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The Syrian conflict is the deadliest conflict of the 21st century to date. In 2011, protests erupted in Syria after 15 boys were detained and tortured for having written graffiti in support of the Arab Spring. One of the boys, was killed after having been brutally tortured. The Syrian government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, responded to the protests by killing hundreds of demonstrators and imprisoning many more. In July 2011, defectors from the military announced the formation of the Free Syrian Army, a rebel group aiming to overthrow the government, and civil war began.

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While it’s unclear whether Iran can be blamed for the drone killing of three US soldiers, it’s American decision makers like the president who put them in harm’s way in the first place.

It has been 10 years since the start of the popular uprising against the Assad regime that quickly evolved into a civil war. The cost of the conflict has been appalling but now a fragile ceasefire may be a chance for a countrywide truce and a push to lasting peace.

  • The blast that hit the vehicle of the truffle searchers happened in a desert area known as a hideout for jihadists
  • The desert truffles fetch high prices in a country battered by 13 years of war and an economic crisis

The British government took away Shamima Begum’s citizenship on national security grounds in 2019, shortly after she was found in a detention camp in Syria.

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Lebanon was the first Arab country to hold a gay Pride week – in 2017 – and was a safe haven for the LGBTQ community in the Middle East, but this is changing.

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The US president sent a rare message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning Tehran against targeting US personnel in the Middle East after a spate of attacks on American forces in the region.

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The British government took away Shamima Begum’s citizenship on national security grounds in 2019, shortly after she was found in a detention camp in Syria.

Aine Davis pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm contrary to Section 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and two charges of funding terrorism between 2013 and 2014.

As Syria’s Bashar al-Assad visits Beijing for first time since start of civil war, observers say economic crisis and political reconciliation will top agenda in talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as China seeks bigger role in Middle East.

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China has been one of the president’s main backers in the Syrian conflict and could eventually play a major role in the country’s reconstruction

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The al-Qaida-allied group detonated tunnels they had dug beneath army positions and simultaneously launched an assault from other tunnels, rights group said.

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Former Mayo Clinic researcher Muhammad Masood, who was arrested by the FBI in 2020, pleaded guilty a year ago in Minnesota to attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation.

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The incident was a significant escalation in what has been a recent string of encounters between the two superpowers’ aircraft in the region, a US official says.

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In recent days, millions of people in need in northwestern Syria have been cut off from supplies after Russia vetoed a nine-month extension of the mechanism in the Security Council.

Millions of people in rebel-held northwestern Syria have been cut off from humanitarian aid after Russia used its Security Council veto to put a stop to the UN’s long-running cross-border operation.