Posted on 02/23/2020 8:36:31 PM PST by Nextrush
Syria says that its defenses shot down most of the incoming Israeli missiles when an attack was launched on Damascus late tonight.....
The Israelis are linking the attack in Syria to the firing of rockets at Israel by Islamic Jihadist terrorists from Gaza today.....
"the conditions of the Sochi accords that stated that Turkey would have to ensure demarcation,withdrawal of heavy weapons and so on, which were signed by the two presidents more than a year ago, have not yet been fulfilled...."
Part of the message from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that Turkey hasn't kept its side of the bargain on bringing calm to the situation in northwestern Syria....
In Syria today the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that Russian air strikes targeted areas around Turkish "observation posts" in northwestern Syria....
Rockets fired from Gaza at southern Israel......
The attacks come a day after Israeli political leader Avigdor Lieberman of Israel Beiteinu (Israel Our Home), the political party that holds the balance of power in parliament, revealed that the head of Israel's spy agency (Mossad) Yossi Cohen visited Qatar recently to urge condinued Qatari financial support for Gaza......
The coronavirus forcing an early end to the Venice Carnival tonight. Italy has reported 152 cases and three deaths.....
New restrictions on entry into Israel imposed amid concern over the spread of the coronavirus......
Iran is setting up a national headquarters to deal with coronavirus there.....
A police protest over working conditions turned violent in Haiti today with police and soldiers exchanging gunfire....
Politics and Bernie Sanders big win in Nevada's Democrat caucus......
...Marine Le Pen looking forward to a rematch with President Emmanuel Macron in 2022.....
The election results in the German city of Hamburg tonight and more bad news for Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union.....
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