Archived Antiwar.com News from May 17, 2023

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Updated May 17, 2023 - 8:26 PM EDT

China Says New US Support for Taiwan 'Intolerable'

US to Sign Deal to Maintain Military Access to Micronesia

Russia Hits US-Made Patriot System in Kyiv

		*African Leaders to Present Peace Plan to Putin, Zelensky*
		*CIA Publishes Video Telling Russians to Contact Them*

Ukraine Joins NATO's Cyber Defense Center

NATO Conducts Largest Ever Anti-Submarine Drills

GOP Plan to Cut Defense Lost in Debt Limit Debate

Biden Cancels Visit to Papua New Guinea, Australia Over Debt Ceiling

US and Syria Engaged in Talks in Oman

Up to 4.5 Million Dead in 'Post-9/11 War Zones'

Viewpoints

	The US Should Be a Force for Peace in the World by Eisenhower Media Network
	New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined 'Unity' by Ramzy Baroud

	Confessions of a CIA Terrorist by Rick Sterling
	What the 68-Year-Old Austria Treaty Could Tell Us About Ukraine Today by James Carden
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

On Korea, Joe Biden Is Choosing Every Bad Option
by Ted Galen Carpenter

Frontline

	Four People Killed in Attack on US Diplomatic Convoy in Nigeria
	HRW: Two-Thirds of the Afghanistan's Population Is Food Insecure

Up to 4.5 Million Dead in
'Post-9/11 War Zones': Study

Ukraine

	Ukrainian Army Revamps Commercial Drones to Attack Russian Tanks, Trenches
	Hungary Blocks Next Tranche of EU Off-Budget Military Support for Ukraine
	Ukraine Supreme Court Chief Detained in $2.7 Million Graft Probe

Russia

	EU Gets More Cautious on Hitting Countries Over Russia Sanctions
	US Releases Nuclear Warhead Data in Bid to Pressure Russia
	Georgia to Resume Flights to Russia This Week, Drawing EU and Ukrainian Criticism

Europe

	Moldovan Region Headed for Clash With Pro-European Govt
	Great-Nephew of President Macron's Wife Is Beaten by Pension Protesters
	F-22 Raptors Deploy to Estonia to Bolster Baltic Air Defense
	EU to Curb Indian Fuel Imports Made With Russian Oil
	Poland Receives Integrated Battle Command System for Air Defense Program

Afghanistan

	Afghan Women Without Male Breadwinners Work as Street Vendors in Herat
	Taliban Ministry: Agricultural Complexes to Be Built in Four National Zones

Pakistan

	Police Officer Opens Fire at Bus at Girls' School in Pakistan, Killing One, Injuring Five
	At Least 16 Killed as Pakistan Tribes Clash Over Coal Mine

Taiwan

	In Taiwan, Former UK PM Truss Warns Against Appeasing China
	Taiwan Speaker Hails Japan, South Korea, and Philippines for 'Crescent of Defense'

Asia

	Japan, China Ministers Make First Call on Defense Hotline
	South Korea's President Vows to Expand Non-Lethal Aid to Kyiv in Meeting With Ukraine's First Lady
	Thailand's Thaksin Lauds 'Disruptors' Move Forward for Election Triumph

The War at Home

	Camp Lejeune Veterans Have 70% Greater Risk of Parkinson's Disease, VA Study Finds
	US Announces Criminal Cases Involving Flow of Technology, Info to Russia, China, and Iran
	Hypersonics, Nukes Top House Lawmaker's Priorities List
	National Guard F-15 Seen Damaged in Drainage Canal After Landing Mishap

Palestine/Israel

	Dozens of Gaza Families Left Homeless by Israeli Air Strikes
	Israeli Forces Injure Three Young Palestinian Men in Jenin
	Settlers Set Fire to Palestinian Crops in Bethlehem
	Israel Threatens Violence if 'Flag March' Disrupted
	Shocking Restrictions Imposed on Foreign Entry to Occupied West Bank: Report
	An Israeli Missile Destroys the Home of Five Disabled Siblings
	Home to an 'Extremist' Yeshiva, a Quiet Tel Aviv Neighborhood Turns Into a Battleground
	Israel, Peru Collaborate on Assault Rifle Production

Saudi Arabia

	German FM Praises Saudi Efforts to 'Find Solutions for Regional Crises'
	Twitter, Saudi Arabia Sued in US Over Jailed User

Turkey

	Three Turkish Soldiers Killed in Clashes With PKK
	In Blow to Kurds, Ultranationalist Runner-Up Takes 'Kingmaker' Spot in Turkey

Iraq

	Iraq Daily Roundup: 13 Killed
	Iraq Lays to Rest 78 Killed by ISIS and Found in Mass Grave

Middle East

	Tehran Pressures Baghdad to Expel Iranian Kurdish Groups
	France Issues Arrest Warrant for Lebanon's Central Bank Chief
	Syria's Arab League Return Proof That When US Shadow Shrinks, Peace Spreads: Chinese FM
	Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Mansoor Adayfi Has Yemeni Passport Restored
	Qatar and Bahrain Agree to Resume Flights

Sudan

	Death Toll From Sudan Fighting Rises to 822
	Photos: Sudanese Capital Devastated by a Month of Brutal Fighting
	Bombardment Escalates as Factions Battle in Sudan Capital

Africa

	France to Compensate More Algerian Harki Fighters' Families
	Libya: Parliament Suspends Rival Eastern-Based PM Bashagha
	Gunmen Kill 29 Villagers in Latest Attack in Hard-Hit North Nigeria
	Deaths as Senegal Protests Turn Violent