IRAN LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT.


THE ISRAELI MILITARY MOVED INTO THE BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.


THE DECISION CALLED ONE TO PROTECT ISRAELIS FROM ANY POTENTIAL THREATS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...




THEY ARE REPORTS OF ISRAELI AIR STRIKES IN SOUTHERN SYRIA ON ARMS STOCKPILES OF THE SYRIAN ARMY TO PREVENT JIHADISTS FROM USING THEM...OSINTdefender "X"




"...THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.  THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT.  LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!"

 PART OF A PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON THE SITUATION IN SYRIA...TRUTH SOCIAL LINK





THE COMMENTS OF US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP ON THE SITUATION IN SYRIA THIS WEEKEND AS EVENTS OCCUR WITH THE CURRENT BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN POWER.


MR. TRUMP HAD MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE MATTER INCLUDING THE NOTION THAT RUSSIA SHOULD BE OUT OF SYRIA AS WELL.


AFTER A MEETING WITH TURKISH AND IRANIAN OFFICIALS IN QATAR, RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV URGING AN END TO HOSTILITIES AND A POLITICAL PROCESS IN SYRIA.


TURKEY, IRAN, RUSSIA AND FIVE ARAB COUNTRIES JOINTLY CALLING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.


THEY ALSO CALLED FOR INCREASED HUMANITARIAN AID IN SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA...


ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA AL JAZEERA REPORTING THAT THE JIHADIST FORCES HAVE NOW CAPTURED THE CITY OF HOMS FOLLOWING VICTORIES IN ALEPPO AND HAMA FURHTER TO THE NORTH...TASS RUSSIA...


AL JAZEERA, A MEDIA OUTLET IN QATAR A NATION CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH TURKEY, REPORTING GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE JIHADIST FORCES THAT INVADED SYRIA FROM TURKISH CONTROLLED TERRITORY...AL JAZEERA LIVE BLOG...


GUNSHOTS WERE REPORTED IN SYRIA'S CAPITAL CITY DAMASCUS THIS MORNING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...THE DAMASCUS AIRPORT SHUT DOWN...(RIA NOVOSTI)...


JIHADIST FORCES ARE NOW IN THE CITY OF DAMASCUS AT KEY LOCATIONS INCLUDING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.


THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD HAS LEFT THE CITY FOR AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


THE SITUATION UNFOLDING IN DAMASCUS TODAY APPEARING TO INDICATE A NEGOTIATED SURRENDER OF THE CITY TO THE JIHADISTS TO AVOID BLOODSHED.


THE LEADER OF THE FORCES TAKING OVER THE CITY ORDERING NO CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE.




The Slovak Premier Robert Fico says that the attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines between Russia and Germany were done by a power larger than Ukraine.


Fico, who was the target of an assassination attempt earlier this year, told a local television program the attacks were the work of 'the most professional military units'...Tass Russia



Police raids carried out across Romania a crackdown related to the political campaign of populist presidential candidate Calin Georgescu.



This follows the Friday court ruling annulling the first round of the Presidential Election that Georgescu won and ordering new elections.



Accusations of illegalities swirling around Mr. Georgescu's campaign...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




IN SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL SURVIVING AN IMPEACHMENT VOTE IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUT THE PRESSURE FOR HIM TO RESIGN REMAINS.



HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS GATHERING IN FRONT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO DEMAND HE LEAVE OFFICE...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...


THE OPPOSITION PROMISING FUTURE IMPEACHMENT VOTES UNLESS YOON LEAVES OFFICE...



Meanwhile the former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun arrested accused of treason.


Kim linked to the decision by President Yoon to declare martial law...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





AT LEAST FOUR DEAD IN AN EXPLOSION IN THE CAPTIAL CITY OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE HAGUE.


THREE INJURED PEOPLE TAKEN FROM THE SCENE OF THE EXPLOSION IN A BUILDING WHERE APARTMENTS WERE RENTED.


THE SEARCH OF THE RUBBLE CONTINUED AN INVESTIGATON UNDERWAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Russian authorities say 12 people arrested plotting a terrorist attack in the Dagestan region.


Explosives and ammunition found in conjunction with the arrests...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)






   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)





BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES MORE MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE





                      TRUMP MEETS ZELENSKY IN PARIS




                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The Biden Administration announcing almost one billion dollars more in military aid for Ukraine.

There is still more than one billion dollar's worth of aid to send between now and January 20th when President-Elect Donald Trump takes office...AFP France-Voice of America



Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky involved in a meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Saturday...The Hill USA

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