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Inspectors Confirm 'Likely' Use Of Chlorine As Chemical Weapon In Syria In...
Two cylinders dropped on the rebel-held Syrian city of Saraqeb — sending nearly a dozen people to seek medical help for nausea and other symptoms — had contained chlorine, the OPCW says.(Image credit:...
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'Rescuing The Rescuers': Stranded Syrian White Helmets Evacuated By Israel
In a "Hail Mary" operation, the Israeli military evacuated hundreds of Syrian rescue volunteer workers to Jordan amid the Syrian regime's offensive against rebel-held parts of the country.(Image...
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The New Syrian Cease-Fire Isn't That New
The pact between the U.S. and Russia that includes Jordan and Israel, and affects southwest Syria, would be the fifth such effort to halt fighting there.(Image credit: Hassan Ammar/AP)
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Names Written In Blood And Rust: Documenting Syria's Disappeared
Political prisoner Mansour Omari hid the names of fellow inmates, penned in makeshift ink, in the lining of his shirt. Now free, he tries to keep a promise to ensure the world does not forget...
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Syria Violence Sends Thousands of Civilians Fleeing 'De-Escalation Zone'
More than 100,000 civilians have had to flee homes and refugee camps because of violence in Idlib province. "Barrel bombs are just falling on the heads of these people," says a civil defense...
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Why Civilians Are Being Targeted In Syria Airstrikes
Civilian death tolls are piling up as the Syrian regime and its ally Russia attack Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus, and parts of the northern Idlib province.(Image credit: Amer Alhamwe/AFP/Getty Images)
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'Dozens' Of Russian Mercenaries Reportedly Killed In U.S. Airstrikes In Syria
The reports follow a fierce counterattack by U.S. B-52 bombers, gunships and fighters in Syria's oil-rich Deir el-Zour province, an ISIS stronghold.(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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U.N. Security Council To Try Again For Syria Cease-Fire Resolution
A draft resolution calling for a 30-day humanitarian cease-fire for emergency aid deliveries and medical evacuations has so far been stalled by threat of a Russian veto.(Image credit: Hamza...
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Syrian Army Seizes More Ground In Eastern Ghouta
The government onslaught on the rebel-held city intensified Saturday. Officials say they've captured Mesraba, effectively cleaving the area into three isolated parts. (Image credit: AP)
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Dozens Of Westerners Join Kurds To Fight ISIS In Syria
While hundreds of Americans have tried to join ISIS, the Kurdish People's Protection Units, also known as YPG, have recruited people around the world to fight against the extremist group in Syria....
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How The Syrian Regime Keeps Winning Territory, From An Army Defector's...
What's happening in eastern Ghouta shows parallels with earlier offensives, from siege to surrender, according to a soldier turned rebel leader. (Image credit: Syrian presidency Facebook page via AP)
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The U.S. Has Accepted Only 11 Syrian Refugees This Year
Refugee rights groups say the Trump administration has closed the door on vulnerable Syrian civilians.(Image credit: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)
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Why No World Power Really Wants To Topple Syria's Assad
The Syrian leader has few friends. Yet after seven years of devastating war in his country, he's in a position of relative strength and there's no realistic alternative to his continued rule.(Image...
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Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about U.S.-Iran relations, the Iran nuclear deal and the war in Syria.(Image credit: Elias Williams for NPR)
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Inspectors Confirm 'Likely' Use Of Chlorine As Chemical Weapon In Syria In...
Two cylinders dropped on the rebel-held Syrian city of Saraqeb — sending nearly a dozen people to seek medical help for nausea and other symptoms — had contained chlorine, the OPCW says.(Image credit:...
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'Rescuing The Rescuers': Stranded Syrian White Helmets Evacuated By Israel
In a "Hail Mary" operation, the Israeli military evacuated hundreds of Syrian rescue volunteer workers to Jordan amid the Syrian regime's offensive against rebel-held parts of the country.(Image...
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'War Doctor' Says Treating COVID-19 Is Like Fighting An Invisible Enemy
Trauma surgeon David Nott has volunteered in war zones and disaster areas around the world. Now he's treating COVID-19 patients in London. He calls the pandemic a "disaster zone for the whole...
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More than 3,700 people were killed in Syria's civil war this year
The count, by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, comes after more than a decade of a war that's killed at least 350,000 people and displaced millions.(Image credit: Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images)
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The U.S. Has Accepted Only 11 Syrian Refugees This Year
Refugee rights groups say the Trump administration has closed the door on vulnerable Syrian civilians.(Image credit: Delil Souleiman)
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Why No World Power Really Wants To Topple Syria's Assad
The Syrian leader has few friends. Yet after seven years of devastating war in his country, he's in a position of relative strength and there's no realistic alternative to his continued rule.
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