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BEIRUT — Islamist rebels breached neighborhoods in Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo and clashed with government military forces after detonating two car bombs Friday. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, the monitoring organization, said fierce clashes were underway between the attacking insurgents and regime troops. Syrian armed forces were repelling attacks, the Syrian Defense ministry said Friday, adding government forces involved in combat operations were able to regain control over some areas. "Our armed forces have inflicted heavy losses on the attacking organizations, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries among the terrorists," Syria's general command of the army and armed forces said in a statement translated by NBC News. The Syrian civil war started in early 2011 with a wave of protests against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

Persons: Bakr, Witnesses, Bashar al, Assad, Assad's, Matt Bradley, Daniel Arkin Organizations: Associated Press, Syrian Observatory of Human, Fighters, Getty, AP, Syrian Defense, NBC News, Syrian Observatory, Human Rights Locations: BEIRUT, Syria’s, Aleppo, Russia, Iran, Rashidin, AFP, Syrian, Beirut, Atlanta

☆ Przewalski’s horse: Back from the brink
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Joshua Korber Hoffman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

20,000 years ago, stone-age humans engraved depictions of wild horses onto cave walls. Today, only one species of wild horse remains. Known as the Przewalski’s horse, the short, stocky, zebra-like animal once roamed throughout Europe and Asia. In 1969, a Mongolian scientist made what some thought would be the last ever sighting of a Przewalski’s horse in the wild. However, over the past 40 years, the breeding of captive populations and reintroductions in Europe and Asia have brought the Przewalski’s horse back from the brink.

Persons: Nikolai Przewalski Organizations: CNN, Initiative, Prague Zoo Locations: Europe, Asia, Russian, Russia, Central Asia, Prague, Mongolian, Kazakhstan

CNN —Syrian armed rebels have entered Aleppo just three days into their surprise offensive, marking the first time they have set foot in the country’s second largest city since government forces recaptured the city in 2016. Rebel forces launched a surprise attack this week, sweeping through several villages outside the city and reigniting conflict that had been largely static for years. “Our forces have begun entering the city of Aleppo,” said the newly formed rebel coalition, the Military Operations Command. Earlier Friday, the rebel group said it seized control of the Syrian government’s Military Scientific Research Center on the outskirts of Aleppo city after “intense clashes with the regime forces and Iranian militias.” It later shared a video of Syrian regime tanks leaving Aleppo as rebel forces advanced. Syrian opposition fighters enter the village of Anjara, west of Aleppo, on Thursday.

Persons: God, ”, Bashar al, Assad, “, Bassel al, President Assad, Omar Albam, SANA, Hassan Abdulghani, General Kioumars Pourhashemi, Abbas Araghchi, He’s, Dmitry Peskov, –, Russia – Organizations: CNN, Rebel, Military Operations Command, Syrian government’s, Scientific Research Center, Aleppo University, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Free Syrian Army, United Nations Locations: Aleppo, Abidine, Anjara, ”, Aleppo University, Idlib, United States, Israel, Iran, Syrian, Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia

☆ A top Israeli missile shield that defeated Iran's best is headed to Europe, where the Russian threat grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Related Video Russia flaunts intercontinental ballistic missile in new videoThe transfer comes as Europe and NATO allies like Germany face a rising Russian missile threat to its eastern flank. Just last week, Moscow used a new intermediate-range ballistic missile to strike Ukraine. US Missile Defense AgencyThe Arrow systems are a product of IAI and the US manufacturer Boeing. Moscow's war against Ukraine and its widespread employment of ballistic missiles has prompted NATO countries to seek ways to bolster their air defenses. Unease over Russian missile capabilities was underscored last week after Moscow launched an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine.

Persons: it'll, Boaz Levy, Houthi, Arrow, Levy, Arrow's Organizations: Israel, Russia, NATO, Business, Israel Aerospace Industries, US Missile Defense, IAI, Boeing, Arrow, Patriot, Defense, Russian, Ukraine, Pentagon, AP Locations: Germany, Europe, Russian, Israeli, Israel, Moscow, Ukraine, Yemen, Iran, Berlin

☆ Putin hails Trump as a 'smart and experienced person' who can bring peace to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementPutin says Trump is a "smart and experienced person" and can "come up with a solution" to the Ukraine war. In 2022, Trump also said that he "knew Putin very well" and got along "great" with the Russian leader. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes President-elect Donald Trump will be able to put an end to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Kremlin denied the call had taken place, while a spokesperson for the Trump campaign said they "do not comment on private calls" between Trump and other foreign leaders. AdvertisementShortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Trump called Putin's move "genius" and "wonderful."

