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On Christmas, Pope doubles down, slamming Israel 'cruelty'

This coincides with more evidence that IDF forces are deliberately killing civilians, including children

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'Humanitarian superstar' Samantha Power admits Gaza is a loss

The outgoing head of USAID all but acknowledges the Biden admin failed to use leverage to stop civilian carnage

Syria
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The US wants credit for Assad's ouster

Biden officials are trying to firm up his foreign policy legacy but is anyone buying it?

How Israel admits to blocking aid to Gaza without saying it
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How Israel admits to blocking aid to Gaza without saying it

Their boasting claims of assistance piling up outside the gates are demonstrations of something else

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HTS: Can these Islamists truly unify a post-Assad Syria?

This author hopes a state-centered ideological political agenda — as opposed to a violent global jihadist one — can succeed after years of dictatorship.

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US veterans: Didn't we fight Al Qaeda terrorists for a reason?

Some want to suggest what is happening in Syria is cause for celebration. But not everyone is ready to embrace our new, strange bedfellows.