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The TelegraphIsrael seizes land on Syrian border and bombs Damascus
Israel has seized land along its border with Syria and carried out air strikes on Damascus.
- Reuters
Syria's Assad is in Moscow after deal on military bases, says Russian state media
(Reuters) -Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, and a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases. Russia's Foreign Ministry said earlier that Assad had left Syria and given orders for a peaceful transfer of power, after rebel fighters raced into Damascus unopposed on Sunday, ending nearly six decades of his family's iron-fisted rule.
- Associated Press
Russia has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are its capabilities?
The silent black-and-white surveillance camera video of the Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was brief but chilling: Six huge fireballs pierced the darkness and slammed into the ground at astonishing speed. Within hours of the Nov. 21 attack on the military facility, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the rare step of speaking on national TV to boast about the new, hypersonic missile. Putin said the missile was called the “Oreshnik” — Russian for “hazelnut tree."
- Reuters
Israel says it will destroy Syria's heavy strategic weaponry
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will step up airstrikes on Syrian stores of advanced weaponry, Israeli officials said on Monday, and keep a "limited" troop presence on the ground, hoping to head off any threat that could emerge in the fallout of president Bashar al-Assad's overthrow. Israel has watched the upheaval in Syria with a mixture of hope and concern as it weighs the consequences of one of the most significant strategic shifts in the Middle East in years. "We are taking all the actions necessary to try to ensure our security with regard to the new situation in Syria," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters in a late-night press conference at his office without going into detail.
- CNN
Watching with trepidation and glee, Netanyahu orders military to seize Syria buffer zone
Israeli leaders are watching events across the border in Syria with trepidation, as 50 years of detente were upended in a matter of hours.
- The Telegraph
US missiles would run out within days in war with China
The US would run out of missiles within days if war breaks out with China, a House committee has found.
- Business Insider
Ukraine's changing up its Black Sea attacks on Russia with drone boats armed with machine guns and flying exploding drones
Ukraine has continued to innovate with its naval drones, including by outfitting them with rocket launchers and missiles.
- Business Insider
The US military struck 75 ISIS targets in Syria as Assad's government fell
President Joe Biden said the US sought to prevent ISIS from regrouping amid the chaos of Assad's fall.
- The Independent
How a Navy sailor fell off his ship, played dumb — and became a Vietnam POW hero
South Dakota native Doug Hegdahl was serving with the Navy during the Vietnam War when he fell into the waters of the South China Sea – soon becoming the youngest, lowest-ranking POW at the infamous Hanoi Hilton. As a new book details how Hegdahl played dumb to his captors – secretly memorizing POW names and intel – its author talks to Sheila Flynn
- The Guardian
Benjamin Netanyahu says Golan Heights will remain part of Israel ‘for eternity’
PM’s words follow Israeli takeover of previously demilitarised zone in Syrian-controlled territory
- The Independent
Mapped: Where has Russia made advances on the frontline in Ukraine?
Ukraine’s military say the hottest fighting along the roughly 640-mile frontline is taking place along multiple points in Donetsk
- The Conversation
How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power
Tartus is Russia’s only foothold on the Mediterranean coast.
- Reuters
Taiwan raises alert as China deploys 90 ships in likely exercises
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan raised its alert level on Monday, saying China had reserved airspace and deployed naval and coast guard vessels in what a security source called the first military drills across a broad swathe of the region's waters. A senior Taiwan security official said China had nearly 90 navy and coast guard ships near Taiwan, the southern Japanese islands and the East and South China Seas, of which around two-thirds were naval.
- Sky News
Syria hit by US and Israeli airstrikes as war bloggers fret about 'threat' to Russian bases
Syria's new rebel leaders are facing the daunting task of healing a divided nation - and the toppling of the Assad regime has not put an end to fighting in the country. In northern Syria, Turkey-backed opposition fighters are still battling US-allied Kurdish forces, while both Israel and the US launched airstrikes on Syria on Sunday. President Bashar al Assad fled Damascus with his family on Sunday morning and their whereabouts were unknown until Russian state media confirmed they had been given asylum in Moscow "on humanitarian grounds".
- Business Insider
Russia fired 4 times as many drones and missiles at Ukraine in the past 3 months as it did a year earlier: report
Russia launched more than 6,000 drones and missiles against Ukraine during September, October, and November, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- AFP
Ukraine struggles against Russian 'meat grinder' tactics
Lighting his pipe, the commander barely reacted to explosions in the distance as he explained how his men were dying, overwhelmed by Russian soldiers storming eastern Ukraine despite heavy losses.The number of Russian losses is believed to be much higher.
- HuffPost
GOP Senator Dismisses Pete Hegseth Concerns: That’s Not A ‘Drinking Problem’
“That wasn’t him saying he had an alcohol problem, that was him being honest,” said Markwayne Mullin of Trump’s defense secretary pick.
- Bloomberg
Zelenskiy Warns Trump, Macron About Risk of Frozen Conflict
(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he raised the risk of a frozen conflict with Russia and pressed for security guarantees in talks with US President-elect Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron. Most Read from BloombergBrace for a Nationwide Shuffle of Corporate HeadquartersA Chicago Skyscraper Cements the Legacy of a Visionary Postmodern ArchitectCloud Computing Tax Threatens Chicago’s Silicon Valley AmbitionsNYC’s Run-Down Bus Terminal Gets Approval for $10 Billion
- Associated Press
Turkish military helicopters collide in midair, killing 6 military personnel
Two Turkish military helicopters collided in midair on Monday, causing one of them to crash and killing six military personnel on board, officials said. The second helicopter landed safely. It was not immediately clear what caused the two helicopters to come into contact.
- The Guardian
Israel, US and Turkey launch strikes in Syria to protect interests
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels free prisoners of the former president, Bashar al-Assad, who has fled to Russia