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They Vanished in Syria’s Long Occupation of Lebanon. Now Their Families Want Answers.

Thousands went missing during Syria’s decades-long intervention in Lebanon. Months after the fall of the Syrian regime, families are still clinging to hope.

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Family members looking for any signs of missing relatives in the Sednaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, in December.
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Syria’s President Condemns Israeli Strikes on Damascus

President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since he came to power.

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Debris in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Wednesday, after an Israeli strike.
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What to Know About Israel’s Attack in Syria and the Druse Minority

Israel has been bombing Syrian government forces who intervened in clashes in a region controlled by the Syrian Druse minority, which Israel pledged to protect.

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Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in a truck in the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Tuesday. More than 200 people have been killed in the region since violence erupted on Sunday, according to a war monitoring group.
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