Tuesday morning will live in infamy for Belgium where the country's worst fears finally coalesced into a coordinated terror attack that at last count had left more than two dozen people killed and many more seriously injured.
For months, Belgian authorities were on edge after it became apparent that the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek was used as a staging area for the attacks that killed some 130 people in Paris last November.
In the wake of the three (and now possibly four) explosions that rocked Brussels on Tuesday morning, Belgium has cancelled all air and rail traffic to the city.
Eurostar has suspended all service to Brussels following a deadly explosion at Maelbeek metro station were more than 20 were reportedly killed this morning.
Meanwhile, all flights from the Brussels airport are cancelled.
17 people have been killed with dozens more seriously injured after two bombs exploded in a busy Brussels airport on Tuesday morning. Police say that Zaventem’s great hall was the target for the blast, but cannot confirm the numbers of victims at the moment. Authorities have evacuated the airport and confirmed that the perpetrators of the attack “shouted something in Arabic” before the two explosions. Belgium have now raised its terror threat to its highest level.
Donald Trump finally named some of his foreign policy advisers, and at least one of them is an extremely bad choice:
For the first time, Trump also listed members of a team chaired by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) that is counseling him on foreign affairs and helping to shape his policies: Keith Kellogg, Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, Walid Phares [bold mine-DL] and Joseph E. Schmitz.
The Syrian army with the help of Russian air support is just four kilometers (2.5 miles) away from the gates of Palmyra. The ancient city was considered the crossroads of the old world and an oasis in the Syrian desert. Middle East Online reports: Troops and allied militia backed by Russian air power have since early March been pushing an advance around the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the “Pearl of the Desert”. They are now just four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the gates of the city that fell to the jihadists in May last year, sending shock waves around the world.