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The United States called Monday for de-escalation in Syria, where an Islamist-led rebel alliance has wrested swathes of territory from the control of President Bashar al-Assad's government in a lightning offensive. The European Union also called on "all sides to de-escalate", while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "alarmed" by the violence and called for an immediate halt to the fighting. Syria has been at war since Assad cracked down on democracy protests in 2011. The conflict has since drawn in foreign powers and jihadists, and left 500,000 people dead. The conflict had been mostly dormant with Assad back in control of much of the country, until last week when the Islamist-led rebel alliance began its offensive. The attack has seen swathes of Syria fall to rebel control, including second city Aleppo for the first time since the start of the civil war. "We want to see all countries use their influence -- use their leverage -- to push for de-escalation, protection of civilians and ultimately, a political process forward," US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. In a statement issued by EU foreign affairs spokesperson Anouar El Anouni, the European Union also called for de-escalation and the protection of civilians, while also condemning Assad backer Russia for conducting air strikes in his support. Russia first intervened directly in Syria's war in 2015 with strikes on rebel-held areas. Its help, along with that of Iran and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, were instrumental in propping up Assad's rule. On Monday President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian both pledged "unconditional support" for their ally, according to the Kremlin. Aleppo is home to two million people and saw fierce fighting earlier in the war. The Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies took the city at the weekend, except for neighbourhoods controlled by Kurdish forces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. They also seized Aleppo International Airport. HTS, led by Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, has faced accusations of human rights abuses including torturing detainees. Abu Sufyan, a rebel commander, told AFP: "God willing, we will continue, go into Damascus and liberate the rest of Syria." One Aleppo resident spoke of panic. "There were terrible traffic jams -- it took people 13 to 15 hours to reach Homs" in central Syria, which is under government control. Normally, he said, it would take a couple of hours. AFPTV footage showed rebels patrolling the streets, some burning a Syrian flag and others holding the flag of the revolution. On Monday, Assad branded the rebel offensive led by HTS an attempt to redraw the regional map in line with US interests. His comments came in a call with Iran's Pezeshkian, who in turn pledged continued support and said Iran hoped "Syria will pass through this stage with success and victory". On Monday, Syrian and Russian air raids on several areas of Idlib province in the northwest killed 11 civilians including five children, the Observatory said. "The strikes targeted... families living on the edge of a displacement camp," said Hussein Ahmed Khudur, a 45-year-old teacher who sought refuge at the camp from fighting in Aleppo province. Other strikes in Aleppo killed four civilians, two of them children, the Observatory said, adding that air raids also targeted a Christian-majority neighbourhood. AFPTV footage showed rebels pushing into Hama province in central Syria. Syria's defence ministry said troops were clashing with "terrorist organisations" in the northern Hama countryside. Islamist-led rebels killed six civilians on Monday in a rocket attack on the government-held city of Hama, the Observatory said. Aron Lund of the Century International think tank said a major question hangs over possible Turkish involvement. "I have a hard time imagining that Turkey-backed groups could launch a major rebel offensive out of Turkey-held areas without Turkey being very significantly involved," he said. "But I also don't think Turkey necessarily wanted the rebels to get this far." Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an end to the "instability" in Syria and an agreement to stop the civil war. On a visit to Ankara, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said it was crucial "to protect the achievements" of the so-called Astana process to end Syria's civil war, which involves Turkey, Russia and Iran. Several hours later, he said the respective foreign ministers would meet on the matter next weekend in Qatar. "We will try to activate this process again," he said. While the current fighting is rooted in a war that began more than a decade ago, much has changed since then. Millions of Syrians have been displaced, with about 5.5 million now in neighbouring countries. Most of those involved in the initial anti-Assad protests are either dead, in jail or in exile. Russia is at war in Ukraine, and Iran's militant allies Hezbollah and Hamas have been massively weakened by more than a year of conflict with Israel. Lebanon's Hezbollah played a key role in backing government forces particularly around Aleppo, but it withdrew from several positions to focus on fighting Israel. HTS and its allies launched their offensive on Wednesday, the day a Lebanon ceasefire began. The violence in Syria has killed 514 people, mostly combatants but also including 92 civilians, according to the Observatory. burs-srm-ser/smw
