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why Assad’s army failed to fight in Syria

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By Maya Gebeily, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari DAMASCUS/AMMAN/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of Idlib should have had nine soldiers but it just had three, after some had bribed the commanding officers to escape serving, … Read more

Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating the failed 2016 Turkish coup, dies

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Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating the failed 2016 Turkish coup, dies

US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his final years mired in accusations of orchestrating a coup attempt against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, has died. He was 83 years old. Gulen was a former ally of Erdogan, but they fell out spectacularly, … Read more