Syria
Ward on wrong track on trains blame game
South Coast commuters have been seeing the now five-year-delayed intercity trains run empty, on test, for many months. They are a ghost fleet.
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Middle East tensions
Houthis, Hamas and Hezbollah: who they are and what they want
As old enmities simmer and alliances shift, tensions are ratcheting up still more in the region. Who’s who – and what’s next?
- by Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin
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US politics
Despite Obama and Trump, America just proved it’s still the ‘indispensable power’
This multibillion-dollar aid package shores up US friends and allies with priceless support amid existential struggles across three continents.
- by Peter Hartcher
Silence on atrocities in Gaza no longer an option
Those of us who are Jewish must not only protest Israel’s profoundly selfish understanding of its right to self-defence, but we must also protest what is a self-inflicted tragedy for not just Israel but the Jewish people in general.
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City life
Safety and a bright future for Walaa’s family after fleeing war-torn Syria
When two-year-old Saad climbs the playground near his Melbourne home, it’s a literal world away from the conflict and danger his parents fled.
- by Carolyn Webb
Israeli airstrike kills senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards general in Syria
Sayyed Razi Mousavi was reportedly responsible for co-ordinating the military alliance between Syria and Iran, according to security sources.
- by Laila Bassam
Trial to decide fate of 11 women and 20 children trapped in Syrian camps
Save the Children Australia launched a legal fight earlier this year, raising questions about why some women and children have been allowed to return and not others.
- by Karen Sweeney
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Putin's Russia
The Ukraine invasion put a spotlight on Putin’s ‘shadow army’. Now its leader is dead. Who are the Wagner Group?
From being covert mercenaries, the group gained a huge public profile, which was then boosted by a coup attempt. Where did Wagner come from and what has been its role in Ukraine?
- by Sherryn Groch
Volunteers provide a measure of care for victims of war and disaster
Teams of volunteers gathered at Federation Square on Saturday to help prepare meal kits to be sent to people affected by the war in Ukraine and the earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Odd pair: Russia’s foe Zelensky and friend Assad appear at Arab summit
Democracies, which view Assad as a pariah over his forces’ gas attacks against civilians during the 12-year civil war, have criticised his return to the Arab fold
- by Bassem Mroue
Once a pariah, Bashar al-Assad now welcomed back in Arab fold
Syria had been suspended from the Arab League since the president reacted to nationwide protests in 2011 with a crackdown that turned into a 12-year civil war.
- by Aidan Lewis and Sarah El Safty
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