Syria pleads with Russia for help as fighting resumes in Damascus (Second Coming Watch Update #186)

Syria pleads with Russia for help as fighting resumes in Damascus. According to The Associated Press, Syria reached out to its powerful ally Russia, as senior officials pleaded with Moscow for financial loans and supplies of oil products -- an indication that international sanctions are squeezing President Bashar Assad's regime. The signs of desperation came as resilient rebels fought regime forces in the Syrian capital only two weeks after the government said it had crushed the revolt there. North Korea says floods have killed 169 people and left 400 people missing. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), floods and torrential rains which hit parts of North Korea in recent weeks killed 169 people and left 400 missing. Over 212,000 people were left homeless after their homes were washed away and flooding inundated over 161,000 acres of cropland. The United Nations and the World Food Programme are sending an initial shipment of emergency food aid. Wildfires spread across Oklahoma. According to Reuters, fire crews toiled in triple-digit heat around drought-stricken Oklahoma to contain at least 15 blazes that have destroyed more than 120 structures and left a small town smoldering. The Oklahoma Forestry Service had reported 15 separate fires around the state. The largest fire covered about 32,000 acres south. The Bible says in Luke 21:26: "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth..." You can read these stories in more detail and get more prophecy-related news at SecondComingHerald.com