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Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-President Seeks New Allies
In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to ...
It Survived for 2,000 Years, but Syria’s War Battered Palmyra
During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...
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With Assad gone and Syria's war over, the White Helmets have a new mission
Vilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in ...
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Syria's dictator is gone. Its civil war is over. But Israel keeps attacking
During Syria's civil war, various extremist groups took control of huge swaths of the country. A small cluster of villages in ...
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Syria’s first wheat shipment since al-Assad ouster points to recovery
A ship carrying wheat has arrived in Syria’s Latakia port, the first such delivery since former President Bashar al-Assad was ...
Land mines remain a deadly threat in Syria, even after civil war’s end
Suleiman Khalil was harvesting olives in a Syrian orchard with two friends four months ago, unaware the soil beneath them ...
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Syria's dictator is gone. Its civil war is over. But Israel keeps attacking
During Syria's civil war, various extremist groups took control of huge swaths of the country. A small cluster of villages in the south, including Koayiah, were even occupied by ISIS from 2015 to ...