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In this frame grab from a video, Russians, Syrians and others gather next to an American military convoy stuck in the village of Khirbet Ammu, east of Qamishli City, Syria on February 12, 2020. | Photo Credit: AP Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and […]
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Government forces lost control of Syria’s second city Aleppo on Sunday (December 1, 2024) for the first time since the country’s civil conflict began, a war monitor said, after a lightning offensive dealt a severe blow to President Bashar al-Assad. An Islamist-dominated rebel alliance launched its assault on forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government […]
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Opposition forces take control of areas outside Aleppo, Syria, on Friday (November 29, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Syrian government troops battled insurgents inside the country’s largest city, Aleppo, for the first time since 2016, while warplanes targeted rebel supply lines on the city’s edge, state media reported Saturday (November 30, 2024). Insurgents broke through […]
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Kamala Harris said Thursday (October 31, 2024) that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies.” Watch: US elections: Who are Trump and Harris appealing to? “I […]
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Israeli tanks thrust deeper on Monday into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp, trapping around 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what the military said were operations to eliminate regrouping Hamas militants. The Israeli military said soldiers captured around 100 suspected Hamas militants in a raid into Kamal Adwan Hospital […]
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Washington: U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Thursday that de-escalation was needed in the Middle East, a region on edge for months amid Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT A ceasefire remains elusive in Gaza and Lebanon and the region is bracing for an Israeli response to […]
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Israel ramped up its ground offensive against Hezbollah along Lebanon’s southern coast on Tuesday, deploying more troops and urging civilians near the Mediterranean to evacuate. The Iran-backed Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at the Israeli city of Haifa, after the Israeli military reported 85 projectiles crossing from Lebanon. The latest escalation followed Prime Minister […]
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