Sunday, January 18, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 1/18/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*TRUMP DOJ BLOCKING EPSTEIN FILE OVERSIGHT*US ARMY TROOPS STANDBY FOR MINNEAPOLIS*IRAN'S AYATOLLAH CALLS TRUMP CRIMINAL"*THOUSANDS PROTEST IN DENMARK, GREENLAND AGAINST TRUMP*

 


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IN SYRIA TODAY THE ADVANCE OF SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES EASTWARDS INTO TERRITORIES PREVIOUSLY CONTROLLED BY KURDISH FORCES TRAINED AND SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES.


TOP US OFFICIALS INCLUDING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE KEY SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW JIHADIST GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA NOW TAKING CONTROL OF THE EASTERN REGIONS...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



Six dead in a massive fire at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan.   11 others were injured...Dawn Pakistan



THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKING TO BLOCK AN INDEPENDENT 'SPECIAL MASTER' TO OVERSEE RELEASE OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN RELATED FILES.


SUCH A MASTER SOUGHT BY CONGRESSMEN RO KHANNA OF CALIFORNIA AND THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY CO-SPONSORS OF THE 'EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT' SIGNED INTO LAW IN NOVEMBER...MediasTouch "X"



Two battalions of the Army's 11th Airborne Division said to be on standby for deployment to Minneapolis.


ABC News here in the US reporting the story.


Tensions in the city running higher the Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown...OSINTdefender "X"



THIS WEEKEND THE US MILITARY COMMANDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST URGED SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES TO END THEIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH FORCES WEST OF THE EUPHRATES RIVER.


THERE IS FIGHTING IN SPITE OF A NEOGIATED DEAL REGARDING A KURDISH PULL BACK...OSINTdefender "X"...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




IN LEBANON THE IRANIAN-BACKED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT CALLING FOR REMOVAL OF LEBANON'S FOREIGN MINISTER.


YOUSEF RAJJI PUSHING DISARMAMENT OF HEZBOLLAH IN LINE WITH DEMANDS OF ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES...TASS RUSSIA





ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S OFFICE SAYING ISRAEL WAS NOT INOVLVED IN THE MAKEUP OF BOARDS CONTROLLING GAZA WHICH INCLUDE TURKISH AND QATARI OFFICIALS.


THE STATEMENT ISSUED AS US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM VISITS ISRAEL.  GRAHAM CLOSE TO THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW TURKISH BACKED JIHADIST GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA.


PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS WEEKEND INVITED TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN TO JOIN HIS SYMBOLIC 'BOARD OF PEACE' FOR GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL


"We consider the US president a criminal for the casualties, damages, and the slander he inflicted on the Iranian nation"


Those words this weekend from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.    

Khamanei linking the deadly disturbances on Iran's streets to the United States.  

 Iran has also implicated Israel and its spy agency the Mossad as helping to orchestrate protests that killed law enforcement officers and burned buildings.

The Ayatollah also stressed that Iran is not seeking war and will not be pushed into it by the foreign orchestrated violence.

He did speak of 'punishing' 'domestic and international criminals' linked to the recent rioting...



                                         India Today



Iran's Embassy in Russia saying more than 50 mosques were burned in the rioting in Iran as well as 180 ambulances along 26 banks in the capital city of Tehran...Tass Russia...



THE TALKING POINT FOR WESTERN MAINSTREAM MEDIA THE ADMISSION OF THOUSANDS OF DEATHS IN THE RECENT VIOLENCE BY AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI.




ITALIAN OFFICIALS SEIZING A VESSEL CARRYING METALS FROM RUSSIA.  THE SEIZURE IN THE ITALIAN PORT CITY OF BRINDISI...TASS RUSSIA



PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING NOISE OVER COUNTRIES WHO SENT SMALL MILITARY GROUPS TO GREENLAND ANNOUNCING A TEN PERCENT TARIFF ON THOSE COUNTRIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN DENMARK ON SATURDAY SUPPORTING DANISH CONTROL OF GREENLAND.   20,000 PROTESTERS AT RALLY IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF COPENHAGEN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


IN GREENLAND THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS RALLIED IN OPPOSITION TO US PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PROPOSED TAKEOVER OF THE TERRITORY...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-TIMES OF ISRAEL



IN UGANDA OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOBI WINE REJECTING 'FAKE RESULTS' FROM THURSDAY'S ELECTION.


81-YEAR-OLD YOWERI MUSEVENI SAID TO HAVE WON A SEVENTH TERM.



WINE EVADED AUTHORITIES WHO SURROUNDED HIS HOME AND DENOUNCED THE RESULTS IN HIDING...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24



Five people killed in avalanches in Austria.  Authorities speaking of the tragedies say they demonstrate the seriousness of the avalanche threat...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SUE FINANCIAL GIANT JP MORGAN CHASE.


THAT'S BECAUSE OF HOW JP MORGAN TREATED MR. TRUMP FOLLOWING THE EVENTS AT THE US CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021.


TRUMP SAYING HE WAS DEBANKED...POLITICO



The US killing 'an experienced terrorist leader' in Syria.  Bilal Hasan al Jasim linked to the killing of three Americans in an ambush in Syria last month.


He was killed in a series of US retaliatory attacks in northwestern Syria on Friday...Sky News UK







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