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Why Turkey launched a major offensive against the Syrian government

A Turkish military convoy is seen parked near the town of Batabu on the highway linking Idlib to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, on March 2, 2020. | Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images Ankara has escalated its

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WATCH LIVE: Biden holds Dallas rally, with Klobuchar’s endorsement

After ending her Democratic presidential campaign, Sen. Amy Klobuchar is set to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden at a rally in Dallas Monday night. Watch live here.

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We Must Make the Right Kind of Peace in Afghanistan, If We Are to Honor Our Sacrifice There.

As we take the first major, halting steps toward a peace agreement in Afghanistan, all I can remember is how we got there in the first place. On 9/11, I was a newly promoted one-star admiral, working on the Navy

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Klobuchar, Buttigieg endorse Biden on eve of Super Tuesday

Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg are uniting behind Joe Biden’s presidential bid as the Democratic Party’s moderate wing scrambled to boost the former vice president just hours before voting begins in high-stakes Super Tuesday states.

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UN reports war crimes on almost all sides in Syria

UN investigators from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria published a report on Monday which implicates the Russian Air Force, Syrian President Assad’s forces and Turkey in potential war crimes.

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Iran’s coronavirus outbreak has hit the highest levels of government

A file photo dated on January 20, 2019, shows Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar speaking at a press conference on the rights of women and children in Tehran, Iran. | Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty

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Stella McCartney Makes the Case that Animals Should Be Friends, Not Fashion

Paris fashion week took a walk on the wild side at the Stella McCartney runway show this week where models walked alongside life-size animal figures, including rabbits, cows, a fox, a horse, and a crocodile. The animal appearances were a

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Coronavirus Infections Approach 90,000, U.S. Scrambles to Slow Spread: Live Updates

In many countries, the epidemic continues to grow at a fast pace. It has killed five people in the United States and spread to more than a dozen states.

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Defense Secretary Gives Go-Ahead For U.S. Troops To Start Afghan Drawdown

A peace deal signed with the Taliban calls for 4,000 of the approximately 13,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan to leave within 135 days and for all U.S. troops to be out within 14 months.

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Moderate Klobuchar’s ‘stealth campaign’ for U.S. presidency comes to an end

Amy Klobuchar, a U.S. senator from Minnesota whose wit and straightforward Midwestern style won key endorsements and bolstered her long-shot campaign, is ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and endorsing fellow moderate Joe Biden, her campaign said on

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