Michigan upsets No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 for Wolverines' 4th straight win over bitter rivalPlease enable JavaScript to read this content. Political storms are brewing in many parts of the country as politicians salivating for seats in the 2027 election, and those hoping to defend their seats, shift to early campaigns more than two years to the next polls. In some places, politicians have already erected billboards to send campaign messages to the public. Those eyeing governor seats are at the forefront in launching early campaigns, putting the incumbents on the defensive. This is happening even as the government drags its feet on the process of reconstituting the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which does not have commissioners. The development mirrors events taking place at the national stage where President William Ruto, ODM leader Raila Odinga and their troops have started preparations for the next election. ODM dilemma Similarly, politicians and activists who want to unseat Ruto have started campaign preparations . Busia Senator Okiyah Omtatah and activists Morara Kebaso have emerged from Gen-Z protests to dash into the presidential contest. The Standard has also established that a row is brewing within ODM ranks over preparations for the 2027 General Election, with claims of a lack of clarity from the party leadership on whether it will field a candidate or back Ruto’s re-election bid. In the Mt Kenya region, campaigns are in full swing. Already, Party of National Unity leader, former Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya, has announced plans to recapture Meru County Governor’s seat from Kawira Mwangaza . Munya was Meru’s first Governor from 2013 to 2017. Munya has intensified efforts to build grassroots support for PNU. The former Agriculture CS has been opening PNU offices in various parts of Meru to popularise the outfit and run against Governor Mwangaza and other candidates, including Mithika Linturi, also a former Agriculture CS. “I will vie for Meru governor. I apologize for not running in 2022 because you had expected me to vie. I had different thoughts,” he said. Brave face Munya was planning to recapture the seat in 2022 but shelved the idea and opted to support Azimio presidential candidate Raila on the basis that he would retain his Cabinet position if the ODM leader won the presidency. Stay informed. Subscribe to our newsletter “Meru has got a lot of problems and that was not the wish of the people. We supported Mwangaza but she has not delivered. The people expected development and their wishes have not been fulfilled. That is what we want to correct,” Munya said. In the 2022 election, Mwangaza pulled off a surprise in the country when, running as an independent candidate, she beat incumbent Kiraitu and Linturi, the UDA candidate. Linturi, who was dropped from the Cabinet following the June-July youth protests against the Ruto administration, has also declared his candidature. Linturi is among the few leaders who have erected billboards with political messages regarding their political plans. In a Christmas message on a billboard in Meru, Linturi says his candidature is about “Restoring Meru’s lost glory together”. Mwangaza, however, is putting on a brave face. She has already decamped to UDA and is optimistic of using the party to market her reelection after two years fraught with controversies, including multiple impeachments. She is banking on some of the development projects her administration has been pursuing. Among her flagship projects she is banking on to recapture the seat is the ‘Mwangaza Barabarani’, the opening and improvement of the road network in the 45 wards, the sinking of tens of boreholes in water-deficient areas, and empowerment of women and other groups in the grassroots. Mwangaza has dismissed Munya’s claims that he supported her in 2022, saying he only came on board at the 11th hour. “He did not. He saw I was winning and came onboard the last minute,” Mwangaza said. Political analyst Prof Gitile Naituli says politicians should be restrained from early campaigns. “In a normal electoral cycle, there is electioneering period and then there is the period where you are supposed to work in order to deliver your agenda to the people,” he said. Oscar Mutugi, another analyst, says recent precedence shows that early campaigns may be beneficial to politicians. “President Ruto has demonstrated that the tactic works, as did Kawira Mwangaza who hit the ground campaigning to be Meru governor right from the minute she was elected as Woman Represantive,” Mutugi said. In Nyanza, election drumbeats have started. In Migori, Governor Ochilo Ayacko is facing early competition. MPs Peter Masara (Suna West) and Mark Nyamita (Uriri) are eyeing his seat and have been vocal in criticising his administration. The two have publicly declared their interest in the governor seat. In Kakamega, Senator Boni Khalwale has declared interest in unseating Governor Fernandes Barasa. Barasa has termed Khalwale a selfish leader with no track record to show to the people of Kakamega. Report by Phares Mutembei, Harold Odhiambo and Bernard LusigiUS-Audiobooks-Top-10 Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. 