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Updated December 16, 2024 - 12:01 AM EST

Blinken Confirms US in Contact With HTS

		*Israel To Expand Settlements in Occupied Golan Heights*
		*Israel Launches Dozens More Airstrikes in Syria*
		*US Assures SDF After Turkey Says Goal Is To Wipe Them Out*
		*HTS Orders Palestinian Resistance Factions To Disarm, Close Bases*

Netanyahu, Trump Discuss 'Victory' Against Iran

		*Trump Transition Team Considering Strikes on Iran*
		*Despite Talk of Iran's 'Nuclear Leap,' Little Has Changed*

Israeli Attack on School in South Gaza Kills 20

Gaza Aid Close to All-Time Lows Despite US Warning to Israel

Israel To Deploy Autonomous Weapons in W. Bank

PA Troops Launch Deadly Raid of West Bank's Jenin

Hungary Pushes Russia-Ukraine Christmas Truce

Viewpoints

	*Deadly USS Liberty* Attack Records Remain Secret – For Now by Michelle J. Kinnucan**
	The War in Gaza Is Far Worse Than You Thought by Matthew Petti

	The Syrian Fiasco by David Stockman
	Will Donald Trump Stop Domestic Spying? by Andrew P. Napolitano
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

How Washington Engineered the Ukraine Crisis
by John Mac Ghlionn

Frontline

	Call Between Netanyahu and Military Aide on Morning of Oct. 7 Revealed
	Syrian Minorities Flee To Lebanon in Fear of Extremists
	US Court Rejects TikTok Request To Temporarily Halt Pending US Ban

Blinken Confirms the US Is in Direct Contact With Al-Qaeda-Linked HTS
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Reuters

Gaza

	War on Gaza: Palestinians Recount Surviving Israel's Brutal Beit Lahia Offensive
	Hamas Ready for Ceasefire Deal With Israel: Politburo Member
	'World Cannot Look Away': UNICEF Condemns Tragedy for Gaza's Children
	Palestinian Mayor of Deir Al-Balah Killed in Israeli Airstrikes Across Gaza
	Hamas Says Israel 'Deliberately Bombed' Site To Kill Captives
	Israel Kills Al Jazeera Journalist in Gaza

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinian Authority Police Kill Senior Jenin Resistance Fighter
	Meet the Far-Right Settler Benjamin Netanyahu Has Tapped To Be the Next Israeli Ambassador to the US
	Eulogies for Slain Israeli Soldier Who 'Wanted To Kill'
	Yemen Announces Drone Operations Against Israeli Sites in Ashkelon, Tel Aviv
	20 Suspects, Including Lawmakers, Identified in Storming of Israeli Army Bases – None Have Been Questioned
	Bristol Palestine Film Festival Finds Reconciliation After Last Year's Cancellations
	Israeli Soldiers Kill Disabled Man During West Bank Raid
	Israeli Soldiers Denied Entry Into Australia Following War Crimes Visa Questions
	UN Warns Israel That Military Movements in Golan Heights Are Violation of 1974 Agreement
	Israeli MK Ofer Cassif on His Suspension, Genocide in Gaza and His Support for Palestine
	Conditions for Palestinian Prisoners Held by Israel Is Getting 'Unprecedently Worse'
	Palestinians Accuse UK of Supporting Israel Amid Gaza Famine
	Top Rabbi Urges Unemployed Israelis Not To Join Military

Sudan

	At Least Nine Killed in Drone Attack on Hospital in Darfur
	Turkey's Erdogan Offers To Mediate Between Sudan and UAE
	Deadly Attacks in Sudan's Darfur 'Shocking': WHO Chief
	Over Two-Thirds of Displaced Families in East Sudan Short of Food: NGO
	73 Killed in Artillery Attacks on Zamzam Refugee Camp in North Darfur
	Khartoum Bahri Residents Evacuated Amid Ongoing Clashes

Libya

	Key Libya Oil Refinery Halts Operations After Clashes
	Gunmen Clash in a Libyan City, Fires Erupt at a Nearby Oil Refinery
	Libya Brings Fires at Zawiya Refinery Under Control

Somaliland

	Abdirahman Abdullahi Forms Somaliland's Largest Cabinet in History
	Somaliland's New President Is Sworn in After Elections That Boosted Region's Drive for Recognition

Africa

	Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Agree to Grace Period in ECOWAS Withdrawal
	Guinea Opposition Angry at Junta's Extension of Transitional Rule
	Rwanda, DR Congo Peace Talks Hit Snag; Mediator Angola Says Meeting Called Off
	Niger Ministry Says 39 Killed in Attacks Near Burkina Faso

Syria

	Saudi Arabia Calls Israeli Golan Plan 'Sabotage' of Syria
	Photos: Syria's Schools Reopen a Week After Al-Assad's Overthrow
	Experts Warn of Unexploded Mines in Syria, Urge De-Mining Effort
	90,000 Syrians May Have Entered Lebanon Since Assad Ousted

Iraq

	Iraqi PM Awaits 'Actions, Not Words' From Syrian Transitional Council
	Rights Groups Urge Iraqi Government To Halt 'Secret Executions'

Turkey

	Turkey 'Ready' To Provide Military Support to New Syria Govt
	Turkey's Erdogan To Visit Cairo With Syria High on Agenda

Ukraine

	Ukrainian Drone Hits Russian National Guard Campus in Chechnya
	Chechen Leader Vows Revenge After Ukrainian Drone Strike
	Ukraine Reveals 2025 Non-Lethal Support Budget for Military
	Ukraine Says It Struck Russian Oil Terminal
	Ukrainian Military Reports Acquisition of Over One Million Drones in 2024

Russia

	Hungary and Bulgaria Try to Keep Russian Gas Flowing
	Russia in Contact With Syrian Rebels, Hopes to Keep Military Bases
	Russian Forces Destroy More Ukrainian Patriot Launchers: MOD

Germany

	Scholz Sets Germany on Course for an Early Election as He Requests a Confidence Vote Next Week
	Unidentified Drones Spotted Over German Military, Industrial Sites

Europe

	Five Killed in Shooting Near France's Dunkirk, Including Migrants and Guards
	Moldova in State of Emergency Expecting Halt to Russian Gas Supply
	Netherlands Court Rejects Request To Block Arms Exports to Israel
	Slovakia in 'Very Intense' Talks on 2025 Gas Supplies, Fico Says

Asia

	Joy and Celebrations in Seoul for Protesters as Yoon Is Impeached
	US Airman in Japan Is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting a Minor
	How America Turned Allies Into Enemies in Afghanistan
	US Starts Relocating Marines From Japan's Okinawa
	Thai Police Arrest Two After Deadly Bomb Attack at Festival

The War at Home

	Sen. Booker 'Concerned' About New Jersey Drone Sightings, Wants More Transparency
	Drone Mystery: New Jersey Homeowners Threaten To Take Matters Into Their Own Hands if Government Doesn't Act
	Waltz Says Federal Agencies Are 'Pointing at Each Other' To Figure Out Mysterious Drone Sightings
	Two NYU Faculty Members Arrested at Pro-Palestine Protest
	GAO Report on DoD Acquisition Reform
	US Army Colonel Found Guilty of Sexual Harassment in Trial Seen as a Milestone
	Military Academies See Drop in Sexual Assault and Harassment, but Rates Remain High