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What You Need To Know. Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Moscow on Sunday, Russian media reported, hours after a stunning rebel advance took over the capital of Damascus and ended the ...

Israel’s military actions —in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and now Iran — reflect the melding of Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic ...

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.

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Israel, Russia, Turkey, and the United States have all deployed troops in Syria since 2011. How long will they stay in the ...