Syria remains a hot spot, with  Syrian air defence have down all of the missiles allegedly fired by Israel:
  https://www.rt.com/news/424333-syria-missiles-defense-homs/ 
     This time, with Russia involved, it will not be so easy, for the West has vastly under-estimated Russian military might and technological prowess. Not only that, but evidence continues to grow that the gas attacks were a false flag from the West, with war reporter Robert Fisk concluding from his investigation in Syria that the chemical attack did not occur:
  https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-17/famed-war-reporter-robert-fisk-reaches-syrian-chemical-attack-site-concludes-they  
  https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-chemical-attack-gas-douma-robert-fisk-ghouta-damascus-a8307726.html  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcqBileaHU
                    
