JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel claims it has destroyed as much as 80% of the military capabilities of Bashar al-Assad’s deposed regime. Army operations “have been completed, with 70-80% of Assad’s regime’s military capabilities destroyed,” according to Israeli Army Radio, which indicated that “350 Israeli warplanes carri...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – Syrian refugees in Denmark should return to their home country now that conditions have changed following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the Danish premier has said. Mette Frederiksen’s remarks came during the Prime Minister’s Question Time in response to a query from Inger Stojberg, chairman of ...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Israeli army has struck a home in northern Lebanon and demolished several buildings in the country’s south, in the latest violation of a cease-fire deal between Tel Aviv and Beirut, Lebanese media said. Israeli aircraft fired a missile into a 3-story home in Qleiaat town in Akkar province, but the missile […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group says that it targeted three US supply ships and two escorting destroyers the other day. Yahya Saree, the group’s spokesperson, said: “The naval forces, the drone unit, and the missile force (of the Houthis) carried out a unique military operation targeting three US supply ships after their [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is in possession of “dozens” of nuclear warheads, according to state media. “I had nuclear warheads deployed here. More than a dozen of them. Many people dismiss it as a joke, saying that ‘nobody brought anything.’ We did,” Lukashenko said during a Q&A with em...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has announced the release of “If I Must Die,” a collection of works by the late Palestinian poet and activist Refaat Alareer. The book’s title references his last poem, which he famously tweeted just weeks before his assassination by Israel on Dec. 6 last year. It has since become a ...
The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned two hazardous chemicals commonly used in dry cleaning and automotive industries. The chemicals trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene have been found linked to serious health risks such as liver and kidney cancers, as well as damage to the nervous and immune s...
A coalition of more than 130 rights organizations has called on President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of all 40 individuals on federal death row. In a letter to the president, the groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and The Sentencing Project, emphasized the urgency of this action. They fear the incoming Donald [&hellip...
The infamous Sednaya Prison in Syria, a known center of human rights abuses under Bashar al-Assad’s regime, has seen a dramatic turn of events. Families, once torn apart, joyously reunited this week amid the fall of the government, as long-held detainees were released. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, discovered previ...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney has denounced President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to imprison her and other Jan. 6 committee members as an attack on democracy. In response to Trump’s recent remarks on “Meet the Press,” Cheney accused him of lying about the committee’s findings and undermining the rule of law. She highlighted Trump’s efforts to overt...
