(2026-01-24). UN: Jan. 23] Israel Crushes UN Compound, the $108 Billion Pension Fund Lots More. passblue.com 
This Week @UN: A crimes against humanity treaty; Latvia finds its voice; Israel's UN attack; UN pension review; Gazans adapt to South Africa. Plus: Trump & Gaza; UNDP relos; Greenland/Denmark; Microsoft's AI push; Syria's Al Hol camp. Stay current (& optimistic) in real time via Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Our #1 story: …
(2026-01-24). 150 IS detainees transferred to Iraq. tribune.com.pk 
Europeans were among 150 senior Islamic State group detainees transferred this week by the US military from Kurdish custody in Syria to neighbouring Iraq, whose premier urged EU countries to repatriate their nationals. | They were among an estimated 7,000 jihadists due to be moved to Iraq as the Kurdish-led force that has held them for years relinquishes swathes of territory to the advancing Syrian army. | In 2014, IS swept across Syria and Iraq, committing massacres and forcing women and girls into sexual slavery, but backed by a US-led coalition, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ultimately defe…
(2026-01-24). Syria: ICRC concerned over worsening humanitarian situation. icrc.org
(2026-01-24). Iran thanks Pakistan for opposing UN rights vote in Geneva. tribune.com.pk 
Iran's ambassador to Pakistan has publicly thanked Islamabad for opposing a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that deepens international scrutiny of Tehran's crackdown on protests. | "I extend my sincere gratitude to the esteemed Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, under the leadership of the Honorable Prime Minister, H.E. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Muhammad Ishaq Dar," Iran's Ambassador Raza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X. | I extend my sincere gratitude to the esteemed Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakista…
(2026-01-23). Jeremy Corbyn calls out the latest Western-backed ethnic cleansing campaign. thecanary.co 
Everyone should listen to Jeremy Corbyn's intervention on the world's latest Western-backed ethnic cleansing campaign. Because a terrorist who once had a $10m bounty on his head is now in charge of Syria. And with a greenlight from the US, Turkey, and Israel, he's now attacking Kurdish people who led the fight to defeat Daesh. Corbyn: […] | By
(2026-01-23). US military negotiated SDF withdrawal from Raqqa prison. al-monitor.com Syrian government forces took full control of Raqqa after hundreds of SDF fighters were evacuated to Kobani under US-negotiated safe passage.