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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israels prime minister says the West is letting Iran manipulate talks over an emerging "bad deal" to curb Tehrans nuclear capabilities. The Israeli caretaker premier, Yair Lapid,

Israel's prime minister said negotiators are letting Tehran manipulate the talks and that an agreement would reward Israel's enemies.

The U.S. military said early Wednesday it carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted areas used by militias backed by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

An activist group reported 10 deaths.

US airstrikes against Iran-linked targets in areas of eastern Syria are a tactic used by Washington to pressure Iran to make concessions on the nuclear deal, a Chinese expert said on Wednesday. He said the airstrikes are likely to be used more frequently by Washington in the Middle East as a way of flexing muscles and creating chaos in the region.

The Pentagon says U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria were a message to Iran and Tehran-backed militias who targeted American troops earlier this month and several other times over the past year

Colombias Office of the Attorney General has confirmed it would lift all arrest warrants on National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, following President Gustavo Petros instructions.

Two former commanders of Central Command believe the United States is less safe now following the military's withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly a year ago.

Turkey used a drone last week to conduct an illegal extrajudicial killing of four civilians in Syria, according to reports. Turkey has increased its use of drones to carry out assassinations in Syria, often targeting what it claims are "terrorists."

A year later, administration's handling of first major foreign policy crisis echoes across the globe, with consequences.