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Guided by cellphone flashlights, relatives searched a notorious lockup in Damascus for traces of loved ones who were snatched during the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The killings, and other violent episodes this year, have marred the first few months in office of Mexico’s new president, who has vowed to tackle the country’s bloodshed.

Nearly a million Syrians in Germany alone have made new lives. But after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, some politicians across the continent have suggested that refugees could return home.

In an impoverished, war-ravaged country, the first prayers after the fall of a brutal regime drew jubilant crowds, even in areas seen as regime strongholds.

A London immigration court upheld a ban on a Chinese citizen described as a “close confidant” of the prince’s, on the grounds of national security.

The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria’s biggest export during its 13-year civil war.

Crowds chanted and waved revolutionary flags in Damascus and other cities. Travis Timmerman, an American who was found in Syria earlier this week, was handed over to U.S. forces.

François Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician, is the fourth prime minister in a year, a record for France.

For decades, Iran poured money and military aid into Syria, backing the Assad regime in its ambition to confront Israel. Now many Iranians are openly asking why.

The United States killed its own allies, sabotaging itself in a part of Afghanistan where it never needed to be.