Archived Antiwar.com News from February 13, 2024

News

Updated February 13, 2024 - 9:10 PM EST

Senate Passes $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill

		*Biden Not Reconsidering Support for Israel's Gaza Slaughter*
		*CIA Chief Burns Heads to Egypt for Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Talks*

EU's Top Diplomat Slams US for Arming Israel

Dutch Court Orders Government to Halt Delivery of F-35 Parts to Israel

Seized Russian Yacht Costing US Over $7 Million

Anti-Conscription Protests Emerge in Ukraine

Famine Looms in Sudan After 10 Months of War

Former Envoy: China Won't Fall Into 'Trap' of War in Taiwan

Viewpoints

	Zelensky Replacing Zaluzhny Is Not Just the Firing of Another General by Ted Snider
	Strike Warfare: An American Fetish and a Global Scourge by James A. Russell

	The Biden-Schumer Plan to Kill More Ukrainians by Jeffrey D. Sachs
	Tucker Slayed the Mainstream Media Dragon by Ron Paul
More Viewpoints

Terrorism in Africa Increased 100,000% During 'War on Terror'
by Nick Turse

Frontline

	Military Judge To Rule on CIA Torture Program in Sept. 11 Case
	Philippines Says Joint Exercises Held With US in South China Sea

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia Uses Zircon Hypersonic Missile in Ukraine for First Time, Researchers Say
	Musk Denies Selling Starlink Terminals to Russia After Kyiv Alleges Use
	Russia's Wagner Group Expands Into Africa's Sahel With a New Brand
	IMF Warns That Any Action on Russian Assets Needs 'Sufficient Legal Support'
	Russia Slaps Sanctions on British Officials, Historians, Academics
	Ukrainian Cats Boosting Military Funding Efforts Against Russia
	Ukraine Protests Destruction of Grain Exports by Polish Farmers

United Kingdom

	UK Steps Up War on Whistleblower Journalism With New National Security Act
	UK Defense Spending Hits Record $31.5 Billion
	UK Announces Sanctions on Four 'Extremist' Israeli Settlers
	Anti-Apartheid Campaigner Feinstein Set to Challenge Starmer in Upcoming UK Elections

Europe

	Estonia Receives Israeli Anti-Ship Missile That Covers Entire Baltic
	New NATO Member Finland Elects a President Set To Keep Up Hard Line on Neighboring Russia
	Germany's Scholz Pledges Meeting 2% NATO Spending Target
	Serbs in Northern Kosovo Rally Against Ban on Serbian Dinar

Afghanistan

	Around 1,600 Afghan Nationals Detained in Turkey: Officials
	Decades-Old Mass Grave Unearthed in Afghanistan: Taliban
	Taliban Official to Neighbor Countries: Do Not Force Afghan Refugees Out
	Foreign Aid Drops Sharply as Taliban Abuses Jeopardize Afghan Health System, Group Says

Pakistan

	Pakistani Protesters Block Highways to Demonstrate Against Election Results
	Pakistan's Premier Defends the Delay in Releasing Election Results and Denies the Vote Was Unfair
	Pakistan in Power Vacuum After Imran Khan Defies Election Odds From Jail
	Why Nawaz Sharif Failed to Win Pakistan Election Despite Tacit Army Support

The War at Home

	Vance: Foreign Aid Bill Could Get Trump Impeached
	Army Activates First Overseas Watercraft Unit in Decades

Latin America

	Colombia Secures $1.2 Billion in Loans for Budget, Peace Plans
	Haiti's Rum Industry Takes a Hit as Gangs Torch Sugarcane Fields

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinians Forced to Walk Miles for Contaminated Water
	Displaced Palestinians in Rafah Shot in Their Tents
	Israeli Massacre in Rafah Kills at Least 100 Palestinians
	'Continuation of Genocide:' Hamas Calls on ICJ to Stop Israeli War on Gaza
	Chief of UN Aid Agency in Gaza Calls EU Funds 'Absolutely Critical' but the Bloc Wants an Audit
	US Says Rafah Strike Should Not Impact Hostage Talks Ahead of Expected Spy Chiefs Meeting
	Two More Journalists Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza – Death Toll Rises to 126
	Did Biden Give Israel Green Light to Assault Gaza's Rafah?
	Hamas Armed Wing Says Three Israeli Hostages Killed in Israeli Airstrikes
	Two IDF Soldiers Killed in Southern Gaza Strip, Bringing Ground Op Death Toll to 229
	UAE Diplomat Says 'Irreversible' Progress to Palestinian State Needed for Gaza Reconstruction
	Settlers Reportedly Shoot Two Palestinians, Torch Cars in Latest West Bank Attacks
	Israel Bans UN's Francesca Albanese From Entering Israel

Middle East

	Iraq Weekly Roundup: Seven Killed
	Hezbollah Official Wounded in Israeli Strike on Lebanon
	UAE Defends Israel Ties as Gaza War Concerns Grow
	Qatar Releases Former Indian Navy Officers After Dropping Death Sentences on Charges of Spying for Israel

DR Congo

	Bomb Kills Three at DR Congo Displaced Camp
	DR Congo Protesters Burn US and Belgian Flags, Target Western Embassies
	Rwanda Using Sophisticated Surface-To-Air Missiles in East DR Congo: UN
	South Africa Will Deploy 2,900 Troops To Fight Armed Groups in DR Congo

Africa

	Egypt Is Threatening To Void Its Decades-Old Peace Treaty With Israel. What Does That Mean?
	One Killed in Bombing in Western Cameroon on Youth Day
	Central African Republic Says 10,000 Children Are Still Fighting Alongside Armed Groups There
	Dozens of Civilians Killed by Ethiopian State Troops in Amhara Region, Say Reports
	Senegal Opposition Keeps Up Pressure Ahead of New Protest
	Self-Defense Training in Port Sudan for Women, as Clashes Continue