Syrian Air Defences Will Shoot Down Any Aircraft Violating Country's Airspace - Army Command

The Turkish military and Turkish-backed militias and Syrian forces became engaged in a shooting war in Syria's Idlib province following a Syrian artillery attack on a Turkish observation post last week. Damascus began an operation in the province in December amid repeated attacks on its forces by terrorist militants operating in the region.

The Syrian Army has warned that its air defences would shoot down any aircraft violating the country's airspace.

"Any aircraft which violate Syria's airspace will be treated as enemy military targets…They will be tracked immediately after detection and destroyed immediately after violating our airspace," Syrian Armed Forces Command said in a press statement on Saturday.

According to the military, air defence troops have received orders to defend the country's airspace "by all available means."

Turkish Soldier Killed in Idlib

Also Saturday, an official from Turkey's Gaziantep governorate reported that a Turkish contract soldier was killed in Idlib province following a Syrian Army attack on Turkish forces.

"As a result of shelling by the Syrian regime in the Idlib area, contract serviceman Mecit Demir was killed," the official said.

According to Turkey's Sabah newspaper, the serviceman was a member of a tank crew, and succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Funeral services are expected to take place in Gaziantep on Sunday.

Demir was the sixteenth Turkish soldier killed in fighting in Idlib this month.

Abdulhamit Gul, Turkey's minister of justice, posted a photo of the soldier, issuing his condolences to Demir's family and friends.

Russian, Turkish Defence Ministers Discuss Syria Situation

Also on Saturday, the Russian military reported that Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed the need to stabilize the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar.

"During the phone conversation, [the ministers] discussed the issues [related to the] stabilization of the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone," the ministry said. According to the MoD, the two sides exchanged opinions on the situation in Syria more broadly. No further information about the call was provided.

On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned that Turkey's support for militants attacking Syrian Army forces in Idlib province was a violation of Russian-Turkish agreements on the need to separate the armed opposition from terrorists which threatened to "provoke a further escalation in the conflict" in the renegade Syrian region.

Weeks of Escalation

Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry cast doubt on Ankara's claims about the possibility of a humanitarian disaster if Turkey were to withdraw from Syrian territory, saying there was no evidence about the reports of "a million" refugees moving from Idlib toward the Syrian-Turkish border. The Russian military accused Turkish-backed militants supported by Turkish artillery of attacking Syrian Army positions in Idlib. In a telephone conversation with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his serious concern about aggressive actions by extremist groups in Idlib against Syrian Army troops, and called for "unconditional respect for Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity."

Tensions in the Idlib de-escalation zone escalated on February 3 after Syrian forces shelled a Turkish observation point in the province, killing several troops and prompting Ankara to threaten an imminent large-scale invasion. Damascus began an anti-terrorist operation in Idlib in December following repeated militant attacks on Syrian troops. Last week, the Syrian government vowed to fight terrorists throughout the country, including in Idlib, notwithstanding Turkish invasion threats.

Russia, Turkey and Iran serve as guarantors of a ceasefire agreement reached in Astana, Kazakhstan in 2017, which set up four de-escalation zones in the war-torn country. Damascus has since retaken control over three of these zones, but the fourth, situated in Idlib and parts of several neighbouring provinces, remains controlled by a broad array of armed militias and terrorists, including Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group which currently calls itself Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham.*

In addition to the tens of thousands of militants believed to be concentrated in the region, Idlib is home to hundreds of thousands of civilians. Damascus has accused terrorists of attempting to use these civilians as human shields, making the task of liberating the province more difficult.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002221078380335-turkish-soldier-killed-in-syrian-army-attack-in-idlib—official/

Transgenderism Grows by 1,500% Among Swedish Children

The brainwashing and Swedish government peddling of gender confusion starting even before Kindergarten is obviously working — extremely well, in fact.

According to the latest figures, the number of girls claiming to be “transgender” in Sweden has surged by some 1,500 percent in just the last 10 years. And experts say the worst is likely yet to come.

The latest data on the explosion of so-called “gender dysphoria,” the term used by quack psychiatrists trying to normalize gender confusion, came from a report by the Swedish government’s “Board of Health and Welfare.”

Similar increases, albeit not quite as huge, are occurring in every country where government is systematically brainwashing children with gender confusion.

But the Swedish government document outlines and examines what appears to be an unprecedented increase in the number of people claiming to feel “discomfort” and “distress” because their supposed “gender identity” does not match their “biological sex assigned at birth,” also known as their actual sex. If left unchecked, the sky is the limit.

“The increase that has been observed over the past ten years is mainly attributable to children and young adults, and especially to those registered as girls at birth,” the agency said. “The number of new cases of diagnosed gender dysphoria among registered sex girls aged 13-17 has increased by almost 1,500 percent since 2008.”

