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Across wars, exile and a lifetime of displacement, Nour Owiss says one feeling always remained out of reach: belonging.

Syria has reinforced its border with Lebanon with rocket units and thousands of troops, eight Syrian and Lebanese sources said on Tuesday, as conflict spread in the region.

Canada's strained relationship with Iran goes back more than a decade, when a Conservative government under former prime minister Stephen Harper cut diplomatic ties with Tehran.

A senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detainees and directly threatened U.S. President Donald Trump, as the death toll from the protests rose.

Economic pressure, which has intensified since September when the United Nations reimposed sanctions, has sent Iran's rial currency into a free fall.

U.S. President Donald Trump had vowed to retaliate after an attack on U.S. personnel last weekend in Syria by a suspected Islamic State member.

Ottawa said it has also removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led a rebel takeover last year, from its list of terrorist entities under the Criminal Code.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has revoked the designation of a group of Syrian rebels that previously categorized them as a foreign terrorist organization.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to 'promote and support the country's path to stability and peace.'

Some Trump administration officials are pushing to lift or waive sanctions as fast as possible without demanding tough conditions first.

An Israeli airstrike on Syria's capital killed at least four Iranian advisers Saturday, state media reported.

Russia and the Syrian military blamed Israel for a pre-dawn missile attack Monday on a major air base in central Syria, saying Israeli fighter jets launched the missiles from Lebanon’s airspace.

Trump condemned the "heinous attack" Saturday that killed at least 40 people, including children.

Syrian rebels agreed to give up their last foothold in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, state media reported on Sunday, hours after an alleged gas attack killed at least 40 people.

The president's trip to Peru and Colombia had been expected to be tense and awkward because of his repeated disparagement of the region over immigration, narcotics and trade.

As Trump spoke, explosions were heard in the Syrian capital Damascus. Syrian state TV said the army’s air defenses shot down 13 missiles. Here's his full statement.

Hundreds of Syrians gathered in the Syrian capital Saturday, honking car horns, flashing victory signs and waving Syrian flags in defiance following unprecedented joint airstrikes by the United States, France and Britain.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said coordinated air strikes on Syria by the United States, France and Britain on Saturday were a crime.

Putin warned that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs, as Washington prepared to increase pressure on Russia with new economic sanctions.

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley has indicated new economic sanctions will be announced Monday against Russia for enabling the government of Syrian leader Bashar Assad to continue using chemical weapons.