Bringing Them Home: The Rescue of 11 US Citizens from Northeast Syria
Repatriation of US Citizens from Syria
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference at the NATO headquarters on April 4, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.
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The United States has successfully brought back 11 American citizens, including five minors, and the sibling of one minor, from northeast Syria. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed this as the most significant repatriation of Americans from that region.
Blinken characterized the operation as a challenging process that required close coo
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Bringing Them Home: The Rescue of 11 US Citizens from Northeast Syria
Al Bilad newspaper Representatives propose continuing to disburse housing allowances to beneficiaries of the “Taawun Facilitation” until its problems are resolved
– 2024-05-08 09:28:20
Under the chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Ahmed bin Salman Al Muslim, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Council held this morning, Tuesday, May 7, its thirty-second regular session in the second regular annual session of the sixth legislative term.
After the session, Dr. Yasser Saqr Al-Shirawi, Assistant Secretary-General for Resources and Services in the House of Representatives, made the following statement:
During the session, the following was discussed:
Catch-up clause:
1) Notifying the Council of Royal Order No. (23) of 2024 AD to close the second session of the sixth legislative term of the Shura and Representatives Councils.
Item Two: Messages received from the esteemed government:
1) Presentation of the message received from His Royal Highness the Prime Minister regarding a draft law (drafted based on the proposal by law from the House of Representatives) amending some provisions of Decree Law No. (25) of 1998 regarding private educational and training institutions, in order to consider referring it with the draft law. To the Services Committee in an original capacity, and to the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee to express comments.
2) Presentation of the letter received from His Royal Highness the Prime Minister regarding a draft law (drafted based on the proposed law “as amended” by the House of Representatives) amending some provisions of the Real Estate Rental Law promulgated by Law No. (27) of 2014, in order to consider referring it to The draft law was sent to the Public Utilities and Environment Committee in original form, and to the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee to express comments.
Catch-up clause:
2) Presenting the letter received from His Royal Highness the Prime Minister regarding a draft law amending some provisions of the Trade Law issued by Decree Law No. (7) of 1987, attached to Decree No. (44) of 2024, in order to consider referring it with the draft law to the Affairs Committee. Financial and economic matters in original form, and to the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee for comments.
3) Presenting the letter received from His Royal Highness the Prime Minister regarding a draft law approving the accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Convention on Road Traffic of 1949, attached to Decree No. (43) of 2024, in order to consider referring it with the draft law to the Foreign Affairs Committee Defense and National Security originally, and to the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee to make comments, the
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Civilians in Rafah no longer know what to do
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In the night between Monday and Tuesday, when the news began to spread that Hamas had “accepted” a proposal for a ceasefire, many civilians in Gaza took to the streets to celebrate, convinced that some kind of peace agreement had been reached , albeit temporary. But things they weren’t like that: the proposal “accepted” by Hamas was not the one shared with Israel, but the one put forward by two mediator states, Qatar and Egypt, and no agreement had been reached.
A few hours later, the Israeli army carried out a military operation at the Rafah crossingthe city in the south of the Gaza Strip which is home to 1.4 million civilians, the majority of whom are refugees: in a few hours the Palestinians went from celebrating to having to decide where to take refuge to escape Israeli bombing and fighting.
Palestinian civilians have been experiencing similar situations for months: since the beginning of the war, millions of people have had to abandon first their homes and then the makeshift shelters to which they had fled, to escape from the Israeli bombings which gradually spread into the Gaza Strip. Gaza. Very often the Israeli army’s evacuation notices came with little warning, just enough to grab a few things and leave. And very often the warnings have been confusing and difficult to put into practice. There is also at least one case confirmed in which the army bombed the places where it had evacuated civilians, in December 2023.
The past few days, however, ha
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Ukraine – Russia war, last minute | Ukraine calls for more ammunition as second anniversary of war approaches
As the second anniversary of the beginning of the war in ukrainethe authorities of Kiev have demanded the high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, more ammunition and air defense systems, while trying to develop an army of drones to try to compensate for their lack of weapons.
Ukraine urgently needs
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Russia attacked Ukraine with 55 missiles and 21 Shahed-131/136s, air defense destroyed 59 of them
In the latest night attack on Ukraine, Russian troops launched 55 missiles of various types and 21 Shahed-131/136 attack drones, and the country’s air defense teams on duty managed to destroy 59 of them. specified the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Mykola Oleshchuk on his channel in Telegram.
“On the night of May 8, 2024, the Russian invaders launched a combined attack with various types of missiles and UAVs, while the enemy used a total of 76 air attack weapons: 55 missiles and 21 attack drones,” Oleschuk wrote.
