The U.S. military is withdrawing hundreds of troops from Syria, a shift the Pentagon is framing as a “consolidation” that reflects the changing security environment in the country, The Hill reported.

“Recognizing the success the United States has had against ISIS, including its 2019 territorial defeat under President Trump, today the Secretary of D

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced an Easter truce in the conflict in Ukraine, according to the Kremlin, Al Jazeera reported.

The unilateral cessation of hostilities will begin on Saturday at 6 pm local time (21:00 GMT) and run until midnight on Monday, April 21, the Kremlin said.

It added that Russia expected Ukraine to follow suit and

Yemen's Ansarullah group said on Saturday it shot down another U.S.-made MQ-9 drone over Sanaa province in the past 24 hours, Xinhua reported.

"The drone was shot down, using a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile," Yemen's military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

"This is the second drone our