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Concerns over what kind of Syria the new conservative Sunni Islamist leadership will build. Renewed hope for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. ABC pays to settle Trump's defamation lawsuit.
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Israel will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions
Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 46 people including several children.
U.S. has made contact with Syrian rebel group HTS, Blinken says
Comments by Secretary of State Antony Blinken this weekend were the first time a U.S. official has acknowledged contact with the Syrian rebel group that drove Bashar al-Assad from power.
At least 11 dead in the French territory of Mayotte as Cyclone Chido causes devastating damage
At least 11 people have died after Cyclone Chido caused devastating damage in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, France's Interior Ministry said Sunday.
One week into post-Assad rule in Syria - a view from Damascus
Morning Edition host Leila Fadel reports from Damascus, in the first week in a half-century that the Assad family did not rule the country.
Assad's fall came too late for one NPR reporter's father
Assad's fall came too late for the father of NPR's Diaa Hadid, who was briefly detained by Syrian forces during their occupation of northern Lebanon.
After 32 years and 5 days, a father and son reunite after Syrian prisoners are freed
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has freed thousands of people detained in Syria's notorious prisons. Some of them have made it back home. Other families are still looking.
South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law, the first time such a measure had been imposed on the nation in more than four decades.