The first is the downfall of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. In 2014, ISIS controlled a territory larger than Portugal.
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Syria's Reversal of Fate

History has a peculiar sense of irony. A nation once syn­onymous with defiance of the West and home to factions that fought under jihadist ban­ners now finds itself em­bracing Washington's leadership ...
The ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrudis speaking again. From beneath a landscape fractured by modern war, archaeologists ...