Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Damascus Has Fallen: Assad Has Reportedly Left The Capital

from ZeroHedge:

Update(2200ET)Damascus has fallen. Unverified reports say President Assad and top officials have fled to Dubai or elsewhere but the situation overnight is fluid and anything but clear in terms of the location of top leadership. They may be in Latakia on the coast, or headed there. What is clear, however, is that the jihadists have entered the heart of the capital.

This brings to an end the last secular and Baathist state in the Middle East, and 50+ years of Assad family rule. Journalist Danny Makki, who is currently in Damascus, observes:

Will Damascus Fall?

by Mike Whitney, The Unz Review:

#Israel is waiting… for #Homs to fall in order to annex the south of #Syria and call it a “buffer zone to protect against jihadists”, the same thing it has been supporting for many years. @Netanyahu is not hiding his ambition that helps his image domestically by adding more stolen territories to the “greater Israel”. Elijah J. Magnier @ejmalrai

In a matter of days, a small army of battle-hardened jihadists have swarmed across Syria shattering a fragile truce and threatening the regional balance of power. The surprise Blitz has sent the stunned Syrian Army into full retreat while mostly foreign militants have seized the country’s industrial hub, Aleppo, and its fourth largest city, Hama. 

The deep state “community noted” my previous post about the possibility that the so-called “earthquake” off the coast of California yesterday was actually a Russian weapon demonstration

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Russian Ship Fires Warning Shots At German Military Helicopter In Baltic Sea

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from ZeroHedge:

In a rare dangerous incident and close-call, European media reports have described that the crew of a Russian ship ‘fired’ upon a Germany army helicopter which was monitoring the vessel’s movements in the Baltic Sea.

“German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced increased surveillance in the Baltic Sea after a Russian ship fired at a Bundeswehr helicopter during a mission,” EuroNews writes.

The Bundeswehr helicopter was confirmed to have been on a reconnaissance mission at an unclear date and time, but the Russian ship – described in The Daily Mail as a warship – fired signaling ammunition in an apparent effort to warn the aircraft off.

World War III Is Heating Up On Several Fronts, But Most Americans Have No Idea…

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by Michael Snyder, End Of The American Dream:

In recent months, quite a few pundits have been openly warning us that World War III has begun.  Sadly, those pundits are quite correct.  Right now, a historic global struggle is being waged by two very powerful alliances.  The “western alliance” made up of the United States, Europe, Israel and their allies is engaged in a battle for supremacy with the “eastern alliance” made up of Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Syria and their allies.  Over the past week, this battle for supremacy has erupted on a couple of new fronts, but most Americans have no idea what is really going on.

Sunday Wire EP #525 – ‘Pulling Back From the Brink’ with guest Gerald Celente

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from 21st Century Wire:

This week the SUNDAY WIRE broadcasts on Alternate Current Radio, as host Patrick Henningsen welcomes special guest, the founder of Trends Journal, veteran financial and political forecaster, Gerald Celente, about his campaign Occupy Peace which has raised the alarm about America and Europe’s slide towards a major global war, and what could lie ahead with the new incoming Trump presidency. Who’s really in charge in Washington? Have we really learned our lessons from the 2008 economic bubble? Later in the overdrive segment, we’re be joined by co-host Bryan ‘Hesher’ McClain, for reactions and analysis, as well as commentary on the reemergence of NATO and Israel’s Dirty War on Syria, and a new casting call for the notorious White HelmetsAll this and more…

Top Russian official proposes potential targets for Oreshnik missiles

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from RT:

Moscow’s new weapon could be used to hit Vladimir Zelensky’s HQ in Kiev, Aleksey Zhuravlyov has said

Moscow could use its new Oreshnik ballistic missile to strike Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s office in Kiev, senior Russian MP Aleksey Zhuravlyov has said.

Russia’s new hypersonic missile, Oreshnik, comes equipped with an extremely powerful thermal warhead that burns at 4,000°C

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Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Warned About A 100k-Strong NATO Intervention In Ukraine

by Andrew Korybko, Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter:

NATO might be willing to test Putin’s patience by crossing yet another of Russia’s perceived red lines in spite of its updated nuclear doctrine and new Oreshniks.

The NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine might be on the brink of an unprecedented escalation that could easily spiral out of control if Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is correct in claiming that NATO is planning a 100,000-strong military intervention in Ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers. The purpose is to freeze the conflict, presumably by having these troops function as tripwires for deterring a Russian attack that could spark World War III, and then rebuild Ukraine’s military-industrial complex (MIC).

Russia Is Now the World’s Most Powerful Nation Militarily.

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by Eric Zuesse, The Duran:

I say this because all of the six military authorities whose opinions I have found to have been consistently borne out (confirmed by subsequent events) have, in one way or another, stated as much without saying it outright, and the last of them all to have commented on the Oreshnik missile breakthrough by Russia — the author of the “Moon of Alabama” blog — has, indeed, finally convinced me that Russia’s military is more capable than America’s is (though America’s costs more than ten times more). Here that is:

Trump Just Ended The Ukraine War Before His Inauguration

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from TheSaltyCracker:

TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/

Israel has dropped almost 80,000 tons of explosives – this means that Israel has dropped ~36 kilograms of explosives on Gaza for every man, woman, and child.

Trump May be Oreshniked on Ukraine Even Before He Gets to China

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by Pepe Escobar, The Unz Review:

With Oreshnik now entering the picture, everywhere the Hegemon will try to harass China they will also have to face Russia.

When it comes to state of the art Russian weaponry, what the inestimable Ray McGovern defines as the MICIMATT – the whole Hegemonic complex – seems to dwell in perpetual stupor.

They had no clue about Kalibr, Sarmat, Khinzal, Zircon or Avangard before they were introduced. They had no clue about Oreshnik (‘Hazel”) before the 30-minute protocolar warning by the Russians, stating a missile test was coming, and it was not nuclear. The Americans assumed that would be just another ballistic missile test, as they happen routinely close to the Arctic.

Putin Warns of Retaliation if Nuclear Weapons Transferred to Ukraine

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from Sputnik News:

Russia will use all means of destruction at its disposal if Ukraine gets nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his press conference following the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Kazakhstan.
In this case, we will take and use all, I want to emphasize, exactly all means of defeat available to Russia. Everything, we will not allow this,” Putin pointed out, commenting on possible future Russian actions in case Ukraine has nuclear weapons.

Col. Douglas Macgregor Says Trump’s Appointment of Sebastian Gorka Is Stupid & Dangerous

by Eric Zuesse, The Duran:

Colonel Douglas Macgregor is one only 5 military analysts who have been right on everything they’ve said and predicted regarding the Ukrainian war (and other earlier wars); and, so, he’s one of only five individuals whose statements about this war I take as being evidence, and not only as being mere allegations. (The only other four military experts I would cite are: Stephen Bryen, Scott Ritter, Brian Berletic, and Lawrence Wilkerson.)