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America’s Anti-ISIS Ally Makes One Final Sacrifice for Syria

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America’s Anti-ISIS Ally Makes One Final Sacrifice for Syria

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America’s Syria Strategy Has a Russia Problem | Opinion

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America’s Syria Strategy Has a Russia Problem | Opinion

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Shunned by Putin, Syria’s Ex-Dictator Lives in Isolation

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Shunned by Putin, Syria’s Ex-Dictator Lives in Isolation

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The New Pragmatism Reshaping Syria, and the Risks Ahead | Opinion

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The New Pragmatism Reshaping Syria, and the Risks Ahead | Opinion

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Is the Middle East Really on the Verge of a New Dawn? | Opinion

Opinion

Is the Middle East Really on the Verge of a New Dawn? | Opinion

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Syria’s Islamist Swimwear Ban Faces Backlash

World

Syria’s Islamist Swimwear Ban Faces Backlash

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Giant Construction Projects Boom as U.S. Lifts Syria Sanctions

World

Giant Construction Projects Boom as U.S. Lifts Syria Sanctions

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The Sanctions Era Is Quietly Ending. The West Isn’t Ready | Opinion

Opinion

The Sanctions Era Is Quietly Ending. The West Isn’t Ready | Opinion

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Exclusive—Syria’s New ‘Resistance’ Takes on Israel and a US ‘Axis of Evil’

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Exclusive—Syria’s New ‘Resistance’ Takes on Israel and a US ‘Axis of Evil’

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The World’s Selective Outrage—Alawite Massacres in Syria Deserve Our Attention | Opinion

Opinion

The World’s Selective Outrage—Alawite Massacres in Syria Deserve Our Attention | Opinion

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Syria’s Four Wars Explained 14 Years On

Analysis

Syria’s Four Wars Explained 14 Years On

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Nearly 1,000 Civilians Killed in Syria, Rights Group Says: “Massacres”

World

Nearly 1,000 Civilians Killed in Syria, Rights Group Says: “Massacres”

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Hundreds of Minorities, Including Christians, Killed in Syria—Reports

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Hundreds of Minorities, Including Christians, Killed in Syria—Reports

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Map Tracks U.S. Sanctioned Russian Oil Tanker to Syria

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Map Tracks U.S. Sanctioned Russian Oil Tanker to Syria

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Israel Must Help Druze Achieve Self-Determination in Syria | Opinion

Opinion

Israel Must Help Druze Achieve Self-Determination in Syria | Opinion

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Map Shows Israeli Army’s Advances into Syria

World

Map Shows Israeli Army’s Advances into Syria

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Christians in Syria—Beyond the Assad Regime’s Narrative | Opinion

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Christians in Syria—Beyond the Assad Regime’s Narrative | Opinion

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Syria Demands Reparations From Russia

World

Syria Demands Reparations From Russia

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Donald Trump to Help Find Austin Tice in Syria

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Donald Trump to Help Find Austin Tice in Syria

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Prison Walls Reveal Last Messages of Assad’s Detainees

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Prison Walls Reveal Last Messages of Assad’s Detainees

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Could a Trump Deal Change the Middle East in 2025?

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Could a Trump Deal Change the Middle East in 2025?

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Syria Proves the U.S. Needs Tulsi Gabbard | Opinion

Opinion

Syria Proves the U.S. Needs Tulsi Gabbard | Opinion

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Putin ‘Stopped Taking Calls’ From Bashar al-Assad Before Coup: Report

World

Putin ‘Stopped Taking Calls’ From Bashar al-Assad Before Coup: Report

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First International Commercial Flight Lands in Post-Assad Syria

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First International Commercial Flight Lands in Post-Assad Syria

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Calls for ‘Political New Beginning’ With Post-Assad Syria

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Calls for ‘Political New Beginning’ With Post-Assad Syria

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Zelensky to Boost Post-Assad Syria Relations Amid Russia Pullback

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Zelensky to Boost Post-Assad Syria Relations Amid Russia Pullback

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Has Assad Been Poisoned in Russia? What We Know

World

Has Assad Been Poisoned in Russia? What We Know

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Iran Issues Warning About US Bases in Syria

World

Iran Issues Warning About US Bases in Syria

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Syrian Authorities Open to Probe of Assad’s Alleged War Crimes: UN Team

World

Syrian Authorities Open to Probe of Assad’s Alleged War Crimes: UN Team

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Kremlin Denies Bashar Al-Assad’s Wife Exiled in Moscow ‘Filed for Divorce’

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Kremlin Denies Bashar Al-Assad’s Wife Exiled in Moscow ‘Filed for Divorce’

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