Thread by @pleasesaveour

The news around the world today/tomorrow is on fire. Unrest is ruling in Hong Kong and the Middle East.

Why are we so complacent? Someone yesterday mentioned a million person march on DC demanding impeachment and ouster.

Here are a few stories from around the world:

Turkish-backed forces fighting Kurdish militias in north-east Syria have been accused of committing war crimes, with acts of brutality surfacing on mobile phone footage.

bbc.com/news/world-mid…

many thousands spread across a roadway leading to the palace. It was the biggest counter protest to the wave of demonstrations that have gripped Lebanon since Oct. 17 and which have included Aoun’s removal among a set of sweeping demands.

reuters.com/article/us-leb…

At least four people have been injured in a knife attack at the site of a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong.

bbc.com/news/world-asi…

Demonstrators shut down key streets and students stage sit-ins as protests seeking political system's overhaul escalate.

aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/i…

A city in eastern Germany has declared a "Nazi emergency" to tackle the rise of the far-right. Dresden is the capital of Saxony, which is considered a stronghold of the far-right movement.

cbsnews.com/news/dresden-n…

Pakistan’s powerful military said it supported the country’s elected government and the constitution, as tens of thousands of opposition protesters gathered in the capital demanding that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s year-old government quits by Sunday.

reuters.com/article/us-pak…

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has ordered all Venezuelan diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours.

bbc.com/news/world-lat…

At least 53 soldiers and one civilian have been killed in an ISIS attack on an army post in northern Mali, the government said, in one of the deadliest strikes against the West African country's military in recent memory.

nbcnews.com/news/world/mil…