Sources say Russian troops have joined combat in Syria

1. Three Lebanese sources said Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops.

2. Israeli sources say that Iran has sent hundreds of Revolutionary Guards troops to the western Syrian village of Zabadani, north of Damascus. 

3. A dense sandstorm engulfing parts of the Middle East left at least eight people dead and hundreds suffering from respiratory problems on Tuesday, as officials warned residents to stay indoors. 

4. Iran's president said on Tuesday that his country is ready to hold talks with the United States and Saudi Arabia on ways to resolve Syria's civil war, providing such negotiations can secure peace and democracy in conflict-torn Syria. 

5. After a two-year siege, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria and other insurgents on Wednesday captured the one remaining Syrian army air base in Idlib province, a development that activists said effectively expelled the last of President Bashar Assad’s military from the northwestern province.

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The prophetic passage of Scripture that we are looking at today is Job 23:10-11 which reads: "But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined."

Our second coming quote for today is from Augustine: He said, "He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near. It is he who, whether it be far or near, awaits it with sincere faith, stead-fast hope and fervent love."