Archived Antiwar.com News from January 04, 2023

News

Updated January 4, 2023 - 9:18 PM EST

Death Toll in Ukraine Strike on Russian Soldiers in Donetsk Rises to 89

Israel's New FM Passed US Message to Lavrov

NATO Chief: Some Members Want to Raise Military Spending Levels

Rockets Hit Base Housing US Troops in E. Syria

US Says Approach to Venezuela's Maduro 'Not Changing'

Israel's Ben-Gvir at Al-Aqsa in 'Unprecedented Provocation'

US, S. Korea Preparing Response to 'Nuclear Use' by North

China's New FM Says 'Deeply Impressed' With Americans

Viewpoints

	Can NATO & US Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp From the Ukraine War? by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas JS Davies
	Culture of Hope: 2022 and the Margins of Victory in Palestine by Ramzy Baroud

	Israel Faces a Reckoning by M. Reza Behnam
	When Courting Quasi-Allies Like Ukraine Becomes a Moral Hazard by Benjamin Friedman & Natalie Armbruster
More Viewpoints

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Frontline

	Lagging Arms Production Makes Pentagon Wary of Further Industry Consolidation
	Al-Qaeda's 'Bizarre' Silence Over Zawahiri Successor
	Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Begins Visit to Beijing

Ukraine

	Drone Advances in Ukraine Could Bring Dawn of Killer Robots
	UK Sends Counter-Explosive Kits to Ukraine
	Ukrainian Volunteers Deliver Bodies, and Closure, to Troops' Families
	Russia Plans Drone Air Campaign to 'Exhaust' Ukraine: Zelensky

Germany

	Germany Refuses WWII Reparations Talks, Poland Turns to UN
	First Tanker Carrying LNG From US Arrives in Germany

Europe

	Britain Says It Is Committed to Leading a NATO Task Force in 2024
	Bulgaria Signs Long-Term Agreement to Use Turkish Gas Terminals
	Polish Army Orders 70,000 New Grot Carbines

Afghanistan/Pakistan

	Taliban Works on Permanent Solution to Women's Education, Work: MoI
	Afghan Taliban Term Pakistan's Statements 'Provocative', Seek Better Ties
	Afghanistan Used to Launch Attacks on Pakistan: Defense Minister
	Two Counter-Terrorism Officials Killed in Pakistan

India/Kashmir

	India to Locally Produce 100 More South Korean Howitzers
	Two Children Killed in Kashmir Blast Day After Four Gunned Down

Africa

	Five Killed in Attack Near Malian Capital
	Egypt Buys 12 Chinook Helos From Boeing
	Botswana Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Ian Khama
	Spain Court Opens Probe Into Alleged Eq. Guinea Torture of Nationals
	Volunteer Militia Blamed in New Burkina Faso Bloodshed
	Car Bomb Hits Convoy in Nigeria's Southeast; Four Killed
	Ugandan Soldier Fatally Shoots Three Colleagues in Somalia
	Tanzania's President Hassan Ends Six-Year Ban on Opposition Rallies
	DR Congo Rebels Have Not Retreated From Key Town, Say Locals

The War at Home

	US Navy Buys XQ-58A Valkyries for Secretive 'Killer' Drone Project
	Navy: USS Hopper's Insane Rust Buildup Actually Quite Normal
	Space Force Launches Experimental Weather Satellite
	Feds Order Review of Electrical-Grid Security After Substation Shootings

New Israeli Government

	Israeli FM Cohen Speaks With Bahraini Counterpart, as Concerns Rise Over Ties
	Netanyahu's UAE Visit Said Postponed After Abu Dhabi Slams Temple Mount Visit
	New Israeli FM Signals Policy Shift on Ukraine, Neutrality Toward Russia
	Israel's Ben-Gvir Enters Al-Aqsa: Why Was It Seen as Provocative?
	Who Are the Two Morocco-Born Ministers in Israeli New Govt?
	UAE, China Ask UN Security Council to Meet Over Al Aqsa Mosque: Diplomats
	Rocket Launched From Gaza at Israel After Threats Over Ben Gvir's Temple Mount Visit

Palestine/Israel

	Teenager Shot Dead by Israeli Forces in Third Palestinian Killing of 2023
	Post-Normalization Arab Tourism to Israel Not Materializing
	US State Representative Calls Israel 'Apartheid Run Thuggery'
	Israeli Govt to Forcibly Evict Eight Neighborhoods in Masafer Yatta
	Number of Palestinians Arrested by Israel in 2022 Revealed
	Israeli Officer Who Killed Unarmed Autistic Palestinian Was Promoted
	Christian Cemetery Vandalized on Mount Zion in Jerusalem
	Rise in Suicides, Total Deaths Seen Among IDF Soldiers in 2022, Says Military
	Palestinians From Gaza Risk Death at Sea Dreaming of a Better Life in Europe

Iran

	Iran, Saudi Officials Meet in Brazil to Reboot Stalled Talks
	Iran Vows to Avenge Qassem Soleimani's Killing Three Years Ago
	Soleimani Assassination Commemorated in Mass Rallies Across Region
	Iran Indicts Two French, One Belgian for Espionage

Iraq

	Iraq Says Ex-Official Returned Fraction of Stolen Billions
	Iraq Oil Revenues Top $115 Billion in 2022
	Iraq Ups Security at US Sites on Soleimani Death Anniversary

Turkey

	Turkey Deported Over 58,000 Syrian Refugees in 2022
	Turkey Downplays Assad Normalization After Syrian Anger
	Turkey's Inflation Rate Slows Sharply to 64.3%
	Turkey 'Neutralizes' Ten YPG Members in Northern Syria

Middle East

	Oil Facilities in Yemen Change Hands in $21.6 Million Deal
	Hezbollah Chief Denies Rumors of Poor Health, Slams 'Crazy' New Israeli Government
	New E-11A Communications Aircraft Handed Over to US Air Force at Saudi Base