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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 ...
‘I thought I’d died.’ How land mines are continuing to claim lives in post-Assad Syria
Land mines and other unexploded remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat across Syria, causing widespread casualties ...
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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 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 ...
Syria hopes tourists will return to Palmyra, a World Heritage Site ravaged by war
Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...
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 ...
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How Trump's cuts to U.S. foreign aid are imperiling Syria's war crimes investigations
When former leader Bashar al-Assad fell, new Syria war crimes investigations began. But U.S. budget cuts have halted some ...
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Syria’s Uncertain New Order
JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From ...
50 years after Lebanon’s civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder
What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon. An attack on a bus in Beirut plunged the country into 15 ...
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Syria's dictator is gone. Its civil war is over. But Israel keeps attacking
Israeli airstrikes have hit several hundred times since December.... Syria's dictator is gone. Its civil war is over. But Israel keeps attacking KOAYIAH, Syria — A panicked phone call ...