Overpaid government functionaries claimed not to know what was causing this mass delusion.

“Yes, that the increase is clear, there is no doubt, however, we do not know what the increase is due to,” claimed Peter Salmi, an investigator at the National Board of Health and Welfare who is either a moron or a liar.

In the real world, anybody with two brain cells to rub together knows exactly what the surge is being caused by: Never-ending propaganda and indoctrination of captive inmates in the Swedish government’s radicalized schools, which begin pushing gender confusion even before toddlers can talk and continue ramping it up until they graduate.

Aside from the constant promotion of gender confusion in government “schools,” other branches of government have also been bombarding the population with propaganda.

Some years ago, the Swedish government-run children’s “news” program “Lilla Aktuellt” (Little Current Events) portrayed a confused young girl as some sort of hero for impersonating a boy, complete with adults showering the confused child with praise for her “bravery.”

The government researchers also found that transgenderism is highly correlated with other “mental problems” including autism, depression, anxiety disorders, and so on.

These confused children also are far more likely to commit suicide, which LGBT extremists and the establishment billionaires behind the movement dishonestly attribute to a lack of “acceptance” by every single person on the planet.

Similar results have been found in California, which is at the forefront in the United States of pushing gender confusion on children trapped in government schools.

According to a recent study by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), more than 27 percent of children in the state between the ages of 12 and 17 now identify as “gender non-conforming.”

Of course, in virtually any other context, encouraging people to irreversibly mutilate themselves in a futile effort to make reality conform to their delusions would be regarded as cruel, if not criminal.

For instance, any quack “doctor” encouraging a deathly thin anorexic or bulimic girl to believe she was obese would almost certainly be prosecuted and jailed — how much more so for offering them liposuction and diet pills!

The Billionaires Behind The LGBTQ & Transgender Agenda: George Soros, Peter Buffett, Tim Gill And The Stryker Dynasty Have Donated HUNDREDS Of Millions To The Cause

https://governmentslaves.news/2020/02/22/transgenderism-grows-by-1500-among-swedish-children/

Greyhound to Stop Allowing Immigration Checks on Buses

SEATTLE—Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus company, said Friday it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks.

The company’s announcement came one week after The Associated Press reported on a leaked Border Patrol memo confirming that agents can’t board private buses without the consent of the bus company. Greyhound had previously insisted that even though it didn’t like the immigration checks, it had no choice under federal law but to allow them.

In an emailed statement, the company said it would notify the Department of Homeland Security that it does not consent to unwarranted searches on its buses or in areas of terminals that are not open to the public — such as company offices or any areas a person needs a ticket to access.

Greyhound said it would provide its drivers and bus station employees updated training regarding the new policy, and that it would place stickers on all its buses clearly stating that it does not consent to the searches.

“Our primary concern is the safety of our customers and team members, and we are confident these changes will lead to an improved experience for all parties involved,” the statement said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which includes the Border Patrol, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

An asylum seeker from Guatemala boards a Greyhound bus in El Paso,

An asylum seeker from Guatemala boards a Greyhound bus in El Paso, Texas. on April 2,2019. (Cedar Attanasio/AP/File)

Greyhound has faced pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, immigrant rights activists and Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson to stop allowing sweeps on buses within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of an international border or coastline. In many cases, the buses being checked were not crossing or even approaching an international boundary.

Ferguson said in an email his office will follow up with Greyhound to ensure compliance.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/greyhound-to-stop-allowing-immigration-checks-on-buses_3246986.html

California Sheriff Agrees to Share Jail Records With ICE, Says Subpoenas Should Be Honored

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department will share records of people who were criminally arrested with immigration authorities, becoming the first local law enforcement agency in five states to comply with unusual demands for information, authorities said Friday.

“A truly authorized federal administrative subpoena has to be honored,” sheriff Bill Gore told NBC 7 San Diego.

In recent weeks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued ‘administrative subpoenas—signed by an immigration official, not a judge—to state and local law enforcement agencies in Colorado, Connecticut, New York, Oregon and California.

Gore’s announcement, in a statement from his department late Thursday, came less than a week after ICE issued four subpoenas, the only ones so far in California. The agency is the first in all five states to comply with the requests, ICE spokeswoman Lauren Mack said.

The demands for information are among several recent moves by the Trump administration against what it considers “sanctuary” jurisdictions, which adopt laws and policies to limit cooperation with immigration authorities.

“While the Sheriff’s Department does not enforce immigration laws, we are obligated to comply with lawfully issued subpoenas,” the department statement read.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-sheriff-agrees-to-share-jail-records-with-ice-says-subpoenas-should-be-honored_3246960.html

Lady Lake Man Sentenced To 30 Years For Producing Child Pornography Of 6-Year-Old Girl

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/lady-lake-man-sentenced-30-years-producing-child-pornography-6-year-old-girl