On Thursday, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Islamist militants captured the major city of Hama, just days after the fall of Aleppo. As some HTS forces entered the city, others continued south, circling the city en route to Homs and ultimately Damascus. HTS is a merger of...
The Canadian government announced on Thursday that it was prohibiting its citizens from owning another 324 types of firearms and is working to send them to Ukraine. "As part of its comprehensive approach, on December 5, 2024, the Government announced the prohibition...
The US on Thursday rejected a 296-page report from Amnesty International that concluded Israel is conducting genocide in Gaza. "We disagree with the conclusions of such a report. We have said previously and continue to find that the allegations of genocide are...
China has sanctioned 13 US companies involved in the manufacturing of drones and artificial intelligence in Beijing's latest protest against weapons sales to Taiwan, which have increased in recent months. "The Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests....
On Thursday, an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanon town of Aitaroun injured five people, Lebanon's National News Agency reported, as Israeli violations of the ceasefire continue. According to a tally from Turkey's Anadolu Agency, there have been 137 Israeli...
The Pentagon said Thursday that three US troops are being examined for traumatic brain injuries after an attack on a US base in Syria that came as the US was backing a Kurdish-led offensive against government-controlled villages. US Central Command said it launched...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that Israeli attacks killed 48 Palestinians and wounded 201 over the previous 24-hour period as relentless strikes continued. Israeli strikes on Thursday included a drone attack right outside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia,...
Just over a week after taking Aleppo, the Syrian Islamist fighters led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have seized another major city. This time, they have taken Hama, Syria’s fourth largest city, which had not fallen during the protracted Syrian Civil War. Senior...
The US had proposed the idea of withdrawing its troops from eastern Syria and possibly lifting sanctions in exchange for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad cutting ties with Iran and Hezbollah, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report said...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday claimed the Lebanon ceasefire was "holding" despite repeated Israeli attacks on south Lebanon. At a press conference in Brussels, Blinken was asked if Israel had violated the ceasefire by bombing southern Lebanon but...
