Jihadis in limbo: The ticking time bomb of Syria's forgotten ISIS prisons
They're the men no country wants. Locked up and accused of being Islamic State fighters, they're considered a threat to the ...
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UN tells Afghan rulers: no peace and prosperity until they reverse bans on women and girls
The U.N. Security Council told Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Monday that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until they ...
Almost 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornado
The deadliest tornado in recorded U.S. history occurred 100 years ago. The Tri-State Tornado touched down in southeastern ...
EU steps up financial support for Syrians but says hope is 'hanging by a thread'
The bloc is pledging almost €2.5 billion in further support but says investments hinge on a 'credible' and 'inclusive' ...
Brussels hosts Syrian foreign minister for talks on country’s political and economic transition
The EU is hoping to rally further support for Syria’s fragile transition, days after sectarian violence erupted in the ...
Families of Syrians who disappeared during its civil war say the search must go on
Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the 14-year civil war have called on the newly installed interim government to ...
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The missing children of Syria: Hidden in orphanages under Assad, where are they now?
Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during ...
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Flowers and new faces: Damascus marks revolution anniversary for the first time
Flowers fell from a Syrian army helicopter on Saturday, strewn over Damascus alongside scraps of paper with messages of ...
Detained Columbia anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil seethed with hatred for Jewish state, ex-classmate says
The female student said she even dropped a class they took together last fall at the School of International and Public ...
Syrians trickle home from sanctuary at Russian air base
Some of the Syrians who sought sanctuary at a Russian air base from sectarian killings are trickling home to devastated ...
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Syria Hangs By A Thread While US Sanctions Block Reconstruction
Major US Sanctions are a major barrier to reconstruction in Syria. With violence erupting on the country’s coast, US ...
In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...