Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump have conceded that a deal to end the war in Ukraine will likely take months or potentially even longer, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Two unnamed Trump "associates" who spoke with Reuters described Trump's promise to end the...
Heavy fighting continues to rage in northern Syria, as Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) fighters continued to try to attack the Kurdish SDF in areas around the Tishreen Dam. At least 18 fighters, 13 SNA and five SDF, were reported killed today. Turkish...
Update on January 16, 2025, at 8:01 am EST: Netanyahu delayed the cabinet vote on the ceasefire deal on Thursday, claiming Hamas reneged "on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators." However, Hamas reiterated its commitment to the deal that was announced...
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it will remove Cuba from the "state sponsor of terrorism" list, a move that will likely be reversed by the incoming Trump administration. According to US officials, the move is the result of a deal brokered by the...
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and discussed the idea of a possible deployment of French troops to Ukraine as part of a potential future security guarantee. Zelensky said he and Macron...
CBS News reported Tuesday that both Israel and Hamas have agreed "in principle" to a draft hostage and ceasefire deal that could be finalized this week. The report, which cited US, Arab, and Israeli officials, said if the final details are worked out and the Israeli...
With around 12 days remaining in the 60-day Israel ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel continues to commit multiple violations per day. A number of airstrikes are being conducted in southern and eastern Lebanon, along with a systematic destruction of civilian homes in...
On Tuesday, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir threatened to quit the government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a hostage and ceasefire deal that's being negotiated in Qatar and called for Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to join him....
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a speech at the Atlantic Council where he said Hamas has likely recruited as many fighters as it has lost in Gaza. Before making the comments about Hamas, Blinken was disrupted by a protester who called him the...
Amid reports that a Gaza ceasefire deal is advancing, Israeli strikes continued to pound the Strip on Tuesday, killing at least 63 Palestinians since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera early Wednesday morning. Among the dead were two children killed by an Israeli...
