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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Judge Pauses Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Trump’s Education Secretary Pick

Linda McMahon is accused of failing to stop abuse in the 1980s within W.W.E., which she led at the time. The suit is on hold pending a ruling over a state law related to such cases.

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As Assad’s Dictatorship in Syria Ends, New Risks for the Middle East Are Huge

The overthrow of the Assad government could mean Russia’s bases in Syria are closed and Iran’s pathway to Hezbollah is cut off. Now Iran, newly vulnerable, will have to decide between negotiation and the bomb.

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Monday Briefing: Al-Assad Flees Syria as Rebels Claim Power

Plus, Notre-Dame reopens.

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Israeli Ground Forces Cross into Syria, Officials Say

Israeli ground forces have overtly crossed into Syrian territory for the first time since the 1973 October War, passing the demilitarized border zone, two Israeli officials said.

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Notre-Dame Holds First Public Mass in Years: ‘Fire Has Not Conquered Stone’

Sunday was the first opportunity for worshipers to return to the cathedral, beloved by the faithful and secular alike, since the 2019 fire that devastated it. “Despair has not conquered life,” its rector said.

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Trump Suggests RFK Jr. Will Examine Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism

The president-elect has promoted the theory for more than a decade and said on Sunday that he was “open to anything” to address a nationwide rise in autism.

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