- Trump has given his Supreme Court short list. [Link]
- The CIA sends a letter admitting that it has not looked at a FOIA request that was sent to the CIA over six years ago. [Link]
- This article details how al-Qaeda has grown while the world is focused on ISIS and how al-Qaeda can grow larger as ISIS loses more battles. [Link]
- John Kerry gives a speech criticizing Israeli settlements. Kerry explains that settlements threaten the possibility of a two-state solution. [Link] Israeli’s Prime Minister Netanyahu condemns Kerry’s speech saying it is biased against Israel. [Link]
- Saad al-Hariri is the new Prime Minister of Lebanon. He won a vote of confidence after several of the voting deputies did not show for the vote. [Link]
- An airstrike disables the last bridge between East and West Mosul. [Link]
- Two mortar rounds were fired at the Russian embassy in Damascus. Russia believes the attacks were meant to interfere with the peace deal that is being worked out for Syria. [Link]
- An airstrike in Syria kills 22 civilians near Deir Ezzor. It is unknown who conducted the airstrikes but the US coalition is the most active in the area. [Link]
