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US-Backed SDF Leader Joins Sharaa Regime As Presidential Advisor After Kurdish Force Dissolved Via The Cradle Self-proclaimed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential advisor, following the dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in an integration deal with Damascus earlier this week. "President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued Decree No. 164 of 2026 on Thursday, appointing Mustafa Khalil Abdi, known as Mazloum Abdi, as an advisor to the Presidency of the Republic," state media SANA reported on 27 August. Abdi headed the SDF, an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers'...

A US official has told Axios that President Trump’s extension of the ceasefire with Iran will not be open-ended and suggested it could last just “three to five days,” though that exact timetable was later denied by the White House. The Trump administration is attempting to frame the lack of talks in Pakistan as related […]

New Orleans Becomes First Major U.S. City To Let AI Answer 911 New Orleans is testing just how much Americans are willing to trust artificial intelligence when the stakes are considerably higher than writing an email or ordering dinner, according to the New York Post. The city has begun allowing an AI system to field certain 911 calls, apparently making it the first major U.S. municipality to put a bot directly between emergency callers and human operators. The idea is largely about volume. New Orleans' emergency communications center receives more than 1,000...