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Cubs RHP Javier Assad to make rehab start on Wednesday
Javier Assad thinks he can help the Chicago Cubs in the last part of the season. Assad is slated to make a rehab start for ...
Southern Syria exploded into the worst violence of post-Assad era. What that means for the region's future
Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the ...
Cubs' Javier Assad makes Chicago pit stop as he advances in rehab assignment
Assad and Taillon, who is scheduled to throw live batting practice in Milwaukee this week before starting his minor-league rehab assignment, are on track to return sometime around mid-August. And the ...
Syrian Sectarian Strife Jeopardizes Post-Assad Transition
Assad’s fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country’s ...
Syrians were already on edge over a fragile post-Assad peace even before this weekend's suicide bombing
As Syria emerges from the devastation of a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of authoritarian rule, there are signs of ...
Syria After Assad: The “new Syria” emerges after a dynasty’s collapse
The Assad family ruled Syria for over five decades. A Reuters series reveals the country’s transformation after the ...
A Series of Mysterious Explosions Unnerves Syrians
Many of the blasts, some of them deadly, have been at weapons storage sites, raising questions about whether ordnance from ...
Syrian-American executed during violence in Sweida, relatives say
The violence in the Druze-majority city was some of the most brutal in Syria since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.