Fresh off the announcement of a US military withdrawal from Syria, officials are saying that the Trump administration is actively considering a major drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan, potentially starting in the next few weeks.

Rasa - With growing international condemnation and outcry against Saudi Arabia’s bloody war on Yemen, grisly murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and increased tension between the Saudis and the West, Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau has confirmed for the first time that his government is openly looking for a way out of a $13 billion arms deal reached with the Saudis, but.

Rasa - The major last minute deal in the Yemen talks in Sweden, a ceasefire in and around Hodeida, is under threat, with locals reporting Saudi airstrikes in the same area.

Rasa - On Thursday, December 13, the warring sides in Yemen agreed to end hostilities around the Red Sea port of Hodeida, a breakthrough in the failed Saudi-led war that has dragged on for more than three-and-half years and brought the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of famine.

Rasa - US Marines Colonel Adam L. Chalkley, commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, says conditions are improving on the ground in Libya for the return of an American diplomatic post, six years after the US envoy was killed there in an attack on the Benghazi consulate.

Rasa - On Thursday, December 13, the United States Senate passed S.J. Resolution 54.

Rasa - The United States, which lost the regime-change war on Syria, is now establishing “observation posts” with the purported aim of occupying the post-ISIL country forever.

Rasa - Despite overwhelming global support, the United States government has refused to endorse the Global Migrant’s Compact (GCM) in Morocco (December 10-14).

Rasa - A new report by the UN refugee agency says on average some 123 civilians get killed in Yemen per week.

Rasa - European nations led by anti-immigrant politicians have just forced a migrant rescue ship that has saved tens of thousands of people trapped in international waters between Libya, Italy, and Malta to cease operations.