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The Iraqi militia of the Al-Nujaba Movement acknowledges that the Israeli airstrike that targeted the capital Damascus early this morning destroyed a cultural and media headquarters affiliated with these militias.

Al-Nujaba threatens Israel that the response will be…

AP video of Russia's 2024 Victory Day parade youtube.com/live/0JhHEuqEI… via YouTube

Empty seats and only a single ancient tank may be a signal to the Russian people that the war is lost along with Russia's dreams of expanded empire.

The Kurdish peace process stopped in 2015 when Erdogan decided war on Kurds was good politics that the local election losses may signal is no longer true. The US has become involved in other such conflicts but strangely does nothing to assist this process, at least publicly.

3. It also imposes obligations on all UN members to arrest persons charged. Putin was charged in March 2022 under the genocide convention. Biden's act is good politics, moral and also something a competent Whitehouse counsel would advise he do under the circumstances.

2. Though both Israel and US are not signatories of the Rome Statute that concedes ICC jurisdiction, the Genocide Convention that went into force in 1951 covers all General Assembly members and the ICC is authorized to charge crimes against humanity without limitation.

1. The specific weapons that Joe Biden paused, 500lb and 2,000lb bombs, likely JDAMs, IMO are the weapons that the Hague would be looking at in deciding whether to charge Netanyahu and perhaps others with crimes against humanity. They are weapons used to raze an depopulate Gaza.

Netanyahu ignored every warning. Now Biden is telling Israel: 'Enough is enough' haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

#Iran endeavors to establish a force in #Syria similar to that of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).

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#US President Joe Biden extends the national emergency declared with respect to the actions of 'the Government of #Syria ' for another year.

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Turkish-backed SNA factions replace a statue of a Kurdish symbol in the city of #Afrin , northwestern Syria with a figure of #Turkey 's Operation Olive Branch. #Kurds

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British Foreign Office issues urgent warning to anyone travelling to Turkey
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Indeed, as expected, it appears that the Israeli airstrike that targeted a car in southern Lebanon was pursuing targets affiliated with Hezbollah.

Ahmed Hassan Maatouq and Ali Ahmad Hamza were killed in that airstrike.

It's unclear if there are any…

The US praises #Kurdish forces for leading repatriation efforts from #ISIS -affiliate refugee camps in northeast #Syria . Top Syrian-Kurdish commanders repeatedly call for enhanced international support for their anti-ISIS efforts.

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“The decision was initially intended as a confidential signal to Israel that it should focus on trying to cement a temporary cease-fire with Hamas, instead of moving toward a Rafah offensive without a plan to safeguard civilians and ensure they were not cut off from aid. 
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A lawyer died in a prison of the Syrian government forces in the government-held neighborhood of #Hasakah city in Northeast #Syria .

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With the Barzani family allied with Turkey and now looking to get closer to Iran, I can't see how they have a future in Kurdistan being allied with people enaged in Kurdish and Yazidis genocide. The reports that they are losing US support may be a good sign for Kurds.

Scores of Syrian women and children linked to the Islamic State group left a sprawling camp in northeast Syria Wednesday and headed home to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour following mediation by tribal leaders.
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Arab settlers renew efforts to seize Kurdish land in Kirkuk
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💥Israel police officers beating up the families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Bar Peleg)