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Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation

Apr 9, 2018, 14 tweets

BREAKING: multiple sources from #Lebanon are reporting loud sounds of fighter jets flying low over the country in the middle of the night. Possibly going to #Syria for a military strike

Reports of unidentified fighters flying low over #Lebanon being reported all over.

Something is definitely happening (in #Syria?) tonight

Snapchat story from Jounieh, just north of #Beirut. Fighter jets are clearly flying over #Lebanon. #Syria

Another video from #Lebanon tonight clearly shows something flying overhead. Source claims it to be a #US tomahawk missile on its way to #Homs (#Syria)

#Syria BREAKING: pro-regime sources are reporting aerial attacks on military installations in the center of he country (#Homs governorate), claiming air defense systems are engaging "hostile targets in the sky"

#Syria: main target is reported to be the Tiyas (T4) airbase located in the desert on the road between #Homs and #Palmyra

#Syria: Syrian state TV now reporting the attack.

THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING

#Syria: clear message from a pro-#Assad Facebook page tonight reads:
"Urgent...

Hostile aggression"

#Syria: #Pentagon denying any strikes on the country.

If not #US than maybe #Israel or #France. Or pro-regime sources are spreading disinformation, seems unlikely tho

#Syria: video reported to he from #Homs tonight clearly shows air activity over the city

#Syria: Trump and Macron apparently agreed on a "strong joint response" against the #Assad regime.

No confirmation of any military measures by either the #US or #France as of yet

#Syria BREAKING: major pro-regime Facebook page Tartous 24 (+620.000 followers) reporting deaths and wounded due to the airbase attacks.

#Syria: another video reported to be from #Home tonight.

#Syria: pro-regime sources now talking about attacks by the "Zionist air force". A clear shift in blame in the last minutes from the #US to #Israel

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