According to the information he released, the Russians used in the attack:
An X-47M2 “Dagger” aeroballistic missile (launched from the Tambov region of Russia);
Two Iskander-M ballistic missiles (from Crimea);
Four Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea);
45 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles of the Tu-95 MS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area – Saratov Region of the Russian Federation, Caspian Sea);
An “Iskander-K” cruise missile (from Crimea);
Two X-59/X-69 guided air missiles (from the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region);
21 Shahed-131/136 type attack unmanned aerial vehicles (from Primorsko-Akhtarsk region, Kursk region of Ru
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Russia attacked Ukraine with 55 missiles and 21 Shahed-131/136s, air defense destroyed 59 of them
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Political Strategy Behind Escalation with Hamas: The Telegraph’s Analysis
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The Telegraph: “It’s like an animal being cornered and fighting for its life.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Shin-young = Analysis is being raised that the reason why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting the ceasefire with the Palestinian armed faction Hamas and insisting on a ground war in Rafah is because of his political position .
On the 7th (local time), the British Daily Telegraph, citing Israeli political analysts, diagnosed that the reason why Prime Minister Netanyahu is proceeding with the war despite the desire of the Israeli people to release the hostages is because it focuses more on maintaining power.
According to the Telegraph, most Israeli political analysts see Prime Minister Netanyahu as ‘a cornered beast fighting for his life’.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, who first came to power in 1996, has been in power for the longest period in Israel’s history.
He was dismissed on corruption charges, but managed to return to power in December 2022 by attracting extreme right-wing and ultra-Orthodox Jewi
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Operation Praetorian: MP requests preventive detention for Madureira and “Polaco” | public ministry
This Tuesday, the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) requested preventive detention for Fernando Madureira, leader of the Super Dragões, and Hugo “Polaco”, a member of the cheer squad, within the scope of the Operation Praetorianand house arrest with electronic surveillance for Vítor Catão.
A judicial source told the Lusa agency that, in promoting the coercive measures to be applied to the defendants by the Criminal Investigation Court (TIC) of Porto, the MP prosecutor defended that Madureira and Hugo Carneiro (“Polish”) be subject to the coercive measure most serious: preventive detention.
For Vítor Catão, who chose not to make a statement before the criminal investigation judge Pedro Miguel Vieira, the MP defended the application of house arrest, with electronic surveillance.
For the remaining nine defendants, the MP prosecutor requested a ban on contact, a ban on access to sports venues and periodic presentations to the authorities.
After the MP’s promotions, the lawyers for the 12 defendants presented their respective arguments, but the coercive measures will only be known on Wednesday afternoon, at 4 pm.
However, at the end of the afternoon, Fernando Madureira’s wife, Sandra, and five of the seven detained at the Bela Vista police station (Hugo Loureiro, Fernando Saul, Vítor ‘Aleixo’, Vítor Bruno Oliveira and José Pereira) were released.
The investigations began with a significant delay, compared to the scheduled time (10 am), with the investigating judge Pedro Miguel Vieira arriving at the TIC at 11 am.
Last Wednesday, the PSP detained 12 people – including two FC Porto employees and the leader of the Super Dragões, Fernando Madureira
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Operation Praetorian: MP requests preventive detention for Madureira and “Polaco” | public ministry
Maricela Dolores Vera Crespo assumed the position of General Manager of BanEcuador
– 2024-05-08 10:50:56
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On April 30, the new general manager of BanEcuador was appointed, with an outstanding career of more than 20 years in the banking sector, both in the private and public spheres, Maricela Vera Crespo is the new General Manager of Banecuador BP
In her inauguration speech, Vera Crespo expressed her deep honor and gratitude for the trust placed in her by the executive to direct BanEcuador.
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Ilias Kasidiaris: He submitted a request for release from prison, after Michaloliakos
– 2024-05-08 10:29:49
Ilias Kasidiaris, who was sentenced for the Golden Dawn case to 13 years in prison, has filed a release request. It is underlined that the same judicial bodies and natural persons decided on the conditional release of Nikos Michaloliakos, a few days ago.
Read more: Golden Dawn: Michaloliakos is released voluntarily – the prosecutor opposes
Regarding the case of Kasidiaris, the request had been submitted since April 26 to the Domokou prison where he is being held. She, in turn, forwarded it to the Lamia prosecutor’s office, and the prosecutor’s proposal and the final decision of the Lamia Misdemeanor Council are expected in the near future.
Anger for Michaloliakos
As it became known on Holy Thursday morning, Nikos Michaloliakos, who was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison as a director of the Golden Dawn
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“But how do you stay in the Democratic Party?” – The weather
Elly Schlein broke through and came out: “I will sign for the CGIL referendum,” she said. The secretary of the Democratic Party put her signature at the bottom of Maurizio Landini’s referendum against the Jobs Act, the labor reform of the Democratic Party, desired in 2016 by the then leader of the Democratic Party Matteo Renzi. The choice is consistent with her past, but not with that of the party. And in fact the response from Italia Viva’s number one was not long in coming. “Elly Schlein signs the referendums against the JobsAct. The PD secretary signs to abolish a law wanted and voted by the PD”, she wrote on X. “Finally there is clarity. They are on the side of subsidies, we are on the side of work. Reformist friends: but how do you still remain in the PD?”, he added.
In this way Schlein does not risk being left behind, since Giuseppe Conte in recent days has already signed the referendum promoted by the secretary of the CGIL Maurizio Landini. “I have already said
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“But how do you stay in the Democratic Party?” – The weather