US Withdrawing from Base in Northeast Syria, Transferring Equipment to Iraqi Kurdistan

An Israeli drone attack in northern Gaza on Thursday killed a 13-year-old boy as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed Gaza ceasefire deal. Medics told Reuters that the boy, identified as Joud Mohammed al-Duweik, was killed when an Israeli drone dropped a grenade in the town of Beit Lahia. Several other Palestinians […]

It Wasn't Fireworks... Social Isolation, Escalating Anger Drove Palisades Arsonist's Desire For Revenge, Jury Told Explosives and arson experts from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms this week told a jury in the federal arson case against Jonathan Rinderknecht that fireworks could not have been the culprit. The 29-year-old Rinderknecht is accused of starting a blaze in the Santa Monica Mountains, which investigators say led to the deadly Palisades Fire of 2025. “Anyone who was in this area—if there was a firework launched, burning, or landing here—would have seen it....