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U.S. Denies Reports of Military Base in Syria; Trump Slams judge in Hush Money Case
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In a significant development, the United States (U.S.) has dismissed reports suggesting the construction of a military base in the Syrian city of Kobani, near the Turkish border. The Pentagon, or the U.S. Department of Defense, has firmly refuted these claims, which emerged following the circulation of videos showing concrete barriers being transported on trucks flying American flags.
Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has strongly condemned a New York judge’s decision to impose a sentence in a hush money case that unfolded just ten days before his impending inauguration on January 20. Trump has lambasted the ruling as a "politically unsound attack."
Elsewhere in global news, the U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of dozens of units of its lightweight torpedoes to Saudi Arabia, with a total value of $78.5 million (approximately Rp 1.2 trillion). According to the Pentagon, cited by Al Arabiya, the sale involves Torpedo Light MK 54 MOD 0 units, with 20 such torpedoes slated for delivery to Riyadh.
In the West Bank, a Palestinian man and his son have been fatally shot in the Jenin refugee camp in an incident blamed on local militias by Palestinian authorities. The Jenin camp has historically been a flashpoint for deadly clashes between Palestinian militants and Palestinian security forces based in Ramallah. The incident follows a series of arrests made late last year.
