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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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Thousands Greet Pope Leo in Lebanon, as He Prays at Beirut Blast Site
ByAbdi Latif Dahir December 2, 2025

A prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut explosion and a waterfront Mass capped his three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the highest proportion of Christians.

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Thousands Greet Pope Leo as He Prays Near Site of Beirut Port Blast
ByAbdi Latif Dahir December 2, 2025December 3, 2025

A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the pope’s three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the largest proportion of Christians.

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It’s not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel’s onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik
ByNesrine Malik December 1, 2025

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the regionIt is clear now that the ceasefire in Gaza is only a “reducefire”. The onslaught continues. There are near-daily attacks on the ter…

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Syria Tiptoes Toward Transitional Justice One Year After Assad’s Ouster
ByCarlotta Gall and Saad Alnassife November 29, 2025

Fourteen people are on trial, charged with crimes related to an outbreak of sectarian violence under the new government. The abuses of the old Assad regime still await a reckoning.

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‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East
ByRoger Cohen and David Guttenfelder November 26, 2025

Despite a cease-fire with Hezbollah, almost daily strikes demonstrate an embolden Israel’s strategy to eliminate its enemies any time, anywhere.

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‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East
ByRoger Cohen and David Guttenfelder November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Despite a cease-fire with Hezbollah, almost daily strikes demonstrate an emboldened Israel’s strategy to eliminate its enemies any time, anywhere.

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Grisly Killings of a Married Couple Spark New Sectarian Unrest in Syria
ByEuan Ward November 24, 2025

The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.

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After Syria’s 14-Year Civil War, a Search for Victims Leads to Mass Graves
ByRaja Abdulrahim November 21, 2025November 21, 2025

More than 100,000 people disappeared during the civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.

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