We spoke to Ukrainian troops who say they’ve seen North Koreans moving in waves across the battlefield in Kursk in recent days. One Ukrainian military official said another battalion of North Koreans is in Belgorod and may go to Kursk, Kharkiv or elsewhere www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

North Korean troops suffer heavy casualties in Russia, Ukraine says

As many as 30 have been “killed or wounded” in Russia’s Kursk region, Ukrainian military intelligence said, among the heaviest losses for North Korean forces yet reported.

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Chilling read on Tadamon, a Damascus suburb that pro-Assad militias turned into a giant mass grave: "It was seemingly used as a dumping ground for bodies of unknown origin... boys would be rounded up at gunpoint to dig ditches to dump the bodies into." www.ft.com/content/da42...

The Syrian neighbourhood at the heart of Assad’s killing machine

Residents returning to Tadamon, once a rebel stronghold near Damascus, find mass graves and expropriated homes

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Syria: Arab leaders not thrilled. Story by Claire Parker & @sgreports.bsky.social for @washingtonpost.com. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...