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Updated December 21, 2024 - 1:47 AM EST

US Prepared Group for Offensive That Ousted Assad

		*US Official Has 'Productive' Meeting With Al-Qaeda-Linked Julani*
		*Pentagon Reveals the Real Number of US Troops in Syria*

Israel Seizes New Villages in Southern Syria

		Syrian Villagers Say Israeli Forces Banning Them From Their Fields
		Turkey Denies US Claims of Ceasefire With Kurds

Israel Committing Extermination, Genocide Acts

		Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 32 Palestinians Over 24 Hours
		Gazans Reveal Horrors of Ofer Camp

Series of Israeli Airstrikes in Yemen Kill Nine

Ukraine Fires More US, UK Missiles Into Russia

Saudi Man Rams Car Into Christmas Market in Germany

Viewpoints

	Israel, Not the 'Liberators' of Damascus, Will Decide Syria's Fate by Jonathan Cook
	Assad's Ouster Is a Victory for Israel, Not the US by Ali Rizk

	US Officials Take Credit for Regime Change in Syria by Edward Hunt
	Syria Proves Tolstoy Right by Brad Pearce
More Viewpoints

How Israelis Admit To Blocking Aid to Gaza
by Stephen Semler

Frontline

	Blinken Admits 20 Years of US Regime Change Efforts Basically a Failure
	FAA Bans Drones Over Parts of NJ, Threatens 'Deadly Force'
	Six Killed in West Bank Israeli Raid, Including 80-Year-Old Woman

Russia

	Putin Plans To Meet Assad, Says Russia Not Defeated in Syria
	Putin Declares Readiness To Talk, Meet With Trump
	Russia Claims Capture of Two New Villages in East Ukraine: Agencies

Ukraine

	EU To Train 15,000 More Ukrainian Soldiers by Early 2025
	Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Refinery, Triggering Fire
	NATO Takes Over Coordination of Military Aid to Kyiv From US, Source Says
	Rheinmetall To Deliver Thousands of Artillery Propellants to Ukraine
	EU Leaders Insist No Decisions Can Be Taken About Ukraine Without Ukraine, or Behind Their Backs
	Scholz Calls Trump During EU Leaders' Summit To Talk Ukraine

France

	Israeli Fans Assault Activists Waving Palestinian Flags at Basketball Game in France
	French Navy Test Fires Live Torpedo After Two Decades

Germany

	Germany Approves Record $20.7 Billion Worth of Defense Gear
	German Arms Exports Hit Record $13.7 Billion in 2024

Europe

	NATO Chief Inspects Joint Military Unit in Bulgaria and Urges Alliance To Boost Support for Ukraine
	'Cannot Delay': UK Refuses 4-Year-Old Gazan Boy Medical Treatment
	Swedish Police To Go Aboard Chinese Ship That Was Seen Near Baltic Cable Ruptures

Africa

	Burkina Faso Releases Four French Nationals After Detaining Them for a Year
	Morocco Extradites Suspect of Nazareth Bombing to Israel
	Libyan Rivals Resume Talks With Morocco Prodding Them to Work for 'Credible Elections'
	Blinken Announces Aid for Sudan and Talks About AI Risks at UN Security Council

The War at Home

	Former Pentagon Official Says 'Feds Have Gotta Be More Open' About Drones
	GOP Strikes a New Spending Deal That Includes Disaster Aid and Raising the Debt Limit
	Army Will Trim 5% of General-Officer Jobs in Coming Years, Chief's Spokesman Says
	Bill Responding to Drone Sightings Is Blocked in the Senate
	Suicides Among Veterans Remain Unchanged Despite Federal Focus
	Rand Paul Floats Elon Musk for House Speaker
	Air Force May Curtail F-35 Plan if Newer Tech Pans Out, SECAF Says
	Bill Aims To Beef Up US Shipbuilding

The Americas

	Canada's Trudeau To Shuffle His Cabinet Friday Amid Resignation Calls and Rising Discontent
	Chilean Leader Calls Israeli Prime Minister War Criminal
	Two Mexican Soldiers Killed by an Improvised Landmine

Gaza

	Comic Book Artist Joe Sacco on Gaza War: 'This Is Israel's Genocide, but Also America's'
	Inside the Journey to Receive Medical Treatment for Palestinians in Gaza
	UN Votes To Ask Hague if Israel Upholding Aid Obligations to Palestinians
	If a Ceasefire Happens, What Will Gaza's Women Do First?
	As Gaza War Rages, Deutsche Welle Insiders Accuse Outlet of Pro-Israel Bias
	Far-Right Israeli Minister Attacks Gaza Ceasefire Proposal as 'Surrender Deal'

Israel/Palestine

	Benjamin Netanyahu Appears in Court for First Time in Anti-Corruption Trial
	Palestinian Ministry Says Six Killed in Israeli West Bank Strike
	West and Media Are 'Erasing' Palestinian History, Say Critics
	'Unbearable Burden of War': Hundreds of Officers Retire From Israeli Army
	High Court Scraps With Ben Gvir as State Ordered To Answer Prisoner Starvation Claim
	Reservist Charged in Prime Minister's Office Leak Scandal Asks Herzog for a Pardon
	Four Israelis Detained by IDF After Entering Lebanon, Reportedly To Visit Rabbi's Tomb
	Protesters Accused of Firing Flares at Netanyahu Home Detail Harsh Detainment Conditions
	Palestinian Authority Refuses To Back Down in Fight With Jenin Fighters

Syria

	'Free, Civil Syria': Hundreds Protest in Damascus for Women's Rights, Democracy
	Thousands of Kurds Return to Afrin as Settlers Leave
	Attack on Greek Orthodox Church in Syria's Hama Sparks Police Investigation
	Syria's Christians Uncertain About Their Future Under New Administration
	Iraq Repatriates Nearly 2,000 Syrian Soldiers Who Fled War
	SDF Commander: Non-Syrian Kurdish Fighters To Leave if Truce Agreed With Turkey

Turkey

	Turkey Says Won't Attack Syria's Rojava if Damascus Addresses YPG Issue
	Turkish FM Denies Trump Claim of 'Unfriendly Takeover' by Turkey in Syria
	Turkey Explores Nuclear Plant Payments To Settle Gas Debt With Russia
	Turkey Won't Halt Syria Ops Until Kurdish Fighters 'Disarm'

Asia

	Malaysians Held in US's Guantanamo Bay Prison Returned Home After 18 Years
	Indian Soldiers Battle Rebels in Kashmir, Five Killed
	Pakistan Denounces US Sanctions on Missile Program as Biased and Putting Regional Peace at Risk
	UK Anti-Corruption Minister Accused of Taking $5.4 Billion Bribe for Nuclear Plant in Bangladesh
	US Ambassador to Vietnam Says US Arms Manufacturers Could Help Vietnam Build Up Its Armed Forces