Israel launches airstrikes against Syria
Blinken has failed to achieve most of the stated goals of his repeated visits to the region since October 7 including getting commitment from Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel
Khan Younis and Gaza City under attack as Blinken lands in Israel
Millions of displaced Palestinians taking refuge in the Southern Gazan city of Rafah are also bracing for a reported Israeli invasion of the area, with the UN warning that such an attack would result in untold loss of civilian life
Bukele reelected in El Salvador amid a state of exception
The polarizing figure Nayib Bukele won the presidential elections with 85% of the votes, a historic margin of victory over the opposing candidates
At UNSC meeting, US lambasted for attacks on Iraq and Syria
While terming the US attacks as violations of international law and a reckless provocation, several UN member-states highlighted its support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza as the root of conflict in the region
Sinn Féin leader Michelle O’Neill is the First Minister of the North of Ireland
The power sharing agreement between Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin has put an Irish nationalist at the helm of the North of Ireland for the first time ever
US and UK carry out dozens of airstrikes in Yemen
The US and UK have intensified strikes against Ansarallah in Yemen after having targeted resistance groups in Iraq and Syria. This is despite the US stating that it wants to avoid a regional escalation of Israel’s war on Gaza
“The terrorist is the Zionist occupation,” says Palestinian resistance leader
Read Brian Becker’s exclusive interview with Haytham Abdo, a leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
In major escalation, US bombs Iraq and Syria
The United States is now actively bombing Syria, Iraq, and Yemen in a regional West Asian conflict that the Western nation has only widened