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Islamic State's brutal ideology still inspires attacks worldwide
BEIRUT — Screams, carnage — and a black banner. The attacker in the deadly New Year’s truck-ramming strike on revelers in New Orleans’…
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Syrian delegation makes first official visit to Saudi Arabia
A high-level delegation from Syria's transitional government visited Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking their first foreign trip and…
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Germany's ex-finance minister calls for Syrians to return home
Former German finance minister Christian Lindner has called for Syrian refugees in Germany to return to their home country after the…
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Russia sailors evacuated to NATO port as ship sinks in Mediterranean
What's New Fourteen sailors were evacuated to a port in Spain, a NATO member, as a Russian cargo ship sunk in the Mediterranean, according…
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Iran's supreme leader predicts new resistance in Syria
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei anticipates a renewed resistance struggle by Syrians against the country's new leadership…
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U.S. holds first meeting with rebels in charge of Syria
WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. diplomats traveled to Damascus Friday and held a first-ever meeting with the rebels who toppled longtime dictator…
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Erdogan signals Turkish action in Northern Syria against US-backed groups
What's New Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated a possible intervention in Syria against militia groups backed by the U.S.…
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Austin Tice latest: US diplomats make first Syria visit since Assad fall
What's New The first U.S. diplomats to visit Syria following President Bashar al-Assad's ouster earlier this month have arrived in…
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US doubled its amount of troops in Syria before Assad's fall: Pentagon
What's New The United States doubled its number of troops in Syria before deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed, the…
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The Remarkable Collapse of Iran’s Powerful Alliances
For forty-five years, Tehran’s Shiite theocracy has heralded its political system as a model for all predominantly Muslim countries—and…
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A massacre, a rumored hanging and Syrians' thirst for justice and revenge
DAMASCUS, Syria — The crowd surged forward, thousands cheering, waving and jostling their way around Damascus’ Al Ashmar Square, all…
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New satellite images show the Russians packing up their stuff amid a flurry of activity at a key airbase in Syria
New satellite images show activity at Russia's Hmeimim Air Base in Syria. The images appear to show the movement of military equipment…
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The Mystery Of The Syrian IL-76 Cargo Jet That Went Missing As Assad Fled
There is growing, but still circumstantial evidence that a Syrian Airlines Il-76 Candid cargo plane currently at Russia’s Khmeimim Air…
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At a Russian airbase in Syria, questions loom over Moscow's place in the country
HMEIMIM AIRBASE, SYRIA — The Sukhoi fighter aircraft punched through the clouds, its growl echoing over Russia’s Hmeimim Airbase on…
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Al-Assad denies planned departure from Syria in alleged statement
Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad said, in a statement attributed to him on Monday, that he did not plan to leave the country amid…
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Syria: Reports of mass graves tied to Assad found after regime toppled
Several media outlets, including Reuters and Sky News, have confirmed on Sunday the discovery of at least one mass grave inSyria's capital…
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'We just need peace': BBC speaks to Syrians watching Israel's incursion
An hour's drive from Damascus, on a country road into the Syrian village of Hadar, we meet Israel's army. Two military vehicles and…
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Ukraine's Zelensky announces humanitarian aid for Syria
Ukraine is ready to provide humanitarian aid to Syria, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. In coordination with his government,…
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Turkish authorities: More than 7,500 Syrians have returned home
More than 7,500 refugees have returned to Syria from Turkey since the regime of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was toppled last week,…
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Germany warns Assad supporters involved in atrocities in Syria against trying to flee there
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister is warning anyone involved in atrocities for the ousted Syrian government against seeking refuge…
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Hezbollah chief: Group lost supply route in Syria after al-Assad fall
The leader of the Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, Naim Qassem, on Saturday admitted that his group had lost a supply route after…
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Ex-Assad official charged in California for 'flying carpet' torture at Syrian prison
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this week charged a former Syrian military official with several counts of torture allegedly committed…
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Blinken makes unannounced trip to Iraq as international community grapples with Syrian regime collapse
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the…
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Travis Timmerman flown out of Syria on US military helicopter: report
Travis Timmerman, an American recently found in Syria, was transported out of the Middle Eastern nation on a U.S. military helicopter,…