Syria has got rid of Bashar al-Assad, but not sectarian tensions

Another day, another shootout. On February 26th security forces in Latakia, Syria’s biggest port, killed four people includin...

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Syria’s economy, still strangled by sanctions, is on its knees

IN A SNAKING line to use some cashpoint machines in central Damascus, patience has worn thin. Two men who have been queuing f...

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Thursday Briefing:How Trump’s Aid Halt May Affect Ukraine

European leaders are set to meet in Brussels today to discuss how to support Ukraine and strengthen their own military capabi...

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Wednesday Briefing:Canada and China Strike Back at Tariffs

Canada and China yesterday condemned the sweeping tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and said they would retaliate...

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Tuesday Briefing:Trump’s Tariffs Set to Take Effect

President Trump’s threats to impose stiff tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico and China are expected to become a ...

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Monday Briefing:Europe Pledges to Support Ukraine

The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, declared yesterday that “we are at a crossroads in history,” and announced that Eur...

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Oval Office Showdown

After five weeks in which President Trump made clear his determination to scrap America’s traditional sources of power — its ...

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Friday Briefing:Trump Met With Britain’s Leader

President Trump met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Washington yesterday. While sitting beside the British lea...

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The transactional world Donald Trump seeks would harm not help America

It MAY BE a holdover from his failure as a casino mogul or a reflection of a might-is-right worldview. Or perhaps America’s p...

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Thursday Briefing:An Israel-Hamas Hostage Exchange

What may be the last hostage exchange of this phase of the cease-fire was set to go forward late last night. Israel and Hamas...

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