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This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a civil defense worker carrying a victim after airstrikes hit a rebel-held suburb near Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Syrian rescue workers and activists say the death toll from ongoing government strikes on the opposition-held region near the capital Damascus has risen to at least 35. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

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Syria says rare US strike an effort ‘to support terrorism’

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressFebruary 9, 2018

A convoy of Turkish Army armoured personnel carriers led by a tank are driven toward the border with Syria, in the outskirts of Hassa, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced that a second Turkish soldier has been killed in action in Turkey's military offensive on a Kurdish-held enclave in northern Syria. (Ibrahim Mase/DHA-Depo Photos via AP)

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Turkish advance has thousands on run

by Sarah El Deeb Associated Press, and Philip Issa Associated PressJanuary 23, 2018

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre, flanked by Jordan’s King Abdullah II, left and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, poses for photographs with other leaders during a photo-op prior to the opening session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, Wednesday.

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Palestinian leader rejects US role in peace process

by Zeynep Bilginsoy Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressDecember 13, 2017

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, center, and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani pose for the media members in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday.

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Syria talks in Russia, Saudi Arabia aim to unify rival sides

by Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressNovember 22, 2017

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri gives a live TV interview with a reporter from Future TV, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday Nov. 12, 2017, saying he will return to his country “within days”. During the live TV interview shown on Future TV, Harari said he was not under house arrest in Saudi Arabia, and that he intends to return to Lebanon to withdraw his resignation and seek a settlement with rivals in the coalition government, the militant group Hezbollah. (Future TV via AP)

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Lebanese PM to go home soon

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressNovember 12, 2017

FILE - In this July 27, 2017 file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters, pass through holes as they cross from building to building to hide from snipers, on the front line with Islamic State group militants, in Raqqa, Syria. As U.S.-allied fighters hurtle down the eastern banks of the Euphrates River, a showdown could ensue between the U.S. and Russia, whose allies are racing to take over the same strategic oil-rich territory from IS. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

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Showdown in eastern Syria looms over IS-held territory

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressOctober 24, 2017

This July 30, 2017, photo, shows an oil field controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Rmeilan, Hassakeh province, northeast Syria. The SDF, with air support from the U.S.-led coalition, said Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, that they had captured the Al-Omar field, Syria’s largest oil field, from the Islamic State group, marking a major advance against the extremists and for now keeping the area out of the hands of pro-government forces.AP Photo/Hussein Malla

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US-allied force takes Syria’s largest oil field from IS

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressOctober 22, 2017

In this May 9, 2015, photo, a Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, in Assal al-Ward Syria. The Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State group in its former “capital” of Raqqa, but the future is looking even more tangled, and potentially as violent.

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The Islamic State may be defeated in Raqqa, but more conflicts loom

by Sarah El Deeb Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressOctober 19, 2017

This frame grab from video released Tuesday October 17, 2017 and provided by Hawar News Agency — a Syrian Kurdish activist-run media group — shows a fighter from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces firing his weapon during clashes with Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria.AP Photo

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Syrian commande: IS ‘capital’ has been captured

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressOctober 17, 2017

This frame grab from video released Tuesday, July 4, 2017, and provided by Furat FM, a Syrian Kurdish activist-run media group, shows U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in the eastern side of Raqqa, Syria. The SDF forces have breached the wall around Raqqa's Old City, the U.S. military said Tuesday, marking a major advance in the weeks-old battle to drive Islamic State militants out of their self-declared capital. (Furat FM, via AP)

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US-backed forces breach wall around IS-held Raqqa in Syria

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressJuly 4, 2017