Mon, December 9, 2024

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: NBC News

Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak to Assad regime

When she arrived in Congress, Tulsi Gabbard was seen as a rising Democratic star. But over time, her views on Russia and Syria shocked, puzzled and alarmed her colleagues.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: USA Today

Donald Trump names Mark Paoletta general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump designated Mark Paoletta, a former congressional staffer and White House veteran who has represented the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to serve as general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget in his second administration. Paoletta filled that role in Trump's first term as well.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: News4Jax

US indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison

U.S. prosecutors are accusing two senior Syrian officials of overseeing a notorious Syrian torture center that abused peaceful protesters, including a 26-year-old American woman who was later hanged.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: clickondetroit.com

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for intel chief, faces questions on Capitol Hill amid Syria fallout

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: ABC

Experts say Biden has a constitutional right to issue preemptive pardons

Experts President Biden has the constitutional right to issue preemptive pardons to people President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to seek retribution against.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: ABC

Gabbard's bipartisan congressional connections could be crucial to confirmation

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard returns to the Senate this week to meet with lawmakers about her being Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Click2Houston

Five years since its inception, a US development agency competes with China on global projects

Since its inception in 2019, a U.S. development agency has created a portfolio of more than $50 billion worth of projects in 114 countries, including a trans-Africa railway corridor, a power plant in Sierra Leone,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Roll Call

Republicans start making immigration plans for next year

Republican have started plotting how to use unified control of government next year to best address funding and policy needs for immigration.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Slate

The Moment Is Ripe to Push the Middle East in the Direction of Peace. What Will Trump Do?

The Middle East seems to be on the brink of a transformation—whether toward stability or fiercer mayhem is hard to say, all the more so with Donald Trump returning to the White House in six weeks.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The New York Times

Syrian Military Officials Charged With War Crimes as Government Falls

Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud ran an infamous prison in Damascus and "sought to terrify, intimidate and repress any opposition, or perceived opposition, to the regime," according to the indictment.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: National Post

Liberal government survives third Conservative non-confidence vote

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's latest attempt to topple the minority Liberal government in a non-confidence vote failed on Monday, thanks to the New Democrats.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: USA Today

'Agent of transformation': GOP senators praise Donald Trump's FBI director pick, Kash Patel

Kash Patel is an agent of transformation. He'll do a great job,' Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, told USA Today.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: USA Today

Can Trump use Jill Biden's image to sell perfume?

Trump posted a picture of himself with Jill Biden on social media Sunday to help sell a new line of perfumes and colognes.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Fox News

Here is who is vying for power in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the culmination of years of civil war, has given way to a power vacuum with different factions protecting their own interests - and vying for power in the Middle Eastern nation.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Yahoo

Syrian government services come to a 'complete halt' as state workers stay home after rebel takeover

Syria's prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers were still at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad, but some state workers failed to return to their jobs, and a United Nations official said the country's public sector had come "to a complete and abrupt halt.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The New York Times

The Fall of Assad in Syria: How It Happened and What Comes Next

The main rebel group behind Assad's ouster is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose name means Organization for the Liberation of the Levant. It began to come together at the beginning of Syria's civil war, when jihadists formed the Nusra Front to fight pro-Assad forces with hundreds of insurgent and suicide attacks.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Detroit News

Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next

Trump's cabinet picks offer a preview of how his administration could handle abortion after he repeatedly flip-flopped on the issue on the campaign trail.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

International Institute of St. Louis' CEO is out

International Institute president and CEO Arrey Obenson's last day with the organization was Friday, according to an internal email obtained by the Post-Dispatch.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Buffalo News

And then there were 3: Council Member Rasheed Wyatt enters Buffalo mayor's race

Wyatt becomes the third candidate to officially declare his candidacy after State Sen. Sean Ryan and former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield Jr., who both threw their hats in the ring last month.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Smithsonian Magazine

'Polarization' Is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2024

The winning word beat out finalists such as "demure," "pander," "totality," "fortnight," "allision" and "democracy"

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: AOL

Ghana becomes record fifth African nation to see opposition victory this year

This year has been an "annus horribilis" for those governments in sub-Saharan Africa that have had to face voters at the ballot box. In almost every election held in the region this year under reasonably democratic conditions, the governing party either lost a significant number of seats or lost power completely.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: BBC

Rachel Reeves signals wider reset of EU relations

Closer relations between the UK and the EU will boost economic growth, Rachel Reeves will tell European finance leaders on Monday. In the first address by a British chancellor to the Eurogroup since Brexit, Reeves will say resetting relations means "breaking down barriers to trade" as well as helping "businesses sell in each other's markets".

