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Ammar Abdullah / Reuters The Worst May Be Yet to Come in Syria
As Bashar al-Assad and Russia prepare to assault Idlib, there are up to 3 million people with nowhere to go.
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Reuters How Jalaluddin Haqqani Went From U.S. Ally to Foe
“For many Afghans, the word ‘Haqqani’ invokes fear and horror.”
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Mussa Qawasma / Reuters The U.S. Is Sidelining Itself in the Middle East
The Trump administration’s reported plan to redefine who it considers a Palestinian refugee may further decrease its influence in the peace process.
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Reuters ISIS Never Went Away in Iraq
“You can say that almost all of Iraq has been liberated from ISIS during the day, but you can’t say that at night.”
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Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters The World Isn’t Prepared to Deal With Possible Genocide In Myanmar
“I was lucky, I was only raped by three men,” one survivor of the violence told investigators.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s NAFTA Strategy: Bluff, Rebrand, Declare Victory
The president’s announcement that he was “terminating” a free-trade agreement means less than he said.
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Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin / Sputnik / Russia Putin Makes a Move for Peace Through Force
Russia is involved in many of the world’s greatest crises—but there are signs public support for overseas ventures is waning.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters Germany’s Foreign Minister Just Proposed a Way to Skirt U.S. Sanctions
It's not clear Angela Merkel agrees—but she’s also worried about America.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The U.S. Will Spend Billions in Syria—Just Not on Rebuilding It
The Trump administration has ended a civilian-aid program in the country, but the cost of the counter-ISIS fight far outweighs those savings.
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Mike Hutchings / Reuters The World’s Failure in Rwanda Changed Kofi Annan’s Worldview
The former UN secretary-general became a proponent of diplomatic interventions to alleviate human suffering. Annan died Saturday at the age of 80.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The U.S. Is Developing a New Way to Weaken Iran
The State Department’s Iran Action Group will mostly focus on “nukes, terrorism, and the detention of American citizens.”
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Mustafa Andalib / Reuters Talking to the Taliban While Still Fighting the Taliban
Nearly a year since the Trump administration rolled out its South Asia strategy, carnage in Afghanistan continues even as negotiations for peace inch ahead.
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Kayhan Ozer/ Presidential Palace / Reuters Erdoğan Tilts at Windmills as Lira’s Decline Continues
The central bank took steps to halt the slide of the currency—but stayed mum about raising interest rates.
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Murad Sezer / Reuters ‘U.S. Relations With Turkey Are Not Good at this Time’
U.S. tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum caused the lira to slide. But ties between Washington and Ankara have been strained for a while.
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Mohammed Salem / Reuters A U.S. Funding Review Is Hurting Aid Groups and Palestinians
“I think people are feeling severely depressed by the situation.”
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Darren Whiteside / Reuters Saudi Arabia Rejects Human-Rights Criticism, Then Crucifies Someone
Most capital crimes in Saudi Arabia are punished through beheadings—but this week officials beheaded and then displayed the body of a convicted criminal.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump Goes From Threatening Iran to Threatening the World
In a tweet, the president suggested countries have to choose: Iran or America.
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Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi / Tima / Reuters Iran’s Economy Is Struggling Even Without U.S. Sanctions
But the new restrictions that go into place Monday will almost certainly make it worse.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Iranian Christians Are Victims of Trump’s Refugee Policy
Nearly 100 Iranian Christians due to be resettled in the U.S. are in legal limbo in Austria as their cases are reviewed.
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Parwiz Parwiz / Reuters ‘A Sudden Burst of Movement’ on the Afghan Peace Process
The reported U.S. offer of direct talks with the Taliban is adding to rare optimism in Afghanistan.