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CLEVELAND (AP) — Shortly after doing a face-down snow angel, firing a few celebratory snowballs and singing “Jingle Bells” on his way to the media room, Jameis Winston ended his postgame news conference with a simple question. “Am I a Brown yet?” he asked. He is now. And who knows? Maybe for a lot longer than expected. Winston entered Cleveland football folklore on Thursday night by leading the Browns to a 24-19 win over the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers, who had their five-game winning streak stopped. Winston's performance at Huntington Bank Field, which transformed into the world's largest snow globe, not only made him an instantaneous hero in the eyes of Browns fans but added another wrinkle to the team's ever-changing, never-ending quarterback conundrum. In his fourth start since Deshaun Watson's season-ending Achilles tendon injury, Winston made enough big plays to help the Browns (3-8) get a victory that should quiet conjecture about coach Kevin Stefanski's job. Some wins mean more than others. In Cleveland, beating the Steelers is as big as it gets. But beyond any instant gratification, Winston has given the Browns more to consider as they move forward. Watson's future with Cleveland is highly uncertain since it will still be months before the team has a grip on whether he's even an option in 2025, his fourth year since signing a $230 million, fully guaranteed contract that has proven calamitous. It's also possible the Browns will cut ties with Watson. They signed Winston to a one-year contract to be Watson's backup. But the unexpected events of 2024 have changed plans and led to the possibility that the 30-year-old Winston could become Cleveland's full-time QB or a bridge to their next young one. So much is unclear. What's not is that Winston, who leaped into the end zone on fourth-and-2 for a TD to put the Browns ahead 18-6 in the fourth quarter, is a difference maker. With his larger-than-life personality and the joy he shows whether practicing or throwing three touchdown passes, he has lifted the Browns. A man of faith, he's made his teammates believe. Winston has done what Watson couldn't: made the Browns better. “A very, very authentic person,” Stefanski said Friday on a Zoom call. “He’s the same guy every single day. He's the same guy at 5 a.m. as he at 5 p.m. He brings great energy to everything he does, and I think his teammates appreciate that about him.” Winston, who is 2-2 as a starter with wins over the Steelers and Baltimore Ravens, has a knack for inspiring through fiery, preacher-like pregame speeches. But what has impressed the Browns is his ability to stay calm in the storm. “He doesn’t get rattled,” said Myles Garrett, who had three sacks against the Steelers . “He’s just tuned in and focused as anyone I’ve seen at that position. Turn the page. There was a turnover, came back to the sideline, ‘Love you. I’m sorry. We’re going to get it back.’ He was already on to the next one, ‘How can we complete the mission?’ “I have a lot of respect for him. First was from afar and now seeing it on the field in front of me, it’s a blessing to have someone who plays a game with such a passion and want-to. You can’t ask for a better teammate when they take those things to heart and they want to play for you like we’re actually brothers and that’s what we have to attain. That brotherhood.” Winston has done something else Watson couldn't: move the offense. The Browns scored more than 20 points for just the second time this season, and like Joe Flacco a year ago, Winston has shown that Stefanski's system works with a quarterback patient enough to let plays develop and unafraid to take shots downfield. The conditions certainly were a factor, but the Browns were a miserable 1 of 10 on third down, a season-long trend. However, Cleveland converted all four fourth-down tries, including a fourth-and-3 pass from Winston to Jerry Jeudy with 2:36 left that helped set up Nick Chubb's go-ahead TD run. RT Jack Conklin. Garrett outplayed Steelers star T.J. Watt in their rivalry within the rivalry partly because Conklin did a nice job containing Pittsburgh's edge rusher, who was held without a sack and had one tackle for loss. Conklin has made a remarkable comeback since undergoing reconstructive knee surgery last year. Owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam. Their desire to build a dome is well intended, but an indoor game could never come close to matching the surreal setting of Thursday night, when snow swirled throughout the stadium and covered nearly all the yard lines and hash marks. “It was beautiful,” Winston said. WR Cedric Tillman is in the concussion protocol. He had two catches before taking a big hit on the final play of the third quarter. 9 — Consecutive home wins for the Browns in Thursday night games. Three of those have come against Pittsburgh. An extended break before visiting the Denver Broncos on Dec. 2. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLSaints say Taysom Hill 'likely' has a season-ending knee injury
