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Shot in the head or pounded by Israeli bombs: How a week of bloodshed shattered Syria’s fragile peace
In this whirl of shrapnel and shellfire, hopes for a new era of peace in a nation long torn apart by dictatorship and a ...
US envoy doubles down on support for Syria’s government and criticizes Israel’s intervention
A U.S. envoy has reaffirmed Washington's support for Syria's new government, stating there is "no Plan B" for uniting the ...
They Vanished in Syria’s Long Occupation of Lebanon. Now Their Families Want Answers.
Thousands went missing during Syria’s decades-long intervention in Lebanon. Months after the fall of the Syrian regime, ...
Syrian returns from Lebanon to start under UN-backed plan, marking major shift
By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, U.N ...
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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting
The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim groups killed hundreds and threatened to ...
Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore
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Lebanon’s Syrian War - The New Yorker
Lebanon, since its creation as a modern state, in 1943, has never been disassociated from events in Syria, with a largely sectarian divide between those who support Assad—the Shiite parties of ...
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U.S. envoy to Syria doubles down on support for new government and criticizes Israel’s intervention
Barrack suggested that Israel would prefer to see Syria fragmented and divided rather than a strong central state in control ...