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A view shows an office that was used by ISIS militants in Turkman Bareh village, after rebel fighters advanced in the area, in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi


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Opinion: Oman Between the Gulf and Iran

Opinion: Oman Between the Gulf and Iran

I read an interview with Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi in the Okaz newspaper and prior to that I watched his interview on Russia Today. The two interviews raise many questions about Oman’s policy. For those who do not understand it, Oman is an...
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Inside a Whole Foods in Brooklyn. Credit Nina Westervelt for The New York Times


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FILE PHOTO – A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo


North Korea Is Scarier than Ever

North Korea Is Scarier than Ever

SEOUL- When South Korean officials talk about the growing nuclear challenge from North Korea, they use red-alert phrases such as “existential threat,” “imminent danger” and “dagger at the throat.” They want Americans to understand that this long-running story of...
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Drone Documents Aleppo Devastation
By AMC VIA REUTERS


Berlin, 1945; Grozny, 2000; Aleppo, 2016

Berlin, 1945; Grozny, 2000; Aleppo, 2016

The destruction is so complete that it obliterates even a sense of time. At a glance, the video shot from a drone could show Berlin in 1945 or Grozny, 2000. Mass death erases all distinctions. The place is Aleppo, Syria, the Mashhad district, or what remains of it...