In a remote corner of southeastern Syria near the border with Jordan, some 7,000 people have been trapped in a refugee camp for more than nine years. They had fled Syrian regime forces and ISIS attacks and had nowhere else […]
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Travis Timmerman looks out the window of a van as he is taken to be handed over to U.S. forces near the Syrian border with Iraq and Jordan on Dec. 13. Manu Brabo for NPR hide caption toggle caption Manu
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Travis Timmerman, the missing American found wandering barefoot in the Syrian capital after being released from prison – is going home. NPR were there when for the moment he was welcomed home. Source link Jane Arraf
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In the aftermath of the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, how are the insurgents planning to resurrect the state? A youth, holding a rifle borrowed from a Syrian opposition fighter people, poses for a picture on the top
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Syrian rebels have overturned one of the oldest dictatorships in the world. It has been a long struggle, including more than a decade of civil war. But it all began in 2011, during the Arab Spring. Source link Jane Arraf
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Maggie Shaarawi, vice president of Animals Lebanon, says goodbye to Sara the lion cub before she departs from Dbayeh sea port, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday. Ali Khara for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR BEIRUT
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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on Thursday. Nidal Solh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nidal Solh/AFP
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Lebanese who were forced to flee their homes due to Israeli airstrikes have been housed in school buildings in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut on Tuesday. Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images BEIRUT
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Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon kill over 350 and injure more than 1,000. The attacks were mostly in southern Lebanon where Hezbollah militants have been trading fire across the border with Israel since the war in Gaza began. Our correspondent is
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After a week of unprecedented Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Hezbollah counterattacks, Lebanon is bracing for more attacks to come. Source link Jane Arraf
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