A mass-shooting targeting a Hanukkah gathering at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach killed 15 victims and wounded 39 others on December 14, 2025 in what is now Australia’s deadliest terrorist attack–but far worse carnage was avoided due to civilian bystanders and police officers risking their lives to save others. A closer examination of the perpetrators, victims, and heroes of this horrific tragedy paints a complex picture of immigration, prejudice, radicalization, and violence in the 21st...

The Assad regime was established by a coup d’etat on November 13, 1970 and suddenly collapsed on December 8, 2024 when a surprise...

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