The Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence.
The truce, now in its fourth day, is supposed to bring calm to war-battered Gaza for at least six weeks.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict.
The U.S. presence grew to more than 170,000 troops at the peak of counterinsurgency operations in 2007.
Israel has dramatically escalated strikes, saying it is targeting Hezbollah’s military capacities and senior Hezbollah commanders.
The findings come in a paper issued Friday by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The operation came as ISIS has been trying for a resurgence, with a series of attacks in the region.
A German woman suspected of joining the Islamic State group in Syria has been taken into custody in her homeland after being deported from Turkey.
The Syrian military and state media say Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanon have fired missiles toward areas near the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing three civilians.
Syrians are rushing to stock up on food and fuel amid fears that authorities will resort to even stricter measures after reporting the first coronavirus infection in the country.