Sunday, January 25, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 1/25/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*FEDERAL OFFICERS KILL MAN IN MINNEAPOLIS STIRRING TENSIONS*ISRAELI NATIONALIST ATTACK ON PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY*TOP CHINESE MILITARY OFFICERS OUSTED*

 


(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH SUNDAY LATE INTO THE EVENING IMPACTED BY WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEASTERN US)




FEDERAL AGENTS SHOOTING A 37-YEAR-OLD MAN IN MINNEAPOLIS.


ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI APPROACHED BY FEDERAL AGENTS AS HE WAS FILMING THEM.


HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND EVENTUALLY SHOT.



FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAY HE HAD A GUN.



MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA SAYS MR. PRETTI HAD A PERMIT TO CARRY A FIREARM.



DEMONSTRATORS CLASHED WITH FEDERAL AGENTS UNTIL THEY LEFT THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING.


FAMILY MEMBERS SAYS PRETTI WORKED AS AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT NURSE.


POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF THE DEADLY SHOOTING INCLUDE DEMOCRATS DIGGING IN TO OPPOSE FUNDING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY...



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This weekend in Syria the end of a four-day truce between the Turkish-backed Syrian jihadist government and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces formerly backed by the United States.


Syria's foreign ministry denying a report about the ceasefire being extended...Syrian Arab News Agency (Translation Prompt)...


But the Syrian Defense Ministry announcing a 15-day extension of the ceasefire on Saturday night...Reuters-Times of Israel



IN THE NETHERLANDS PROTESTS SUPPORTING THE KURDISH CAUSE.   DEMONSTRATIONS IN AMSTERDAM AND ARNHEM.


A POLICE OFFICER HURT IN CLASHES DURING THE PROTEST IN AMSTERDAM...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



TWO POLITICIANS WHO SUPPORT US MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN SYRIA EXPRESSING CONCERN THE US MILITARY MAY BE LEAVING THE COUNTRY.



REPUBLICAN US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF TEXAS AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL MCCAUL OF TEXAS WORRIED THAT ISIS WOULD BENEFIT.



THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTING THE US IS CONSIDERING PULLING ITS NEARLY 1,000 SOLDIERS OUT OF SYRIA...THE HILL USA





US MILITARY COMMANDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST ADMIRAL BRAD COOPER MEETING TOP ISRAELI MILITARY OFFICIALS.


ISRAELI MEDIA REPORTING IS THAT ISRAEL'S VIEW OF ATTACKS ON IRAN IS THAT THEY SHOULD HIT GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AMONG OTHER TARGETS...OSINTdefedner "X"




After negotiations on the Ukraine War in the United Arab Emirates US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Israel.


They met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with issues related to Gaza said to be involved...Times of Israel



Israeli nationalist settlers attacking the Palestinian Christian community of Birzeit near Ramallah in the "West Bank".


Four residents wounded with three Palestinians arrested after they threw stones at the attackers...Times of Israel




FOLLOWING THE UKRAINE-RUSSIA TALKS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THIS WEEKEND ONE US OFFICIAL SAYS THERE MAY BE A MEETING SOON BETWEEN RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY...TASS RUSSIA




IN NORTHERN MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) AT LEAST 22 KILLED IN A GOVERNMENT AIRSTRIKE ON REBEL FORCES.


28 OTHERS WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK ACCORDING TO THE KACHIN INDEPENDENCE ARMY (KIA).


A BUILDING WHERE A FUNERAL WAS BEING HELD HIT BY A BOMB...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



US President Donald Trump warning Canada of 100 percent tariffs linking them to any free trade deal with China.


Canada recently concluded a deal with China on trade.   It allows 49,000 Chinese electric cars into Canada at a tariff rate of six percent with China lifting tariffs on Canadian canola.


Canadian officials muting their response to Mr. Trump/s threat...CBC NEWS CANADA BLOG



HIGH RANKING CHINESE MILITARY OFFICERS OUTSTED FROM THEIR POSTS.


GENERAL ZHANG YOUXIA REMOVED AS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION.


GEN. LIU ZHENLI CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE JOINT STAFF OF THE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION ALSO OUSTED.



LEGAL AND DISCIPLINARY VIOLATIONS CITED IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR REMOVAL FROM LEADERSHIP POSTS...UPI USA



President Trump praising British military sacrifice in Afghanistan.


This after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called earlier remarks by Mr. Trump about NATO troops in the Afghanistan War "insulting and appalling"...The New Arab







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