The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has been dissolved as part of a deal to integrate its fighters into the Syrian army, a major step as Damascus seeks to resolve internal strife and rebuild the country with U.S. support

Slovenia downgraded a joint EU statement condemning Israel's planned settlement construction in the West Bank's E1, leading to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas issuing a statement in her own name rather than on behalf of all 27 member states

Tzvi Succot took a hammer to a Palestinian monument in the West Bank, and thus exposed to Israeli and international media what Palestinian media already knows: the IDF doesn't stop settlers' violence, it often enables it