BREAKING: terrorist attack in Damascus has killed 14 military personnel. Three wounded.
Military source tells SANA two bombs were planted on the bus itself. A third device was defused by army engineers. The explosion took place in central Damascus near Hafez Al Assad bridge.
Not clear if this is related, but a few hours after the blast there was shelling in Idlib province— the last terrorist stronghold in the country.
UNICEF says 4 children and a teacher on the way to school among the dead.
(Apologies for repost, I was trying to post pictures in the thread and Twitter screwed up my formatting
This terrorist attack in central Damascus is a huge security breach. Damascus is supposed to be one of the safest places in the country. The rest of the city, its suburbs and outskirts were recaptured from JAI, Faylaq Al Rahman and other terrorist groups back in early 2018.

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20 Oct
BREAKING: The illegal US military base in al Tanf, Syria has been hit by a drone attack.
It was reported that the two israeli air strikes that bombed Syria last week, south of Palmyra, came from the direction of the base.
Moreover, 14 Syrian military personnel were killed this morning in Damascus by bombs planted on a bus.
Sky News Arabic says that according to a US military official from CENTCOM there were no casualties.
Reports that multiple drones hit the base, not just one.
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20 Oct
Today marks ten years since Gaddafi was murdered by NATO-backed rebels. The objective: to steal Libya's resources, and prevent African nations from adopting their own single currency, thereby threatening Western hegemony. My latest:

rt.com/op-ed/537905-g…
"Gaddafi transformed Libya from one of the poorest countries on Earth into a rich, self-sufficient state, all while managing a tribal society in a country home to the largest oil reserves in Africa."
"During his 42 years in power, he increased the country’s literacy rate from 25% to 88%. Libyans enjoyed free healthcare, education, and a high standard of living. Electricity and gas were cheap, and the country was guaranteed a strong social safety net and welfare programs."
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18 Oct
🔴 Nasrallah: "After WW2, the French resistance went after thousands of French collaborators for working with the Nazi occupation. When the israelis left south Lebanon, we did not hurt a single person, even though they collaborated with the israelis."
"The biggest threat to Christians in Lebanon is the Lebanese Forces party and its leader.”
Nasrallah straight up telling LF to sit tf down and behave 😂. I'll add more translations and bits of the speech shortly.

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18 Oct
Mass murderer and war criminal Colin Powell, who lied to the United Nations and the world about WMDs in Iraq, leading to the death and displacement of millions of Iraqis; who helped destroy the Middle East under George Bush’s neocon administration, has just died. Image
In 1968, US troops massacred around 500 Vietnamese civilians. Some were mutilated and gang raped.
Tasked with investigating claims of mistreatment by US soldiers, Colin Powell wrote back then “relations between Americal Division soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent.” ImageImage
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"Heavy clashes in Beirut" is a weird way of saying that Hezbollah and Amal protestors were shot at by snipers.
People went out today to protest peacefully against a judge involved in the investigation of the Beirut port explosion. Snipers began firing at the protestors with clear intent to kill, not disperse, as the casualties have head wounds. 3 dead, 20 wounded as of now.
Amal movement + Hezbollah have released an official statement condemning the attack, asking people not to retaliate, in order to avoid escalation. For there are some who would surely favor that and like to plunge Lebanon into chaos...
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Pay attention.

Omar, Presley etc voted ‘no’ to fund Iron Dome, while AOC switched from ‘no’ to ‘present’.

In July they did the exact opposite: Omar, Presley etc voted yes to give israel unconditional aid, while AOC, Tlaib voted ‘no’.

See what’s going on here? This is a game.
Why would they vote to give israel arms in July and then vote against the Iron Dome in September?

Because in July the bill barely passed with 217 votes. AOC could afford to vote no and keep up the act, while Omar, Presley, Bowman gave the needed votes to make sure it passes.
Yesterday it was a slam dunk with 420 yes votes. No way it was going to fail so Omar, Presley etc were able to vote no, knowing it won’t affect the bill’s passage. AOC is such a coward she couldn’t even vote no, and switched to present instead.
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