Archived Antiwar.com News from February 08, 2024

News

Updated February 8, 2024 - 9:14 PM EST

US Kills High-Ranking Kataib Hezbollah Commander

Israeli Airstrikes Kill Several Civilians In Syria

Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Offer for Hostage Deal

		Saudi Arabia Rebukes US Comments on Israel Normalization
		Israeli Activists Set Up Tents To Block Aid From Reaching Gaza

IDF Opens Probe of Oct. 7 Friendly Fire Deaths

		Congress Attacks UNRWA Over Baseless Israel Accusations
		Parents Desperate To Find Diapers and Baby Formula in Gaza

US Military Advisors Sent to Islands on China Coast

Meet the Kinmen Islanders Who Want a Bridge, Not a War

Zelensky Fires Top General, a Move Expected to Backfire

Senate Votes To Debate $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill

Viewpoints

	Netanyahu's War on Truth by Jeremy Scahill
	Breaching the 'Iron Wall': How Palestinians Crushed Jabotinsky's Century-Old Ideas by Ramzy Baroud

	A Visit to Julian Assange in Prison by Jeffrey Sterling
	Chaos in the Red Sea by Lenny Broytman
More Viewpoints

What Does It Mean To Be 'America First'?
by Hunter DeRensis

Frontline

	Most Israelis Want Early Elections, About Half Oppose Palestinian State
	Pressure Mounts for Diplomatic Solution on Lebanon-Israel Border
	Five US Marines Missing After Helicopter Found Near San Diego

Russia

	Russia Attacks Targets Across Ukraine With Missiles and Drones as EU's Top Diplomat Visits Kyiv
	Kremlin Says Goals of Russia's 'Special Military Operation' in Ukraine Remain Unchanged
	Ex-Russian President Warns NATO of 'Apocalypse'

Ukraine

	Ukraine to Create Military Branch for Drone Warfare
	IAEA Chief Says Less Shelling at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Inspects Water Supply

Sweden

	Sweden Plans To Stop Probe Into Nord Stream Blasts
	'It's Healthy To Be on War Alert': Sweden's Conscription Push Gathers Pace

Europe

	Azerbaijan President Aliyev Re-Elected in Landslide After Historic Karabakh Win
	EU-NATO Countries Entirely Split Over Israel, Iran, and Houthis
	EU Launches Legal Action Against Hungary's 'Sovereignty' Law

Pakistan

	Bombings at Pakistani Political Offices Kill at Least 30 a Day Before Parliamentary Elections
	Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Bombings on Eve of Pakistan Election
	Followers of Jailed Khan Vow Covert Vote During Pakistan Polls
	Pakistan Election: Who Is Running? What Are Main Issues?
	Timeline of Key Events Leading Up to Parliamentary Election

Asia

	Illegitimate Detention of US Citizens in Afghanistan 'Unacceptable': McCaul
	Amnesty Urges India To Halt Illegal Bulldozing of Muslim Properties
	Police in Indian-Controlled Kashmir Say Militants Fire on Workers From Punjab State, Killing One
	North Korea Scraps All Economic Cooperation With South Korea
	Thailand, Muslim Separatists Agree on New Plan To End Violence

The War at Home

	Troops Still Wait Weeks for Off-Base Mental Health Appointments
	Air Force Seeks Retirees to Come Back to Active Duty
	Biden Is Sending Aides to Michigan to See Arab American and Muslim Leaders Over the Israel-Hamas War
	Navy 'Urgently' Needs to Fix New Hawaii Water Issues, Lawmaker Says

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinians Packed in Intolerably Overcrowded Cells in Israeli Prisons, Says Israeli Public Defender's Office
	US Deported a Palestinian to Gaza – and He Was Killed a Few Months Later
	Full Text of Hamas Response to Ceasefire Proposal
	Israeli Wineries Near Lebanon Fear Harvest Failure as War With Hezbollah Looms
	Red Cross Warns of 'Catastrophic' Health Situation for Chronically Ill Patients in Gaza
	Israeli Forces Kill Paramedic, Open Fire on Al Amal Hospital
	Qatar Says Hamas Response to Truce Proposal 'Generally Positive'
	After Talks, Blinken Says Cease-Fire Deal Between Israel and Hamas Is Still Possible
	UN Chief Warns of 'Age of Chaos' as Security Council Stays Divided on Gaza
	After UNRWA Cuts, Congressional Staffers Organize Gaza Fundraiser

Middle East

	Iraq Says 'No Contact' With US After Latest Attack
	Israeli Strikes on South Lebanon Kill Civilian
	Oil Slicks Blamed on Turkish Strikes Blight Northeast Syria River
	Drone in Jordan Attack That Killed US Troops Likely Went Undetected

Sudan

	Ukrainian Special Forces 'in Sudan Operating Against Russian Mercenaries'
	Network Blackout Cuts Communications for Millions in War-Torn Sudan
	UN Aid Chief Says Warring Sudan Generals Agreed To Talk on Humanitarian Issues. He's Still Waiting
	UN Agencies Seek $4.1 Billion To Help Civilians in Sudan and Refugees Who Fled the Country's 10-Month War

DR Congo

	Residents Scatter as They Fear DR Congo Rebel Group Will Again Seize Key Eastern City of Goma
	Deal Signed To Export DR Congo Copper Via Corridor Partially Funded by US
	Thousands Flee in Eastern DR Congo as M23 Rebels Advance Near Goma

Latin America

	Former Rebel Leader Arrives in Haiti's Capital as Protests Against Prime Minister Gain Momentum
	Nicaragua Grants Asylum to Panama's Ex-President Martinelli