Persons: Trump, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Organizations: Putin, Business, Fox News, Washington Post, Kremlin, Trump, Biden's Locations: Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan's, Astana, Russia, Europe

☆ Putin tells Russians there's no reason to panic as the ruble sinks, but analysts say its economy is in trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Russian currency hit its lowest level against the dollar since March 2022 this week. The Russian currency traded at 114 to the dollar on Wednesday, its weakest level since March 2022, shortly after the Ukraine invasion began. AdvertisementA Wednesday headline in the state newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta read, "Panic attack for Russia's currency market." Other countries, such as India, have snapped up Russian oil instead, tempering the impact of price caps and other penalties. The collapse of Russia's Ruble (black) is a reminder how badly the EU failed on Russia.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Gazeta, Russia Robin Brooks, XbOwqiABRd — Robin Brooks, George Pavel, Brent, Kathleen Brooks, Brooks, Trump Organizations: Analysts, RIA Novosti, Kommersant, Brookings Institution, EU, Russia Locations: Russia, Russian, Ukraine, Russia's, India

☆ Sweden asks China to cooperate in Baltic Sea cable investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with an investigation into suspected sabotage over the sudden disruption of two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea earlier this month, after tracking data linked a Chinese ship to the incidents. “Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with Swedish authorities in order to create clarity on what has happened,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told reporters on Thursday. Kristersson also said that Sweden has asked for the Chinese ship to return to Swedish waters in order to aid its investigation. The C-Lion1 submarine telecommunications cable being laid to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in this file image from October 2015. The vessel, called Yi Pen 3, had been sailing out of the Baltic Sea after a stop in the port of Vistino, Russia.

Persons: Ulf Kristersson, Kristersson, Lithuania –, Boris Pistorius, Heikki Saukkomaa, Lin Jian, “, ” Organizations: CNN, German, Swedish Prosecution Authority, National Unit, International, National Bureau of Investigation, Getty Locations: Sweden, China, Baltic, Swedish, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, States, Moscow, AFP, Kpler, Vistino, Russia

☆ Georgia rocked by fierce protests after government puts EU hopes on ice
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

After years of moving closer towards Europe – and securing EU candidate status late last year – Georgian Dream has taken a sharp authoritarian turn. Georgian Dream claimed victory with 54% of the vote, but opposition parties claimed the election was rigged. “I’ve seen a lot of protests in Georgia: during this government, the previous government – I also remember some from Soviet times. Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of Georgian Dream, with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze after exit polls were announced in Tbilisi, October 26, 2024. But the government’s halting of the country’s EU bid appears to have sparked the protest movement into life.

Persons: Salome Zourabichvili, ” Zourabichvili, Giorgi Arjevanidze, Zourabichvili, Irakli Kobakhidze, Nicoloz, ”, Ketevan, ” Chachava, ” Tsotne, “ I’ve, –, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Salome Khvaratskelia, Khvaratskelia, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, European Union, . Police, Western, Getty, Europe –, EU, Georgian, Georgia’s European Union, ” CNN, Police, Protesters, Democratic, Center for, United National Movement Locations: Georgia, Soviet, Georgian, Tbilisi, AFP, Russia, backsliding

☆ Turkey angles for Trump to break the deadlock on F-35 purchases
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Turkey wants the F-35s and may be willing to move the Russian air defenses that triggered the ban. Until five years ago, Turkey had planned to buy 100 of Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth jets to modernize its air force. According to Bloomberg, Turkey may agree to restrict its Russian S-400s air defenses in return for the US lifting sanctions. Advertisement"So, it will remain to be seen if Trump can overcome these institutional hurdles to a sale to Turkey," Bohl told BI. The intervening Ukraine war, where Russian S-400s suffered losses, could reduce the value Turkey sees in them.

