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News
Updated December 21, 2023 - 9:16 PM EST
Gaza Toll at 20,000; Likely To Be Even Higher
 
  Hostage Talks Resume, but Several Hurdles Remain
  Israeli Hostage Begged Troops for Help Days Before Mistaken Shooting
  Israeli Tank 'Fired at Building Housing Israelis on 7 October'
  Israeli Firm Pitches Beachfront Real Estate in Leveled Gaza
US Veto Threat Delays UN Vote on Gaza Ceasefire
 
  US Privately Moves to Block International Accountability for Gaza
  Israel Has Backed Itself Into a Corner on Post-War Gaza Occupation
Officials: Israel Near Full-Scale War With Hezbollah
 
  Israel Says It Struck More Positions in Southern Lebanon, Syria
Arab States Steer Clear of Anti-Houthi Naval Task Force
EU Manages a Muddled Message of Support for Ukraine
Viewpoints
item In Gaza, the Next Generation of Radicalization Begins  by Branko Marcetic
item 'Let It Be a Tale': On Refaat Alareer and the Martyrdom of the Gaza Intellectual  by Ramzy Baroud
item The UN General Assembly Just Rebuked US Hegemony  by Ted Snider
item President Biden Is Wrong. Military Spending Doesn't Produce Wealth  by Mihai Macovei

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Frontline
Israeli Journalist Says Army Should Have Killed 100,000 Palestinians
Ben-Gvir, Israel Army Chief Row Over Settler, Army Violence
40 Groups: Senate Has Days to Block New Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia
 
Ukraine
Ukraine's Citizen Army Struggles With a Hidden Enemy: Combat Stress
Ukrainian Army Proposal to Call Up More Civilians Gets Mixed Reaction in Kyiv
Analysts Say Ukraine's Forces Are Pivoting to Defense After Russia Held Off Their Counteroffensive
Ukraine To Produce a Million FPV Drones Next Year: Minister
Ukrainians Prepare for First Wartime Christmas on New Calendar
Russia
Kremlin Says There Is No Current Basis for Negotiations With Ukraine
Putin Ratchets Up Pressure in Ukraine Expecting Western Support to Dwindle
Anti-War Candidate Duntsova Applies To Run Against Putin for Russian President
Sanctions on Russian Oil Have Failed. Were They Ever Meant To Succeed?
Germany
German Parliament Approves $3 Billion Guided Missile Procurement
Germany's Top Prosecutor Files Motion for Asset Forfeiture of $789 Million of Frozen Russian Money
Europe
Czech Republic Wants To Piggyback on German Leopard 2A8 Tank Buy
Belgian PM Sees China as 'Hostile' Country After Espionage Allegations
Poland's New Pro-EU Government Dismisses State Media Chiefs
Abramovich Loses Legal Action Against EU Sanctions Over Ties to Putin
Swiss Capital Bern Considers Legal Cocaine Project
Dublin To Take Legal Action Over UK's Northern Ireland Amnesty Law for Soldiers and Militants
Pakistan
Party of Pakistan's Popular
Ex-Premier Imran Khan Says He'll Contest Upcoming Elections From Prison
Separatist Leader in Pakistan Appears Before Cameras and Says He Has Surrendered With 70 Followers
Myanmar
Myanmar Ethnic Armed Group Seizes Another Crossing Point Along the Chinese Border, Reports Say
More Clashes in Myanmar's Rakhine State
Tentative Truce Shows China's Influence – and Its Limits – in Myanmar
Asia
In China's Eyes We're All Separatists, Taiwan Presidential Frontrunner Says
US Flies Bombers for Joint Drills With South Korea, Japan After North's Long-Range Missile Launch
White House: 'We Didn't Just Leave a Bunch of Weapons in Afghanistan'
USAF Considers Upgrading Guam Air Base for Singapore F-15s
India's Manipur State Buries Victims of Ethnic Clashes
Malaysia Bans Israel-Flagged Ships From Its Ports in Response to Gaza War
Venezuela
US, Venezuela Swap Prisoners as Tensions Ease
'Fat Leonard,' Fugitive in Navy Bribery Case, Facing Extradition to US in Venezuela Prisoner Swap
Americas
Suriname's Ex-Dictator Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for the 1982 Killings of Political Opponents
US Indictment Against High-Ranking Hezbollah Figure Says He Helped Plan Deadly 1994 Argentina Bombing
 
