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US Mideast allies face ‘worst-case scenario’ with Trump aid cuts and tariff whiplash

UK spending cuts leave anti-ISIS projects in limbo

As Trump cuts aid, EU leaders make plans to contain ISIS-linked camps

Trump launches strikes targeting Houthis in Yemen

Islamic State leader killed in ‘precision’ Iraq-US strike

EU set to suspend certain Syrian sanctions
UK rejects Trump team’s call to repatriate ‘ISIS bride’
Foreign Secretary David Lammy says ISIS supporter Shamima Begum will remain in Syrian camp — despite protests from Trump pick Seb Gorka.
Biden: Investigators checking for links between New Orleans attack, Las Vegas Tesla explosion
No such connection has yet been uncovered, the president said.
US national security adviser: ‘America’s competitors and adversaries are weaker than they have been’
Soon-to-depart national security adviser says the global situation is notably improved.
Ireland elects a maverick ex-trucker as speaker
Verona Murphy was once known for anti-migrant rhetoric. Now she’ll be expected to be diplomatic, as Ireland’s likely next government tilts to the right.
Pope reveals he was almost assassinated in Iraq in 2021
Vatican and Iraqi security forces intercepted a suicide bomber during the first ever papal visit to the country, the pontiff writes in his autobiography.
Has Syrian rebel leader al-Golani really shaken off his al Qaeda past?
The leopard claims he has changed his spots, but will he bring stability to the devastated nation?
UK promises ‘swift’ decision on banned Syrian group
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is a proscribed terrorist organization in the U.K., but played a major part in Bashar al-Assad’s ouster.
Assad’s downfall — the winners and losers
Across the region and beyond, POLITICO assesses the prospects of key players after the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
US pounds ISIS camps in Syria after Assad flees
“There should be no doubt — we will not allow ISIS to reconstitute,” a top general said.
Israeli military enters Golan Heights as Netanyahu warns off Syrian militants
PM Benjamin Netanyahu says “hostile forces” will not be tolerated near border, but offers “hand of peace” to Syrians who want peace with Israel.
US pounds ISIS camps in Syria after Assad flees
US pounds ISIS camps in Syria after Assad flees
EU welcomes collapse of Assad regime in Syria
Opposition fighters have taken control of key cities and freed prisoners held for years behind bars.
Terror attack on Bavarian Christmas market foiled by police
The 37-year-old suspect from Iraq had allegedly photographed the market in Augsburg and discussed driving a car through it.
Pentagon officials alarmed over Hegseth’s lack of experience: ‘Would you trust him to run Walmart?’
If confirmed, the Army vet would be in charge of one of the biggest bureaucracies in the world.
Germany arrests Libyan suspected of planning terror attack on Israeli embassy
Detention of Libyan man suspected of links to Islamic State threatens to further fan the debate over immigration.
French cement company to face trial for financing ISIS
Lafarge kept operating in Syria even at the height of its civil war.
PMQs: Keir Starmer wins despite all the drama
The PM was probed on his economic promises — and managed to largely escape unscathed.
Revealed: Liz Truss lobbied for UK role in project now linked to Mozambique massacre
In the summer of 2020 Britain’s then-trade secretary defied her Cabinet colleagues to secure financial support for the controversial development.
ISIS is back, says UK spy chief
Rare public appearance from MI5 boss Ken McCallum also includes stark warnings about Russia, Iran — and funding pressures on the intelligence service itself.
US defense secretary orders forces to be ready to deploy in Middle East
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will remain in the region after Israel kills Hezbollah leader.
‘All must be beheaded’: Revelations of atrocities at French energy giant’s African stronghold
Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
France charges ISIS bride with crimes including genocide
Wife of a now-deceased ISIS leader is accused of enslavement, imprisonment and torture.
The US government is keeping tabs on Americans headed to Ukraine’s war zone
The previously unreported DHS monitoring effort aims to scrutinize Americans who joined the fight in Kyiv — and identify if any could pose a threat when they return home.
World order ‘under threat,’ UK and US spy chiefs warn
MI6 boss Richard Moore and CIA chief Bill Burns said in an op-ed in the Financial Times that there was work being done to “disrupt the reckless campaign of sabotage” across Europe by Russia.