‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...
Historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul are reopening as the city heals from Islamic State devastation
For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...
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Tracking Islamic State
Iran, a Shi'a power, has been waging war in both Iraq and Syria against Sunni Arab forces ... that this was a false-flag operation cooked up between them. But Sunni grievances have allowed ...
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US-backed commander says his Kurdish-led group wants a secular and civil state in post-Assad Syria
Read full article: Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation hosts annual flag-football fundraiser ... Abdi said his group wants Syria to remain a united country with a central government in Damascus.
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Historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul are reopening as the city heals from Islamic State devastation
“During the Islamic State occupation, I would look at it every morning and see their flag flying on top ... with large shares coming from the United Arab Emirates and the European Union ...
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Syria’s interim president visits Saudi Arabia on first trip abroad, likely a signal to Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Syria’s interim president made his ... The two men traveled on a Saudi jet, with a Saudi flag visible on the table behind them.
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I fled cushy UK life to fight ISIS thugs in Syria – I’m haunted by smell of death & babies being used as human shields
It was here that Macer watched the jihadists use babies as human shields, massacre civilians waving white flags and blow up ... in the deserts of Syria and Iraq where the Islamic State fled.
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Syria shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of Iraq’s hasty post-Saddam elections
With the remarkable overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria by a group of rebels led by ... Take post-Saddam Hussein Iraq as a case in point. After the Iraqi dictator was overthrown by a U.S ...
US tells UN: We cannot pay forever for Syria camps with Islamic State-linked prisoners
U.S. assistance for managing and securing camps in northeastern Syria with Islamic State-linked prisoners "cannot last ...
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Iraq's famed 'hunchback' of Mosul rebuilt brick by brick
The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to ...