Türkiye’s foreign minister said Monday it’s a “matter of time” before Kurdish militants—US allies—are driven out of Syria. That puts the new US base in northern Syria in the middle of a potential war zone.Continue Reading
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he’s stepping down as head of the ruling Liberal Party, effectively resigning as the country’s prime minister.Continue Reading
The Druze of southern Syria want Israel to annex its territories because they’ve seen their relatives inside Israel treated better than they would be under a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim government.
Two new studies show that long-term use of antidiabetic drug semaglutide, sold under brand names Ozempic and Wegovy among others, increase the risk of blindness.
A respiratory illness dubbed “Disease X” by the Africa Center for Disease Control has killed more than 30 people in Congo, more than half of them children.
Russia says it shot down six US-made ATACMS missiles fired at an air base near the Black Sea. This crosses Vladimir Putin’s “red line” that he says means NATO is a direct combatant in the Ukraine war.Continue Reading
Israeli tanks advanced to within 16 miles of Damascus Tuesday while IDF soldiers captured the summit of Mount Hermon. Meanwhile, Russia, Türkiye, and the US hold pieces in the west, north, and east of Syria.Continue Reading
Israel’s air force has flown 350 missions over the last 48 hours to destroy weapons left behind by the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
The rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured Damascus over the weekend, but Syria is divided between Sunni rebels, Turkish militia, Kurds, and Druze—and about 900 US soldiers.
A Chinese container ship is believed to have dragged its anchor for 100 miles across the floor of the Baltic Sea to disrupt communications between the two newest members of NATO, Finland and Sweden.