Month: December 2024

Assad joins list of toppled leaders 13 years after Arab Spring  Axios How Syria’s rebels toppled the Assad regime, in 7 maps  CNN Inside Assad’s Ransacked Palace: Anxiety Pills, Graffiti and Shredded Posters  The Wall Street Journal Rebel-backed figure takes charge as Syria’s interim prime minister  Reuters Three Ways to Understand Syria’s Future  The Atlantic

Israel pounds Syrian army bases, denies deeper incursion  Reuters UN Syria envoy says Israeli bombing in country ‘needs to stop’  The Times of Israel Israel deploys paratroopers to Syria in ‘defense activities’ after fall of Assad  Fox News ‘To Me, the Golan Heights Are an Inseparable Part of Syria’: Israeli Golan Residents React to Syrian Upheaval  Haaretz Syrians says […]

Syria rescuers end search for secret cells in Saydnaya prison  BBC.com Clarissa Ward goes inside Syria’s infamous ‘slaughterhouse’ prison  CNN Video shows Syrians searching Saydnaya prison near Damascus  NBC News Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad’s notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets  The Associated Press Inside Bashar al-Assad’s dungeons  The Economist

Daniel Penny found not guilty in NY subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely  BBC.com Daniel Penny acquitted of criminally negligent homicide after more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed  CNN Daniel Penny found not guilty in chokehold death of Jordan Neely on NYC subway  Axios Daniel Penny jury returns after judge’s controversial dismissal of deadlocked top charge  Fox News After […]

The Netanyahu Corruption Trial, Explained  The New York Times Netanyahu corruption trial: What you need to know  Reuters Israel PM Netanyahu Takes the Witness Stand in Historic Corruption Trial  Bloomberg Netanyahu’s Self-pitying, Lie-strewn Monologue Sent a Message to His Supporters  Haaretz Netanyahu takes the stand in his corruption trial. Here’s what to know.  The Washington Post

What we know about Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League grad charged with murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing  Business Insider ‘I never got the impression he would self-destruct:’ Friends of suspect in fatal CEO shooting left in shock  CNN UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect had manifesto  Axios Man with Maryland ties now charged in CEO’s killing  WBAL TV Baltimore UnitedHealthcare CEO was […]

Fox News analyst blasts Trump’s ‘rage rhetoric’ comments on jailing J6 committee members  The Hill ‘Ridiculous’: Cheney responds to Trump floating jail time for J6 committee members  Fox News Jan. 6 investigators say Trump trying to ‘send a message’ with calls for their imprisonment  The Hill ‘Ridiculous and false’: Cheney, Schiff push back after Trump says Jan. 6 […]

Iran Suffers Blow of ‘Historic Proportions’ With Assad’s Fall  The Wall Street Journal In Post-Assad Middle East, Iran’s Loss Is Turkey’s Gain  Foreign Policy From Trump and Turkey, to Russia and Iran — Syria’s regime change has huge global consequences  CNBC Assad Collapse In Syria Start Of Chain Reaction That Ends With ‘Fall Of Iranian Regime,’ Predicts FDD […]

Luigi Mangione charged with murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, court record shows  CNBC December 9, 2024: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shooting suspect Luigi Mangione charged with murder  CNN ‘Extremely ironic’: Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recalls  NBC News Suspect detained in manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer  Fox News UnitedHealthcare CEO was […]

U.S. charges 2 top Assad officials with war crimes against Americans and others in Syria  Axios Syrian Military Officials Charged With War Crimes as Government Falls  The New York Times US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals  CNN US indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison  The Associated Press Two […]