Wednesday, December 25, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 12/25/2024 CHRISTMAS DAY NEWSDUMP*TROUBLE IN SYRIA*RUSSIAN SHIP SINKING 'TERRORIST ATTACK'*DEADLY MASS PRISON BREAK IN MOZAMBIQUE*TALIBAN VOW RETALIATION FOR PAKISTANI ATTACKS*RUSSIAN ATTACKS UKRAINE*MORE SAUDI EXECUTIONS*

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




In New York City a taxi jumped the curb at Herald Square with injuries reported.   Three are hospitalized.  


The driver may have been suffering a medical episode...ABC 7 New York (Video Embed)





A CURFEW IMPOSED IN HOMS, SYRIA AFTER MINORITY GROUPS PROTESTED ON THE STREETS WITH RIOTING REPORTED.



DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN OTHER SYRIAN CITIES.



THE SITUATION BEING LINKED TO A SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO SHOWING AN ALAWITE SHRINE BEING BURNED.




THE ALAWITES ARE THE ISLAMIC SECT OF FORMER PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



14 KILLED AND 10 WOUNDED IN FIGHTING BETWEEN FORCES OF THE CURRENT AND FORMER GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...


THE JIHADIST-LED GOVERNMENT SAYS THEIR FORCES WERE AMBUSHED...BBC NEWS...


EARLIER REPORTS SAID THAT NINE KILLED IN AN ARMED CLASH IN SYRIA'S TARTUS PROVINCE BETWEEN SECURITY FORCES OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND 'ARMED MEN'.


IT'S SAID TO BE LINKED TO AN ATTEMPT BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO ARREST AN OFFICIAL OF THE OLD GOVERNMENT...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL



               "A targeted terrorist attack"


That's what the owner of the Russian cargo ship "Ursa Major" says after the vessel exploded and sank in the western Mediterranean Sea on Monday.


Three consecutive explosions on the starboard side of the vessel were reported.


The owner denying mainstream media reports claiming the vessel was overloaded...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt) 




Finland's Prime Minister says that failure of an undersea electricity link between Finland and Estonia is being investigated as possible sabotage.


It's been reported that a Hong Kong container ship was near the power link when it failed.



The severing of two internet cables in the Baltic Sea last month was linked to sailing of a Chinese merchant vessel through the area.



It is also being said that a technical malfunction may be behind the failure...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



In the ongoing violent protests against a disputed election in Mozambique a prison riot in the capital city of Maputo.


33 killed others injured and more than one thousand prisoners escaped from two facilities.



Some of the escapees say they were arrested for protesting the election results...News Agencies-TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)




AN INCIDENT IN LONDON EARLY TODAY FOUR PEDESTRIANS RUN DOWN IN THE SOHO AREA.


A 31-YEAR-OLD DRIVER ARRESTED ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER POLICE SAYING THE INCIDENT WAS NOT TERRORISM...BBC NEWS



THE WANTED EX-PRESIDENT OF THE NATION OF SURINAME IN SOUTH AMERICA, DESI BOURTESE, HAS DIED.


BOURTESE WAS IN HIDING AFTER BEING CONVICTED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO FOR KILLING 15 PEOPLE IN DECEMBER OF 1982.



HIS BODY WAS SEIZED AT HIS HOME THIS MORNING WITH AN AUTOPSY EXPECTED TO BE DONE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



A drone from Yemen crashing in southern Israel this evening as Hanukkah began.   The crash in an open area with no one hurt...Israel National News



46 KILLED IN LAST NIGHT'S PAKISTANI AIRSTRIKES ON AFGHANISTAN.


THE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS MOST OF THOSE KILLED WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.


THE AFGHAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SAYING IN PART 'THE ISLAMIC EMIRATE WILL NOT LEAVE THIS COWARDLY ACT UNANSWERED'...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ



(Updated) Dozens killed in an airliner crash in Kazakhstan.   The Azerbaijan Airlines flight was enroute to Grozny, Russia.  


The plane was attempting an emergency landing after being diverted by heavy fog.


There are also dozens of survivors from the crash...BBC News...


A special medical mission from Russia was sent to the area of the crash...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...



Azerbaijan Airlines suspending flights to Russia's Chechnya Region while the investigation into the crash continues...(News Agencies)





SAUDI ARABIA CONDUCING 330 EXECUTIONS THIS YEAR THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN DECADES.


HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION 'REPRIEVE' SAYS THE 330 EXECUTIONS RECORDED THIS YEAR ARE AN INCREASE FROM 172 IN 2023.   THERE WERE 196 EXECUTIONS IN 2022.


THIS YEAR'S EXECUTIONS INCLUDE 150 FOR NON-LETHAL OFFENSES.  



IN 2022 SAUDI ARABIA'S DE-FACTO RULER CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN SPOKE OF THE DEATH PENALTY BEING LIMITED TO MURDER CASES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



The new rulers of Syria giving Israel's arch enemy Iran a bill.


They claim Iran owes the Syrian people 300 billion dollars for being an ally-supporter of the country's former government...Israel National News



IMPEACHED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL REFUSING FOR A SECOND TIME TO BE INTEVIEWED BY THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OFFICE.



A SECOND ATTEMPT TO INTERVIEW MR. YOON TODAY OVER HIS SHORT-LIVED DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW ON DECEMBER 3RD...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



        AIR RAID ALERTS IN UKRAINE THIS MORNING



        UKRAINE SAYS 184 MISSILES AND DRONES USED



                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



This morning air raid alerts in Kiev and nine other parts of Ukraine...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...



Ukraine says that 184 missiles and drones were used in attacks across the country damaging energy infrastruture...(BBC News)




In other news...




ROYAL CARIBBEAN SUSPENDING CRUISE SHIP STOPS IN MANZANILLO, MEXICO.   HIGH MURDER RATES AND KIDNAPPINGS CITED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DECISION...Hindustan Times India




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