Persons: Lockheed Martin's, Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Donald Trump, Suleyman Ozeren, Ali Bakir, Erdogan, Bakir, Ozeren, Benjamin Cooper, US Air Force Ryan Bohl, RANE, Marco Rubio, Bohl, Mark Esper, Lockheed Martin, Paul Iddon Organizations: Trump, Lockheed, Bloomberg, Russian, American University, Orion Policy Institute, Ibn Khaldon, Security Initiative, US Air Force, East, Washington, Pentagon, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Pratt & Whitney, RTX Corporation, Ukraine, Iran Locations: Turkey, Ankara, Washington, Incirlik, Qatar, Turkish, North Africa, Russia, China, Ukraine, Russian

☆ How China Became the World’s Largest Car Exporter
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Agnes Chang | Keith Bradsher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

How China Became the World’s Largest Car ExporterChina 5.7 million cars exported Japan Mexico Germany South Korea Top car exporters in the world United States 2016 2020 2024 China 5.7 million cars exported Japan Mexico Germany South Korea Top car exporters in the world United States 2016 2020 2024 China 5.7 million cars exported Japan Mexico Germany South Korea Top car exporters in the world United States 2016 2020 2024 Source: Alix Partners Note: 2024 values are estimated. Domestic sales 20 Exports 0 2010 2015 2020 2024 Production capacity 40 million cars Car production capacity has risen faster than sales. Mr. Wen gave him essentially a blank check to make China the world’s leader in electric cars. Last year, most of the cars China sold abroad were traditional gasoline engine cars. China has more than 100 factories with a combined capacity to build close to 40 million internal combustion engine cars a year.

Persons: Alix, Donald J, Trump, Wen Jiabao, Wen, Carmakers Organizations: China, Japan Mexico Germany South, Alix Partners, European Union, China’s, Communist Party, Wan, Audi, America, UNITED STATES, BRAZIL, UBS, China Volkswagen, Volkswagen Locations: China, Japan Mexico Germany, Japan Mexico Germany South Korea, States, United States, Asia, Thailand, Philippines, Germany, Europe, Southeast Asia, Shanghai, Russia, Ukraine, Latin America, TURKEY, India, Brazil, Turkey, U.S

☆ Analysis: Trump’s Ukraine envoy has a plan to end the war that Putin may revel in
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In a single post, the president-elect told the world what the end of the Ukraine war might look like. Kellogg, Trump’s 80-year-old former national security advisor, has laid out his peace plan in some detail, writing for the America First policy institute in April. Kellogg says more weapons should have been given before the Russian invasion, and immediately afterwards, to enable Ukraine to win. But that’s when the plan – which CNN has reported that Trump’s soon-to-be national security adviser is considering - stops being to Ukraine’s liking. The plan notes the United States manufactures 14,000 155 artillery rounds a month, which Ukraine can use up in just 48 hours.

Persons: Keith Kellogg, ” Trump, Donald Trump, Kellogg, Biden, …, Putin, Trump’s, Hyacinth, Richard Haas, Charles Kupchan, ceasefires, Sergei Supinsky, “ Biden, ”, don’t, revel Organizations: CNN, Trump’s, America, NATO, Mechanized Brigade, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Reuters, Russia, United States, Getty, Trump Locations: Ukraine, Russia, United States, China, Taiwan, ”, Moscow, Russian, Kyiv, AFP, America

☆ Video: Trump’s new envoy has a peace plan that could allow Russia to keep Ukrainian territory
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Ontaria Woods | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Undersea cable cuts in the Baltic Sea are stoking geopolitical tensions — here's what's going on
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Mikkel Berg Pedersen | Ritzau Scanpix | Afp via Getty ImagesGeopolitical tensions are brewing globally over the cutting of subsea cables — critical infrastructure powering cross-border internet connectivity — in the Baltic Sea. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards A data visualization map showing the C-Lion1 undersea cable which connected Finland and Germany. Arelion, the company which owns it, told CNBC data traffic was rerouted to alternative links as it worked to repair the cable. Repairing subsea cables is no mean feat, according to Andy Champagne, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Akamai Labs. And, when there is an issue with a subsea cable, repairing it is a non-trivial job."

