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Zero Hour for the Middle East
ByRoger Cohen, David Guttenfelder, Saher Alghorra, Daniel Berehulak and Nanna Heitmann December 28, 2025December 28, 2025

After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way?

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U.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President
ByAbdi Latif Dahir December 20, 2025December 20, 2025

The Syrian government did not comment directly on the extensive U.S. strikes targeting the Islamic State on Friday but said it was intensifying its own efforts to fight the group.

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U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria
ByEric Schmitt December 19, 2025December 20, 2025

American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.

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Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria
ByAbdi Latif Dahir and Reham Mourshed December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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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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Syrian Who Killed U.S. Soldiers Was Member of Security Forces, Officials Say
ByEuan Ward and Eric Schmitt December 14, 2025December 14, 2025

The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security forces over his extremist views, U.S. and Syrian officials said.

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Deadly Attack on U.S. Troops Poses Growing Challenge for Syria’s Leader
ByAbdi Latif Dahir December 14, 2025December 15, 2025

The attack further complicates President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s efforts to unify the country and rebuild relationships with the international community, analysts say.

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ISIS Detention Camps Pose a Dangerous Problem for Syria’s Leaders
ByAlissa J. Rubin and Daniel Berehulak December 10, 2025

The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS fighters and tens of thousands of their family members.

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U.N. Security Council to Visit Syria and Lebanon at ‘Crucial’ Time for the Countries
ByFarnaz Fassihi December 2, 2025

The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

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U.N. Security Council to Visit Syria and Lebanon at ‘Crucial’ Time for the Countries
ByFarnaz Fassihi December 2, 2025

The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

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