Syrian insurgents reach gates of Damascus, threatening decades-long Assad regime
Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday, and the government was forced to deny rumors that President Assad had fled the country. The loss of Homs was a potentially crippling blow. It stands at an important intersection between Damascus and Syria’s coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus — Assad’s base of support and home to a Russian strategic naval base.
IDF repels rebel attack on UN post near Syrian border; Israeli cabinet set to meet as Assad regime crumbles
Israel’s military and political leadership has been scrambling to react to the lighting advance of rebel groups against the regime across Syria. After the fighting concentrated in northern Syria for most of the past week, on Friday and Saturday, almost the whole of southern Syria, including the border with Israel, fell into rebel hands. This included numerous military bases stocked with heavy weaponry, as well as several military airports.
Trump says US should stay out of fighting in Syria as opposition forces gain ground
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military should stay out of the escalating conflict in Syria as a shock opposition offensive closes in on the capital, declaring in a social media post, “THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT.” In his post, Trump said Assad did not deserve U.S. support to stay in power.
Sotomayor compares trans medical ‘treatments’ to aspirin in question about side effects during oral arguments
Justice Sonia Sotomayor likened the side effects of transgender medical procedures on minors to that of taking an over-the-counter painkiller. Her comments came after Tennessee Solicitor General Rice defended his state’s ban on transgender medical procedures for minors. He argued that countries like Sweden, Finland, and the UK have limited such interventions due to reported irreversible consequences.
USDA Orders Raw Milk Testing Under Guise of Bird Flu Amid War on Small Farms
Nationwide demand for raw milk has never been higher, as out-of-control bureaucrats in their ivory towers in Washington, DC, exploit bird flu outbreaks in dairy herds to financially crush small farms while ensuring that large-scale farms owned by mega corporations, which produce questionable/unhealthy food (hence America’s obesity crisis), remain in control of the nation’s food supply chain. The latest overreach in the war on raw milk comes as the US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) ordered dairy farmers to work with the federal agency to test for bird flu (H5N1).
Experts fear jab may not be able to fight pre-Christmas flu outbreak
The flu vaccine given to millions may be much less effective than expected as a pre-Christmas outbreak sweeps Britain, experts warn. The NHS reported an unusually early start to the flu season last week with the number of people in hospital with the dangerous virus four times higher than this time last year.
Explosion in Dutch city of The Hague kills 5; search for missing people continues
Mayor Jan Van Zanen said there’s little hope of rescuing any more residents alive. “We are preparing for the worst-case scenario.” Emergency services earlier said that up to 20 people were missing. A small explosion occurred at 6:15 am, followed by a severe one, after which the building caught fire. The cause of the explosions is unknown. The building partially collapsed following the explosion. Police were looking for a car that drove away from the scene at high speed immediately following the blast.
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