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News Roundup 11/15/17

by | Nov 15, 2017

  • House votes 366-30 on a nonbinding resolution against supporting Saudi’s war in Yemen. [Link]
  • The ‘groundbreaking’ Atlantic article showing a conversation between WikiLeaks and Donald Trump Jr. was unethically edited. [Link]
  • 23 European countries sign an agreement to spend more on military and promote European military integration. [Link]
  • CNN exposes the slave trade in Libya. [Link]
  • In Libya, militants are cutting water to cities to negotiate with the governments. [Link]
  • Tanks of entered the capital city of Zimbabwe. Reports suggest that the military may attempt to remove the 93-year-old President Mugabe from power. [Link] The military declared they had control of the capital city but were not carrying out a coup. [Link]
  • Johnathan Marshall on the US Terror War expanding into Africa. [Link]
  • On Sunday night, the Taliban attacked 15 different Afghan police posts and killed 27 Afghan police. [Link]
  • In Syria, 53 people were killed in a market by airstrikes. Russia likely carried out the strikes. [Link]
  • Turkish President Erdogan suggests Turkey may attack the Syrian Kurds. [Link]
  • Russia’s Foreign Minister said Russia has not ensured Iranian backed forces will leave Syria. [Link]
  • Iraq/Iran earthquake death toll now at 530. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia bombed the airport in Yemen. The destruction of the airport will make it more difficult to get starving people food. [Link]
  • 47 people were killed in a suicide attack in the southern Yemen. The last time this target was attacked, IS claimed responsibility. [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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