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Journalist's Resource

If you report on US colleges and universities, get to know these 19 higher education databases

We spotlight free higher education databases that offer information on U.S. student demographics, campus safety, faculty pay and other topics.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Yahoo

Syrian PM says government still works, but UN official says public sector is at a 'complete halt'

Syria's prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers were still at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad, but some state workers failed to return to their jobs, and a United Nations official said the country's public sector had come "to a complete and abrupt halt.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The New York Times

Supreme Court Turns Down Cases on Admissions, Gender Identity and Guns

Conservative justices voiced objections and concerns about the court's failures to take up a series of cases on major social controversies.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Kelly says Secret Service being put under DHS 'took away their identity and their exclusivity'

The chair for the House task force assembled to review the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump's life said that the Secret Service being put under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "took away their identity and their exclusivity.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Sanjay Malhotra appointed as new RBI Governor: Here's all about Shaktikanta Das' successor

The central government on Monday appointed Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for a three-year term. This appointment puts an end to weeks of speculation about who would lead monetary policy in the world's fastest-growing major economy.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Sydney Morning Herald

Voters back migration cuts as Dutton retreats on target

The Coalition is standing by its stated goal of reducing permanent migration after scrapping a separate pledge to cut the number of net arrivals to 160,000 a year as an exclusive survey shows strong majority support for a lower intake.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Mother Jones

How Kash Patel Became a Useful Idiot for Vladimir Putin

With Donald Trump tapping Kash Patel, the MAGA provocateur, conspiracy theory monger, and grifter, to be FBI director, it's time to revisit the Trump-Russia scandal. I know many folks think this is old news.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: CNN

'Someone who sees enemies everywhere': How Kash Patel's years as a government lawyer fueled his disdain for Washington elites

Years before he was Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel was a midlevel Justice Department lawyer who once drew the ire of a Texas judge who described Patel as being precisely the kind of federal bureaucrat he has vowed to weed out in his crusade against the so-called deep state.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

'Historic moment and historic opportunity': John Kirby on the fall of Syrian regime

John Kirby, White House National Security Communications Advisor, joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, highlighting the profound implications for regional stability.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Independent

Trump's controversial nominees Patel, Gabbard and Hegseth on Capitol Hill in attempt to win over senators: Live

President-elect promises to free Capitol rioters and says representatives that investigated him 'should go to jail' in Meet the Presss interview with Kristen Welker

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: WESA

Meet Pennsylvania's 2024 electors and learn about the Electoral College

Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes. Like most states, Pennsylvania awards all of them to the winner of the popular vote. Trump won 3.5 million votes to Democrat Kamala Harris' 3.4 million, giving him all of Pennsylvania's electoral votes. In total, Trump won 312 electoral votes to Harris' 226.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Mirror

Downfall of 'rat of Damascus' Assad is a 'humiliation' for Russia and Iran, says David Lammy

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Syrian tyrant Bashar al Assad had 'the blood of countless innocents on his hands' who had fled to Moscow 'with his tail between his legs'

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: London Evening Standard

Government accused of 'tinkering' with housebuilding permissions

A Conservative shadow housing minister has suggested the Government is "tinkering" with planning decision-making, instead of "getting developers developing and builders building" new homes.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Pressure piles on Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst over Pete Hegseth confirmation fight

Ernst, the first female combat veteran in the Senate, has been threatened with a primary challenge over her reticence - so far - to confirm Hegeseth.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: CNN

Who is the leader of Syria's rebels and what does he want?