Persons: Mikkel Berg Pedersen, Ritzau Scanpix, it's, Andy Champagne, Martin Lee, Lee, Elina Valtonen, CNBC's, Valtonen Organizations: Afp, Getty, CNBC, Cinia, BCS, West, Telia, Akamai Labs, Cisco Locations: Baltic, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Finnish, Central Europe, Lithuania, West Interlink, Telia Lithuania, China, London

☆ Trump may be more likely to get a deal from Russia if he backs Ukraine's resistance
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Tom Porter | Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump may be more likely to get a peace deal from Russia if he places Ukraine in a position of strength, according to analysts. It's a move that may concern the US' European allies, with Kellogg previously having suggested handing over Ukrainian territory to Russia. Military and political leaders in Europe are warning that a deal that hands too much to Russia will likely just be a prelude to further conflict. In recent months, Russia has exploited Ukraine's lack of manpower and artillery, making significant advances in east Ukraine. Ultimately, achieving a lasting peace deal in Ukraine will depend on deterring Russia, not on walking away.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Keith Kellogg, It's, Kellogg, John Lough, it's, Joe Biden, Evelyn Farkas, Putin, Farkas Organizations: Ukraine, Military, Chatham House, Trump, Kremlin, McCain Institute, CNN Wednesday Locations: Ukraine, Russia, European, Europe, Eurasia, Chatham, Kyiv, Washington , DC

☆ Russia will likely send North Korean troops to the most dangerous spots to fight, says South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementNorth Korean troops sent to aid Russia will likely be deployed to the most dangerous fighting spots. That's according to South Korea's defense minister, who said they'd likely be used as "cannon fodder." North Korean forces have already taken casualties, per reports. North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces will likely be sent to some of the most dangerous spots in the war, Kim Yong-Hyun, South Korea's defense minister, said on Thursday. North Korea has sent thousands of troops to aid Russia in its war efforts, according to officials from South Korea, Ukraine, and the US.

Persons: they'd, Kim Yong, Kim, Joonkook Hwang, South, Andrii Kovalenko, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Dmytro Ponomarenko, Kim Song Organizations: Russian, North, Yonhap News Agency, UN, Financial, Shadow, Street Journal, Western, Storm, Ukraine's Center, Bloomberg, UN Security Locations: Russia, South, Korea, South Korea, Ukraine, Korean, Kursk, North Korea

☆ Reflexive control: How Russia is forcing its enemies to make decisions against their own interests
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Each time, when the West finally accepted Ukraine’s requests, Russia’s most catastrophic threats did not materialize. Although Putin said the attack was “a response from our side” to the Biden administration’s decision on longer-range weapons, Russia has not needed a pretext for such strikes in the past. By providing Ukraine with ATACMS but only allowing it to strike parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia, “we sent Russia the message: ‘You know what? The decision to fire slightly longer-range Western weapons is a difference of degree, not of kind. By law, Russia considers these territories its own, and warned of dire consequences if Ukraine targeted them with Western weaponry.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kyiv’s, Biden, Putin, Kateryna, ” Stepanenko, Alina Smutko, –, “, ”, William Alberque, ” Alberque, “ I’m, couldn’t, Ukraine can’t, Radek Sikorski, Roman Pilipey, ATACMS, Joe Biden, Alberque, Donald Trump, they’re Organizations: CNN, Institute for, Russia, Korean, Kremlin, Army Tactical Missile Systems, NATO’s, Disarmament, Proliferation, Poland’s, Russia –, Kyiv, NATO Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Russia's, “ Russia, AFP, Crimea, Washington, Ukraine’s, Kharkiv, Albuquerque, United States

☆ Syria’s rebels exploit weaknesses in Iran’s proxies to launch surprise offensive
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On Friday, the armed rebel groups claimed to have entered the city, which has been under government control since 2016. The Syrian military said it’s “confronting terrorist organizations” and claimed to have inflicted “heavy losses” on the groups since Wednesday. Wednesday’s surprise operation marks the first significant conflagration between Syrian rebels and the regime since March 2020, when Russia and Turkey mediated a ceasefire in the north of the country. The militant group, which was credited for helping save the Assad regime from Syrian rebels, is now significantly weakened, with most of its leaders assassinated. Iran’s proxy Hezbollah has been instrumental in assisting Assad regain territory lost to militias and rebel groups.

