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Headlines for December 9, 2024

Bashar al-Assad Ousted as Syrian Leader Following 12-Day OffensiveIsrael & U.S. Bomb Syria as Questions Swirl over Future of Post-Assad SyriaIsrael Kills Dozens...

“Assad Is Gone”: Writer Yassin al-Haj Saleh on Syria, His 16 Years in Prison & Wife’s Disappearance

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: We spend the hour looking at the fall of...

Syrians Are Celebrating Fall of Assad, Even as “the Bigger Picture Is Grim”: Scholar Bassam Haddad

There has never been a more urgent time for courageous, daily, independent news. Media is essential to the functioning of a democratic society....

"Remarkable Moment": After Fleeing Syria, "For Sama" Director Waad Al-Kateab Celebrates End of Assad

“Whatever’s coming next, I don’t believe at all that would be worse than what we’ve been through, what we lived through,” says...

Headlines for December 6, 2024

Leader of Syrian Opposition Says HTS in Control of Hama as Groups Seeks to Overthrow AssadIsraeli Forces Continue Deadly Attacks on Kamal Adwan...

Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Full U.S. Support

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: In a landmark report released Thursday, Amnesty International has...

“All That Remains”: As Gaza Faces Child Amputee Crisis, New Film Tells Story of 13-Year-Old Leyan

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace...

Political Chaos in France: Macron Refuses to Resign After Hand-Picked PM Ousted by Lawmakers

France has been plunged into political chaos after lawmakers from across the political spectrum voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a...

Headlines for December 5, 2024

Amnesty International Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide in GazaSCOTUS Appears to Side with Tennessee's Ban on Healthcare for Transgender YouthFrance in Deepening Political...

Chase Strangio, First Out Trans Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court, on Landmark Trans Healthcare Case

The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth after it heard arguments Wednesday in United States...

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