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Federal government faces shutdown after stop-gap funding bill fails in the House, fighting rages in eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Syria forming a new government after fall of Assad regime.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield discusses U.S. diplomacy and her foreign service career
Greenfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the U.N., about her career in foreign service and American diplomacy.
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Hear the latest on developments in Syria after the fall of the Assad regime
Syria's new rulers are forming a government after more than half a century of dictatorship under former leader Bashar al-Assad and his father.
The New York Times4d
Hopes for a New Syria Take Flight
A Syrian Air flight from Damascus landed in Aleppo on Wednesday, as the transitional government tries to demonstrate its ability to run the war-shattered country. By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from ...
The New York Times5d
Limits on Aid to Syria Threaten to Worsen the Country’s Humanitarian Crisis
Major obstacles could stymie Syria’s new leaders as they struggle to find some footing and improve the country’s living conditions. By Ephrat Livni In the week since President Bashar al-Assad ...
NPR4d
Syrian families scour hospitals and morgues for loved ones lost under Assad's rule
Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. DAMASCUS, Syria – Photographs of tortured and broken bodies are taped to the outside walls of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in central Damascus.
The New York Times5d
Syria’s Rebel Leader Vows to Disband Armed Factions
The leader of the rebel coalition that swept to power last week said that fighters would be brought under the defense ministry’s authority. It was not immediately clear how that would be achieved.
Euronews4d
Syria's HTS leader says rebel groups will be 'disbanded' to join one army
Syria's rebel factions will be "disbanded" and trained to join the "ranks of the defence ministry" said the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, which led rebel fighters to Damascus and ...
The New York Times5d
Syria’s New Leader Calls on Countries to Drop Terror Designation and Lift Sanctions
Syria diplomacy: As the world reckons with the rise to power of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a conservative Islamist group long designated a terrorist organization, Mr. al-Shara met on Sunday with the U ...
Foreign Affairs6d
How to Hold Syria Together
Listen Subscribe to unlock this feature or Sign in. Save Sign in and save to read later Until Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, on December 8, few countries actually wanted the Syrian dictator’s government ...
The New York Times5d
Syria’s Rebel Leader Vows to Disband and Integrate Armed Factions
The announcement came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited captured Syrian territory. By Euan Ward Jenny Gross Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Thomas Fuller Euan Ward reported from Beirut ...
CBS News6d
After Assad's ouster in Syria, U.N. envoy calls for end to sanctions
A U.N. envoy on Sunday called for a quick end to Western sanctions against Syria as the country's new leaders and regional and global powers begin to chart a path forward following the fall of ...