Gaza
Palestinian Red Crescent Says Unable to Reach the Wounded in Gaza
'Barely a Drop': UN Warns Water Shortages a Deadly Risk for Gaza Children
Hamas Leader Sinwar Said To Narrowly Evade Capture by IDF Two Separate Times
Israel's Top Diplomat Wants To Fast-Track Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Via Maritime Corridor From Cyprus
Israel Holding Bodies of 17 Dead Palestinian Detainees: NGO
Top Hamas Military Man Mohammed Deif 'Alive and Well'
Biden: New Captive Deal Not Expected Soon
Hamas Chief in Egypt for 'Intensive' Truce Talks: Report
Nearly 66 Percent of Jobs Lost in Gaza Since Israel-Hamas War Broke Out
'I Don't Care About Gaza, I Want To See Dead Bodies of Terrorists': Israeli Politician
World Health Organization Describes Dire Scene at Al-Ahli Hospital in Northern Gaza
Americans Struggle to Save Relatives in Gaza Stalked by Violence, Hunger
Israel/Palestine
Kill a Detained Hamas Member Each Day Israeli Hostages Are Held, Ben-Gvir Says
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man Near Hebron
Palestinian Activist Munther Amira Tied Up, Beaten, and Arrested by Israeli Forces in Aida Refugee Camp
Injured Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Meet With Netanyahu
19 Guards Suspected of Assaulting Security Prisoner Who Died in Israeli Prison
Israel Preparing Citizens for 'Concessions' With Hamas: Israeli Media
US Defense Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Defending Israel
Lebanon
Border Clashes Impacting Lebanon's Economy, Environment: UN
West Looks to UNSCR 1701 To Resolve Lebanon-Israel Conflict
Iraq
US Base Struck by Rockets in Western Iraq
Ankara, Baghdad Agree To Expel PKK From Iraq: Turkish Media
Iraq's Governing Shi'ite Alliance Strengthened in Provincial Elections
Yemen
If US Attacks Yemen, Its Battleships Will Be Struck: Sayyed Al-Houthi
Are Houthi Red Sea Attacks Hurting Israel and Disrupting Global Trade?
Middle East
US Sanctions Network Accused of Supplying Iran's Drone Production
New Kuwait Emir Rebukes Parliament, Cabinet in Inaugural Speech
Africa
Burkina Faso Detains Four French Civil Servants, Says Diplomatic Source
'Remove Him': Sudan Army Chief Al-Burhan Faces Calls To Go After RSF Gains
Egypt, Ethiopia Trade Blame as Nile Dam Talks Fail
Guinea-Bissau President Sacks Prime Minister, Names Replacement
Rwandan Doctor Given 24-Year Jail Sentence in France Over 1994 Genocide
The War at Home
Sensitive Documents Showed Up on War Thunder Online Game Forums. Again.
US Army to Trim Black Hawk Helicopter Fleet
 
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Columnists

Ramzy Baroud
12/21/2023
‘Let It Be a Tale’: On Refaat Alareer and the Martyrdom of the Gaza Intellectual

Ted Snider
12/21/2023
The General Assembly Just Rebuked US Hegemony

Ron Paul
12/19/2023
The NDAA: Congress’ ‘Gift’ to America This Christmas

Daniel Larison
12/15/2023
Keep US Troops Out of Post-War Gaza

Sheldon Richman
12/12/2023
Inspiration for the Nakba?

David Stockman
11/29/2023
How American Neocons Wrecked the Middle East and Ukraine

Ted Galen Carpenter
10/31/2023
Some Alleged Restrainers Are Just Selective Ultra-Hawks

Scott Horton
10/28/2023
Netanyahu’s Support for Hamas Backfired

Doug Bandow
8/18/2023
How Will America’s Borrow and Spend Politicians Pay for an Imperial Foreign Policy?

Ray McGovern
6/17/2023
Dan Ellsberg’s Parting Plea: Don’t Wait

Dave DeCamp
5/12/2023
To Avoid a War With China Over Taiwan, the US Needs To Back Down

David R. Henderson
2/19/2023
How Much Is US Aid to Ukraine Costing You?

Patrick J. Buchanan
11/22/2022
Putin’s ‘Winter War’ on Ukraine

Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.)
2/10/2022
‘I Know You Are But What Am I’: Russia’s Ready Response to US Africa-Alarmism

Justin Raimondo
9/16/2019
The FBI vs. Antiwar.com
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