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AP PHOTOS: A tour through northeastern Syria in a moment of uncertainty
An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...
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In Syria, the fighting is over, but a resource-rich province is left in limbo
That has irked Turkey, which supported the rebels now controlling Syria. Turkey considers the SDF to be an offshoot of the ...
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Abdullah Öcalan’s Isolation May Be Coming to an End
After 43 months without outside contact, jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been allowed to meet with left-wing MPs.
Turkey says it will join with neighbors to fight the Islamic State group in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Jordan will come together to fight the remnants of the ...
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Trump’s ‘America First’ approach is already hurting Americans
The freezing of U.S. foreign aid has stopped work in most military and security assistance programs, including in Ukraine and parts of the Middle East.
Former Assad soldiers turn in weapons and register as civilians in return for amnesty
A Russian news agency reports that a delegation is in Damascus following the fall of the Assad regime, working to secure the ...
Middle East latest: Israel lets displaced Palestinians return to northern Gaza
Israel has begun allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since ...
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Lebanon: How Israel, Hezbollah, and Regional Powers Are Shaping Its Future
An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...
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We Were Tortured in Assad’s Jail
Supporters of the revolution in Rojava, Oğuz Yüzgeç and Sercan Üstündaş spent the last three years in a Damascus jail.
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Southern rebels loom large as Syria's new rulers try to form a national army
At one former Syrian army site, a fighter with the Free Syrian Army, the main faction in the area, stood guard in jeans and a camouflage shirt. Other local fighters showed off a site where they ...
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Syria’s southern rebels loom large as the country’s new rulers try to form a national army
At one former Syrian army site, a fighter with the Free Syrian Army, the main faction in the area, stood guard in jeans and a camouflage shirt. Other local fighters showed off a site where they ...
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'The only word was welcome': Syrian Americans triumphantly return to native land
The desire to be free has manifested itself into reality ... facing little resistance from the Syrian Army. As they converged on Damascus on Dec. 8, Assad fled the capital city, boarding a ...