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Updated February 5, 2024 - 9:23 PM EST

Attack on US Base in Syria Kills 6 US-Backed Kurds

US Refuses to Rule Out Strikes Inside Iran

		*US, UK Launch Another Round of Heavy Strikes on Yemen*
		*Iraqi Declares Three Days of Mourning for Those Killed in US Airstrikes*
		*Iraqi Bases Housing US Troops Attacked Following Strikes on Militias*

Senate Unveils $118 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill

House to Vote on $17.6 Billion in New Military Aid for Israel

Israeli Army Behind Graphic Telegram Channel

		*Live Updates: Israeli Strikes Level Homes in Deir el-Balah*
		*UN: 17,000 Gaza Children Left Unaccompanied Amid Israel's War*

Ukraine Shells Bakery With US Weapons, Kills 28

Viewpoints

	The Democracy Versus Autocracy Narrative Has a Ukraine Problem by Ted Snider
	History, Olive Trees, and Football: What Keeps Palestinians Strong by Ramzy Baroud

	Beware the Iran 'Pearl Harbor' Moment by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
	To Bomb or Not to Bomb Iran: That Is the Question by Douglas Macgregor
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

11,500 Children Killed in Gaza.
A Horror With No Explanation
by Gideon Levy

Frontline

	European Civil Servants Condemn Governments for Fueling Israeli War Crimes
	Ex-CIA Software Engineer Who Leaked to WikiLeaks Sentenced to 40 Years
	Two Israelis Arrested on Suspicion of Spitting at Christian Abbot in Jerusalem

Iraqi PM Declares Three Days of Mourning for Those Killed in US Airstrikes

Gaza

	Palestinian Executed in Gaza City as He 'Searched for Food'
	The EU Is Worried That Israel Might Extend the War in Gaza to a 'Pressure Cooker' Town Near Egypt
	Israel Strikes South Gaza Kindergarten Housing Displaced, Several Dead
	Hamas Hounds Israeli Forces in Main Gaza Cities
	Funding Freeze Could Halt UNRWA Operations by End of Month
	USAID's Samantha Power Confronted by Staff Over Biden's Gaza Policy
	Israel Holds Pregnant Palestinian Woman, Even After Ambulance Driver Husband Surrenders

Iraq

	Iraq Denies Washington Notified Govt Prior to Deadly Overnight Attack
	Iraq Bans Eight Local Banks From US Dollar Transactions
	Top US Official Raps Iraq for Failing To 'Control' Iran-Backed 'Creatures'
	'Overshadow Gaza Crimes': World Reacts to US Attacks on Iraq and Syria

Iran

	Iran Will Not Start a War but Will Respond to Bullies: Raisi
	US Strikes To Have 'Grave Consequences on US Forces in Region': Iranian Source
	'Strategic Error': Iran Condemns US Attacks on Iraq, Syria

Turkey

	Turkish Police Arrest Gunman Who Took 7 Hostage in Protest of Israel War
	Turkish Soldier Killed in Kurdistan Region

DR Congo

	DR Congo Youth Group Says Seven Activists Abducted by Suspected Security Agents
	Armed Group Fires on UN Helicopter in DR Congo, Injuring Two Peacekeepers, One Seriously

Pakistan

	Pakistan's Imran Khan, Wife Now Get Seven Years Jail for Marriage Law Violation
	Pakistan Extends Afghan Refugees' Stay Until March
	Pakistan Military Says It Killed 24 Militants

Maldives

	Maldives Government Asks India Why Its Coast Guard Boarded Three Fishing Boats
	India to Replace Troops in Maldives With Civilians by May

North / South Korea

	South Korea To Start Mass Production of KF-21 Fighter Jets
	North Korea Tests More Cruise Missiles as Leader Kim Calls for War Readiness

Ukraine

	US Interested in Buying Artillery Shells From Turkey for Kyiv
	Turkey Will Discuss 'New Mechanism' for Ukraine Black Sea Grain Exports With Russia

