The FRN Daily News Brief 2020-03-05
This Daily FRN News Brief is a summary of 11, articles about Defense, Eu, Eurasia, France-Eurasia, Headline-News, Anglo-5, Science, United-Kingdom, Interview, Mena, Opinions, Syria, Turkey, Faith, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Libya, China, Argentina, Cuba, Latin-America, Greece-Eurasia.
Tags in this brief: Coronavirus, France, Military, Science, Space, Assad, Erdogan, Idlib, Interview, Muslim Brotherhood, Terrorism, Autocephaly, Christianity, OCU, Orthodoxy, Religion, Schism, Serbia, Ukraine, UOC, Seraqib, Haftar, Libya, Syria, Turkey, Corona, MERS, SARS, STD, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Imperialism, Che Guevara, Revolution, Socialism, Hama, Peace Spring, Putin, SAR, Negotiations, Sochi Agreement, Ankara, Athens, Border, Migrants, Refugee Crisis.
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Table of Contents
- French DM Confirms Secretive Military Base Outside Paris Hit by Coronavirus
- Extraterrestrial Protein Discovered in Meteorite for First Time
- IN DEPTH: Interview with Assad - We Will Liberate Idlib from Erdogan's Muslim Brotherhood Terrorists
- Serbian Ambassador to Ukraine Slams Schismatics, Supports Real Ukrainian Orthodox Church
- Russian Army Enters, Stops Advance of Turkish and Terrorist Forces in Syria's Seraqib
- Syria's Assad Joins Forces With Libya’s Haftar to Combat Turkey
- Chinese Biologists Dismiss Possibility of Sexually Transmitted Coronavirus
- The Image that Transformed the World: 60th Anniversary of famous Che Guevara Photo
- Russia Mobilizes Military Forces in Syria to Buttress Negotiating Position with Turkey
- IDLIB CRISIS: Putin and Erdogan Meet to Discuss Syria De-escalation
- MAJOR: Turkey Deploys 'Special Forces' to Confront Greek Police as Border Row Deepens
French DM Confirms Secretive Military Base Outside Paris Hit by Coronavirus
Published 2020-03-05 21:30:53 by Drago Bosnic in Defense, Eu, Eurasia, France-Eurasia, Headline-NewsPARIS - Several people stationed at the 110 Creil airbase outside Paris have fallen ill with coronavirus, the French military confirmed, with the base effectively being placed on lockdown. Defense Minister Florence Parly confirmed on Friday that a number of coronavirus cases have been registered at the military facility, located to the North of the French capital, RT reported. While Parly did not provide the exact tally, earlier reports by local media suggested that at least four people, including a civilian employee, had contracted the virus. An “epidemiological investigation” into the outbreak is now underway, Parly stated, while all mass... Continue ->
Tags: Coronavirus, France, Military
Extraterrestrial Protein Discovered in Meteorite for First Time
Published 2020-03-05 20:57:26 by Drago Bosnic in Anglo-5, Headline-News, Science, United-KingdomScientists have discovered a full, previously-unknown protein inside a meteorite for the first time. Named hemolithin, the new protein contains iron and lithium and may play an important role in seeding life on habitable planets like Earth. Scientists from Harvard, PLEX Corporation and Bruker Scientific discovered hemolithin in a meteorite known as Acfer 086, which was found in Algeria in 1990. It’s a fairly small protein, made up mostly of the amino acid glycine and capped with iron, oxygen and lithium atoms at the ends. While all those pieces are well-known, this particular arrangement of them has never been seen... Continue ->
Tags: Science, Space
IN DEPTH: Interview with Assad - We Will Liberate Idlib from Erdogan's Muslim Brotherhood Terrorists
Published 2020-03-05 17:50:36 by Guest Author in Headline-News, Interview, Mena, Opinions, Syria, TurkeyFRN Dutifully reproduces the following from SANA **************** Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Russia 24 TV; Following is the full text of the interview in English; Journalist: Hello! This is “International Review” with Yevgeny Primakov. Today, we are in Damascus, in our temporary studio. His Excellency, President Bashar al-Assad, is not our guest in the studio; rather, we are his guests. Mr. President, thank you very much for receiving us and giving us the time to conduct this interview. We are happy to be with you and to see that you are in a good health in these... Continue ->
Tags: Assad, Erdogan, Idlib, Interview, Muslim Brotherhood, Terrorism
Serbian Ambassador to Ukraine Slams Schismatics, Supports Real Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Published 2020-03-05 17:15:53 by Guest Author in Eurasia, Faith, Headline-News, Opinions, Russia, Serbia, UkraineBy Yekaterina Filatova, for UOJ It is more correct to trust the Church being older and wiser than all of us rather than people who tend to make mistakes, believes Serbian diplomat Aca Jovanović. Serbian and Ukrainian peoples have a lot in common and are part of a single Church. The ambassador of Serbia to Ukraine, Aca Jovanović, spoke about this in the program “Without Gloss” on the YouTube channel STAINED-GLASS: About Faith in Colors. “I live in an Orthodox country, and in my country they believe that if you were already born in this Church, then this is your Church... Continue ->
Tags: Autocephaly, Christianity, OCU, Orthodoxy, Religion, Schism, Serbia, Ukraine, UOC
Russian Army Enters, Stops Advance of Turkish and Terrorist Forces in Syria's Seraqib
