(2025-12-14). US troops and a civilian executed by Washington's 'partner forces' in Syria. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — A deadly ambush near the historic ruins of Palmyra on Saturday claimed the lives of two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter, marking the first American fatalities in Syria since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad a year ago.
(2025-12-14). 'Was Syria Worth This Price?' OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Thanaa Jebbi | Throughout the years of the Syrian revolution, I never managed to enter any regime-held areas. This was partly for security reasons – and partly because I had sealed those cities in my memory as if they were black holes, one that should never be returned to. Although I was among those who dreamed of the regime's fall, one of the early voices out in the streets, the final years before its collapse were so heavy that the dream felt distant, almost impossible. I nearly lost hope of ever seeing Damascus again. | But on September 15, 2025, I returned to Damascus for the first time since the fall o…
(2025-12-14). Trump vows to retaliate IS attack. tribune.com.pk 
Two American troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol, officials said. | US CENTCOM announced the deaths on X after Syria's state media earlier reported an attack in the city of Palmyra had wounded American and Syrian troops. | "An ambush by a lone ISIS gunman" resulted in the three Americans' deaths as well as injuries to three additional troops, said CENTCOM, which oversees the US military in the Middle East. | "The gunman was engaged and killed," it said. | President Donald Trump said…
(2025-12-14). Eighteen Years Ago: Journalist Gary Webb Was Murdered After Exposing CIA Drug Trafficking/By Jeremy Kuzmarov. voicesfromsyria.com 
By Jeremy Kuzmarov Global Research, December 13, 2025 CovertAction Magazine 10 December 2022 Original Link Here: Eighteen Years Ago: Journalist Gary Webb Was Murdered After Exposing CIA Drug Trafficking — Global ResearchGlobal Research — Centre for Research on Globalization To …
(2025-12-14). Palestine, Syria reach 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Quarter Finals. ummid.com Palestine and Syria have reached the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Quarter Finals knocking out Asian Champions Qatar and 2021 Runners up Tunisia in an extraordinary display of sports skills and performance.
(2025-12-14). Why are US National Guardsman getting killed in Syria? responsiblestatecraft.org Washington tells us (but not very often, certainly not very clearly), that the U.S. continues to have military boots on the ground in Syria because of ISIS.But the killing of two Iowa National Guardsman and wounding of three others
(2025-12-14). Trump vows retaliation after two US troops killed in Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) — US President Donald Trump vowed retaliation Saturday after two US Army soldiers and a civilian US interpreter were killed in an attack in Syria.
(2025-12-14). Iranian ambassador, Turkish deputy FM stress closer ties. en.mehrnews.com Iran's ambassador to Turkey has met with the country's newly appointed deputy foreign minister in Ankara, with both sides underscoring the importance of close and longstanding ties between Tehran and Ankara.
(2025-12-14). Tehran conference on Afghanistan begins tomorrow. tribune.com.pk 
Iran is going to host a two-day conference in its capital on December 15-16 on Afghanistan. The meeting is expected to be attended by special representatives from Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Russia. | Pakistan Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan Ambassador to Kabul Ubaid Ur Rehman Nizamani, and Pakistan Ambassador to Tehran Mudassir Tipu will attend it. | Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, China's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Affairs Yu Xiaoyong, and representatives of the presidents of Uzbek…
(2025-12-14). Who's The Dictator? Venezuela's Maduro Or Ukraine's Zelenskyy. popularresistance.org Within the narrow spectrum of establishment punditry, "dictator" functions as a term of opprobrium reserved for governments Washington designates as enemies. By this measure, Maduro is cast as the dictator, while Zelenskyy is sanctified as democratic. | Ronald Reagan's UN ambassador, Jeane Kirkpatrick, wrote about a democracy "double standard" in 1979. A Democrat turned anti-communist neoconservative, she formulated a convenient rhetorical distinction. The so-called Kirkpatrick Doctrine supported "authoritarian" traditional dictatorships and opposed leftist "totalitarian regimes."
(2025-12-14). Norway defends envoy's presence at SC hearing. tribune.com.pk 
Norway has defended the presence of its ambassador at a Supreme Court hearing in Islamabad as perfectly "in line with international law", days after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a demarche to the envoy of the Scandinavian country. | The case pertains to the hearing of the husband-and-wife lawyer duo, Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha. Norwegian Ambassador Per Albert Ilsaas attended the case proceedings on Thursday, causing a stir in court and on social media. | The Foreign Office had summoned the Norwegian envoy and urged him to "adhere to the established norms of diplomatic engagem…