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Israel pummels Damascus as sectarian fighting escalates in country’s south
Washington Examiner
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July 16, 2025
Israel expanded airstrikes against Damascus on Wednesday after a fragile ceasefire in southern Syria collapsed.Though announced by Damascus on Tuesday, the ceasefire between the Druze and government forces doesn’t appear to have ever truly taken...
Study shows Neanderthal neighbors split on how to butcher, cooking up caveman culture
The Times of Israel
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July 17, 2025
Humans occupying two caves in northern Israel approximately 60,000 years ago butchered their game in different ways despite living in similar environments and using similar tools, suggesting the development of distinct cultural traditions,...
Israel launches airstrikes on Damascus, intervening in clashes between Syrian troops and Druze religious minority
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Syrian Defence Ministry, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (SANA via AP) DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government officials...
Star Parker: Time for new immigration law
Northern Virginia Daily
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Last month, the Trump administration Labor Department slapped a hold on Biden administration rules on H-2A visas, which allow U.S. farmers to hire foreign workers when they are unable to fill their jobs with Americans. The H-2A rules were already...
It’s time for new immigration law
The Vindicator - Ohio
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Last month, the Trump administration Labor Department slapped a hold on Biden administration rules on H-2A visas, which allow U.S. farmers to hire foreign workers when they are unable to fill their jobs with Americans. The H-2A rules were already...
Israeli strikes rock Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias
9News
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July 16, 2025
Clashes between government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have drawn intervention by Israel and once again raised fears of a breakdown in the country's fragile postwar order. Syria is deeply divided as it tries to emerge from...
Who are the Druze, and why does Israel say attacking Syria is helping them?
SBS
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Israel says it's striking Syria to defend the Druze, a minority group with longstanding roots in the region and a history of tensions on its doorstep. Clashes erupted on Sunday between factions from the Druze religious minority and Bedouin tribes...
Anti-Israel activists pressure Microsoft, Google and Amazon to boycott Israel
All Israel News
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July 16, 2025
Leading tech companies – including Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Meta, and Amazon – are facing growing pressure to boycott Israel over accusations of the alleged misuse of artificial intelligence and cloud technologies in the ongoing Gaza war. Some...
Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue
The Independent
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Israel Strikes Syrian Capital
The American Conservative - Washington D.C.
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July 16, 2025
Explosions rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday as Israel ramped up attacks on its northern neighbor. Israeli military strikes targeted the Syrian Defense Ministry’s headquarters and the presidential palace following a wave of...
Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Label Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Group
Breitbart
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July 17, 2025
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) reintroduced legislation Wednesday to officially designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, marking the latest push in his decade-long crusade to impose sanctions on the worldwide Islamist network that...
Syria vows justice for Israeli attacks on those who ‘abused our Druze people’
Mint
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July 17, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa stated on Thursday that safeguarding the Druze population and their rights is a top priority, following Israel’s pledge to target Syrian government forces accused of attacking Druze communities in southern...
Muslim Scholars Deem Trump ‘Enemy Against God’
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 16, 2025
Iranian media unveiled a letter this month written by “100 Muslim scholars and intellectuals” that declared President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “enemies against God.” In this letter, the Muslim scholars warned...
Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes between government and Druze minority rage on
WDIV Local 4 - Michigan
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July 16, 2025
DAMASCUS – The Israeli military launched Wednesday rare airstrikes in the heart of Damascus, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters as clashes in the southern Syrian city of Sweida continued to flare. Israel's attack came hours after a...
Israel strips Hebron municipality of authority over Ibrahimi Mosque
Middle East Monitor
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July 16, 2025
Israel has withdrawn certain administrative powers over the Ibrahimi Mosque from the Palestinian-run Hebron Municipality, transferring them to the religious council of the Israeli Kiryat Arba settlement, an Israeli newspaper reported on Tuesday....
Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce a new ceasefire as Israel continues...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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Israeli strikes continued after the ceasefire announcement. Rare Israeli airstrikes in the heart of Damascus The announcement came after Israel launched rare airstrikes in the heart of Damascus, an escalation in a campaign that it said was...
Israel strikes central Damascus as Syrian government widens attack on Sweida
The National News
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Israel attacked the main Syrian military compounds in the centre of Damascus on Wednesday, in response to an escalating Syrian government offensive on the southern city of Sweida. A Syrian military official told The National that the Army General...
Israeli soldiers’ voices, a tool for peace?
The Jakarta Post
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uly brought joyful family holidays before the next school semester. But in war zones, families continued to lose loved ones; since late May alone, reports say, children were among some 700 Palestinians killed and over 4,000 injured at food...
Israel strikes Syrian Defence Ministry as clashes between government and Druze minority rage on
The Malta Independent
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Associated Press Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 15:49 Last update: about 26 minutes ago The Israeli military launched Wednesday a rare airstrike in the heart of Damascus, hitting the Syrian Defence Ministry headquarters as clashes in the southern Syrian...
Khanna on Mamdani: FDR Had ‘Terrible Antisemite’ in His Coalition, I Think Mamdani Will Protect Jews
Breitbart
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July 17, 2025
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that he hopes New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) will unequivocally condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” and stated that FDR had...