Syria
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Syria’s Kurds: abandoned by their US allyTalking Point Ahmed al-Sharaa’s lightning offensive against Syrian Kurdistan belies his promise to respect the country’s ethnic minorities
By The Week UK Published
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Syria’s Islamic State problemIn The Spotlight Fragile security in prison camps leads to escape of IS fighters
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Antibiotic resistance: the hidden danger on Ukraine’s frontlinesUnder The Radar Threat is spreading beyond war zones to the ‘doorstep’ of western Europe
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The Week Unwrapped: what’s scuppering Bulgaria’s Euro dream?Podcast Plus has Syria changed, a year on from its revolution? And why are humans (mostly) monogamous?
By The Week UK Published
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‘These accounts clearly are designed as a capitalist alternative’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Syria’s strange post-Assad electionThe Explainer Sunday’s limited vote ‘suited the phase Syria is undergoing’, says interim president
By The Week UK Published
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Inside Syria’s al-Hol campUnder the radar Aid cuts mean authorities face ‘uphill struggle’ to maintain security
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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How Putin misunderstood his past victoriesIn Depth Though Vladimir Putin has led Russia to a number of grisly military triumphs, they may have misled him when planning the invasion of Ukraine
By Mark Galeotti Published
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Rubio says US brokered end to Syria conflictSpeed Read Syria's defense ministry was targeted in Israeli attacks on the capital
By Jessica Hullinger Published
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Syria's returning refugeesThe Explainer Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Why Syrian antiquities are flooding Facebook MarketplaceUnder The Radar Looting of ancient treasures has surged since the fall of Assad, and finds a quick market online
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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'The pattern is similar across America'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Donald Trump's foreign policy flip in the Middle EastTalking Point Surprise lifting of sanctions on Syria shows Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar are now effectively 'dictating US foreign policy'
By The Week UK Published
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Trump touts ambiguous 'deals' as Middle East trip wrapsIN THE SPOTLIGHT The president's whirlwind regional tour concludes with glitz, bravado and an unclear list of concrete accomplishments
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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