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Updated December 12, 2024 - 8:07 PM EST

Israel Killed Over 5,000 Gaza Civilians in Oct. 2023

Full Airwars Report on Israel's October 2023 Gaza Strikes

Ukraine Fires More US ATACMS Into Russia

Orban Says Zelensky Rejected Proposal for a Christmas Truce

Ukraine Gave HTS Drones Before Offensive

US Gave Kurds an Ultimatum To Withdraw From Manbij in North Syria

Israeli Attacks Kill 29 Palestinians in Gaza

		*UN General Assembly Votes for Gaza Cease-Fire*
		*Four Palestinian Died During Shin Bet Interrogations Since Oct 7*

Israeli Strikes Kill Five in Southern Lebanon

US Nonprofit Raised $300,000 for Israeli Sniper Unit

House Passes Massive $895 Billion NDAA

Viewpoints

	The Tectonic Shift: Gaza Genocide and the Limits of Israeli Hasbara by Ramzy Baroud
	War in Ukraine Has Been a Major Contributor to Global Inflation by Branko Marcetic

	Washington Should Get Out of Syria by Jon Hoffman
	With the Fall of Damascus Warhawks Jump for Joy by Don Via Jr.
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Risking Mexico and the Trump Presidency
by Doug Bandow

Frontline

	Senator Rand Paul Urges Immediate US Troop Withdrawal From Syria
	Death Toll in Al Jazirah Reaches 7,000 as RSF Violence Continues
	Gaza Genocide Makes 2024 'One of Deadliest Years' for Journalists

Israeli Strikes on the Gaza Strip Kill at Least 29 More Palestinians
IMAGO/APAimages via Reuters Connect

Syria

	US Lawmakers Urge White House to Enact 'Syria Sanctions Relief': Report
	Qatar to Reopen Embassy in Syria, Looking to 'Strengthen Ties' With HTS-Led Regime
	Tomb of Ousted President Bashar Al-Assad's Father Torched in Qardah
	More Than 100,000 Syrian Asylum Cases Pending in EU
	New Syria PM Calls for Syrians Abroad To Return
	US Rushes To Contain Turkey-Backed Offensive Against SDF in Syria
	Fighters Who Overthrew Al-Assad Claim Control of Syria's Deir Az Zor City
	HTS, Armed Groups Assault Sayyeda Zeinab Shrine and St. Georges Church
	Dutch Woman Gets 10 Years in Prison for Enslaving Yazidi After Joining ISIS in Syria

Middle East

	Lebanese Army To Deploy Troops at Border
	Iran's Khamenei Says Al-Assad Ouster a US-Israel 'Plot', Blames 'Neighbor'
	MbS Lobbied Cameron Over Saudi Dissident in UK, Docs Reveal

Sudan

	RSF Shelling Kills 15, Wounds Dozens in El-Fashir
	Dozens of Civilians Killed in Two Days of Intense Fighting in Sudan
	The Gold Rush at the Heart of the Sudan Civil War
	The Global War Machine Supplying Colombian Mercenaries To Fight in Sudan
	Sudan Largest Humanitarian Crisis Ever Recorded: IRC Report

Somalia

	Jubaland Forces Defeat Somalia National Army Troops, Hundreds Flee Across Kenyan Border
	Clashes Erupt Between Somalia's Federal Troops and Regional Forces Over a Disputed Local Election

Africa

	Morocco Sentences BDS Activist to One Year in Jail
	'Bloody Crackdown' on Mozambique Protests Has Killed 110: Amnesty
	Boko Haram Kill 14 Nigerian Fishermen in Niger: Militia
	Ghana to Botswana: Why African Voters Are Throwing Out Ruling Parties
	Foreign Mercenaries Defending DR Congo From M23 Rebels

Haiti

	Nine Killed in Haiti in Latest Gang Attack
	Haiti's 'Vodou' Murders: Why Did a Gang Kill Nearly 200 People?
	Haiti's Main International Airport Reopens a Month After Gang Attack

Afghanistan

	Afghan Refugees Minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani Killed in Blast With Five Others
	Russian Lawmakers Advance a Bill Removing the Terrorist Designation for the Taliban

Israel/Palestine

	Sixty Patients at Gaza Hospital at Risk of Starving, Authorities Say
	Netanyahu Tells Israelis the Failures of Oct. 7 Will Never Be Investigated
	Sullivan in Middle East for Final Gaza Ceasefire Push
	Israeli Raids Across West Bank; Scores of Palestinians Detained
	These Palestinians Disappeared After Encounters With Israeli Troops in Gaza
	Palestinian Authority Forces Clash With Palestinian Fighters in Jenin; One Killed
	How Settlers-Turned-Soldiers Abuse Palestinians in Hebron
	Thousands of Pregnant Women Left Without Essentials in Gaza

Russia

	Moscow Says US Loan to Kyiv Backed by Frozen Russian Assets 'Theft'
	Russia Tells Citizens Not To Travel to US or Allies
	Russian Gas Flows to Europe Remain Stable Days Before Ukraine Transit Deal Ends

Ukraine

	Missile Strike on Ukraine Clinic Kills at Least Four
	Ukraine Says Aerial Attack Sparks Fire at Key Russian Oil Depot
	Two Ukrainian Women Are Pulled Alive From Rubble Hours After Russian Missile Strike
	'Abandoned': Ukraine War Veterans Who Fought Russia Feel Snubbed, Forgotten

Europe

	Poland Test-Fires HOMAR-K MRLS With Greater Range Than HIMARS
	Spain Calls for 'Red Lines' in Talks With New Syria Leadership
	Independent MP Adnan Hussain Calls UK Pause on Syrian Asylum Decisions 'Dangerous'
	EU Adopts New Round of Russian Sanctions Focusing on 50 Shadow Tankers
	How France's Political Crisis Threatens Military Expenditures
	Germany To Enable 'Voluntary, Secure' Returns for Syrian Refugees

The War at Home

	Gaza Protesters Disrupt Blinken's Testimony in Congress
	No Iranian Drone 'Mothership' Off US Coast, Launching Drones, Pentagon Says
	Defense Department Launches New AI Office for Rapid Adoption
	Trump's NASA Pick Says Military Will Inevitably Put Troops in Space
	US Military Eyes Joint Technology Through Japan Space Partnership
	FBI Director Chris Wray Says He'll Resign as Trump Takes Office

Asia

	South Korean Police Raid Presidential Office, Ex-Minister Attempts Suicide
	India Discusses $4 Billion Russian Radar Purchase To Track Chinese ICBMs, Stealth Fighters
	US Defense Secretary in Japan To Support Alliance as Osprey Aircraft Safety Causes Concern