News Roundup 2/20/2025

by | Feb 20, 2025

News Roundup 2/20/2025

by | Feb 20, 2025

US News

  • Most Americans Believe US Aid Is Wasted or Stolen The Institute 
  • Report: Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Make Sweeping Budget Cuts AWC
  • CIA Expands Drone Flights Over Mexico To Hunt for Fentanyl Labs AWC
  • Elon Musk Claims Cartels Designated as Terrorists Are Now ‘Eligible for Drone Strikes’ AWC

Ukraine

  • Zelensky Says Ukraine Will ‘Not Recognize’ Upcoming US-Russia Talks AWC
  • Trump Calls Zelensky a ‘Dictator’ Who Has Done a ‘Terrible Job’ AWC
  • Trump Says Ukraine Should Hold Elections AWC
  • US, Russia Agree To Normalize Diplomatic Ties, Seek End to War in Ukraine AWC
  • Putin Willing to Speak with Zelensky ‘If Necessary’ The Institute 
  • Starmer Says He’s Ready To Put British Troops in Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal AWC

China

  • China Says Trump Admin’s Change To US Fact Sheet on Taiwan Damages Relations AWC

Israel

  • Smotrich Claims Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan for Gaza Will Start ‘Within Weeks’ AWC
  • Hamas Offers To Release All Remaining Israeli Hostages in Exchange for a Permanent Ceasefire AWC
  • Israel Has Violated Gaza Ceasefire 266 Times, Killing 132 Palestinians AWC
  • Hamas To Release Six Living, Four Dead Israeli Hostages This Week AWC

Iran

  • US B-52 Bombers Fly Over Nine Countries in the Middle East AWC
  • Tehran Hits Back at Netanyahu’s Threat To ‘Finish the Job’ Against Iran AWC

Lebanon

  • Israel Confirms Troops Will Remain at Southern Lebanon Sites After Deadline AWC
  • Israeli Drone Kills One in Southern Lebanon, Troops Fire At Civilians in Kfar Kila AWC

Syria

  • Kurdish SDF Agrees to Integrate into Syrian Army AWC
  • Panic in Southwest Syria After Israeli Troops Raid Villages, Warn Locals Not to Construct Homes AWC

Somalia

  • US Launches Airstrike in Somalia’s Puntland, Says Two ISIS Fighters Killed AWC

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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