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Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes

Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes

Update: 2024-12-02
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The country’s civil war never ended—it became a fragile stalemate that fell out of the news. A surprise rebel advance reveals how the war’s international players are busy facing their own challenges. Our correspondent found it so difficult to disappear from the internet that she gave up (10:30 ). And who were the stockmarket winners as “Trump trades” fired up again (16:54 )?


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Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes

Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes