🇺🇸 🇸🇾 American and Syrian troops have been deployed to Palmyra ahead of a counter-terrorism operation

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Taiwan Deputy Foreign Minister Makes Secret Visit To Israel For Defense Talks

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Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu carried out an unpublicized trip to Israel in recent weeks, Reuters reported, as Taipei seeks closer security cooperation with a state it openly backed during Israel’s war on Gaza.
The visit comes despite the absence of formal ties and growing regional backlash over Israel’s actions.
Sources did not disclose whom Wu met or whether discussions touched on Taiwan’s new T-Dome air defense project, modeled in part on Israeli systems.
Taipei said only that it aims to expand “mutually beneficial exchanges,” while maintaining increased engagement with Israeli officials and lawmakers in recent months.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

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Cyprus Latest Nation Unwilling To Commit To Gaza ISF, Seeks 'Clarity’ On Mandate

Several regional states are uncomfortable with the idea of being tasked with clashing with Hamas and forcing its disarmament

The Cypriot government is weighing contributing forces to the International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza, but says it requires “clarity” on what exactly the force’s mandate includes.

“We are open to see how we can participate,” Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said in an interview with Al-Monitor, released on 11 December. “Provided we have clarity as to how this has been planned, who is going to be in [the force], how the whole thing will run [and] what are going to be the rules of engagement,” he added.

“We are willing to contribute to the various layers of that force,” the foreign minister went on to say, adding that “Right now, there is not enough clarity about who is going to be participating.”

Kombos also said Cyprus’s military capacity is limited currently due to “the threat we are facing back home because of the Turkish occupation.” Turkiye invaded Cyprus in 1974 after a coup aiming to unify the island nation with Greece.

As a result, Cyprus is now split into Greek and Turkish sides.

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US May Require Digital Background Checks For Tourists And Their Families

America’s proposed travel rules could turn a simple vacation application into a government scan of a tourist's digital footprint.

Foreigners planning trips to the United States may soon face one of the most extensive digital disclosure requirements ever introduced at a national border.

Under a new directive from the Trump administration, travelers will have to submit five years of their social media history along with extensive personal data before being allowed entry.

The rule, described in new documents released by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), affects even citizens of visa waiver countries such as the UK, Germany, and France.

We obtained a copy of the new documents for you here.

What was once a short online form for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) is set to become a far more intrusive process.

Applicants will be expected to upload a selfie, provide every phone number and email address used over the last five years, and list relatives’ names, addresses, and birth dates. Authorities have stated that compliance will be “mandatory.”

Currently, the ESTA system is relatively straightforward: travelers pay $40 to give basic contact and emergency information, and if approved, receive permission to visit.

The proposed expansion transforms this into a digital audit of a person’s communications.

The move follows an earlier decision by the State Department in June to make some visa holders’ social media profiles publicly viewable.

Officials have justified these changes as a national security measure, saying that online behavior could reveal “anti-American activity.”

🔗SOURCE ➡️ ReclaimTheNet

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WATCH | Israeli rabbis are now touring shuttered synagogues in Syria under heavy state protection, inspecting Jewish assets in Aleppo and Damascus as Israel relentlessly expands its footprint and escalates assaults across the region.

—❗️🇦🇺/🇮🇱 BREAKING: A large shooting attack against a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia

There are dozens of dead and wounded.

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—❗️🇦🇺/🇮🇱 BREAKING: There are at least two shooters

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇦🇺 NEW: One of the shooters is reportedly a Pakistani national, Naveed Akram

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—❗️🇦🇺/🇮🇱 WATCH: More footage of the shooting attack at Bondi Beach

The shooters targeted Zionists with 'determination and precision' according to Australian police.

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