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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | December 9th, 2024: US, Israel Launch Airstrikes in Syria & Haitian Gangs Slaughter Civilians In Brutal Massacre
09 Dec 2024
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, Israel and the U.S. have unleashed airstrikes across Syria in the wake of the fall of the Assad regime on Sunday, targeting terrorist organizations and critical weapons infrastructure at risk of falling into rebel hands. Then, an update on the violence in Haiti, where 184 people were killed in a brutal massacre over the weekend by a gang leader acting on the advice of a voodoo priest. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Blackout Coffee: https://www.blackoutcoffee.com/PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First, Israel and the US have unleashed airstrikes across Syria in the wake of the fall of the Assad regime on Sunday, targeting terrorist organizations and critical weapons infrastructure at risk of falling into rebel hands.
Then an update on the violence in Haiti, where 184 people were killed in a brutal massacre over the weekend by a gang leader, get this, acting on the advice of a voodoo priest. But first, our afternoon spotlight. We'll begin with the fallout in Syria, where Israel and the U.S.
are leveraging the current chaos to target extremist elements and dangerous assets at risk of falling into the hands of the Islamist rebels. Now, the U.S. military wasted little time following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Sunday, unleashing dozens of airstrikes in central Syria against known ISIS camps and operatives. U.S.
Central Command CENTCOM announced the strikes on Sunday, saying they were intended to, quote, disrupt, degrade and defeat ISIS and ensure that they cannot take advantage of Assad's fall to bolster their regional power. That's according to a report from Fox News. The U.S. military used a mix of B-52s, F-15s and A-10s during the operation to hit more than 75 terrorist targets.
While a damage assessment is still being conducted, officials said there was no indication that any civilians were harmed during the operation. The commander of CENTCOM issued a stern warning to extremist elements currently operating in Syria, saying, quote, There should be no doubt we will not allow ISIS to reconstitute and take advantage of the current situation in Syria.
All organizations in Syria should know that we will hold them accountable if they partner with or support ISIS in any way, end quote. As we discussed on this morning's PDB, the Biden administration has expressed a cautious optimism about the sudden regime change in Syria, which saw a coalition of Islamist rebels take control of the capital city of Damascus just on Sunday.
UN Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared that Syrians, quote, finally have reason for hope. He said the U.S. will support a, quote, inclusive transition of power to an, quote, accountable government. Blinken added that the U.S.
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