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Israel hits 10 targets at Lebanon-Syria border, rights group says

World - Yahoo News - 9 hours ago

UN force says Israeli project on Syria border saw 'severe violations' of a cease-fire deal after AP report on work there

World - ABC News - November 12

Abbott praises Homan as 'the right guy' to tackle border security

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) praised President-elect Trump's new border czar, Tom Homan, a 30-plus-year immigration enforcement veteran at the head of Trump's mass deportation pledge. “There’s a tall ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Assad is sitting tight as Syria burns

The president sees an opportunity in the great regional rebalancing currently under way

World - Financial Times - November 18

U.S. Says It Killed Islamic State Militants in Syria

Airstrikes on Monday targeted people who the military said were senior leaders of the group, which has sharply stepped up its attacks in Iraq and Syria.

World - The New York Times - October 30

Israel says it carried out ground raid in Syria

The Israeli military says it has carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks.

Israel Strikes Syria for Second Day, Targeting Hezbollah Weapons Facilities

The military said the attacks were meant to reduce the transfer of weapons and intelligence from Iran through Syria to Hezbollah, the armed group in Lebanon.

World - The New York Times - November 5

Myanmar overtakes Syria as country with highest landmine casualties

Landmine use has significantly increased in Myanmar as conflict has spread after the military’s seizure of power in February 2021. Myanmar overtook Syria last year to become the country with the ...

World - The Guardian - November 20

US responds to attack on troops with strike in Syria

U.S. forces on Tuesday struck Iranian-aligned militia groups in Syria in retaliation for the fighters attacking American bases. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on the social platform ...

Politics - The Hill - 17 hours ago

Kamala Harris, Border Enforcer

Behind the scenes, the president and vice president conducted a campaign to get the crisis under control.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 30

Kurdish leader in Syria calls for diplomatic solutions to conflict with Turkey

The leader of the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria has called for international mediators to continue pushing for diplomatic solutions to the complex web of conflicts in the Middle ...

World - ABC News - October 29

American strikes kill up to 35 ISIS operatives in Syria, U.S. says

The U.S. military struck several Islamic State group camps in central Syria, killing up to 35 operatives, said the U.S. Central Command.

EU considers stepping up engagement with Syria for migrant returns

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World - Financial Times - October 31

Israel announces ground raid in Syria was conducted 'in recent months'

Israel announced Sunday that it carried out a special ground operation in Syria "in recent months," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

US forces strike Iran-backed targets in Syria after attacks on Americans

U.S. forces on Monday conducted nine strikes on Iranian proxy targets in Syria, a response to recent attacks on American personnel in the region, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The ...

Politics - The Hill - November 11

Israeli construction along buffer zone with Syria violates ceasefire, UN says

New trenches and berms are being constructed along the frontier in the occupied Golan Heights.

Turkey's Erdogan says he remains hopeful about reconciliation with Syria

Turkey's president says he remains hopeful that a reconciliation with Syrian President Bashar Assad can be achieved

World - ABC News - November 13

Israel Bombs Targets in Syria, and Keeps Up Strikes in Lebanon

The attack occurred on the same day that Israel bombed sites in the Syrian capital that the Israeli military said were affiliated with a militant group. At least 15 people were killed, Syrian state ...

Top stories - The New York Times - November 15

Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Lebanese rescuers and 15 people in Syria

An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers inside a civil defense center in the eastern city of Baalbek

World - ABC News - November 14

Turkish strikes in Syria cut water to one million people

The attacks have added to a humanitarian crisis in a region reeling from civil war and extreme drought.

What migrants and border officials are saying about Trump's border plans

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants as part of his immigration overhaul. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez ...

Trump "border czar" Tom Homan to visit border with Texas governor

Tom Homan and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will be serving meals to troops stationed as part of Operation Lone Star.

Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan to visit southern border with Abbott

President-elect Donald Trump's Border Czar pick, Tom Homan, is in Texas Tuesday for a visit to the southern border with Gov. Greg Abbott. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

German foreign minister visits Ukraine border region

World - Yahoo News - November 5

Divided Arizona contends with Trump's sweeping border plan

The state is likely to be on the frontline of the president-elect's immigration policies.

Trump announces Tom Homan as incoming border czar

President-elect Donald Trump announced late that Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be his administration's "border czar."

Politics - NBC News - November 11

Trump taps Tom Homan for "border czar"

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tom Homan as his "border czar." Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be overseeing border security and the ...

Republican calls Biden-Harris border policies 'a joke'

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Rep. Monica De La Cruz of Texas about securing a second term.

Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Haiti

Doctors Without Borders has suspended its activities in Port-au-Prince following a series of threats by the country's police forces, the organization announced Tuesday. Death and rape are among the ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Tsunoda interrogated in his PJs at U.S. border

Japanese Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda said he was interrogated in his pajamas for several hours by U.S. border control officials before being let into the country for Saturday's Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Sports - ESPN - 5 days ago

Jordan signals ongoing probes into Garland, Mayorkas on border

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) fired off letters Friday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, signaling his intention to ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Luxembourg's Juncker calls for end to border checks in EU

World - Yahoo News - 4 days ago

Homan visiting border with Abbott ahead of Trump inauguration

Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s "border czar," will visit the Texas southern border Tuesday to discuss plans for mass deportation alongside the state’s Gov. Greg Abbott (R), with less than two ...

Politics - The Hill - 22 hours ago

Crockett calls for border czar Homan to be confirmed by Senate

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) called for President-elect Trump’s new border czar Tom Homan to be confirmed by the Senate. “I do think that if they are going to implore him with the type of power ...

Politics - The Hill - 21 hours ago

US airstrikes target multiple sites in Syria, killing up to 35 ISIS militants

U.S. Central Command says the U.S. military has struck a number of Islamic State group camps in central Syria, killing as many as 35 militants

Rockets from Lebanon kill 7 in Israel, Israeli strike kills 5 in Syria

Israel's wars with Iran's allies in Lebanon and Gaza grind on as top U.S. envoys visit the region to push for cease-fires.

The Israeli military says it has seized a Syrian citizen in the current war's first announced ground operation in Syria

World - ABC News - November 3

Israel says it carried out ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen connected to Iran

The Israeli military says it has carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks

World - ABC News - November 3

While Syrian refugees don't want to return, officials in Lebanon and Syria see exodus as opportunity

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have returned to their country since Israel launched a massive aerial bombardment on wide swathes of Lebanon in September

World - ABC News - November 9

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