- The FDA announces they will begin seizing shipments of kratom. [Link]
- Trump ends his Asia trip and skips the East Asia Summit. [Link]
- China will send a high-level envoy to North Korea. [Link]
- South Korea says the US needs their consent before attacking North Korea. [Link]
- Zimbabwe’s president has been placed under house arrest. [Link]
- A new House bill will provide oversight of US aid to Israel. The bill hopes to prevent US aid from going to abusing Palestinian children. [Link]
- The EU calls on Lebanon’s Prime Minister to return to Lebanon. The prime minister is currently under house arrest in Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- Saudi Arabia may be planning to replace Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri with his brother Bahaa. Bahaa made statement condemning Iran and Hezbollah. [Link]
- Daniel Larison argues Saudi Arabia is a regional menace. [Link]
- Islamic State snipers are using US weapons and equipment. [Link]
- Mattis says the US will fight in Syria as long as IS is there to fight. [Link]
- The spokesman of the SDF defects to Turkish backed Syrian rebels. [Link]
- The US carried out three operations against IS in Yemen between November 10-12. [Link]
