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 An elderly woman reacts in Tadamon district, littered with bones after what residents and rights groups described as years of killings there under the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, following al-Assad's ousting by fighters of the ruling Syrian body, in Damascus, Syria, December 12, 2024.

'Every shot fired went into a man': Syrians recall horrors at Tadamon

By REUTERS
 Travis Pete Timmerman, a US citizen who went missing in Syria, speaks to press after being found following the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 12, 2024.

US flies freed American Travis Timmerman out of Syria, official says

By REUTERS
A child walks around a fake tank parked outside the US embassy during a protest held by Amnesty International in Mexico City.

Amnesty International genocide allegations 'unfounded,' US State Dept. says

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky seen on a screen, while Russia's Vladimir Putin watches on (illustrative)

Putin-controlled aircraft deported Ukrainian children, US-backed research alleges

By REUTERS
 US State Department spokesman Ned Price holds a press briefing on Afghanistan at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 16, 2021.

State Department maintains Israel's taken efforts to improve Gaza humanitarian situation

 US and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken, September 8, 2022.

US believes Iranian-American journalist is detained in Iran, AP reports

By REUTERS
 People walk near the Roman ruins of Baalbek, Lebanon January 5, 2024.

US supports Israel's right to go after legitimate Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, State Dept says

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, August 10, 2024.

Emails show early US concerns of Israeli war crimes

By REUTERS
 U.S. President Joe Biden attends a ceremony, to present the Medal of Honor posthumously to descendants of Union soldiers Pvt. Philip Shadrach and Pvt. George Wilson, members of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 3, 2024.

Republican senators say Biden administration is continuing to delay critical weapons from Israel

 AS OF September 2024, 42 countries have signed the Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism that Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, the US State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, was instrumental in creating.

‘We can’t afford to be silent': US antisemitism envoy tells 'Post'

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne deliver remarks after meeting in Quai d'Orsay, Paris, France, September 19, 2024.

US warns all parties in Middle East against escalation, endangering hostage deal

 PA HEAD Mahmoud Abbas attends the World Economic Forum in Riyadh, last month. To rely on Abbas’s corrupt, impotent, poisonous, and terror-glorifying Palestinian Authority as a ruling alternative to Hamas would be insane, the writer argues.

Palestinian Authority fails to meet minimum fiscal transparency - US State Dept

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

New sanctions: US targets 12 individuals in Iran for sanctions over alleged human rights violations

 American-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.

State Dept. defends not launching investigation into Aysenur Eygi's death

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken exits a plane as he arrives in Cairo, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Egypt, January 11, 2024.

Blinken to meet with Egypt on hostage deal Tuesday

 Guardia Nacional de Venezuela Police. February 23, 2013.

Venezuela arrests Spain, US and Czech nationals for 'destabilization'

By REUTERS
 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses reporters during his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2021

State Dept. defends ability to hold Israel accountable for proper weapons use

 US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism and Hate Crimes, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, at the US State Department, July 25, 2024.

Hostage families discuss growing antisemitism, Hamas support at US State Dept.