Informed resources in Damascus said that the American school in Damascus has received notification regarding teachers who hold American citizenship to leave Syria within 48 hours. The closing of the school in Damascus is in response to the U.S. raid carried out by U.S. forces on the twenty-sixth of last month, along with the Syrian Government's decision to close the American cultural center.
[T]he recent back-and-forth between Washington and Beijing over rare earth minerals looks technical on the surface, but it points to a deeper shift in global leverage.