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A man rides a bicycle near damaged buildings in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria December 30, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh


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Donald Trump at the second presidential debate. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson


Trump’s Win Was Unusual but Not Historic

Trump’s Win Was Unusual but Not Historic

Donald Trump’s aides, understanding their leader, vie to be most ostentatious about calling his victory “historic.” That claim deserves close inspection. Certainly Trump’s rise to the White House was unusual and surprising, even if only because...
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Swansea picked up only eight points from Bob Bradley’s 11 matches in charge. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images


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Graffiti in Tal Saman, Syria, reads ‘‘YPG’’ and ‘‘Raqqa we are coming.’’ Credit: alice Martins, The Washington Post


On the Road to Raqqa… the ISIS Capital

On the Road to Raqqa… the ISIS Capital

TAL SAMAN, Syria — “Raqqa we are coming” say the words spray-painted in Kurdish at the entrance to this empty little town, which lies on the front line of a U.S.-backed advance toward the ISIS capital. The city of Raqqa is 17 miles away, a tantalizingly short hop to...
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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack at a market in central Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2016. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani