Category: World News
Syria’s liberated political prisons reveal grim reality of Bashar Assad’s regime of torture
Fox News Former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s brutal regime of imprisonment and torture is on full display this week as victorious rebels dig through the dictator’s now-liberated political prisons. Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani vowed to dissolve the Assad regime’s remnant security forces as well as close prisons that had been used to house…
Read MoreU.S. citizen found in Syria says he was imprisoned for months
Washington Post The man, who identified himself as Travis Timmerman to reporters, said he had crossed into Syria from neighboring Lebanon on a “pilgrimage” to Damascus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/12/travis-timmerman-us-citizen-syria-prison/
Read MoreNATO chief urges members to ‘turbocharge’ defense production as he paints picture of a world bound for war
Fox News NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte painted a grim picture of the world and called on Europe and Canada to ramp up their defense spending Thursday. Rutte made the comments during an address to member countries at a Carnegie Europe conference in Brussels. He issued stark warnings about Russia’s alleged ambitions beyond Ukraine as…
Read MoreUS group looks for kidnapped Americans in Syria after fall of Assad regime: won’t ‘leave a stone unturned’
Fox News A U.S. nonprofit headquartered in Washington, D.C., is on the ground in Syria looking for kidnapped Americans in the aftermath of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Mouaz Moustafa, the executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), told Fox News Digital in an interview from Damascus that he and six members…
Read MoreAssad’s fall humiliated Putin and could dent his global ambitions
Washington Post Assad’s fall nine years after Russia saved his regime is a stunning blow to Putin’s goal of forging Russia into a world power to compete with the United States. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/12/russia-syria-assad-global-power/
Read MoreAmerican who was detained by Assad regime while on Christian pilgrimage freed
Fox News An American freed in Syria on Thursday said he was on a Christian pilgrimage when he crossed into the country on foot seven months ago and was detained by the Bashar al-Assad regime. Travis Timmerman was first seen in video that emerged online Thursday after rebels seized the capital Damascus and overthrew Assad over…
Read MorePower vacuum in South Korea, a key U.S. ally, raises security concerns
Washington Post The political paralysis could be particularly destabilizing as South Korea prepares for a Trump White House and renewed scrutiny of the alliance, analysts say. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/12/south-korea-yoon-trump-security-concerns/
Read MoreLive Updates: Blinken Arrives in Jordan for Talks on Syria
New York Times Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was in Aqaba, Jordan, and planned to continue on to Turkey, as the Biden administration tries to manage the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall to Islamist rebels. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/12/world/syria-news-assad-rebels
Read MoreAustralia to tackle Chinese influence with Papua New Guinean rugby team
Washington Post A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while denting China’s regional security push. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/12/papa-new-guinea-nrl-australia-team/
Read MoreHe thought he had escaped Beijing’s clutches only to vanish back into China
Washington Post The secret repatriation of a Uyghur man shows China’s long reach, especially against Uyghur Muslims, whom the U.S. says there is an ongoing genocide against. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/china-uyghur-muslim-genocide-cambodia-deportation/
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