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An Israeli military plane carried out an airstrike on the Syrian government forces stationed in the western countryside of Damascus near the Lebanese border.

Political correctness gone wrong can yield surprisingly worrying results. A Swedish library has landed in hot water for freely offering Adolf Hitler`s Mein Kampf to its readership, while stopping books that question Sweden`s established view of immigration. This has evoked troubling hints at censorship in a country that takes pride in its openness.

Russia and the United Arab Emirates signed a contract on delivering anti-tank missiles for the Emirati army.

Armenia`s defense minister accused Ankara of pursuing "extremely destructive" policies in the South Caucasus region.

The citizen of the United Kingdom, who had carried out a suicide attack in Iraq earlier this week, was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, received over $1.2 million compensation from the UK government for mistreatment, local media reported on Wednesday.

Violent protests have erupted in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, for the second day, in response to legislation cutting back legal areas of coca cultivation, a cash crop used to make recreational cocaine.

Germany has announced its plans to increase its army by 5,000 troops, with 500 extra reserves and 1,000 civilian posts, aiming to have a total manpower of 198,000 by 2024.

Yakov Rabkin travels to Iran where he meets with local Jews. He writes, "One should not idealize the life of Jews in Iran who have had their share of challenges. But their life stands in contrast to a well-oiled campaign to besmirch the history of Jewish-Muslim relations in order to suit a political agenda, the agenda of those who argue that there is no safe place for Jews except Israel."

Israeli settlement activity and house raids doubled in the Hebron District from 2015 to 2016, cartographer Abdulhadi Hantash documents, in a detailed list of crimes and abuses he maintains as a consultant to the Palestinian Prime Minister for wall and settlement affairs.

In the Trump era, liberal Zionists and anti-Zionists must form a new coalition for progress. And liberal Zionists will have to give up their illusion of a Jewish, democratic state.