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Caught in limbo, families of Syria’s missing cling to hope
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Caught in limbo, families of Syria’s missing cling to hope

    HOMS, Syria (AP) — Six months after he was snatched from a road in central Syria, Iyad Suleiman…
Kurdish official: Syria’s ‘safe zone’ off to a good start
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Kurdish official: Syria’s ‘safe zone’ off to a good start

DARBASIYAH, Syria (AP) — The creation of a so-called “safe zone” in northeastern Syria has gotten off to good start,…
Iran oil tanker pursued by US turns off tracker near Syria
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Iran oil tanker pursued by US turns off tracker near Syria

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. turned off its tracking beacon, leading…
Syrian father who lost twins to poison gas uprooted again
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Syrian father who lost twins to poison gas uprooted again

BEIRUT (AP) — When Abdel Hamid al-Yousef lost his 9-month-old twins in the poison gas attack that hit the Syrian…
Lebanese officials declare state of economic emergency
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Lebanese officials declare state of economic emergency

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s political leaders declared what they called an economic state of emergency Monday following a meeting aimed…
Russia says US strikes in Syria’s Idlib put ceasefire at risk: reports
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Russia says US strikes in Syria’s Idlib put ceasefire at risk: reports

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s military said the United States had mounted air strikes in Syria’s Idlib without forewarning Moscow or…
Air strikes halt in Syria’s Idlib after truce called
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Air strikes halt in Syria’s Idlib after truce called

Air strikes on Syria’s northwestern Idlib region stopped on Saturday, a war monitor said, after the government agreed to a…
US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean
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US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean

The United States on Friday blacklisted the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya following repeated warnings over its valuable oil cargo.…
Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border
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Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Kurdish YPG militia will pull forces and heavy weapons from a strip along Syria’s border with…
U.N. Palestinian refugee agency seeks donations as funding slips
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U.N. Palestinian refugee agency seeks donations as funding slips

GAZA (Reuters) – The head of a U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees, which is under an investigation over suspected internal…
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