Published 2020-03-05 16:30:38 by Joaquin Flores in Headline-News, Mena, Russia, Syria, TurkeyThe Russian military police patrolled the city of Seraqib in the province of Idlib, which was recently recaptured from militants. DAMASCUS - The purpose of the convoys of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is to ensure the safety and unhindered movement of vehicles and civilians along the highways M4 (Latakia - Aleppo) and M5 (Damascus - Aleppo). These Syrian international freeways are of great strategic importance to trade, transit, ground communications and military operations. The redeployment to the front of modern air defense systems of government troops of the ATS turned the tide of hostilities in the area. Anti-aircraft... Continue ->
Tags: Idlib, Seraqib
Syria's Assad Joins Forces With Libya’s Haftar to Combat Turkey
Published 2020-03-05 15:45:26 by Guest Author in Headline-News, Libya, Mena, Syria, TurkeyThe Emergent Libyan government will open an embassy in Damascus By Jason Ditz While recent generations have shown them reluctant to expand far beyond their borders, in the past few months Turkey has shown interest in overseas military engagements. Forces have been active in northern Syria with an eye toward regime change, and Turkey has also committed to military involvement in Libya. That’s given Turkey two potential enemies to worry about, and given them each a potential new ally. The Syrian government and Libya’s self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) or Gen. Khalifa Haftar have agreed to cooperation, and a memorandum... Continue ->
Tags: Assad, Erdogan, Haftar, Libya, Syria, Turkey
Chinese Biologists Dismiss Possibility of Sexually Transmitted Coronavirus
Published 2020-03-05 15:30:59 by Joaquin Flores in China, Eurasia, Headline-NewsBEIJING - Chinese molecular biologists have not found traces of coronavirus in the mucous membranes of the genitals of 35 women who have recently suffered pneumonia. This makes it doubtful that it can be transmitted sexually. The researchers write about this in an article published by the electronic scientific library medRxiv. “The cells of the mucous membrane of the human genital organs do not have ACE2 receptors, which the coronavirus uses in order to enter the body of new victims. Our observations show that the virus was not transmitted from women to their partners. On the other hand, we cannot exclude the possibility... Continue ->
Tags: Corona, MERS, SARS, STD
The Image that Transformed the World: 60th Anniversary of famous Che Guevara Photo
Published 2020-03-05 14:42:23 by Guest Author in Argentina, Cuba, Headline-News, Latin-AmericaThe legendary photograph of Che was taken 60 years ago, and since then has traveled the world. Today it is more than an image, it is the identification of a common struggle in different regions of the planet. Among the hundreds of images that Cuban photographer Alberto Díaz , known as Korda , captured with his camera during the Cuban Revolution , there was one that, among so many outstanding ones, became a legend: Che's historic photo , taken 60 years ago today, the March 5, 1960. The story behind the photograph The image was baptized by its author as "Heroic Guerrilla", and is considered by critics... Continue ->
Tags: Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Imperialism, Che Guevara, Revolution, Socialism
Russia Mobilizes Military Forces in Syria to Buttress Negotiating Position with Turkey
Published 2020-03-05 14:19:26 by Joaquin Flores in Eurasia, Headline-News, Mena, Russia, Syria, TurkeyDAMASCUS - Russia is rapidly accelerating its grouping of forces in Syria with the use of sea and air routes in anticipation of talks between Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , which are being held today, March 5th, in Moscow as FRN has reported. The strengthening of the Russian military presence in the Arab Republic amid escalation in its northwestern region is reported by many media outlets, and the Russian Ministry of Defense also confirms the information. As a result of intense fighting in Syrian Idlib, the threat of a direct clash between the Turkish and Russian military, operating... Continue ->
Tags: Erdogan, Hama, Idlib, Peace Spring, Putin, SAR, Terrorism
IDLIB CRISIS: Putin and Erdogan Meet to Discuss Syria De-escalation
Published 2020-03-05 14:07:07 by Joaquin Flores in Eurasia, Headline-News, Russia, TurkeyMOSCOW - Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who arrived in Moscow on a working visit today, March 5th, are set to discuss the problems and possible ways to resolve the Syrian crisis, taking into account the aggravation of the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone, the Kremlin’s press service reports. At the beginning of the conversation, the Russian leader thanked the Turkish leader for accepting the invitation to visit Moscow for negotiations. “As always, we have something to talk about. And now the situation in the well-known zone, in Idlib, in Syria, has become so aggravated that it certainly requires our... Continue ->
Tags: Erdogan, Idlib, Negotiations, Putin, Sochi Agreement
MAJOR: Turkey Deploys 'Special Forces' to Confront Greek Police as Border Row Deepens
Published 2020-03-05 13:39:59 by Joaquin Flores in Eurasia, Greece-Eurasia, Headline-News, TurkeyANKARA - On March 5th Turkey deployed a thousand police special forces along its border with Greece, where an extremely tense situation remains after Ankara’s decision to ''forcefully encourage' attempts by Syrian and other migrants to move to Europe. According to Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soil, the border is being strengthened by additional security forces to “stop the outflow of migrants into Turkish territory,” CNN Turkey reports. “164 people were injured. They ( Greek border guards . - Ed .) tried to push 4900 people back to Turkey,” Soilu said, speaking to reporters in the northwestern border province of Edirne. “We are sending 1,000... Continue ->
Tags: Ankara, Athens, Border, Erdogan, Migrants, Refugee Crisis, Syria
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