Druse Leader Aims to Secure Place for Syrian Minorities
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Druse Leader Aims to Secure Place for Syrian Minorities

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As Western diplomats explore establishing ties with the rebels who took power in Syria, a religious minority has been conducting its own diplomatic push to ensure protections for its members as the country rebuilds. A representative of the group, the Druse, recently went…

Israel’s Campaign in Syrian Border Area Prompts Fears It Plans to Stay
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Israel’s Campaign in Syrian Border Area Prompts Fears It Plans to Stay

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israeli soldiers have raided Syrian border villages, prompting nervous residents to huddle in their homes. They have captured the country’s highest peak, have set up roadblocks between Syrian towns and now overlook local villages from former Syrian military outposts. The stunning downfall of…

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Meets With Syrian Leader
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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Meets With Syrian Leader

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Lebanese prime minister on Saturday headed to the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the first official visit to meet with the new government there, after clashes along the countries’ shared border left several Lebanese soldiers wounded last week. The prime minister, Najib Mikati,…

Top Iranian General Admits ‘Big’ Defeat in Syria
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Top Iranian General Admits ‘Big’ Defeat in Syria

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Iran’s top ranking general in Syria has contradicted the official line taken by Iran’s leaders on the sudden downfall of their ally Bashar al-Assad, saying in a remarkably candid speech last week that Iran had suffered a major defeat but would still try…

Opinion | Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS
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Opinion | Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For 20 years, I’ve been studying Western recruits to domestic and transnational terrorist organizations. I’ve interviewed jihadis, white-nationalist terrorists and eco-terrorists to understand their motivations and to prevent future violence. In my view, the appeal of some of the most crucial elements that…

Syria’s Main Airport Handles First International Flights Since Fall of Assad Regime
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Syria’s Main Airport Handles First International Flights Since Fall of Assad Regime

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Syria’s main airport handled its first international flights on Tuesday since the fall of the government of former President Bashar al-Assad last month, as the new leaders press to reassert a semblance of normalcy in the war-weary country. One Qatar Airways plane landed…

Syria’s New Rebel Government Orders Changes to School Curriculum, Worrying Some Syrians
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Syria’s New Rebel Government Orders Changes to School Curriculum, Worrying Some Syrians

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines References to the ousted President Bashar al-Assad and his father, who ruled Syria before him, have been removed, as have images of pre-Islamic gods. The definition of a martyr has been changed, and it now means someone who has died for God, not…

Israel Conducts Raids in Syria Amid Accusations of Cease-Fire Violations
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Israel Conducts Raids in Syria Amid Accusations of Cease-Fire Violations

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli military said on Sunday that it has been conducting “operational raids” in recent weeks on Mount Hermon in Syria, continuing a military campaign on Syrian soil that is drawing increasing international condemnation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based Syrian…