Persons: SANA, Hassan Abdulghani, ” Abdulghani, it’s “, ”, Assad, –, Russia –, Izzettin Kasim, General Kioumars Pourhashemi, Abbas Araghchi, “ reactivating, “, Dmitry Peskov, Ukraine …, Nanar, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tehran’s, Syria’s, Iran’s, Hawach, Hassan Nasrallah Organizations: CNN — Rebels, Syrian, CNN, United Nations, Free Syrian Army, Anadolu, Getty, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Analysts, Crisis Locations: Syria, Aleppo, reigniting, ”, Idlib, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, United States, Lebanon, Syrian, Gaza, Iranian, Israel, Ukraine, Brussels, Turkish, Damascus, Iran’s, Arab

☆ Trump faces a far more emboldened Kim Jong Un this time around
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementTrump has boasted about his chemistry with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Donald Trump has long reminisced about the unlikely bromance he formed with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while president. His comments suggest that Trump will find Kim a much tougher and more emboldened character to deal with this time around. North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin at a military parade in Pyongyang in June. "Kim likely sees in Trump a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to remake his country's relationship with the US, and thereby the wider world," said Chan.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim, Donald Trump, Kim Jong, Kim hasn't, Trump, Jeremy Chan, Bruce Bennet, Kim overplayed, Bennet, Kim Jae, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Chan, Daniel Salisbury, Russia's Vladimir Putin, GAVRIIL GRIGOROV, —, Ellen Kim Organizations: Trump, North, North Korean, Eurasia Group, Getty, Reuters, RAND Corporation, UN Security Council, South, Centre for Science & Security, King's College, Center for Strategic, International Studies Locations: North Korean, Korean, Pyongyang, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, China, Asia, Hanoi, Anadolu, South Korea, King's College London, Trump, Korea

☆ See the Chinese cargo ship suspected of sabotaging critical undersea cables between 4 NATO countries
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A timeline of eventsThe Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored near Denmark amid an investigation. Ritzau Scanpix/Mikkel Berg Pedersen via ReutersOn November 15, Yi Peng 3 departed from Russia's Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea carrying Russian fertilizer. The Ust-Luga port is the largest universal port on the Baltic Sea and the Kremlin's second-largest port after Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. Since Sweden and Finland joined the alliance, the Baltic Sea has been referred to as "NATO lake" because it is almost entirely populated by alliance members. Two days later, investigators established that the Chinese vessel dropped its anchor around 9 p.m. local time, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Persons: Yi Peng, Ritzau Scanpix, Mikkel Berg Pedersen Organizations: Reuters, NATO, Street, Investigators, Danish Locations: Denmark, Russia's Ust, Novorossiysk, Sweden, Finland, Baltic, Lithuania, Germany, Kattegat

☆ US urges Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds to solve manpower shortages on the battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementUS wants Ukraine to lower the conscription age to 18 amid a manpower shortage. The White House said aid to Ukraine will not be tied to the conscription age. The current minimum conscription age is 25, but an anonymous US administration official told reporters on Wednesday that reducing it would help Ukraine keep up with Russia's military. The White House clarified that US aid to Ukraine will not be dependent on whether the conscription age is lowered. In the months he has left, Biden has been scrambling to push measures to aid the war effort in Ukraine.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Dmytro Lytvyn, Zelenskyy, Pokrovsk, Michael Kofman, John Kirby, we're, Kirby, Biden, Antony Blinken Organizations: US, Russia, Financial Times, CNN, Manpower, Ukraine, Security, AFP Locations: Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to strike Ukraine again with a new nuclear-capable ballistic missile following Moscow’s latest widespread attack on critical energy infrastructure. He also warned he would consider further launches of Russia’s new “Oreshnik” medium-range ballistic missile, first fired at Ukraine’s Dnipro region last week. A view shows a thermal power plant damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine November 28, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Gleb Garanich/ReutersA view shows a part of Russian missile at a thermal power plant damaged by Russian missile strike in an undisclosed location of Ukraine, in an undisclosed location of Ukraine November 28, 2024. He said he couldn’t tell if the blasts were from missiles or Ukrainian air defense interceptions.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, It’s, Putin, “, ”, Donald Trump, ” Putin, Gleb Garanich Gleb Garanich, Reuters Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, German Halushchenko, Zelensky, Joe Biden, Valeriy, ” Dorotiy, Yuriy Dyachyshyn, Olha Vaynrikh, ” Turiy Organizations: Ukraine CNN —, Energy Ministry, Ukraine’s, Russia’s Ministry of Defense, REUTERS, Russian, Reuters, Energy, German, Ukrainian Interior Ministry, CNN, Getty, Kyiv, Frankivsk, Ukrainian Air Force Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Ukraine’s Dnipro, Western, Moscow, Russia, Russian, Dnipro, Lviv, Volyn, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Lutsk, Ukraine’s Volyn, AFP, Ivano

