Sunday, March 16, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 3/16/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*NETANYAHU FIRING DOMESTIC SECURITY CHIEF*DOZENS KILLED IN NIGHTCLUB CONCERT FIRE*IMMEDIATE JUDICIAL ORDER AGAINST TRUMP ORDER*US STRIKES ON YEMEN*SERBIAN MASS PROTEST TENSIONS*

 


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Venezuelan gang members moved to a prison in El Salvador in spite of a US federal judge's order and Israel's attorney general challenges Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to fire Israel's domestic spy chief but first...


                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MIKE WALTZ SAYS THE AIR STRIKES ON HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN THIS WEEKEND 'TOOK OUT' HOUTHI LEADERS...THE HILL USA




TWO KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON SOUTHERN LEBANON THIS EVENING...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embeds)



ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FIRING RONEN BAR AS CHIEF OF SHIN BET ISRAEL'S DOMESTIC SECURITY AGENCY.


NETANYAHU TELLING MR. BAR HE WILL PROPOSE HIS FIRING TO THE CABINET.


OPPOSITION POLITICIAN YAIR LAPID SAYS THE FIRING IS LINKED TO SHIN BET'S PROBE OF TIES BETWEEN MR. NETANYAHU'S AIDES AND QATAR A KEY NATION SUPPORTING HAMAS.


MEANWHILE ISRAELI ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARI, WHO MR. NETANYAHU IS ALSO SEEKING TO FIRE, SAYS HE LACKS THE AUTHORITY TO FIRE MR. BAR WITHOUT A LEGAL REVIEW OF HIS REASONING AND HIS AUTHORITY TO DO SO...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky replacing his military Chief of Staff.   Major General Andrey Gnatov named the new Chief of Staff.


The outgoing chief of staff General Anatoly Bargilevich moved to Inspector-General of the Defense Ministry...Tass Russia



QUOTING 'UNDERGROUND' SOURCES RUSSIAN MEDIA REPORTING THAT 30 CAREER NATO MILITARY OFFICERS ARE AMONG THE URKAINIAN FORCES TRAPPED IN THE KURSK REGION OF RUSSIA.



ON SOCIAL MEDIA RECENTLY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID HE HOPED RUSSIA WOULD SPARE THE SURROUNDED TROOPS AND NOT USE FORCE.


RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CALLING ON THOSE FORCES TO SURRENDER...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


"Iran openly and clearly responsibilities for any actions it takes, when and where they occur"


The chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Iran responding to US President Donald Trump's statement that Iran must stop supporting the Houthi movement in Yemen.



General Hossein Salami also describing the Houthis in Yemen as a group that makes their own decisions.


He said Iran will not initiate any war but its response to any "threat" will be "firm, decisive and conclusive".


The US is now waging an air war against the Houthis that began yesterday over Houthi attacks on shipping...Press TV Iran





(UPDATED) AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A FIRE AT A NIGHTCLUB IN THE BALKAN NATION OF NORTH MACEDONIA.


150 PEOPLE INJURED 18 OF THEM CRITICALLY WITH MOST OF THOSE HURT SUFFERING BURNS.


THE FIRE CAUSED BY PYROTECHNICS AT A CONCERT THAT WAS BEING ATTENDED BY 1,500 PEOPLE.


POLICE HAVE MADE 10 ARRESTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRE (BBC NEWS)...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED OF FIRE)...BBC NEWS




VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS MOVED TO EL SALVADOR IN SPITE OF US JUDGE'S ORDER


                                       (LATE UPDATED)



Members of criminal gangs arrested under US immigration law moved to detention in El Salvador in spite of a federal judge's order...BBC NEWS...



On Saturday President Trump invoked the Aliens Enemies Act of 1798 in an effort to speed up deportation of Venezuelan gang members from the United States.



Mr. Trump directing US Attorney General Pam Bondi to provide a copy of his action to US Chief Justice John Roberts and judicial leaders in the states among others.



Trump's action follows his feisty speech at the US Justice Department Friday in which he condemned the actions of many judges across the country.



The Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang was recently designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization...The Hill USA...


A federal judge almost immediately intervened with a ruling against President Trump's order.   District Judge James E. Boasberg issuing a 14-day temporary restraining order pending a hearing on the matter.


Judge Boasberg ordered any aircraft moving detainees to return to the United States.




Large numbers of employees put on leave at US government media outlets this weekend including the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.


This follows President Trump's late Friday night executive order dealing with cutting staff at seven agencies including the one that oversees the media outlets...(News Agencies)



                           (STORY IS UPDATED)


A WAVE OF US AIRSTRIKES ON HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN SATURDAY NIGHT.


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DESCRIBING THOSE STRIKES AS 'DECISIVE AND POWERFUL'.



LOCAL REPORTS OF DEAD AND WOUNDED FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS.



AT LEAST 53 KILLED ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA QUOTED BY REUTERS WITH THE HOUTHIS PROMISING RETALIATION...


                                             BBC NEWS


                                            TASS RUSSIA


                     NEWS AGENCIES-TIMES OF ISRAEL



THIS WEEKEND TELEGRAM SOCIAL MEDIA APP CO- FOUNDER PAVEL DUROV LEFT FRANCE.



A JUDGE GIVING DUROV PERMISSION TO BE IN DUBAI FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.



DUROV DETAINED BY FRENCH AUTHORITIES LAST SEPTEMBER 24TH AND LATER CHARGED WITH ENABLING ILLEGAL ACTVITIES ON TELEGRAM.



DUROV PREVENTED FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY AND ORDERED TO REPORT TO POLICE TWICE A WEEK.



FRENCH AUTHORITIES DEMANDING DUROV'S COOPERATION WITH INVESTIGATIONS RELATED TO TELEGRAM...TASS RUSSIA






ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND SOUTHERN UNITED STATES ON SATURDAY DEADLY STORMS THAT SPAWNED TORNADOES. 


DOZENS OF DEATHS REPORTED SOME OF THEM LINKED TO A DUST STORM ON A KANSAS HIGHWAY...CNN LIVE BLOG




11 DEATHS IN ISRAELI MILITARY ATTACKS ON SATURDAY IN GAZA AND SOUTHERN LEBANON...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Thousands of protesters pouring into Belgrade, Serbia this weekend demanding the resignation of President Aleksandar Vucic and his government.



The Serbian government and its supporters see the protest as a potential coup attempt backed by foreign nations ultimately hostile to Russia.


Protesters said to be provoking police with firecrackers and bottles.


A late Saturday night order to disperse by authorities...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


Credit ratings service Moody's has cut Romania's credit outlook to negative from stable.


The change coming amidst the political turmoil in Romania with the possibility that the high level of spending and debt by its government could reduce its credit score to junk status...Bloomberg-Yahoo Finance





   THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                INJURIES IN DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA



                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

  

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


A woman and child wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Belgorod Region.  The attack on a private home causing a fire...Tass Russia


In other news...




THIS WEEKEND THE SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENCY EXPRESSING REGRET OVER THE US EXPLUSION OF AMBASSADOR EBRAHIM RASOOL.


THE STATEMENT FROM SOUTH AFRICA CALLING FOR DIPLOMATIC DECORUM AND EXPRESSING THE DESIRE FOR STRONG TIES TO THE UNITED STATES.



RASOOL KICKED OUT WITH SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO DESCRIBING HIM AS A 'RACE-BAITING POLITICIAN'...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-AFRICA NEWS



President Trump and the US Central Command announced the killing of an Islamic State leader on Friday.



This follows an earlier announcement from Iraqi authorities regarding the death of a leader dubbed 'one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world'...BBC News

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