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Kurdish SDF Wants to Work With Syrian Govt to Resist Turkish Invasion

by Jason Ditz | Jun 5, 2022

Kurdish SDF Wants to Work With Syrian Govt to Resist Turkish Invasion | SDF would like Syria to use air defense on Turkish planes

NATO To Kick Off Baltic War Games With Finland, Sweden

by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 5, 2022

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced it will launch military drills with 7,000 troops in the Baltics. The provocative war games will include Sweden and Finland. Stockholm is hosting the exercises after applying for NATO membership last month. The war...

Spanish Court Orders Mike Pompeo to Testify on CIA Plot to Kill Julian Assange

by Dave DeCamp | Jun 3, 2022

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been summoned to appear in a Spanish court to testify on whether the CIA planned to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was the head of the agency, the Spanish newspaper ABC reported. Yahoo News reported last...

NATO Chief Says Ukraine Shouldn’t Drop Goal of Driving Russia Out of Crimea

by Dave DeCamp | Jun 3, 2022

In an interview with The Washington Post, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine shouldn't avoid declaring ambitious war aims of driving Russia out of the eastern Donbas region and the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has controlled since 2014. "They have...

Bennett Tells IAEA Israel Has Right to Act Against Iran’s Nuclear Program

by Dave DeCamp | Jun 3, 2022

On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to Bennett's office, the Israeli leader told Grossi that Israel has the "right" to act against Iran's nuclear program....