Archived Antiwar.com News from May 20, 2025

News

Updated May 20, 2025 - 9:40 PM EDT

UN Says No Aid Distributed Yet in Gaza

		*Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 87 More Palestinians Over 24 Hours*
		*US Official Denies Threat To 'Abandon' Israel Over Gaza*
		*UK, France, Canada: Gaza 'Intolerable,' Threaten To Sanction Israel*

Massive US Spy Drone Returns to Black Sea Patrols

Houthis Announce Blockade on Israel's Haifa Port

Israeli Drone Strikes Kill One, Wound Two in Southern Lebanon

Trump Unveils 'Golden Dome' Missile System

Five Killed in East Syria Car Bomb, ISIS Suspected

AFRICOM Won't Share Info on Somalia Casualties

Viewpoints

	Cutting Military Spending Would Make for a Big and Beautiful Bill by Ron Paul
	Jeremy Bowen's Interview With Gaza Aid Chief Was Shameful – and He Knows It by Jonathan Cook

	The Human Cost of Syria Sanctions by Rick Sterling
	Witkoff's 'Zero Enrichment' Red Line Has Zero Chance of Working by Trita Parsi
More Viewpoints

Israel's Mission of Total Urban Destruction
by Meron Rapoport

Frontline

	Illinois State Lawmakers Attempt Long-Shot Repeal of BDS Ban
	Rubio Says US 'Not in Position' To Permanently Lift Syria Sanctions

Russia/Ukraine

	Zelensky Says Russia-Ukraine Settlement Memo May Be Signed
	Trump: US Should Have Never Intervened in Ukraine
	Australia Says It's Sending Tanks to Ukraine To Help It Push Back Russia

United Kingdom

	Military and Economic Deals in Pipeline as UK Looks to EU Reset
	UK Co-Operative Group Members Vote To Ban Israeli Products From Supermarkets

Europe

	Photos: Tens of Thousands March in the Netherlands To Protest Against Gaza Genocide
	Romania, Poland, Portugal Election Results: Who Are the Winners and Losers?
	Spanish PM: Israel Should Be Excluded From Eurovision
	Sweden Condemns Israel Plans To 'Take Control of Gaza'

Libya

	Libya Government Says Pursuing Permanent Truce After Clashes
	UN Mission, Libya's Presidential Council Establish 'Truce Committee' in Tripoli
	Clashes in Libya Leads to Shipping Diversion
	58 Unidentified Corpses Found in Libyan Hospital: Interior Ministry

Africa

	Egypt Rejects All Israeli Violations of Lebanese Sovereignty, El-Sisi Tells Aoun
	Nigeria Crisis: 20,000 Flee Marte After Militant Attacks
	ICJ Backs Equatorial Guinea in Spat With Gabon Over Oil-Rich Islands
	Sudan's Army Chief Names Former UN Official as Premier

China

	The US and China Called a Truce on Tariffs, but Is the Battleground Expanding?
	US Port Most Dependent on China Trade Braces for New Tariff Impact After 90-Day Truce
	Trump-Xi Direct Talks Needed Soon as Clock Ticks on Trade Truce: Ex-US Diplomat
	China Fully Respects Denmark's Sovereignty on Greenland: FM
	India Claims China 'Provided Intel' to Pakistan During Border Clashes

Pakistan

	Two Soldiers, 12 Terrorists Killed in Pakistan Engagements
	Pakistan, India To Normalize Troop Levels by End of May

Asia

	World Bank Reopens Kabul Office After Talks With Finance Ministry
	Singapore Construction Sector Sees Fallout From US Tariffs Amid Trade War Truce

Gaza

	Gaza Siege 'Unchanged' as Israel Allows Only Token Aid, Say NGOs
	Hundreds of Thousands Flee 'Horrific' Israeli Bombing in North Gaza
	Aid Workers Feel Helpless as Israel's Blockade Pushes Gaza Towards Famine
	92% of Gaza Homes Destroyed by Israeli War: UNRWA
	Israeli Doctor Compared Killing Palestinians in Gaza to 'Eliminating Cockroaches'
	Israeli Forces Disguised as Civilians Kill Commander, Fail To Retrieve Captives
	The First Few Aid Trucks Have Entered Gaza After Nearly Three Months of Israel' Blockade
	Israel Orders Expulsion of Palestinians From Khan Younis Ahead of 'Unprecedented Attack'

Israel/Palestine

	The War Where Women's Bodies Lost Their Rights
	Remembering the Nakba While Witnessing a Genocide
	Palestinian Suspect in Custody After Israeli Soldier 'Spat On'
	Israel Bill Brands Qatar 'Terror Sponsor' To Block Gaza Talks
	Freed Israeli Hostage Urges Government To End War
	Liberman Files Police Complaint Against Ex-Chief Rabbi for Encouraging Draft Dodging
	Jerusalemite Indicted for Racist Attack on Arab Family Picnicking by Jordan River
	Two Shot and Injured as Israeli Army Raids, Settler Attacks Escalate in West Bank
	Tulkarm: 113 Days Since Israel's Aggression Began on the City and Refugee Camps

Syria

	One SDF Fighter Killed in Attack by ISIS in Eastern Syria
	A Father's Fight To Find Out What Happened to His Son Who Joined ISIS

Middle East

	Iran Says Open to Regional Nuclear Fuel Consortium
	Houthis Issue 'Israeli-Style Evacuation Warnings' Before Bombing Tel Aviv
	Saudi Arabia Condemns Escalation of Israeli Military Operations in Gaza
	PKK Leader Calls for 'Traps and Minefields' To Be Cleared From Turkey-Kurdish Path