The US State Department is advertising an up to 10-million-dollar reward for information leading to the capture of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, who the agency first designated as a terrorist more than a decade ago,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Grio

Rep. Clyburn has a lot to get off his chest about Trump and the future of American democracy

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Iran's nuclear countdown: Could Bashar al-Assad's downfall accelerate the timeline?

The overthrow of Syria's Bashar al-Assad after over 50 years of Assad family rule marks a significant shift in the Middle East. This change reshapes alliances involving Iran, Russia, and Turkey while raising questions about regional stability and nuclear proliferation.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Turkish President Erdogan Says He And Putin Are 'Only' Two Leaders Left In The World

The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan just claimed he and Vladimir Putin are the "only" two leaders left in the world. Speaking after Syrian rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad, who had ruled Turkey's neighbour since 2000,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Wall Street Journal

Biden Is Ceding Presidential Influence to Trump, and Some Democrats Are Furious

The president-elect doesn't take office until Jan. 20, but he's negotiating with foreign leaders and many are taking cues from his comments.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

The controversial Aadhav Arjuna and VCK's political compulsions behind his suspension

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has suspended Arjuna, its deputy general secretary, for six months on grounds that he had been acting against the party's interests.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Iron body presses and bed clamps: horrors of Syria's 'slaughterhouse' prison emerges

Assad's most notorious prisons has revealed that the Syrian dictator used underground cells and body-crushing iron presses to detain and torture thousands of civilians. Syrian rescue teams were still trying desperately to reach prisoners trapped in the underground labyrinth of jails deep inside the

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

'The View': Whoopi Goldberg and Ana Navarro Shout Over Trump News

After the PEOTUS made more inflammatory remarks on 'Meet the Press,' the cohosts strongly differed on how to deal with it.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Battling Fear and Indifference, Exiled Chechen Women Protest Kadyrov

People are afraid to go out to protest. They are afraid to show their faces, afraid to speak out publicly. Both the Russian and the Kadyrov regimes exploit this," said Chechen-born activist Fatima Suleymanova.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Tory councillor and PCC hopeful defects to Reform

A Conservative councillor has announced his defection to Reform UK. Robert Potts was elected to Durham County Council in 2021 and this year stood as the Tory candidate for the area's police and crime commissioner (PCC).

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Party leaders hold 'constructive' meeting on forming government

Party leaders hold 'constructive' meeting on forming government - Simon Harris and Micheal Martin have asked their respective negotiating teams to begin talks on putting together the next coalition administration.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Ex-Trump solicitor general representing Chinese social media giant in case against US government

From 2017-2020, attorney Noel J. Francisco served as solicitor general during the first Trump Administration. Francisco went on to join a major law firm, Jones Day, after leaving the White House in July 2020.

The Fall of Assad in Syria: How It Happened and What Comes Next

The main rebel group behind Assad's ouster is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose name means Organization for the Liberation of the Levant. It began to come together at the beginning of Syria's civil war, when jihadists formed the Nusra Front to fight pro-Assad forces with hundreds of insurgent and suicide attacks.

The article from The New York Times provides an overview of the Syrian Civil War, detailing the conflict that began in 2011 as part of the Arab Spring protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Initially, the uprising was peaceful, but it escalated into a full-scale civil war due to the government's brutal crackdown. The conflict has drawn in various factions including the Free Syrian Army, Islamist groups like al-Nusra Front, and later, ISIS, which took advantage of the chaos to establish a caliphate. Foreign powers have also intervened, with Russia and Iran supporting Assad, while the U.S., Turkey, and Gulf states have backed different opposition groups. The war has led to immense human suffering, with hundreds of thousands dead, millions displaced, and widespread destruction. The complexity of the conflict has made peace elusive, with ceasefires often breaking down, and the involvement of international actors has turned parts of Syria into proxy battlegrounds. The article also touches on the humanitarian crisis, the refugee exodus, and the ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict, which remains unresolved with Assad still in power but controlling less than the whole country.

Read the Full The New York Times Article at:
https://www.nytimes.com/article/syria-civil-war-rebels.html