US Officials in Talks for Kurdish Unity in Northern Syria
US officials in talks with Kurdish groups in northern Syria, seeking a unity agreement among factions to limit pressure from Turkey and the Assad regime
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Author: Scott Lucas
Congress Passes $1.9 Trillion “American Rescue Plan”
Congress passes the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan for the Coronavirus pandemic and the US economy, as President Joe Biden pledges to “act fast”.
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UPDATED: “We Are Facing Famine” — Flour and Bread Cut Off for Displaced in Rukban Camp
Residents of the Rukban camp report that they have gone for more than a week without flour and thus bread, raising the prospect of starvation.
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EA on TRT World, BBC, and Radio FM4: Trump Trial; GOP’s QAnon Problem; AOC on Capitol Attack
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, GOP splits over QAnon conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Greene, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez describes Capitol Attack
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Belgium Gives Iranian Diplomat 20-Year Sentence Over Bomb Plot
A Belgian court sentences Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi to 20 years in prison for plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris in June 2018.
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EA on The Pat Kenny Show: “Grasp the Nettle” — Assessing Biden’s First 2 Weeks in Office
Biden’s first 2 weeks: “He and his Administration think that the US is in one of its greatest crises and that they’re going to grasp the nettle.”
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