News Roundup 11/22/17

by | Nov 22, 2017

  • The FCC looks to roll back Obama-era net neutrality regulations. [Link]
  • Patrick Cockburn explains how the US and Saudi Arabia could cause war in the Middle East. [Link]
  • The US has added nearly 14,000 troops and contractors to the Middle East in the past four months. [Link]
  • The US closed the PLO office in DC. In response, Palestinian leadership cut communications with the US. [Link]
  • Trump labels North Korea a state sponsor of terror. [Link]
  • 50 have been killed in a suicide bombing in Nigeria. [Link]
  • Robert Mugabe steps down as Zimbabwe’s president. [Link]
  • Putin met with Assad in Russia. Putin announced plans to call Trump. [Link]
  • Lebanon’s Prime Minister returns to Lebanon. [Link]
  • Turkey banned all LBGT events in the counties capital. [Link]
  • The Pentagon now says the US has 14,000 troops in Afghanistan. [Link]
  • The US will now target the opium market in Afghanistan. [Link]
  • The Washington Post editorial board covered the war in Yemen without mentioning the US support for war crimes. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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