For now, links to reports from National Public Radio and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  SYRIA 4-9-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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FROM APRIL 9  Syria’s dictator is gone. Its civil war is over. But Israel keeps attacking. Reported by Lauren Frayer | NPR  In southern Syria, where the country’s revolution began, residents have traded the violence of civil war for another threat: Israeli airstrikes. Israel says it wants a disarmed buffer zone there. Residents say attacks challenge their sovereignty, hurt their livelihood and hobble their efforts to build a new country  Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Turkey and Israel hold talks to avoid accidental conflict in Syria, by Andrew Wilks | AP  ISTANBUL — Turkey and Israel have held “technical talks” aimed at preventing conflict between their troops in Syria, a Turkish official said today. The first discussions were in Azerbaijan . . . READ MORE . . .

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MAY BE CONTINUED