Israel Warns Obama: Failure to Veto Anti-settlement UN Resolution Would Breach U.S. Commitment
Netanyahu demands the U.S. veto a motion critical of Israeli settlements tonight at the UN Security Council. France is expected to vote in support.
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- Trump names adviser Conway as his presidential counselor (Reuters)
- Russia says its airstrikes in Syria have killed 35,000 rebels (Reuters)
- Assad: Aleppo's capture also victory for Iranian and Russian allies (Reuters)
- Brother urges Berlin attack suspect to surrender (AP)
- Four people reportedly arrested in connection with Berlin attack suspect (Reuters)
- Four aid workers killed in mortar attacks in Mosul, UN says (Reuters)
- Vehicles still leaving Aleppo after overnight evacuation, UN official says (Reuters)
- Body of missing Israeli in Berlin attack, Dalia Elyakim, identified (Haaretz)
- Netanyahu: U.S. should veto UN Security Council's anti-settlement resolution (Reuters)
- UN Security Council to vote Thursday on anti-Settlement resolution (Reuters)
- UN creates team to prepare cases on Syria war crimes (Reuters)
- Turkey: 14 soldiers, 138 ISIS militants killed in clashes in northern Syria (Reuters)
- Assad has taken full control of Aleppo, says Syrian monitor group (Reuters)
- Red Cross: Last hospital patients evacuated from Aleppo (AP)
- Germany offers 100K euro award for wanted Tunisian asylum-seeker (Haaretz)
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