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The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday, falling to a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of the capital of ...
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It has been a dramatic week in Syria as the country's long-stagnant civil war, which began in the early 2010s, has reignited. Insurgent groups have taken over big cities long controlled by Syrian ...
This week, President-elect Donald Trump tapped tech and aerospace billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman has been to space twice, and in his most recent trip in ...
BEIRUT — The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family ...
The insurgents' march across Syria gained speed on Saturday with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital and with the government denying rumors that President Assad had fled the country.
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