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From calm to chaos: A look inside a reporter's escorted visit to Syria
At first glance, the Mediterranean port of Latakia doesn't look like a city at war. Its streets are jammed with traffic, stylish women chat under palm trees, and idyllic orange groves stretch for...
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A top US general wants to resurrect a smaller version of a disastrous Syrian...
A top U.S. general has asked for permission to resurrect an effort to train Syrian opposition fighters for battles against Islamic State militants, but on a smaller scale than a previous program that...
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Artist Saint Hoax visited a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon and threw a costume party for the children there. As he photographed them dressed up as Disney princesses, they discussed their dreams and...
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Islamic State's 'minister for war' is likely to have been killed in a US-led...
An Islamic State commander described by the Pentagon as the group's "minister of war" was likely killed in a US air strike in Syria, US officials said on Tuesday, in what would be a major victory in...
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'Here there are no children any more. Only small adults'
Sick children dying as lifesaving medicine waits at checkpoints, youngsters forced to survive on animal feed and leaves, and families burning their mattresses just to find something to keep them...
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The US and Israel are now in one of their most baffling disputes yet
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are in the midst of yet another public conflict.Earlier this week, the Israeli prime minister announced that he was canceling a...
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'The world is a tough, complicated, messy, mean place': Obama explains his...
A definitive detailing of US President Barack Obama's foreign policy shows how much the president's thinking has changed from the hope-centric rhetoric of his early days in office.In an interview with...
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Before the US tried to kill the Islamic State's 'Minister of War,' it may...
The Pentagon is reporting that it may have killed Abu Omar al-Shishani, a foreign fighter that the US government says served as the Islamic State's "minister of war."A Chechen militant, who may have...
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Fearing migration doesn't make you a racist, says Archbishop of Canterbury
It is "outrageous" to label people who have fears about migration to the UK as racists, says Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. In an interview with Parliament's The House magazine, Welby said...
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Watch a US-led precision airstrike obliterate one of ISIS's most dangerous...
The US military has released a video that showcases the US-led anti-ISIS coalition obliterating an ISIS car bomb in Manbij, Syria. The airstrike were conducted on February 29 and was part of a larger...
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A new report paints some striking differences between Obama and John Kerry on...
There's an interesting subplot running through Jeffrey Goldberg's landmark Atlantic magazine report on US President Barack Obama's foreign policy: the constant and apparently continuing tension between...
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‘Sometimes the gun is taller than the kid’: How ISIS uses schools to...
At first glance, the children in ISIS propaganda videos look just like those you'd find in any elementary school across the world. They're smiling and happy, toting bright backpacks, and running around...
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Syria’s government is provoking the West, making peace talks impossible
The United States and France accused the Syrian government of trying to disrupt a new round of peace talks set to begin on Monday and said Russia and Iran would need to show the Syrian government was...
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A look at the unlikely man who may be Syria’s best hope for peace
Dismissed by critics as a diplomatic dandy, hailed by allies as a creative consensus-builder, Staffan de Mistura takes the hot seat in Geneva on Monday as the man in charge of forging peace in Syria.In...
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2 women risked their lives to capture this chilling footage of life inside...
Two Syrian women donned hidden cameras and risked their lives to shine light on what life is like inside Raqqa, the ISIS capital. The footage is a reminder of the horrifying conditions women are forced...
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2.9 million Syrian children have known nothing but war
Five years of conflict in Syria has left much of the country in ruins and robbed millions of their childhood.The conflict has helped trigger a worldwide refugee crisis with over 2.4 million Syrian...
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Putin says he's pulling Russian troops out of Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he's pulling his troops out of Syria as the country's civil war drags into its fifth year, Reuters reported Monday.Putin reportedly called Syrian President Bashar...
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Russia’s motives for getting involved in Syria in the first place
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced March 14 that Russia had sufficiently achieved its goals in Syria since beginning airstrikes in September, and that it will gradually withdraw the bulk of its...
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The US now believes that it killed ISIS's military mastermind in an airstrike
The US now believes that it successfully killed one of ISIS's most successful military masterminds in a March 4 airstrike in Syria.The attack in northeastern Syria was aimed against ISIS's "minister of...
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Obama and Putin spoke on the phone about Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the crisis in Syria and Putin's announcement of a partial withdrawal of Russian...
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