“We join the calls for an immediate cease-fire, the release of hostages, and urgently needed massive humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. The cries of humanity demand nothing less.” The American Postal Workers Union earlier this month became the largest U.S. union to call for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, joining a growing labor movement […]
“It’s past time for our political leaders to listen to their constituents and put a stop to this violence,” said a Jewish-American advocacy group. Most members of the U.S. Congress have thus far refused to support a cease-fire in Gaza as Israel’s siege and airstrikes inflict horrific damage on the occupied territory. But according to […]
U.S Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Turkey’s offensive against Kurds in northeastern Syria was “unwarranted” and Ankara is “heading in the wrong direction” after its agreement with Russia to jointly patrol a “safe zone” in the region. “Turkey put us in a very terrible situation,” Esper said at the German Marshall Fund ahead of a […]
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]krainian officials are warning that Russia may be about to escalate its conflict with Ukraine, including possibly launching a breakout offensive from Crimea. And they accuse Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine’s Donbas region of violating the latest cease-fire — dubbed a “New Year’s Truce”— by attacking Ukrainian positions with a heavy-caliber weapon banned under the Minsk peace […]