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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on February 16.
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Israel again expands Gaza war as Netanyahu vows he’s changing the Middle East. The endgame is unclear as ever
Confetti and flowers are dropped from a military helicopter onto a crowd during a celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the victory of rebel forces over Bashar al-Assad's army in Idlib, Syria, Friday, March 28, 2025.
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Syria swears in new transitional government months after Assad’s removal
In this February 2023 photo, members of the Syrian civil defense, known as the White Helmets, transport a casualty from the rubble of buildings in the village of Azmarin in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following an earthquake.
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Trump admin has terminated majority of its funding for key Syrian humanitarian organization
A member of the Syrian forces near a military vehicle as it heads toward the Syrian-Lebanese border in Qusayr, Syria, on Monday.
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Lebanon and Syria agree to ceasefire after cross-border attacks kill 10
Bodies are laid in a mass grave in Pine village.
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‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town
TOPSHOT - A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul. Iraqi forces launched a major push on February 19 to recapture the west of Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, retaking the airport and then advancing north. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
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US and Iraqi forces kill ISIS chief of global operations, officials say
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is pictured at the presidential palace in Damascus on March 10.
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Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group’s rule for 5 years
07 March 2025, Syria, Latakia: Syrian army forces fire a missile against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad. Around three months after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, heavy clashes have erupted in Syria between his supporters and fighters from the transitional government. Photo: Moawia Atrash/dpa (Photo by Moawia Atrash/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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What we know about the deadly violence in Syria
POTTERVILLE, MICHIGAN - AUGUST 29: Former U.S. President and current Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks about the economy, inflation, and manufacturing during a campaign event at Alro Steel on August 29, 2024 in Potterville, Michigan. Michigan is considered a key battleground state in the upcoming November Presidential election. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
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A ripped poster of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad lies on the ground outside the Interior Ministry building on December 17, 2024 in Damascus, Syria.
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Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
Jan 31, 2025
FILE - Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead of his meeting with Walid Ellafi, Libyan minister of state for communication and political affairs, in Damascus, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
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Former al Qaeda member named as Syria’s president for transitional period
Jan 29, 2025
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visited Sednaya prison, which was notorious for instances of torture and murder under the Assad regime.
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French and German foreign ministers meet Syria’s new leaders in first high-level EU visit since Assad’s toppling
Jan 3, 2025

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US forces working with Iraqi intelligence and security services killed a high-profile leader of the Islamic State in an airstrike in western Iraq, according to officials from the two countries.
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Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle moving along a road in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa called for national unity and peace on March 9, amid growing international backlash following the killing of civilians along the country's coast in the worst violence since the overthrow of former president Bashar al-Assad, in the heartland of the Alawite minority to which the latter belongs.
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