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View PostWill Trump move to prosecute incoming California Sen. Schiff for investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot?
‘Honestly, they should go to jail,’ Trump said of elected officials who led the investigation in a Sunday interview with NBC’s ‘Meet the Press.’ Read full story Author: Andrea Castillo
Analysis: Assad was a brutal dictator. Will Syria’s new leaders be any better?
The rebels who toppled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad trace their roots to Al Qaeda and Islamic State. They say they’ve changed. Read full story Author: Tracy Wilkinson
Trump reports King Charles is ‘fighting very hard’ against cancer
Trump’s account of a conversation with Prince William is getting attention because the royal family has said little about the king’s health. Go to Source Author: Karla Adam
Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden announced Monday that all decisions on open Syrian asylum claims…
Go to Source Author: Kate Brady
In maps: How anti-Assad rebels took control
A visual guide to the latest developments as advancing Syrian fighters set their sights on Damascus. Read full story Author:
What we know about Syria’s notorious Saydnaya Prison
Thousands of people have been executed and tortured in the secretive prison since the 1980s. Read full story Author:
UK could remove rebel group that led Assad’s overthrow from terror list
Pat McFadden says any decision should be “swift” after the group led the overthrow of al-Assad rule. Read full story Author:
LGBTQ+ Americans stockpile meds and make plans to move after Trump’s win
Some LGBTQ+ people are anxiously preparing for what they fear will be a rollback of their rights. Read full story Author: Maham Javaid, Casey Parks
Israeli Airstrikes Target Syrian Chemical-Weapons Systems
Israel has used the chaos in Syria as an opportunity to seize a buffer zone with Syria and destroy strategic assets, afraid they could end up in rebel hands. Read …
Israeli Troops Occupy Syria Buffer Zone in Defensive Step
The move in the Golan Heights comes as Israel fears rebel groups could encroach on its border. Read full story (WSJ subscription required) Author:
Inside Ukraine’s Battle for the Skies as Russian Bombardments Hit Records
Moscow fired four times as many drones and missiles this fall as it did the previous year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Read full story (WSJ subscription required) …
LGBTQ+ Americans stockpile meds and make plans to move after Trump’s win
Some LGBTQ+ people are anxiously preparing for what they fear will be a rollback of their rights. Read full story Author: Maham Javaid, Casey Parks
Border drownings rose as migrants rushed to cross and Texas clamped down
An investigation found more migrant drowning deaths than the U.S. or Mexico have reported. Many were in Eagle Pass, where Texas’ border crackdown is focused. Read full story Author: Arelis …
Border drownings rose as migrants rushed to cross and Texas clamped down
An investigation found more migrant drowning deaths than the U.S. or Mexico have reported. Many were in Eagle Pass, where Texas’ border crackdown is focused. Read full story Author: Arelis …
Live updates: U.S. hopes for peaceful transition of power in Syria after Assad’s ouster
President Joe Biden described it as a “moment of historic opportunity” for embattled Syrians. But he added that it was also “a moment of risk and uncertainty.” Go to Source …
Israel says it struck chemical weapons capabilities in Syria to prevent rebel control
Go to Source Author: Lior Soroka, Leo Sands
Road to Damascus Littered With Relics of Fallen Assad Government
Reporters for The New York Times entered Syria on Monday, finding remnants of former President Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive rule. Go to Source Author: Christina Goldbaum, Hwaida Saad and Daniel Berehulak …
Revolutions Swept the Middle East in 2011. Will Syria’s End Differently?
Bashar al-Assad’s downfall evokes memories of uprisings in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen, each of which brought civil war or authoritarian rule. Syrians hope for better. Go to Source Author: …
An ousted Assad lands in Moscow, Russian outlet says; Iran says Assad was ‘stunned’ by his army’s collapse
Rebels stormed Damascus and were victorious in ousting Bashar al-Assad this weekend. Much of the international community urged calm during the transition. Go to Source Author: Niha Masih, Mohamad El …