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he will nominate retired Gen. Keith Kellogg to serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Together, we will secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!," Trump said in a statement announcing his decision. Future American military aid, however, will require Ukraine to participate in peace talks with Russia." Trump was accused of withholding aid to Ukraine in an effort to pressure Zelenskyy to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Vice president-elect JD Vance has also spoken out against Ukraine aid, as has Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Persons: Donald Trump, Keith Kellogg, Keith, Trump, Kellogg, Fred Fleitz, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Fleitz, Volodymyr Zelensky, Alex Kent, “, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “ We’re, He’s, we’re, I’ll, Trump's, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, JD Vance, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Vance, ” Organizations: Military, Business, Staff, National Security Council, NBC News, Russia, Future, Getty, Trump, Republican, Department of Health, Human Services, NBC, Press, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, U.S, United States, New York City, Georgia, Europe

Three American citizens who had been detained in China were released, a State Department spokesperson said Wednesday. Li, 70, who is from Long Island, New York, was detained in 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in 2018 on espionage charges his family says are baseless. The announcement on Wednesday follows the surprise release in September of American pastor David Lin, whom like Li and Swidan the U.S. had classified as wrongfully detained. He had been jailed in China since 2006 after being sentenced to life in prison on charges of contract fraud. Other families who appeared at the hearing are still waiting for the return of loved ones detained in China, including Nelson Wells Jr. and Dawn Hunt.

Persons: Mark Swidan, Kai Li, John Leung, Li, Leung, Chuck Schumer, Li’s, Harrison Li, “, ”, David Lin, Biden, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Swidan’s, Katherine Swidan, ” Li, Nelson Wells Jr, Dawn Hunt Organizations: State Department, United, Politico, ., Hua Foundation, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Economic Cooperation, Congressional, Commission Locations: China, Long Island , New York, Texas, United Nations, American, Hong Kong, Beijing, United States, U.S, Huntington , New York, New York, Asia, Peru, Russia

☆ Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The ship now sits idle in international waters but inside Denmark’s exclusive economic zone, closely watched by Danish military vessels. “From the Swedish side we have had contact with the ship and contact with China and said that we want the ship to move towards Swedish waters,” Kristersson told a press conference, adding it would help facilitate the investigation. China’s foreign ministry said the communications channels with Sweden and other relevant parties were “unobstructed,” when asked about Sweden’s request. Western intelligence officials from multiple countries have said they are confident the Chinese ship caused the cuts to both cables. Kristersson said he was hopeful that China would respond positively to the request to move the ship to Swedish waters.

Persons: Ulf Kristersson, Boris Pistorius, Yi Peng, Kristersson, “ We’re, ” Kristersson, “, ”, Mao Ning, Katja Bego Organizations: German, . Naval Intelligence, U.S, Chatham House, Reuters Locations: Sweden, Baltic, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Russian, Ust, Luga, Danish, Swedish, China, Russia, Beijing

☆ Syrian rebels launch major attack on regime forces in Aleppo province
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Eyad Kourdi | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Syrian rebels have launched a large-scale attack on regime forces in western Aleppo, according to a Free Syrian Army source and local residents, marking the first major flare-up in years between both sides. Rebels seized 13 villages, including the strategic towns of Urm Al-Sughra and Anjara, as well as Base 46, the largest Syrian regime base in western Aleppo, according to a Wednesday statement by opposition factions. It added that 37 people from the regime forces and allied militia were killed in the offensive. Wednesday’s surprise attack marks the first significant conflagration between Syrian rebels and the regime since March 2020, when Russia and Turkey mediated a ceasefire agreement in the country. The opposition factions conducting the offensive range from Islamic groups to the moderate Free Syrian Army, which was previously supported by the US and Turkey.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, –, Russia – Organizations: CNN, Free Syrian Army, Assad . Rebels, Military Operations Command, United Nations Locations: Aleppo, Syrian, Urm, Russia, Turkey, Anjara, “, New Aleppo, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, United States

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