Archived Antiwar.com News from February 04, 2025

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Updated February 4, 2025 - 8:32 PM EST

Trump Says US Will 'Take Over' the Gaza Strip

		*Trump: Palestinians Should Be Removed From Gaza 'Permanently'*
		*Gaza Media Office: Israel Killed Nearly 62,000 Palestinians*
		*Israelis Overwhelmingly Support Trump's Plan To 'Clean Out' Gaza*
		*Trump Considering Sending 24,000 Rifles to Israel*

Trump Wants Ukraine Rare Earth for Military Aid

Report: US Weapons Shipments to Ukraine Resume After Brief Pause

Trump Pauses Tariffs on Mexico and Canada

Rubio: El Salvador Offers To Accept US Deportees of Any Nationality

20 Killed in Car Bombing in Syria's Manbij

		*15 Killed by Sectarian Massacre in Syrian Alawite Village*
		*Turkey Plans To Establish Military Bases in Syria: Report*

Virginia House Passes Defend the Guard Act

USAID To Merge With State and Face Cuts

Viewpoints

	Did We Just See Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan? by Ted Snider
	What Does National Security Have To Do With Soaring Defense Spending? by Casey Carlisle

	Audit USAID... Then Shut It Down! by Ron Paul
	Zelensky Demands an American Garrison by Doug Bandow
More Viewpoints

There's No Auschwitz in Gaza. But It's Still
Genocide
by Daniel Blatman

Frontline

	M23 Rebels Who Seized a Major DR Congo City Declare a Unilateral Ceasefire
	Israel Displaces 75% of Palestinians From Tulkarem Refugee Camp in West Bank

Russia

	Russia Continuing Talks With Syrian Authorities About Fate of Its Military Bases: Kremlin
	Moscow Bomb Reportedly Kills Pro-Russian Ukrainian Separatist
	Russia Slams Finland's Information Package for Citizens Considering Volunteering in Ukraine
	Lukoil Refinery and Gazprom Plant Hit by Massive Ukrainian Drone Attack

Ukraine

	Russian Intel: NATO Plotting Major Smear Campaign Against Zelensky
	Italy Approves Measure To Extend Ukraine Military Assistance
	Ukrainian Troops Losing Ground to Russia as Trump Talks About Ending the War
	Trump Says 'A Lot of Progress' Has Been Made on Ukrainian Track

Europe

	NATO Chief Says European Defense Without US 'Will Not Work'
	Norway Releases Russian-Crewed Ship Seized Over Suspicion of Baltic Sea Cable Damage
	Sweden: Baltic Sea Cable Damage Not Sabotage, Ship Released
	Ex-British Soldier Who Spied for Iran Sentenced to 14 Years

Sudan

	At Least 65 Killed as Sudan Fighting Escalates
	As Sudan's RSF Surrounds Darfur's El-Fasher, Ethnic Killings Feared
	Hundreds Killed, Wounded in Darfur Airstrikes, Ground Attacks
	Key RSF Commander Killed in Al-Jazirah Fighting

DR Congo

	Photos: Displaced People in DR Congo Face Uncertain Future After Fleeing Goma
	Conflict in Eastern DR Congo Hampers Fight Against Mpox
	The Role of Minerals and Tech Firms in the DR Congo Conflict

Africa

	Algeria President Says Ready To Normalize Ties With Israel
	Officials Say a Rebel Attack in Central African Republic Has Killed Several Soldiers
	Somalia: Senior ISIS Commander Detained in Puntland
	Trump Says He Will Cut Off Funding to South Africa Over Land 'Confiscations'
	Attack on South Sudan Cattle Camps Kills 35
	Tunisian State Involved in Sale of Migrant People to Libya, Report Finds

Pakistan

	Pakistan Speeds Up Afghan Refugee Expulsions
	Pakistan Taliban Kill Police Polio Escort as Vaccination Drive Starts

Asia

	A Taliban Fighter Fires at a UN Compound in Kabul and Is Later Found Dead
	Japan Buys 150 Standard Missiles for AEGIS-Equipped Vessels, Worth $900 Million

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinians Seek Urgent Aid for Temporary Housing in Gaza
	As Part of West Bank Offensive, Israel Conducts Largest Demolition in Years
	Aid Is Surging Into Gaza Under the Ceasefire. Is It Helping?
	Mass Displacement and Unprecedented Tragedy: Gaza's War in Numbers
	Hamas Welcomes the Hague Group as 'Important Step' Against Israeli Violations
	Israeli Assault on Jenin, Tulkarm Displaces Thousands
	Buying the West Bank: Israel's New Annexation Method 'Catastrophic'
	Photos: Devastated Roads and Lurking Bombs Hindering Gaza Aid Effort
	Fierce Clashes in Jenin as Israel Escalates Incursions in the West Bank
	Palestinians Accuse Israel of Ethnic Cleansing as 70 Killed in West Bank
	'Don't Leave My Children and Others Behind,' Says Mother of Two Israeli Hostages Held in Gaza
	Hamas Officials Say 'Ready' for Negotiations on Phase Two of Gaza Truce
	Netanyahu Visits Trump: Who Else Is He Meeting, and What's on the Agenda?

Iraq

Iran

	'Colonial Erasure': Iran Slams Trump Plan To 'Clean Out' Gaza
	Iran Warns Syria's New Leadership: 'The Situation Will Not Remain This Way'

Syria

	Kurdish PYD Leader Urges Israeli 'Intervention' in Syria
	X Suspends Then Restores Account of New Syrian Presidency

The War at Home

	Trump Orders Creation of Sovereign Wealth Fund, Says It Could Buy TikTok
	Did a Trump Executive Order Just Cripple the Global US Regime Change Network?
	ACLU Sues University of Michigan Over Campus Bans for Pro-Palestinian Protesters
	MAGA Intellectual Darren Beattie Will Fill Key State Department Role
	Columbia Students Just Sued the University for Attacks on Pro-Palestine Activism
	Susan Collins Says She'll Support Tulsi Gabbard for DNI
	US Troops Arrive at Guantanamo To Build Trump's Migrant Detention Center
	FBI Agents Who Investigate UFOs Worried They Could Be Pushed Out in Possible Purge