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Israeli Airstrikes Target Syria, Again

This has been a consistent and regular occurrence since 2011.SANA

Damascus, SANA: January 20/19 Syrian air defenses have confronted an Israeli aerial attack targeted  the southern region and prevented  it from achieving any of its objectives, a military source said Sunday.

Syria accuses Israel of conducting rare daylight strike near Damascus

Pt 2: Implicating Turkey with Innuendo & Aspersion- The "safe zone"

Following up on yesterday's post with a brief observation:

There's a concept being promulgated (made known) by Usrael's Kurds occupying Syria and other questionable sources. It goes like this.... Turkey doesn't want the US to exit Syria because they (Turkey) need the US to create a safe zone-

Manbij Blast: Implicating Turkey With Innuendo & Aspersion

But not bothering with any facts or rational analysis. 'Tis the way of propaganda and propagandists in the never ending war for your mind.. I’ve been watching the targeting of Turkey for years now, however, what has been unfolding in slow motion surely shifted into higher gear yesterday. March 2016: Yes, Willy Loman, It’s about Blamin’ & Framin’ Turkey & Saudi Arabia

4,500 Marines & F-35 Squadron on Standby as US "Mulls" Syrian Exit

Some of this news was covered Friday January 11/19:

"The withdrawal plan, whose details are classified, includes bringing hundreds of additional troops into Syria temporarily to facilitate the pullout "The USS Kearsarge amphibious assault ship is now in the region and could provide troops and equipment to support the withdrawal."

Trump Threatens to "Devastate Turkey":Syrian Kurds Frontline to Attack Turkey & Iran

Let's get over this idea of Turkey being a NATO ally any longer. It just isn't and hasn't been the case for years. The idea of employing Kurdish proxy forces against Iran and Turkey has been written about ad nauseum. There cannot possibly be one person who reads here that can claim to be surprised that this 'development' was anything other then THE PLAN. I'll relink a brief sampling of posts talking about these unsurprising, totally predictable  developments

Is the Next Phase of the MENA Remake About to Begin? Iraq in NATO.

Yah, I know this blog is one of a very few independent autodidact  (self taught) analyst thinkers that takes the big view in the geographical region known as the Middle East/North Africa. MENA. Brief digression: Autodidacts in history One common feature that autodidacts share is they all read. They learn continuously. And think for themselves. Perhaps they too have a significant other who told them 'you think to much'? Or maybe like me, they all thought and think that life is for learning?