Alison Meuse
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Syrian aid workers evacuated a set of twins — joined at the chest and abdomen — from a besieged suburb to the capital Damascus. Activists hope the evacuation will lead to life-saving surgery abroad.
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Despite calls by the U.N. for a cease-fire, the Syrian government and rebel forces are escalating their battle for control of Aleppo, a city they see as critical in the five-year civil war.
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Syrian government forces last week blocked a humanitarian aid convoy traveling to the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya — a much-needed delivery that the U.S. and Russia had promised to help.
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With airstrikes down sharply amid the cease-fire, Syrians in opposition areas are going to school, visiting friends and relatives — and holding anti-government protests.
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A strategic town in the south of Syria long-controlled by opposition fighters has reportedly fallen to regime troops with the assistance of Russian air power.
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Syrian migrant workers have been going to Lebanon to work in illegal hashish fields for years. Those who leave areas controlled by ISIS are unsure now if they can ever go home.
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Syrians in opposition territory say they've been facing the worst of the regime's attacks. Now they are being targeted by even more powerful bombings from Russian planes.
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Syrian refugee women discuss why they're in a rush to get to Europe from Lebanon, where ferry boats have increased their trips to Turkey and smugglers are doing fast business to meet the demand.
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Protests in the streets of Beirut started over a garbage crisis but have become a larger call for government reform. The movement is growing under the banner "You Stink!"
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In a country with a stunning coastline, a lack of governance has allowed private developers to gobble up prime seaside real estate and shunt aside ordinary Lebanese who depend on public beaches.