Taliban attacks kill dozens in Afghanistan (Stars and Stripes)

Joe Biden will have to address the war in Afghanistan—again - Steve Coll (The New Yorker)

AFRICOM launches airstrike in Somalia shortly after troop pullout (Stars and Stripes) 

U.S. to resume processing thousands of stalled visas for Afghans who aided 

Iranian Forces in Eastern Syria Redeploy after Airstrikes - Khaled al-Khateb  (Al-Monitor)
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Deployed in 125 Locations in Syria - Kamal Sheikho (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

Countering Iran's Missile Program - Michael Elleman (U.S. Institute of Peace)

ISIS strikes again in Iraq, 32 killed (Debka File)

Israeli Company Says Instant Covid-19 Breath Test as Precise as Swab Test (Times of Israel) 98% accurate, results in seconds

PA to children: Israel's entire coast is really “Palestine,” “under occupation since ‎‎1948”‎  - Nan Jacques Zilberdik and Itamar Marcus (PMW)

Under The Emerging Turkey-Pakistan Strategic Alliance, Pakistan May Provide Turkey With Nuclear Weapons Capabilities - Tufail Ahmad (MEMRI)

Pakistan Builds Fence Along Border with Afghanistan (VOA)

Russia Carries Out 40 Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria (Arab News-Saudi Arabia)

Report: Israeli, Syrian Officials Discuss Removal of Iran and Its Militias from Syria - Rawad Taha (Al Arabiya)

Syria Strongly Denies Report of Israeli-Syrian Meeting (Tehran Times-Iran)

Fearing Israeli Attacks in Eastern Syria, Dozens of Fighters Leave Iranian Militias, Joining Russian-Backed Forces (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

Washington Post Obituary on Adelson Attacks Israel and Defends Hamas - Sean Durns (The Algemeiner)

NPR Misleads on Vaccines for Palestinian Prisoners - Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA)

WaPo, ABC, CBS Run with AP Piece Denouncing Israel’s Defense Against ‘Apartheid’ Smear -Gidon Ben-Zvi (HonestReporting)