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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 ...
‘I thought I’d died.’ How landmines 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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Syria’s Civil War – Did It Achieve Anything?
The Syrian conflict began as part of the Arab Spring, aimed at overthrowing Bashar al-Assad and achieving reform. Over a ...
Ancient Syrian Town Seeks Interfaith Peace After Long War
Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and ...
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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 dictator is gone. Its civil war is over. But Israel keeps attacking
Almost immediately after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled, Syria came under attack. Israeli airstrikes have hit several hundred ...
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Republican US congressmen visit Syria, meet with new leadership, local Christians
PA leader Mahmoud Abbas separately meets with Syrian counterpart in Damascus; Syria's FM to reportedly soon visit US as ...
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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 ...
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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 the south, including Koayiah, were even occupied by ISIS from 2015 to ...