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Syrian Kurdish leader dissolves force that spearheaded jihadist fight Syria

Syrian Kurdish leader dissolves force that spearheaded jihadist fight

The leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the Washington-backed group at the forefront of the battle against the Islamic State jihadist group, announced their dissolution on Tuesday under a deal with the government. After being Syria's most highly trained and organised paramilitary force for years, the SDF was promptly dropped…
bubmag
August 25, 2026
Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk Air Pollution

Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk

When the sky becomes orange and hazy from wildfire smoke, modern humans are at greater risk than our earlier ancestors would have been. This is because mutations that occurred tens of thousands of years ago made humans exquisitely sensitive to some types of air pollution. Wildfire smoke includes two dangerous…
bubmag
August 25, 2026
Trump administration formally removes Syria from state sponsor of terrorism list Syria

Trump administration formally removes Syria from state sponsor of terrorism list

The Trump administration formally removed Syria from the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, ending a designation that had been in place for nearly five decades as Washington moves toward closer relations with the country's new government. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he had…
bubmag
August 25, 2026
EU, UNIDO Train Stakeholders on Small Hydropower Initiative to Enhance Agriculture Food Industry

EU, UNIDO Train Stakeholders on Small Hydropower Initiative to Enhance Agriculture

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with funding from the European Union (EU), has organised a capacity building workshop for local stakeholders to use small hydropower for Nigerian farming, in effort to bring clean power to rural farms and grow the local food industry. The one-day workshop held Monday…
bubmag
August 25, 2026