DAMASCUS -- U.S. forces have begun withdrawing from the Qasrak military base in Syria's Hasakah governorate and redeploying toward Iraq, Syria TV reported on Monday, not providing further details.
The move marks another step in the drawdown of U.S.-led coalition forces from parts of the country. Earlier this month, Syria's interim authority said its army had taken control of the Shaddadi military base in the Hasakah governorate and the Tanf base near the Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian border following coordination with the United States. (US-Syria-Withdrawal)
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department on Monday ordered non-emergency U.S. personnel to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, amid heightened tensions in the Middle East.
"The Department of State has ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members from U.S. Embassy Beirut," the State Department said in a statement, giving no reasons. (US-Beirut-Withdrawal)
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MEXICO CITY -- Retaliation attacks from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel have left 27 security personnel dead, Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch said Monday at a press conference.
Mexican authorities have recorded 27 attacks targeting law enforcement agencies. Among them, six attacks occurred in the western state of Jalisco, which killed 25 members of the National Guard, one prison guard, and one employee of the State Attorney General's Office. (Mexico-Cartels-Retaliation)
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BUDAPEST -- Hungary has blocked the European Union's (EU) 20th sanctions package against Russia as well as a planned 90-billion-euro (106-billion-U.S. dollar) military loan to Ukraine, citing Kyiv's suspension of crude oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said Monday.
"At today's meeting, I made it clear that we do not support and do not agree to the adoption of the 20th sanctions package," Szijjarto said at a video press conference following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. (Hungary-Ukraine-Oil) Enditem
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