Per #Syria gov’t sources, 71 #ISIS militants were captured today in 62 targeted raids in #Homs, #Hama, #Idlib, #Aleppo, Deir ez Zour & the #Damascus countryside. That’s a massive operation — perhaps unprecedented in #Syria.

One of the problems with healthcare coverage in US vs other wealthy countries is others view it as a societal good that all should have access to and all benefit from… whereas we in U.S. view it as a consumer product that only some have have “earned” or deserve access to. 😞

JERUSALEM, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists on Saturday who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said.

Context: Syria's president will be at the White House Monday & is expected to formally join the anti-ISIS coalition. Until this past Thursday, al Sharaa & his interior minister were on the UN's al Qaeda & Islamic state sanctions list. This video shows him playing ball with the commander of US forces in Mideast. Quite a change.

Two Reuters employees - a journalist and a security adviser accompanying her - were among those injured in the attack by the men who wielded sticks and clubs and hurled large rocks, in an area close to the Palestinian village of Beita. reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

‼️ Ahmad Al Sharaa made it to the US. A defining moment in his journey with the United States & the Americans, and in Syria’s history. He is expected to meet Trump at the WH on Monday . I reported earlier that he is expected to be here between 8 & 11 .

The intelligence was alarming, officials said, because it pointed to doubts within the Israeli military about the legality of its tactics that contrasted sharply with Israel’s public stance defending its actions.

Researchers created an interactive map which lets users see how the ancient network crisscrossed the Empire, from Africa and Arabia, across the Mediterranean to Europe.

#Syria’s Interior Ministry has confirmed the launch of simultaneous raids on #ISIS cells today in #Homs, rural #Damascus & rural #Idlib. One source tells me they’re acting on intelligence collected by the US & shared/confirmed by #Syria’s General Intelligence.

Planting bombs in books and children's toys and then boasting about it in an interview is transcendently evil.

Contrast this with what the public was being told over and over by State & other officials.

NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war -top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back -"very likely" US liability -Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing" huffpost.com/entry/biden-int…

NEW!!! US officials confirm that Hungary was granted a one-year exemption from sanctions for buying russian oil...

JUST IN — Federal judge Karin Immergut issues a permanent injunction tonight blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Oregon. The Trump appointee says there is no rebellion or inability to execute federal laws in Oregon to justify the deployment.

SCOOP: The FBI informant convicted of lying to the Bureau about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Donald Trump any moment. Alexander Smirnov, who has multiple business ties to Trumpworld, was sentenced days before Trump became president. He had pleaded guilty to fabricating a story that former President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, had received millions in bribes from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, as well as to a $2 million-plus tax evasion offense. Yet despite Smirnov being judged a flight risk, with ties to Russian intelligence and foreign assets, the U.S.-Israeli citizen has been mysteriously missing from prison for at least the past four months.

And there it is….. Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week Two full months since their most recent vote

NEW: JD Vance is no longer traveling to South Africa to attend the G20, per source familiar with the matter. Comes after President Trump on Truth Social said no American official was going to participate in the gathering & a day after he said SA needs to be kicked out of the G20

An extraordinary fact: - #Syria has received a greater number & wider range of foreign gov't visits in 11 months than Bashar & Hafez al-#Assad's regimes did in 53yrs. #Syria's reintegration onto the global stage has come at stunning speed, driven by the opportunity it presents.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Orban says Trump will not punish Hungary for buying Russian energy, reducing impact of Ukraine-related sanctions.