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is unhappy with rumours being floated in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the choice of the state’s new chief minister, and politics relating to caste equations potentially influencing the selection process. For the RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, it’s an open-and-shut case – Devendra Fadnavis, who they say led the Mahayuti alliance to a landslide victory in the recent state elections, is the natural choice for the post. However, in the last few days, a section of the BJP has floated the names of other contenders. Also read: Maharashtra oath on Dec 5, Shiv Sena insists on home portfolio The names of Vinod Tawde, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Chandrakant Patil, and more recently Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol have been doing the rounds on social media. While Tawde, Patil and Mohol are Marathas, Bawankule is from the OBC category, and their possible candidacy would draw caste considerations into the narrative. The Maratha and OBC communities have played a significant role in the run-up to the assembly elections, and supporters of this quartet believe this should be taken into account when the BJP chooses the new CM. This has upset the Sangh Parivar, which campaigned hard for Fadnavis, a Brahmin, during the elections. With a systematic micro-planning strategy, Fadnavis and the RSS machinery, armed with 3,000 swayamsevaks, toured every district in the state, to ensure the phenomenal victory for the Mahayuti coalition. Also read: ‘New Maharashtra CM from BJP, Mahayuti allies to get 2 deputy CM posts’: Ajit Pawar A senior RSS leader, affiliated to the Rashtriya Muslim Manch, an RSS frontal organisation, said the RSS has communicated to the BJP leadership that given Fadnavis’s pivotal role in the Mahayuti’s win, he should be the natural choice for the CM’s post. Not selecting him could also adversely affect the party in the upcoming municipal elections, particularly in Mumbai. The RSS is disappointed that the four leaders, who have been groomed by the Sangh, are not toeing the RSS line. The Sangh points out that both Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde, who have been offered the posts of dual deputy chief ministers, are Marathas. There is no reason for a section of BJP politicians to insist on a Maratha CM, argues the RSS. Also read: Meet Atul Limaye: RSS strategist who engineered Mahayuti's landslide victory A senior RSS activist said that when this issue was raised with the party high command, Mohol was forced to clarify that his candidacy for CM’s post was no more than an idle rumour. In a social media post, Mohol said, “Our party is disciplined, and the party’s decision is final. Such significant decisions are made unanimously by the parliamentary board, not through social media discussions.”Mercer secures 86-72 victory over West Georgia
2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animalsNEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetkounmpo had 34 points, 11 rebounds and four assists and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a two-game skid with a 118-113 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Damien Lillard had 15 points and 11 assists and Bobby Portis added 23 points and five rebounds off the bench. The Bucks won for the 10th time in 13 games. Dennis Schroder had 34 points and 10 assists, Cam Johnson scored 26 points and Nic Claxton added 21 points and nine rebounds as the Nets lost for the fourth time in five games, falling to 4-13 against Eastern Conference foes. Takeaways Milwaukee: Lillard’s streak of six straight 25-point games ended. Antetokounmpo had his NBA-best 14th game with at least 30 points. Brooklyn: Schroder led Brooklyn in scoring for the fourth time this season, surpassing 30 points for the third time. He is averaging 31.5 points in two games against Milwaukee this season and has 493 points in 31 career games against the Bucks. Key moment Brooklyn led 108-104 after Schroder's jumper with 3:08 left, but Milwaukee countered by scoring 15 of the game’s final 20 points. Bucks forward Khris Middleton, playing in just his third game this season while recovering from bilateral ankle surgery, scored seven points in the fourth quarter. Portis put Milwaukee ahead for good, 109-108, with a 3-pointer with 2:08 left. Key stat Brooklyn snapped Milwaukee’s 15-game streak of holding opponents to below 50% shooting. The Nets were just the fourth team to make more than 50% of its field goals against the Bucks. Milwaukee improved to 1-3 in games in which it allows a team to shoot better than 50%. After making just 8 of 22 field goals (36.4%) in the first quarter, the Nets shot 56% over the final 36 minutes. Up next Milwaukee hosts Orlando in an NBA Cup quarterfinal Tuesday. Brooklyn is at Memphis on Friday. AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
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