The US army in al-Malikiyah in Syria, February 2, 2021. -

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Syria: US military strikes pro-Iran militias, at least 17 fighters killed

According to the Pentagon, this is a "proportionate" response.

The United States on Thursday struck infrastructure used by pro-Iranian militias in northeastern Syria, killing 17 people in the Joe Biden administration's first military operation in retaliation for recent attacks on Western interests in Iraq.

Qualifying this military operation of "defensive", the spokesman of the American Defense Department John Kirby, specified that strikes had destroyed "multiple infrastructures located at a border post used by militias supported by Iran, in particular Kataeb Hezbollah ”.

To learn more, it's here.

Coronavirus: Emmanuel Macron discusses the establishment of a "health pass"

Emmanuel Macron will hold a meeting with members of the government next week to prepare for the establishment of a "health pass".

The implementation of such an instrument "will pose many technical questions, respect for individual data, organization of our freedoms" and, for that, "we must prepare (it) now technically, politically, legally" , explained the president during a press conference at the end of the first day of a videoconference between the 27 leaders of the European Union.

To learn more about this pass, which should not be a “vaccination passport”, it's here.

The Monsieur and Madame Patate brand will no longer be gendered 

Monsieur and Madame Patate do not disappear, but the brand will no longer be gendered Monsieur Patate in the cupboard?

The Hasbro brand announced Thursday that its famous toy “Mr Potato Head” will now be called simply “Potato Head”.

After a confusing first statement, the company clarified that it was simply a change in the name of the brand, which became gender-neutral.

To find out why Monsieur and Madame Patate won't be mashed, it's here.

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