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July 31, 2018 at 8:09 am

World Bank warns some Lebanon projects might be cancelled

BEIRUT (AP) — A senior World Bank official said Tuesday that the Lebanese economy is "not doing great" and urged the country's leaders to approve...

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July 18, 2018 at 12:43 pm

Under Assad’s grip, uneasy co-existence with former rebels VIEW

TALBISEH, Syria (AP) — Former rebel commander Omar Melhem has nearly come full circle. He was a colonel in the Syrian army when the uprising...

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July 15, 2018 at 11:44 am

Politics guide Syrians backing Croatia in World Cup final VIEW

AIN TERMA, Syria (AP) — Syrian troops based in this town near the capital Damascus had their eyes glued to the TV set when France...

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July 10, 2018 at 11:56 pm

Media activists fear for their lives in southwestern Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — Several media activists and citizen journalists based in southwestern Syria appealed on Wednesday for help so that they can leave the region...

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July 8, 2018 at 4:45 am

Thousands who fled recent fighting in Syria return home

BEIRUT (AP) — Most Syrians displaced by recent fighting stranded at the border with Jordan in the country's south have returned to their homes, a...

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July 6, 2018 at 4:17 am

Syrian troops recapture vital border crossing with Jordan VIEW

JABER AS-SARHAN, Jordan (AP) — Syrian government forces recaptured a vital border crossing with Jordan on Friday and raised the national flag for the first...

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FILE – In this file photo released early Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security force members remove human remains at a site where two mass graves are believed to contain the bodies of civilians and troops killed by the Islamic State militants, in the village of Wawi near the northern city of Raqqa, Syria. International watchdog Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, that a local group working to uncover mass graves in Syria’s northeastern provinces until recently controlled by Islamic State militants needs international support. (SANA via AP, File) XBH101 XBH101

July 3, 2018 at 12:43 am

Watchdog: Syrian group uncovering IS mass graves needs help VIEW

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrians working to uncover mass graves in an area once ruled by the Islamic State group need help to preserve evidence, identify...

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June 30, 2018 at 3:27 am

Russian talks with rebels over south Syria collapse

BEIRUT (AP) — Negotiations between the Russians and Syrian rebels to end days of violence in the country's south collapsed Saturday after opposition forces rejected...

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June 29, 2018 at 2:00 am

Syrian troops march south as UN warns of catastrophe

BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations' human rights chief warned Friday of a "catastrophe" in southern Syria where government forces are on the offensive against...

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June 27, 2018 at 11:11 pm

Hundreds of Syrians leave Lebanon for long-awaited reunions VIEW

ARSAL, Lebanon (AP) — Hundreds of displaced Syrians left Lebanon for their war-torn homeland Thursday in a repatriation that will reunite them with relatives they...

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