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Yusra Mardini, Olympian Who Escaped War-Torn Syria By Swimming Aegean Sea
Born into the heart of Syria's Damascus, Yusra Mardini's early years were filled with the echoes of her father's tales of swimming glory. But fate dealt her a cruel hand as civil war ravaged her homeland, tearing apart the fabric of her existence.
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In Sudan, 150 Families Risk Lives To Feed Each Other
Sameh Makki's soup kitchen is barely 100 metres from the market, but it can take two hours to make the journey through Sudan's war-torn streets, often through hails of bullets.
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Explained: Axis Of Resistance And Iran's Proxy Network Across Middle East
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 that upended Iran's political and societal structure, the country has made a conscious effort to fan its influence across the Middle East with proxy groups.
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Cement Giant Lafarge Fined $778 Million For Supporting Terror Groups In Syria
French cement giant Lafarge SA will pay a $778 million fine to the US Justice Department for supporting terror groups including Islamic State during the Syrian civil war, the company announced Tuesday
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Ukraine's Army No Match For Russia In Manpower, Weapons, Experience
Ukrainian forces are defending against an invasion on three sides by a Russian military that is bigger, better armed and steeped in recent combat experience from Syria's civil war.
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ISIS Chief And Family Blended In Among Syrians Uprooted By War
In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbours did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time.
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Swedish Woman Enlisted Son, 12, To Fight In Syria, Say Prosecutors
A Swedish woman has been charged with war crimes for helping enlist her 12-year-old son to fight as a child soldier in Syria, where he was killed in the civil war, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Syrian Dad Teaches Girl To Laugh At Explosions In Heart-Breaking Video
To help her cope with the trauma of living in a conflict zone, a three-year-old Syrian girl's father has taught her to laugh each time she hears an explosion or warplane. A deeply-distressing video of the child and her father playing their 'game' as an explosion is heard outside has evoked an emotional response from social media users, who called f...
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"Don't Do It": Trump Asks Russia, Iran End To Killing In Syria's Idlib
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the governments in Moscow, Damascus and Tehran to stop the bloodshed that has displaced thousands in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib.
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Before US Raid, Al-Baghdadi Hid In Major Battlefield In Syria's Civil War
When US forces found Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, he was not in some forgotten border town or remote patch of desert but in Syria's Idlib province, a place where Baghdadi surely knew he was surrounded by enemies, and eyes.
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From Syria, A Haunting Photo Of Children Trying To Save Baby Sister
The picture went viral on social media networks: two dust-covered Syrian girls, trapped in rubble, grab their baby sister from her shirt as she dangles from a bombed-out building.
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Airstrikes Kill More Than 40 Civilians In Syria's Northwest: Monitor
Regime and Russian air strikes killed 43 people in northwest Syria on Monday, most of them in a crowded market, a war monitor said, in the latest violence to plague the opposition bastion.
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UN To Seek Multi-Billion Dollar Aid Pledges For Syria
The United Nations will seek billions of dollars in additional aid for Syria on Thursday, seeking to overcome fatigue among donors after eight years of civil war and divisions over how to deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Tulsi Gabbard Confirms 2020 US Presidential Run
Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran who met dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria during that country's devastating civil war, said Friday that she is launching a US presidential bid.
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39 Including Children Killed In Arms Depot Blast In Syria's Idlib
An explosion at a weapons depot in a terrorist-held town in northwest Syria killed at least 39 civilians including a dozen children on Sunday, a monitor said.
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Yusra Mardini, Olympian Who Escaped War-Torn Syria By Swimming Aegean Sea
Born into the heart of Syria's Damascus, Yusra Mardini's early years were filled with the echoes of her father's tales of swimming glory. But fate dealt her a cruel hand as civil war ravaged her homeland, tearing apart the fabric of her existence.
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In Sudan, 150 Families Risk Lives To Feed Each Other
Sameh Makki's soup kitchen is barely 100 metres from the market, but it can take two hours to make the journey through Sudan's war-torn streets, often through hails of bullets.
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Explained: Axis Of Resistance And Iran's Proxy Network Across Middle East
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 that upended Iran's political and societal structure, the country has made a conscious effort to fan its influence across the Middle East with proxy groups.
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Cement Giant Lafarge Fined $778 Million For Supporting Terror Groups In Syria
French cement giant Lafarge SA will pay a $778 million fine to the US Justice Department for supporting terror groups including Islamic State during the Syrian civil war, the company announced Tuesday
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Ukraine's Army No Match For Russia In Manpower, Weapons, Experience
Ukrainian forces are defending against an invasion on three sides by a Russian military that is bigger, better armed and steeped in recent combat experience from Syria's civil war.
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ISIS Chief And Family Blended In Among Syrians Uprooted By War
In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbours did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time.
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Swedish Woman Enlisted Son, 12, To Fight In Syria, Say Prosecutors
A Swedish woman has been charged with war crimes for helping enlist her 12-year-old son to fight as a child soldier in Syria, where he was killed in the civil war, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Syrian Dad Teaches Girl To Laugh At Explosions In Heart-Breaking Video
To help her cope with the trauma of living in a conflict zone, a three-year-old Syrian girl's father has taught her to laugh each time she hears an explosion or warplane. A deeply-distressing video of the child and her father playing their 'game' as an explosion is heard outside has evoked an emotional response from social media users, who called f...
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"Don't Do It": Trump Asks Russia, Iran End To Killing In Syria's Idlib
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the governments in Moscow, Damascus and Tehran to stop the bloodshed that has displaced thousands in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib.
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Before US Raid, Al-Baghdadi Hid In Major Battlefield In Syria's Civil War
When US forces found Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, he was not in some forgotten border town or remote patch of desert but in Syria's Idlib province, a place where Baghdadi surely knew he was surrounded by enemies, and eyes.
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From Syria, A Haunting Photo Of Children Trying To Save Baby Sister
The picture went viral on social media networks: two dust-covered Syrian girls, trapped in rubble, grab their baby sister from her shirt as she dangles from a bombed-out building.
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Airstrikes Kill More Than 40 Civilians In Syria's Northwest: Monitor
Regime and Russian air strikes killed 43 people in northwest Syria on Monday, most of them in a crowded market, a war monitor said, in the latest violence to plague the opposition bastion.
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UN To Seek Multi-Billion Dollar Aid Pledges For Syria
The United Nations will seek billions of dollars in additional aid for Syria on Thursday, seeking to overcome fatigue among donors after eight years of civil war and divisions over how to deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Tulsi Gabbard Confirms 2020 US Presidential Run
Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran who met dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria during that country's devastating civil war, said Friday that she is launching a US presidential bid.
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39 Including Children Killed In Arms Depot Blast In Syria's Idlib
An explosion at a weapons depot in a terrorist-held town in northwest Syria killed at least 39 civilians including a dozen children on Sunday, a monitor said.
