Road to Damascus Littered With Relics of Fallen Assad Government

Reporters for The New York Times entered Syria on Monday, finding remnants of former President Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive rule.

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Britain’s Flawed Jobs Reports Leave Economists ‘Second-Guessing’

Officials are grappling with an incomplete picture of Britain’s labor market as the national statistics agency strains to improve data quality.

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India’s Luxury Property Market Is a Boon to Trump’s Business

The Trump Organization finds a warm welcome in India, where status-hungry home buyers clamor for a famous American brand.

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Massacre in Haiti Ordered by Gang Leader Leaves Over 100 Dead, Rights Group Says

The killings in a Port-au-Prince slum, which appeared to target practitioners of voodoo, were ordered by a gang leader, a human rights organization said.

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Revolutions Swept the Middle East in 2011. Will Syria’s End Differently?

Bashar al-Assad’s downfall evokes memories of uprisings in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen, each of which brought civil war or authoritarian rule. Syrians hope for better.

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Monday Briefing

A historic transition of power in Syria.

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Stunned Iranian Officials Try to Distance Their Country From Assad

A reckoning emerged in Iran on Sunday as officials and commentators swiftly moved to distance the government from a tyrant it had supported.

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With Syria in Flux, Turkish Forces Attack U.S.-Backed Forces

Rebels supported by Turkish air power fired on a Kurdish-controlled city in northern Syria, pitting proxies of the U.S. and Turkey — NATO allies — against each other.

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Trump Picks Former Ambassador to Mexico for Deputy Secretary of State

Christopher Landau is a longtime lawyer and the son of a veteran U.S. diplomat who served as ambassador to three nations in Latin America.

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Threatened With Jail, Liz Cheney Condemns Trump’s ‘Assault on the Rule of Law’

Liz Cheney, the former Republican representative, said President-elect Donald J. Trump “lied about” the bipartisan House committee that investigated his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

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