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NASA Asteroid 2019: 111-Foot NEO To Zip Past Earth On Monday

NASA’s asteroid tracker has detected a space rock that’s currently headed towards Earth. According to the space agency’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the asteroid is approaching Earth at a speed of almost 24,000 miles per hour.
"We will absolutely work with Saudi Arabia and our other partners and friends in the Arab world... to reduce to zero any attempt to destabilise the oil market," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Arabic-language news channels

Russia Will Work With Saudi To Stabilise Oil Market: Putin

"We will absolutely work with Saudi Arabia and our other partners and friends in the Arab world... to reduce to zero any attempt to destabilise the oil market," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Arabic-language news channels
The Kurdish-controlled but mainly Arab border town of Tal Abyad is one of the areas that have taken the brunt of the Turkish offensive into northeastern Syria, now in its third day

Turkey Vows To Keep Up Syria Assault As US Says Troops Came Under Fire

Battles raged in Syria as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press on with a deadly assault against Kurdish forces, while the Pentagon said Friday US troops came under artillery fire from Turkish positions.Erdogan's pledge to keep up the offensive, which the UN says has displaced more than 100,000 people since it began on Wednesday, came as the US Treasury warned President Donald Trump was planning to activate "very powerful" sanctions on Ankara.
Turkish troops keep up their build-up along the Syrian border though the night as the government promises a long-threatend assault on the Kurdish-ruled northeast will begin "soon"

Turkey Launches Ground Offensive Against Kurdish Forces In Syria

Turkey has launched a broad assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria, with intensive bombardment followed by a ground offensive made possible by the withdrawal of US troops.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday the start of the attack on Twitter and soon after jets and artillery targeted Kurdish positions along the full width of the border, sending thousands of civilians fleeing their homes.
Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad after Turkish bombings

Turkey Faces US 'Sanctions From Hell' After Syria Kurd Assault

Turkey on Wednesday faced the threat of US "sanctions from hell" as its assault on Syrian Kurdish forces set off a crisis with its NATO ally, although it might still be able to count on a sympathetic Donald Trump.Turkey pounded Syria with jets and artillery and sent in troops three days after Trump told his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he would withdraw US troops effectively serving as a buffer.

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