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Suicide Bomber in Syria Kills Security Officer in New Year’s Eve Attack
ByEphrat Livni and Hussam Hammoud January 1, 2026

The attacker likely had links to the Islamic State and was possibly targeting a Christian church in the center of Aleppo, according to a government spokesman.

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Bondi Beach Shooting Is a Reminder of ISIS’s Power to Inspire Attacks
ByAdam Goldman, Eric Schmitt and Lizzie Dearden December 17, 2025December 18, 2025

ISIS is too weakened to seize territory, experts said, but its ability to churn out propaganda aimed at provoking violence against the West persists.

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A Series of Mysterious Explosions Unnerves Syrians
ByRaja Abdulrahim and Muhammad Haj Kadour July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

Many of the blasts, some of them deadly, have been at weapons storage sites, raising questions about whether ordnance from Syria’s civil war has been properly secured.

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Centrifuges at Fordo ‘No Longer Operational,’ U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Head Says
ByAurelien Breeden June 26, 2025

Rafael Grossi told French radio that there was “no escaping significant physical damage” after the U.S. dropped bunker-buster bombs on the Iranian facility.

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Centrifuges at Iran’s Fordo ‘No Longer Operational’ After U.S. Strikes, Nuclear Watchdog Says
ByAurelien Breeden June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that there was “no escaping significant physical damage” after a U.S. strike on the Iranian facility.

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Pentagon Details Multipronged Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites
ByHelene Cooper and John Ismay June 22, 2025

B-2 stealth bombers, fighter aircraft and submarine-launched cruise missiles struck Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan during “Operation Midnight Hammer.”

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Pentagon Details Multipronged Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites
ByHelene Cooper and John Ismay June 22, 2025

B-2 stealth bombers, fighter aircraft and submarine-launched cruise missiles struck Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan during “Operation Midnight Hammer.”

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Trump’s Choice on Israel-Iran: Help Destroy Nuclear Facility or Continue to Negotiate
ByDavid E. Sanger and Jonathan Swan June 17, 2025

Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.

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