Trump deploys 2,000 Marines to Middle East, supertanker struck in Hormuz
US deploys Roosevelt strike group and 2,000 Marines to the Middle East as part of a wider buildup around Iran.

US deploys Roosevelt strike group and 2,000 Marines to the Middle East as part of a wider buildup around Iran.


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President Ahmed al-Sharaa calls for Israeli withdrawal, condemning its attacks as Syria emerges from civil war.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Syrian territory.

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa says Donald Trump should give New Jersey to Israel, instead of the Golan Heights.

As President al-Sharaa is set to present a ‘new Syria’ at UNGA, Syrians at home demand safety and justice.
Over 2,300 women and children are still held in what UN experts and human rights groups describe as open-ended detention
Repeated blasts at military sites expose the risks facing Syria as it rebuilds its army after years of war.

Explosions rocked a Syrian army ammunition depot south of Aleppo, injuring at least four people.