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Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’
ByWilliam Christou and Pjotr Sauer December 15, 2025

Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive householdIn 2011, a group of teenage boys spray-painted a warning on to a wall in their school playground: “It’s your turn, Doctor.” Th…

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Welcome to our age of impunity – where the ICC prosecuting atrocities is a rare feat | Simon Tisdall
BySimon Tisdall December 14, 2025

The jailing of a Sudanese militia leader is an anomaly in a world where Putin, Netanyahu and yes, Hegseth, act without fear of international lawIt was a rare success for international courts struggling to resist a rising tide of official lawlessness. A…

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Drone strike on UN facility in war-torn Sudan leaves six peacekeepers dead
ByAssociated Press December 13, 2025

UN secretary general António Guterres says ‘unjustifiable’ attack on base in city of Kadugli ‘could be war crime’A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, the UN secretary general António Gute…

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Three Americans killed in Syria by suspected Islamic State gunman, Pentagon says
ByAssociated Press December 13, 2025December 13, 2025

US Central Command reports an ambush on Saturday, the first attack to inflict US casualties since fall of Bashar al-AssadTwo US army soldiers and one American civilian interpreter have been killed and several other people wounded in an ambush on Saturd…

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Israel says its military killed Hamas commander Raed Saed in Gaza City strike
ByReuters December 13, 2025

If Saed is dead he would be most senior militant to be killed since October ceasefire, in attack on car that reportedly left four deadThe senior Hamas commander Raed Saedhas been killed in a strike on a car in Gaza City, the Israeli military said on Sa…

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As Sudan burns, the NBA’s embrace of the UAE shows how sport enables atrocity
ByKarim Zidan December 13, 2025

While UAE-backed forces are accused of mass killings in Sudan, the NBA is deepening its partnership with the controversial Gulf state. This is what sportswashing looks likeAs paramilitary fighters from the brutal Rapid Support Forces (RSF) overran the …

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New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland
ByJulian Borger and Quique Kierszenbaum in Atouf, West Bank December 13, 2025

Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Israeli settlersThe death knell for the Palestinian village of Atouf, on the western slopes of the Jordan valley, arrived in the form of a trail of paper, a seri…

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Families washed out of tents as flood waters course through Gaza
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem December 12, 2025

Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures, deepening the misery of most of its 2.2 million population who are living in tents after two years of Israeli bombardment. Thousands of homeless people have been washed out of their makeshift shelt…

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Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran
ByStaff and agencies December 12, 2025December 12, 2025

Mohammadi ‘violently’ detained along with other activists at memorial event in Mashhad, her foundation saysThere are fears for the wellbeing of the 2023 Nobel peace prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, after she was detained by Iranian security forces at a …

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UK places sanctions on four RSF commanders for ‘heinous’ violence against Sudan civilians
ByPatrick Wintour and Mark Townsend December 12, 2025

Men are suspected of ‘mass killings, sexual violence and deliberate attacks in El Fasher’, says Foreign OfficeThe UK has placed sanctions on four senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces suspected of involvement in “heinous” viole…

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