News Roundup 3/20/17

by | Mar 20, 2017

  • Democrats are now telling supporters not to expect evidence for the claim that Trump has ties to Putin. [Link]
  • The Miami-Dade prosecutor will not pursue charges against four prison guards who locked a prisoner in the shower where he died. The prisoner suffered from schizophrenia and was left in the shower for 2 hours. The temperature of the shower reached 180 degrees. The man was cooked alive and had burns over 90% of his body. [Link]
  • The US has 200,000 troops deployed outside of the US. [Link]
  • Trump continues to expand special operation troops deployment. Trump has deployed special operations troops to Central Africa. [Link]
  • The Israeli Defense Minister threatens to destroy Syrian government anti-aircraft weapons. [Link]
  • An Afghan soldier shot and wounded three US soldiers. It is being reported that the attack was not intentional and that the Afghan soldier accidently shot the US soldiers. [Link]
  • Reports of civilians being killed by US coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq are increasing. [Link]
  • Syrian rebels launched a large attack against Damascus on Sunday. The jihadist and non-jihadist rebels united to use snipers, car bombs, and mortars against the city. [Link]
  • Israel carried out another strike in Syria on Sunday. This strike targeted a car, and one person was reported to be killed. [Link]

About Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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