Hungary

	Hungary Mulls Selling Outdated Military Equipment to Serbia
	US Lawmakers Call on Hungary's Orban to Immediately Approve Sweden's NATO Membership

United Kingdom

	Cameron: UK Could Recognize Palestinian State Before Any Deal With Israel
	UK Aircraft Carrier Sidelined From NATO Exercises Due to Propeller Problem

The War at Home

	Biden's Team Bracing for Special Counsel's Report on Classified Docs
	Vet Advocate Says 'Smoking Gun' Records Prove Toxic Exposure at Military Base

Latin America

	Major Brazilian Bank Ceases Financing for Local Defense Industry
	Diplomatic Tensions Between Ecuador and Russia Over Military Equipment Deal With US Threaten Banana Exports

Israel/Palestine

	Brown University Students Launch 'Hunger Strike for Palestine'
	Israel, Lebanon Close to a War but the Memories of 2006 Conflict Remain Fresh
	Who Are the Israeli Settlers Sanctioned by the US Government?
	Scuffles as Hostages' Families, Supporters Block Key Tel Aviv Highway to Demand Deal
	Israeli Bank Freezes Account of Settler Yinon Levi Sanctioned by US
	Far-Right Israeli Minister's Criticism of Biden Sparks Anger
	EU Diplomat Says Defunding UN Palestinian Agency Would Be Dangerous
	Israel to Bring in 65,000 Foreign Building Workers to Replace Palestinians
	Canada to Sanction West Bank Settlers and Hamas Leaders: Minister
	House Passes Bill Banning Entry of Palestinian Liberation Organization Into US
	Blinken Heads Back to Mideast to Press Hostage Deal
	Saudis 'Open' to Israel Skipping Steps for Palestine State

Middle East

	Jordan Denies Taking Part in US Airstrikes on Iraqi Militias
	How Have Red Sea Attacks by Yemen's Houthi Fighters Affected Companies?

Africa

	Eritrean Troops Are Accused of Abducting Farmers and Stealing Livestock in Ethiopia's Tigray
	Namibia President and Anti-Apartheid Activist Hage Geingob Dies
	Suspected Militants Kill Four Nigerian Police Officers
	Senegal Police Fire Tear Gas as the Opposition Protests at Election Delay
	Sudanese Civilians Dying of Starvation Due to Warring Sides Limiting Aid Access, Says WFP
	Return to 'Despotism': Two-Year Sentence for Tunisian Artist Rashad Tamboura's Anti-Saied Mural

Asia Pacific

	Australia Stalling Decision on Military Exports to Israel Over Fear of Backlash
	US Approves $4 Billion Sale of MQ-9B Drones, Hellfire Missiles to India
	US Navy Wants Marine Drone Swarms To Counter Taiwan Invasion
	Papua Separatist Rebels Appeal to New Zealand Pilot's Captor to Let Him Go After a Year
	Myanmar's Rebels See Unity as Key to Victory Over Weakened Military Rulers
	US Official Urges Papua New Guinea to Reject Chinese Security Deal

Russia

	No New Import Bans in Next EU Russia Sanctions Package
	Russia Has Refused to Turn Over Bodies of Plane Crash Victims, Ukraine Says
	People Detained at Russia Protest Calling for Troops to Return From Ukraine
	Russia Calls for 'Urgent' UN Security Council Meeting on US Strikes in Iraq, Syria

Europe

	Belgium Summons Israeli Ambassador Over Bombing of Development Agency
	France Orders $1.2 Billion of Cannons, Vehicles and Helicopters
	Kosovo's Block on the Serbian Currency Raises Alarm in the EU and US
	Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill Appointed Northern Ireland's First Minister
	Norway Orders Kongsberg Missile Systems in $134 Million Deal
	Polish President Criticized for Doubting Ukraine Can Retake Crimea