Iranian embassy in Damascus stormed after Assad’s fall – report by By The Media Line December 8, 2024

Rebels stormed Iran’s embassy in Damascus on Sunday after the capture of the Syrian capital and the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Iranian state TV reported. For more stories from The…

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Syrian rebels enter northern city of Manbij, Turkish source says by Reuters December 8, 2024

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels entered the northern Syrian city of Manbij after taking control of most of the surrounding area from US-allied Kurdish forces there, a Turkish security source said on Sunday. Syrian rebels in…

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Family of American caught up in Congo failed coup says their son went to Africa on vacation by Hannah Schoenbaum and Jessica Donati

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — The family of an American caught up in a failed coup attempt in Congo said their son was in Africa on vacation with family friends and…

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Interest rates may stay high for longer. Here’s what it means for the 2024 election by Max Zahn

The Fed has cast doubt over a previous forecast of interest rate cuts. At the start of 2024, the economy appeared to deliver just about everything President Joe Biden could…

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Dozens of Gazans stopped by Egyptian military as they attempt to cross the border by Maariv, Eyal Green, Danielle Greyman – Kennard

Israel has reportedly begun launching airstrikes and evacuated some 100,000 of the over one million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah. Dozens of Gazans are trying to cross the border to Egypt…

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Hamas accepts hostage deal, Israel sends team to Cairo, continues Rafah operations by Tovah Lazaroff

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a 30-minute phone conversation following the evacuation of Palestinians from Rafah. Hamas’s acceptance of a Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt and…

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Hope Hicks divulges being at center of Trump’s 2016 damage control by Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee

That was the consensus among senior Trump campaign aides on Oct. 7, 2016, after stepping out of a Trump Tower conference room, where the then-presidential candidate’s debate prep session was…

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Netanyahu government votes to close Al Jazeera channel in Israel. Source Aljazeera

The Israeli cabinet decides unanimously to close the network’s operations in Israel with immediate effect. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has voted unanimously to close Al Jazeera’s operations in…

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