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Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, gives a speech at the Government House in Beirut.

Lebanese PM Steps Down in Wake of Beirut Explosion, Protests

The move risks opening the way to dragged-out negotiations over a new Cabinet amid urgent calls for reform.

Syrian government forces deploy near the town of Tal Tamr, north Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Russia and Turkey announced an agreement Tuesday to jointly patrol almost the entire northeastern Syrian border after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters, cementing the two countries' power in Syria in the wake of President Donald Trump's abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Syria Says Turkish-Led Forces Attacked its Troops

The fighting underscored the risks of violence as multiple armed forces jostle for new positions in tight quarters.

Syrians fleeing Turkish advance arrive to town of Tal Tamr in north Syria, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Syrian Army Returns to Northeast, as Turkey Widens Invasion

Assad's return to the region his troops abandoned in 2012 is a turning point in Syria's eight-year civil war.

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, a flag of Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, flies on a building in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad on Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey Says It Won't Bow to US Threat over its Syria Plans

"Where Turkey's security is concerned, we determine our own path but we set our own limits," he said.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspects a military honour guard before addressing his supporters in Bursa, Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey, US Appear Closer to Establishing Safe Zone in Syria

The vague announcement also appeared to avert — for now— a possible new Turkish incursion into Syria.

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2009 file photo, Iraqi soldiers practice ahead of the Army Day parade at the “Victory Arch”, in Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Baghdad's Green Zone, a Barometer of War and Peace

Baghdad's Green Zone has been a barometer for tension and conflict in Iraq for nearly two decades.

Iraqi security forces stand guard as they check motorists entering the co-called Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Iraq celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group, which has lost virtually all the territory it once held but still carries out sporadic attacks. (Karim Kadim/AP Photo)

Rocket Attack Hits Near US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone

No one claimed responsibility for the attack.

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian army soldiers flash the victory sign as they stand on their tank in the village of Kfar Nabuda, in the countryside of the Hama province on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (SANA via AP)

Syrian Troops Capture 5 Villages in Last Rebel Stronghold

Syrian troops have been advancing on the rebels for nearly two weeks under the cover of Syrian and Russian airstrikes.

In this April 5, 2018 photo, a man removes rubble from his house that was damaged during fighting between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters and Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Monitors: US-Led Coalition Killed 1,600 Civilians in Raqqa

The U.S.-led coalition said that 1,257 civilians were killed in airstrikes against ISIS over four years in Syria and Iraq.

US-Backed Fighters Launch Final Push to Defeat ISIS in Syria

U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces have launched a final push to defeat the Islamic State group.

In this July 2017 file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters aim their video camera through a hole, filming a street controlled by ISIS militants, on the front lines of Raqqa in northeast Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

ISIS Fights to Hang On a Year After Defeat in Iraq

Cornered in the desert near the Iraqi border -- with nowhere to run -- the ISIS militants are putting up a fierce fight.

In this undated file photo released online in the summer of 2014 on a militant social media account, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant photo via AP)

US Coalition Targets ISIS Figure Involved in Killing Former Army Ranger

The U.S.-led coalition has targeted a member of the Islamic State group involved in the killing of American Peter Kassig.

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows women and children who has been liberated from the Islamic State group in the Hamima area east of the historic town of Palmyra, Syria, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. (SANA via AP)

Syria Says Military Freed 19 Hostages Held by ISIS since July

Syrian troops have liberated 19 women and children hostages held by the Islamic State group since July.

FILE -- In this March 29, 2018 file photo, a fighter from the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council looks through his binoculars to Turkish-backed fighters' positions, at Halawanji village, north of Manbij, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

US, Turkey Begin Patrols Around Northern Syrian Town

Turkish and U.S. troops on Thursday began jointly patrolling areas around the northern Syrian town of Manbij.

FILE PHOTO -- Popular Mobilization Units fighters ride on the back of a truck on their way to fight against Islamic State militants in the airport of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Syria Says US-Led Strike Hits Troops in East, US Denies

Iraqi Shiite forces and Syria accused the United States on Monday of targeting their troops inside Syria with an airstrike.

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