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Syrians gather in celebration days after the fall of Bashar Assad's government at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Blinken urges Mideast nations to support a peaceful Syrian political transition

Associated Press

Israeli tanks cross the security fence moving towards the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Turkey, Israel seize the moment as region reels from Syria’s implosion

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader - Special to The Washington Times

Syrians wait to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate, near the town of Antakya, southern Turkey, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

Hundreds of Syrians line up at Turkish border crossing, awaiting return home

By Mucahit Ceylan and Mehmet Guzel - Associated Press

Syrian opposition fighters man a checkpoint in Damascus, Syria, Monday Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syrian premier says government still functioning, but foreign and domestic challenges loom

By Sarah El Deeb, Bassem Mroue and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

A Turkish and Russian patrol is seen near the town of Darbasiyah, Syria, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

Where Turkey stands as Syrian government falls to opposition insurgents

By Suzan Fraser and Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

Syrian opposition fighters burn government Syrian flags for the cameras next to Aleppo's old city, Saturday Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian insurgents are inside Aleppo in a major setback for Assad as government forces regroup

Associated Press

Pope Francis asperges the coffing with the body of late Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot during his funeral in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope hopes to visit Turkey in 2025 to mark 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea

Associated Press

Işık Abla, left, recently returned to Turkey after 10 years of exile following her conversion from Islam to Christianity. While in her home country, she witnessed a country at a spiritual crossroads, desperate for the truth and hope of the gospel. Photo courtesy of Işık Abla.

A Christian’s return to Turkey: A journey of faith, miracles, and unprecedented openness

By Işık Abla – Special to Higher Ground

Activists some holding banners with Turkish writing that read, " Children should not be killed , so they can eat candies", " I couldn't play with my toys because I was killed" and " If I had not been killed this toy would have been my sleeping friend " during a protest outside the courthouse where dozens of Turkish healthcare workers including doctors and nurses go on trial for fraud and causing the deaths of 10 infants, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday Nov, 18, 2024.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Health workers go on trial in Turkey accused of private care scheme linked to 10 infant deaths

By Mehmet Guzel - Associated Press

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Turkey’s Erdogan says he remains hopeful about reconciliation with Syria

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, right, welcomes his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan before their meeting in Athens, Greece, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece and Turkey press ahead with talks in effort to smooth often volatile relations

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

FILE - Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, speaks during a news conference in Hassakeh, Syria, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, file)

Kurdish leader in Syria calls for diplomatic solutions to conflict with Turkey

By Hogir Abdo - Associated Press

Emergency and security teams are deployed outside of Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. at the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Yavuz Ozden/Dia Photo via AP)

Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Mourners carry the casket of Fethullah Gülen, an influential Turkish spiritual leader and Islamic scholar who died this week in self-exile in the United States, at a funeral prayer service, Thursday, Oct, 24, 2024, in Augusta, N.J. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Thousands mourn Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish spiritual leader who died in U.S.

By Michael Rubinkam - Associated Press

Emergency and security teams are deployed outside of Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. at the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Yavuz Ozden/Dia Photo via AP)

Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press