Archived Antiwar.com News from September 24, 2023

News

Updated September 24, 2023 - 8:27 PM EDT

US Ready To Provide Kiev With Cluster ATACMS

		*Kyiv Launches More Attacks on Sevastopol in Crimea*
		*Zelensky Gets More Cluster Bombs in DC Visit*

		28 Republicans Tell Biden They're Against More Ukraine Aid
		*Pentagon Exempts Ukraine Operations From Government Shutdown*

Gen. Defends Prediction of War With China by 2025

US Deploys Drone Ships Near China for the First Time

Netanyahu, MbS Suggest Normalization Progress

Sen. Murphy Wary of Committing 'American Blood' to Saudi Arabia

Australian MPs in US Call for Assange's Freedom

US to Finance Kenyan Soldiers for Mission to Haiti

Sen. Menendez Indicted on Scheme Benefiting Egypt Govt

Viewpoints

	Strident Hawks Who Have Russians in Their Closet by Branko Marcetic
	Tel Aviv's Losing Brands: Israeli 'Coup' and the Death of False Democracy by Ramzy Baroud

	The US Economic War on China by Jeffrey D. Sachs
	American War Crimes Are Quickly Forgotten by Kym Robinson
More Viewpoints

The Federal Govt Should Not Be Held Hostage for Ukraine Funding
by Sen. Rand Paul

Frontline

	Assad Visit Will Take Syria-China Ties to 'New Level': Beijing
	Senators Urge Payments for Americans Harmed by Nuclear Tests
	At Least 200 Killed, 400 Wounded in Karabakh Operation: Artsakh

Palestine/Israel

	Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Houses, Vehicles in Northern West Bank
	Palestinian Boy Discovers Undercover Israeli Forces, They Kill Him: Rights Group
	Palestinian Officials Happy After Saudis Convene Event in US
	Palestinian Detainee Sultan Khalouf Suspends Hunger Strike After Securing Release Date
	Israel's Closure of Erez Crossing Puts Palestinian Jobs at Risk
	UN Reports Says West Bank Settler Violence Has Displaced Over 1,100 Palestinians Since 2022
	Israelis Launch Campaign to Free Killer Responsible for Deadly Arson Attack
	Israeli Forces Break Into Palestinian Elementary School Near Jerusalem
	What's Happening With Normalizing Ties Between Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Middle East

	Iraq Discusses Natural Gas Investments With US Firms
	Jordan, Lebanon Warn of Severity of Syrian Refugee Crisis
	Iranian Court Gives a Tajik Man Two Death Sentences for an Attack at a Major Shi'ite Shrine
	Eleven Things We Learned From Saudi Crown Prince Interview
	Kuwait PM Says Iraqi Waterway Ruling Has 'Historical Fallacies'
	Turkey and Israel Will Explore Joint Drilling in East Mediterranean, Erdogan Says

Philippines

	Two Activists Freed in Philippines After Being 'Abducted by the Military'
	Filipino Activists Accuse Marcos of 'Witch-Hunt'

Asia

	South Korea Lawmakers Vote To Sack Prime Minister
	Pakistan to Hold General Elections in Last Week of January, Says Poll Panel
	India Suspends Visa Services for Citizens of Canada and Tells It To Cut Its Diplomats
	US to Provide $116 Million in Humanitarian Aid for Myanmar, Bangladesh

North America

	Canada Gets Muted Allied Support After Alleging India May Have Been Involved in Killing of Canadian
	Mexico Sought 16 More Military Arrests Over 43 Missing Students, President Says

The War at Home

	Republican Rebels Block Pentagon Funding Bill in Gut Punch to Kevin McCarthy
	US Army Failing to Ensure Family Housing 'Safe' From Lead Paint, Asbestos

Russia

	Turkey's Erdogan Says He Doesn't Agree With Others' Negative Approach Toward Putin
	Russian Air Attacks Hit Ukraine Cities From East to West, More Than 20 Hurt
	Yellen Signals Support for Windfall Tax on Frozen Russian Assets

Nagorno-Karabakh

	Nagorno-Karabakh Belligerents Trade Barbs as UN Security Council Demands Peace
	Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians Seek Guarantees Before Handing Arms to Baku
	Armenians Wait Forlornly for Relatives at Border With Azerbaijan

Europe

	Bulgarian Nationalists Protest Against NATO Bases, Want Government Out
	Spain Acquiring 25 Additional Eurofighter Jets
	Switzerland Parliament Approves Burqa Ban
	UK to Charge Five Bulgarian Nationals With Spying for Russia

Ethiopia

	Ethiopia's Lalibela Rocked by Artillery Fire: Residents
	US Contractor Charged With Giving Classified Information to Ethiopia

Africa

	Central African Republic Leader Blames West's 'Plundering' of Africa for Migrant Crisis
	16 Killed in Burkina Faso 'Terrorist' Attacks
	DR Congo President Tshisekedi Seeks Withdrawal of UN Peacekeepers This Year
	Nine Killed by Unknown Assailants in Northern Ghana: Local Official
	Libya Flood Disaster Displaced Over 43,000 People: IOM
	'Truly Unbearable': Timbuktu Suffocates Under Jihadist Blockade
	Diplomatic Solution in Niger 'Still Possible': Senegal
	Port Sudan Fighting Reflects Tribal-Army Tensions
	Two French Journalists Expelled From Morocco as Tensions Revive Between Rabat and Paris
	Three South African Navy Personnel Dead in Freak Submarine Incident at Sea